Hey guys! I'm loving the reviews! Yeah I know Duncan has really bad luck with condoms. He probably has super sperm! This chapter has some very good Lamb/Veronica moments…he's a bit of an asshole but that's how we know and love him. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Note this is 2 weeks later.

Red Satin

Chapter 4

Mac and I sat in the waiting room waiting to get my ultrasound done.

"You excited?" Mac asked.

"Yeah. These appointments always get me so excited."

We heard my name called and I was weighed, and had my blood pressure and heart rate taken. I was then sent into the room and waited for Dr. Farrell to come in. She walked n 5 minutes later and looked ready for business.

"Hello Veronica. Are you ready for your baby's heart beat?" she asked.

I nodded and lifted my shirt to start.

"How has your morning sickness been?" she asked squirting the gel on to my stomach.

"It's gotten a lot better. I'm not throwing up everyday only on occasion." I replied.

"Well that's a good sign. Your morning sickness should really have lighten up by now." she said moving the doppler around my stomach which you could now tell had something growing inside of it. After a quick move a strong thumping could be heard.

"Oh my god!" Mac exclaimed.

"The heart beat is sounding very strong." She said continuing and then looked at her watch for a minute. "160bpm, that's very good. On your next appointment you'll finally be able to find out the sex of the baby." She said.

"Wow Veronica!" Mac said again.

"Yeah I know. There is a baby in here." I replied as Dr. Farrell left.

"It's actually a baby. I didn't think that the heartbeat would be so loud and strong."

I smiled at her amazement over a heartbeat.

Mac and I picked up our stuff and walked out of the room to set up my next appointment.

"Thanks for coming Mac." I said.

"Oh it's no problem…" She replied.

"Your next appointment is April 18th." The receptionist said handing me a card.

"Thanks." I replied.

Mac and I got into my car and drove back home.

"Hey Pa! Come hear some news about your grandchild!" I called out when I walked through the door. "You're not dad!" I exclaimed seeing Vinnie sitting on the couch.

"Thank god for that!" He replied.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped.

"Your dad and I were discussing a few things. He didn't mention that you were pregnant!" he exclaimed. "And I see that your stomach isn't the only thing that grew bigger."

"That's so wrong." Mac said.

She was right. Now that I was farther along I had acquired what I liked to call pregnancy boobs which were being noticed a lot lately.

"Honey you're home." Dad exclaimed. "Tell me about that grandkid of mine!"

"The doctor said that the heartbeat is strong, 160bpm."

"Honey, that's great!'

"Veronica I'm going to get going now. I'll see ya Monday." Mac said.

"Alright. Bye Mac!" I said waving to her.

"So Veronica, when are you due?" Vinnie asked.

I looked to dad and then to Vinnie. This man was an overgrown man child! I took my fingers and flicked him on the back of the head.

"Ow!" he exclaimed.

"Dad why is he still here?" I asked.

"He was just leaving." Dad replied.

"No I wasn't." Vinnie replied. He saw my hand reaching up to hit him again and said "Actually I was. See ya later Keith. Bye Veronica. Bye fetus!" he said quickly escaping my wrath.

Sundays are always the worst! I woke up to find that I had run out of vitamins and granola bars, that meant that I needed to go to the grocery store to get some more. After I was done getting ready and ate breakfast, I grabbed my prescription bottle, wallet and keys and I was out the door.

Being a Sunday the grocery store was dead. I quickly got my prescription filled and grabbed 2 boxes of granola bars. I had some time to kill so I decided to check out the baby aisle but because Sundays are the worst I ran into my favorite person.

"Well if it isn't Veronica Mars?" I heard someone say.

I looked over my shoulder and saw Lamb standing there. "Deputy, did you get lost again? The stations not for another 2 blocks." I said turning around.

"Woah!" He exclaimed getting a good look at my belly. "Are you pregnant or are you trying to shoplift a watermelon?"

"Pregnant. But I should've known you wouldn't know where babies came from."

He rolled his eyes and got a good look at my pregnancy boobs. No man could resist…except for dad and a couple male teachers.

"So who's the daddy? I bet I can figure it out. It's that punk Navarros right! Or wait it's that Echolls kid Right?!"

"Close there deputy. And please look me in the eyes, I know that my boobs don't talk." I said breaking his attention.

"Wait it's the Kane's kid! But wait isn't he with his other child half way across the world?" he continued.

"Well as much as I would love having this conversation, I really have to get going." I said turning to leave.

"Hold it Mars!" He snapped. "Does dear old dad know? I bet he loved having another screw up to join the club. First a ridiculous ex-sheriff, then an alcoholic slut of a wife, and now a pregnant slut of a daughter…Like mother like daughter right?"

