Logan and Veronica walked into the house his hands attached to her hips as he nipped lightly at her neck enticing excited giggles from her throat. Pushing her past the kitchen counter he moves her down onto the couch climbing atop her body continuing his pleasurable attack on her neck and shoulder.

"Logan, I thought we were going to the movies" she giggles pushing at his chest lightly.

"and I told you I needed to come back for my cell phone" he breathed ducking in again to kiss her cheek before capturing her lips.

"Then why aren't you getting it?" she teased when he moved down to her neck again.

"So bossy" he teased sitting up, he looked over her stubborn face before rolling his eyes and getting off the couch. "Fine, if you would rather go see some stupid movie then enjoy my prestigious company then we'll go." He laughed as she grabbed his hand pulling him back down atop her.

"Prestigious?" she teased.

"Hey it got you to reconsider; I think this whole lengthening my vocabulary thing you told me about might actually have its benefits.

She laughed grabbing both sides of his face, pulling him towards her in a passionate kiss, just as Veronica's new sidekick begins to ring. After a couple whispered pleas to let it go, Veronica reluctantly gets up grabbing at her bag on the floor and finding the new menace in the side pocket.

"Hello?" she asks impatiently when she doesn't recognize the number flashing on the screen.

"Veronica, its Leo"

"Hey Leo, what's up?" she asks her tone more light.

"I was wondering if you could help me with something?" he said a little embarrassed.

"Are you asking me for a favor, well it is about damn time, I was wondering when you would finally join the others." She teases.

Over the next couple of weeks since their return from the lake, Veronica had been hounded by her friends, as well as some classmates to help them with one thing or another. If it wasn't trying to find the person who stole their ring, it was unveiling their parents soiled pasts, for a price of course.

News had hit all over that Keith Mars had led the investigation to incriminate Aaron Echolls, and what better person to turn to rather than the man himself, than his little blond butt kicking daughter.

"yeah well I heard you were the second best at doing research" he laughed his voice relaxing from its former tense state.

"So what can I do for you?"

"Well my sister Tina has been accepted into a private school an hour out of Neptune, called Birtchwood academy for the gifted" he stated as if reading the title from a headline.

"I know I heard, we were just with Gabby and Tina at the park when your mother delivered the news, Tina was so excited." She said remembering the smile that light up the little girls face face.

Tina was the funniest, sweetest, and most down to earth girl you would ever meet, she was strong too. She never let the fact that she had down syndrome change her perspective on life in any way, and continued to learn, laugh, and play like any other 11 year old girl.

"I'm having a hard time seeing the problem" she said shifting on the couch which was now bare, since Logan had given up and went in search of his phone.

"It's just that we have been trying desperately to get on the waiting list for it since Tina was born, and now not only do they acknowledge our existence but now their even offering a full scholarship with free room and board." He says shocked.

"Yeah it's odd but I don't see anything bad about it" she said adjusting the phone to her other ear.

"Can you just look into it for me, even if it is nothing, I just want to know" he finished.

"Sure, I will try to get what I can" she said with a final goodbye. Grabbing a pad of paper and pencil from her bag she jotted down a couple of notes before grabbing her bag and meeting Logan at the door.

"So what do you think about Jonathon?" Meg asked lounging back on the bean bag chair in the corner of Natalie's room. It was the typical girl sleep over, junk food, gabbing, manicures and games. They were now playing Meg's favorite, the Future game. The game was simple, name off what you want in your future: job, car, home, kids.

"I think it is a great name…for every other man in the world named John, come on Meg think of something different, not bland" Lilly said rolling her eyes while flipping pages in her Cosmo magazine.

"Hey, Jonathon is Duncan's middle name" Meg exclaimed.

"Case and point…Duncanbland" Lilly stated with a small nod.

"Hey, what do you think of Emilia with an "E" for a girl. That way you can call her Emma, or Emily, or mia." Veronica suggested stopping the girls fight before something regrettable was said.

