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Authors note: I did get a few comments about the boys only going after Cole for saying what he did about v. it wasn't just for veronica it was for meg as well. It was the entire thing. (And she does do everything. The girl is a good actress though, I guess she learned it from the biggest poser of all.) They would have done it regardless. But up until that point Cole hadn't said anything too scandalous about meg.

also: I got a lot of comments on the final section in chapter 11. Your reactions were exactly what I was expecting and wanted. I know I have painted some of the less desirable characters from the show in a more sympathetic light, as mentioned in a few reviews and messages I received, but Aaron... Aaron is not redeemable in my eyes. Another review mentioned her taking pics to blackmail Aaron with, and while I agree that she is capable of that...do you really think Logan would have been ok with that? Would he really have wanted her to see him in a position like that? I don't think he would, but of course that's my opinion. Some of you also want her to go for revenge, but Aaron will not be a fixture in this story. I needed that section to show who he is in this story in order to lead into something for later. In all I got great feedback for chapter 11, and just to reiterate, your responses were exactly what I had expected! thanks again! if you have any other questions just ask. I'll answer whatever I can without giving away to much.

I don't own Veronica Mars.

What I didn't do on my summer vacation

Veronica

Aaron left town again early the next morning. I wasn't sad to see him go, I had no respect left for that man after what I had witnessed the night before.

Its not like I had much for him anyways...But what ever shred I did have was long gone.

I wish I could have done more for Logan. I could have stayed there and tried to help him, but Logan didn't want me to.

I never understood that before, why he would never let me help.

We had never really talked about it, he knows I know the truth but we had just never said it in so many words. I even offered to talk to my dad and Don a few times, but he always said no.

I think I understand now. He didn't want to make it worse and seeing what Aaron was capable of and hearing it first hand makes everything more clear.

He isn't afraid for himself, he's afraid for his mom and for me. Logan is afraid that if Aaron doesn't take out his frustrations on him, that he will turn to whoever else is around.

Although I don't agree with Logan's reasoning, I understand it.

But that doesn't mean I'll stand idly by and let it happen. Next time I will do something about it, whether Logan likes it or not.

I love him to much to see him hurt like that.

Logan

I don't want her involved.

The idea that he might hurt her is too much for me to face and if she got in the way that's exactly what would happen.

I would never forgive myself if she was harmed.

That's why I don't want her to help even though she's asked many times.

Although we've never really truly talked about it, she's known the truth for years.

But as long as he goes after me, he doesn't go after my mom and he hasn't gone after Veronica.

I can take it and as long as it keeps them safe, I will.

Veronica

None of us bothered going to school the day after the guys were suspended.

Mac went to pick Meg up in the morning and instead of going to school they just went straight to Casey's, Logan and I joined them around 10AM.

We had waited for Aaron to leave and then we finally came down stairs. Logan was extremely sore and I was a little surprised that he even wanted to go over to Casey's. I even offered to stay home with him, but he said no. He wanted to help, he said the most important thing was clearing mine and Meg's names.

I didn't argue with him, he just wanted to be with the people who really loved him and that's something I definitely can relate to.

When we got over there, Luke was sitting on the couch with Meg laying in his lap crying.

I walked over and sat with Casey in the arm chair. "What happened?"

"Meg's dad found out about the purity test."

"I take it they didn't handle it well."

"That would be an understatement." Meg heard him and directed her attention to me.

She didn't bother to move from her position on Luke and he was still stroking her back trying to comfort her. "They threatened to sue the school Veronica."

Yeah, cuz that would do a world of good. "Really?"

"Yeah, but that's not the worst part. They searched my room."

"For what? Your porn stash?"

"Oh haha V. No, they found the letters from that guy in Spain. You know the one I told you about, the one that Cole mentioned."

"Yeah, the one that had a crush on you."

"That's the one. Well he wrote me a whole bunch of letters with all this sexy stuff in them. I thought my dad was going to have an aneurism. They threatened to send me to some religious all girls school."

Well this is the conversation with Dick all over again. Except with crying and Meg wasn't freaking out about the no boys thing.