"Shut up!" I snapped. "This is none of your business! If I was unlucky enough to have you be the daddy then you could go ahead and talk about it but thankfully you're NOT! So you can take your dumbass comments and LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" I yelled.

"Have fun finding your baby daddy Mars." he said turning to leave.

I walked away and paid for my stuff. When I got to my car I sat for a few minutes. I reached down to my stomach and rubbed it for a little while. I was going to be a single teen mom, I couldn't even speak to Duncan any more so he would never know about his child. With out realizing I was crying. These damn pregnancy hormones were making me a wreck!

Lamb POV

I couldn't believe it. Veronica Mars was pregnant. That had to be the funniest thing ever. Not to mention bad karma with all the shit she's pulled. I walked out of the grocery store and walked out to my car. I couldn't help but noticing some hunched over in their car. I walked a few more steps and noticed it was Veronica Mars, she was holding her stomach and crying.

"Fuck!" I snapped. "I'm such an asshole!"

I walked over to her car and tapped on her window.

"What do you want?!" she said her voice cracking.

"are you okay?" I asked

"Oh just dine! I'm a single pregnant teen! Everything's just peachy!" she snapped.

I walked over to the passenger side and opened the door and got into her car.

"Listen Veronica, I'm sorry for what I said. I was being a bit of an ass." I apologized.

"A bit?" she scoffed.

"Okay fine I was being a being a huge jack ass!" I admitted.

"Don't forget insensitive douche bag." she added.

"Hey." I said then saw her angered face. "That too!"

I looked into her eyes that had gone bloodshot from her crying and pulled her into a hug. This was the young girl I once knew. But now she was pregnant and probably scared out of her fucking mind, and I had been and asshole to her and compared her to her mom, who she was nothing like.

"I'm sorry Veronica." I apologized still holding her in the hug. "I'm so sorry."

Veronica POV

"I'm sorry Veronica." Lamb said. "I'm so sorry."

I then realized I was still in his arms. We hadn't been this close since the night of Lilly's murder. All of a sudden I felt something move in my stomach like butterflies. Was I having feelings for Lamb? I immediately pulled out of the hug. I couldn't let myself like the man who used my rape as a joke.

"I've gotta get going. My dad is probably wondering where I am." I said making an excuse.

"Alright. I'm sorry for what I said." he apologized again. He gave me a quick kiss on the forehead and said "Drive safe." he got out of my car and I stated my engine.

I sped home and put away my groceries. I jumped onto my laptop and tried to find out if the feeling I had was me or the baby. I typed pregnancy symptoms for 16 weeks into the search engine and clicked the first link.

I read out. "Your baby continues to grow…around this time you feel your baby moving. These movements are called 'quickening.' they feel like butterflies or gas."

I gave a sigh of relief. I didn't have feelings for Lamb, it was just the baby moving. That meant that I could forget about all that happened.

I couldn't forget about what happened. I kept thinking about how Lamb held me in his arms like he did the night Lilly died. I was remembering how he used to be, when we he was still a part of our family and he was my best friend after Lilly of course. I was sitting in the middle of health class completely ignoring the lecture on drunk driving. I felt the baby move and gasped at the shock and put a hand to my stomach.

"Is something the matter Veronica?" Mrs. Jenkins asked.

"She's probably going into labor." Dick said.

I turned around and gave him a death glare and he returned with a scared look.

"No Mrs. Jenkins, I'm fine." I replied.

When the bell rang I walked to my locker to get my books for my next class. I was getting stares and whispers but I could handle it. People had been talking about me since junior year, and most of the stuff they were saying was ridiculous. Some of the teachers gave me odd looks as well.

'I guess the baby think it over didn't help.' I thought to myself.

"So Ronnie, who's the daddy?" I heard Dick ask as he walked over to my locker. "Is it Logan's or Duncan's?"

"Leave Dick before I introduce you to my taser!" I snapped.

I saw the fear in his eyes. "Alright Ronnie don't sweat!" he said turning to leave.

"Veronica!" I hear another voice say. "Is it true what they're saying? Are you…Pregnant?" Logan asked.

"No I'm just hiding Mac's Beetle from her." I replied, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"It's Duncan's right?" he asked.

I nodded and saw the anger in his eyes.

"Listen Veronica, I may not be the father or anything but Duncan was on of my best friends and I know he'd want me to help you out." he explained.

"Thanks Logan. That's surprisingly very kind of you." I said.

"Hey I can do kind." he said. "So how far along are you?"

"About 16 weeks."

"4 months! Geeze Veronica, how did you hide it for so long?"

