A/N: RedJane12 - Glad you liked it! I like Logan and Keith being civil too. They're too important to Veronica to NOT be able to get along. Guest - Thanks for the compliment! smegol26 - Veronica does have a way of dashing Logan's hopes...

Chapter 11

The proposal didn't end up happening. When they'd gotten back to the suite Dick convinced him to hang out and play video games so he didn't have time to set up anything romantic for Veronica. He'd have to come up with another time to propose.

The following week Logan closed on the house he and Veronica decided he should make an offer to buy. The owners were already living in another state so having the closing processed fast wasn't an issue. During that week Logan and Dick began shopping for furniture for the house so they could move in as soon as possible. Veronica convinced Mac to go shopping with them so she wouldn't have to put up with Dick alone.

The guys finally moved into the house a week after the closing. They'd purchased enough stuff for the house that it was inhabitable. The house wasn't decorated, but it had the necessities they needed.

The first night staying at the house Logan invited their friends over for pizza. Parker and Piz were back in town and had just moved back into the dorms with Mac and Wallace. Neither of them knew about Veronica being pregnant, but Dick didn't really think about that when he brought it up.

"So, when are you moving in and putting Logan out of his misery?" Dick asked Veronica.

"I haven't decided whether or not I want to move in," Veronica told him.

"Why would Veronica want to move in with you two?" Parker asked. She figured if Veronica had wanted to move out of the apartment she shared with her dad she would've considered getting an apartment with Mac.

"Because it'll be easier on the two of them when the baby gets here," Dick said wondering why Parker was even asking. He thought that was obvious.

"You're pregnant?" Parker asked Veronica, her eyes shifting between her and Logan.

"Umm yeah," Veronica said punching Dick in the arm in the process.

"Ow! What the hell Veronica!" Dick exclaimed.

"You just told Parker and Piz that Veronica's pregnant," Mac told him.

"So," Dick said, not understanding what she was getting at.

"They didn't know," Veronica said, exasperated with Logan's roommate. "And I wanted to be the one to tell them the news."

"Oh, sorry," Dick apologized. "I didn't realize you two were trying to keep the bun in the oven a secret."

"Well, now you know," Veronica replied. "I don't want to broadcast the fact that I'm pregnant."

"Yeah dude, imagine if the press gets wind of this," Logan added.

"I hadn't even thought about that," Veronica said, frowning at the prospect of being in the tabloids.

"Are you two planning to get married?" Piz asked

"Eventually," Logan said, looking at Veronica, "I hope."

"Logan and I are trying to get our relationship back on solid ground before we make any life changing decisions," Veronica told him.

"Umm isn't having a baby kind of a life changing decision?" Piz asked.

"We didn't decide to have a baby," Logan responded flippantly to Piz's question. He seriously did not like Piz. He hoped Wallace's roommate finally understood that Veronica was taken and there was no chance for him with her at all.

"It didn't mean it like that," Piz said in an apologetic tone.

"It is life changing," Veronica said, butting in before Logan said something else rude to their guest. "And Logan is right. We didn't plan to have a baby, but I got pregnant because of a stupid mistake. From the second I found out I was pregnant all I could think about was how happy I was. It's wasn't exactly the best news, but I was excited to have a little piece of Logan, considering we were broken up at the time and I wasn't sure if he'd want to get back together."

"Well, I for one think it's good news," Parker said. "A baby is a blessing. Even if it wasn't planned."

"Can we please talk about something else?" Wallace asked. He loved his best friend, but he was tired of the baby talk.

"How about we watch the movie you guys picked up earlier," Veronica suggested getting up from the sofa to put it in the DVD player.

Everyone seemed to be happy that the conversation about the baby was over, or at the very least put on hold for the time being.


"Are you spending the night?" Logan asked Veronica after their friends had all left. The two of them had just finished putting away the leftover pizza and soft drinks they'd had out.

"I wasn't planning on it," Veronica told him as they walked back to the living room. "I figured you and Dick would want to hang out tonight and celebrate the new house together."

"I think Dick's going over to the Pi Sig house," Logan told her moving to sit on the sofa, pulling her down with him.

"Well then," she said cuddling into his arms, "I guess you'll be spending the night all alone in your big new house."

