A/N- Okay, so I know what your thinking… Why is she taking so long to update? Of course the answer is all these end of school year projects and exams. I decided to take a few moments out of my busy schedule to update so here it is, hopefully it makes somebody happy. Also, some people asked about the sudden hook-up of Logan and Laura, you will see what happened in this chapter.
A/N2- I have a story "A decade under the influence." It's a one shot, songfic but I was wondering if anyone thinks it's a good idea that I make a second chapter in Logan's POV.
Disclaimer – The ones I made up are mine; the real ones that I wish were mine are not.
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Flashback:
Logan was standing near the pop machine picking out which soda to have for lunch, when a girl came up beside him.
"Hey Logan."
"Hey umm, Lisa?"
"It's Laura."
"Yeah."
It was before lunchtime and nobody was out yet, nobody except Veronica. His attention drifted over to the table where she was sitting alone.
"Hello?"
"Oh sorry." Logan said snapping out of it. "What do you want anyways?"
"I have a favor to ask."
"Make it quick."
"Okay, do you know Wallace?"
"I know of him."
"I like him."
"Good for you." Logan said walking away.
"I need you to help me make him jealous." Laura said smiling. "I think he likes me, but he won't admit it. I think if he saw me with someone else he would get jealous and tell me he likes me."
"Why me?"
"Your hot, is there any other reason?"
"Not interested." Logan said, trying to walk away again.
"Plus, I bet it would make Veronica jealous." Laura said quietly so she wouldn't hear from the table she was sitting at.
Logan froze and looked over at her table. He didn't know what to say; of course he still liked Veronica. "Fine." He finally said. He didn't know what had come over him; he wasn't one to do something like this.
"Good." She grabbed him and dragged him to a place that was visible to Veronica. She pulled him close and kissed him.
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Veronica sat in study hall reading over the files that she had received on Bobby. She was so focused on reading every detail that she didn't realize that someone had sat down next to her.
"Good read?" Logan said, sitting down in the seat next to hers.
Veronica didn't even process his question, if you would call it a question. She kept reading, ignoring whatever words were coming at her.
"Ouch, is this your version of a cold shoulder. If it is then you've got work to do."
Veronica heard that comment. "Don't you have a girl somewhere waiting for you to bug her?"
"Jealous?"
"Busy."
"Busy being jealous?"
Veronica decided not to respond to his stupid comment. They used to have a lot of stupid conversations, but this had been the first since the one about her break-up with Duncan. The thought of that made her realize that she had stuff at the apartment that was hers.
"Actually Logan, can you do me a favor?"
"As long as it doesn't have to do with a gun and my head."
"I left some stuff at your apartment. I don't really want to go and get it."
"So you want me to get it for you?"
"Please, do me one nice favor and you can go back to being a jackass."
"Must be an odd-numbered day."
"No, odd-numbered days are when you kiss my ass."
"Fine, I'll drop your stuff off later."
"Thanks."
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"Veronica!" Maria shouted, running after her down the hall.
"Hey, what's up?" Veronica replied.
"Did you find anything?"
"I'm still working on it. The only thing I've found of any use are the initials 'EN'. Do you know anyone with those initials?"
"I don't think so."
"Okay, well you think about it and get back to me. I've got some things to do."
Veronica walked away from Maria and towards her usual lunch table. To her surprise Logan and Laura were sitting there with Mac and Wallace. I don't want to deal with this right now. Wait a second what am I talking about; there is nothing to deal with.
Veronica made a U-turn and began walking towards the school, she thought maybe they didn't notice her at all and that she could tell them that she was busy at lunch. That wasn't the case.
"Veronica, what time did you want me to drop your stuff off tonight?" Logan said running up beside her. He's not here to talk about my stuff; he's here to talk about why I just turned around.
"Whenever is good for you."
"You can't even stand me for half an hour?" Wow he sure does jump to the point.
"What are you talking about Logan?"
"You just turned around because I was sitting at your table."
"Don't flatter yourself Logan, I have things to do."
"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Logan said, with a touch of anger in his voice.
What is that supposed to mean. Whatever helps me sleep at night? Who does he think he is?
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When Veronica got home after school she was very tired. She hadn't slept a lot in the past few nights. She sat down on the couch and began to watch the news, but she fell asleep 3 minutes into it.
2 hours later the doorbell rang and woke Veronica up. She slowly got up and dragged her feet to the door. She opened it and Logan was standing in front of her with a box.
"You owe me one, I had to fight for this box."
"What do you mean?"
"He yelled at me for taking it, he said that he wanted to bring it to you."
"What did you say?"
"I said okay, and pretended to sit down and watch T.V. Then he went out and here I am."
"Thanks."
"Yeah no problem."
They stood there in silence for a few minutes, until finally the ringing of Veronica's cell phone broke the quiet.
"Hello?"
"Veronica, it's me Maria."
"Hey Maria, what's wrong?"
"I just saw an alert on the T.V. A man named Edward Nacharo was just arrested an hour north of Neptune. I noticed the initials E.N. and I thought maybe it had something to do with Robert."
"It's worth a shot, I'm on it."
Veronica hung up the phone, put on her shoes and grabbed her jacket. She ran past Logan and yelled, "Lock the door."
"Where are you going?"
"I have a lead to follow."
"Where?"
"An hour north of Neptune."
"I'm coming."
