Thanks to everyone who reviewed! You guys are awesome! Btw, in my story, Logan had nothing to do with the drugs that led to her rape.
He was sitting at his usual lunch table with the 09ers when out of the corner of his eye he saw her walking towards him with a nervous but determined look on her face. She was about twenty feet from her destination when she stopped to collect herself. She nervously ran her fingers through her hair, putting it behind her ears and took a deep breath. 'Come on Veronica, you can do this. You need to find out when a certain ticking time bomb is going to go off' giving herself a pep talk. Having significantly calmed her nerves, she forced a smile and resumed her walk to the enemy table. It really was hard to believe that she considered these people her friends only eighteen months ago.
When she arrived at the table, all eyes focused on her demanding to know why she would dare to come over to their side uninvited. Logan was the first to break the silence. "You just can't stay away from me, can you Mars? It's cool though. I understand. I mean, look at me. No one can resist me." He smirked when he heard the other 09ers chuckling.
Veronica rolled her eyes but gave Logan the sweetest smile she could manage. "You're right, Logan. I can't resist you. In fact, that's what I need to talk to you about. I just got back from the doctor's and it seems the last time I was unable to resist you, you were unable to resist giving me something in return." She said as she patted her stomach.
Logan smirked at Veronica and realized that his friends were all being unusually quiet. He looked around the table. Seeing the horrified looks of his friends, he rolled his eyes in disbelief. Duncan finally spoke up. "Man, how could you?"
Logan rolled his eyes again unable to believe that his best friend not only thought he slept with his ex girlfriend, but knocked her up too. Then again, there was never anything rational or logical about Duncan's thinking when Veronica was involved. "Duncan man, she's kidding. Right Veronica? Tell Duncan you were kidding."
"Sorry guys but I need to talk to Daddy here." Veronica replied, grabbing Logan's hand and dragging him into the school and into the deserted newspaper room.
Normally Logan wouldn't have minded being dragged to an empty classroom by a beautiful girl, but he had a feeling Veronica had no intentions of doing what the other girls did. 'Too bad.'
"I'd like to know when you plan on telling Duncan and everyone how psycho or at least unhealthily obsessed I am. I'd like to be prepared." Veronica stated, breaking the silence of the two in the empty room.
"Your secret's safe with me, Ronnie. I understand how you feel. I want Lilly's killer to pay too, but he's already behind bars. You're just wasting your time."
"My life changed the night Lilly died. Everyone's did. You lost your girlfriend, Duncan lost his sister and the Kanes lost their daughter. But I, I lost everything. My best friend died and all of my friends turned their backs on me. My parents tried to help me cope but they didn't know or love Lilly the way I did. Then my dad loses his job and he didn't have much time for me. I come home from school one day and I find out my mom's left without an explanation or a clue to her destination. So, I'm left to deal with my best friend's death on my own.
Not only that, but I get to go to a school where people who I once considered my friends go out of their way to make my life a living hell. But, I can't let them see how much they hurt me so I decide to show up at one of their parties uninvited and unwelcome. Hey, it's okay though because I got put in my place when I woke up the next morning without my underwear or any memory of the night. But, I don't need the memories of that night because I know what happened. Someone slipped a roofie in my drink and raped me. Do you know what happened when I went to report it to the Sheriff? He accused me of lying and forced me to leave. I haven't talked about it since. Who else could I talk to? The only person I could go to was my dad and he had enough to deal with without worrying about finding his daughter's rapist. That's when I promised myself that I wouldn't let anyone hurt me like that again. So don't you stand there and tell me you know how I feel because you don't know anything!"
She hadn't meant to get that worked up and she definitely hadn't intended to pour out eighteen months of pent up heartache, especially not to Logan. Nevertheless, she almost felt relieved about finally letting everything out. The weight on her shoulders since Lilly's death had been slightly lifted. She looked up at Logan to gauge his reaction to her rant. He just stood there staring at her not knowing how to respond to this girl's heartfelt confession.
"I- I- I didn't know." He finally managed to stutter out.
Rolling her eyes, she responded, "Let's be honest here Logan. Even if you had known, you wouldn't have cared."
"How can you say that? We've been friends for five years! Of course I care."
"We were never friends Logan. You always saw me as your best friend's girlfriend or your girlfriend's best friend. Once Duncan broke up with me and Lilly died, to you, I was nobody."
"You're wrong. I did care about you. I still care about you. How could I not? You meant so much to the two people who meant the world to me."
"Well, you have a funny way of showing it."
Feeling both frustrated that she didn't believe him and desperate to make her believe him, Logan stepped towards her and stopped mere inches from her and put his hands on her cheeks. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when Lilly died. I was so wrapped up in my own pain that I didn't even consider the fact that there were other people who were hurting just as much as I was. I'm also sorry for turning all of your friends against you. I was just so angry at you for telling Lilly about the kiss and I was so sure that if you hadn't she'd still be alive. I know how terrible this sounds but I want to be honest with you. For several months after Lilly's death, I blamed you for her death. I just needed someone to blame and you were the easiest target. I know that you're no more responsible for her death than I am. God, Ronnie. You'll never know how sorry I am for that."
Seeing the tears in his eyes Veronica knew he was being sincere. All she intended to do was ask him when he was going to tell Duncan she's investigating Lilly's murder. She hadn't anticipated any of this. She sighed. "It's okay Logan. It's all in the past. Let's just forget about it." She removed his hands from her face and walked toward the door.
"Wait. That's it? Come on, I know you want to hit me or something. Go ahead. I deserve it."
She turned to face him and gave him a sad smile. "I don't think I have to. You'll do more damage beating yourself up than anything I could do." He nodded and she turned towards the door and left, leaving Logan alone in the classroom with his thoughts.