The wonderful shows Moonlight and Veronica Mars are owned by companies and people other than me. They are just places I go to play.

This is a Moonlight / Veronica Mars crossover. It follows Possession, which followed Who Are You?

This takes place a couple of years after Possession.

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Logan realizes the day is turning into twilight. He wonders what time Josef usually gets up. He decides to go check around the house some more. Some of the things that Emily told him about sound like they would be fun and he'll leave the rest of the surprises up here for later. He goes down stairs and decides to go to Josef's study to see if he's up yet. The door is open so he strolls in and comes to a dead stop. He realizes Josef is drinking from a pretty woman who is sitting on his lap. She has her head back, her eyes closed, and her lips slightly parted with a look of pure ecstasy written across her face, while Josef drinks from her neck.

Josef immediately realizes that Logan is standing in the room. He reaches out to Logan to see if he's frightened or upset but to his credit Logan's heartbeat and breathing seem quite normal. Josef decides to let it go, and finish his meal. If they are going to live in the same house, Logan is going to have to get use to vamps drinking their meals direct and not out of a glass.

Logan is so entranced at the look of bliss on the freshies face he's almost rooted to the spot. He shakes himself loose not sure what to do. He doesn't know if he should just back out of the room silently or what. He moves to the bar and opens the fridge. He grabs a beer and opens it up. He decides that it's impolite to watch someone eat, since that's really all Josef is doing. He heads back upstairs to his room thinking about being able to put that look on Veronica's face. He smiles, turning might be worth it, just for that alone.

Logan turns off the music and sits down in front of the TV. He sips his beer and tries to absorb it all, flipping channels not really watching TV. He hears a soft knock on the door. "Come in." He yells.

Josef enters the room. "You know, you don't have to yell."

Logan nods. "Sorry about that. I forget what your hearing is like. Speaking of which, if the music gets to loud be sure and tell me. I tend to like it loud when I'm alone."

"No problem and actually I had them put extra sound proofing in this wing when they were remodeling so hopefully it shouldn't be a problem." Josef watches Logan carefully. "You know, I could have stopped feeding but I thought if you and I are going to live in the same house, you're going to have to just get use to some things and walking in on me feeding is probably one of them."

Logan looks thoughtful and nods. "I only left because I decided it wasn't polite to stare at someone while they eat." Logan smirks at Josef. "Although, I wasn't really watching you anyway. You weren't kidding about the erotic rush where you? If they feel that good when you're just feeding, the sex must mind blowing."

Josef smiles and shrugs. For a moment, he's actually at a loss for words, not exactly sure what to tell his son. "I told you fear wasn't the emotion I was looking for. As for the sex, well, yes it's pretty mind blowing but not with the freshies, ever. I have to draw the line somewhere so they can go back to their old lives after their two years are up. Look, I'm by far no saint and I've spent a good portion of my life hopping from one woman to the next and I know this is going to sound like a cliché but as good as it is, it really is better with someone you love and care for."

Logan smirks "Yea, but I bet it's nothing to sneeze out with someone you don't."

Josef laughs. "You got me there."

Josef sees the smile on his sons face and feels relief. He knows that it's still going to be hard for Logan to be apart from Veronica but if he can at least be as comfortable as possible until things cool off and they can safely spend time together, all the better.

Josef sits down on the couch. He turns to Logan. "So? What do you think about your rooms?"

Logan laughs. "You guys did a great job and I haven't even seen everything yet. I can't think of anything that could possibly be missing, short one blond."

Josef starts to interrupt and Logan holds up his hand. "Just tell me when this thing is over she can come stay with me and all will be fine."

Josef smiles, "You know she can. I'm glad you can't think of anything we missed besides Veronica."

"Is this the time you usually get up? You didn't have to get up to come check on me."

Josef smiles, "I didn't." Which isn't exactly true, but Josef keeps thinking about what Mick said about Logan being alone. "It was time for me to get up. I've had something to drink, as you know, and I'm up for the night. I also have to go to the airport and pick up Vanessa and the family. Have you eaten?"

