Its non-stop memories of you.

It's like a video of you playing;

It's all loops of seven-hour kisses

Cut with a couple near-misses--

Back to the scene of the actor saying,

"Tell me baby, baby--why do I feel so bad?"

---Video, Aimee Mann

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The next morning Lilly walked downstairs to the kitchen to find Duncan and Veronica eating breakfast.

"Well isn't this just a picture perfect moment." Lilly yawned as she stumbled into the kitchen running her hand through her towel dried hair

"Want some breakfast?" Duncan asked as he got up to put his plates in the sink.

"No." Lilly said sitting down at the table next to Veronica, "But I will take some coffee."

"Coming right up."

"So friend, what do you have planned for tonight?"

"I've got some homework to do."

"Oh yeah, important." Lilly said rolling her eyes, "How about you and I head out for a night on the town?"

"What do you have in mind?"

"Well, there's this band playing downtown. We could check it out."

"On a school night?"

"Come on V, it would be fun. You need to cut loose, have some fun."

"Lilly I think we both know that I know how to have fun."

"Yeah you're no longer the uptight, virginal Veronica Mars that you used to be, but you haven't really had fun in a long time. Not since…"

"Okay." Veronica said throwing up her hands, "If I say yes will you stop harassing me?"

"Yes." Lilly said with a smile.

An hour later Lilly stood in the girl's bathroom looking at herself in the mirror as Troy walked in, cautiously.

"Are you coming in or not?" Lilly asked as she put on her lip gloss.

"Is it safe?"

"Considering that this is the most unused bathroom in school? Yes."

"So did you talk to Veronica?"

"Yes."

"And?"

"She said yes."

"Why do I get the feeling that you're not telling me something?"

"She doesn't know that you're coming."

Troy leaned up against a sink and crossed his arms.

"Well, this is going to be an interesting night." he sighed.

Lilly opened his mouth to speak but stopped when she heard a familiar voice outside.

"Oh god." She whispered and then instructed, "Go hide in the stall until you think it's safe."

"What's---"

"Go." She whispered and then hurried and opened the door a crack, "Hi Veronica."

"Hi Lilly. What's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Why don't I believe that?"

"You want to know the truth?"

"You've got a boy in there?"

"Maybe."

"Lilly." Veronica said exasperated, "You and Weevil have been broken up, what a week? And now you're making out with some random guy in the bathroom."

"I'm a whore, I know. Let's go." Lilly said as she tried to push her way out the door.

"Can't I know who it is?" Veronica asked trying to peek into the bathroom

"No." Lilly said as she got out into the hall.

"You are acting so weird." Veronica said shaking her head as they began to walk down the hall.

As they walked down the hall Veronica looked over at Logan who was sitting with Hannah and gave him a small smile.

"Are you listening to me?" Hannah asked snapping her fingers

"What?" Logan asked taking his attention away from Veronica

"I asked if you were going to be attending science class today."

"Oh. No."

"Do you have a valid reason this time 'cause Mr. A is getting a little upset. "

"I do have a valid reason. I'm going to be on television."

"Logan Echolls is going to be on television. That's a shocker."

"I'm going to be on a late night talk show. But this is the last stop on my publicity tour. I've never been so glad to have my life story came to DVD than I am right now."

"That's great for you, but you know it's kinda sucking that I'm left without a partner so much. I'm starting to wish I had listened to my friends and chosen someone else for my lab partner. 'Cause you're cute and all but you've got far too much baggage for me."

That night Veronica sat an empty table talking to Lilly on her phone.

"Where the hell are you?" Veronica said trying to yell over the music.

"I'm not coming."

"You were the one who wanted me to come to this thing in the first place."

"I know…"

"And now you're abandoning me."

"I'm not abandoning you."

"What do you mean?"

"Hi." Troy said walking up to the table.

"You've got to be kidding me." Veronica said under her breath, ""Let me guess. You set this up?"

"It was more of a joint effort. Have fun." Lilly said right before she hung the phone up.

"Are you impressed?" Troy asked as sat down across from her

"Hardly." Veronica said standing up.

"Wait." Troy said grabbing her wrist, "Let me explain."

"Hurry." Veronica said sitting back down.

"I knew that if I were to ask you out tonight you would say no."

"You were right."