"So what happens now?"

"I don't know, but we need to find out who did it. I need to have my name cleared V."

"Well, I'm on it. Mac have you found anything out?"

Mac had entered the room with Dick while Meg was speaking. "Yeah, I think I know what's going on, but this is going to have to be a covert operation."

Ooh those are my favorite.

Meg was crying again and Luke got Casey's attention. "Hey Case?"

"Yeah man?'

"Can I take her upstairs to one of the guest rooms to try and calm her down?"

"Of course. I just put a TV and a DVD player in the first one on the left so use that one."

Luke stood up and then picked Meg up carrying her in his arms.

I looked over at Logan and he gave me the 'well that's new' look and I just nodded in agreeance.

We're all best friends but Luke and Meg spend the least amount of one on one time with each other. Not because they don't want to, they just never really get the chance. And in twelve years, I've never seen her go to Luke for comfort. Me always, Mac sure, I've even seen her go to Logan, Wallace and Casey, but never Luke. This was a good development.

Casey noticed our silent conversation and filled me in. "When she got here she went straight to him."

"Really?"

"Yep. I guess she called him last night when her parents freaked. He said they were on the phone for like three hours. He got here early to make sure he was here when she showed up."

"Interesting."

"Yes, very."

I highly doubt that anything is going on with them in a romantic sense, but then I never could have seen Mac and Dick together either. Oh well, I guess we'll find out eventually.

When Wallace walked in from the kitchen a few minutes later, sat down next to me and I realized I hadn't called Don yet. "Shit, I need to make a phone call I'll be right back."

I got up and walked into the kitchen for some privacy, dialed his number and he picked up on the second ring.

"Veronica Mars. To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Hey Lamb, how've you been?"

"Good, its been too long Mars, you should stop by."

"I will, maybe sometime this weekend."

"Sounds good, what do you need kid?"

"Well, its actually a favor for Wallace."

"Tell me what you have in mind and I'll do what I can."

"Thanks Don, so here's the deal…."

After I was done telling him about the vermin infestation at Wallace's he said he'd take care of it and I knew I could count on him.

When I walked back into the living room, Mac looked over and I winked at her. She knew who I'd been talking to and she just gave me a thumbs up.

I sat back down with Casey and we got down to business and made a plan.

Logan

"So let me make sure I understand what we're doing here. Ronnie is gonna get the money shot so she can extort the truth from Kimmy. Which will be caught on tape and then played for the entire school during Meg's morning announcements."

Veronica nodded "That would be correct. So did you want to come with me to get the pictures?"

"No, why don't you take Mac."

Its not that I didn't want to go, I just didn't feel up to it, I really just needed to relax. And Mac looked really excited about the chance to get her hands a little dirty. "Awesome! When are we leaving Bond?"

Veronica looked over at me with a hesitant look on her face, making sure I was really ok with it. I nodded at her and smiled, so she answered Mac. "How about now Q? I have a few errands to run anyways."

"Well, lead the way."

They got up to leave and when they were gone Wallace got our attention. "Mac told V about what's going on with our pest control problem didn't she."

"Yeah, I think she did and I'm pretty sure she called Lamb about it. I wouldn't be surprised if by tomorrow the extermination has been completed."

"Damn, its good to know small people with friends in high places.'

I smiled "I concur."

Mac

"So what's the deal with you and Casey?"

"What deal?"

"Well Dick said, that Wallace mentioned, that Luke had told him, that Casey was worried."

"And his brother's, ex girlfriend's, college roommate's, cousin's, neighbor had something to do with it too I suppose."

"Something like that, but really V, what's going on?"

"Nothing. What exactly did he say?"

"That you've been treating him like he is covered in flesh eating bacteria. Or in other words, you'll barely let him touch you anymore."

She looked guilty. "Well, I can't deny that. It's true, I just haven't really been into it."

"Did something happen the night we dragged Logan to the beach to give you and Casey some alone time?"

"Mac, you know what happened, I told you. Remember?"

