In the weeks to come after the party, Logan and Veronica became closer friends than they were when Lilly was alive. It was kinda hard for Veronica not to befriend the guy who saved her life. As the weeks past, Logan began developing a crush on Veronica. He began noticing her hair, her blue eyes, her clothes and her attitude. He loved it all.

Sophomore year went by quickly and it was summer. Veronica went over Logan's house almost everyday and swam in his pool or went to the beach. One night, Logan and Veronica attended a beach kegger. After Logan was undeniably drunk, Veronica drove him home. When she dropped him off at home and walked him up to the door, Logan leaned down and kissed her.

The kiss was slow, as Veronica refused to open her mouth. But when she gave in, surely but slowly, it became quick and heated. The kiss finally ended when Lynn opened the door and cleared her throat.

"Ummm...Logan..." Lynn said, nervously, until she noticed Veronica "Oh hello, Veronica."

"Mrs. Echolls..." Veronica replied. "Ummm well I'd better get going. G'night Logan, Mrs. Echolls." Veronica jogged to her car, took one last look at Logan and walked away, leaving Logan drunk and speechless, which was a first since it was usually one or the other.

The next day...

As Veronica was leaving Java the Hut, where she had applied for a part time job, and was heading to her car, she was stopped by Logan.

"Veronica, we need to talk."

"Why what about Logan?" Veronica said, looking up at him, innocently

"Don't pull that crap Ronnie." he said using the nickname he knew she hated, "You know what about. Don't pull the innocent act. The kiss last night. I know you felt something, cause sure as hell I did. I spent all last night thinking about you. When I sobered up of course." he added

"Logan? What do you expect me to say? You were Lilly's boyfriend. I was Duncan's, YOUR best friend's girlfriend. What happened last night was a big mistake." she spit out harshly. Logan didn't respond at first but when he did, he pulled her into a kiss.

"All I ask, Veronica Mars, is that you let me take you out tomorrow night." he proposed "Deal?"


A/N Wow. 10 chapters! Yippee! Sorry to make it so short. I felt like I owed my loyal readers a new chapter. This story is now gonna be LoVe from now on. With a little angst from Duncan of course! it's gonna take me a while cause I want the new chapter to be extra long and really good. So review people. And while you wait for my new chappy, check out my other story, New Beginnings.