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.

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Sarah enters the room and looks at the two men sitting across from each other. "I just saw Veronica a bit ago. She was going upstairs. She sure looked happy."

Josef holds out his arm to her. "Yes, she's very happy and she's gotten over her fear of me. Things are going well."

Sarah moves over and snuggles up next to Josef and smiles. "So what are you two talking about?"

Josef gives her a quick kiss. "I was just telling Mick about the book Logan and Gabriel are working on."

Sarah looks at Mick and the two of them break out laughing.

Josef looks at them both sheepishly. "It just goes against my natural paranoia to have that much information out there, even if no one will know where it came from or who it's about."

They sense Veronica's furry long before she makes it to the door of Josef's study. Sarah looks at Josef a little worriedly. "She's really mad."

Josef smiles reassuringly at Sarah. "Yes she is. Why don't you go see the girls and let us take care of this?"

"Will it be ok?"

Josef kisses her softly and then smiles. "We'll just sit on her if we have to until she calms down." Sarah gives him a surprised look. "Sarah, I'm kidding. She's just young and frustrated. It will be fine."

Sarah nods and moves to the door. She gives Josef one last smile and moves in the opposite direction she feels the anger flowing from.

Both men stand up waiting for her. Josef leans back against his desk arms crossed. Mick stands in the middle of the room braced for whatever confrontation is coming.

Josef is interested to see how Mick is going to handle Veronica's anger. Hell, he's interested to see how she's going to handles her anger.

Mick shakes his head. "I can't even imagine what could make her this mad. She was so happy when she went to her room. I hope her control isn't slipping."

Josef nods in agreement. "I just hope she's mad at you and not me."

Veronica comes flying through the door. The first thing Mick notices is that she's not vamped out. Her fangs aren't even showing a little and her eyes haven't turned. He also notices she stops on a dime when she sees him. She's using her abilities and even in obvious anger her control is in place.

"You lousy manipulating son of a bitch." She growls at Mick.

"Me?" Mick asks completely taken by surprise at her accusation.

"Mick?" Josef asks wondering what the hell happened. He knows Mick isn't sneaky enough to be manipulative.

Mick starts to wonder if he's going to have to discipline her again when he hears her go after Josef as well.

"Yes, and you too. I'm sure you had a hand in this." She says pointing at Josef.

"Me?" Josef asks

"Josef?" Mick echoes

Veronica narrows her eyes and looks from one to the other. "This isn't a comedy routine." She remembers what Mick said about respecting him and she tries to soften her tone and bring her anger down a notch. She takes a deep breath and tries to stay calm "Look, I know you're my sire and you feel responsible for me. I know you want what you think is best for me, but please stay out of my relationship with Logan."

Mick realizes this has something to do with Logan and his protective instincts kick in. "Did he upset you? What did he say? Did he hurt you?"

She feels his anger radiate out at her and instead of cowering her it gives her anger new life. Veronica closes the distance between them quickly and stands toe to toe with Mick. "He didn't upset me. You did. Don't you ever tell him what he can and can't say to me."

Mick snarls at her. "I don't want you talking to him again. You are my fledgling and you will do as I say or there will be hell to pay."

Veronica's anger boils over. "To hell with you. You may be my sire but this time you're wrong and it's hurting me." Veronica snarls back.

Josef begins to think he should intervene but he sees that her last comment has pulled Mick up short. Josef watches as Mick forcibly pulls his anger back. He points to the couch. "Sit. I want you to feed. I'll get you a glass and we'll talk this over."

Veronica nods but she's not quite done yet. She turns to Josef. "And you, why would you tell Logan such an awful thing? That's absolutely disgusting."

Josef goes back to his chair and sits down. He shrugs not having any idea what he could possibly have told Logan that is so awful.

Mick moves back to the couch with her drink and hands it over to her. He sits at the other end of the couch and glares at her. "I'm willing to talk this over with you but there are some things that are not up for debate. You still can't see him."

Veronica waves at him dismissively. "I know that. You think I want to take a chance on hurting him?"

Mick continues, "As long as that's understood. Now explain how I'm hurting you."

Veronica is still mad. She curtly nods at him. "When I left you two I went upstairs to call Logan."

