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Chapter 10

Veronica and Logan arrived at the restaurant before her dad. They decided to get a table and order their drinks while they waited.

"Sorry I'm late," her dad said when he arrived nearly fifteen minutes later.

"It's ok," Logan said. "We went ahead and ordered an appetizer. I hope you don't mind."

"No, I know how voracious Veronica's appetite is," her dad said teasing her in the process.

"Well, now that I'm eating for two it'll be even worse," Veronica told him. "Speaking of the baby, I've gotta go to the bathroom."

Logan got up to help her up from her seat and Keith noticed the gesture.

"You two play nice while I'm gone," Veronica said before walking away from their table.

Logan waited until Veronica was out of earshot before he brought up the reason he'd wanted to have dinner with Keith.

"Mr. Mars, you know I love you daughter, right?" Logan asked, wanting to be sure before he approached the subject he wanted to talk about.

"Yes," he replied, wondering why Logan was asking him now. It had been clear to Keith for months that he loved Veronica, even if Veronica wasn't always willing to accept it. "Why are you asking me?" Keith wanted to know.

"I wanted to make sure you knew before I asked for your permission to propose to Veronica," Logan said. "I'm not planning to do it right away, but I'd like to know that you're ok with me doing it at some point."

"I'd have preferred if you and Veronica had gotten married before having a kid, but there's nothing I can do about that now," Keith replied. "I know you love my daughter and want to do what's best for her and the baby. If you want to ask her to marry you I'm fine with that, but don't push her. You know how she gets when she feels like she'd being forced to do something."

"I'd never force Veronica to do anything Mr. Mars," Logan told him honestly.

"I know you wouldn't," Keith said. He believed Logan would never push his daughter to do anything, mostly because Veronica would never let him.

"I asked her to move in with me," Logan told him. "But I'd rather us get married before we take that step. We didn't plan on having a baby this soon in our relationship. I'm not sure either of us ever thought about having kids, but it's happening, and I want to do the right thing."

"I'm glad you're being mature about this Logan," Keith said. "Not all guys would. I'd like it if the two of you got married before you started living together too, but that's up to you and Veronica to decide. I'm not going to stop her from moving in with you, even if it ends up being before you get married, if that's what she even wants."

"I'm honestly not sure she knows what she wants," Logan said. "I know what I want and I hope she wants it too."

"I'm sure the two of you will work things out," Keith said.

"I guess," Logan replied.

"Here she comes," Keith said, ending their conversation.

They avoided talking about the baby during dinner. Instead they talked about the upcoming semester, Logan's house hunting, and Veronica taking a break from working at Mars Investigations. Veronica got into an argument with both her dad and Logan about her working. She wasn't going to stop working at the office just because she was pregnant. They reached a compromise that all of them felt ok about in the end. Veronica would work at Mars Investigations, but she wouldn't take any cases on her own or do any stakeouts without company.

She went home with her dad even though he told her it was fine if she wanted to stay the night with Logan. He knew he'd have to get used to it. There really wasn't any doubt in his mind that she'd end up living with Logan once he bought a house.

The next day Logan went surfing with Dick so they could have some time to hang out. While they were doing that Veronica was hanging out with Wallace. She hadn't told him about the baby and wanted to let him know so he wouldn't feel left out.

"Damn, I can't believe all the stuff I missed," Wallace said as he sat on the sofa in the living room with Veronica. She'd told him about finding out she was pregnant and taking the initiative to go tell Logan. She also told him about their Madison-sized roadblock and how they'd managed to get past it.

"That's what you get for going to Chicago for winter break," Veronica teased.

"I wasn't gone that long," Wallace pointed out.

"I know," Veronica said. She'd missed Wallace while he was visiting his dad, but she'd been thankful that her other best friend had stayed in town. She wasn't sure her and Logan would've moved past the Madison thing by now if it wasn't for Mac.

"So, Logan's looking for a house," Wallace said.

"Yeah, and Dick thought that he meant they weren't going to be roommates any more," Veronica told him. "Dick kind of had a breakdown, but things are going to be fine. He's going to move in with Logan, wherever he ends up buying a place."

"Are you moving in with Logan too?" Wallace asked.

"I'm not sure," Veronica replied. "Logan and I talked about it, but I haven't decided."

"How'd your dad take the news?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Better than I thought," Veronica told him. "I thought he'd flip out and yell at me, but he didn't. We talked about things. I think it helped that Logan was there taking responsibility for what happened."

"Logan was with you when you told your dad?" Wallace asked, surprised by that bit of information. Logan didn't exactly get along with Keith very well. From what Wallace knew, the last time Keith and Logan had been in the same room it wasn't exactly pretty.

"Yeah, he wanted to be with me," Veronica said. "Considering I dropped a bomb on him I was kind of surprised he wanted to be with me too. I'm surprised he wanted us to get back together. During the time I took to think about things I really thought there was a chance that I'd end up being a single mom. I didn't know if Logan would want to be a part of the baby's life, considering the fact that he broke up with me so easily."

"It wasn't as easy for him as you think," Wallace mentioned.

"I know," she said. "I screwed up. I'm really lucky that Logan was willing to give me another chance. He could've easily said that he just wanted to share custody but not be with me. It would've hurt, but I would've understood if he didn't want to be with me."