Logan shakes his head. "No, but I'm not really hungry. I ate a lot out of the fridge earlier. Should I go with you to the airport?"

"You can come if you want but it might be a little overwhelming stuck in a limo with all of them at once. It might be better if you wait here so you have some breathing room. They're nice but that's a lot of vampire in a small space."

Logan remembers back to his short meeting with Vanessa and Ashley. "I don't think they'll mind if I wait here to meet them. It will give me a chance to clean up. When are they due in? Maybe I'll take a nap as well. I don't usually have any trouble staying up all night but I didn't get much sleep last night. Veronica woke me to tell me about Mick and Beth's offer and by the time she got done telling me it was practically morning."

Josef frowns. "Never feel like you have to keep our hours. Do what makes you comfortable. We are all old enough that we can change our sleep time around to spend time with you if you get tired."

Logan smiles, "Well, I'd like to at least spend their first night here up and awake so if you don't mind, I think I'll try out that bed in there and take a nap. What time do you think you'll be back from the airport?"

Josef looks at his watch. "The plane won't touch down till ten. I'll be back with them probably around eleven. That should give you plenty of time to do whatever you need to before they get here." Josef stands. "I'll get out of your way and go make sure all the preparations are in order for their visit. I had to bring in several more girls from Jenny's and additional stores of fresh bottled. I want to make sure it's all going smoothly."

Logan nods and watches Josef stand to leave. Logan stands. "Josef, look, I just want to thank you for all this, for everything."

Josef smiles, "I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm just glad I could do something to make you happy." Josef lightly puts his hand on Logan's shoulder. "Get some sleep. I'll see you later."

Logan nods and watches Josef leave. He goes into the bedroom and he's trying to get comfortable without Veronica when his cell phone begins to ring. He looks down and smiles. "Hi, I miss you so much." He says as he answers.

"Me too." Veronica answers. "How's it going? Is Josef spoiling you rotten yet?"

Logan laughs. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you. I'll show you when you to come here to visit on Saturday."

Veronica sighs. "That can't be soon enough for me. I miss that hot body of yours next to mine. What are you doing now?"

"I'm in bed thinking about you. I was just getting ready to get some sleep."

"No, really, what are you doing?"

"Really. I'm getting a nap. Josef is going to the airport later to get Vanessa and the rest of the family. I don't want to fall asleep in the middle of a conversation so I thought I'd catch a nap. Somebody jumped in the middle of the bed and woke me up last night and I didn't get much sleep."

"I had good news. I had to wake you. I wish I was there to keep you warm."

Logan snickers into the phone. "Just thinking about you keeps me warm." He thinks about the shower but decides to wait until she comes to visit to show her what he is thinking.

"Well, I guess I'll let you get some sleep. Call me when you get a chance tomorrow. I'll tell you about my furniture adventures. Oh, and don't forget we're all going to dinner tomorrow night. I can hardly wait. It should be interesting if nothing else."

Logan smiles, "Hey, I forgot that. I'll try and call you tomorrow afternoon when I get up. I love you."

"I love you too. Get some sleep."

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Veronica has her hair pulled up into a ponytail. She's wearing a t-shirt and a pair of jeans. She's spent the last several hours cleaning. Beth lent her their vacuum and cleaning supplies. The apartment isn't so much dirty as dusty. It's been empty a long time. Veronica loves it's lay out. It's the mirror image of Beth and Mick's apartment, with the same skylight. The natural light seems so inviting. She'd love to have Logan live here with her someday.

Veronica looks up as Beth walks through the open door with Shannon on her hip. "How's it going?"

Veronica smiles, "Pretty good." Veronica frowns. "Have you been to the restaurant that we're going to dinner at tomorrow night?"

Beth smiles fondly. "Yes, it's very nice. Mick and I have gone there on special occasions."

Veronica thinks about her options in her closet at home. "I'm probably going to have to go shopping before that. Even if they deliver my clothes before the party, I need something new. I usually don't care much about people's opinion but this is sort of important with Vanessa being there. I'd like to look nice."

