Just a little something that has been brewing in this mind of mine.. I've seen stories about the bus crash, but I wanted a way to keep Duncan around and Meg with her baby. So here we go! This begins In season two. Please review! Seriously, I need to know if its worth continuing (:

Little Things;

Its funny how the littlest decisions change our lives forever. For example, my decision to let Meg ride home in the limo instead of me.

Chapter One;

Open Eyes

Its all she could remember. One second she was answering her phone, all of the other teenagers on the bus giggling and talking to each other. Then there was an explosion and everything went black. All she heard were the screams of her classmates before she hit the water and everything got quiet.

"Mr. Echolls, visiting time is almost up" a nurse popped her head into Veronicas room, seeing the seventeen year old boy watching the blonde.

"Yeah okay, I'll be going in a few minutes" he promised, watching the nurse leave. Another typical day in the hospital. "I guess thats all of the news I have for today, I'll be back tomorrow to fill you in another exciting day at Neptune High." Logan sighed, standing over her bed, his hand lightly touching hers, but for the first time in six weeks she moved.

"Logan?" she spoke,her voice quiet and her eyes fluttering open as she looking up at him, squinting because she hadn't adjusted to the light yet.

"Oh my God" Logan gasped, a look of panic and relief written on his face, "Veronica"

"What are you doing here? Wheres my dad?" she questioned, her eyes now glancing around the room.

"Veronica.." he said her name again,looking into her eyes as if he thought he was never going to get the chance to see them again. "I'll get the doctor" he told her quickly, rushing out the door in a hurry, returning moments later with a doctor.

"Veronica, I'm Dr. Carsten," a man, probably in his late thirties , began speaking to her, "are you experiencing any pain?" Veronica just shook her head, "do you know where you are?"

"Well, since you're a doctor, I'm gonna take a wild guess and bet the hospital" she sniped, rolling her eyes, able to hear Logan chuckle lightly from the doorway.

"Okay.. can you tell me your name?"

"Veronica Mars" she stated, "and thats Logan Echolls, my fathers name is Keith Mars, I have a dog named Backup, and a boyfriend named Duncan Kane what else do you need, Doc?" again, being sarcastic but this time the laughter from the doorway stopped when she mentioned Duncans name. She knew that couldn't be good.

"Duncan Kane?" Dr Carsten questioned, "huh, I was under the impression that Mr. Echolls was your boyfriend.. I don't think I met the other one"

"Thats because hes only came to visit twice" Logan grumbled.

"Twice? And how long have I been in here?" Veronica was now a little afraid, it was pretty obvious that she'd been out for a while, but how long?

"Ms. Mars, you've been in a coma for the past six weeks" Dr. Carsten told her, watching her expression carefully. She was confused, heartbroken, and now a little pissed off.

"And hes been here twice?" Veronica asked, her tone sharp and full of pain, "and how many times has Logan been here?"

"We usually have to kick him out" The doctor chuckled, Veronica tried to hide her smile, but it was hard to once she saw how embarrassed Logan looked.

"Your dad comes by a few times a day too, Mac is usually here before school and sometimes after. And Wallace..most of the other kids at school have came by and left flowers or something like that" Logan explained, making her see that he wasn't the only one who spent most of their free time at the hospital.

"Veronica!" the familiar sound of her fathers voice brought tears to her eyes. He rushed towards her, wrapping his arms around her tightly.

"Daddy" she cried, not letting him go.

"How are you feeling?" Keith Mars asked her, the pure happiness and relief shining in his eyes.

"I feel fine. A little confused. What happened to everyone else? Are they okay?" her questions made the hearts of the guys in the room completely sink.

"I'm so sorry sweetie.. They didn't make it.. You.. you're the only one who survived" her father told her with tears forming in his eyes.

After a few minutes of silence the doctor finally spoke again.

"Okay, Mr. Mars, we're going to run some tests, check up on everything.. make sure its all taken care of and if everything is still good you can take her home in the morning"

Keith just nodded, trying to offer a smile to his daughter.

Logan left soon after, telling her he'd call her the next day to see if she was okay to come home. The test results all came back normal, and she was set to leave the hospital in the morning.

The next few days were filled with lots of happiness, confusion and of course heartbreak. Besides Logan and her father, Mrs. Fennel, Wallace and Mac were the only ones that knew that Veronica was home.

