Thank you for all the reviews here is chapter 3 hope you enjoy. and as always REVIEW the more i get the faster I write...Hope you enjoy, there are lots of flashbacks in this chapter.

Chapter 3—Finding an Answer

As Veronica walked out the door of her apartment she saw her car. She looked around trying to figure out who had cleaned and brought it to her. She had been planning to wait until after her last two exams to get it. Then she saw him and stopped dead in her tracks. "What do you want Logan?" She asked in a low voice.

"A ride to school would be nice since I brought you your car." His voice was a bit on the defensive, because he was still not sure what had possessed him to be nice. "I thought we should talk."

"What is there to talk about Logan?" She asked while continuing her walk to her car. As she passed him she held out her hand for the keys. "Get in, but there will be no talking, and you find somebody to take you home after school." Her voice was firm, and he decided not to argue. Raising his hands in Mock defeat he took his spot on the passenger side.

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"Where did you learn to drive?" He asked while fastening his seatbelt and smirking.

"Um, I only have a permit; you can drive if you want to complain." Veronica replied tossing the case of CD's at him. "Choose something good" she added, as he pushed the newest Dandy Warhol's CD into the player.

"I can't drive I've been drinking."

"So you called the minor without a license? Why not Duncan or Lilly?" She asked with a smile.

"Because No officer is going to pull over the daughter of their boss."

"You could at least pretend to like me Logan" She swatted at his arm and started laughing.

"Oh, I like you plenty, when you're not talking Ronnie" He replied with a slight blush.

"Why are we friends again?" She pulled up in front of his house.

"My charming wit and good looks?" He mused as he took a final breath and stepped out of the car. He Bent down to the car, "I'll pick you up for school on Monday"

"Okay, see ya"

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He had been staring at her for a good 10 minutes before she spoke. "If I let you talk will you quit staring at me?" Her voice was bitter and she never took her eyes off the road as she spoke.

"Will you be talking back, because a single sided conversation rarely gets people anywhere?" Logan's words took the same tone as hers had. If he had to care about what was going on with her, he wasn't going to let he be the only one with snarky remarks.

"Depends on what the topic of conversation is I suppose." He knew staring at her would get her to talk. It was a trick Lilly had taught him, however the only time Veronica had ever refused to talk to him was when he and Lilly were on their little 'breaks', and he had never been so scared of what her words might bring.

"Okay…why were you crying yesterday?" He knew the words were wrong immediately after they left his mouth, there was no way she would answer a question that blunt after the last six months.

"You don't get to ask questions like that Logan, not when it has been your goal for over half a year to be the one making me cry." Veronica could feel the tears welling up in her eyes but she refused to cry, not over an 09er and definitely not over Logan Echols.

"I'm trying to make things better Ronnie." He stiffened when he heard her take a sharp breath. He wanted to know what was wrong with her, but she was making it hard on him.

"Don't Logan. We aren't friends anymore and never will be again." Her words hit him harder then he had expected them to. As she parked the car and got out he just sat there in the parking lot collecting his thoughts. What had happened to his Veronica? And when had he started thinking of her as his?

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"Hi I'm Veronica" She said while holding out a hand. It was Logan's first day of soccer practice in Neptune and nobody had really approached him. He was used to it though, he had had tutors throughout Elementary school and now here was at 12 finaly getting to meet people his own age.

"And I am the wonderful Lilly Kane." She did a mock bow as a boy walked up next to her. "That donut"

"My name is Duncan, but you can call me DK." The boy shyly stated as the two girls went on to talk about the boys they liked.

"Like Donkey Kong!" Logan exclaimed on a chuckle.

"Duncan, Lilly Let's get going, we are having the Sinclair's for dinner." The two Kane Children Started heading for the car, Lilly being denied as she Begged for Veronica to be included.

"So why aren't you invited?" Logan asked as the Kane's drove away.

