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The two blonde best friends laughed along as they sang and bounced to Wanna Be by the Spice Girls before they eventually fell onto the bed.
"Dude, we missed it," Logan groaned and smacked Duncan's arm. "You just had to stop at the gas station on the way home."
"Man, if I didn't stop at the gas station, we wouldn't even be home right now." Duncan deliberately smacked his best friend back.
Lilly rolled her eyes while Veronica tried to avert her gaze from Logan. How was not looking at someone so damned difficult? "I need some water," Veronica excused herself.
"Oh, bring me a can of soda," Lilly called to the blonde, who in turn nodded.
"So, Echolls, when are you gonna ask Ronica to the dance?" Lilly interrogated the moment Veronica vacated the room.
Logan's eyes widened a little at her blunt question and spluttered, "Why do you care?" If he knew anything, he knew that Lilly Kane had a big mouth that could not be kept shut. If he indulged her questioning, she'd spill everything to Veronica.
"Wait," Duncan interrupted. "So you do like Veronica?"
"Why am I being interrogated? How is it any of your business." He looked between the Kane siblings and pointed at Lilly, "You have a long list of lovahs that I'm actually glad I don't know about." He then directed his pointed index finger at Duncan and said, "And you, you had an elaborate plan for Meg Manning. You didn't even tell me you liked her. So you don't get to complain."
"I didn't want to jinx it!" Duncan briskly exclaimed. "And I knew you'd say it was sappy and you'd tease me. Excuse me for wanting to put that off."
Lilly rolled her eyes and told him, "You're confusing the hell out of Veronica. So act fast or someone else will."
Logan frowned. How was he confusing Veronica? She liked him, didn't she? She was going to kiss him. And this was Veronica. She doesn't just want to kiss boys. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Uhm, Veronica's hot and guys have eyes?" the blonde stated the obvious and gave him an 'are-you-dumb' look. "You're not the only guy that's interested in Veronica Mars."
As Veronica entered the room with a can of soda and a bottled water, she said, "Uhm, I couldn't find the kind you like-" She abruptly stopped when she looked up and realized everyone was staring at her. "What?"
Logan swallowed and told her, "So we were gonna watch a movie, wanna join in on the fun-times?"
The petite blonde looked from him to her best friend who shrugged. "No Easy Rider," Lilly declared to Logan with narrowed eyes. She stood up, looked at her best friend and proclaimed, "And no South Park."
"No chick flicks," Logan interjected as they started to walk to the lounge.
Duncan shook his head and suggested, "How about I choose?"
Wide eyed, Lilly objected, "Definitely not!"
Veronica bit back a giggle as Lilly pushed passed the boys, trying to find a common ground, she suggested, "How about the Big Lebowski?"
"So you can play the Dude again? Yeah no," Lilly quickly dismissed the idea.
"I think it's funny," Duncan offered.
Logan shot Duncan a look and Duncan's brows furrowed, "What?"
"I was going to say I thought it was cute," Logan whispered so the girls couldn't hear them.
"Dude," Duncan blinked. "It's really saying something when you're slower than me."
Logan sighed heavily. "I just don't wanna mess it up."
Duncan arched an eyebrow. "It's Veronica. She knows you can be..." He paused for a moment, trying to thing of an adjective but settled with, "Messy."
The brown eyed boy's forehead wrinkled at his best friends choice in words. Duncan shrugged and continued, "Man, but if she likes you, then she likes you. Messy and all."
Logan's eyes lingered on Veronica as she laughed with Lilly in the kitchen. Tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow.
Lilly picked out How Stella Got Her Groove Back despite Logan's protests. Duncan made himself comfortable on the single couch. Lilly plopped herself on the couch with her feet resting on Veronica's lap and Logan was seated next to her.
As the movie played, Logan continuously stole Veronica's extra-buttered popcorn. She licked her lip and whispered to him, "If you wanted extra buttered pop-corn, why didn't you say so?"
His lip curved , he leaned closer and whispered, "Like I would finish it. It's not nice to waste, Ronnie."
The blonde swallowed but hadn't questioned him further. Lilly shifted in her relaxed position. She discreetly nudged the two closer. Veronica sucked in a breath at their closeness, he innocently draped his arms over her shoulder and shifted so she'd lean against him. When she curiously questioned him on why he was shifting, he claimed that her elbow kept jabbing him and he was uncomfortable. She accepted his reasoning while Logan grinned, happy to have her close.
Veronica wasn't sure how she'd managed through the night, Logan's warm breath on her ear as he whispered his commentary on the movie, their fingers touching in the popcorn bowl, him looking at her with those deep brown eyes and his puckered lips when he ate.
It wasn't fair. It really wasn't.
Lilly and Veronica were eating breakfast and chatting to each other when Duncan and Logan entered the kitchen. Duncan pulled out his empty cereal box and groaned, "Lilly! You finished my cereal!"
