Title: With Time
Author: Cole
Pairing/Character: LoVe
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Veronica thinks over what the murder case has cost her which is more than she ever imagined.
Spoilers/Warnings: 1x22 some swearing
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Veronica Mars. Just some clean old fun while I'm waiting with baited breath for next season

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Chapter 4

If Veronica and Duncan had been the "sickly sweet IT" couple of Neptune High, the couple that makes you sick because they're so in love with other than Logan and Lilly and been the "gossip IT" couple that people loved to talk about. They were always having big dramatic fights or over the top displays of affection. Lilly was never shy and always showed you exactly how she felt. They had broken up and made up more times than Logan could count, but they had loved each other. Logan had known it was over when he had seen Lilly and Veronica at the car wash. For some reason he had just known but he had still loved Lilly and he had continued to love her after she had died.

Logan had been lying in his car with the radio on when the news came on. At first he thought is was just the alcohol but as he listened the words sunk further and further into his brain. Lilly Kane's murderer caught… Aaron Echolls… had an affair with the victim… attempted murder off Veronica and Keith Mars. Lilly had slept with his father; his father had gone after Veronica and her father.

Logan had filed away the information about Lilly and his father needing to make sure Veronica was all right. It wasn't until the next day when everywhere he looked he saw his father and Lilly.

He had loved Lilly but he was seriously beginning to doubt if she ever loved him. So he had dealt with this wonderful information the way he had seen his mother deal with everything in her life. The way he had been taught to deal with things. Violence and alcohol. At least that was until He found out Keith Mars was dead. After that he didn't need Alcohol to feel numb, he could do that all on his own.

It was easier, shutting down, he shut the world out. It was something his mother would have done; it was something his mother had done. As much as he loved his mother he hated the weakness in her even more. It was one of the reasons he wanted to believe she was alive, believe that she finally found some strength but she hadn't.

It was a week later while Veronica was cleaning yet again when Wallace had burst in. He looked at her trying to figure out if she had heard or not. Veronica looked at him knowing this particular look. "Whatever it is just say it Wallace."

"Your boy just grew a back bone." Was all he said as he turned on the T.V.

It didn't take long to find a channel that was covering the story.

"What kind of impact will this have on Aaron Echolls case Marsha?'

"It's hard to say at this point but it's bound to be in the minds of any potential jurors.

Filing for emancipation on its own says a lot but the allegations of abuse that Logan Echolls has laid against his father will defiantly go against his credibility if they are found to be true."

Veronica shut off the T.V. "well he defiantly did something."

It had taken Veronica three hours to find Logan. He was staying at the least likely place, or the most likely depending on how you looked at it. She knew she shouldn't go to him. He didn't want her, he had made that clear that night on her front step. Or at least that was what Veronica had thought until she found out he had paid her father's hospital bill. Now she was just confused. If there was one thing she didn't like it was being confused.

"You know when I told you not to lie down and take it I wasn't suggesting you out yourself to the entire world."

Logan stared at Veronica through the open motel room door. "While you know me, I don't do anything if I can't make a mess of it."

"Funny I thought that was me." Veronica told him walking past him into the motel room and sitting down on the bed. "Are you going to be okay?"

Logan began straightening things around his room not looking at Veronica. "I've got some money my mother left me. It should kick in once a judge signs the emancipation papers and…"

"I didn't mean about that." Veronica interrupted him.

Logan was quiet for a moment and then turned to look at her. "I know. I didn't leave anything important Veronica. From where I'm standing you lost a hell of lot more."

"Logan, that day at the beach… I…" Veronica started.

Logan gave her a smirk. "Don't tell me you're really going to apologize? When you were actually right? That will never do Ronnie; think about your street cred."

Veronica smiled slightly adopting his tone. "You're admitting I was right?"

"Don't let it go to your head." He said softly.

"Well I guess I can repay the favor then, you were right too."

"Of course I was, when?" he asked sitting down beside her.

Veronica rolled her eyes at his attempt of a joke and then looked down at her hands. "That night you came to my house when you said I don't know how to trust. I don't…" Veronica looked up at Logan. "But I'm willing to learn."

"I might be able to help you with that." Logan told her taking her hand.