"Baggy shirts and hoodies. I was hoping to keep it quiet for longer but when you're as small as me things get harder to disguise once you hit the 2nd trimester."

He shook his head in amazement. "So are you hungry or something?"

"You're asking a pregnant woman if she's hungry? Now there's the dumb Logan we know and love." I joked.

At lunch I walked out to the table to be greeted by Mac. "So I guess everyone knows."

"Yep, Let the name calling begin!"

"Are you sure you can handle it?'

I nodded. "Do you remember last year? I don't see how I couldn't handle it this year."

She shrugged and nodded at the truth to that statement.

I looked down and started eating my lunch.

"Eww are those pickles on your noodles?" she asked.

"What? They taste really good together." I defended.

"First pregnancy craving?" Wallace asked.

I nodded and went back to eating my food.

"Who called it?!" He exclaimed. "You owe 20 bucks." he held his hand out to Mac who was pulling a 20 out of her wallet.

"Wait! Are you guys betting on my baby?" I asked in shock.

They smiled guiltily and shrugged.

"What else have you been betting on?" I asked.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Wallace asked.

"Tell me now!" I demanded.

"Well there's when you're going to flip out on someone randomly, when you're going to wear mismatched shoes, when the baby moves and the big one is the if the baby's a boy or girl." Wallace informed me.

"I think it's a boy and Wallace claims it's definitely a girl." Mac jumped in.

"Well just to inform you I felt the baby move yesterday." I said. "Who won that one?"

"I'll be taking that 20 back." Mac said to Wallace.

"It's great to know that I have friends who use my pregnancy as means to make money." I stated.

"So when do you find out the sex of the baby?" Wallace asked.

"April 18th." I replied.

"I'm so going with you guys. So that I can collect my winnings." he said.

"Okay. But just to warn you there are a lot of diagrams about child birth, placenta uses, and breast-feeding." I replied.

He put down his sandwich and said "Yeah I'm not so hungry any more and I think I'll stay at home that day."

I laughed loudly. If there was one way to stop a guy from talking it was to talk about your period, breast-feeding and the joy of pushing a 7 pound child out of your vagina.

When school was done I had to work at the Hut. My vest was barely fitting. I could only button my between my boob and belly.

"Veronica." I heard my boss call. "Can I speak to you quickly?"

"Yeah sure. What's gong on?" I replied

"I don't want to be blunt or rude but are you…pregnant?" she asked.

"Yes. I'm four months actually." I replied.

"Oh well. Congratulations. You can go in the back and grab a bigger vest if you want. And if you ever need any time off for appointments or if you're not feeling well just let me know okay?' she said.

"Sure thanks!" I replied. I went into the back room and grabbed a vest that I could actually vlose and then went back to the joyful task of seating people and refilling coffees.

"Do you need a refill sir?" I asked a man reading the paper.

"Calling me sir? I like the sound of that." he said putting down his paper.

"Deputy. If I knew if it was you I would probably have gone with jackass."

"Well I see that those Prego hormones haven't made you any nicer."

"Ahh well for you deputy that won't ever happen." I replied. "What are you doing here?"

"Getting a cup or coffee and checking up on my favorite teen detective and mother to be." he returned.

"Oh stop! You're making me blush. You know calling me your favorite won't earn you my help on any cases." I replied.

"Don't worry Mars. I won't be asking for your help. Wouldn't want you going into labor while trying to catch criminals." He added.

"Do I seriously need to explain this to you? I'm four months pregnant. This baby…" I said gesturing to my belly. "Ain't comin' out for 5 more months,"

He gave his signature smirk and rolled his eyes. "How are you doing by the way, with the baby and all?" he asked.

"The baby is doing fine. I'm finding out the sex next month actually."

"20 bucks says it's a boy." he bet.

"Well you can join the pool that Mac and Wallace put together. They're betting on all sorts of things, from the sex of the baby to the size of my breasts by my last month most likely."

"I might just do that. I'm glad you're doing well Mars." He said.

"Woah! Are those kind words I'm hearing from you deputy?!" I exclaimed. "Did I hit my head because this can't be real."

"Don't get used to it. And don't tell anyone, it'll ruin my reputation."

"Yeah you're right. I would never admit to having a conversation with you, it would ruin my rep."

He shook his head and drank his coffee.

"Well as much as I like…no scratch that, as much as I tolerate this conversation, I have to get back to work. This baby wont pay for itself."

"See you Mars." He said. "Be careful."

I walked away and went on to finish my shift glancing at his table every so often.

So do you all like it? I hope you guys enjoyed those Lamb/Veronica moments. Next chapter will be up by tonight or tomorrow. Take care and read and review!