"My friends call me gabby" she said gingerly.
Veronica smiled in return they talked about Neptune and where Logan and Gabby were from. They joked around and talked like they had known each other for years. Gabby could already see the pure love in Logan's eyes when he looked at Veronica. And she could tell that this little blonde one would change his life forever. However she also knew that Logan would never make a move, growing up to a sadistic fuck for a father, you tend to try to protect the ones you care about and Veronica was too pure to pull into their world.
Logan looked up and could see his dad coming their way, he looked at Gabby and as if reading his mind, she took Veronica's hand and pulled her out of the ice cream parlor.
"What?" Veronica asked confused.
"Nothing it is just so much nicer out here, hey lets go to a movie" she said with a smile trying to ward off any of Veronica's suspicions about her behavior.
She glanced back inside to see Logan talking to Aaron.
"Who was that?" Aaron asked as he watched Gabriel pull the little blonde angel from the parlor.
"Oh some local" Logan stated nonchalant, "We are going to go check out the town, meet you home later" he said turning to go.
"Call Kevin if you need a ride home" his mother called out, mentioning their chauffer that was to be fired in the next couple of days. The 'New Suburban Echolls Family' didn't need limos and drivers.
Logan shook his head in disbelief on how stupid this whole move was, what his father was trying to pull now. It was bad enough when he found out he had a daughter with another woman and he took her in like he had always known. What a crock of shit, now that little publicity stunt was living it up back in LA being Aaron Echolls daughter.
He caught up to the girls and walked down the street, they were filled with people. It was three days after school in Neptune had gotten out and it was buzzing with activity.
"So Veronica, any boyfriends?" Gabriel asked, she wasn't quite sure how fast things were around here. Were kids here like they were in LA? Gabby being twelve had already had three boyfriends.
"No" she blushed slightly catching a glimse of Logans relieved expression.
"BFF's" Gabby was always a pushy one, she wanted to know everything about everyone when she first met them. Mostly however it was to know if she had any competition.
"Not really, things in Neptune are complicated….." she said looking at her feet as they walked.
"how do you mean?" Logan asked softly trying to coerce her to talk more, he was never one to be shy but he had learned how to get people to open up.
"Well there are certain people you hang out with, certain groups…" she said. "There are the 09ers people who live in the 90909 zip code like you, they are the rich and privileged and believe that the rest of us 02ers people in the 90902 zip code only rent space in their world." She finished looking at the two as she talked.
"Well we lived our whole lives with people like that and let me tell you it gets boring quick" Gabby joked with a smile throwing her arm around Veronica's shoulder. "So where is this movie theatre."
A couple weeks had passed and Logan was in heaven, Veronica had come by everyday to hang out with them. They had gotten the full look at what Neptune had to offer, and were having a blast in the process. They were sitting on a bench in the park finishing their popsicles, the tempertature had hit its highest at 101 and they were trying to make the best of it. The construction workers said they would have the pool done today and they decided to kill some time with an ice cold treat.
Just as they sat down a bright glint shined in Logan's eye. He moved his hand in the way and tried to look around to see where it was coming from. As he looked forward he saw her, she was a little older then them, maybe a year or two, with long dark blonde hair and cherry red lips resting on her cherry lollipop. Her face was pinched back into a full laugh as a boy sat next her.
He turned around and Logan caught a glimpse of his face, he was younger then her with short brown hair and a broad figure for a twelve year old. He had on a blue soccer uniform and was talking to the girl using huge hand motions, obviously telling her a humorous story.
"Who are they?" Logan asked pointing out the two.
"Lilly and Duncan Kane, their dad owns some small software company, supposedly he will be coming out with some sort of new video stuff, anyways my dad says it wont last." She said licking up the side of her purple popsicle.
"Do you know them?" Gabriel asked.
"Not really they are 09ers, and well my dad is a deputy, so I guess we haven't really crossed paths before." She said looking over at the two.
"Gabriel got up and walked over to the pair. "Gabriel Echolls" she announced pulling out her hand and waiting for one of them to follow suit.
"Lilly Kane" the girl responded getting up and shaking the new comers hand.
"So I hear you own this place." Gabby gestured around them
"That's right!" she giggled. "This is my brother Donut" she pointed down at the boy
The boy shot up from his seat really irritated with his sister's choice of nicknames. He smiled at Gabriel "Duncan" he said taking her hand.
She looked into his eyes as if looking for something, something to tell her if he was the kind of guy she should get to know better. She had come to learn how to judge a guy just by looking at him, this might not be the best thing but it helps you survive in Hollywood.
"That is my brother Logan and I believe you know Veronica" she said looking over her shoulder at the two who were chatting away on the bench behind them.
"Yeah she goes to our school." She said looking over at Duncan who was blushing a little. "He has a crush on her"
"I do not" he said angrily.
"Well looks like you have a bit of competition those two have been hitting it off for a while now." She said and could already see a bit of disappointment register on their faces.