Veronica walked Dog beach for hours trying to clear her mind. She analyzed and overthought every little detail until ultimately realized being alone with her thoughts wasn't such a good idea. It was almost one thirty in the morning but she needed someone to talk to.
"Hello?" A groggy voice answered.
"Whatcha doing?" Veronica asked trying to not sound sad.
"Veronica it's one thirty in the morning." The voice sighed. "Where are you? Wait nevermind I already know, I'm on my way." He spoke getting up sensing she needed him why else would she call this late.
Twenty minutes later Eli Navarro drove up, he shut off his engine and took off his helmet then walked toward the beach.
"Here." Weevil spoke holding out a styrofoam cup containing her favorite liquid.
Veronica smiled and accepted the treat, Weevil took a seat in the sand next to the blonde and they sat in silence. They sat there for about ten minutes before she broke the quiteness.
"So are you gonna ask me?" Veronica questioned the Latino.
"Nope, I never ask questions V you know that. If you want me to know I know you'll tell me." Weevil replies.
Veronica always loved how he never pushed her to talk about what was bothering her. It was like they had this unspoken code.
"Why do you always come? I mean most guys don't do these kind of things without some kind of ulterior motive." V inquired.
Weevil cracked a smile showing his pearly whites.
"To be honest in the beginning, I just liked the idea of having a pretty badass blonde in my corner who was willing to help me whenever I was in trouble. But then over time that badass blonde became a friend. Someone who I became a little protective over especially when it came to her choices of guys. So I didn't mind being woken up at all hours of the morning when she needed someone to talk to or assist on a stakeout." Weevil admitted.
"And what about now, how does one feel about said blonde?" She asked eyebrow raised.
"She's family." Weevil smiled. "How else do you think I knew you needed me?"
Veronica smiled and rested her head on his shoulder letting out a relaxed sigh.
"Someone better alert Wallace that you're trying to steal his best friend spot." Veronica joked and they shared a laugh.
"I love you Eli." Veronica told him.
"I love you too V." Weevil replies as they sit and bask in the sound of the waves crashing ashore.
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The next morning Mac had informed Dick on what happened between Veronica, Logan and Naomi. Fed up with the drama Dick headed over to Logan's place to knock some sense into him. When he arrived be didn't bother knocking instead he used his key to let himself in.
"C'mon dude this is pathetic. Get up!" Dick said walking into the bedroom snatching the blankets off of his friend.
Logan sat up in bed, his eyes were bloodshot which indicated he had obviously been crying. Seeing his best friends face Dick decided to ease up a bit.
"You two can't keep doing this to eachother bro. Everytime it's the samething, and quite frankly it needs to end. I mean what were you thinking kissing Naomi?" Dick spoke.
"She set the whole thing up she knew Veronica was watching that's why she kissed me." Logan said.
"I know all about that, Veronica called Mac this morning. But did you have to kiss her back? You couldn't push her away? I told you exactly what would happen when you proposed to Naomi, now she's out for blood." Dick said grabbing a beer out of the fridge in Logan's room.
"So what am I supposed to do? She won't answer my calls or texts, I've left her a dozen voicemails." Logan stated.
"I don't know but you better think of something because I'm getting married to the love of my life tomorrow. And the last thing I want is for her to have to deal with this bullshit between her maid of honor and my best man." Dick spat finishing his beer.
"Apologize to Naomi for toying with her emotions and make up or play nice or whatever with Ronnie. If my bride isn't happy with me because of you dude it's not gonna be pretty." Dick said getting up to leave. "I love you bro." He added before leaving out.
Dick was right and Logan knew it, he got up an got himself together then made a call to Naomi. He asked if she would meet him in the park downtown in an hour.
"I'm here what do you want?" Naomi asked with attitude arriving a half hour late.
Logan motioned for her to sit on the bench next to him, she did.
"Look, I know that I hurt you so what you did was to get back at me, I get it. I should have never proposed to you, granted I do care about you a lot. I proposed under false pretenses, I thought that if I married you that it would stop me from feeling what I feel for Veronica." Logan confessed.
"But it didn't." Naomi spoke.
"No it did not." Logan admitted.
"So you used me?" She questioned with a little hurt in her voice.
"In a sense yes, but everything I've ever told you before this whole Veronica thing was true. You came into my life when I needed someone the most, you accepted the flawed me and never once asked me to change who I was. And for that Naomi I will forever remain grateful." Logan added.
"I just wish I could do or say something to make you stay with me but I can't make you love me either. I know I know you love me, it's just not like you do her right? I would really like to hate you right now but I can't. I appreciate you being honest with me good thing too, because I was this close to keying your cars." Naomi chuckled wiping away the single tear that fell from her eye.
"I don't want to use the cliche 'we can still be friends' but just know if you ever need anything I'm here for you Naomi and I mean that." Logan stated hugging her goodbye.
