Fic: Remembering You, Part 3
Author: Lindsey
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1104
Pairings/Characters: Logan/Veronica, Ensemble plus original characters
Warnings/Spoilers: up to 1.22
Summary: Everything Veronica does always comes back to a fling that happened oh so long ago.
Disclaimer: I don't own veronica mars. rob thomas and upn do. All hail king rob!

an: sorry for the wait. Just got back from a white water rafting/camping trip in West Virginia. I try writing without a muse and this chapter and the last are the results…please don't feel shy about telling me ideas you have that could work in this fic. I'm running out of ideas myself! Oh and I had to mention eating crabs in the article, us Marylanders are famous for our crabs!

"Shit," Wallace cursed as he hung up the phone. Not only was that long distance phone call gonna cost him some serious cash, but he hadn't even told Veronica what he wanted, no, needed to tell her.

Wallace picked up his phone once more and dialed Veronica's number. This time he got a busy signal. "God damnit," he cursed again. Wallace's wife eyed him, and told him to be quiet; their baby boy was finally asleep. He mouthed the word 'sorry' to her, only to get another look from his wife when the infant began crying.

"Now look what you've done!" Sophia exclaimed, frustrated.

After the love of his life had hushed the baby and somehow magically gotten it to fall back asleep, Wallace walked over to her and settled his arms around her waist, leaning his head on her shoulder.

They watched their son, Theo, lay in the crib, peacefully, both not worrying about a thing for the time being.

x-x-x

"Omigod, Veronica! Can you believe this! I mean, I know I can't…it's like a dream come true! This seriously hot actor that you are in love with is coming to town and is shooting his sitcom three blocks away from the place where you work! My God, V, how can you not be excited right now?" Shelly was practically yelling at Veronica.

"Well, first of all, it seems thatyou're the one in love with Logan and second of all I am excited, its just that I'm not going around being a crazy woman at the same time."

"I am so not acting like a crazy woman…okay, maybe I am. But just a little."

"Shelly, I never said you were acting like a crazy woman, I just saidIwasn't."

"Oh," her friend replied, followed by nervous laughter.

Veronica rolled her eyes slightly. "So what else did that article say?" she asked as she put the phone down and put Shelly on speaker. She then began to make a "midnight snack."

"Here, I'll read it to you." Veronica heard Shelly fumbling around with papers in the background. "Ah, found it. 'Viva Las Baltimore. The thrilling new comedy, Below Average, starring heartthrob, Logan Echolls, has decided to shoot on location for the rest of their second season. The sitcom is about a family who grew up in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but the father soon gambles all of their fortune away. The family then takes a huge road trip and ends up in Baltimore, Maryland, a city that's a prize of its own. Tune in to see how this wacky family survives yet another year full of laughs and, of course, eating crabs'."

Veronica sat back in her 'Lazy Boy' eating the chocolate swirl ice cream as she took in the horrible/fascinating news. She could not believe this was happening. "It doesn't say anything about when's he's expected to arrive, does it?"

"Not in this article," Shelly replied. "But I did buy this other magazine that had Logan on the cover. I'll look through it tonight. How about we meet at Starbucks around ten-thirty tomorrow?"

"Okay, yeah. Um, do you want me to call Rachel?"

"No, I will. You need to get to sleep in you want to be on time for that dentist appointment tomorrow morning."

Veronica could almost see the smirk on Shelly's face as she said that. "Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention, Dr. Burton called and cancelled. I'm free to do whatever you Logan worshipers need me to do."

Shelly laughed. "Good. Just remember to meet me at 10:30, prompt. I have about fifteen magazines that mention at least a sentence about Logan Echolls. I'll need your help going through them."

"Consider it done." A few minutes later, Veronica hung up the phone. She didn't know why, but she could handle looking at pictures and reading articles about her ex-boyfriend. But what she couldn't handle was seeing him in person.

x-x-x

Veronica took a bite of her apple as Keith came in the door. He looked at her in shock. "Is my daughter eating something nutritional?"

Veronica swallowed the piece of fruit and smiled. "You betcha."

Keith shook his head. "I have a case I need you to work on," he said handing her a manila folder. "Kid that goes to your school wants to get a bully of his back."

"Great. I'll start on it Monday."

Her father shot her a look of confusion. "Why not tomorrow? You could have it done by the weekend."

"Dad, tomorrow's Friday. I don't work on Fridays."

"Oh right. Forgot. That's 'spend the day with Logan and not worry about a thing' day."

"Yup, so don't wait up for me after school, okay? Logan says he's got something planned for us and I don't know exactly how long it's going to take because he won't tell me a thing."

"I'll call you around six if you're not home by then. Just make sure you're home by 12."

"Alright, I better go tell Logan that," Veronica said as she kissed Keith on the cheek and picked up the phone.

x-x-x

Wallace sat down at his usual lunch table, next to Veronica who was munching on a bag of chips. "So, Logan tell you where he's taking you yet?" her friend asked, just as she spotted Logan walking towards them.

"No, but he's making me skip my afternoon classes for it. Must be far away."

"Must be," Wallace echoed. "So I guess the three of us aren't going to have our annual 'movie marathon' tonight, then."

"I don't know. Depends on what time we get back."

By that time Logan had taken a seat next to Veronica. "Yeah, sorry Wally, we'll probably just be able to make Ronnie's curfew."

"Don't worry about it, I was actually gonna try to get out of it anyway. Couple of my other friends are having a party."

Veronica looked at Wallace in shock; she then looked at Logan. "Can you believe it, honey? Our little Wally has friends!" Veronica joked.

Logan soon joined in on the fun. "Technically, muffin, he's had friends before—they just weren't visible."

"Ha ha ha," Wallace 'laughed'. "Very funny." He picked up his lunch next and stood up from the table. "I have to go. See you guys Monday."

Veronica said goodbye and watched as Wallace re-entered Neptune High. She turned back to face Logan after a few minutes. "I swear if you don't tell me where we are going before we get there, I am so kicking your ass."

Logan smirked. "I'll hold you to that."

x-x-x

an: comments appreciated; more than you know ;-)