Four weeks later, Veronica had officially hit the 20-week mark in her pregnancy while Logan still had two weeks away in Colorado before he returned home. As if pregnancy wasn't already taxing enough on her mind and body, Veronica was barely sleeping. While everything she read said that it was normal to be uncomfortable, Veronica knew that it was because she was sleeping in their bed alone. As much as she hated to admit it, she had started to rely on Logan's presence and without him she just didn't feel complete.

She was in the process of tossing back and forth and re-arranging pillows into an optimal position when a loud ring came from her cell phone on the bedside table.

"Good morning snookums!" Logan greeted brightly once Veronica picked up the phone and placed it on speed dial.

"The good part of this morning is still questionable at this point." Veronica groaned as she sunk back into her nest of pillows.

"Jelly bean keep you up all night, again?"

"I think we need a new mattress, this one is so uncomfortable."

"Veronica, we just got that mattress and you thought it was so comfortable that you referred to it as God's gift to sleep. Are you sure it's the problem?" Logan laughed as he made his way across base to his morning assignment.

"Are you seriously questioning me right now? If you're so convinced that it's not the mattress maybe you should come home and test it out for yourself."

"Thirteen days, sweet pea."

"Only 18,720 minutes…not that I've been counting or anything."

"No of course not…" Logan smirked, "So what's on your agenda today?"

"Morning meeting with a potential client, who yes I am passing off to dad after the initial interview, don't worry. And then I have my doctor's appointment."

"3pm right? You'll call me right after?"

"Of course, I'll even video the ultrasound for you if you're extra nice and bring me home a really big present."

"Oh I'll have a BIG present for you, that's for sure."

"Mind out of the gutter, Echolls."

"Never gonna happen," Logan laughed, "So…are we going to confirm that I am right today and find out that the jellybean is a girl?"

"I was thinking about that last night actually," Veronica sighed as she struggled to roll out of bed and begin getting dressed, "I don't really want to find out without you, so I was thinking I could have Dr. Albright write down the sex in an envelope and then when you got home we could open it and find out together."

"You're perfect." Logan smiled, "I have to run babe. But you'll call me after your appointment?"

"Yes you worry wart, I'll call you after my appointment."

"I love you."

"I love you more."

"Impossible." Logan sighed before disconnecting the call.


After a rather uneventful day, Veronica was walking into their house while shooting off a quick text to Logan which included a short video clip of the babies heartbeat. She had come home right after her appointment, and hung the envelope which contained the babies gender on the fridge. Just letting it sit there was possibly one of the hardest things she had ever done.

"Her heartbeat sounds beautiful." Logan quickly texted back.

Veronica rolled her eyes at Logan's insistence that the jellybean was a girl, he was so convinced that he refused to even think about boy names. Instead he flooded her inbox with email after email of baby girl names. Some of them were clearly jokes such as Cyder and Whizdom, while others were extremely thought out. She had been secretly saving her favorites, scribbling them on a random page in the back of her notebook. She knew it would be an all out battle between her and Logan when it finally came time to choose and she wanted to be prepared. So far he had sent her some pretty spectacular girls names like, Austen, Easton, Gray, Langley and Zelda. She wasn't exactly sure where he was getting all of these because they definitely weren't in the book of standard names she had sent with him in his duffle. Either way, she sort of hoped Logan was right and that the jellybean was a girl because she was becoming very attached to some of their options and knew he would be a total pain in the ass if he ended up being wrong.

Veronica had just plopped herself down onto their overstuffed couch when she heard the front door open and close and footsteps approaching. She made a point to make a loud sniffing sound before shouting out, "Is that lasagna I smell?"

"I seriously think you have a tapeworm." Keith Mars laughed as he set the bag of to go food down on the coffee table.

"Hey man, I am eating for two."

"And what was you're excuse before that?"

Veronica gave him a playful glare before retreating to the kitchen for plates and utensils before heading back to the couch to join her father, who already had the remote in hand searching for ESPN.

"Ah now I get it, you just wanted to come over for our premium cable, not to check on your only daughter. Your only pregnant daughter might I add."

"Actually, I only came over because you're boyfriend begged me to come check on you and make sure you were well fed - the premium cable is just an added bonus."

Veronica rolled her eyes as she dug her fork into the lasagna in front of her, "What am I gonna do with him?"

"Oh sweetie, I think Logan's behavior, while a little extreme, is necessary. You tend to be a magnet for danger."

"A few little incidents happen in the past and suddenly it's all everyone can talk about."

Keith didn't even bother to reply, he just raised an eyebrow and looked at her before turning his attention back to the game on TV. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Keith focused his attention back on Veronica. "Wait, didn't you have a doctors appointment today? Will I be buying baseball gloves for a grandson or bugging devices for a granddaughter?"

"Hmm.." Veronica smiled, "I actually don't know yet. I didn't want to find out without Logan so I had Dr. Albright write it down in an envelope and we are going to find out together when he gets home."

"Who are you and what have you done with my daughter? When did you turn into such as softy?"

"I blame the baby."


Well first of all, I am sorry that this chapter is so short but I wanted to go ahead and get it posted. The next few chapters will definitely be longer. Second, I am so sorry for the delay in getting this posted, I had finals, then I travelled out of the country only to come home and move. I just got internet back today so I wanted to get a chapter out ASAP. Let me know if y'all have anything you'd like to see happen.