"My family isn't rich like theirs." She said as she looked down. Her shyness had surprised him. As soon as Lilly had come up she had become quiet. He didn't understand it. He listened as she continued. "My dads the sheriff in town, has been since before I was born. So while my family gets a lot of respect, I don't exactly fit into the world of designer things." Logan chuckled at her statement.

"I was born in a world of designer things and still don't fit in. What's Neptune like?" His voice filled with worry as he waited for an answer.

"Just, hang with us, Lilly knows almost everyone in this town. Her dad employs of half of Neptune." She said while moving her hands nervously behind her back. "If you know the Kane's you will fit in with the 09ers really well."

"So do you want to come over and swim?" Logan asked looking at the ground.

"Sure, let me ask my dad."

True to her word, Logan did fit in; in fact he had become the king of the 09ers. Jerk to those whose net worth hit under 2 million.

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Veronica walked into Neptune High reminding herself that there were only two more days until summer started. Taking a deep breathe She heads towards her locker, waiting to see what the 09ers had in store for her today.

"Hey" says a voice from behind and she turns to see Meg Manning standing behind her. "How are you feeling?" Meg was the only person at Neptune who hadn't turned her back on Veronica after Lilly's death. She must have seen the confusion on Veronica's face because she continued, "I mean you were kind of out of it Saturday."

"Oh….yeah" Veronica feels tears building up in her eyes as she replays the events that could have happened in her head. "You were there?"

"Yeah" Meg says in a friendly voice.

"what exactly happened?" she asks with a bit of hope in her voice, she might actually find out who did this after all.

"Umm…Logan and a few other people were using you to do salt licks when we left. I wanted to help, but you know how Cole is, so when we saw somebody rescue you we left."

"Who rescued me?"

"I'm not sure about that one." Meg said honestly. "Seriously Veronica if that's your one embarrassing drunken moment in high school you should be happy." The warning bell went off and Meg headed towards class. 'So Echoll's saw me? I guess I'll talk to him in Newspaper.'

All throughout first period Veronica thought about what Meg had saw. Logan had been using her to do body shots from, and now seemed to have a conscience, as much as she would love to believe that he had raped her, she knew he would never do that, at least the Logan she once knew wouldn't have, now she wasn't so sure.

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"Hey Ronnie." He said as he took a seat next to her and looked at his lunch.

"Ronnie?" Lilly asked in a playful tone. She had taken the seat on the other side of veronica. "You have a pet name for her. You better watch out my little Bro is very protective of Miss Veronica Mars." She rolled her eyes as she said this. "Veronica and Donut are going to get married."

"Hi Logan, ignore her she likes to make stories up in her head." Veronica said while playfully pushing her friend. "Where is he by the way? I haven't seen him since first period."

"Doctors appointment" She stated. "So do you guys have all the same classes again this year?"

"Yup, Logan does to, because we offered to show him the ropes." Veronica said cheerily. "And Duncan has nothing to be jealous about."

"If you say so Veronica Mars."

"Does anybody realize I'm sitting right here?" Logan says cutting into their conversation.

"Oh we notice, we just didn't care." Lilly replies with a smile. "So your dad is really THE Aaron Echoll's?"

"That's what I've been told." It was now Logan's turn to roll his eyes. "You should come by sometime to meet him, he loves his fans."

"Cool, well I have to go, life of a star you know." Veronica laughed as her friend left the table.

"My sister would love her." Logan said as she walked into the school.

"I think she has a crush on you." Veronica says with a smile. "You should ask her to the fall formal."

"Maybe I will."

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Logan stood up as the bell for first period rang. Thoughts of Veronica running through his head. 'Why can't I get her off my mind, he thought as he stood up to leave his first class. He had tanked his exam because he couldn't seem to get the picture of her crying out of his head. 'Two more classes and I'm done for the day.' He reminded himself as he prepared to exit the room.

When he walked out of the classroom he saw somebody standing there waiting for him. "I need to talk to you"