Chapter Nine:

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"Party!" a voice blared through out the Echolls mansion. Veronica moved through the crowd in search for Logan. She had to tell him about everything about the plan. She walked to the front of the stage and Logan saw her. He came up and pulled her against him.

"Hey," Logan whispered in her ear sending shivers down her spine.

"Hey," Veronica said turning around. She leaned up and kissed him passionately knowing that it would be the last time he would probably ever let her. "Happy birthday. Listen we need to talk. I have to tell you something and you're probably going to hate me after I tell you, but I have to," Veronica said.

"Okay," Logan said simply. Logan started leading towards the pool house when Duncan intercepted them.

"Hey man," Duncan said.

"Hey, listen man I can't talk right now," Logan told him and try to move past him.

"Wait man. Listen I just want give you this. Watch it. Now," Duncan said sternly handing him a CD case enclosed with a DVD.

"Fine man," Logan mumbled and tried to move past him.

"Seriously man. Watch it right now," Duncan insisted.

"Okay," Logan said confused by Duncan's actions.

"Promise me," Duncan said.

"Fine I promise now move," Logan commanded. Duncan stepped aside and Logan moved past pulling Veronica behind him. Veronica looked over at Duncan and saw him giving her a smug smile. The couple made it to the pool house and Logan walked over to the television situated in front of the bed. He plopped out the DVD and stuck in the machine.

"Logan wait don't play it," Veronica begged. She knew something was up by the look Duncan had given her.

"Relax babe. It's nothing just some random present Duncan gave me. We'll talk when it's done okay?" Logan asked. He was confused as to why everyone was acting so weird. Veronica sighed she knew that she mine as well let him watch it. She sat down ext to him. Veronica flashed across the screen and said 'I could never like Logan Echolls. He's a player and a jerk He's incapable of love.' She now knew what Jackie and Meg were planning. Veronica jumped up and hit the power button on the DVD player. She looked over at Logan and found him with a confused ad heartbroken look on his face.

"What was that?" Logan asked her.

"Logan I'm going to tell you everything and I don't want you stop me okay?" Veronica asked him. Once he nodded she continued. "When I first moved here I got a job at The Hut and I saw you there. Telling Meg, Jackie and Lilly everything you wanted to her. I ignored it and thought lowly of you. Then the four of us were in a gym class together. One of them mentioned their date with you and all hell broke loose. I ended up yelling at them and we all ended up in detention. They wanted to make you pay and they made me help. I have moved so much I never had friends and as pathetic as it is I would have done anything to have them. I used you and I'm sorry. I know it doesn't make a difference. I stopped it though I stopped it a while ago. Ever since then Meg and Jackie have been planning on a way to crush you and me. But Logan I know this started for the wrong reason but it doesn't change the fact that I love you," Veronica explained near tears. She didn't want to hurt him. She looked at Logan and saw him calculating everything in his head.

"I don't know what to say," Logan told her.

"I'm sorry Logan," Veronica said in a quiet voice.

"The first time I think I'm in love and it all comes back and slaps me in the face," Logan laughed humourlessly. "Karma's a bitch I guess."

"Logan you didn't deserve this. I'm a heartless bitch and if I could take it all back I would," Veronica said in a raspy voice.

"I wouldn't. If this what it took to meet you it was worth it," Logan said. "But I need to think."

"All right. I'll go…I love you Logan" Veronica said and left. She shut the pool house door and went to her cry. She made it home before she burst into tears.

"Veronica honey," Leanne knocked lightly on the doorframe. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"I've had a really bad night," Veronica sniffled.

"If you want to talk you know where I am," Leanne said and left. Veronica cried herself to sleep dreading school in two days.

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Monday morning Veronica walked through the halls of Neptune High with her head hung low. The video had leaked out during the party. Veronica thought being a loner was bad but being the most hated girl in Neptune was even worst. Some of the girls came up to thank her for putting revenge on Logan. But that just made her feel worse. Thinking about Logan broke her heart.

"Hey Veronica," someone said beside her. She looked up and saw Lilly.

"Hi," she mumbled and walked over to her locker.

"How are you?" Lilly asked gently.

"Fantastic. People who were suppose to be my friends have stabbed me in the back and made me the most hated girl in Neptune. Not to mention the guy that I love despise me. But then again I can't blame him. Yourself?" Veronica asked in a fake happy tone.

"Veronica I'm sorry. I never thought it would end like this. I swear I didn't know about the video," Lilly told her desperately.

"What does it matter the damage is done. I guess I know who my real friends are now. Look at all them," Veronica, said sarcastically gesturing to people who weren't there.

"Well you have me. Now let's go to English," Lilly commanded. Veronica sighed, slammed her locker and walked away with Lilly. On their way to class they ran into Meg and Jackie.

"Hey Veronica. So the plan worked!" Meg said with a smile. Veronica curled in disgust and started to walk away.

"You wanted this Veronica, just as much as we did," Jackie yelled after her. Veronica turned around and glared at them.

"No I didn't want this. All I ever wanted was for you guys to be my friend but that was an impossible task wasn't it. You two act like what Logan did to you was so terrible but you don't even care. You guys are both back stabbing bitches," Veronica scoffed and walked away. She wanted to reveal their little secrets like the fact Meg was now dating Duncan Kane and Jackie was with Wallace Fennel. But couldn't. Lilly had walked away with her and linked her arm with hers. They walked into English together and sat down. Through the whole class she heard people snickering and laughing at her expense.

"Ignore them," Lilly advised.

"Easy said then done," Veronica sighed.

"It'll pass. Trusts me people at this school don't have the attention span to continue this. And if they do you'll be out of her in four and a half months," Lilly said cheerfully.

"I guess and if worse comes to worse I could ask my mom if we could move. I mean we did seventeen times for her," Veronica shrugged.

"Oh the drama Veronica Mars," Lilly sighed. Veronica wasn't paying attention to where she was going ran right into someone's chest.

"Sorry…" Veronica trailed off noticing whose chest she had run into.

"Can we talk?" Logan asked.

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A/N: Okay one more chapter then this story is finished. I'm going to try and get it up by Monday or before I leave Tuesday. Sorry if there are any spelling mistakes or anything I'm tired but I really wanted to get this out. Please review!