"Not with Casey, V, I know what happened with him. Hell, we all know what happened with him thanks to his comment the other day. Speaking of that comment, thanks to him Dick keeps reminding me of how good he's been in hopes of getting into to see heaven. Probably because it's the only one he actually has a chance of seeing and its not like he doesn't get to visit enough as it is. But seriously, Casey created the analogy from hell." She gave me a funny look, I guess that was an interesting choice in words. Moving on. "So what I'm asking you is, did something happen with Logan?"

"Something like what?"

"Don't avoid the question. It just makes you sound guilty."

"I'm not guilty Mac, nothing happened. We just talked and I told him what happened."

"How did he handle it?"

"Better than I thought he would."

Bullshit. He was dying inside the entire time, I know it

"So, then why the looky no touchy where Casey is concerned."

"If I tell you, you have to promise that you won't make a big deal out of it."

Oh my god, is she finally going to admit it?

"I promise."

"Every time he touches me I feel like I'm betraying Logan."

Interesting….

"What do you mean?"

"Well, Logan and I had a really long talk about sex about a month ago."

"I bet that was fun."

"Oh yeah, it was a true after school special. But anyways, he just asked me to promise him that I wouldn't have sex until I found someone I loved. Like all consuming love."

In other words… him…

"Well that makes sense."

"I know, but here's the problem. Now that I have that in my head I feel strange with Casey."

Huh? I think that's a step in the right direction but I'm not sure.

"Why?"

"Because I don't love him. I mean I love him, like I love all of you, but I don't love him love him."

Well I could have told her that.

"Ok, I think I understand. You don't love him and that makes you feel like you're going back on your word to Logan. Even when he's just perusing the landscape." And because Logan is the one that you are totally butt crazy in love with so you feel like you're cheating on him. Yet you still refuse to admit it.

"Exactly."

Ok fine, she is still in complete and total denial.

"V, do you like Casey?"

"Well yeah, I wouldn't be dating him if I didn't."

"Do you want to continue dating him?"

"Well I like being his girlfriend if that's what you are asking."

Ok, I'm going to do this against my better judgment just because she's one of my best friends and I love her and she obviously needs some unbiased advice. But Casey is going to owe me big time.

"So here's the thing V. You don't have to have sex with him, you can tell him no. And you don't even have to let him near the lower celestial gate, if you get my meaning, if you don't want to. But if you don't at least give that boy some affection he's going to think that he did something wrong and he's already heading there. And that's just going to make things even harder for both of you, in both the relationship and friendship category. So you need to show him that you care about the relationship."

"When did you get so worldly?"

"I started dating my best friend a while back and believe me it took a lot of deliberation on my part."

"Well I have to say I'm impressed."

"Thanks I try."

I cannot believe that I just gave her advice on her relationship with Casey. So just for good measure.

"You know V, its not like its really going to matter in the long run anyways. We all know that Logan is the one you're gonna marry."

Shit. If looks could kill they'd be burying me next to Lilly after the one Veronica gave me.

Veronica

I am not even going to dignify that conversation with a response, that's all I'm going to say.

We finally finished my errands around seven and then headed to the cheap equivalent of the Camelot to get the leverage we needed.

When we got back to Casey's everyone was in the living room and when we walked in to the room Casey smiled at me and I sat between him and Logan on the couch.

"Hey babe, did you get the money shot?"

"Hell, I got more than the money shot, I got the whole damn federal reserve."

The next day 7:15 am

"Hey, Kimmy, check this out. I followed our IT guy around last night. Guess where he ended up."

"Oh my god."

I love this part.

"I heard the purity test website is gonna start posting pictures to illustrate the questions. Wouldn't these be perfect? Look. Number 23, have you ever touched it? Well, I guess you have. This here's a stellar example of number 78 and this one, whoa, I think my score went down just looking at that. Although it would be hard to score below a 14, wouldn't it Kimmy?"

"Why are you doing this?"

That's a stupid question. "Because you messed with the wrong person."

"I swear it wasn't me Veronica."

"Then who was it?"

