A/N – Okay so this is the very last chapter. It ties everything up. There is a lot of LoVe in this chapter.
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Special mention: My best friend Brittany, I think I've officially made her a fan girl. The title of this chapter is a request/dedicated for her.
Disclaimer – Not mine, like I've said for 21 other chapters. (22 Chapters, it's like 22 episodes. An entire season!)
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"Hey." Veronica smiled as she walked into the hospital room. She took a seat in the chair next to Logan's bed. "How long are you in for?"
"Oh I was released hours ago, I'm just here for the hot nurse. I mean did you see her -" Logan joked as he sat up. Veronica slapped his good arm.
"Hush you!" Veronica smiled, "You're a very sick boy."
They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes before Logan spoke up, "I was actually released a couple of hours ago. Just waiting to see how long it'd take for you to come visit me. The nurses had a pool going on."
"Oh yeah." Veronica scooted her chair closer to the bed. "How long did Chesty McGee say I would take?"
"She said you'd never come. Then she offered me really steamy and kinky sex." Logan smirked as he pulled the covers off to revealed his fully clothed self."
"What did you say to that offer?"
"Told her I had a really hot, and equally kinky girlfriend that would come eventually."
"Good answer." She leaned over and kissed him on the lips, "Now let's blow this joint."
Logan got out of the bed. His bandaged arm hung by his side. He extended his other arm towards Veronica, offering him her hand. She took his hand and they entwined their fingers. They walked out of the down the halls of the hospital hand in hand.
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"Dude! I'm going to own your sorry ass." Dick said jokingly as he fiddled with the X-Box controller.
"It seems like your losing." Veronica smirked, "To a girl who's never played X-box."
Veronica was sitting on Logan's lap and facing Dick in Mario Kart. Logan couldn't play because of his arm so Veronica and him formed a team. She would play and he would tell her cheats and all of Dick's weaknesses.
Veronica and Dick kept exchanging insults while Logan laughed and watched the game. When they heard the opening of Dick's door they all looked to see Duncan standing with Donuts and Pop.
"Hey Duncan." Veronica said awkwardly, "What are you doing here?"
"I invited him." Logan chimed in.
"Oh?" Veronica said in a half question, half statement. She was a little surprised that they had solved things. She was actually surprised that he let Logan live with him after she got back together with him.
"I play winner." Duncan said, joining the group like none of them had fought.
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Veronica sat in the Java Hut waiting for Logan to meet her. She ordered a latte and took a seat at the table near the entrance. Someone approached the table and she looked up expecting to find Logan.
"Hey." Duncan said quietly, "Can I sit?"
"Go ahead." Veronica said, pointing to the chair.
"Thanks for not freaking out about me being there yesterday." He smiled, "It was nice to hang out with my old friends again."
"Does that mean you're considering us friends again?" Veronica asked, happy to know that Duncan was okay with her and Logan.
"If you want to be."
"So you're okay with me and Logan?"
"Yeah, I screwed up my second chance. He should get his."
"Then I'm glad were friends again." Veronica smiled and Duncan smiled back.
"Hey." Logan said coming from the entrance and standing over their table, "Secret Rendezvous?"
"Nope. Those are only on Thursdays." Veronica smiled and leaned up to give him a kiss, "And they're with Puerto Rican strippers."
"Good to know." Logan said, giving her another quick kiss before turning around to greet Duncan. He gave him a high-five and said hello.
"What no kiss for me?" Duncan joked.
"Not until the third date. You know my policy." Logan smiled and turned towards Veronica. "Ready?"
"Let's go." Veronica grabbed his hand and turned towards the entrance, "We'll talk to you later Duncan."
Duncan waved back and Logan and Veronica left the Java Hut.
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Veronica sat in her room, thinking about all that had happened with Laura. She went over the notes she had used to solve the case.
So Laura went crazy after her Dad killed her brother. She started stalking celebrity sons, and when they broke up with her, she got even crazier. Each break-up, she got worse. It started with stalking and it ended with murder. So when she fell in love with Logan, she was determined to get together with him. She found out I dated him, and she came to the school to get rid of me. Of course she convinced her cousin to make a fake Bobby case. Maria thought she was doing it to get revenge on the Mars family because Keith put her family in prison. So when Maria was no longer help to her, she killed her. All she had to do then was get rid of me, which was hard to do because I was investigating her and following everything she did. Finally when she found out about everything, it seemed she was going to kill me and Logan, but it all ended with her killing herself.
Veronica took a deep breath. They had all gone through a lot in the past couple of months. She was glad that it was all over. It won't be long until someone else wants to kill me.
Veronica laughed at her own thought.
She sat in her room for a couple of minutes until she heard the front door open. She ran into the living room to find her Dad smiling.
"It feels like forever since I've seen you." Veronica smiled and ran to hug her dad.
"I know kiddo, but I caught who I needed to catch." Keith smiled and held onto his daughter tightly. "Plus I read about the incident in the paper. I had to come home to make sure you were okay."
"I'm glad you're home. Veronica smiled and kept her hold on her father. "We have some serious father/daughter bonding to do."
"How about some Lasagna and a movie to start off?"
"Perfect."
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There wasn't really a funeral. Her adopted parents were still off somewhere and she didn't really have any other family. The school held a memorial one Saturday, inviting people to attend.
Veronica, Dick, Wallace, Logan, Duncan and Mark attended. Other then them it was empty, except for a few students who had known her from classes.
The memorial wasn't much. Just a few words from the principal, a few prayers said by a priest and the lighting of a few candles.
Some of the students had been asked to set up a small memorial shrine in the hall. Veronica and Logan went to see it while the others went outside to the parking lot. There was a picture of Laura, looking innocent. There were also some flowers donated by a local flower shop and a few unlit candles.
"I wish I were more mad at her." Veronica said softly. "I can't be, because it's not really her fault."
Logan nodded. He understood that Laura went crazy because of what her father did.
He walked behind Veronica and wrapped his hands around her. He placed his hands on her stomach and they stood looking at the shrine.
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For the time being, Veronica's life was semi-normal.
Logan was still her boyfriend. Duncan, Wallace, Mac and even Mark were good friends of hers. Sometimes she even considered Dick a friend, but that was only sometimes.
Veronica sat contemplating this on the beach while Back-up ran around and played. She watched her dog run around in circles and fetch the ball she was throwing for him until she saw a shadow coming from behind her.
She looked up and saw Logan. "Hey."
"Hey." He sat down beside her and gave her a kiss.
They sat in silence after that. They both knew that her semi-normal life would change soon. She would have to choose where she was going to college, and then figure out how her relationship with Logan would work if she did chose Stanford.
"So Stanford?" Logan questioned, figuring he could get it out quicker and break the silence.
"I don't know." Veronica smiled. "I have a couple of weeks to decide."
He smiled because her answer wasn't yes yet. "I love you, you know that?"
"Yeah." She smiled at his words, "I love you to, you know that?"
"Yeah." He smiled and gave her a kiss.
If things go as planned, I think I'll go to Hearst.
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Love a 4-letter word. L O V E, yeah it's still four letters. According to the dictionary love is deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
I felt love towards one person, but it took a while to say the three words "I love you." He hinted around it a few times before with, "I'm falling in love with you" or "You're the love of my life" but somehow like me, he could never say it. If you were trying to guess who I'm talking about, it is in fact Logan Echolls. We are dating again, and I can honestly say I love him. Sure it took a while, but all great things take time.
Fin
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