Chapter One

Chapter Word Count: 1,218

Spoilers: Starts during Weapons of Class Destruction. From when ATF agent Ben takes Veronica to the Camelot. The rest of season one will happen, however, it will happen differently than in the show. A lot of stuff will happen earlier, so not everything will happen in the order portrayed on the show.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Veronica Mars. I wish I did though. 'Cause, you know, then it'd be all about the LoVe. Always. :)

"Where are we going?" Veronica asks Ben, trying hard not to look as nervous and freaked out as she felt.

"Well, you should know. You must have followed me there," he tells her. I guess I wasn't as conspicuous as I thought when I'd been following him.

"The Camelot?"

"Yep. I'll say this, Veronica. You're a pesky one. You're screwing everything up." Yeah. Because I'm the one planning to blow up the school.

~~LoVe~~

Veronica and Ben arrive at The Camelot. He has a firm grip on Veronica's arm, dragging her up the steps to the second floor of the motel.

"My dad's a private detective. If I don't check with him after school, he freaks. There will be people looking for me, armed people." Veronica says, hoping he will let her go.

"I wanna show you something." Ben says, arm reaching behind him.

"Why can't we do it someplace public? Frappucino anyone? My treat."

"I know you think you're being a hero, but a lot of people might die 'cause of you." Taking a few more steps, they are stopped from going further by Logan coming around the corner. He punches Ben and he goes down, while Veronica is thrown forward. As Logan punches Ben more, Ben's wallet is thrown onto the ground.

Veronica picks up Ben's wallet. "Logan, stop!" Logan has a hold on Ben's shirt with one hand and has his other raised, ready for another punch. He pauses and turns at the sound of Veronica's voice. She turns the wallet around, showing that it's a badge. "He's a federal agent."

~~LoVe~~

In a room at The Camelot, Ben talks to Veronica about the bomb threats while Logan waits outside. He asks for her help, to which she agrees. He may be an agent, but boy am I glad Logan punched him. Now that his plan didn't work, this arrogant asshat wants me to do the rest? Well, I was looking into the case anyway, so I might as well do it.

Veronica leaves the room and joins Logan outside on the balcony. "You okay?" He asks her as he leans on the wall.

"Um-hm." Veronica nods. Leaning up, she kisses Logan on the corner of his mouth. Surprised, he straighten and stares at her intently. She shakes her head and gives a breathy laugh. What did I just do? Kiss Logan? No. That was a mistake. Veronica turns to walk away determined to leave and forget this ever happened, but Logan grabs her arm and twirls her around.

Suddenly he's kissing her. And she's kissing him back. Logan's arms are around her waist, pulling her closer. Veronica's arms go around his neck, pulling his head down closer, deepening the kiss. Her hands move down to his shoulders while his caress her lower back. When they break the kiss, they're both shocked and slightly confused. Oh my god. What just happened? They awkwardly separate and Veronica turns to walk away.

Logan doesn't know what to do. Did that really just happen? He watches as Veronica walks quickly away. He's still up on the balcony when she reaches her car. They lock gazes while she opens her door and gets inside. Veronica drives away, Logan following her with his eyes.

~~LoVe~~

"Hey honey. How was your day? Did you play nice with all of the other children at school?" Keith asks Veronica from the kitchen as she enters the apartment.

"Yeah. Of course. When do I ever not play nice? C'mon dad," she replies. Before coming home, she'd gone over to Norris's house and eventually figured out that Pete was the one sending false bomb threats. Even though she had a little bit of time to think when she had been alone, it hadn't been quite enough. Veronica had to calm down before seeing her dad. She knew if she'd come home before collecting herself, he'd pick up something was bothering her. So she parked about a block away and sat in her car, thinking about everything that happened between her and Logan.

"Hmmm..." Keith says.

"Well anyway, I've got a lot of homework to do so I'll be in my room, okay," she tells him as she walks to her room and shuts the door before he can get a word in.

Setting her things on the floor, Veronica flops down on her bed. I just can't stop thinking about that kiss, dammit. I could really use someone to talk to about this. There's Wallace, but he doesn't really like Logan and probably wouldn't want to do the whole 'girl talk' with me. Meg? As much help as she'd probably be, I don't think I can talk to her. Things have been awkward ever since she began dating Duncan. Yes, my feelings for Duncan are gone. I don't love him like I used to anymore. He's not even a friend anymore. I guess it's just weird seeing him dating someone else seriously since he 'broke up' with me. No, I'm not jealous. Definitely not. I like Logan now. There's really no reason I-

Wait. What!? I like Logan now? Veronica sits up so fast she feels dizzy for a moment. Do I really feel that way? Looking back on the past couple of times she's spent with Logan, Veronica realizes that she enjoyed it. The Logan she's been spending time with lately is so nice and funny. He's easy to talk to and seems to know just what she's thinking and talking about all the time.

Oh my god. I like Logan!

Veronica falls back onto her bed and let's that sink in. I know that's how I feel. I don't hate him anymore. As much as Veronica tries to shake off these feelings, she can't.

~~LoVe~~

"Veronica? Honey, I thought you said you had homework to do. What are you doing just laying in bed?" Keith asks Veronica as he stands in the doorway.

Veronica realizes that she's been lying in bed for the past two hours just thinking. About Logan. About the amazing kiss at The Camelot. About how wrong this should be, but feels so right.

"Oh, uh, I just got done with an assignment and decided to take a short break." I hope he believes that.

"You, taking a short break?" Yeah, didn't think so.

"Fine. I lied. I don't have any homework to do tonight. I've just got so much on my mind right now and I just wanted some alone time to think about it all. You know, clear my head." She tells him honestly. She wasn't looking at him when she said it. She was still staring up at the ceiling, but she could tell that he got that look on his face. The one he always gets when something's bothering her, but he knows she won't tell him.

"Well, I'm here if you want to talk," he sighs. "Oh, also, there's some left over lasagna with your name on it when you get hungry." He smiles at her before he heads back to the living room.

What am I going to do now? The kiss with Logan. Not to mention, these newfound feelings for him. There's also the bomb threats on the school. Veronica sighs and gets up from her bed. I'll figure this out later. First things first, dinner.