OK so I've been questioning myself A LOT writing this chapter and some of it has to do with what people were telling me about the last chapter. I'm glad the majority of you liked it. A reminder: this is an OOC story. I have stated that from the very beginning. Some mentioned that they can't see Veronica cheating on Duncan and in the regular world of Veronica Mars, she wouldn't. But this is an out of character story. And actually Duncan's not going to be squeaky clean here. I have something planned for him. DLillith21 has the right idea just imagining Logan and Veronica as two single people doing an experiment. I wrote this chapter longer but like I said, some of the reviews on the last chapter are making me second guess myself and I'm releasing it slower. I would still like your opinion because I do like reviews and love hearing what you think but I'd really like you to remember it's OOC story before commenting how it's not believable.
The next morning, Veronica moaned in agony. God, she was sore! Like unbelievably sore. During the sex she couldn't feel the pain but she could sure as hell feel it now.
She slowly got dressed and made her way to the kitchen for breakfast. Her dad looked at her curiously.
"Honey…did you turn into an 80 year old woman overnight?"
"Ha, ha." She grumbled. "No, I…" She had to think of a reason quick. "was having horrible leg cramps last night. They started at about 2 o'clock in the morning."
"Are you going to be OK?"
Sure, once she killed Logan. "Yeah, I'll be fine, dad. Don't worry about me." She cracked a smile and got some cereal for breakfast.
She arrived at school pretty early considering. She slowly made her way from the parking lot towards the school. It seemed to take forever considering she was moving at a snail's pace.
Logan was standing next to his X-Terra, smirking.
"If you say one word, I'll smack you." She warned him as she past him.
"What's with you?"
"Like you don't know." She slugged him then.
"Ow!"
"I can't even fucking walk because I'm so sore Logan! Are you happy?"
Logan concealed a smirk, "Really? Well, I didn't hear you complaining during." He was keeping his voice low and glancing around checking for eavesdroppers. "In fact, the main noise I heard out of you was you moaning oh God Logan over and over."
"Yeah, well about 2 o'clock this morning I was doing a different kind of moaning."
"Have you been taking anything?"
"Yes." They were 100 feet away from the school entrance. "We can't talk about this anymore. I'll see you later."
Right before she set foot in her English class, her phone beeped.
-put ur phone on vibrate
Veronica sighed. –Y? 2 tease me relentlessly?
-2 check on u. I do actually care Veronica. Just because I don't show it here, doesn't mean I don't.
She gave a sad smile. It was nice to hear say that.
-Fine
She got in her seat with about 30 seconds to spare. Wallace looked at her curiously. "Mars, you OK?"
"Yeah, just extremely tired…and sore. Very sore."
"Why?"
Her phone vibrated then. She kept it concealed between her legs so the teacher wouldn't see. She very sneakily glanced at her phone.
-Go on. Tell him Y.
Veronica groaned. – U r not even in this class. How do u know what he asked?'
-I can c in ur classroom.
Her head craned around to the door just in time to see Logan head around the corner.
"Miss Mars? Is there a problem?" Her teacher asked.
She quickly shook her head. "No sir."
The teacher went back to explaining the assignment. Veronica sighed in relief. That was close.
"Slept wrong." Veronica explained to Wallace. "Had a bunch of leg cramps."
"Ooo…that's not good."
"Yeah, very painful."
When lunch rolled around Duncan watched with worry as he saw Veronica hobble towards their table. He reached out and grabbed her book bag. Everyone was at their usual spots.
"Veronica. Oh my god. What happened?"
Veronica half-laughed. "Oh, I'm fine, Duncan. I just woke up at 2 o'clock this morning with horrible leg cramps. I'm OK really."
"You had me worried."
"Don't be." She shrugged him off.
"So what are your plans for the night?"
Veronica sighed. "Homework, taking a nice long bubble bath, and getting work done on some cases."
"Oh, so you won't have time to get something to eat then?"
"I'll probably just make a sandwich. I really want to take that bath. I'm hoping it will help my legs."
"No, no I understand."
Veronica sent a quick text to Logan then. He flipped his phone open and read:
-And I mean that
Her phone buzzed a second later and surprisingly it wasn't Logan's message but her dad calling.
