Chapter Seven:

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"Hey guys," Veronica greeted Lilly, Jackie and Meg as she walked into the old A.V room. She had called them when she got home from her date and asked them to meet her in the AV room at school. She had decided she had felt to strongly about Logan to keep playing him like she was.

"Hey, so why did you call us in here?" asked Meg anxiously.

"Listen I'm just going to say this. I can't keep doing this to Logan. It's not fair to him and I think I like him," Veronica said in one breath.

"Veronica! How could you possibly like him? He's a player. You heard the rumour around school about how he's only using you for sex!" Jackie yelled.

"We haven't had sex. That's why it's called a rumour," Veronica defended calmly.

"Look Veronica there's something I want to show you," Meg said. She walked over to one of the monitors and turned it on she clicked play and on screen was Logan and Dick. Since Logan's head was facing his locker it was impossible to tell he was rolling his eyes when he sarcastically admitted he was using Veronica for sex. "Are you still sure you like him?" Meg asked once the video was finished.

"Fine I'll keep doing it," Veronica said in a small voice. She grabbed her messenger bag and walked out of the A.V room.

"That was really bitchy Meg," Lilly snapped once Veronica had gone.

"What? I didn't hear you jumping in and defending her," Meg stated. Lilly looked down in shame.

"Meg did what she had to do. Get over it," Jackie said and the girls walked out of the A.V room.

Veronica was walking down the hallway when Logan walked up to her.

"Hey babe," he said and slung his arm around her shoulder.

"Hey," Veronica said as happily as she could manage.

"You okay? You seem upset?" Logan asked curiously.

"Yah I'm fine," Veronica smiled.

"Okay I'll see you at lunch," Logan grinned and kissed her before heading to class.

Class sped by and soon enough it was lunchtime. Veronica was putting her books in her locker. So far she had avoided eating lunch with Logan and his other friends but he seemed to be set on getting her to eat with him. She closed her locker and Logan's head appeared on the other side of the metal.

"Hey," he greeted and kissed her. She smiled up at him. Logan grabbed her hand and walked her to the quad. They sat down at Logan's table and Logan pulled Veronica close to him.

"Hey man. So your parties next weekend?" Dick asked Logan.

"Yep," Logan nodded.

"Is this party happening for a certain reason or is it just your everyday booze fest?" Veronica asked Logan curiously.

"It's my birthday," Logan beamed.

"Dude the parties gonna be of the hook," Dick squealed. The table laughed at Dick's excitement.

"So Veronica are you going to Logan's?" some prissy blonde cheerleader who Veronica recognized as Madison Sinclair.

"Uh yah," Veronica said unsure of her answer.

"Oh my god then you should totally come to the beach with me, Jackie, Kimmy and Pam after school," Madison said happily. Veronica resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Just a few weeks ago Madison had knocked into her in the hall and called her trailer trash now she was inviting her to go to the beach. It was obvious the only reason she was inviting her was because she was dating Logan.

"Sure," Veronica said with a tight smile.

"Great. The guys will be surfing down there so we'll have something to look forward to," Madison winked.

"Oh I can't wait," Veronica said sarcastically which was unnoticed by Madison who continued smiling. The lunch bell rang and Veronica nearly jumped out of her seat with joy. Logan's friends were not people she liked. Veronica had already told him the way she felt. He didn't think much of it because he didn't think much of them. She and Logan began walking into the school.

"You seem eager to get away," Logan joked. "They aren't that bad," he said referring to his friends.

"Yah they're great. I mean now I have a play date after school," Veronica said in mock enthusiasm.

"On the plus side I'll be there," Logan smirked.

"Hm you're right now I really don't want to go," Veronica joked.

"You think you're so funny," Logan said and grabbed her from behind.

"I'd like to think so, yes," she beamed.

"Ha, ha, so after school I'll drive you over to the beach. This way you can't bail," Logan said.

"Damn now I really do have to go," Veronica sighed. "Meet me at my locker after class." Logan kissed her head and left. Through the day Veronica was thinking about the video she saw in the morning. She just didn't believe Logan would say that. But it was on video you couldn't exactly fake it. By the end of the day Veronica decided to just stick to the original plan. If Logan was just using her at least she had friends at the end of it all.

"Hey ready to go?" Logan asked Veronica at her locker.

"Yep let's go," Veronica grabbed her bag and they walked towards his car. They slid in and Logan started driving towards Veronica's place. "So who's coming to this afternoons festivities?" Veronica asked making conversation.

"Mm Dick, Beaver, Wallace, Jackie, Madison, Kimmy, Pam, and Duncan," Logan listed off.

"What kind of name is Beaver?" Veronica asked.

"It's a nickname his real name is Cassidy. I guess that's what you get when your brother is Dick," Logan chuckled.

"So wait, it's Dick and Beaver?" Veronica said wrinkling her nose. Logan chuckled at her. He dropped Veronica off at her house and waited for her to change. She came out ten minutes later and her and Logan were on their way to the beach.

"Hey Logan, Veronica!" Madison greeted overly peppy.

"Hey Madison," Veronica said. Logan had already run off to join the boys in the water. Veronica spread out her towel and shredded the clothes on top of her bathing suit. She lay down with the other girls. "Where's Jackie? I thought she was coming," Veronica asked noticing her absence.

"She said she had like a big important project," Kimmy answered.

"So Veronica dish. How did you land Logan?" Madison asked curiously.

"Uh I don't really know. He asked me out and I said yes," she shrugged and lay back down on her towel.

"I can't believe this. Logan Echolls has finally taken a girlfriend," Pam said in disbelief.

"Oh my God I know Logan has never had a girlfriend before," Madison informed Veronica.

"I wasn't aware I was Logan's girlfriend," Veronica told them.

"He's taking you out in public, showing PDA's and he follows you around like a lost puppy. You guys are so boyfriend girlfriend," Kimmy said.

"Oh that's cool…I guess," Veronica nodded. The girls exchanged looks. They were all amazed by Veronica's attitude about dating Logan. An opportunity that every girl in school to kill for, and Veronica shrugged it off. The girls tanned for a couple of hours well the guys swam and surfed out in the water. Veronica was relaxing when Logan walked up and shook water into her. "Logan!" Veronica shrieked in surprise.

"Hey babe," Logan smiled at her. "So it's getting late you ready to head home?"

"Sure," Veronica agreed and began gathering her stuff. Logan and Veronica said their goodbyes and left the beach.

"Well that was fun," Logan said as he got in the car.

"Oh yah. I should have play dates with Madison more often," Veronica said in mock excitement. Logan laughed and headed towards Veronica's home.

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A/N: Okay I didn't really like this chapter this much but I didn't think it was so terrible I shouldn't post it at all. What I really had planned for this chapter didn't work because it would make Logan seem like a jerk, which I really didn't want. Okay I'll try to update soon. Please review!