Author's Note: This is going to be a long note... First of all, I'm so sorry to everyone who was so faithfully reading this story. I have let you down with this LONG break in the story, and at a very inopportune moment in the story. I hope, but do not anticipate, many of you being drawn back to the story by this. I appologize second for the fact that this is a rather angsty chapter. The cause of the angsty feeling in me being also the reason it took me so long to write this. If that makes any sense. Mostly I've had a very trying past few months and didn't have the desire to write. I feel like that desire is returning, and I'm feeling inspired by Snow Patrol's glorious music, which makes an appearance in this chapter. I'm also inspired by all the LoVe that's going on in the actual show right now! woo hoo!

Disclaimer: lyrics are from the song "The Finish Line" and belong to Snow Patrol. I don't own Veronica Mars either, as much as I'd like to.

He was surrounded by cold water, and sounds of people rushing around, trying to make sense of everything. He wrapped his arms around her small, lifeless body, clutching it to him. Sobs of ache wracked his chest, as he shook uncontrollably. He was helpless and detached. The world was only the two of them. Trying to warm her cold skin he pulled his sweatshirt around her; he tried to make her feel alive.

The earth is warm next to my ear

Insect noise is all that I hear

A magic trick makes the world disappear

The skies are dark, they're dark but they're clear

There were suddenly voices close behind him and he turned his face sharply towards the invaders. There was a man and a woman in dark blue uniforms with their names written in white on the left and EMT written in red on the right. His brain registered this as they stole her from his arms and laid her down on the flat ground nearby.

A distant motorcade and suddenly there's joy

The snowing ticker-tape blurs all my senses numb

It's like the finish line where everything just ends

The crack of radio seems close enough to touch

He remained frozen, knelt in the cold water up to his waist. His arms lay limp on his lap, staring without focus at the backs of the EMTs as they moved mechanically, following their protocol to try and revive her. They turned her face to the side and as they pushed against her stomach, water began to flow from her mouth. He looked away, falling forward onto his hands and throwing up.

"Logan!" Weevil yelled, walking to the water's edge and reaching his hand out.

Cold water cleaning my wounds

A sad parade with a single balloon

I'm done with this, I'm counting to ten

Bluest seas running to them

Logan turned to him, his jaw open slightly as a tear rolled down his cheek. He reached his wet sleeve up to wipe his mouth and tried to sit up. He looked at Weevil's outstretched arm and then past him to see two police officers forcefully walking his dad up the hill and back out of the woods. Keith then entered his sight, walking as though a zombie, towards where his daughter lay. He recognized the look on Keith's face as he fell to the ground near her. Helplessness. It was all he had felt since he saw her beautiful blonde hair waving in the water. There was nothing he could do to save her. It was out of his hands.

His eyes looked to her fingers, seeing their stiffness. They'd never again gently brush his cheek before she kissed him. They'd never again comb through his hair. They'd never again set a fire under his skin. The lips he loved to kiss were purple and blurry from the plastic of the oxygen mask that covered them. They'd never again utter his name. They'd never again smile and light up his world.

I feel like I am watching everything from space

And in a minute I'll hear my name and I'll wake

I think the finish line's a good place we could start

Take a deep breath, take in all that you could want

Yep, it was a sad one. Had to get it out though. Please review, I'd really love some moral boosting right now. : ) I know that you will be anxiously awaiting the next chapter which will be HAPPY... if i'm happy, and get reviews. ; ) love you all!