Waking up from this nightmare

How's your life what's it like there?

Is it all that you'd like it to be?

Does it hurt when you think about me?

--Empty Apartment, Yellowcard

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Sunday afternoon Logan sat in his bedroom listening to a mix cd that Veronica had made him for his birthday, and flipping through a photo album filled with pictures from the past year.

"Logan?" Lynn asked knocking on the door, "Can I come in?"

"Yeah sure." Logan told her, shutting off his stereo, "What are you doing here?"

"Your father and I are trying to divide our assets."

"I bet that's going really well." Logan said sarcastically

Lynn took a seat next to him on the bed,"I'm sorry I left without you."

"Don't be. You had to get out of the house, I understand."

"I'm glad. How have you been? How are things with you and Veronica?"

"Well, we were doing pretty well. Now however is a different story."

"What happened?"

"I found something in her purse that made me worry about her, and when I went to confront her about it we wound up getting in to a fight."

"Give her time. Maybe it's personal.

While Logan thought about what his mother said, Lilly and Veronica sat out by Lilly's pool enjoying the weather.

"It is so nice out." Veronica sighed lying back in her lawn chair.

"I know." Lilly agreed as she adjusted her bikini, "I can't believe its November."

They both were silent soaking up the sun until Lilly couldn't take it anymore.

"I've been patient I really have, but there is only so much a friend can take. When are you going to tell me?" she asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"You. Logan. I know that you two had sex."

"What?" Veronica nearly screamed, "Logan and I didn't have sex. I repeat, did not have sex. Why would you think that? Did Logan tell you that we did?"

"Calm down there chief. Logan didn't have to tell me anything. I saw the two of you in the study after the party. You looked very comfortable wearing nearly nothing together."

"Oh my god Lilly. Logan and I were drunk; it got hot so we took off some clothes. But we never had sex. I will never have sex with him."

"Whatever helps you get to sleep at night."

"I'm serious Lilly."

"Whatever."

Monday at Lunch Veronica came outside with her lunch and took a look around trying to decide where to sit. Logan waved his arms to get Veronica's attention but she ignored him. Suddenly she spotted Mac sitting all by herself.

"Can I sit here?"Veronica asked holding on tightly to her tray.

"What?" Mac asked taking off her headphones.

"I was wondering if I could sit with you."

"Yeah sure, go ahead."

"Thanks."

Veronica sat her tray down and took a deep breath.

"Look I've gotta ask; why are you sitting with me? I mean your crowd doesn't really associate with mine." Mac asked as she put her cd player away.

"I'm not really in the mood to see certain people today."

"This is really not my business so you can tell me to butt out at any time but did something happen at Lilly Kane's party Friday?"

"How'd you know about the party?"

"Everyone knows about it. It was all everyone was talking about first block. Is it true that your friend Lilly and Logan Echoll's are back together?"

"Veronica!" Logan called out as he started too walked up to the table.

"Why don't you get it strait from the horse's mouth?"

"Can I talk to you?" Logan whispered

"Sure. But will I be listening? Probably not."

"Why are you so mad at me? I was just trying to be your friend."

"My friend? That's a laugh." Veronica said standing up, "Thanks for letting me sit with me Mac, but I've got to go."

"I'll see you later Veronica."

Veronica picked up and headed to the trash can leaving Logan in her dust.

That night Veronica sat up in her room working on an English assignment when there was a knock on the door.

"Go away I'm studying." She called out but who ever it was kept knocking anyway.

"Oh my god!" Veronica sighed as she got off of her bed and opened the door where she found Logan standing on the other side.

"We need to talk." Logan said as he pushed his way into the room

"Logan, I'm busy and not in the mood."

"That's too bad because we need to get this out in the open. Now I'm sorry that I went through your purse. That was wrong I realize that now. But I'm not sorry that I asked you about the pills. Veronica, despite the fact that you and I aren't together anymore I still love you and I still worry about you."

"Logan don't do this." Veronica said sitting down on her bed.

"I have to. Now I'm going to ask you one more time: Why do you have the pills? You can do the same thing you've been doing or you can tell me the truth. Which is it?"

"I've been having nightmares since we came back. Same cast of supporting character's different plot every night. The first few nights they were bad, but I could handle them. Then it got worse." Veronica whispered, not wanting to keep the truth to herself anymore, "One night I dreamt about when your father locked me in the freezer and set it on fire. When I woke up I was in the kitchen with my parents around me. Apparently I had put myself in the cabinet under the sink and locked myself in."

"Oh Veronica." Logan said rubbing her arm

"After that it just got worse. It got that the dreams came earlier and earlier and it got harder and harder to wake me up so once I did wake up I didn't want to risk another dream coming on so I would just stay up for the rest of the night which meant after a while I went to school with only two or three hours of sleep. So my parents finally sent me to a shrink who put me on anti-anxiety medication and prescribed some sleeping pills."

"That's your big secret?"

"I didn't want you to think I was a big freak or something."

"I could never think that."

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