The blonde rolled her eyes at her brother and remarked, "Prove it."
He shook his head with exasperation and pointed at her bowl, "I can see you eating it."
"If I'm eating it, doesn't that make it mine?" She arched her eyebrow and took a deliberate mouthful of cereal.
Logan settled down on the bar stool next to Veronica and said, "You know, I was really looking forward to eating that cereal."
A chuckle left her lips. "Really? And here I thought you were more of a Coco Pops fan." Her eyes glanced at the bickering siblings and then turned her attention back on the boy beside her.
"Yeah but you make Cheerios look oh so tempting," his lip curved and her cheeks turned pink when he took a bit of her cereal.
She bit her lip and shook her head. "You can just finish it, if you're that hungry."
His eyes met hers and he shrugged, "I don't mind sharing."
Their attention snapped to the Kane siblings when they heard a bowl splatter and Lilly gasp. "Now, look at what you did!"
"Me?" Duncan gawked at her. "You're the one that stole my cereal in the first place."
Veronica shook her head, "Guys, you're being ridiculous. Now, none of you have cereal."
"Except me," Logan piped with a grin. "I've got cereal."
The petite blonde bit her lip and then turned her attention back on the duo. "Duncan get the dustpan. Lilly get a wash cloth."
"You don't have to clean up after them," Logan said as he watched the siblings go off in search for said item. He wasn't entirely certain that they knew where those items were kept.
"If I leave it to them, they'll end up arguing over which one should clean it and one or both will end up getting cut by the broken glass."
Logan's lip curved, he liked it when she took charge. His eyes followed her as she rounded to examine the mess.
Moments later, the siblings arrived with requested item in hand and Veronica proceeded to clean up their mess. Duncan immediately felt guilty and bent down to help her. Lilly stood with a frown when Veronica touched the broken piece, concerned that her best friend might get cut, Lilly began to help. Logan sighed, he rounded the counter and called for Veronica to stand up. She looked at him quizzing and he leaned down and started to clean the mess as well. Veronica bit back a laugh at the scene.
When the mess was cleared, Lilly grumbled that Duncan should learn to keep his hands to himself and none of this would have happened while Duncan remarked that Lilly should have never taken his cereal in the first place. Veronica arched an eyebrow at them, Duncan sighed while Lilly rolled her eyes.
"I'll see you later?" Logan whispered when he hugged her goodbye.
Veronica licked her lip and nodded, "Yeah."
He smiled. A big doofy happy smile. And it spread to her lips. She wasn't sure why he was smiling but she couldn't help but to smile back at him. He swung his jacket over his shoulder and saluted them as he left.
Lilly let out a breath, turned to the petite blonde and said, "Yeah about Logan's party. We're going to San Diego first."
Veronica's eyes widened. "We can't ditch Logan's party."
"Who said anything about ditching? We'll be like an hour or two late. That's when the fun starts anyway."
Unsettled with the knew information, she asked, "Why do we need to go to San Diego?"
"I need to have a serious shopping outlet session and I found us the perfect dresses."
"Lilly," she groaned. "I don't even have a date yet."
The green eyed heiress rolled her eyes and simply told her, "You're going with Logan."
Veronica bit her lip, "He hasn't asked."
"He will," she assured her best friend. "He makes heart eyes at you and gets that dopey grin on his face. He's totally into you. But you know he's a scaredy pants. Why don't you just make the first move?"
She pouted. She seriously considered it but she really didn't want to make their friendship uncomfortable because she was trapped in an unrequited love category. "This is Logan Echolls. He's never had any trouble making the first move."
"True. But you're not just any other girl. You're Veronica Mars."
"You always say that."
When the two blonde best friends arrived at the party it was nearing midnight. To Lilly, it was fabulous. To Veronica, it was nerve-wrecking because Logan had expected them at 7pm. Traffic had been a major bitch that definitely hated them and they couldn't call because their cell phone batteries had died.
"Chill axe, Veronica, we're here, aren't we?" Lilly remarked as she scanned the crowd. Veronica let out a breath. She supposed that better late than never did apply. "Call me when you're ready to go, okay?" Lilly told her.
She frowned and quizzed, "Where are you going?"
"Meet one of my lovahs," she waggled her eyebrows and Veronica chuckled with amusement. "See ya."
Veronica waved her best friend off and started to move toward the staircase when she heard her name being called out. Her eyes scanned the room and she smiled brightly when she found the source. "Mac-Attack!" Veronica chimed.
Mac grinned. "Fashionably late, are we?"
"I've been told that that's the only time to arrive," Veronica whispered scandalously.
The brunette let out a small laugh and quipped, "Words of the wise?"
"Words of the Kane," the blonde remarked with her lip quirked upward. "So you're here with Dick?"
