A.N This Chapter changes POV. Also thanks to my Beta Pennylanex3. you have been a lifesaver.

Veronica POV

"So, you're a photographer?" Logan asked in an attempt to make small talk.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him, ignoring his question.

"I was walking passed and bumped into Emma and she lost the ice creams. I bought her another one. She's a cute kid Ronnie. Looks like you." He said.

"I meant what are you doing here in Neptune? Last I heard you hadn't stepped foot in this town in over 17 years." I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"I came to visit Dick."

"Right, the friend you haven't spoken to since you left. God Logan where the hell have you been? You just left, without a word to anyone."

"Why do you care? You said we weren't friends. That I was out of your life."

"Yeah then we spent the night together, and I wake up the next morning alone. Do you have any idea how I felt. It was Shelly's party all over again only this time I remembered what happened the night before."

"Are you telling me you regret that night?" he asked, a faint trace of hurt in his voice.

"I could never regret that night, but I will always regret what happened afterwards. I will always regret not looking for you after I left. But my dad said that I should give you space, let you find out who you were. So I left you alone. Waited for you to come back to me. My dad knew you were leaving didn't he?"

"Yeah he did. I needed someone to talk to, to get a different perspective, he really helped me out." He confessed.

"Did you keep in contacted after you left?"

"No we didn't. I left so we could figure out who we were apart, if we wanted any chance to be together."

"And it took you 17 years to figure that out?"

"No, it took me about five minutes to realize that no matter what, I needed you in my life. But I was afraid that you'd hate me for leaving, so I stayed away, hoping you'd move on and maybe some day we could be friends."

"Yeah well, because of your decision my daughter grew up with out her father. I had to raise her on my own. So well done, I'm glad life worked out for you." I yelled at him with tears streaming down my face.

"What?" Logan looked at me in shock.

"Yeah she's your daughter, and you might've known had you come back to me sooner." Suddenly I heard a crash from the back room. I ran out to find Em lying on the floor. I rushed over to her; she was still breathing. I heard Logan on the phone behind me.

"The ambulance is on its way, is she still breathing?" he asked.

"Yeah, she's breathing and I've got her pulse, it's strong." I told him. Soon the paramedics arrived and took her to the hospital with me and Logan behind them.

At the hospital, the doctors asked me some questions and then took her back to run some tests. I called Mac and Wallace and sat in the waiting room waiting for them.

"Ok I need you to distract me. What have you been doing with yourself Logan?" I asked trying to get my mind off my daughter in the other room.

"I've been traveling and writing. I was in Italy last year. I also spent sometime in Australia. Ran into an old friend down there." He told me.

"Really?"

"Yeah, has this daughter, who is so like her aunt, its scary." He looks at me pointedly and I instantly knew who he was talking about.

"How are they?" I asked.

"They're good. Have a look." He pulled out his wallet and showed me a picture of a young girl with blonde hair, green eyes and a mischievous grin.

"You're right, she is like her aunt." I laughed, remembering the same mischievous grin on the face of my best friend. "How old is she now, eighteen?"

"She'll be nineteen on New Years Eve. I'm actually going back over there for Christmas and the New Year. You and Em should come with me. I know they'd love to see you."

"I'll see," I said, imagining the fun we'd have: Duncan, Logan, me and the kids on the beach. It'd be just like old times. "Did you say you were in Italy last year?" I said, shaking out of my reminiscent daze.

"Yeah, I saw you in Florence. I was going to say hi but you looked a little busy with some guys face." He said, jealousy seeping through his tone.

"Oh, yeah Blake, my latest mistake in a long list of many." I told him remembering my ex and cringing. I turned away from him and saw Mac, Wallace and Dick running into the waiting room. I stood as they ran over to me.

"What happened?" Wallace asked.

"I'm not sure. I was out the front talking to Logan and we heard a crash. When we got out the back, we found Em on the floor. The doctors are still running test on her." I told them. They turned to Logan only just realizing he was there. Wallace was about to comment when the doctor came out. I walked over to him.

"Ms. Mars, we ran some tests and I need to ask a few more questions." He said, in a stern but worried tone.

"Ok."

"Has your daughter been complaining of a persisted headache recently?"

"Not that I know of." I tried my hardest to rack my brain. Em has been fine. Em is fine.

"Any vomiting or nausea?"

"She was sick last week; we just thought it was a bug."

"What about any dizziness or trouble walking?"

"Not that I know of. What's going on? What's wrong with her?" I asked impatiently.

"We did and MRI and found what looks to be a tumor on your daughters brain. It's not large, so we would like to operate to remove it and do a biopsy, to see if it's benign or malignant, as soon as possible."

"Oh my god." I said, slapping a hand over my mouth. I felt my knees give out, but a pair of strong arms caught me before I hit the ground. I turned around to see Logan holding me and clung to his chest and cried. As I wiped the tears from my eyes, I turn back to the doctor.

"Can I go and see her?" I asked.

"Yes you can, she's not awake just yet, but you can sit with her, if you want." He told me. I turned back to Logan.

"Can you come with me?" I asked him. He just nodded as we followed the doctor. I walk into the room and see my little girl lying there on the bed, pale and small.

"I can't lose her Logan, I can't lose her too."

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