"I'm willing to bet that I could convince you to stay," Logan said nuzzling her neck. He moved her hair away and leaned in to suck on her pulse point, causing her to moan loudly.

"Dude, if the two of you are going to get frisky at least do it in your bedroom," Dick said walking into the living room.

"We aren't doing anything," Veronica told him, giving Logan a pointed look.

"I was just trying to persuade Veronica to spend the night since you're abandoning me," Logan said.

"You could always go with me to the Pi Sig house," Dick told him.

"I'm not really in the mood to be around your frat brothers," Logan said. "I wanna enjoy my first night here."

"Fine dude," Dick said heading towards the front door. He stopped before leaving the living room. "Just put him out of his misery and tell him you'll stay Ronnie. We both know you don't really want to leave him alone tonight." He left after saying that.

"I hate that Dick's right," Veronica said pouting.

"So, you're gonna spend the night?" Logan asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I don't want to leave you all alone in this great big house," Veronica said getting up from the sofa. "But I am going to have to call my dad and let him know. I don't want him to worry."

She retrieved her cell phone from her purse and called her dad. He wasn't surprised she was spending the night with Logan, and considering he was on his way out of town he was actually happy she was staying there instead of being home alone.

"My dad said he's happy I'm spending the night with you," Veronica said returning to the sofa.

"I guess that means he won't be too upset when you decide to move in here then," Logan said.

"Probably not," Veronica said. "He didn't want me to be alone at the apartment."

"He's out of town?" Logan asked.

"He was heading to the airport just now," Veronica explained.

"How long will he be gone?" Logan asked, hoping it might be more than one night so Veronica could stay longer.

"He doesn't know," Veronica told him. "It depends on how long it takes to track the bail jumper he's after. He might be gone a few days."

"I want you to stay here while your dad's gone," Logan stated. "I don't want you to be alone and don't tell me you'll be fine because you'll have Backup."

"I would be fine," Veronica responded, "but I know you'll just worry. I will have to go home to check on Backup though."

"Why don't we go back to your apartment and get him," Logan suggested. "We can bring him back here to stay while your dad is gone."

"You just don't want to let me out of your sight," Veronica teased.

"Of course I don't," Logan remarked. "I want to spend every waking moment with you."

"Fine," she said getting back up from the sofa. "Let's go to the apartment now. I need to pick up some clothes anyway."

"You need to leave some of your stuff here," Logan told her. "You've got a whole closet you can fill up."

"I don't have enough stuff to fill that closet," Veronica said. "Even if I brought all my clothes over they wouldn't fill it."

"I guess that means we need to go clothing shopping to change that," Logan said moving to pull her into a hug. He kissed the top of her head before grabbing her hand and dragging her out of the house. He wanted to go to her apartment and get back as soon as possible.


Later that night after they picked up Backup and Veronica packed a bag they were on their way back to Logan's house. When they got there Veronica went to Logan's room to put down her bag while Logan took Backup to the backyard.

"I think he likes it out here," Logan said when Veronica came out the back door. Backup was running around the backyard checking everything out.

"What's not to like out here?" Veronica said looking out at the massive backyard. She'd fallen in love with it when they'd first looked at the house. It was a perfect backyard for a kid to run around. Their child was going to have so much fun out there.

"Well, I personally like the hot tub," Logan said moving to wrap his arms around Veronica from behind. "I was hoping I'd be able to convince you to join me it."

"Sorry, but that will have to wait until after the baby's born," Veronica told him.

"Why?" Logan asked.

"I can't be in water that hot for too long," Veronica explained. "It's bad for the baby."

"Oh," Logan said disappointed they wouldn't be able to make the fantasy of having sex in the hot tub a reality any time in the near future.

"I look forward to relaxing in it after the baby comes thought," Veronica told him. "Maybe we could try out that great big bathtub of yours instead."

"Tonight?" Logan asked hopeful that Veronica would say yes.

"I think I'd like that," Veronica said turning in his arms. She leaned up to kiss him and they started to get carried away.

Logan pulled back a few minutes later. "Let's get Backup inside and settled so we can go relax," Logan said.