"Hey dad." She said as she picked at her pizza.
"Hey honey. I just wanted to let you know that. I'm going to have to go out of town for the night."
"Overnight?" Veronica said a little too loudly which meant that Logan heard. Duncan's eyebrows shot up interest and Logan's ears perked up too.
"What's going on?" Veronica asked her dad.
"Missing girl who's 8. Her mom suspects her ex took her since he lost his custody rights."
"Ooo…that's never good. So umm…" She looked at Duncan, then at Logan. Both had their eyes on her. "where are you heading?"
"Santa Fe. I'll be back hopefully by the time you get out of school tomorrow."
"OK. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Veronica…"
So so close. "Don't worry dad. I will be the only human sleeping in our apartment."
"And be home by 11. I will be calling."
"I promise I will be. I'll see you tomorrow, OK?"
"OK. Bye honey. I love you."
"Love you too dad. Bye." Veronica hung up and set her phone down beside her on the bench.
"So your dad's going to be out of town for the night?" Duncan tried to act casual.
Veronica nodded as she ate her pizza. "Custody issue, missing girl." She reached in her bag for her Tylenol.
"So…you want me to come over and stay?"
Veronica sighed. "Well, I didn't want to tell you this but I guess I'll have to now." She threw her pills back and swallowed them with a gulp of water.
Duncan stared at her and Logan looked over at her. "What is it?"
"I've been sleeping with someone else." Duncan's face went expressionless and Logan's mouth dropped open. "And he's warm and cuddly, and my 40 pound pillow."
Logan quickly closed his mouth. She hadn't been talking about him; she was talking about her dog.
Duncan laughed. "What, you don't think that Backup would let me sleep in your bed?"
She cleared her throat. "Backup would not let you get anywhere near my bed." She clarified to him. "Besides, it's not like we can do anything, remember?"
"Oh right." He nodded. "Well, there's still this." He leaned over and kissed her. Logan turned around and rolled his eyes. This was so annoying!
Veronica realized that Logan was watching when she felt the vibration on the bench where her phone was. "That's true. We do have that. We'll just have to make due for now." She glanced down and noticed there were 6 messages from Logan. She frowned. 6? She stole a glance at him and scowled. He shrugged as a response. She sighed as she silently read them:
-Thank u 4 FINALLY stopping that
She rolled her eyes at that and continued on:
-7 words 4 u
Her eyes narrowed as she continued the rest of the messages.
-You
-Me
-My bathtub
-All night long
Veronica sighed. She liked the idea but she was still in a lot of pain. She started typing.
-Give me a good reason 2 agree 2 this
She sent the message and watch with narrowed eyes as he typed.
He looked back up and smirked. She didn't wait for the buzzing.
-I'll give y 2: 1) u already agreed 2 this
She rolled her eyes at him as a response.
-2, I want 2 wake up w/u next 2 me in my bed
She read it and took a heavy sigh. God, why did he have to make this so hard?
"Say Duncan, I'm sorry but I need to head back to class."
"Already? But you didn't even really get a chance to eat." He argued.
"I'm fine. I umm…just don't have much of an appetite. I need to go." She gave him a quick kiss. "I'll talk to you later."
As she began to walk away from the table, she started to type Logan a message.
-Meet me in the bathroom in 10 min. Not b4 that Logan. Have 2 check room.
Logan flipped his phone open, read the message and smirked to himself as he got up. He froze though when he noticed her glaring at him. His phone buzzed.
-I said 10 min. Not b4 Logan!
So he sent one back to her. –Getting stuff out of my locker. I heard u.
Veronica nodded after she read the message and took off into the school. She grabbed a book out of her locker and made her way to the bathroom. There were a couple girls in there but they were getting ready to leave.
Logan actually gave her 11 minutes. He quietly tapped on the door since he figured she would have locked it to prevent any other girls from coming in. Veronica flipped the lock and yanked Logan in. She shut the door and locked it again.
"What the hell are you…" She didn't get to finish the sentence since Logan's lips were then crushing hers.
Veronica pulled away from him quickly. "Stop it." She hissed. "What are you trying to do with this, Logan?" She flashed her phone at him. "These messages?"
