Author's Note 1: I was in a really bad mood when I wrote the last chapter. So it showed from the bad spellings, grammars, and typos. Even I got distracted. I apologize for that… As many people pointed out, I should get a beta reader for this fic. Heee… Thank you everyone for the feedbacks! Your constructive criticisms help me to write a better story. As English is not my first language, I need someone w/ a better grasp of language to help me with this. And I am overwhelmed with many people who generously offered to help – especially steenbeans. Congratulations to her who is getting married. Best of luck and happy wishes for her! Now, because she would be in hiatus, I don't have any beta reader for this story. Anyone wants to help me with this fic? I'm too shy to ask basically, but I really appreciate if anyone wants to help me w/ this fic (and my other stories) better. Please message me if you're interested.

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Flashforward,

Beach house (undisclosed location)

It was 6 AM in the morning, the sky was still dark and it was cold in the beach house as the fire from the fireplace was already gone. There were two figures sleeping in a bed near the fireplace; a man and a woman. The man was spooning the woman, and he was breathing evenly. His arm was draped over her stomach, as he embraced her like he didn't want to let her go.

The blonde woman opened her eyes, woke up, and she squirmed a bit. The man tightened his embrace. She sighed and rubbed his arm softly.

"Logan…" She said quietly. Logan Echolls nuzzled his head to her hair, and kissed her cheek. She chuckled and kissed his cheek too. "Logan, I need to go to the bathroom."

"Stay…" He mumbled. Veronica Mars smiled from his mumbling. She brushed her nose over his, and then kissed him softly in the lips. "Hmmm… do that again."

"Logan, I need to pee." She said with a whiny voice. Logan groaned and let her go. She climbed down from the bed and tip-toeing to the bathroom; she muttered how cold the wooden floor was.

Logan opened his eyes and saw her retreating to the bathroom. He rubbed his eyes and smiled. How lucky he was to wake up next to a beautiful woman and the woman was Veronica Mars? He stretched and sat on the edge of the bed. He saw his cell phone on the bedside table, and checked it out. He frowned when he saw that he had so many missed calls and text messages.

Patricia, Keith, Wallace, Dick, and Mac were sending him text messages and left many voice messages. He read the text messages, and very disturbed by them. Logan glanced to the bathroom; he could hear Veronica was humming a song as he heard the faucet was turned on.

He listened to the voice messages. Most of them were saying the same things, 'where are you?', 'please call me back', 'is Veronica there with you?', 'you need to go home now.', and many more. Logan deleted the voice messages and the text messages. He closed his eyes for a while and sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.

He couldn't go home. Not right now… not from this heaven. If this was a dream, then Logan wouldn't want to wake up from it.

Logan walked to the kitchen and prepared some breakfast for them. The beach house belonged to him; a hideout place where he could go surfing and recollect himself after an assignment. It was a modern beach house where he installed alarm systems and cameras around the perimeter. There were no neighbors near the house; the place was very secluded. Only white sands and palm trees with blue water as far as the eyes could see.

It was his private paradise – and now it was their private paradise.

Logan could imagine living here forever with Veronica. And the thought made him smile. He was so happy to have Veronica here.

Veronica walked out from the bathroom, already washed her face and brushed her teeth. She saw Logan was standing in front of the stove and cooked them some breakfast. She smiled and approached him from behind and gave him a hug.

"For me?" She childishly said, and Logan laughed.

"Are you kidding? All of these foods are for you, and we can last until lunch." He joked. She stuck her tongue out and stole a piece of bacon.

"Ha-ha, very funny. Make fun of my eating habit!" The bacon was very crispy, and she appreciated it. "Hmm, delicious." She gave Logan a peck on the cheek. "Why don't you go to the bathroom, and I'll prepare the breakfast outside at the patio?"

Logan gave her a quick kiss, "Awesome." He then walked to the bathroom to do his business.

It was very normal, and they were like a normal couple.

But they weren't normal couple. Even Veronica knew it, and there was a tiny voice behind her brain that what she was doing was risqué.

As she was putting plates, fruit basket, toasts, coffee and even a small vase of flower at the patio table, her cell phone made a buzz. She glanced towards inside the house and checked her phone out. Her heart tightened a bit as she read a text message from him:

"WHERE ARE YOU? PLEASE LET ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALRIGHT."

Veronica swallowed and closed her eyes. With a heavy breath, she deleted the text message. She poured a cup of coffee for herself and sat down at the table when her phone buzzed again. She sighed and read the text message:

"TALK TO ME, PLEASE. I MISS YOU…"

Veronica stared at the text message for a while, and then deleted the message. She drank her coffee carefully as it was still hot and she looked at the horizon. She saw the beautiful view in front of her; the water was sparkling like crystals and the wind breezed softly. It was a very good morning and Veronica thought that she would never leave this paradise ever again.

