A/N: I know I shouldn't be posting this, but I can't help myself. I started working on this a while back and got inspired to continue it last week. I've spent time working on this as well as the two other WIP I started posting on here and a one-shot that I can't seem to get finished. I'd appreciate any reviews on this since I haven't gotten very far (I have nine chapters written).

Chapter 1

"I don't think this is working." He had a hitch in his breath. "I think we have a choice. I think we can take a tough but survivable amount of pain now or stay together and deal with unbearable pain later. So I vote for the pain now… but I'm always here… if you need anything…" He leaned forward and cupped her face, kissing her on the forehead. Then a flash of despair went across his face. "But you never need anything…" And then he was gone.

Those thoughts ran through her head as she rode the elevator up to his suite. It had been over two weeks since the ordeal with Mercer and Moe had happened. She found out about Logan's arrest from her father and thought he'd at least call to check on her once he got out of jail. But that didn't happen and she was tired of waiting on him to make a move. When she got to his door she reached into her purse for her key but stopped herself. She knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. It was still relatively early in the morning so Veronica wasn't surprised when Logan opened the door wearing a pair of boxers and a t-shirt.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, shocked to see her after everything that had happened. He thought she'd still be mad about their breakup. He honestly never thought she'd be the one to make the move to try and repair their damaged relationship.

"I needed to see you," Veronica told him. "I needed to make sure you were okay."

Logan moved aside and let Veronica in to the suite. "I'm fine," Logan promised.

"Maybe you are," she said, "but I'm not."

"I'm sorry I haven't been by to see you," Logan told her. "I've kind of been busy with some stuff."

"Yeah, I heard you were arrested," she said.

"Is that why you came over?" Logan asked. "You wanted to know what happened?" he added.

"Partly," Veronica told him, "but there's something you need to know."

"What?" he asked.

"I was taken to the hospital to get examined after Parker found me," Veronica told him. "They ran some blood tests to see how much of the GHB I ingested."

"I can't believe I let that happen to you again," Logan said sadly.

"It wasn't your fault," she told him. "It was Mercer and Moe."

"Yeah, but I'm the reason Mercer was out there raping girls again," Logan said, obviously beating himself up over what had happened once the truth came out.

"He played you Logan," Veronica told him. "Anyway," Veronica continued, not wanting to talk about Mercer, "they ran the test to see how much I had ingested and found out something kind of interesting."

"What?" Logan asked, worried that something was wrong.

"That I'm pregnant," Veronica told him.

Logan's mouth dropped open and shock set in. He moved to sit down on the sofa and Veronica followed him. Logan lowered his head into his hands. "I can't believe this," Logan said. "We were careful."

"Apparently not careful enough," Veronica said.

"What do you want to do?" Logan asked.

"I'm having the baby," Veronica told him without any hesitation.

"Are you sure?" Logan wanted to know.

"I know we didn't plan this but it happened and I want to have this baby," Veronica told him, "and I need you to be there for me and this baby."

Logan looked up when she said that.

"You said that I don't need you," Veronica said reaching over to pull his hand into hers, "but the truth is I do need you, more than you'll ever know." She kissed his hand and then placed it back on his leg.

She stood up to leave but Logan reached for her arm and pulled her back. "Don't go," Logan pleaded.

"I think I should give you some time to think about what I just told you," Veronica insisted. She tried to pull away but Logan wouldn't let go of her arm.

"We need to talk," Logan told her.

"Yeah, we do," Veronica agreed, "but I think we should wait."

"Why?" he asked.

"I want you to have time to think about things," she told him. "I don't want you to rush into any decisions because you think it's what I want you to do."

"When have I ever done anything just because I think it's what you want?" he asked.

"I can think of a few occasions," she pointed out.

"Those were different," he argued. "This is about more than just us now."

"You think I don't know that?" she asked. "All I think about now is how my actions not only affect me but this little person growing inside of me too."

Logan didn't know how to respond to that.

"I'm going to leave now," Veronica told him. "Call me after you've had some time to really think things through."

"I call you tomorrow," Logan promised. Veronica made a face at him. "To find out how you're doing," he assured her.

"Fine," she said, "but really think about the future Logan. Think about whether you'll be there for this child or not."

"I promise to think about everything," he swore. She walked to the door of the suite but stopped and turned around before she left. She turned around to look at Logan. "Just because I want to keep this baby doesn't mean you have to be a part of its life, even though it's what I want," she told him and the walked out the door.

That night Logan couldn't sleep. He kept thinking about the future. He pictured himself marrying Veronica and raising their son in a house by the beach. But every time he imagined his life with her he thought about all the fights they had and wondered if they could really survive life together or if maybe they were better off apart.