CHAPTER 3

"Yo Logan!" Dick called out when he let himself into the suite. The door hadn't been locked, but there didn't seem to be anyone here. He walked toward the couch and glanced at the had come over to play some video games with Logan, but everything was shut down. Eyebrows lifting, he looked around the rest of the room. Nothing seemed out of placed or disturbed. "You on the can?" he called out again, this time louder. Logan didnèt leave his room unlocked unless he was expecting someone.

"Shut up" Logan hissed out at him from his bedroom door. "You'll wake her up".

An evil grin spread across Dick's face. "Oh yeah?" he said meaningfully. "And who exactly is the 'her'?" Dick couldn't help but ask, not that he tried very hard. It had been over a month since he had seen Logan even attempt to hook up with a girl. And while Dick wasn't the type of friend to worry, he was starting to. The faster Logan got over Veronica Mars the better. Especially since everyone knew that she was going to Stanford at the end of summer; less then a month away.

"Veronica" Logan answered easily as he shut his door softly and walked to the bar. He lifted his half-empty glass that had been sitting there to his lips. But he paused before drinking. Looking down into his glass he chuckled. Dick could only stare. Veronica was sleeping in Logan's room? In Logan's bed? The same Veronica that had ripped Logan's heart out only a month before?

"Yes, Veronica" Logan answered Dick's question before it had been said. And then he up-ended his drink into the sink. Turning to Dick, he motioned to the small collection of alcoholic drinks he had on the bar. "You want these?" he asked pleasantly. "I don't need them anymore".

"No thanks" Dick said coolly. He saw how things were standing now, and he didn't like it. Veronica had a habit of coming into Logan's life suddenly and magically making everything better. Up until she took off and Logan crashed that is. "You'll need them for the next time she dumps you".

The smile on Logan's face slid off and was replaced by blankness. He didn't say anything to Dick, but he didn't have to. It was the usual plot of the Logan and Veronica show. Veronica did whatever it was that she did to earn back Logan's trust, and Logan blindly followed her off of a cliff.

"Jesus Logan" Dick said with exasperation. "What do you expect me to…?"

"I'm glad that you're here Dick" Logan said cheerfully, cutting off Dick's words and completely ignoring their previous conversation. "No matter how much it depresses me to say it, you're my best friend" he continued with a dramatic sigh.

"Now don't go and get all sentimental on me" Dick said with an answering grin, willing to play along. He knew better then to get in Logan's way when it came to Veronica Mars.

Logan laughed out loud and plopped on the sofa. "I want you to be my best man" he said bluntly. Dick's eyes widened and he felt his mouth fall open. He would remember this moment for the rest of his life. Never had he ever questioned Logan's sanity as completely as in this moment.

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The look on Dick's face was priceless. It was like he had swallowed a toad and now it was trying to get out.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!" Dick yelled at him suddenly, taking all the humour out of the situation for Logan.

"Jesus, Dick" he said urgently. "Veronica is sleeping in there" he continued as he motioned to the room. The last thing he needed was for Veronica to be awake for the conversation he was about to have with Dick.

"And she needs her rest doesn't she?" Dick asked nastily. Seeing the expression on Dick's face, Logan had to remind himself that he had known that he would guess the truth right away. But his confidence drained with Dick's next words. "A girl like Veronica, as petite as she is, when they get pregnant they need to be careful"

Logan's head seemed to explode with sudden worry. He didn't know that much about babies, but what Dick had said seemed right. What if Veronica couldn't handle giving birth? She could die, couldn't she? Then instead of keeping her he would lose her forever.

"Dude, you just went pale" Dick said in concern. "You all right?"

Logan shook his head and smiled at his friend weakly. "Not really" he answered honestly. "I just thought of how dangerous it is for Veronica to have a baby, and…I…"

"Relax Logan" Dick interrupted Logan's dark thoughts quickly. "Women give birth all the time without a problem. Even tiny ones like Ronnie" Dick punctuated his words with a few clumsy pats on the back. Logan looked at him blankly as he tried to wrap his mind around a Dick that can comfort. "She'll be fine" Dick reaffirmed lightly, obviously as awkward with his new role as Logan was.

"If she isn't, I'll…" Logan stopped, not knowing what he would do if something happened to Veronica. She had been an integral part of his life for so long. She had been a friend, an enemy, a lover, an ex, and most recently he was realizing that she was the love of his life. Without her would his life have any meaning at all? He wasn't sure.

"Die of guilt probably" Dick finished Logan's sentence lightly, as he walked back over to the bar and poured himself a drink. "You know, because you got her pregnant on purpose" he continued as though discussing the weather. Logan just glared at him. It had been unnerving when Dick had acted like he was human, but he was already missing it. Dick was back to all of his old tricks. That what he was saying as partly true didn't have anything to do with it; or at least that was what Logan told himself.