the alcohol to the flame

[logan_echolls]

Aaron Echolls! Next spectacle this Tuesday night, 6pm, after the premiere of "Beyond the Breaking Point", sequel to "The Breaking Point". Starring in this spectacle is Aaron, himself, as The Punisher; his wife Lynn Echolls (formerly the one time famous Lynn Lester) as The Pill-Popping Alcoholic and Ignorant Mother; and lastly, his son, Logan

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[renewedsoul_v]

"Hi, Logan." I said, eyeing the smile a little suspiciously. There was no Lilly or Duncan in sight, so why put in the effort?

I thought about refusing for half a second, but who was I kidding...it was still a bit of a walk to the Kane's from here, and I could deal with Logan for 5 extra minutes.

"A ride would actually be nice, if you wouldn't mind." I admitted to him after a moment.

[logan_echolls]

I reach over and pop open the passenger door for her. I can tell by the look in her eyes that she's all too suspicious of my actions like I'll have an alterior motive for her. What devious and evil thing will Logan think of next? I'm truthfully getting a little tired of that attitude. So, I sigh and settle back into my seat

[renewedsoul_v]

"Thanks." I say, smiling just slightly as I get in the car and get buckled in. "I appreciate the ride. I guess I just wasn't expecting it. I mean, I know you don't like me and I'm not expecting you to. So thanks."

I let out a little breath and stared out the window for a moment as he started the car again.

"I take it from the suit you didn't stay home long enough to get changed after the premiere?" I asked, entirely unsure of why I was even asking it other than to have some noise other than the radio.

It's not like I hate Logan or anything, just, without Duncan and Lilly, we'd probably go out of our ways to avoid contact. Instead we're constantly together for the sake of the people we love, with absolutely nothing else short of the fact that we attend the same school in common.

[logan_echolls]

Oh, Veronica, where could you have possibly gotten the idea that I just don't like you? I didn't see much of her past the pep and just her being together with Duncan. Maybe, if I saw some substance, I would like her or even know what to say around her. I knew how to make her uncomfortable and I knew a good percentage of things that would make her blush, but I was sure that I didn't know Veronica at all.

No, it's untrue and I'm being unfair. She did have substance. She was fun at homecoming. But then again that adventure was all what we needed then. We all had fun. Just let loose and were ourselves.

I let out a breath as she asked about me staying home long enough to change. Part of me hadn't even realized that I was still in the suit until the tie seemed too tight around my neck. I wanted to get out of my house as fast as I possibly could.

"No. I told Lilly I'd meet her after it." I make this fake smile towards Veronica which makes me grimace inside. "Lilly doesn't really like to be kept waiting, now does she?"

[renewedsoul_v]

"That would be entertaining. For about an hour." I laughed at the idea of him having his own set of raging fan girls. "Might just make Lil a bit jealous, too. Which if it wouldn't be so scary might be entertaining too."

"Wasn't saying it didn't. Or that it doesn't give you more than most people can even dream of." I told him. Really didn't need to explain to the Mars family how much further you could get in this town if you had enough of it. "And somehow I didn't think you'd willingly pay to go see one of your dad or Trina's movies."

"So you yourself have seen Spice World no fewer than 35 times?" I asked, a smirk playing on my lips, knowing Lilly probably loved forcing Duncan and Logan to watch that movie endlessly.

"Down to you was Julia Stiles, not Kirsten Dunst." I reminded him. "And it's a former love of Freddie Prinze Jr. movies. I've since figured out that he can't act and he's really not that pretty." Kirsten Dunst on the other hand was still making passably decent movies.

[logan_echolls]

Occasionally, I wouldn't mind getting Lilly a little jealous too. I mean, do I have to be the only one in our relationship like that? No, when Lil got jealous she ignored me. It was part of our ongoing on and off relationship. The off never really lasted for long.

