Three weeks after meeting the Heathers.

Veronica realized she was going to have to be a lot more careful when she almost let Heather know that she had depression. So what is went like was Veronica and Heather were talking, and Heather told her that her favorite color was yellow because it was happy. Veronica almost commented on how it showed how Heather acted happy, even though she thought of suicide. Veronica stopped herself remembering that Heather wasn't depressed since Heather hadn't died this time.

"Veronica?" Heather shook Veronica. "Huh?" Veronica shook herself. "I mean, what is it, Heather?" Veronica asked. "You were going to say something," Heather pointed out. "No I wasn't," Veronica lied. "Are you sure?" Heather asked her suspiciously. "Of course! Now, what were you saying?" Veronica laughed. "Hmmm, okay! Now I was talking about your make-up. You really need to…" Heather went on talking and Veronica noticed JD in the corner of the cafeteria.

"Hey, uh Heather," Veronica tapped Heather. "Hmm, yeah Veronica?" Heather asked. "Who is that boy," Veronica asked. She already knew, but she remembered how last time Heather had told her that JD was in Heather's history class. "Drool much? Well, that's Jason Dean! He's in my history class," Heather told her. "Thanks. You know, I think I'll talk to him," Veronica said. "Okay, but wait! Heather told me to remind you that you can only talk or hang out with us if you dress nicely," Heather informed Veronica. "Okay, I'll remember," Veronica said and walked over to JD.

"Greetings and salutations," JD greeted Veronica. "So, you a Heather?" He asked. "No, I'm a Veronica," Veronica told him. "Do you want something?" JD asked her cautiously. "Well, I was wondering if you're free this afternoon," Veronica said. "And why would you want to know," JD smirked. "I noticed you looking at me, and so I wanted to offer to let you buy me a drink," Veronica told him with a crooked smile. "Hmm, sure, I don't see why not," JD agreed. "Cool, but I didn't catch your name," Veronica told him. "I didn't throw it," JD turned and smiled. Veronica laughed and walked away.

She noticed Kurt and Ram talking about something and walk over to JD. Veronica suspected they would fight JD like last time. Veronica knew how it would go, JD would win, but for some reason, she felt as attracted to JD as she had done before.

JD hit Kurt with his book and kicked Ram. It felt like everyone in the cafeteria was holding their breath, waiting for JD to get beat up. People slowly started crowding around the fight, and Veronica slowly drifted through the crowd. When she got to the front she tried to shake herself out of it. She shouldn't be watching this, it wasn't who she was, but for some reason whenever JD did something, she couldn't help but watch.

After what felt like hours, JD finally finished and walked away. Kurt and Ram scrammed away like wolves to lick their wounds. No doubt they were going to try and get revenge. Veronica couldn't help but think of how much boys acted like wild animals. They would fight and whichever one was victorious would be feared, while the loser would run away and plot revenge.

Veronica noticed that she had slowly followed JD to where he was going without thinking. She looked around and saw everyone else starting to eat again, still whispering about what happened. Veronica looked ahead of her and saw JD walking somewhere. She didn't know why, but she followed him.

"Hey!" Veronica called. JD stopped and looked behind him. Veronica caught up with JD. "You're pretty good at fighting. It's been years since somebody has beaten Kurt and Ram. You should have seen their faces," Veronica laughed. JD blushed and looked away, "Yeah well, maybe someone should step up to them once in a while." "I'm trying to say it was impressive," Veronica said. "I'm trying to say that you don't have to. People should just try once in a while, and maybe they will win," JD smiled. "So, you still haven't told me your name," Veronica pointed out. "It's Jason Dean, but just call me JD," he told her. "Sawyer, my last name is Sawyer," Veronica said. "Veronica Sawyer, huh? I guess you're gonna marry a lawyer," JD joked. Veronica elbowed him and laughed. JD just smiled.

There was something Veronica had never seen before. She had never truly seen JD happy. No matter how many times he had smiled or laughed before, he always had a lingering sadness. Veronica didn't know why, but it made her happy.

"What?" JD asked. "Huh?" Veronica raised an eyebrow. "You were smiling like an idiot," JD told her. "It's nothing," Veronica looked away. "Anyways, I have to go get my stuff from the cafeteria, talk to you later," Veronica turned her heels and walked away. She glanced back and saw JD still looking at her, smiling.

After School

"Hey, JD!" Veronica called as she rushed out of the school building. JD turned around and faced Veronica. "Hey! Are you ready?" JD asked her. "Yeah! Where are we going?" Veronica asked. "7/11, here can I hold this for you?" JD said. "Sure, but why 7/11?" Veronica questioned him. "Why not? Anyways, it has good slushies," JD took her bag. "Good enough for me," Veronica smiled.

7/11

The store was completely empty besides Veronica, JD, and the cashier. Veronica really didn't want anything, but the cashier looked so miserable that she bought a slushie with JD. While JD was buying the slushies, the cashier looked at Veronica in a confused way. The cashier whispered something to JD and then JD nodded.

JD and Veronica walked out of the store together. "So, what did you and that cashier talk about?" Veronica asked. "Oh, nothing," JD brushed it aside. "Well, it's not every day a customer and cashier are all buddy-buddy with each other, so what was it?" Veronica pointed out. "I come to 7/11 kinda often, so we know each other well. He just asked me if I knew you, and I said yes. I don't know if you could tell, but I don't have many friends, so it was just a bit odd to him," JD admitted.

Veronica rested her head on his shoulder. She immediately felt his shoulders tighten and his movements stiffen. "JD?" Veronica asked. "Y-yeah?" He stammered. "What's wrong?" "Uh, it's stupid, nevermind," he commented. "Come on," she turned to look at him, he was blushing. "Well, I've never, um, a girl…a girl has never really bothered to talking to me before. At my old schools' guys would constantly fight me and girls always talked about me saying stuff like I was cute but really weird. This is just, different…" JD looked away. Veronica just laughed. "You know, I should probably go home now, good-bye JD," Veronica waved and walked away. "Bye…Veronica," JD said quietly.