Mick nods. "Yes. So how does allowing you to talk to Logan make me the bad guy? I thought that's what you wanted."

"It is, but you've got him walking on eggshells. He's afraid to say two words to me for fear of upsetting me and having you put a stop to me calling him. Not only that but I thought for a minute that he didn't love me anymore because when I told him I couldn't wait to see him he didn't know what to say because someone told him he couldn't talk about that either." She tries to keep the snarl out of her voice.

"I just don't want you upset and overextended." He growls at her.

Veronica shakes her head at him. "Look, you have to understand something. If I don't get pissed at Logan every so often then something is wrong. Shit happens, and with us more often than not. It's just the way it is."

Mick eyes her speculative. He knows Veronica well enough to know that negotiating with her is going to get a lot farther than the two of them continuing to butt heads. He knows how much having control means to her. "All right, I'll make you a deal. As long as you don't get erratic or start acting in a way that hurts your progress, I'll stay out of your relationship with Logan but under no circumstances do you see him until I say it's alright."

Veronica smiles at him. "Thank you." She then turns her attention to Josef. "Somebody told Logan I might sleep with Mick. Now I'm sure it wasn't Mick so it had to have been you. Why would you do such a thing? That's disgusting!"

"You said that." Mick says somewhat sourly. He doesn't want to sleep with her either but hearing her say the idea is disgusting hurts his pride a little bit.

She laughs softly at him when she senses the sting he's feeling. "You're like my uncle or my dad or something. It would be like incest."

Mick smiles. "Actually that's pretty much the way I think of you too, family."

Veronica keeps staring at Josef "Well?"

Josef shrugs. "Apparently I under estimated your attitudes about sex. Every fledgling I've ever been around gets hit with hormones sooner or later and since you can't sleep with Logan, I just wanted him to be prepared in case you went after Mick or anyone else."

Veronica shakes her head.

Something occurs to Mick. "Josef how many women have you turned that you haven't been sleeping with already?"

Josef pretends to think about it for a moment. "Exactly none. It's sort of the point."

"Well, maybe it's only that way in your experience because you've already been sleeping with your fledglings. It's the same with Coraline and me. Maybe it's not always like that."

Josef shrugs. "Maybe…I was like that when Vanessa turned me and I wasn't sleeping with her" He smiles at the memory "She found several suitable playmates for me."

Mick starts to laugh.

"What's so funny?" Josef asks him.

"You were the twenty-five year old son of a rich nobleman. My guess is you were like that before you were turned."

Josef smirks at him. "You have a point. I'm sure of course that prior to Coraline you were a saint…oh wait, I remember seeing you a couple of times at her parties before she got her hooks in you and as I recall, you were trying to work your way through the alphabet, one woman at a time."

Veronica looks at the two of them. "You know, maybe it's not so much what you are like after you are turned that makes you screw anything that will stand still but more about what you were like before you were turned and maybe the relationship you have to your sire."

Josef smirks at her. "I will admit that you have a sire that has more control than any vampire I've ever known. You know how long he went without drinking from a live human and how long it took him to finally get Beth…."

Mick interrupts. "That's enough Josef." He says with a quiet snarl. "Not in front of the fledgling."

Josef shrugs. "The problem with that theory is that although I was sleeping with Sarah before I turned her, believe me she was not promiscuous and now she is just as I expected. Very happy to spend days, weeks…."

Veronica interrupts this time. "That's enough Josef." To much information. "The thing is, Sarah loves you. Of course she's going to want you all the time. I want Logan all the time too but I know that I could hurt him but that doesn't mean that I have to jump in bed with the first available vampire. There are always alternatives."

Josef nods at her. "I have to admit when Mick told me about the phone sex, it surprised me. It isn't something that would have ever occurred to me."

Veronica snorts. "No kidding. I have another question. When was the last time either of you guys turned someone born in the last twenty years? You know we have a different attitude about a lot of things now. Maybe it's different because we're different. Hell anyone born in the last twenty years has had safe sex ingrained in them or should have. We're more open to alternative methods at times. Look at you two, neither of you practice safe sex. You both have children that were a surprise."

Mick and Josef look at each other and just laugh.

