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AN:Thanks to everyone for the feedback, I really appreciate it! Again, I had a really hard time writing this, and I'm not sure I'm pleased with the way it turned out. PLEASE review!
Logan's heart was pounding in his chest. He was well aware he was breaking pretty much every traffic law known to man, but he didn't care. He heard the pain in Veronica's voice as she asked him to come over, and he heard her holding back tears when she told him she had spoken to Duncan. All he cared about was getting to her and making her feel better, and then beating the shit out of Duncan. He didn't know what had gone down. It didn't matter. What ever it was had hurt Veronica, and that was all it took to make Logan want to hurt Duncan worse.
He had noticed that Keith's car was missing from the parking lot and entered Veronica's apartment without knocking. She was sitting on the couch with her legs tucked under her holding a pillow; her face was swollen and puffy from crying. He looked into her eyes as he walked through the door and he could see it was much worse then he expected. She looked broken, like she had after Lilly died.He sat down on the couch next to her, and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her head.
"You wanna tell me what happened, baby?" he spoke softly into her ear.
"I don't even know where to start, Logan. I don't…" her voice broke and she began to shake, trying to hold back her tears, "I feel like my world just blew up in my face."
"It's okay, you don't have to talk about it. Whatever you need."
Veronica took a deep breath "Duncan told me he was still in love with me, that breaking up with me wasn't his choice. For the better part of the past year I've been wondering what happened between us, looking for closure, and there he is, waving it in my face. So I asked, I took the bait. I thought I wanted to know why he broke up with me, but now, I'm kind of wishing I didn't." She searched Logan's face, looking for any sign that he already knew what she was about to tell him.
He felt her eyes studying him and answered her question, "He never told me. Anytime I brought it up he said he didn't want to talk about it, and I never pushed it."
She was studying the fringe on the pillow she was holding, "Oh God, I can't believe I actually have to say these words. Duncan broke up with me because I'm his sister."
"I'm sorry, what? I mean…what? That is by far and away, the lamest…" He stopped when he saw her shaking her head.
"No, Logan. Celeste told Duncan that Jake and my mother had been having an affair when my mom got pregnant with me. I know it's crazy, but it's true. I mean, I don't know for sure they were sleeping together then, but they certainly have been recently."
Logan tried to remove the look of utter shock off of his face to no avail. "Veronica," he gently stroked the side of her face, "I'm sorry. I don't know what to say, what can I do?" For the first time, possibly ever, Logan Echolls was at a loss for words.
Veronica smiled at him through the tears that were dropping, "Just being here makes it easier for me. I'm just glad you're here" She reached over and grabbed a tissue from the coffee table. "But that's not everything, Logan. You remember Shelly Pomroy's party?"
Logan nodded his head while reaching out and wiping a tear from Veronica's cheek.
"I don't. I was drugged and raped, or I thought I was. I mean I was drugged, but I slept with Duncan. And he bolted because, well, because I'm his sister."
She was starting to break down, "Now, I really don't know which is worse, thinking I was raped, or knowing I was with Duncan but that he very well may be my brother. That I've possibly spent my whole life living a lie, because my Mom couldn't be faithful to my… to my Dad."
The sobs overtook her and she leaned into Logan. He wrapped his arms around her and ran his hand up and down her back.
Logan sat holding her until he felt her sobbing subside and her breath even out. He could feel the steady rise and fall of her chest against his and knew she had fallen asleep. He couldn't imagine how she felt. It just wasn't fair. His whole life he had secretly wished that he would one day find out Aaron wasn't his real Father, but that's because Aaron was a terrible Father. Veronica didn't deserve this, Keith was her world. He had seen first hand the love and respect between the two of them, and he knew it must kill Veronica knowing he may not be her real Dad. He knew that if Keith was his Father, he would certainly never have to wish for someone better.
And Shelly's party? He hardly remembered seeing her there; he was pretty focused on the freshman girl he ended up taking home early. He wanted to believe that if he had stayed there he would have helped her, protected her. But he knew that wasn't true. Things were different then, he probably would've laughed and called her a slut and been on his merry way. It killed him that there was nothing he could do to make it better, and he couldn't take it back.
He held her for a while longer before lifting her off the couch and carrying her to her bed. He laid her down, and she barely stirred as he pulled the blankets up around her. Logan grabbed Backup's leash from the counter and attached it to the big dog's collar. The poor dog had been staring at Logan for the past hour and he could practically see its back teeth floating. He used Veronica's keys to lock the door behind him, and headed towards the parking lot with Backup. He needed some time to think, if there was any possible way to make things even a little easier on Veronica, he was going to find it.