"I appreciate that, and as your friend can I just say if you ever feel the need to propose to a girlfriend to cover up feelings for an ex just don't." She laughed "Oh and tell Veronica I'm sorry if I hurt her." Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek and left.
Logan felt good about coming clean to Naomi, now there was one more person he needed to set things straight with. He opted not to call Veronica instead he drove to her dads to see her in person. When he got there he saw Colby out in the front yard playing with Backup.
Backup immediately came running towards Logan. I guess after all the years of him and Veronica being together Backup considered him family. Logan had to admit he loved that dog almost as much as Veronica.
"Hey I know you, you're Ronica's friend." Colby said to Logan.
"That's right I am, is your sister home I really need to speak to her." Logan asked the five year old.
"Umm, Ronica told me to not tell you where she was if you came by." Colby said honestly.
Logan laughed to himself.
"What about if I gave you this?" Logan said pulling out a dollar from his pocket. "I'll give you this dollar if you tell me and I promise to not tell Veronica you told me. Sound good?"
"I don't have a problem keeping a secret but Backup might." Colby said slyly.
"I can't believe I'm getting hustled by a five year old. It's no question that you're a Mars." Logan said laughing pulling out a five for Backup.
"She's at the shop with Wallace." Colby smiled taking the money and running with Backup in tow.
Twenty minutes later he arrived at F&N Automotive. He saw Veronica's hybrid parked out front confirming in she was there.
"Can I help?" One of the workers asked him.
"Yes I'm looking for Veronica." Logan spoke.
Before the worker could answer Weevil walked out.
"I got this Frank, you can go back out on the floor." He said with authority.
"Look man I don't want any trouble I just want to talk to Veronica, can you get her for me?" Logan asked.
"I don't think she wants to talk to you right now man, seeing the guy she's in love with kiss another woman can do that to you." Weevil spoke.
"That isn't any of your business." Logan said feeling himself get upset.
"When someone I care about calls me up in the middle of the night, it becomes my business. Just like this here is my business, so you can either leave willingly or I will gladly give you the ass whoppin that's had your name on it since highschool then put you out myself. Your choice." Weevil said taking off his work gloves hoping Logan would choose the second option.
Seeing that things were getting heated Veronica decided to step in.
"Alright that's enough, it's okay Eli I can handle him."
"You sure V, because I can-"
"I'm fine I promise." She assured him.
He gave her a look then headed back inside but not too far inside just in case she needed him.
"How'd you know I was here?" V asked Logan.
"I paid your kid brother six bucks and he told me."Logan informed her.
"You bribed a five year old?" She exclaimed
"Hey I only offered him a dollar but he said Backup needed some convincing so he made me pay him five more. He's not as innocent as you're making him out to be in this situation." Logan told her they both then burst into laughter.
After catching her breath from laughing she got serious again.
"What do you want Logan? If it's to tell me it's not what it looked like, save it. I realized Naomi set the kiss up but you were responsible for kissing her back." Veronica told him.
"You're absolutely right, I kissed her I fucked up. I understand why she did what she did, I talked with her earlier and came clean about everything. The reason why I proposed to her and about us, it was a hard pill for her to swallow but she understood. I made amends with her and now I have to make peace with you because we can't keep doing this and per request of Dick." Logan states.
"Dick? What does Dick have to do with this?" She questioned
"He said this back and forth between us was having an affect on Mac a day before her dream wedding. And if she's not happy then it won't be pretty. His word not mine." Logan informed
"Poor Mac, I feel bad for putting her in the middle of this when she already has so much going on. So what do we do?" Veronica asked him.
"We can fake nice and work out our issues later or we can just let bygones be bygones and start fresh, a clean slate. As if we we're giving this thing a try for the first time." Logan says.
Veronica ponders over the thought for a minute. Did she really want to do this again? Would anything change? She didn't know but what she did know was that she was in love with the guy standing in front of her.
"So a clean slate means we get to experience some of our firsts again for the first time?" She asked grinning.
"You are insatiable woman." Logan replied after realizing what she meant.
"But I'm cute so you love me." She says happily.
"I do love you Veronica always know that." He says pulling her in close.
"I love you too. But I swear to God Logan this better be the last time we do this damn song and dance." She says sternly then hugs him tightly.
"I guess you two kissed and made up?" Weevil says walking out.
"Looks that way, Weevil I know you don't exactly care much for me but I love her." Logan tells the biker.
"My opinion of you doesn't matter, as long as you treat her good we'll never have issues. She means a lot to me Echolls you hurt her again and I'll deliver that ass whoppin I promised earlier." Weevil smirked but was serious at the same time.
The men shook hands in agreement then Logan and Veronica went back to Logan's to prep for an eventful day of wedding festivities tomorrow.