Beth smiles, "You're not the only one that needs something to wear. I also have to buy something for the party on Saturday so we might as well do it tomorrow. I don't know why we shouldn't be able to go alone but if Mick says, it's a bad idea we'll just have to take him and Shannon with us. Veronica there is one thing, Josef called, he wants to pay for whatever you and I need for dinner and the party. He feels responsible for all of this and wants to pay for anything we need. Just this once I'm going to let him. He really feels bad about all the trouble."

Veronica starts to say no and then stops. "Normally I would say no but I want something really nice so I guess I'll let him buy this once."

Shannon looks at Beth "Mamma shop? Toys?"

Veronica laughs. "You know I've never spent much time around little kids. It's going to be interesting watching her grow up."

"Well, I have to get back. You should make a list of anything else you're going to need while we're out tomorrow." Veronica nods and they both turn when they hear the elevator ding. Beth peaks out the open door. "Hey I think your bed is here. Do you have a place for it?"

"Yea, I cleaned that room first just in case." They both watch the man approach. He looks down at his clipboard and then up at the two women. "Veronica Mars?"

"That's me. Did you bring my bed?"

"We did. If you can show me where you want it set up we'll bring it up."

Beth sees that Veronica has everything in hand. "I'm going back across the hall. I've got to feed Shannon. I'll talk to you later."

Veronica waves as she shows the deliveryman where the bed is to be set up.

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Vanessa steps off the plane and sees Josef leaning against a pair of limo's waiting patiently. She approaches him and hugs him tight. "How's Logan? Is he ok?"

Josef nods. "So far so good. He's back at the house." Josef turns and shakes Frank's hand and says hello. He turns and kisses Ashley, Sylvia, and Amber on the cheeks hello.

"I see you brought my favorite sisters." He tells Vanessa

Ashley laughs at him. "You'd say that no matter who showed up."

"I would not. You three really are my favorites."

Josef directs the baggage handlers to put the luggage in the second limo and the six of them file into the other. Josef and Frank get in last.

The ride to the mansion is short at this time of night.

They pull up in front and Logan and Robert are waiting at the door. Vanessa sees Logan first and moves quickly to him but stops short so as not to startle him. "It is so nice to see you again."

Josef watches as his people move the bags into the house. He glances up and sees Vanessa with her arm around Logan's shoulders guiding him inside. Josef shakes his head. He hopes Logan is up to the task of getting to know Vanessa, Frank and the rest of them.

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The night has gone well so far. Logan smiles as he watches the vamps in the room. He misses his mother sometimes but this is really the best for everyone. He doesn't know how he ever got so lucky to have these people care about him.

He wishes he could get a gauge on ages. It's not a big deal but he's very curious. They are all so modern. He wonders if they are doing that to make him more comfortable or if Josef got his attitude about change from Vanessa. They all seem so content in their lives. It's odd for him to be around people who don't have self-induced drama going on somewhere in their lives. He guesses there is some drama going on now but they all seem to be dealing with it so well. It comforts him and makes him sure that whatever is going to happen, they can take care of it. He realizes he feels safe.

Vanessa moves over and sits on the couch with him. "What's going on in that head of yours? I can almost hear the questions running through your mind."

Logan smiles and looks at her questioningly.

Vanessa laughs. "You get really good at reading people when you've been doing it as long as I have. I bet you want to know how old everyone is."

"You are good at reading people. Yea, I'd like to know how old everyone is but it seems rude to ask."

Vanessa leans back and looks at the others and watches them chatting. "You know Josef is a bit over four hundred?"

Logan nods.

"Let's see, these are all approximates. Frank is a bit over Six hundred; Ashley is the oldest of the girls. She's around three hundred. Sylvia is fifty years less than that and Amber is the youngest of these three at two hundred."

Logan shakes his head and smiles at her speculatively, not wanting to ask Vanessa how old she is, but wanting to know all the same.

She laughs. "Let's just say I'm older than everyone in the room combined."

