The next day was spent lounging in the sun and taking in the love and company of each others presence. Veronica had packed a very revealing black bikini that caused Logan's heart to skip a beat when he saw her. She lay down next to him and rubbed some lotion on her arms. Logan was now sleeping, absorbing the sun in his already tan back.
"Logan I need you to do me." She said, snapping him out of his sleep.
He then grinned at her with a snicker in his voice retorting, "what you didn't get enough last night and this morning," now showing an exhausted look. "You're going to break me."
She then nudged his shoulder with the lotion bottle and motioned toward her back. He looked embarrassed while taking the bottle from her hand. She then leaned in and whispered in his ear "I guess I will just have to take advantage of you later." Her voice low and seductive, sending shivers up his spine.
He massaged her back with his strong hands applying just the perfect amount of pressure to each muscle in her back. He could her moan and his lips started to curl into a grin of satisfaction. He was happy to know that just his touch could make her hot. He then plopped down and propped his chin up with his hand looking at her. She was reading one of the magazines Logan had bought for her and was now learning about the terrible travesty going on in the lives of Brad and Jen.
From the corner her eye she could see Logan staring at her and was now unable to concentrate on the reading. "What" she giggled taking off her sunglasses and looking into his eyes.
"I was just thinking I don't deserve you" he said with a cute little puppy dog look.
"Your right you don't" she said matter-of-factly and turning back to her magazine.
"Oww" he exclaimed acting hurt to her comment. "Aren't you suppose to say 'oh no Logan I don't deserve you'" he said in his best girl impression.
"Oh I am sorry baby did you need me to stroke your male ego for you." She quipped while batting her eyelashes.
"No, but I could think of something else I would like you to stroke." He said raising his eyebrow.
"you perv." She exclaimed slapping his arm.
He laughed rubbing his arm; although she was a girl she was really strong. They sat there in silence a little while longer until a chill came over and the sun dashed away behind a group of clouds. With a slight moan of anger they decided to go inside and get ready to return to Neptune and their not so perfect lives.
She grabbed her bag and packed up her belongings. Then she looked at Logan who had a questioning look on his face while staring at the ground. When she turned to see what had his attention, she smiled; there crumbled up on the floor was her red satin dress.
He stroked his chin as if deep in contemplation then said "I am going to have to say it looks better on you, but was fun getting it off." He said turning to her with a devilish grin.
She just rolled her eyes and moved in close giving him a quick peck on the cheek. When she tried to move away he grabbed her around the waist and held her from behind laying his forehead against her collar. "Do we have to go home" He said with a hint of childish whining. "I mean we could just sail away and never return."
A smile crept on her face as she thought about her life with him and how no matter what happens she would always remember this occasion and remember how much she loved him.
"Plus I thought I could give you, your birthday spankings!" he said raising his eyebrow.
She just smiled turning around and giving him the most passionate kiss she could muster. "We will reserve that for tonight, I thought you forgot about my birthday?"
He looked at her and pulled out his phone there was a message on it with a little heart that says v's b-day. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. She was happy he had her programmed in his phone but she was expecting him to remember on his own. That is something you do to remember a friends birthday not your girlfriends. All week no one made any mention of her birthday and when she would try to make plans people would either change the subject or have some good excuse for not being able to. She was now getting kinda bummed about the thought of her birthday but since Logan would be with her she thought it would be okay.
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When returning back to her apartment she opened the door to a very angry dad sitting on the couch. "Hey dad," she said trying to sound casual "when did you get home?"
"Last night, I came home to celebrate my nabbing of the jumper and take my loving daughter to dinner, but what do I find an empty bed and a note, 'went to megs'. He said with a look of disappointment.
"so I called meg because you weren't answering your phone, now veronica if your going to get someone to cover for you, you might want to get someone who doesn't crack after the second question." He said getting even more pissed.
She knew she should have chosen Mac as her alibi; Meg was too sweet, veronica doubted that Meg would even lie to her own parents let alone other peoples. Veronica turned around slowly and closed the door behind her. Unable to do it before due to the genuine shock of seeing him. She turned around to look him in the eyes and she could feel the anger radiating off of him.
"Logan and I went for a ride on his boat." It wasn't a total lie she and him were on his boat and they did have a ride. "We ended up staying up all night talking and taking in the sights." She said almost believing it herself.
Keith calmed down a bit, although he didn't believe her, he was happy to learn she had been safe and not off partying around town.
"I just want you to be safe;" he said feeling a little embarrassed "were you being safe?"
At that she knew he knew the truth but she really wasn't up to have 'the talk' with her dad so she just played along with his subtlety and nodded.
"As safe as ever, I had my taser and everything." She answered with a wink.
He let out a sigh and finally gave up and decided to go on with his day. He left to go finish some paperwork at the office and gave her a kiss on the forehead before he left. She showered and sat at the edge of the bed replaying what had happened earlier. That beautiful dinner, the breathtaking kisses and the amazing sessions of love making. And then she thought about her dad, he seemed really pissed; however it was like Lilly always said "what is the worst that could happen, you would get grounded, big deal you will remember this night for the rest of your life." God she missed Lilly she always had a way of making everything seem better. And she wanted her to be here on her 18th birthday at least she wouldn't blow her off.
She started putting on her clothes when she heard her cell phone ring, she rushed into the living room and whipped it from her purse she smiled when she saw the caller id and flipped it open. "Couldn't get enough of me could you Echolls?" It was silent and she felt a knot starting to form in her stomach.
Is this Veronica?" the man said in a straight tone.
"Yes?" she said feeling her legs go weak.
"I am Dr. Sheburt at Neptune hospital, Mr. Echolls was in a car accident." The words rushed over her body and she slumped down on the couch. A rush of pain and fear ran through her veins. "He is in a coma right now, we found his cell phone in his pocket you were the first person on his speed dial so we thought you would know him the most." She was relieved to hear he was still alive but still stunned at the thought of him in a hospital bed hooked up to all those machines like her dad had that night.
"I will be right there." She said hanging up the phone before he could respond. She ran into the bedroom and threw on some clothes being sure to pick out an outfit he liked, she wanted him to be happy when he woke up. She fixed her hair into pigtails and threw on a light layer of makeup. This took all of five minutes as she grabbed her bag on the chair next to the door. She then pulled the door open and stopped in complete shock at what was in front of her.
