death and rebirth are things that will never be new.

[logan_echolls]

I had to admit that this black hair thing probably wasn't half as bad as I had made it out to be. I guess Veronica more or less surprised me with it. I had a hard enough time getting used to the fact that she now had black hair let alone my own hair, but I sort of felt relieved in a way with it. Like the hair color was a cover or a flush of who we

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[logan_echolls]

Veronica says ice cream fun like she says bondage fun and I can't help but laugh for a moment and shake my head towards her. "And that would just be a shame." I finished for her. I really don't know where exactly we would be if she hadn't invited me in that night. I don't know, even if we hadn't slept together? I wanted her close to me. Even if we had gone back to trading hurtful barbs. It was better than nothing, right?

"As for scandal, do you realize who you're talking to?" I asked her, lifting my head from the nape of her neck with an amused look. C'mon, when has there not been some sort of scandal to the Echolls' name? From illegal homeless boxing to murder. Yeah, we had it all.

I think about what it can possibly be like to go to a place where no one looks at you as if they've known you their entire life. People, half of the time, assumed that anyway. They knew what printed in Esquire and that in turn meant, that just because they knew what happened to you in your life, that they knew you.

Putting my lips back down to the soft skin of her neck again, I felt her breath hitch in her throat as she kept trying to keep her voice firm and unwavering. "Bored with vacation? Never," I murmured softly, my hand trailing down her side. "What do newlyweds do anyway?" I asked innocently.

[renewedsoul_v]

"It would've." I agreed with him. "Completely awful and tragic." Yeah, there wasn't anything in the world that could convince me to go back to not being this close to him. I didn't want to go back to us tearing each other down every chance we got. I wanted to be with him, I wanted us to be happy.

"Okay, fair enough." I agreed, trying not to pout at the loss of contact. "It's gonna be nice not living under a microscope for a while, isn't it? Where everybody isn't expecting something gossip-worthy to come out about us?" No preconceived notions about us to drag us down. Our parents mistakes and horrible behaviour not looming over us. What a concept.

"Okay, so this is just a nice extended vacation at he beach, hey?" I asked, a soft moan escaping my lips when his kisses were joined by his hand sliding down my side. "Right, like you need to ask that somehow?" I asked breathlessly. "Sightseeing usually happens, touristy things, maybe going out for nice dinners, but mostly lots and lots of time spent in a hotel room together..." I smirked. Doing things not unlike what we where heading towards at this rate was kind of the point of the honeymoon. Well, that and spending time together without the rest of your world watching your every move, which is also something we've got.

[logan_echolls]

"Which is why I'm personally glad that you defy your dad's orders," I replied with a soft laugh against her skin. "And as much as I absolutely love being the center of attention..." - not so much as of late - "I'm definitely sure that this whole fresh new start is something good for us. I was just thinking that." Even if I doubt that we can be anything but some sort of gossip at times.

I try not to smirk in some sort of accomplishment at her soft moans or hitched breaths, but I'm not too sure I can help it. "Really, newlyweds do all that?" Again, mock innocence, but at the very least it amused her. "You actually make the first few months of marriage sound really good."

We had had excellent influences, of course. Who in Neptune hadn't cheated on a spouse yet? Her father? My mother? I seriously doubted that there were too many other faithful people in the town. God knows, all my girlfriend's excluding Veronica had taken monogamy as an option they wouldn't touch.

My mouth covered hers hotly this time, lifting from the space between her neck and shoulder, parting her lips for a deeper kiss. Stroking the sliver of skin that showed as her shirt pulled up, I let out a soft moan against her lips.

[renewedsoul_v]

"Figured." I replied softly, "And yeah, fresh start definitely sounding like a good thing." I agreed. Sure, I'd figured it would have been college in the fall, but it didn't matter that it was Virgina Beach to me. The location really didn't matter if I had Logan. I wasn't sure I could do this whole fresh start thing on my own. But I wasn't on my own. I couldn't exactly be Veronica except for when I was with him, but I still had him.

"Logan..." I couldn't help but laugh as he feigned total innocence on the whole concept of newlyweds. "And you know, it's not gonna be all that different from what we're actually gonna be doing...'cause a lot of the first year of marriage, if you haven't lived with the other person before? Is learning to live with them on top of all that fun stuff." Yeah, if we could make it through the next few months, we could handle just about anything.

You know, assuming we didn't pull any of the stupid crap most of the parents in Neptune had. Not that I really thought we would. We seemed to be the one thing each of us were completely sure about right now. It didn't scare me to trust Logan. He wasn't going anywhere. If he was, he would have fought me harder when I said I wasn't going back to Neptune. And he knows enough to believe that no matter what happens, I'm staying with him.

I moaned as his tongue slid into my mouth, returning the kiss completely. I couldn't help but shudder in anticipation as his fingers stroked the soft skin on my stomach. "God, I love you..." I mumbled against his lips, as I pressed my body closer to his. We could sleep later... right now I really just wanted to get lost in his touch and kisses, feel his skin against mine, feel him inside me. Sex was a good stress-reliever, anyway, right?

[logan_echolls]

I inhaled softly as she pressed her body firmly against mine and whispered words of love against my lips, my hands clutched to her hips gently. She shudders underneath my touch and I shut my eyes, sucking on her tongue and breaking the kiss only to press the other kisses along her chin, briefly her eyebrow and back to her lower lip.

