Thank you all so much for the reviews and encouragement! Sorry there won't be any M rating for this story because I really don't know how to write that (yet anyway).

When her senses started to become alert, she froze. There was an arm around her waist. Her heart rate quickened and she prayed that last night was just one of those dreams that she could lock away in her mind and that Logan Echolls wasn't spooning her.

She squeezed her eyes shut. She had to get out of here. She tried to peel Logan's arm off of her but all that had done was encourage him to pull her in closer.

Her cheeks flushed. She attempted to wiggle out and slowly lifted his hand away from her chest. Her breath hitched when she felt him stir behind her.

"Ronnie," his croaked voice whispered.

She swallowed. "Hey."

"Morning," he whispered into her ear and pressed a soft kiss on her shoulder. His nose nuzzled in her hair and she laid beside him, unable to move. Once he realized her frozen state, he whispered. "Ronnie? You okay?"

Her eyes filled with tears once she realized the consequences of what they'd done last night. She sucked in a shaky breath and his eyes widened, alert with concern.

"Veronica?" He whispered in a bordering panicked voice. He sat up and moved her to face him. Her face hid in the pillows. "Hey, hey, Veronica, what's wrong?"

She sucked in a breath, willed her voice to be steady and said, "I wanna go home, Logan."

His eyes brimmed with concern but he nodded. "Yeah, okay. I'll take you home. But what's wrong? Are you hurt? Just tell me so I can make it better, please."

She shook her head and slowly moved to get off the bed. She wrapped the sheets around her and swallowed. "I don't think we can make it better, Logan. What happened last night... it was wrong." His brows furrowed in confusion and she continued, "You're my best friend's boyfriend, Logan. And I'm your best friend's ex-girlfriend."

He frantically shook his head. "No, no. It didn't feel wrong." He edged toward her and pleaded, "God, Veronica, it was the only thing that's been right in a long time."

She refused to let her tears fall and she refused to acknowledge that the cause of her tears were because of Logan's achingly soft voice. "We were drunk. Everything seems right when you're drunk."

His hands his held onto her arms and he tried to get her to look at him. "I'm not drunk now and I still want to kiss you."

"Logan." And there it was again. That voice that was somehow reserved for that particular name.

"I don't regret last night, Veronica," He croaked out and her heart ached at the sound. "Please, don't make me."

She choked back a sob. "But it was a mistake."

"No, it wasn't," he breathed out. "It wasn't." He cupped her cheek. Instinctual she leaned against his palm, needing the comfort that it brought. "It was you and it was me. And it was beautiful."

Her heart swelled at his words. Why did he have to make this so hard? She sucked in a breath and stepped back. "We were drunk and we were emotional."

His hands fell to his side but his eyes never left hers. "You wanna know what emotion I felt last night?"

She wanted to say no, she didn't. Last night shouldn't have happened. No matter how good it felt, it was wrong. She stayed silent because by the curve of his lip, she knew that that was not what he was going to say.

"Happy," he breathed out. He'd felt so much last night, emotions varying from playful to passion. When the night began he was sure he'd get face smashed drunk and end up feeling horrible the next morning. He probably anticipated that he'd hook up with someone. And Lilly probably wanted him to. Just so she could have a reason to dump him.

But then... Veronica had been going through the same thing and she somehow always had a way of making everything better. And she had. She'd made him feel happy, just by being his friend. And when they'd kissed, everything had changed, into something so good that he could never bring himself to regret it.

"There was nothing wrong about feeling happy," he whispered.

She wished she could see it his way, she wished she could just enjoyed the fact that she'd had fun last night for the first time since Duncan decided she no longer existed. She had felt happy. But she shouldn't have.

"You cheated on your girlfriend," she whimpered out. "I helped you cheat on my best friend. I betrayed my best friend." A struggled breath escaped her lips. She couldn't believe that all of these important facts had slipped her mind last night. She was supposed to be the responsible one. Why did she let herself indulge in things that she clearly was not supposed to? And why was Logan not feeling the same remorse as she was? No matter how much they'd enjoyed last night, how could he think it was worth the consequences of the fall out?

"That's something to feel guilty about." She gathered her clothes and for a moment debated on where she should change. She didn't know who was lurking on the outside. She swallowed and gestured for him to turn around.

He sighed but obliged to her request. A quiet moment passed before he asked, "What do you think she was doing last night, Veronica?"

"She was sick."

"No," he shook his head. "Probably screwing around with the pool boy."

Her brows creased and she insisted, "Lilly loves you."

"Not like I loved her," he let out softly. "I accepted that a long time ago. That's why it was easier for me to move on." At her silence, he continued, "Veronica, I don't want you to regret it. It was your first time. I just, I don't want that to be a bad memory."

"It's not a bad memory. But that doesn't refute the point that it shouldn't have happened." Tears spilled down her cheeks. "I can't lose my best friend over this, Logan. Okay? I just can't."

Tears stung his eyes at her tearful voice. He turned around and moved toward her. He took her in his arms and she let him. "I can't lose you either, Veronica," he whispered softly into her hair. "I need you to know that I don't regret last night but if you need me to say that I'm sorry I will. Because I never wanted you to feel this way. And I am sorry for that."

She shook her head. "I was there too, Logan and I wanted it just as much. I just – I don't know what to do now."

He sighed. Veronica Mars, always thinking a mile a minute. Why couldn't she just stop thinking about everyone else and just think about them for a moment? Last night had completely changed their relationship and he'd liked it. He liked that side of Veronica Mars and he wanted more. And by her admission, she did too. Why couldn't it be about them?

"How could it be wrong if we both wanted it, Veronica?"

"How am I supposed to be happy when I know that my best friend would hate me for it?"

"She doesn't care what I do, Veronica."