Her phone buzzed again. She looked at the phone vibrated on the table. This time was a phone call. She already put it on silent, but the vibration seemed to shake her heart. She waited for a while, and then the buzzing stopped, followed by another sound. It was another text message. She opened it and read the text message:

"VERONICA, I AM SORRY…I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT DID I DO? PLEASE TALK TO ME. I'M GOING CRAZY NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. TELL ME YOU ARE OKAY…"

She stared again to the text message. Suddenly her eyes felt hot with tears, and she immediately wiped it out before Logan walked out from the bathroom and saw her got teary. Her phone buzzed again and she was afraid to read what was next:

"I LOVE YOU… PLEASE COME HOME."

She then turned off her cell phone and pulled out the battery and the SIM card. She chucked them to the bushes. She wouldn't risk of being tracked down by him or anybody else. Veronica let out a shaky breath and then composed herself. This was a good morning, and she wouldn't let anyone ruin it.

"Oh, you're not eating yet? I'm surprised." Logan walked to the patio, teasing her.

Veronica pouted, "Hey!" Logan bent down and kissed her softly. They had been spending some time for almost half a week now, and he never got tired of kissing her. As they sat and eating their breakfast, Veronica said, "So what's the plan for today?"

Logan gave her a smoldering look, which made her laugh. "I dunno… I'm happy enough spending some time with you in bed."

"As much I like lying down in bed all day and being a lazy beach bum, we need to do some grocery too." She said.

"Or we can have sex." Logan shrugged bit into his toast. Veronica laughed when he suggested that. "What? I didn't hear you complain last night. And the night before. And the night before before that."

"You perv."

Both of them fell into easy conversation afterwards. They were talking about the weather, the ocean, the shows that they were watching last night, the books they were reading, and many more. It was a comfortable situation for both of them.

"Do you wanna walk around, check out the scenery?" Logan pointed an area near the cliff. "We haven't checked that place, right?" Veronica agreed and then both of them cleaned the table and put the dishes away, and then they walked leisurely to a spot where Logan was pointing. Both of them were holding hands, and sometimes he put his arm around her and pulled her close. He kissed the top of her head and whispered some things. Veronica couldn't hear what he was saying because the sound of waves was loud. But it didn't matter because they didn't need to say anything at all as long they were together.

"You should teach me how to surf!" She said as they were walking hand in hand.

Logan pulled her close and kissed her while walking along the beach. "Absolutely. This afternoon, okay? We can see the sunset too."

"Lovely." She kissed him back.

They picked up some shells along the shore, and then threw them to the ocean. They walked on the sandy beach and sometimes they were chasing each other, laughing. Logan picked her and threw her to his shoulder as she shrieked and laughed.

Sometimes she put her arms around his neck, and then he spun her around.

They were happy and wishing that it would last.

They finally arrived at the area, and Veronica ran to investigate. "Look, it's a cave!"

There was a small cave, with stalagmites and slippery rocks. Veronica peered to the gloom and grimaced. "I hope there's no dragon or something here." She gave a fake shudder. Logan also looked inside and stood at the mouth of the cave.

"Nah, sea monster wouldn't fit. It's a small cave – look it stops right there." He showed her that the cave was indeed small. Logan helped Veronica walked into the cave and carefully guided her from the slippery rocks. Veronica almost slipped but Logan already held her.

When she looked up and tried to adjust her eyes from the dark cave, she saw Logan was looking down at her. They didn't say anything for a while. He was holding her by the waist, and she was holding him by the arms. Logan dipped his head down and kissed her deeply. Veronica kissed him back and scooted closer to him, as he wrapped his arms around her.

When they finally reached for air, she buried her face to his chest. "Logan…"

"Hmm?"

"Don't ever leave me again…" She whispered. "Promise me…"

"I promise." He said and kissed her forehead slowly. And then he kissed her nose, and then her lips again. "I love you, Veronica. I love you." He said quietly. When she didn't answer, he looked down at her. "Do you love me?" His voice was tiny.

Veronica didn't answer for a full 5 seconds, he noted. And when she answered, his chest tightened. "Yeah…" They went quiet for a while.

They were holding at each other in that cave, alone from outside world. It seemed surreal.

"We can stay here forever." Logan said in a quiet tone, afraid of breaking the spell. "Away from everyone else." There was a desperation seeping through his words.

Veronica lowered her head and leaned her forehead to his chest. "What about Neptune?"

"I don't care about Neptune." He said, a bit tersely. "I care about us."

"Sooner or later we have to go back." She whispered.

"No, we don't have to." He rubbed his hands to her arms. "We can stay here."

Veronica sighed to his chest. "What about my family?"

Logan didn't answer at first as he looked outside the cave and watched the waves crashing down the rocks. "Veronica… are you happy? Here with me?

She looked at him in the eyes, and said, "Yes. I am happy."

"Then your family wants you to be happy… I promise I would make you happy, Veronica." He whispered. His fingers brushed away her hair from her face. He leaned his forehead to hers and they stood like that, seemed like forever. Logan wished time would stop and he could preserve this moment forever. He realized that he couldn't lose her. He loved her, and she loved him. Nothing could separate them, not anymore.

So why he felt an impeding doom in the horizon?