Chapter 10

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Whatever Lily or who ever it was had done, it had worked. He was back at the hotel, and if he figured right Veronica should be on the elevator right now.

The doors opened and there was Veronica, looking all mess. It was clear that she was trying to avoid him. He wouldn't let her get away with it.

"Veronica," he shouted across the hallway. His voice had never been filled with such happiness.

She walked toward him, bracing herself against what he may say. She was ready for what ever he threw at her.

"Veronica, I love you," he said, wrapping her in a very one sided hug.

So I was wrong, she thought, who could've known that's what he wanted. She stared at him in shock.

"The baby, Veronica, it's mine. I want to help you raise it, I want to be your everything."

Death had really changed Logan. He no longer understood why he used to be sarcastic, and hateful to her. It felt as though he had loved her all his life.

"Are you joking?" she asked quietly. Her voice could have been made of steel.

"No, I'm not. We slept together that night. I guess I was after Duncan."

She slapped him across the face. The sound echoed down the hall. Duncan had opened his door. He walked toward Logan.

"What are you doing, Logan?" he asked coldly, looking Logan up and down.

"Duncan, it was Logan. Logan raped me, and Logan's the dad. He just said so."

Veronica had run into Duncan's arms, and he was holding tightly. It was a very sad thing for Logan to see.

"A little close considering your related don't you think?" he joked.

"What the fuck are you saying, Logan? We are not related. Where did that even come from?" Duncan was now even more pissed off.

Suddenly he fell to the ground. He was overcome with emotions, and a voice spoke within his mind.

"Logan, this a test, and I know that you can pass it. You have to make Veronica love you for you. I can say no more."

The angel's voice faded, leaving him feeling hollow and empty. It was like a crash from a high.

"Did you rape Veronica, Logan?"

"No, it wasn't rape. She asked me to, I swear. I had no fucking idea that she was drugged. To be truthful, I was a little drugged myself."

Veronica was staring angrily at him. She was nothing like the Veronica he had come to love. But then, the Veronica he knew had been kind to Duncan.

"I'm sorry, Veronica. I really mean it this time." Logan turned and left, leaving behind a very confused Veronica.

Veronica was watching herself, wondering when she would catch on. If only the angel had sent her back instead of Logan. She knew that she could pass the test.

Logan would have an extremely hard time with this alternative Veronica. She was extremely strong willed, and although Veronica wouldn't let anyone else say it, she was kind of a bitch.

He has to make me love him, or we both die. That wasn't a very reassuring thought. There had to be another way out.

Veronica remembered how she had died clearly. Aaron Eckholls had bashed her head into her bedroom floor. It still gave her headaches.

Keith Mars knew that something was wrong with his daughter the minute she walked in. Call it fatherly intuition, or the sheriff instinct.

"What's wrong honey?" he asked lovingly.

"Nothing," she replied, but the tears gave her away.

She headed down the hallway to her room, and slammed the door shut. She needed some quiet mediation time to gather her thoughts.

What was Logan thinking just coming up to her like that? He knew that Duncan and I am a couple. Why would he risk everything that she had worked for?

They were supposed to keep their relationship a discreet secret. Plus, it was supposed to be all about the sex.

So what if one night they had went without a condom, and she got pregnant. So what if she passed it off as rape? It was her own business.

Veronica was sick of watch herself. The new her was a total bitch face. She was also a slut. Why was she so different?

"I can explain that." She turned to see the Lily look alike was behind her.

"You see, I couldn't send him back in time, truly. Not in the sense you would think. I also only have the power to send one person back. The other has a substitute made. The Veronica in that world is a place holder for you."

"If all goes well, and Logan manages to change himself and alternative you, then love will call you back. If he fails then death will call him back. Do you understand?"

Veronica shook her head that yes she did understand. So, there was more than likely zero chance of her finding her own way out.

The woman seemed to know what was going on inside her mind. It was extremely weird, and just a little creepy, and Veronica did not get the creeps often.

"That is the only way out," the muttered softly. Veronica could just barely hear what she had said.

Logan was sitting in his room thinking over his next move. It was clear that she had sent into a different version of his own world. A version with a very different Veronica, and no relations between her and Duncan.

It was also clear that that wasn't going to be easy. Then again, when has my life ever been easy. The answer was never.

Someone was knocking on the front door of his house. He ran downstairs to the door and opened it.

"I'm so happy to see you, Logan," the person said. Logan was stunned.

Author notes: Sorry about all the supernatural stuff, but it was the only way I could bring them back. I couldn't just write it off as a dream sequence. Hope you like it, and as always please review.