Logan doesn't even bother to hide his shock. "Wow. Josef says to live a long time as a vampire you have to be well adjusted."

Vanessa shrugs. "It doesn't hurt. However if you live a long time, it gives you time to work out your problems. God knows none of us is perfect even with all this time we've been around. Don't let Josef scare you. He forgets that four hundred years ago he wasn't as well adjusted as he would like to think." She turns and looks at him closely. "Do you want to be turned?"

Logan shrugs and takes a pull of his beer. "I thought I did but I'm not so sure now."

Vanessa continues to watch him. "What's changed?"

Logan looks at her ruefully. "Uh, Josef explained that, fledglings and humans together aren't really a good thing. I love Veronica very much. The trouble with being turned without her wouldn't be worth it." No matter how good the sex is.

"Have you talked to Veronica about being turned? Maybe she would be interested and your turnings could be at the same time. With the right sires, it could work out very nicely. You would still have to be apart for a little time but it would only be a couple weeks at best. That first couple of weeks are pretty all consuming. It takes a little while to adjust to all the changes."

Logan shrugs. "Maybe. It's not something we've talked about and with all that's going on it's not going to happen any time soon anyway. Plus, Josef thinks I'm too young. He wants me to wait."

Vanessa nods. "I'm sure he does. This society is very age conscience. It wasn't like that in Europe in the sixteen hundreds when I turned Josef. In those days, the life expectancy was so short. I think he's had to do things that others might not have to in order to prove his point. The thing that Josef fails to see is that no matter what he's had to do or not do, all his experiences makes him who he is. If he didn't look like he does, and didn't have to do the things he's had to do, he might not have been tough enough to live this long."

Logan nods. "Then there is the whole children thing. He says that just because he's my father I shouldn't count on being a father if I'm turned. He said if it was something that is really important to me, I should maybe not be turned."

Logan watches Vanessa and sees something in her smile. He sits up and turns to her. "Vanessa is there something you want to tell me?"

Vanessa nods and smiles softly at him. "The odds of you being able to father a child are pretty high, even if you're turned."

Josef who has been listening to them with half an ear while talking to Ashley turns and looks at Vanessa. "Vanessa, what did you just say?"

She turns to Josef. "I've always suspected that you would be a father at some point. I knew your father."

Josef is thoroughly confused. "You knew my father? I don't remember you being around my parents."

"Josef this is probably a discussion we need to have another time." She can see from the look in his eyes that he wants answers now.

Logan turns to them. "If you need to me leave, I can go upstairs." Logan isn't sure what's going on but he can only assume that his presence is what's keeping Vanessa from telling Josef what he wants to know.

Vanessa pats his arm. "No Logan, your fine." Vanessa looks over her shoulder at the rest of the family. "If you could give us a few minutes?"

Ashley smiles, "Sure. We'll go see the girls and have a snack. I hear Josef brought in plenty of freshies for us." Logan watches as the rest of the family leaves the room save Frank who crosses his arms and sits back watching. "I know his story. I'll just sit here if no one minds."

Josef gives him a nod of acceptance.

Vanessa turns back to them. "Josef, pour yourself a drink and sit down."

Josef looks at her and shakes his head. "Vanessa I take it back. I don't want to know whatever it is you think I need a drink to hear. You may not quite know it but there has been a lot going on around here and I've about had my fill."

Vanessa lays her hand on his arm. "Josef it's not more trouble. It may upset you a little but its four hundred years in the past so you can hear it and move on."

Josef gets up and pours himself a drink. He turns to Vanessa and Logan. "Either of you want anything while I'm up, Frank?"

Logan holds up his beer. "I'm good." Vanessa shakes her head. Vanessa watches him drop the ice in his drink and pour himself a scotch. He walks back over and sits down. "Alright, let's get this over with. You've apparently been sitting on it for four hundred years. You might as well tell me."

Vanessa faces Josef. "When I said I knew your father, I meant your real father." She looks off in the distance and smiles softly. "Your real father was my brother and he also is a vampire."

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Vanessa's always been my favorite OC…..