I think I was actually looking forward to living with Veronica. Oddly enough it didn't feel like some sort of situation in which I think either of us would really feel restricted. Though, I probably think it would be sort of different if we moved in together back in Neptune. I'm not delusional enough to think we're not going to fight or that I'm actually ready to live with my girlfriend, but we needed to learn how to live together and maybe that was something that I was looking forward to. Even when living with others it felt like I was living alone. This isn't going to be like that at all. I'm pretty sure I need her to an extent and that terrifies me inside.

"Think you'll get bored of me?" I give a dizzy breathless mini smile against her lips, taking in a breath for air with her as I move to strip her of her shirt, careful not to tangle it in her newly blackened hair. I heave another breath and kiss her neck again before moving to map the revealed flesh with my lips and tongue.

[renewedsoul_v]

I was half surprised I was capable of any clear thoughts between how tired I was and how dizzy Logan's kisses were making me feel, but my mind was still more or less focused on the idea of living with Logan. I couldn't help but think no matter where we lived together that it would be better to get some place new that was ours rather than one of us trying to move in somewhere that was already well established as the other person's space. That's just added stress. And no matter how much you might love somebody, most people tend to get a little twitchy about people invading their space.

It wasn't really a problem in this case, thankfully. It's a new town all together, never mind space. Not that I think we'd be living together otherwise. Crashing on the boat overnight is one thing... but we haven't been back together all that long. The up side to the extreme circumstances forcing this on us is when we are back home and ready to live together as Veronica and Logan, it's going to be a lot less anxiety inducing, because we'll both already know what it's like. Hypothetically we'll have worked out some of the kinks.

We were probably going to drive each other crazy, but we'll have been around each other 24 hours a day for nearly 3 days by the time we reach Virgina Beach and we haven't killed each other yet, so there's definitely hope. And even when we do fight, hopefully we'll be smart enough to walk away, cool off, before any serious damage is committed. The last thing either of us wanted was to break up over something stupid.

"Bored of you?" I question as he pulls my shirt off, and then moves on to trailing kisses all over the now exposed skin, practically worshiping it. "Bored of you?" I repeat, "I'm not sure how you could ever think that's even a possibility, Logan." I pointed out breathlessly.

[logan_echolls]

"Good to know," I murmured against the soft skin of her stomach, giving an open mouth kiss across her belly button as she squirmed a little breathlessly. Letting out a quiet breath, I moved back up to kiss her lips. "I'm really suddenly wishing I wasn't so exhausted," I told her honestly with a small smile, "Because... really, you are completely sexy with and without the new colored hair. I think it's a general 'I'm attracted to you' thing."

And let me just count how many things drive me crazy about you and how much I'd actually like to be doing this right now? Just for example. I knew she was just as tired from the day of driving and doing next to nothing. Surprisingly, nothing was completely exhausting - though I'm pretty sure just talking to her dad added to that.

I pulled off my own shirt and linked an arm around her midsection to pull her closer to me, exhaling. "I think I just- I just want to get there, you know? Tomorrow's pretty going to be more or less one extremely long day, huh?" I asked her softly, kissing her forehead lightly.

If we did the whole driving shifts thing? Yeah. Twenty-two hours on the road with breaks for food and gas. I was surprised that the car we were driving hadn't broken down yet.

[renewedsoul_v]

I was just as exhausted as he was, I knew, because as much as he was making me squirm, making me want more than just kisses, I didn't doubt for a second that I could have fallen asleep in his arms after I got off the phone with my dad if I'd managed to relax enough.

"No, it's okay, Logan... I get it. I do." I promised, returning his kiss softly. When he was repeatedly pointing out how much he wanted to be with me, even if I wasn't pretty much exhausted, I wouldn't be able to be mad at him for wanting to sleep.

"Gotta set the alarm..." I pointed out quickly, leaning carefully over to the alarm clock and setting it for 8 AM. It was midnight now. 8 hours to sleep, get up, shower, get stuff back in the car, stop for gas and hit a drive through, and we'd be well on our way by 9. "Sorry." I said, settling back in to his arms again, "But yes, tomorrow extremely long. I mean, we could stop for the night tomorrow, but like you said, you want to get there." I replied softly, kissing him quickly. I loved being in his arms like this. It felt safe, right in a way I couldn't quite verbalize.

"Sweet dreams, Logan." I mumbled, yawning slightly, "Love you."

[logan_echolls]

You know, despite getting up even earlier than 8 am for school the thought of getting up early like that for another long day of driving exhausts me even more. I yawn and rub an eye briefly as Veronica leans over on her side to set the alarm clock nearby.

"I severely doubt there's any reasoning not to drive just a few more hours there. Though, I'm actually driving some tomorrow. I don't care what you say, I'm driving." I told her firmly without room to argue. There was no way in hell I'd play with the useless radio (driving Veronica crazy in the process) for hours on end or count how many signs we passed until we got to the next state. However, she had managed to drive both days. Not like I hadn't offered to do if for her. I occasionally have the world's most stubborn girlfriend.

Luckily, I think she's actually too tired to complain, though we'll definitely see in the morning. I kissed her softly again after she yawned. "Sleep tight," I said softly, reaching over to turn off the nearby light before wrapping my arm back around her.