A/N: palmbeach - Thanks for your compliment! Josielynn - Glad you liked that chapter. If you're talking about the Madison thing as the problem it'll be a while before things get cleared up completely. But Logan and Veronica aren't breaking up over it... Guest #1 - I like your idea about someone confronting Madison. I haven't figured out who/when that will happen, but I definitely have a plan for it. I think Mac's one of the few people who can be friends with both and still be objective. It was one of the things I liked about her on the show. Guest #2 - While pretty much everyone hated what happened on the show, I have a feeling that Rob Thomas had planned on getting them back together. amgonyea - I'm sure it's possible to have drunken sex, but in Logan's case he was pretty much passed out when the incident happened. I think everyone is glad they got things straightened out :)

Chapter 7

When Logan woke he looked at the clock. It was well after noon so he figured it was time to wake Veronica.

"Veronica," he whispered into her ear as he stroked her face, "it's time to get up."

"Mmm," Veronica moaned out. "I think we should just stay in bed all day."

"Normally I'd be all for that," he said smiling down at her, "but we really need to talk."

"We can do that here," she said looking at him with big eyes.

"Fine," he conceded, "but after we talk I'm going to order some room service. You need to eat."

"I am kind of hungry," she said moving to sit up on the bed. She moved her pillows and leaned up against the headboard.

"Why don't I order now then," he suggested. "We can talk while we wait."

"Sounds good to me," she said.

"Any idea what you want?" he asked.

"I really want a hamburger," she told him. "With fries and a chocolate shake. Oh and chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream."

"You know, it's sad that if I didn't know you were pregnant and you asked for all that it wouldn't tip me off," he said reaching for the phone.

"Hey," she said smacking him on the arm. "I don't eat that much normally!"

"Uh huh," Logan said remembering the mound of pasta she ate the last time they went to an Italian restaurant.

He called the kitchen and placed their order. "They said it would be about thirty minutes," he told her moving to get settled next to her.

"So, where should we start?" Veronica asked.

"At the beginning," he responded. "Are we back together?" he asked.

"I want us to be," Veronica told him.

"It's what I want too," Logan said smiling at her. He couldn't help it. He was just so happy to be back with her after the whole Madison thing. "I guess the next thing we need to talk about is what we want to do now that we're having a baby."

"What do you mean?" Veronica asked.

"I mean we need to discuss things," he said. "Like do you want to move in together or do you want to stay at your dad's? I'm going to start looking for a house either way. I can't help raise a baby in a hotel suite."

"I'm not sure what I want to do about living arrangements," Veronica told him. "I hadn't thought that far ahead. I've been taking it one day at a time."

"I want to be there for you Veronica," he stated. "I don't want to miss a single part of the pregnancy. I've missed so much already."

"I'm sorry about that," Veronica told him looking down at her hands.

"It's not your fault," he stated. "You didn't know you were pregnant until a few weeks ago. I don't blame you for taking some time to let it sink in before you told me. I'm sure you were still dealing with the breakup and finding out you were pregnant on top of that must have been overwhelming."

"It was," Veronica informed him. "After I found out I thought about how you might not have broken up with me if you'd known."

"I wouldn't have," Logan told her. "And I'd like to think that you wouldn't have put yourself in harm's way to find the rapist if you'd known."

"I wouldn't have," Veronica asserted moving her head to look him in the eye. "It's one thing for me to put my life on the line, but I could never do that to our baby."

She started crying thinking about how she'd come close to losing the baby twice in such a short amount of time. Logan pulled her into his arms, but their room service arrived while she was crying. Logan got up to answer the door and she went to the bathroom to compose herself.

Her hormones were out of control. She hated that she cried so easily now. She cleaned herself up and went out to the living room. They sat on the sofa and dug into their food.

"I don't want to be a part time dad," Logan said a few minutes later to break the silence. "I think we should move in together so we can both be with the baby and not have to shuffle him or her back and forth between two homes."

Veronica didn't know what to say. She knew Logan was right about it being easier for them and better for the baby, but she wasn't sure she was ready to take that step with him.

"Can I have some time to think about it?" Veronica asked.

"Yeah," Logan told her. "I thought maybe you could go with me to look at some houses. That way if you decide you do want to move in it'll be a house you helped pick out."

"I think I could manage that," Veronica said. She was glad he wasn't forcing the issue.

"I want to go to all of your doctor appointments," Logan continued.

"I already knew that," Veronica replied smiling at him. He'd been so happy at her first appointment. Seeing the baby had caused both of them to tear up.

"I think that's enough talking for today," Logan said. He reached for the remote control and turned on the TV. He handed it to Veronica so she could pick something for them to watch.

Her dad called later in the afternoon to let her know he was home.

"Do you want to go talk to him now?" Logan asked after she got off the phone with him.

"Yeah, I don't want to keep him in the dark any longer," Veronica said.

They had been watching a movie and got up to go in Logan's room to get dressed.

"On a scale of one to ten," Logan said as they dressed, "how mad is her going to me with me?"

