AN: Enjoy this chapter! I had fun writing this!

That morning was hectic for Veronica. She'd heard her dad arrive late because she hadn't been able to sleep and when she finally did it wasn't a restful sleep. It was fraught with nightmares about Lilly that turned into nightmares about Eli and the future. She didn't want to think about it so she'd gotten up and ate some toast to calm her nerves and stomach before jumping in the shower which unfortunately resulted in her getting a cold shower.

"Dad are you sure you can't scare the maintenance sup to fix the hot water?" she called down the hall once she was ready. It was the day of her appointment and Eli was going to pick her up, not that she was going to tell her father anything other than Eli was going to pick her up. "It's not like we both don't know people who could scare him into getting it done and I'm tired of taking cold showers."

"No I can't just scare him, besides he said that he's putting in new piping, a new furnace, the whole works just be patient for a bit longer," he said as he sat eating his breakfast and reading the paper. "Besides I don't think they'd appreciate a visit from anyone we know and I'd like to keep the apartment. Hey where are you going so early?" he asked with furrowed brows.

"I promised Eli I'd help him with his math before school," she stated calmly just as she had rehearsed. She didn't want to tell her dad the truth, not right now, and this was something he would believe. She'd tutored Eli before so there was no reason for him to believe otherwise.

"He's not picking you up on that motorcycle is he?" her dad asked. She could hear the concern in her voice and it caused her to sigh. Veronica knew her father wasn't a fan of her riding on Eli's motorcycle but she told him that there was nothing to worry about but it didn't seem to deter him from worrying about her safety.

"Well it's the only form of transportation he has and I don't think he wants to take the LeBaron. Don't worry pops he'll drop me off at work after school and if need be he'll bring me home," she said. "Don't wait up for me," she teased as she walked out of the door and then down the stairs. Just as promised Eli was there waiting, parked behind her car with his helmet resting on the bike.

"You ready?" he asked. It was a stupid question and he knew it but he asked it anyway. Between the two of them she was the one who shouldn't be ready because she was the one who was gong to have to have whatever tests done to her. "They're going to think I'm your pimp or something," he muttered.

"As ready as I can be, you?" she asked softly. A giggle left her as sh heard his words and then looked up to see her dad in the window. "Come on, before he decides to come down here and question you. She waved as she took the spare helmet and placed it on her head then waited for Eli.

"They aren't going to think you're my pimp. It's with the clinic downtown, I don't think my dad knows anyone there plus doctor patient privileges means they can't tell him without me saying it's okay."

"No but I'm trying to be," he said as he got on his bike, put his helmet on, then started the bike up. She climbed on behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, her body pressed against his back. "If you say so. That's a good clinic my sister went there when she was pregnant with Ofelia," he muttered before taking off and driving out of the parking lot and onto the street.

She knew that it would be hard for him to hear her through the helmet and over the roar of the bike so she kept her comments to herself until they got to their destination. Veronica wanted to comfort her and confess that she was scared that something would be wrong with her instead of being pregnant but she didn't. Instead she just kept her hands on him as he drove down the streets towards the clinic. It wasn't long before she saw it in the distance and he pulled around the back, parking in an open space. Veronica climbed off the bike then took her helmet off and held it in her hands as she waited for Eli to climb off which didn't take long.

"Here let me take that," he said before taking her helmet and placing it on the bike along with his own. The helmets were important but there wasn't a huge threat of someone taking them since he had his keys in his hand. "Lets go inside and get you checked in."

Holding out her hand she smiled when he took it then they walked into the clinic. Once inside she walked to the counter and checked herself in. "Hi, I have an appointment at 8 with Dr. Chaviago?" she half stated, half asked. Veronica answered all the questions that needed to be answered in order to be checked in then moved to sit down next to Eli with her paperwork.

"What's that?" he asked protectively.

"Just the usual, family history, allergies, just stuff like that," she smiled at him. "Don't worry it's just a piece of paper so they know a bit about me." Veronica made quick work of the form then turned in to the receptionist then sat back down. "She said it won't be very long and they'll come out to get us."