"I don't think Logan will ever not want to be with you," Wallace said. "Trust me, he was miserable after he broke up with you. I don't know why he did it, but whatever the reason it obviously wasn't what he really wanted."

"It wasn't what I wanted either," she told him. "I thought we'd worked things out. Apparently I was wrong."

"At leas you're back together now," Wallace said. "I'm glad I won't have to see him looking all depressed. It was pathetic."

"Why don't we see if Mac wants to hang out," Veronica suggested. "We could go to the beach and see if your plane's got that Wallace magic."

"You just want to go check out your boy," Wallace said smiling at her. "But I'll go along with it because I do want to see if my project is working."

"Good, I'll call Mac," Veronica said getting up from the sofa to go to her room.

Thirty minutes later they were setting up a spot on the beach. Veronica had seen Logan's SUV in the parking lot when she pulled in, so she knew he was around somewhere.

Wallace was getting the plane ready while Veronica and Mac hung out on the blanket they'd spread out.

"So, how are things with you and Logan?" Mac asked. She'd avoided talking about it in the car because she wasn't sure what Veronica had told Wallace.

"Things are good right now," Veronica told her. "Logan and I looked at some houses yesterday. We found one we both really liked. He was supposed to call the realtor this morning to ask her about putting in a bid."

"Wow, he moves fast!" Mac exclaimed.

"Well, he wants to be moved in before classes resume if it's possible," Veronica explained.

"Are you moving in with him?" Mac asked.

"I don't know," Veronica told her. "He asked me to, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. Our relationship isn't exactly stable."

"It's probably a good idea not to rush into living together," Mac said. "I don't think any of us could handle the two of you breaking up again."

"I know I couldn't," Veronica said sadly, thinking about how she'd felt after Logan broke up with her.

"Oh great," Mac said when she noticed that Dick spotted them.

Veronica turned to see what she was complaining about and saw Dick standing by the edge of the water. She looked out and saw Logan on his board. Dick got his attention and pointed towards us. The next thing I knew Logan was riding a wave in and meeting up with Dick to head their way.

"Look who's slumming it at the beach. What's up, hot legs?" Dick said to Veronica.

"I'm glad to see you're in a better mood," Veronica said to him as she moved to stand up.

"Hi baby," Logan said as he moved to prop his board in the sand and then leaned in to kiss her. "Hey Mac," Logan said, not wanting her to feel ignored. "I didn't know you were coming out here," Logan said, greatly surprised by the sight of his girlfriend.

"It was a spur of the moment decision," Veronica told him.

"Well, I for one am happy you decided to come," Logan said. "Dick and I are done for the day. We were getting ready to head back to the suite, but we can stay and hang out with you if you want."

"You don't have to do that," Veronica told him. "I'll come by the suite later."

"Are you spending the night?" Logan asked hopefully.

"I supposed I could," Veronica replied. She had every intention of spending the night with Logan. The previous night she'd felt lonely because he wasn't there in bed cuddling with her.

Logan was happy that she'd said yes. He was going to ask Dick to stay at the Pi Sig house that night so they'd have the suite to themselves. Tonight was the night he was going to propose to Veronica. He needed to get back to the hotel and start getting things ready. He wanted it to be perfect for her.

"I'll see you later then," Logan said and leaned in to kiss her again. "Bye Mac," he said returning his gaze to Veronica's best girlfriend. "I'd tell Wallace bye, but I don't think he even noticed we were here."

Wallace had gotten the plane up and running, so he wasn't paying much attention to anything else at the moment.

"Bye Logan," Mac replied.

"Bye," Veronica said to the two of them before they grabbed their surf boards and headed towards the parking lot.

"What's up with Dick?" Mac asked once they were far enough away.

"What do you mean?" Veronica asked.

"I mean that he didn't even acknowledge I was here," Mac pointed out. "He usually calls me Ghostworld at the least."

"He's been going through some emotional stuff," Veronica told her, not wanting to bring up Cassidy.

"Looks like Wallace decided to give up on his plane," Mac noted as Veronica glanced over to see him heading their way with the plane.

"Man, I thought I had this finally working," Wallace said in a frustrated tone.

"It needs more work Papa Bear?" Veronica asked.

"Massive work," Wallace told her. "I'm just lucky I have next semester to tweak it to get it to work."

"Since it's not working," Veronica said, "we don't really need to stay."

"You're just saying that because Logan went home and you want to go be with him," Mac said, teasing Veronica.

"I didn't even see Logan," Wallace said.

"He came out of the water while you were working on the plane," Veronica explained. "He and Dick stopped by to say hi before they headed back to the hotel."

"Oh, well if you want to head back," Wallace said, "we can."

"Yeah, I was teasing you about Logan," Mac said. "I know the two of you are still working things out."

"Thanks," Veronica said as they got up and packed their stuff up to leave the beach. "I figure once Logan gets a house and gets settled things will start to settle down."

"It'll be nice when the drama with the two of you is over," Wallace said as they made their way to her car.

"I don't think that will ever happen," Veronica told him smiling. "Drama is Logan's middle name."

"Kind of like Danger is yours?" Wallace asked in a joking tone.

"Exactly," Veronica replied smiling at him.

They all got in her car and headed back to her apartment. They all went their separate ways in the parking lot.