"I don't think he's going to be mad at you," Veronica said. "He's a pretty rational guy. He knows we've been sleeping together and it's not like you got me pregnant on purpose. It was an accident. I think he'll be disappointed but there's not a whole lot I can do to change that."

"Ready?" Logan asked standing up from the bed after tying his shoe laces.

"As I'll ever be," she said putting her hand in his.

Logan drove them to the apartment. She'd called her dad to make sure he was at home and not at the office.

"Hi sweetie," Keith said when they walked in. "Logan."

"Hi Mr. Mars," Logan said standing behind Veronica. He figured with her between them her dad would be less likely to come after him once they told him.

"Hi dad," Veronica said. "Uh, we wanted to talk to you about something."

"Ok," he said, unsure of what they wanted to talk about with him. He turned off the Padres game he'd been watching. "Why don't you two sit down. It seems like whatever you want to talk about is serious. I didn't even know you two were back together."

Logan and Veronica moved towards the sofa. Logan sat as far from Veronica's dad as possible. The more space between them, the better.

"Logan and I talked a couple days ago and decided to get back together," Veronica informed her dad. "That actually has to do with what we wanted to talk about. I've been keeping something from you for a few weeks and up until a couple days ago I'd kept it from Logan too."

"What's going on Veronica?" her dad asked, starting to panic that something was wrong. "Did something happen that night at the hospital?"

"Yeah," Veronica told him. She hesitated before continuing.

"You're scaring me Veronica," her dad said. "Whatever it is just tell me."

"I'm pregnant," she blurted out. "I found out that night. They drew some blood to see how much of the drug I'd ingested that time and found out I was pregnant."

"You found out two weeks ago and you've been dealing with it on your own?" he asked.

"Yeah. I was kind of overwhelmed," she said. "I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I didn't tell anyone."

Logan hadn't said a word and was scared when Keith focused on him. "So, you didn't know about this when you broke up with her," Keith said.

"No, I would never have broken up with her if I'd known," Logan told him. "I love your daughter Mr. Mars."

Keith knew that was the truth. He couldn't understand why they'd broken up, but he had a feeling it was partly because of all the risks Veronica had taken during the rape case. He'd been scared for his daughter's life and had a feeling Logan felt the same way.

"We haven't figured everything out," Veronica told him, "but I am having the baby and we're keeping it. Logan's planning to buy a house."

"I want to be there for Veronica every step of the way," Logan said. "And once the baby's born I want to be a full time father. I asked Veronica to move in with me but she wants time to think about it."

"Having a baby isn't easy," Keith said, hating that his daughter was going to become a teenage mother.

"I know," Veronica told him, "but we came so close to losing the baby. It's a miracle that I'm still pregnant."

"You almost lost the baby?" Keith asked, clearly worried about his daughter.

"Yeah, the night at the hospital I thought about how I could've lost the baby because of the fight with Mercer," Veronica said. "And Logan took me to the hospital yesterday because I started cramping. We thought I might be having a miscarriage, but I wasn't."

"I'm glad Logan was there to take you to the hospital," Keith said after hearing the horror story.

"I know you're probably disappointed in me," Veronica said, "but it's not like we planned for this to happen. It's actually my fault."

"You didn't get pregnant on your own," Logan pointed out.

"I know," Veronica said, "but I was the one who said we didn't need to use condoms because I was on the pill. I'm also the one who didn't know that antibiotics can interfere with the effectiveness of the pill."

"It was an accident and let's just leave it at that," her dad said. "I really don't need you to go into the details. I'm not dumb enough to think that the two of you weren't having sex. I just wish you'd have been more careful."

"So, ummm I'm going to spend the night at Logan's," Veronica said waiting for her dad's reaction.

"I guess I have to get use to that now," Keith noted.

"It's just one night," Veronica assured him.

"I know," her dad said. "I'm actually glad that you're telling me and not sneaking around. I know you thought I didn't know when you snuck out to go over there but I did."

Veronica was shocked to hear that.

"You're not as sneaky as you think you are," her dad said smiling at her. "Oh, and I also know that you spent the night at Logan's every time I was out of town."

"You've been spying on me?" Veronica asked, although she wasn't really surprised by his admission.

"I prefer to think of it as keeping tabs on my daughter who manages to get herself in trouble more often than I would like," he replied.

"I guess you and Logan have something in common then," Veronica said. "And on that note, we're leaving." She got up from the sofa and Logan followed suit.

Veronica moved to hug her father. "I love you," he told her. "I love you too," Veronica replied.

"Take good care of my daughter Logan," Keith told him.

"I'll do my best," Logan told him.

"That's all I can ask for," Keith said and pulled Logan in for a hug, which caught him by surprise.

"I kind of thought you'd hate me for this," Logan said after he pulled back.

"I could never hate you Logan," Keith said. "There are times when I'm not happy with you, but I see the way you care about my daughter. I know you'd do anything you could to keep her safe. And that alone is reason enough for me to like you. I have a feeling you'll be in my life for good in the not too distant future."

Logan smiled at him. He'd been thinking about proposing to Veronica but he knew she wouldn't want to get married just because they were going to have a baby.