Mac blushed and Veronica wondered just what had happened tonight. "Yeah, we kinda started hanging out after I told him I'd go to the dance with him."
Veronica's eyes lit up at the smile tugging on Mac's lips. "Mac! Are you dating Dick Casablancas?"
The computer whiz bit her lip and shrugged, "We haven't really labelled it but we're seeing where it's going."
"Ronnie!" Dick let out with relief. Veronica's forehead creased in confusion. "Dude! Where have you been?" He looked at her expectantly as he wrapped his arms around Mac. As she opened her mouth to let him know, he started to speak again, "Logan's totally been bitchin' about you and entered like funktown."
The petite blonde frowned. "What?"
"Oh," she rested her head against Dick's chest. "Logan's kinda been drowning his sorrows in your absence."
"Sorrows?"
"I don't know," Mac let out softly. "I guess, he really wanted you here."
Veronica's heart tugged at Mac's words. "I guess I should let him know I'm here." She looked at Dick. "Where is he?"
He gestured to up stairs, Veronica nodded and the newly formed couple waved her off. Mac turned to Dick with a smile on her face, Dick smiled back and held her hips as they danced.
As Veronica made her way up the staircase she bumped into Meg and Duncan. "Hey love birds," the blonde grinned at the duo.
"Hey Veronica," they greeted her and Meg gave her a brief hug.
She smiled at them and politely asked, "So how are things going?"
"Oh you know the usual way," Duncan shrugged.
"Yeah, Yolanda seems cool," Meg relayed with a smile.
Veronica had asked her to hang out with the newly transferred student so she didn't feel out of place. "Oh is she?" The blue eyed blonde smiled. "I've got a good eye."
"I've gotta get Meg home, Veronica," he politely intervened any further conversation. "See you later."
Veronica smiled, waved the duo off and carried on up the stairs. Her smile faded when she spotted Logan and Yolanda kissing. She froze in shock, tears filled her eyes at the scene and she quickly hurried back down.
Lilly's mouth hung in agape as she processed her best friends words. "Yolanda kissed Logan?"
"Yeah," Veronica solemnly nodded. "Look, I'll get over it. Yolanda-"
The Kane heiress' jaw clenched and she briskly remarked, "We don't know a Yolanda."
"Lilly," she let out wearily. "It's not like Logan and I were, you know, dating."
"I told her you were."
"I told her we weren't."
Lilly's eyes snapped to Veronica's and she blew out an exasperated breath. "Well, if you think I'm gonna let newbie over there get away with hurting my best friend, you're sorely mistaken."
The petite blonde swallowed and shook her head. "It's not like she knew that I... you know."
"Please," she scoffed. "It's obvious to everyone within a five mile radius."
"Look, he kissed her back." Tears stung her eyes and she willed them not to fall. "What does that tell you?"
"That he's a drunk dipshit?" Lilly gritted. "And he's not getting away with kissing her either."
"Let it go, Lilly. Okay? Neither of them did anything wrong."
Adamant on not letting it go, Lilly argued, "He led you on. She knew you liked him. What's not wrong about that?"
"I don't want things to change, okay?" Veronica finally let out, a tear spilled down her cheek and she roughly wiped it away. "I'll get over. Yolanda fits Logan's girlfriend criteria much more than I do."
Concerned, Lilly sat next to her best friend and put her arm around her shoulder. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Veronica bit her lip. She wanted this conversation to be over. She wanted to not feel any of these horrible emotions that she was feeling right now. She wanted to go back to when she was blissfully unaware of her stupid feelings.
"She's the new mysterious girl. She's an 09er. She's hot. She's snarky. She's the all-in-one package deal. I'm just the girl that he met when he was twelve. He knows everything about me. And you know Logan gets bored easily."
Lilly's forehead crinkled, she shook her head and with a soft but firm voice she said, "When are you going to listen to me when I say that you're hot, Veronica Mars? You're the all-in-one package deal. And the only thing that's wrong is that you can't see that." She let go of Veronica and growled, "And Logan Echolls is going to get his ass handed to him because he made you feel like you were anything but fabulous."
Veronica's eyes snapped to Lilly and she frantically shook her head. "Lilly, I don't want him to know that he hurt me, okay? You know how over-protective he is when I get hurt and if he finds out he's going to get hurt. And he's going to avoid me because he'll think it'll numb the pain. But it won't." The tears started to fall and she confessed, "My heart ached when I saw them but my heart might just break if I lose him."
Lilly's heart ached, she pulled her best friend into a hug and asked, "So you're just going to pretend?"
"I just want everything to get back to normal," she whispered while Lilly comfortingly stroked her hair.
A.N Please don't cry. I mean, at least you saw the Yolanda thing coming, that kinda softens the blow, right?
