OK so technically it's very early Monday morning instead of Sunday night. I got the chapter done though. So...all hell breaks loose in this chapter. I'm figuring two or three more chapters. I have an idea but I'm including it at the end of the chapter. Read and review please! I love them!

As Veronica walked the halls to English she could have easily thought she had been placed under a spotlight. Everywhere she went, she saw people watching her and whispering.

God, wasn't I done with this, she thought.

She took a seat in her regular desk and looked around. Yep, still under the microscope apparently. Wallace noticed everyone looking at her as he sat down next to her. "So…V."

Veronica glanced over at Wallace. His expression bordered on worrisome. "Hmm…"

"People are talking about you and Logan, you know, together."

"What people?"

"Honestly? The whole school has heard."

Oh shit, she thought. She grabbed her phone but as soon as she looked at it, she saw she had a text message from Logan.

-Enjoying the popularity?

Veronica's eyes narrowed as she typed the response. –Who did u tell, Logan?

-No one. It had 2 b u

-I didn't tell anyone

-Well someone found out. Maybe it was time 4 the truth 2 come out.

-That's eas say

When class was over, Veronica was the first one out of the room. She rushed to her locker down the hall. Partially because of being in a hurry but also in an attempt to avoid Duncan.

There was a knock on her locker door and her stomach lurched. She moved her door back to see Dick grinning at her.

"Hey Ronnie."

"What do you want Dick?"

"So is it true about you and Logan?"

"What, that I found out that Logan slept with your stepmom?"

Dick's eyes grew wide. "What?"

"Yeah, 'fraid so, Dick. Yes, that's true." She told him as she swung her locker door shut.

She went to her next class and of course she was what everyone was staring at. Ah, this really is the story of my life, she thought. She heard buzzing coming from her book bag so she pulled out her phone and saw Logan's text message.

-Did u tell Dick that I slept w/Kendall?

Veronica smirked. –It was time 4 the truth 2 come out

-Duncan's throwing me dirty looks. Want me to 2 just tell him it's true?

-U do and I swear 2 god Logan I will use my taser on ur balls.

-Quite a threat, Veronica

-Not a threat; a promise.

Veronica kept her eyes on the instructor but every 30 seconds she'd look at the clock. Part of her wanted the class to be over and the other part didn't want it to end for fear of potentially running into Duncan. She knew she'd have to talk to him but that didn't make her any less nervous.

As soon as class ended, she was met by various looks and stares from everyone in the hallway. OK this is going to be a long school day. Apparently no one had a life.

"So Veronica…" Madison Sinclair saddled up next to her. "Is it true?"

"Yes, Madison, blonde is my natural hair color." Veronica smirked as she headed for FBLA. She froze in her tracks when she saw Duncan blocking the door. She wondered if Logan had made it past him but she looked down the hallway and saw him talking to Caz. He was laughing which made Veronica's stomach tie up in knots.

"So is it true?" Duncan asked as Veronica crept closer but still stayed 5 feet away from him.

"Duncan…" Veronica started.

"Is it?" He pressed.

"Let's go someplace quiet to talk about this…" Veronica tried to get him to move but he wouldn't budge. She could see Logan out of the corner of her eye making his way down the hall.

"No, just tell me the truth, Veronica!" He growled. "Are you sleeping with Logan?"

"Of course she is." Logan stepped forward and told him. "You couldn't please her with your bedroom skills so she went looking elsewhere." There was an eruption of cat calls and whistles.

"Logan!" She growled.

And that was when Duncan lunged for Logan and all hell broke loose. Veronica did her best to break them up but failed miserably. It took a couple of security guards to break them up. Both Logan and Duncan were sent to the nurse's office to get cleaned up then were supposed to report to Mr. Clemmons office for their punishment.

While the nurse ran to get more antiseptic, Veronica snuck in and stared at them. Each of them had a black eye and Logan had a couple bruises while Duncan had hurt his shoulder.

"So…are you guys proud of yourselves?" Her eyes narrowed as she looked from one to the other. "Did this fight accomplish whatever you were hoping to gain by looking like asses to the whole school?"

"Veronica…" Logan started.

"You don't say another damn word." She warned him icily. "If you do, I'll use my taser on you just like I said I would. That was not why I made that goddamn deal and you know it."

There was an examination curtain that had been pushed back. She pulled it across so they couldn't see Logan.

"So it's true?"

Veronica sighed as she glanced at him.

"Veronica, just tell me the truth please."

"We haven't been able to tell the truth since we got back together, have we Duncan?"

Duncan shut up then.

"Yeah it's true. Look, I'm not proud of the fact that I've been sleeping with Logan…"

"What?" Logan said from behind the curtain.

"Shut up Logan!" Veronica snapped. "The decision came from a very heated argument. I was feeling guilty doing this. Then I found you sleeping by Meg's bed Tuesday night and saw she was pregnant and I started to lose some of my guiltiness. Face it; we're both guilty of deception."