"You sure you're ready for today?" Keith asked Veronica as she sat there waiting for Mac to come get her.

"Dad, I'm going to be fine. The doctor said I'm okay to go back to school, and sitting around the house is making me go insane. I'll just be glad to get caught up on my work, and for things to get back to normal." She sighed, hearing a knock on the door, "I love you, I'll have Mac drop me off at the office after school, you can fill me in on all the scandal thats going down" she gave him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek before hurrying out the door with her bag.

"Are you sure you wouldn't rather skip?" Mac questioned as she got in the car.

"You sound like my dad. But no. I'm fine to go back, and to be honest, I'd really love to know what the hell everyone is hiding that is so horrible, its obviously about Duncan, what is it?" she pushed again, she'd been trying to get everyone to cave for the past three days.

"I don't know honestly Ronnie.." Mac looked over to the girl who had become her best friend, "its just we never saw him visit you, we asked the doctors and nurses and they only saw him twice.. Lately hes been seen with Meg a lot. It almost seems like they're back together. When Logan questioned him, he said, well he didn't really get a chance to explain because Logan didn't let him.. but they spend a lot of time together"

"Logan questioned him? Great.." Veronica groaned, "what did he say.."

"Well.. it wasn't a pretty picture" Mac had to smirk at the thought, "but I thought what Logan did was sweet.. in a violent, insane, the guy really needs to talk to a shrink kind of way.."

"With Logan Echolls there is no other way" she hated to admit it, but it was one of the things she loved about him. He was always saving her, no matter what kind of trouble he got himself into while doing so. "So, what exactly happened?"

Mac rolled her eyes and began the story of what had taken place a month ago.

The school was still grieving and gossiping about the bus crash, reporters trying to get the inside scoop on who was close with the victims. The 09ers had done interviews, the same as the attention deprived students who just wanted to be noticed, but it seemed like the ones who were really hurting weren't saying a word.

Mac sat with Wallace, trying to ignore all the stares that they were starting to get use to. They were the best friends of the only survivor and everyone took notice.

It was lunch time and they sat at their same table, the conversation lacking because of the absence of Veronica.

"What the hell are you doing?" Logan questioned, loud enough where everyone went silent.

"Having lunch?" Duncan shot back, his eyes glaring at his once best friend.

"Yeah, well I hope you enjoy having lunch with your bible study bitch while your GIRLFRIEND is being fed through a tube at the fucking hospital!"

Gasps could be heard all around, no one knowing why Logan was reacting the way he was. Everyone knew that he was in love with Veronica, that much wasn't easy to figure out.. but Duncan use to be his best friend.

"What the hell is your problem?" Duncan stood up, only inches away from Logan, his mood changing quickly.

"Whats my problem? What the fuck is yours? You've gone to see Veronica once? Twice maybe? While the rest of us sit there hoping to God she'll wake up, you're spending all of your time with your ex girlfriend, if she wouldn't have been such a bitch to Veronica, she'd never be laying in a damn hospital bed! But no, Meg here had to throw a bitch fit because she didn't want to be near her, so being the good person she is, Veronica let HER ride home in the limo that saved all of your sorry asses! It should have been her on that bus Duncan, then maybe you'd understand what the hell my problem is. You fought so hard to get Ronnie back, and the second something happens you spend all of your time with your ex girlfriend? Wow, to think I use to think you were worth something, now I know you're a lying piece of shit just like the rest of them." He finished, glaring at the blonde who was stunned, and crying next to Duncan.

"Damn" was all Veronica could say when Mac finished telling her what happened.

"And thats the last time they spoke. Most of the 09ers have nothing to do with him and Meg now.. they all think hes pretty fucked up for running around with her while you were unconscious.."

"Wait, you're telling me the people who made my life hell for the past couple of years are actually defending me?" She was in awe of the recent news.

"I guess they just realized Logan was right," Mac explained, "I mean, most of their lives were saved by the limo, they didn't think it was right that you were suffering and they all escaped with out a scratch"

"Wow," was all she could say as they pulled up to the school.

"You sure you're ready for this?" Mac looked back at Veronica, obviously worried about her.

"No, but I won't be any more ready tomorrow" she smiled, opening the door and watching as people slowly started to realize that it was her. Once she made it to the quad, she spotted exactly the people she wanted to see.

"Hello Duncan" she smiled as she made her way up to him, the noise around them stopping instantly, "having fun?"