"I think I've seen Lilly jealous enough times to know that it doesn't turn out as well as I can hope for." - And she's seen me jealous. That never turns out well either. She hated that and always provoked it. All at the same time. It drove me crazy sometimes when she couldn't pick what she wanted in me. I was sort of a whole Logan Echolls package.

I glanced towards Veronica again as she mentioned Spice World, "Something like that. Duncan's possibly seen it more than I have though. He does live with her. Which means that he's subjected to far more humiliating films than I have."

"And, for the record, I was only pointing out that Down To You was a Freddie movie, not a Kirsten one. Kirsten... on occasion, has made some good movies." I admitted reluctantly.

[renewedsoul_v]

"I figured somehow that you knew that. Despite whatever I may say to the contrary at times, I know you're not a complete idiot." I smirked. I knew all to well from Lilly telling me how much she relished in making Logan jealous. As much as I didn't get along with him a lot of the time, I couldn't really deny that she could do a lot worse than Logan Echolls. Everybody can see how much he loves her.

"More than likely." I agreed when he said Duncan was subjected to more humiliating films than he had been. "It is Lilly we're dealing with. Frequently and rapidly bored with everything around her, and therefore wanting others to make her less bored." I smiled, even though I couldn't help but feel bad for Duncan being subjected to that.

"I'm sure you have a great fondness for Bring It On." I commented, slightly sarcastically when he mentioned Kirsten Dunst making good movies. She had made several good ones, but for some reason I just couldn't picture Logan having had watched most of them. "Or at least for all the girls in Cheerleading

[logan_echolls]

"Personally, I think Lilly prefers my being jealous over her. She wouldn't try so hard to make it happen otherwise." Lilly flirted. Lilly loved the attention. I'm not sure if we'd ever stop reminding each other that there were other people that wanted us too

[renewedsoul_v]

"So then we're back at one of those moments where I fail to see how you can find fun and enjoyment in torturing your best friend, are we?" I asked

[logan_echolls]

"Wow," I started, lingering on the word for a moment. "I love how you can excuse Lilly for everything that she does to Duncan and yet I'm the one torturing him, Veronica. It's teasing. God, and Duncan doesn't take it personally, so why should you?"

I cared for Duncan. God, I probably wouldn't be anywhere without him as my best friend. So, the random teasing that we did back and forth was suddenly a problem with his girlfriend? Yeah, excuse me. I'm so sorry. Did that offend you?

I knew logically that Veronica wanted him just as happy as I wanted him, or even Lilly did when she thought she knew what he needed. Anything Lilly did was because she wanted to help Duncan and not hurt him. Maybe none of us really knew what was best for Duncan. Maybe he was just supposed to figure that out on his own or something.

"He's my best friend, Veronica. Can you just remember that?" I asked, my voice a little harder than before.

[renewedsoul_v]

"Siblings are supposed to pick on each other, Logan. Not like Dick and Cassidy, or you and Trina are all that different in the way you treat each other." I pointed out. "I'm not trying to seem like I take it personally. I know most of the time you're just teasing. It's just not always that obvious to people who aren't you." I tried to explain. There were moments, especially when they both got in on Duncan about how he could use some more excitement, that it started to seem like more than teasing

[logan_echolls]

"Or maybe, you're being just a little too sensitive. Duncan's a big boy, he can fend for himself instead of you doing it for him. If he was really that bothered then he would have said so."

I was sick of being the enemy that Veronica Mars chose to make me any time something went array. I wasn't the bad guy of the plot. I wasn't innocent, no, but I wasn't a total bastard and I was sick of being treated like I was one.

"It's different - you getting on Lilly's case versus you getting on mine, Veronica. You actually like Lilly for once and you can't stand me half of the time for another. I'm not asking for anything from you except for maybe a two second break from you blaming me. I'm not responsible for all these little things that you so like to pin on me." I scoffed towards her, "I'm sick of it, okay?"

"I'm his friend and you just love to point out how much better I could possibly be."