"But I wanted to spend sometime with you. So that you could see that I'm not the bad guy think I am. Please give me that."

Veronica was silent for a moment and then told him, "Fine. But if you try anything they'll be dragging the lake looking for your body."

"I'm alright with that."

"So is this band any good?"

"Yeah. Yeah it is."

Later that night as the band began to pack up Veronica and Troy made their way to the bar.

"Can I get you something?" The bartender asked walking up to them

"You want anything?" Troy whispered into Veronica's ear.

"Yeah." She said nodding her head, "I'll have a coke."

"One coke and one rum and coke."

"Coming right up."

As the bartender began to walk away Troy nudged Veronica and pointed up at the TV that was perched on the wall.

"Hey, look its Logan." He said

"Excuse me!" Veronica called out to the bartender, "Could you turn that up?"

As he did so a scene from The Aaron Echolls Story began to play.

"Stop right there!" the television version of Aaron shouted, "Now I'm sorry young lady but this is a family situation and I'm going to ask you to leave on your own or I will have to have you removed."

Logan let go of the television version of Veronica's hand and stood in front of her, "Don't even. You can raise your voice to me all you want. I can handle you. But you never--" Logan got up close to the television replica of his father's and began shouting, "--NEVER talk to my girlfriend like that. Do you understand?"

"That's some powerful stuff." The talk show host said and then stood up, "And now Aaron Echolls son himself Logan Echolls."

Logan walked out wearing his FCKU shirt and a brown leather jacket and Veronica realized that what Mac said a long time ago was right. Logan was born to do this. He was bred to be in the spotlight.

"Hello Logan." The host said shaking his hand.

"Hello Jack." Logan said smiling.

"I'm so glad you could join us tonight."

"Well I'm happy to be here."

They continued the small talk for a few minutes and then finally Jack moved onto the real meat of the interview.

"You really struck big this summer didn't you?" Jack asked

"Well that all depends on your definition of striking it big."

"Well in the three months since The Aaron Echolls story debuted there have been over 100 websites on the internet devoted to you, you were one of the most googled names of the summer and more importantly you have graced the cover of over a dozen tabloid magazines. Now I've been in this business a long time and I know that once magazines like the Star and US Weekly start caring about what you're doing you've hit it big."

"Then I must have hit it big."

"Now I have a few rumors here that I was wondering if you could set strait."

"Alright. Ask away."

"First off, the rumor everyone wants the answer to, you are currently dating one of the Olsen twins."

Logan chuckled to himself and said as politely as he could, "No."

"Are you dating anyone?"

Veronica stiffened up and waited for the answer that she herself wanted to know.

"Right now? No."

Veronica let out a deep breath and Troy could tell that she was glad to hear that.

"But I'm in high school, you know? Things like that change everyday."

"Yeah, I remember what it was like back then." Jack said moving to his next note card, "Next question is it true that you dropped out of a Spielberg movie because of a girl?"

Veronica lifted an eyebrow.

"You didn't hear about that?" Troy asked

"No I didn't."

"There were multiple reasons why I dropped out of the movie. For the most part it was because I would have to spend six months in a secluded part of Europe with little to no contact with my friends and family. And I tried to see it I could do without any contact from them but I couldn't even last three weeks."

And suddenly everything became clear to Veronica.

"Troy…"Veronica began

"You have to go?" Troy asked glancing down at the drink that was placed in front of him

"I have to go." She said picking up her jacket, "I'm sorry."

"I understand."

"I really am…"

"I got it. Go."

Veronica rushed out to her car and quickly got in and started it. As she sped out of the parking lot she turned on the radio and she smiled at the song that was playing.

"If you dream of me, like I dream of you, in a place that's warm and dark, in a place where I can feel the beating of your heart. Remembering your touch, your kiss, your warm embrace,

I'll find my way back to you, if you'll be waiting."

Suddenly Veronica found herself pulling into Logan's driveway just as the sky opened and released a downpour of rain. She quickly got out of the car holding her jacket over her head trying to, unsuccessfully, keep herself dry and rushed up to the house and began to ring the doorbell repeatedly.

Logan opened the door and then very confusedly asked, "Veronica? What are you doing here?"
"Shut up." She said as she stood up on her tiptoes, put her hand on the back of his neck and kissed him.