Logan she said shocked all the color had washed from her face; as if she saw a ghost.

Just then a huge group shouted "Happy Birthday Veronica" jumping out from either side of the door. She felt weak as if she was going to faint. And almost did. When she started to slip she felt two pressing hands grab her up by the waist and hold her against his chest.

"Happy Birthday baby" he whispered him her ear. He color rushed back to her face in bright red tint. She realized he was the one who made the call and she was pissed. She bounced free from his embrace and punched him in the chest. "How could you" she said anger tinting her voice. "How could you make me think you were hurt, when I heard about the accident I thought…..I thought…." She said trailing off, he moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her comforting her.

"It was the only way to catch you off guard, you are one nosy teen and we couldn't have you snooping around. And we wanted it to be a surprise, now we all know that Logan Echolls is not stupid enough to get in a car accident on his girlfriends Birthday" he said feeling the smile rise up her cheeks on his chest. She punched him again in the chest and took a deep sigh.

"You!" she said pointing at him. "You are mean, why couldn't you just take me to a movie and surprise me when we got home like normal people." She said with a emphasis on the word 'Normal'.

"When have I ever done anything normal, plus you would have suspected something if I took you to a dinner and movie instead of something special, this is me we are talking about the king of surprises." He said taking a bow.

She relented and told everyone to come in, she was still angry, but she knew that this wasn't like any other birthday stories she was ever going to have again. Everyone was there, Duncan, Meg, Mac and her boo Cassidy (beaver), Wallace and Georgia he asked her back out when she dumped her boyfriend and was happy to find that she still had feelings for him. Weevil and his girlfriend Carmen were holding the cake. After a couple of days he finally got up the courage to ask her out when he taped up her ex tad. They had been dating ever since.

And last strolled in her dad hand in hand with Alicia and Darryl he gave her a huge hug and whispered "happy birthday sweetheart." A tear rolling down his cheek as all the emotions of a father finally realizing his daughter was a grown up hit full force.

"So you're not mad about last night?" she asked as if she was trying to figure if she was going to be in trouble later.

"No, Logan asked my permission last night he said that you guys were going for a boat ride to Catalina and you had two rooms waiting. I called to confirm it" she added with a wink.

O Logan was good she thought to herself as a smiled curved on her face. She turned to Alicia and gave her a hug. They all sat down and talked. Veronica opened presents; there was a 'where in the world is Carmen San Diego' computer game from Mac and Beav, a necklace from Meg and Duncan, a new watch and set of walkie talkies from Wallace and Georgia and a Helmet covered in butterflies and Lillis from Weevil.

"For those late night escapes" he whispered in her ear while she gave him a huge thankful hug.

Alicia and Keith looked at each other then Alicia pulled out a small box and handed it to veronica, she opened it and gasped in shock. Inside was a silver ring of a flower and in the middle laid a pearl.

"It is so beautiful." She said sliding it on her finger. She looked at her dad with tears in her eyes and lunged at him giving him one of the strongest hugs she could.

"I am glad you like it" he said out of breath. "Alicia helped pick it out." She leaned over and hugged Alicia again.

"Thank you" she said "for the present and for being with my dad, you have no idea how much he needs you."

"I think I might" she answered raising her hand to show a gold engagement ring.

"Oh My God" she squealed. "When?"

"Last night your dad proposed over dinner and I accepted." She said looking at Keith. Love soaking her eyes.

She was happy her dad was moving on they had a rough time when her mom left with the check but they lived on and she realized all he needed was someone to love and she realized that was going to be Alicia.

"My Turn" Logan yipped jumping up and gabbing veronica in his arms dragging her to the door. He pulled it open and they rushed down the stairs to the front of the complex.

She gawked at the sight in front of her.

The rest followed behind and smiled when they heard her giggle. "You finally got a new car Logan!" she said looking at him.

"No!" he joked "you did!" he said watching her jaw drop.

"What?" she screamed she ran over and skimmed her hand over the top of the car it was a black Seabring convertible.

"Well after the demise of the La Berin I thought you should have something to get around." He said looking into her glee filled eyes. "I mean since my car is a what was the word again." He said trying to remember "oh yeah monstrosity. She walked over to him and flung her arms around his neck kissing him deeply delving her tongue into his mouth.

They stopped when they heard the throats clear behind them and smiled back at the group. They walked back to the apartment and had some cake. It was Seven and they had pizza coming but they couldn't wait and decided to dig in. Keith got up and took Alicia and Darryl's hands leading them toward the door.

"We are going to go, we have a couple things to do." He said giving Veronica a kiss on the forehead. "I am going to stay at Alicia's" he said to her. "You guys have fun" he shouted over her shoulder to the party in the living room. "But not too much" he said with a smirk closing the door behind him.

"Well the parentals are gone we are all responsible adults here what shall we do?" asked veronica.

"Truth or Dare?" suggested Logan.

Everyone agreed and sat in a circle coupled up the girls sitting with their men.

"veronica Truth or Dare?" asked Wallace.

"Truth" she retorted.

"What was the happiest day of your life?"

She thought about all the days she had. She thought of all the memories of her friends and family. Was it the day of homecoming, or her sweet 16 with her mom, was it the night she melted in Logan's arms while the killer was arrested or the day they found Aaron guilty.

"Today" she said with tears in her eyes as she looked over the group in front of her. She could swear she heard Lilly giggle right then yelling "You go Gurl!"

She leaned back and kissed Logan while whispering "I Love you" he kissed her forehead and whispered it back.

She raised her soda and everyone mimicked. "To today let their be just as many days as this" and with that they all took a sip.

She was truly happy and had everything she needed and knew that somewhere out there Lilly was shaking her head trying to convince her to do something stupid like take her top off. She bowed her head, 'this is for you Lilly may you finally have peace, I do' she thought.

The End

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