A short nod from her boyfriend mad her smile he reached an arm around her and placed it on her shoulders, a kiss on her cheek. She leaned into him and wondered what he was thinking about. She wanted to know everything but now wasn't the time to ask him since they were in the middle of the waiting room waiting to be taken back for her appointment. After a few more moments she heard her name being called and she stood. She took Eli's hand and moved to the nurse as her boyfriend walked next to her.

"I'm going to have you stand on the scale so I can get your weight and then I'll take your temperature," the nurse smiled at them.

"Okay. Can you hold my bag please?" she asked Eli as she handed to him. Veronica got on the scale and waited for it to even out and for the nurse to jot it down onto her chart then she felt the thermometer on her forehead.

"Right this way," the nurse said with a smile as she walked them to a room. "Okay so what brings you in today, Miss Mars?"

"I think I might be pregnant," she said softly.

"Okay and is this your boyfriend?" she asked as she took some more notes, receiving a nod from Veronica.

"Yeah this is my boyfriend Eli, I asked him to come with me, he can be here for everything," Veronica told the nurse and then went quiet when she had her blood pressure taken.

"The doctor will be right with you," the nurse said before leaving the room and shutting the door.

Veronica sat next to Eli in a chair, her bag on the floor then she took his hand. "Are you okay over here?" she asked with a soft smile.

"Yeah just not a huge fan of doctors and having them come in to look at you makes me uneasy," he admitted to her, dark eyes focusing on his girlfriend as he brought a hand up to cup her cheek. "I don't want anything happen you."

"I promise they won't hurt me it's just a doctors appointment and anything they do is necessary," she comforted him. Veronica was trying to ease his fears because she knew what it was like to worry about someone during a doctors appointment.

"Okay but if the doctor hurts you I'm going to hurt him okay?"

"Okay though I don't think that's going to happen," she giggled as she leaned forward to kiss him gently. "Don't worry okay?"

It was then that the doctor knocked on the door and opened it, followed by someone with an ultra sound machine. "Veronica?" he asked as he walked forward with her chart in his hand and sat on a chair. Of course Veronica nodded at him with a smile. "I'm Dr. Chaviago it's very nice to meet you and this is?" he turned to Eli.

"Eli Navarro," he said stiffly. He didn't give his nickname but he didn't say much more. Instead his eyes were on locking on the doctors before he broke eye contact and looked at Veronica.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Navarro. Now Veronica, what makes you think you could be pregnant?"

"I've missed two periods but I didn't realize that I had missed the first one because I was busy with work and only realized a few days ago that it was in fact two missed periods. And I took some at home tests, followed the directions and they came back positive. I'm here to make sure that I am and if not see what's going on. Eli's here for support," she added.

"Well I'm glad you came in, everything looks okay right now. Blood pressure is perfect, temperature is good, weight is good. Since you said you already missed two periods I'm going to see if we can't see anything with an ultrasound. This will either confirm what you just said or show us that something else is going on. This is also a lot quicker than making you take another test either blood or urine, and if you are it will give us an idea of how far along you are, okay?" Dr. Chaviago smiled as he stood up and looked at at her. "Why don't you hop up on the bed and I'll have you pull your shirt up to expose your stomach and your pants down just a bit and we'll get started."

Veronica nodded and stood, taking her jacket off and laying in the chair she'd just been sitting in before getting up on the table and doing as instructed. Eli was right at her side as if he was waiting to hurt the doctor or his assistant before relaxing a bit. She hoped he wasn't planning to threaten them for doing their job but she had a feeling when he had told her that he wasn't a fan of doctors that that was an understatement but she wasn't going to ask right now.

"This is going be a bit cold and I apologize now, Miss Mars," Dr. Chaviago said as he placed some of the gel on to her abdomen then used the probe to move it around. He turned the machine on and there it was, her body on the screen in a ways he'd only seen in movies.

"Wow," she said with a smile as she held Eli's hand an looked at the screen.