"Did you ever love me?"

The question surprised Veronica. "I loved you as much as I can love anyone."

Duncan nodded while Logan, on the other side of curtain, frowned over the vague answer. What the hell does that mean?, he thought.

Duncan was thinking the same thing because he asked. "Is that a no?"

"No, it's not a no." Veronica frowned. "I honestly don't know if I've ever really been in a romantic love with anyone, Duncan. No, I take that back. I was in love with you…before Lilly died. But then she died and you broke my heart without a reason why."

"You know why though."

"Yeah, I know that now but I didn't then. And since then, I loved you as a friend. I know that for sure but since we got back together? I don't think I was. I'm sorry."

"Do you love Logan?"

Logan's ears perked up at this question. "I…I don't know. I really don't, Duncan. I'm not lying. This thing with Logan, whatever the hell it is, has been messy and complicated. The last 4 days have been really confusing for me. If you're asking me if I'm in love with him right now, the answer is no. Quite frankly, I loathe him right now."

"Hey! I'm not deaf!"

"Need I remind you to shut the hell up?"

Veronica could see the nurse heading back down the hallway. "OK, I'm going to go." She moved the curtain back and made her way to the door when Logan called out to her.

"I'll deal with you later, Logan."

The rest of the day she dealt with the looks and comments from everyone. It didn't help that Logan tried to sit with her at lunch and sent him on his way. She refused to sit with him after he made such an ass out of himself and out of her. Veronica sat by herself until Wallace decided to join her.

"Hey, hanging in there, V?"

"The best I can." Veronica mumbled.

"Did you settle things with the guys?"

"As much as I could." She sighed. "I can't believe they would do this."

"You're kidding, right?" Wallace laughed. "Of course they would get into a fight over this."

"Yeah that's true." Veronica told him.

"You should be flattered."

Veronica stifled a laugh. "Yeah, I'm so flattered to have the two guys who have some sort of emotional attachment to me behave like asses in front of the whole school." She rolled her eyes.

"Well, I heard they each got 3 days of in school suspension."

"That they did." Veronica nodded. "I had to go talk to Clemmons with them. I thought you saw that."

"Nah, I was already in class."

"God why can't this day just be over?" She pleaded.

Veronica could not have been happier if she tried when the final bell rang. She made her way through the parking lot and sighed. All afternoon the only things discussed among the students were Duncan and Logan's fight and their 3 day in school suspension. Oh and Veronica was a slut according to most of the girls. Well, all the girls in the 09er zip. She was about to get in her car when a hand reached out and grabbed her.

"Not so fast." Logan smirked.

Veronica groaned as she kept her back to him. "What Logan?"

"We should talk."

She turned around and glared at him. "You want to talk? Explain to me why you have to be such a jackass, Logan. You have this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing going on and honestly, I'm getting sick of it, OK?"

Logan started to say something but she cut him off. "No, just wait. You need to work on that if you want your last 2 nights."

"Actually it's 3 nights." He corrected her which earned him an evil glare.

"Yes, I realize that's a moot point right now." He admitted.

"Duncan didn't need to find out that way and you definitely didn't need to make that comment."

"Why are you defending him?"

"Because you were being the typical obligatory jackass today, Logan." Veronica exclaimed which got everyone's attention that were in the parking lot. "That was not the reason I made this deal and yet you didn't care. All you cared about was one upping Duncan."

Logan realized that she had a point. Veronica sighed as she turned to get into her car.

"Wait." He grabbed her hand. "Please?"

"What?" She asked as she slowly turned around.

"Look, I'm sorry, OK?" He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. You're right."

"Thank you."

"Come here." He leaned down and tried to kiss her. She pulled away though.

"No, not yet." She told him.

Logan sighed. "OK. What?"

Veronica looked at him pensively. "Here's what I want. I want a night by myself."

Logan frowned. "Veronica…"

"Remember last night when we had that conversation about telling you what I want and I would get it?"

He sighed. Yeah he wished he'd never said that. "Yeah."

"That's what I want."

"Veronica…"

"Logan, I know what this whole night was supposed to be about, OK? This is the night that we were going to talk about getting back together. That's what your ultimate goal has been through this whole damn week."

Logan just watched her.

"I'm not as naïve as you think I am, you know." She smirked. "If that's what you really want, you'll give me a night by myself to let me determine whether or not it's still what I want."

He looked at her curiously. "Still what you want?"

"Yeah, I'd thought about it. It's been kind of hard not to. But after today, you're seriously making me think it's not worth it."

"Of course it's worth it."

"If you really believe that then you'll give me what I want."

He didn't want to. He wanted to fight this with every fiber of his being but in the end, he just sighed and told her. "OK."

"Thank you."

"But if you change your mind, the room number is 1250."

"I'll keep that in mind."

She was about to get in her car again when he stopped her. "Hold it."