"I love it" Natalie exclaimed applying paint to her pinky toe. No one believed Dick would still be dating her, none of his relationships lasted, especially not with girls like Natalie. She was funny, and smart, or at least smarter than most, and didn't take his crap, she was nothing like what they expected. But here she was, Dick still head over heals for her, she had really cast her spell.

"Well than it is settled, Veronica and Logan will get married, buy a big mansion by the sea, and have a daughter named Emilia" Gabby settled, a little annoyed as she crossed the room again. She had been stalking back and forth for the past hour, but when asked what was wrong, she answered with the same tired, "nothing."

"Look Leo gets off in a couple of minutes why don't you go over and fuck him, get out whatever bug is up your ass" Lilly said irritated herself by her friends constant movement.

"I don't want to talk to Leo" she said finally taking a seat in the other bean bag next to Meg, ignoring the blonde's rude comment.

"What's going on between you two?" Natalie asked confused.

"He found out that I did something, I guess I wasn't suppose to" Gabby replied looking forward stubbornly.

"Hey honey, your message sounded urgent, are you really that desperate for a booty call?" Gabby teases moving closer to him and wrapping her arms around his neck. He shrugged them off, closed the door behind her and took a seat on the couch. Gabby stood by the doorway in shock, had he really just dismissed her like that.

"What are you pissed about?" she asked, her tone taking on some anger of its own.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you paid for Tina's school" he said looking at her with a heated gaze. She looked surprised at first before her expression changed to mimic his.

"Why should I, it is her school, so what if I paid for it, that is between me and her" she yelled leaning back against the wall.

"You had no right to pay for it" he said looking down.

"Look I love Tina too, and I love you, I knew that you guys have been trying to get her in and I wanted to help" she said her tone lightening as she walked towards him.

"We don't need your charity" he growled.

"Fine, then I guess you don't need my love either" she said turning around and walking back to the door. "It's not refundable so either she takes it or I just donated the money to the school" she said before slamming the door behind her.

"He was totally out of line, like it was a sin to pay for her school" Gabby scoffed getting up again to continue her pacing.

"Well maybe you should have talked to him before you did it" Veronica said.

"Are you defending him? It wasn't his gift it was between me and Tina" she yelled, and Veronica shot her hands in their air.

"Maybe you should talk to him. Just sit down and discuss it" Natalie suggested.

"Why should I? He is the one being an ass about it." Gabby complained. Her leg began to vibrate while she grabbed her cell from her pocket, looking down at the text on the screen she smiled slightly before making excuses and running out the door.

"I knew it, one little text from Baby boy and she is all hearts and giggles again" Lilly says her voice feigning boredom as she looked back at her magazine.

"Dude, I still don't see why we don't run in there and have our own old fashioned panty raid" Dick scoffed as he took another sip of his coke.

"Because they are our girlfriends and we can see their panties whenever we want, why should we have to steal them" Duncan complained as Dick continued to persuade him to crash the girl's sleep over. They walked down the beach back to their trucks, where Logan waited for them to get back with the burgers.

"So you and Meg finally crossed second base, we're so proud of you" Logan teased messing a hand through Duncan's hair.

"Whatever man" Duncan grumbled grabbing his burger from the bag and taking a seat facing the water.

Looking down the strip of sand he saw a couple walking together a ways down. They took a seat on the sand and continued to discuss something heads bowed close. They looked familiar, and it wasn't until Duncan noticed the bald head and leather jacket that he knew it was Weevil. He was about to tell the other guys but stopped when he realized that the girl the newly firended biker was with wasn't his sister but Gabby.

They huddled closer her hand stroking the side of his face as she leaned in placing a light kiss on the biker's forehead. Looking back he saw that Logan and Dick were completely clueless to what was happening between their friends.

But when his attention returned to the couple nearby his eyes popped when he saw that her lips were now on his, until she pulled back and whispered something before hugging him again. Duncan couldn't believe what he saw, did his sisters boyfriend really cheat on her.

Getting up he decided he couldn't stand it anymore and got into his truck, not even bothering to make an excuse to the guys, before peeling out of the parking lot.