Josef shakes head. "Sarah is my last and she was born about the same time as Mick." Josef starts to laugh again. "As for children, you have to admit that we didn't get the same accurate information about sex that you did. No one told us about vampires having babies."

Something occurs to Veronica. "Not to get this conversation off track but I have a question about that. Do all the babies you know about; have a vampire for a father and a human mother? Is it ever the other way around?"

Before Josef can make a smart ass comment about grandchildren. Mick cuts him off with a glare. He smiles at Veronica. "I think it's best if you call Vanessa about that. She seems to know more about this than either of us."

Veronica nods in agreement.

Mick smiles. "Now as for turning anyone in the last twenty years. I've only turned one small wicked blond and I have one more to go."

Veronica laughs. "I'm going to assure you of two things. First thing is this wicked blond doesn't need sex from either of you or anyone but Logan."

Mick smiles at her "What's the second thing?"

Veronica looks at him with a twinkle in her eye "You'll have a lot more fun with the second blond. Now I'm going back upstairs and call Logan."

She stands up and walks over to Mick. She leans down and kisses him on the cheek. "Thank you for caring enough to listen to me. Just remember this when my baby sister gets to be a teenager and you turn Beth."

He snorts and rolls his eyes. "We can only hope."

They watch her leave and Mick turns to Josef. "Did you notice anything about her tirade?"

Josef nods. "The same thing you did. So far she's got more control than I would have guessed was possible. It will be interesting to see if she has that same degree of control when she begins to feed, and again when she sees Logan."

"Josef, my bet is she will and I'm thinking she's going to be ready for Logan to be turned quicker than any of us thought."

Josef nods. "I think you might be right."

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Logan snaps up the phone on the first ring. "Hey babe."

Veronica smiles. "That's more like it. Did you get dressed and have something to eat?"

"No. I grabbed a cup of coffee and came back up to bed. I was afraid if I was in the shower I wouldn't hear the phone ring."

Veronica snickers into the phone. "So, what are you wearing?"

Logan stops dead not sure where this should go…

Veronica senses his hesitation. "Logan it's ok. I had a chat with Mick and Josef. I told Mick sometimes I get pissed or upset but that's the way it is. He agreed to stay out of it as long as I don't start getting crazy, so we can talk about anything we want. As for my sleeping with Mick….Logan that never occurred to me. You're the only one I want in my bed." She can almost feel Logan relax through the phone lines. "Oh Oh Oh, with all this craziness I forgot to ask about what you and Gabriel are working on. Josef said you told him."

"hhhmmmm…well, I'd rather talk about what I'm wearing or not wearing or better yet, what you're wearing or not wearing."

She sighs with relief. She can tell he's teasing her and it feels so good. "If you're good and you tell me the big secret is, maybe we can talk about what I'm not wearing."

She hears him moan into the phone. "God I've missed you. If I have to, I can live with being apart as long as we can talk. I've missed you so much and you're right. I can't wait to see you again."

She nods. "Yea, feel good, doesn't it? Now tell me what you're working on. Come on, this has been driving me nuts for months."

"It's better if I tell you about telling Josef what I'm working on because he really freaked out." Logan proceeds to tell her about Josef's reaction to the news that he is writing a book.

Logan smiles as he hears her laughing at his story. It's such a wonderful sound.

"Oh Logan, I wish I could have seen his face. It must have been priceless. When can I read it?"

"When it's done and not a minute before." Logan smiles to himself. "Ok, so what are you wearing?"

Veronica breathes softly into the phone. "I'm here on my bed and I'm not wearing one damn thing. Logan, close your eyes and tell me what you want to do to me. Baby, I love it when you do that. You have such a sexy voice."

Unconsciously his voice drops and he begins. "Your wish is my command my lady."

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Veronica looks at the arm in front of her. She smiles up at Emily. "Thank you for doing this with me."

Emily smiles. "Believe me it's my pleasure. Josef ok'd this as a special occasion. Since he stopped feeding from me almost a year ago so I could stay here and watch over the girls, he said I could be the one to start you out. Once you feel more confident you can feed from the other girls."

Veronica hears the wistfulness in Emily's voice. "You miss it, don't you?"