She sighed. "What?"

"You told me what you want and now it's my turn to tell you what I want."

"Which is?"

He leaned down and kissed her. She wanted to fight it but she knew it was a losing battle. He held her close while he kissed her thoroughly. As soon as they parted, they found Duncan glaring at them. Logan smirked while Veronica bit her lip and turned towards her car.

"We shouldn't have done that." She told him.

"Why the hell not? Why do you still care what he thinks?" Logan asked her.

"Logan…I'm going to go, OK? I need to be alone. I want to go home and just erase this whole goddamn day from my memory."

This time, he didn't stop her. She just needed quiet. Lots of quiet. The more quiet the better. And she got it…for about an hour. While she was putting the pieces together about what happened to Abel Koontz's daughter, Amelia, she got a text message.

-Ur so beautiful

Veronica stifled a laugh then pressed #3 on her cell phone.

When Logan answered she said the first thing she thought: "Are you drunk?"

Logan groaned. "I tell you you're beautiful and you think I'm drunk?"

"Well, I'm just curious what's up with that text message."

"Nothing. I just wanted to tell you that."

"Well, thank you."

"Are you ever going to stop being so skeptical of me?"

"As soon as you stop giving me reasons to be skeptical of you."

"I am sorry, Veronica. I know; I do a lot of stupid things and how you're thinking that all I cared about was beating Duncan…" He paused but she didn't say anything.

"That really wasn't my intention. I promise."

Veronica sighed. "That's good to know."

"So…what are you doing?"

"Working on a case right now." She told him as she reviewed the papers in front of her. The good news that Veronica found where Amelia was; the bad news was Amelia was dead. She was trying to determine how she was going to break the news to Abel Koontz now.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm talking to you wishing you were here."

"So cheesy you are."

"Maybe. Whatever it would take for you to come here tonight."

"Logan…I'm working on cases right now."

"Fine. Right now. Consider it for later."

"I'll see, OK? I have to finish this and then run an errand and then I'll see OK?"

"OK."

"Bye." She hung up and sighed. Yeah, she did want to be with him but she still had stuff she needed to do. She took Backup for a walk, came back and grabbed her wallet and keys.

Her first stop was the hospital to break the news to Abel Koontz about Amelia. She spent the entire drive debating how to tell him. When she got to the nurses' station, she asked. "Excuse me, nurse, um, Abel Koontz? How's he doing?"

The nurse sighed. "A day or two if he's lucky."

"Thank you." She replied softly.

After she heard this, she decided it wasn't worth causing him any kind of anguish. "She's trying to make it." She told him quietly. "They just had an early snow this year, so she's just waiting for a helicopter."

"But she's happy?" He tried to look hopeful.

"Yeah. Hoofing the Himalayas isn't exactly my idea of a good time but she seemed to love it." Veronica reached out and took his outreached hand. Ten minutes later, Abel Koontz quietly passed away.

Veronica quickly made her way out of the hospital and headed to her car. It wasn't a far drive from the hospital to the Neptune Grand. It was bittersweet because of what just happened at the hospital but she was glad she was going to see Logan.

She rode the elevator by herself. When she arrived at the 12th floor, she found room 1250 and quickly knocked. It took a couple seconds for Logan to answer. He swung the door open and saw her standing there with a big grin on her face.

"Veronica!" He exclaimed which cause her to frown. He looked really surprised to see her and she couldn't figure out why.

"Hey." She leaned forward and gave him a kiss.

He hadn't moved from the doorway. She tried to get past him but he wouldn't let her.

"Logan, what's going on? Why won't you let me in?" She asked.

"Hey baby…" A voice called from behind Logan. "Are you coming?"

Veronica's eyes darkened with anger. She pushed past him and saw Kendall standing there with just a navy bra and navy panties.

"Who are you?" Kendall asked.

"Logan's girlfriend." She told Kendall with contempt. "Or should I say ex-girlfriend?" Veronica spun around on her heels and quickly made her way to the elevator.

"Veronica wait! I promise it's not what it looks like!" He raced down the hall to her.

"I'm never going to believe a damn word out of your mouth again." She told him honestly as the tears streamed freely down her face.

"Veronica!" He called as the elevator door shut with her inside.

OK a reminder...this is not what it looks like. It's all about perception. The majority of people voted for Kendall. Next chapter is Logan's POV and just how Kendall found out that Logan was at the hotel. If you think about who could have the most gain from making them miserable, you'll figure out who tipped them off. Not sure yet; it may be the next chapter or the following one but Veronica has a visit with someone who helps put things in perspective. One of the reviewers knows who it is but it should be pretty easy to guess. Anyway, last item. I want to write a sequel...or maybe continue this story. I'd love opinions though. I had someone ask me about a sequel. I thought about just continuing this story but maybe not. Let me know and review please. I'm 9 away from hitting 100 reviews and I'd love to get there with this chapter.