"It was Pam. Pam posted the test for you and tossed your clothes in the toilet. She hates you because Casey broke up with her to date you. I only posted Meg's, I swear." I'd forgotten that they'd dated, but that's still a bunch of bull shit.

"Why would you do that to Meg?"

"She gets everything I want. Everything. The lead in the musical, cheerleader, the anchor job."

Bingo.

"Thanks, Kimmy." I opened my locker and pulled out the camera.

And cue the deer in the headlights look. "Oh, god, what are you gonna do with that tape?"

"I guess you'll just have to wait and see won't you. Have a nice day Kimmy."

Damn, I am way to good at this shit.

When I left school that day I went straight to Casey's.

He was the only one there and when he opened the door I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him down to kiss me. He seemed startled at first, but within seconds his arms were around me, my legs were around his waist and he was carrying me to the couch.

Casey got to feel what heaven was like again that afternoon and once again I felt how happy he was to be there.

Afterwards we laid there for awhile and watched a movie, he kept pulling his fingers through my hair and caressing my skin. And my curiosity finally got to me, so I sat up a little and looked up at him. "What was your score?" Mac had pulled it but I wanted to hear it from him.

He looked at me but he wouldn't look me in the eyes. "Before I tell you, I need you to remember that this was all before you. None of that stuff matters to me, you're all that matters and I'll wait as long as you need."

He still wasn't looking me in the eye. so I grabbed his hand. "I understand that Case. But I want to know."

He finally looked at me. "27."

"Oh." That was lower than I'd expected.

He put his hand on my cheek. "Please don't be upset."

"I'm not. Its just…why would you want to be with me? I'm not anything like those other girls. How can you be happy with me, when you've had so much 'experience' in the past? I can't give you what they did."

"I don't want you to be like those girls. That's exactly why I'm with you. And I'm happy with you. I'm not going anywhere Veronica. Even if you make me wait ten years, I'm not going anywhere. Its you that I want, just you." He leaned in then and kissed me.

I couldn't think of what to say so I just said the only thing that came to my mind. "Ok."

He smiled at me and pulled me back against his chest. "Are we ok?"

I looked up at him and smiled. "Yeah. We are."

I left an hour and a half later feeling guiltier than I ever had before.

I really do like Casey and now that I know for sure that he's ok with waiting I should feel better. But I don't.

I really thought it would be different this time. But the entire time I was with him, all I thought abut was Logan.

Logan

When Veronica got home that night she seemed sad again and that didn't make sense, she should be happy. She'd cleared both her's and Meg's names and thanks to her, the tenant at Wallace's house was gone.

But she wasn't and something felt off, I just couldn't figure out what it was.

So I ordered us some Italian and when it got there I put in a movie and sat down with her on the bed.

After an hour she seemed like she was getting better, so I let my concern go. It had been a hard couple of days maybe she was just tired.

When the first movie was over she went and got changed and when she came back she just put in another one and got back on the bed.

Halfway through it she had fallen asleep, but she was lying on top of the covers so I got off the bed and picked her up in my arms so I could pull the blankets back. She's so small it was easy to hold her and maneuver them down at the same time. But when I laid her back on the bed she woke up.

"Hi." She smiled

"Hi. Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. I was just trying to get you under the blankets, I didn't want you to get cold."

"Thanks." I turned to go change in the bathroom and she stopped me. "Logan, where are you going?"

"Just getting changed, I'll be right back."

"Ok, well hurry up."

"I'll be two minutes."

When I came back out she wasn't on her side of the bed, she was lying right in the middle. I climbed into bed, moved towards the her and when I was comfortable she picked my arm up and pulled it around her. Then she placed her head on my chest, resting half of her body on mine, with her arm on my stomach and I put my free hand on top of hers.

Ten minutes later I was still wide awake, my mind going crazy.

She had wanted me to hold her.

I thought she was asleep so it startled me when she spoke.

"I'm not going to school tomorrow."

"Ok, why."

"Because you won't be there and I miss you when you're not around.'

I smiled. "I know exactly what you mean."

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