She bit her lip and slowly shook her head. "She'll care if what you do is me."

"So what? We pretend it never happened?" He retorted, obviously they couldn't ignore what had happened between them.

She swallowed and gave a firm nod. "That would be for the best."

He wanted to argue. Give her a long list of reasons why last night cracked opened a door he'd closed a long time ago and how he'd never be able to forget the feel of her. He wanted to tell her that last night had been the best night he'd had in a long time and that he loved waking up to her in his arms. He wanted to tell her that he'd felt emotions that he couldn't quite place last night but he'd wanted to explore it.

But he didn't because he knew Veronica. And everything he could have said would only make her feel even more guilty.

Veronica came face to face with her best friend and for the first time she saw dullness in the usual bright green eyes. Lilly's lips thinned and expression stoic. "Did you sleep with Logan?"

Veronica's words caught in her throat and tears blurred her sight. Lilly found her answer in those blue eyes. Tears pricked in her green eyes, her mouth opened in disbelief, and she turned her head away. The next moment, she sucked in a breath and tied herself together with a grim smile.

"I'm so sorry, Lilly," Veronica choked out.

The heiress' jaw clenched, the tears threatened to spill but she refused to break down in front of the one person that she'd trusted not to ever hurt her. She sucked in a breath, turned and walked away.

What do you do when the one person you love the most let's you down?

Veronica stared at her best friend walk away, her breathing grew shaky and her hands trembled. Her tears fell freely, her heart ached and she didn't know what to do. She closed the door and sank to the ground, sobbing recklessly on the floor because she might have just lost the one person that had always been there for her.

"Veronica?" Logan's eyes widened with a mixture of panic and concern. "Veronica, what's wrong?" He gathered her trembling body in his arms, brushed away the messy hair from her face and wiped her tears away. "Veronica?" Pain echoed through his voice.

The petite blonde sobbed and hiccuped and shook. Logan tried to calm her down but all his voice did was trigger more sobs.

As he held her tightly against him, her sobs died down and silence filled the air. She swallowed and Logan looked at her with concern, afraid to say another word in case she started to cry once again.

She lifted her head from his chest, took in a deep breath and went to the bathroom. When she returned, Logan handed her a glass of water and patiently waited for her to say something - anything.

"Lilly knows," she whispered so softly that Logan almost hadn't heard her.

"How?" Was the only word he let out.

She shook her head, she didn't know.

"It's gonna be fine, Veronica. She loves you. She'll forgive you."

Veronica bit her lip and shook her head. "She loves me, that's exactly why she won't forgive me." She sucked in a breath, she met Logan's gaze and asked, "How am I supposed to live without my best friend?"

Logan would have reassured her that he was here for her if he'd thought that was enough.

Lilly's eyes narrowed on the boy in front of her. If she were being honest, she'd admit that she wouldn't care if Logan was less than faithful. That is if he cheated on her with some random bimbo. She'd ignore their mere existence and be on with her life. But he hadn't chosen some random bimbo. He'd cheated on her with her best friend. And she honestly hadn't known how to handle it.

She was hurt. More than she'd ever been before because it was her best friend. The person she trusted most in the entire world. Boys come and go, best friends were forever, had Veronica forgotten that? Or had she just simply chosen Logan over her?

And now Logan was here, trying to exonerate Veronica from any blame. She should take the olive branch. Blame Logan. Blaming Logan was always easier.

Her tongue clunked with the roof of her mouth. "My best friend, Logan. Of all the girls, my best friend."

"Don't act so self-righteous, Lilly," he snipped. As far as he was concerned, their relationship was over a long time ago, the moment she decided to screw him over for the boy next door. Lilly Kane sucked as a girlfriend but as much as he hated to admit it, she was a good friend – the best friend – to Veronica. And that was why he was here, because Veronica was miserable without her best friend.

Lilly watched him cautiously. She'd initially thought that Logan might have slept with Veronica because he wanted to hurt her. And if that was the case, he'd succeeded. But when he came over here, taking all of the blame, instead of taunting her. She realized that there was more to it. She realized that Logan had feelings for the petite blonde.

A sadistic laugh passed the heiress' lips and she remarked, "You like her. That's precious."

Logan swallowed, his eyes averted and Lilly grinned. Screw you, Logan Echolls. "You know, you're never gonna have her like that. See, you'll always be the reason she betrayed me." She mentally flinched at her own words, they were meant to hurt Logan, not herself. "And by the way, Duncan knows. He saw you. He's the one who told me." If it were anyone else, she wasn't so sure she would have believe them.

Logan's face paled considerably. He should have known that though, it explained why he'd suddenly turned into Mr Invisible.

Weeks went by and Duncan continued to ignore the existence of Logan and Veronica. Lilly had taken an entirely different route in dealing with the betrayal and continuously taunted the duo.

Veronica understood Lilly's anger but that didn't stop her from feeling hurt by her best friend's words. A part of her felt that Lilly would never get passed this. A bigger part of her held hope that Lilly would forgive her but she didn't think that would be possible if she'd started to date Logan.

At the same time, Veronica couldn't deny her on-growing feelings for the boy that had stuck by her. There were moments where she kind of thought that Logan was happier without the Kane duo. She wished she'd felt the same. She couldn't get over the fact that she'd hurt her best friend.

One day after gym, her clothes were found dumped in the toilet. When Logan found out, he'd had enough of their continued harassment. He was still the king of 09ers but Veronica insisted, "She has every right to be mad at us."

He clenched his jaw. "I'm not gonna just let people talk crack about you and treat you like this."

She sighed helplessly. She didn't want Logan to get into anymore trouble than he already was. "What am I supposed to do?"

He met her gaze and said, "You get tough. You get even."