"Veronica.. you're.. awake, why didn't you call?" he asked a confused expression on his face.

"I just wanted to see how long it took you to figure out I was okay." She glared.

"Why are you being like this?"

"Because Duncan, do you know who was in my room when I woke up? Logan! I broke up with him for you, as much as it hurt me because I honestly thought it was going to be better that way. That you were the smarter choice because you pretended to actually care, that and you didn't go around punching people who looked threatening to me.. but I realized something, he did that because he actually DID care."

"Veronica I.."

"I'm not done talking!" She hissed, watching him move back a bit. "But I wake up, and hes the one standing above me. Then he leaves and I ask my dad to get me a list of everyone thats visited" she smiled, taking out a piece of paper, "Keith Mars, three times a day, everyday. Cindy McKenzie, at least once a day, if not twice. Wallace Fennel, once or twice a day, Alicia Fennel, three times a week, Dick and Cassidy Casablancas, six times, Eli Navarro, twice a week. Gia Goodman, three times, Madison Sinclair, Ashely Banks and Carrie Bishop, twice each. Should I go on?" she questioned, watching him shake his head in shame, "Logan Echolls, every single day, he basically lived there, he ate the disgusting hospital food once a day, did his homework there, the nurses practically had to kick him out once a day. And you? My boyfriend who tried so hard to get me back? TWICE! I was in there for six weeks, half of the student body, who ironically hated me six weeks ago visited me more than the boyfriend who said he loved me..Congratulations Duncan, you're officially the biggest jackass at this school."

"Veronica.." he tried to cut in again.

"No, we're done. I think its pretty obvious that I made a mistake taking you back to begin with. You wanna know the kicker?" she laughed bitterly, tears forming in her eyes, "I hurt someone I love, someone who cared enough to sit by my bed every day for six weeks, I screwed up a pretty good relationship just because I thought we actually had a chance.. But the second something bad happens you do the same thing as you always do, you avoid me. You don't have to worry about that anymore because I never want you near me again. Don't call me, don't try to see me, don't say my damn name, and don't even fucking think about me, because I want nothing to do with you" Veronica glared, finishing and starting to walk away but turned around with an overly sweet smile, "hes yours Meg, I hope you two will be very happy together"

Meg didn't say a word, just looked down completely hurt by the whole situation. She did carry a lot of the guilt around, but she stood by Duncan for one reason only, and no one knew about it yet.

Veronica stormed back towards Mac, and now Wallace, wiping her eyes as she heard the clapping and cheering all around her. She heard a few people yell "Welcome back Veronica!"

In the distance she saw Logan smiling, glancing over at her, she smiled back as she turned back to her friends.

"Looks like our favorite bitch is back.." Mac joked lightly, trying to make things less tense.

"You know it," Veronica laughed, walking between Mac and Wallace to her first class.

The first few classes had been quiet a show, everyone was coming up to her, hugging her, telling her how happy they were that she was okay. Even the 09ers. The scary thing was they actually seemed pretty genuine about it too. It was like watching one of their own defend her for the second time they finally realized how shallow and hurtful they could be, it may not have changed their ways, but they seemed to at least realize how horrible they'd been to her.

"Someone you love?" Logan came up from behind her in the hall, a smirk on his face.

"I said loved" she chuckled, looking up at him.

"No, you said love, I have witnesses." He pointed out watching her roll her eyes.

"Mac told me what you said to Duncan.." she admitted as they made their way outside for lunch.

"Yeah, well, it didn't seem right to me" he told her quietly, "I know I've done a lot of messed up things to you.. but when I heard you were on that bus.. I just lost it. I thought you were gone."

"Logan you don't have to.." she could tell that he was struggling with something, she felt bad just seeing the pain in his eyes.

"No Veronica, you need to know this. It hurt more than losing Lilly.. I loved her, and I hate that shes gone.. but you, you were there for me when I needed you the most. You tried to help me when everyone else only cared about getting a quote, or a picture of me after I lost my mom." he looked away before looking back down at her, "you saved my life"

"I guess we're even then" she smiled, thinking back to when he had beat the hell out of the undercover agent. "So Mr. Echolls, have lunch with me?"

"I'd love to Ms. Mars" he smiled, taking her hand as he watched all of the students around them staring, most of them looked happy for them, all except one, who left the blonde girl he was sitting next too and stormed off.