Emily lets out a soft sigh. "Yes, but better to not feed Josef and get to stay than be banished all together. Most of the time it's not so bad. In the beginning it was really hard. The farther away I get from it the less it bothers me."

Veronica shakes her head. "Then this is probably a bad idea. I don't want to get you back to the beginning where it bothered you the most."

Emily gives Veronica a small smile. "This won't do that. You don't know this yet but the difference in doing this with a woman and a man is startling." Emily pats Veronica's hand. "Believe me I won't get the same feelings, the same rush from you that I miss so much from Josef. You wait until you taste Logan, you'll see what I mean."

Veronica grins at her. "You're sure?"

Emily laughs softly. "Yea, no problem. I want to do this for you because I like you and because I really do like the act itself."

Mick watches the two women from a few feet away. When they got up this evening he had immediately noticed the calm radiating from Veronica. He smiles to himself. It seems she was right and talking to Logan was just what she needed. Once they got up and fed he sat her down and they had a talk about feeding from a human. He explained the technique. He told her to concentrate on the heartbeat and other life signs of whoever she is feeding from and it will give her something to zero in on so she doesn't get lost in the sensations and take too much blood. He said after a while she will learn to do this unconsciously and enjoy feeding even more.

He asked Emily last week if she would give Veronica her first taste of fresh blood from the source. He knows that Emily won't panic or freak out. He doesn't know any of the other girls as well. He wants to make sure nothing happens that makes Veronica fear her nature. Emily was more than happy to help as long as Josef gave his say so, which he did. Mick watches them chat for a bit while Veronica finds a comfort zone. He wants to go over and give her some encouragement but he thinks twice about it. He is afraid she will feel rushed and that was the last thing she needs.

Veronica runs her thumb over the vein in Emily's forearm. She looks up at Emily. "Ready?"

Emily smiles and nods "Yes. Remember once you start to sink you fangs in don't stop. Hesitation hurts more than if you just go for it."

Veronica nods and sinks her fangs into Emily's arm. She lets out a small moan when the warm, rich blood floods into her mouth. The emotions in the blood hit her next and she understands what Mick was telling her about not getting lost in the sensations and hurting the freshie. The blood from Emily tastes amazing. Nothing Veronica has tasted compares to this. Now she really can't wait to taste Logan. She wonders how much different that will be.

Veronica stops after just a couple minutes. She gently licks the wounds and watches them seal. She cleans up the last of the blood on Emily's arm and looks up at her.

"You didn't have to stop. You hardly took any." Emily tells her softly.

Veronica nods. "Yea, but I'd like to do this again tomorrow and if I take a lot today, I won't be able to. Can we do it again tomorrow?" Veronica looks over her shoulder at Mick.

He smiles proudly at her and nods his head. "If it's alright with Emily and if she feels up to it. You did very well. I didn't feel your concentration waver at all."

Veronica smiles at his approval. "I did what you said to do. I concentrated on Emily and it kept me in check." Veronica turns back to Emily. "Thank you."

Emily smiles warmly at her. "Any time."

Veronica stands up and crosses the room to Mick. "Pretty good huh?"

"Yes, very good. You showed very good control. Now I have a surprise for you."

"Really? What?"

"We're moving home in a couple of weeks." He waits for the joy he expects at his announcement and when she appears less than thrilled he pats the seat next him. "Alright tell me what the problem is. I thought you'd be happy at the prospect of moving back to the apartment." He nudges her. "Come on, tell me what you're thinking."

Veronica sits down but doesn't really look at him. "I don't want to live by myself."

"And you won't. I wouldn't leave you alone. You're still too new." Mick says with a smile.

She looks at him puzzled. "I can't live with Beth and Shannon or Logan so where are we going to live?"

Mick tells her about the renovations that are going to be completed over the next two weeks.

"Are you going to have time for me with Beth and Shannon living next door?"

He looks into her eyes. He wants to make sure she believes what he's telling her. "Always. Never doubt that. If you need something you just tell me."

He watches as the tension leaves her shoulders. "So now let's try again. Hey, in a couple of weeks we're moving home."

Veronica gives him a genuine smile. "Sounds great to me. Can't wait."

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One more done….