A/N: So, this is kind of a double chapter, if you will. I had two scenes rolling around in my head that I kind of wanted to get out, but I couldn't stretch either of them enough, without ruining them, into a "full length" chapter. Hence the two-parter deal here. You guys are probably going to hate me for the second one, but I can deal with that, I just kind of needed that set up, sort of. Seriously, I don't mind when you guys get mad at me, it means that you are emotionally invested in my story and that's awesome. Anyway, onwards! (I wish I could tone down my dorkish nature, but unfortunately, I'm stuck with it, bad jokes and all).

Chapter 12A: Bookstore Browsing

"So, what do you have planned for today," Logan asked, wiping his mouth with a napkin as he finished his lunch. Veronica was taking off another afternoon from work, due to having finished early.

She was packing her trash into the bag he had brought the food in, "I wanted to go over to the bookstore and get my textbooks; get a head start on reading for this semester. I was looking at my syllabi last night and…"

He stopped her, "Oh you, such an overachiever. Textbooks, huh? I guess I'll need some of those too. Shall we go together?"

Veronica smiled, hoping that he'd also want to go and pick up his books. She stood and threw their trash away before grabbing her keys and bag from the hook by the door.

Having the sense to order ahead, Veronica's books were already waiting for her at the register, paid in full. Logan, on the other hand, needed to find a computer lab, print his schedule for the semester and then wander around the bookstore until he saw the labels on the books mentioning his class numbers.

"What's next?" she asked, once they found the set of books for his first class on a shelf in the back. Next semester she would definitely make him pre-order.

Pulling the list from where he had shoved it in his back pocket, he smoothed it out and read the second class, "English 389, Section 2."

Veronica nodded, the course sounding familiar, "Is that on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with Professor Carter?" she asked.

Logan looked at the paper, "Yeah, why?"

"I have that one too… it's for my journalism minor," she quickly explained, and made a mental note to ask Logan later what he had finally declared.

He smiled at her and handed her the paper with his schedule on it, "Snoop away, Veronica Mars, I know you want to. Just let me know if I should expect you in any of my other classes; I wouldn't want to think you were following me around or anything."

Veronica quickly took the paper from him and read it as they walked to the section with the books for the English classes. "We have that class for Western Civ together, Philosophy 315, American Thought Processes," she remembered from her own schedule, "Tuesday mornings, for two hours at 8:30, that ought to be fun," she added, sarcastically.

Finally they reached the English books and Logan added to his stack the ones he needed for his class. "Wait," Veronica said as he began to move on, "you have two English classes this semester, might as well grab those books while we're over here."

He nodded and continued down the row until he found his other class. "Well, it looks like we just have those two classes together," she said finally, handing him back the paper. However, she also noted that they both had Fridays off this semester, which could come in handy, especially having the same final class of the week Thursday afternoons. Plus, they would be seeing each other all day on Tuesday, every Tuesday.

After purchasing his books, they walked back to his car, "Do you want to come over for a while? Watch a movie? We could order food. Wallace comes back tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah," Veronica said, climbing in the passenger side. He really needed to get a more "vertically challenged" friendly truck. "That's sounds good. I'll text my dad and tell him not to expect me for dinner."

A/N: So, that is Chapter 12A, the LoVe scene of the chapter. I originally had a little bit of an extra ending to that, with Dick coming back early and interrupting them again, but I decided to be nice. The scene below takes place on the day before classes start with Piz and Wallace moving into their dorm room. It contains neither Veronica nor Logan, but I felt it was important. So, enjoy. Or skip over it completely, it's a free country. Lol, Raptures all around.

Chapter 12B: Reunited Roomies

Wallace walked into his dorm room, surprised to find Piz already there, unpacking, "you must be Stosh…" Wallace said with a laugh, remembering back to freshman year.

"That makes you… Wallace, right?" Piz played along, stopping unpacking for a moment.

Wallace put down the boxes he was carrying on his bed, knowing that his brother would be entering the room soon with some more, "I specifically asked for a roommate that was… you know…"

Piz laughed, "Not better looking than you? I think we've got that covered."

Wallace looked around the room they would be sharing for the year; it looked the same as the other two. "I was going to say cooler… but I guess you'll do," Wallace walked over to properly greet his roommate with a "man-hug."

After a few more trips, Wallace, his brother, and mom had successfully relocated all of his belonging to his room and he said good-bye to them, promising to come to dinner soon.

"So, I wanted to talk to you about something," Piz said, entering Wallace's half of the room.

Please don't say Veronica, please don't say Veronica, Wallace thought and continued to unpack. "What's up?" he asked causally.

"Have you seen Veronica yet?" Piz asked, obviously not reading Wallace's thoughts.

Thinking back to the "welcome back" lunch with Veronica and Mac, Wallace felt bad for the guy. It seemed like things would be "on again" with Logan soon enough, if they weren't already. With a sigh he stopped unpacking and turned to face his roommate, "Forget about her, dude. It's not going to happen."

Piz, of course, couldn't drop it. "I know she's in love with me. I mean, isn't this the way she does things? She breaks up with guys and then takes them back, over and over? Just look at her and Logan and that other dude that fled the country to get away from her," he was now completely on Wallace's side of the room.

"Duncan? Dude, he fled the country to protect his baby, not to get away from Veronica, and the first time he broke up with her because he thought she might be his sister," Wallace paused. Why was he telling Piz these things?

Piz's face changed, "She dated her brother?"

Wallace sighed. He might as well just go all in on this and pray that it didn't bite him in the ass later, "No. Her dad had a paternity test done; they aren't siblings, which is when they got back together. And then he left, Logan saved her life, and she got back together with Logan. You're also forgetting about Troy and Leo; she only dated each one of them twice." Veronica was going to kill him later, he was sure of it.

Piz sat down. He had only known about Logan and the other guy. Who were these other dudes? "They don't matter," he said finally, "This is our year. Just you wait, roommate, Veronica and I will be once again, and when we get married, I'll be sure to make you my best man."

Wallace lay back on his bed, not wanting to deal with this. It really wasn't his place to tell Piz about Logan and Veronica's summer of reconciliation. The funny thing was, he actually believed Veronica this time, he believed it would be different, and although he would never admit it to anyone, ever, he wanted them to work out too.

"If you want my advice," Wallace said, not looking at him, "move on and be satisfied with being friends with her. If you push her, she is going to push you out of her life. If you make me choose sides, I'm going to choose hers. Four years of friendship, she saved my life, and she smells better, just remember that." With that, the conversation was officially over because Wallace wasn't going to talk about it anymore. He gave Piz advice and it was up to him to take it, however, he honestly doubted he would.

Piz stood and retreated to his side of the room, wondering why Wallace refused to help him, He was her best friend, after all, he could easily plant the idea in her head.

A/N: Okay, I'll admit, Piz was never my favorite character, so I may kick him around a few more times. Sorry. I think I really just need to get him a girl that isn't Veronica. Maybe if he gets laid, he'll be less annoying. Idk. Ignore me. Thinking out loud here. Anyway, this is pretty much just setting up that Piz is still gaga over Veronica and kind of a little crazy about getting her back and Wallace is completely over it and has laid out where his loyalty falls: with Veronica. So, that's the condensed version of 12B for anyone who didn't bother lol. Reviews are heavenly, even if you want to yell at me and tell me how much you love Piz and hate me for doing that. I'll read them. I promise.