"I'm sorry about my Dad." Veronica apologised as they walked along the beach hand in hand.

"He's only over protective because he loves you. Did you mean it?"

"About being on the pill?" Veronica reached into her purse and pulled out the little plastic box that held her month's supply. "For future reference I believe in being double careful and yes I meant it about it being my choice, I know you wouldn't pressure me into anything I wasn't ready for."

"I meant about sneaking out at night. Not that you're not welcome any time you want to sleep over but..."

"I'll just pick where I'm staying before I go to bed." She kissed him.

"I should really get my car back." Logan commented as they walked back to the La Baron for almost two hours. "When I find out where Dick parked it."

"That's easy it's..." She stopped.

"What?" He looked at her.

"I have a confession."

"What kind of confession? Because if it's that you want to go skinny dipping I'm all for it."

"I kind of put a GPS tracker in your car." She said waiting for his reaction. "It's how I knew where you were to have Weevil grab you."

"You lojacked my car? Why?"

"Did I mention I had trust issues? I'm sorry."

"It's a good thing I love you." He kissed her.

"And it's parked in the Casablancas garage." Her phone beeped indicating a text message. "Mac wants me to go over and help her pick out something on her date later."

"So it's almost noon do you want hit the drive-thru?"

"I should go home and negotiate sleeping arrangements with Dad. I'll come over when I've helped Mac. Maybe we can watch a movie or something." She suggested.

Veronica dropped Logan off at the hotel.

He was playing a video game when there was a knock on the door.

"I wasn't expecting you for a while, maybe we should get you your own..." He stopped he saw Dick there not Veronica. "Not Veronica."

"No." Dick walked in. "I need your help."

"With what?"

"Which shirt?" Dick asked holding up the two shirts he had brought with him.

"What?" Logan asked.

"My date with Mac is tonight. Which shirt?"

Logan sighed and pulled out his phone taking a picture. Twenty seconds later it rang.

"Dick wants to know which shirt he should wear." Logan asked.

"The blue one." Veronica replied.

"Ronnie says the blue one."

"Find out where they are going because I'm looking at Mac's closet and I'm not sure what to suggest." Veronica stood going through the clothes.

Logan named a mid-price vegetarian restaurant and the a movie that had recently come out.

"So not too dressy." Veronica concluded.

"Does she even own a dress?" Logan inquired.

"One of questionable taste." Veronica held out the skirt of a deep purple dress with way too much lace. Mac came in from the bathroom where she had been taking a shower. "Do I want to ask why?"

"My cousin's wedding. I was bridesmaid." Mac explained. "My mother won't let me throw it away."

"Logan." She said back into the phone. "I'll be over as soon as I'm done. I'll tell you about my negotiations with Dad."

"Will I like the results?" Logan asked.

"It depends on how you feel about couches. I'll see you soon." Veronica hung up. "Do you have boots?"

"Brown ones." Mac dug them out.

"Then I say go with this." Veronica pulled out a skirt that would fall just above Mac's knee and a top that showed just enough without giving away the farm and a denim jacket.

"You don't think it's too..." Mac looked for the right word.

"Conservative?" Veronica guessed. "No. I think it's just the right balance of sexy and subtle. Dick has the over active imagination of a five year old let him use it.. It's perfect and if this works out you and I are going shopping. You need date clothes."

"Okay. Thanks for doing this Veronica."

"I'm having fun and besides it takes my mind of the really disturbing conversations I've had with my father today. Let's do you hair."

"Pizza delivery." Veronica knocked on the door to Logan's suite.

"I didn't order any pizza." Logan opened the door leaning against the jamb.

"You didn't?" Veronica asked.

"No but I did order the delivery girl." He kissed her. "I missed you."

"I saw you less than eight hours ago."

"I know it's crazy." He kissed her again. "Let's eat and you can tell me what your Dad said."

"So." He prompted again later.

"How do you feel about sleeping on our couch?" Veronica asked. "Dad says I have to be home on school nights but you can sleep on the couch. If you're in my room for any reason the door has to be open."

"I can live with that. On non-school nights?"

"That's open to negotiation." She replied. "I managed to negotiate tonight and tomorrow night here."

"How did you manage that?"

"Alicia wants to take care of him. It's much easier to avoid any more mental images I don't want if I'm not there."

"So I get you all to myself for the weekend?"

"I'm meeting Mac at 9 tomorrow to dissect her date, but the rest of the weekend is yours."

"Veronica." Logan sat on the edge of the bed running a finger across her cheek. "Time to wake up."

"Sleeping." She mumbled.

"It's 8.30." He kissed her. "You're supposed to be meeting Mac in half an hour."

Veronica sat up. "Phone."

Logan handed her her cell phone Veronica dialled.

"Mac, it's Veronica.... Can you meet me at the Grande?... No I'll explain everything... See you soon." She hung up. "You're dressed." She noted Logan was in board shorts and a t-shirt.

"I'm going surfing with Dick."

"Don't you usually go at some insane time in the morning?"

"You were asleep on my arm." He kissed her. "This is for you." He held out a plastic card.

"What is it?" Veronica took it from him.

"Your key card. So you can let yourself in and out."

"That means you'll have to keep the other girls out."

"You're the only girl I want." He kissed her. "I've got to go I was supposed to meet Dick downstairs five minutes ago."

"Have a good time."

"Charge anything you want to the room." He kissed her again. "Good morning."

"Good morning."

"Do I want to know what you are doing here at this time of the morning?" Mac asked Veronica as they sat on the couch.

"I stayed here last night."

"And your Dad let you?"

"We negotiated a deal." Veronica curled her feet up under her. "I'm having nightmares, Logan is the only thing that calms me down. So tell me about your date?"

"We're not done with this topic, but I'll tell you."

Sunday night given that it was a school night after they had been given a week off meant Logan had taken up his place on the Mars couch. Veronica had wished him goodnight after checking he had everything he needed.

It was one am when Veronica called out in her sleep she was in the throes of her nightmare. Keith and Logan appeared at her door.

"I've got this." Logan told Keith who watched as his daughter's boyfriend crouched down beside the bed. "Ronnie." Logan ran the back of his finger up and down her check. "Veronica, wake up for me and show me those beautiful eyes." She slowly opened her eyes to look at him. "You had another nightmare do you want to tell me about it?" She nodded and slid over so Logan could lie down and then curled against him. While Keith didn't like it he knew his daughter was in good hands and went back to bed.

"Morning Dad." She greeted her father when he got up the next morning. She was moving around the kitchen. "Logan, hurry up and stop playing with your hair or we're going to be late."

"I'm not playing with my hair." Logan corrected her when he walked out the bathroom.

"Of course you're not." She smiled as he gave her a kiss hello.

"You should eat breakfast." Keith advised as the toaster popped. Veronica quickly buttered the toast handing a slice to Logan.

"We'll see you later." Veronica grabbed her book bag and Logan's hand and dragged him out the apartment.

TBC