They got him inside and let him explore the house while they made their way to Logan's bathroom. Veronica figured Backup would eventually find his way to Logan's room and settle down on his bed, which Logan had placed by the foot of his bed.

Logan turned on the water to fill the tub while Veronica began to undress. He poured in some bubble bath he'd bought for her and she smiled loving how thoughtful he was.

"You know," she said, "if you keep up all those little thoughtful gestures I just may have to keep you around for a while."

"I'm not going anywhere Bobcat," Logan said as he started to strip. "You're going to be stuck with me for the rest of your life."

"I think I might like that," Veronica said walking over and placing her arms around his neck. She pulled him down for a quick kiss before pulling back and moving to get into the tub.

Logan lit the candles Veronica had put in the bathroom before moving towards the tub. She moved forward when Logan got in so he could settle behind her. She leaned back against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her, settling them on her stomach.

"I'm still a little stunned that there's a baby growing inside of you right now," Logan said, rubbing circles on her stomach with his thumbs.

"I know," Veronica said. "I'm not sure it's really completely sunk in that I'm pregnant. I don't really fell pregnant, other than being sick to my stomach occasionally."

Logan moved a hand up to push her hair away from her neck so he could suck on her pulse point. The moment his lips touched her skin she was moaning out in pleasure. She moved her hands to his thighs and gripped them as he moved his hands up to cup her breasts.

"Turn around," Logan whispered huskily in her ear after moving his lips from her neck.

She moved to settle on his lap and leaned in to kiss him. She began rubbing her center against his growing erection and it wasn't long before he was slipping inside of her.

"Logan," she moaned out when he kissed his way back down to her neck.

She stopped moving a minute later and pulled back to look at him.

"What?" Logan asked, wondering why she'd stopped.

"As much as I like being in here with you," she said, "I'm really not enjoying this that much."

"You want to get out?" he asked.

"Yeah," she responded, moving off his lap to stand up. "At least we tried it. I just wasn't getting into it like I thought I would."

Logan stood up to help her out of the tub and then leaned down to drain it before stepping out too. They dried off and Logan thought they'd go back to the bedroom to continue, but Veronica had other plans. She moved to sit on the edge of the counter and beckoned him over. She'd liked it when they'd had sex on the bathroom counter in the hotel and figured they could try it again in his bathroom.

Veronica gripped Logan's shoulders as he slipped back into her wetness. She liked the feel of him inside her and didn't have that feeling when they were in the water.

Logan leaned down and kissed her, slowly moving his way down to her breasts. She leaned back on the counter propping herself up on her hands, which caused Logan to get an even better view of her body. He pulled back and looked down to where they were joined. His hands which had been on her hips moved to her stomach. He stilled his movements and Veronica moved her head to look into his eyes.

"Marry me," Logan said, his hands still on her stomach where their baby was growing inside of her.

Veronica was shocked. She couldn't believe he was asking her in the middle of having sex. She wasn't sure if she should say yes, even though she desperately wanted to marry him. Their relationship wasn't exactly on solid ground and getting married because of the baby probably wasn't a smart idea.

Logan moved his hands to her back and pulled her up. "I love you," Logan said. "I've loved you for a long time and the baby, our baby, growing inside of you is proof of that love. I want to marry you and for us to become a family."

Veronica was still silent. Thinking things over in her head.

"Say something, please," Logan said when she was still silent nearly a minute later.

Tears started to fall down her cheeks and Logan wasn't sure what to think then.

"Yes," she said so quietly that Logan wasn't sure he'd heard her right.

She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. She pulled him in for a kiss. "Yes," she said again, this time loud enough for him to hear her clearly.

"Oh God," he said kissing her passionately. He picked her up off the counter and carried her into the bedroom. He laid her down on the bed and made love to her. He hadn't planned on proposing that way, but looking at her glowing in the candlelight of the bathroom made him not want to wait any longer. He'd make it up to her with a real proposal that included the ring he had for her later.

After they were spent they moved under the covers and cuddled together.

"I love you," Veronica told him looking over her shoulder to see his face.

"I love you too," he said leaning in to kiss her. "Now get some sleep."

Logan got up to go put out the candles in the bathroom. He slipped back under the covers and they both fell asleep fairly quickly, happy to be back together and looking forward to their future as a family.