"Suggesting how we could spend the night." He told her.
"You heard what I said, Logan. I'm taking a bubble bath and cuddling up with my 40 pound security blanket."
"Counteroffer?"
She sighed. "What?"
"Take a bubble bath at my house…"
"Logan…"
"Uh, I'm not finished."
Veronica shut up then.
"Come over, take a bubble bath. I'll let you even take the 1st one by yourself considering I'll be cooking…"
Veronica wondered what to question first: the cooking or the implication of there being more than one bath. She opened her mouth.
"In a second." He told her. He then pulled her to him. "Then later, we'll take one together." He kissed her neck. "We'll try the water version and see." He kissed a spot right under her ear. "I really liked you mentioning a bath. I haven't tried it that way before."
Veronica pulled her head back and looked at him curiously. "Never?"
"Never." He confirmed. "Just like I've never gotten lucky enough to have a girl spend the night in my room…"
"Seriously? You and Lilly never…"
"Never a full night, try as I might have." He admitted. He let that sink in for a minute. He realized that she just got new information.
"I probably wouldn't be there until after 6."
Logan's face broke out into a huge grin.
Veronica smiled. "I have to run some errands and take Backup for his walk."
"How far are you really going to be able to walk?" Logan teased.
"Excuse me…who helped contribute to the pain I'm in?" She reminded him.
"Pain is temporary." Logan told her. He glanced at his watch then. "Better go." He gave her a quick kiss then peeked out the door. The coast was clear. He left then. The rest of the day was relatively long and boring. When she got out of school, the 1st place she headed was home. She changed her clothes into what she was going to wear tomorrow. This way she didn't have to carry any additional luggage. She also set up to forward the home phone calls to her cell phone. She grabbed Backup's leash and headed with him to the dog beach. She spent about 45 minutes letting him run around. She reviewed the last thing she needed to do before she went to Logan's: Abel Koontz contacted her and wanted to see her. He was in the end stage of his cancer. When she got to the hospital, he pleaded with her to find his daughter, Amelia. He needed to see her before he died. Veronica told him she would do her best to locate her.
Before she left the hospital, Veronica decided to go see Meg. She hadn't seen her since the accident. She quietly crept in her room and as soon as she did, her mouth dropped open. There was Duncan, asleep in the chair next to Meg's bed. She couldn't believe this. But the surprises kept on coming because it was then Veronica noticed a bunch of monitors…way more than what should have been needed. She was quiet not to wake up Duncan. She then noticed Meg's stomach. It wasn't an enormous bump but Meg was definitely pregnant. It hit Veronica then. Oh my god, Meg is pregnant with Duncan's baby. Veronica rushed out of the room as if her feet had wings.
She headed to Logan's and arrived there at 6:32. She parked next to his X-Terra again and made her way into the house. Logan was actually in the kitchen, rummaging through the refrigerator.
"Hey, I was beginning to worry about you."
"Sorry." Veronica said in a monotone. "I got caught up with my errand at the hospital."
"What's going on?" He asked as he leaned over the counter to kiss her.
She didn't talk at first. Logan stared at her. "Veronica…"
"Meg's pregnant with Duncan's baby." She blurted out.
Logan's eyes grew wide. "What?
OK so I moved up Meg's pregnancy and I know there wasn't much time between the accident and when Logan and Veronica had their conversation in the Neptune Grand hallway. So figure Meg was wearing more baggy clothes the day of the accident or figure more time between the two situations. I don't know. And just so you all know, it will come out what Veronica and Logan have been doing. Duncan does figure it out. As for the whole bubble bath thing, I wrote when Veronica did hers but stopped short of writing the one with Logan and Veronica together. In fact, I stopped writing while they were eating. Originally I was going to write this as if Veronica was too upset finding out about Duncan, Meg and the baby to take one with Logan and Logan understood that. And they didn't do anything. Offer opinions on where you want to see this go please. I really would like ideas. I really do appreciate the reviews. I try to respond to them all. It's just hearing it's not believable kind of gets to me because I never said this would follow in the vein of the regular Veronica Mars story you know? Please review!
