A/N: Okay so I want to start off by saying thank you for all of the reviews which I didn't say last time, but they really mean a lot to me that you can actually be bothered to take the time and do it. This chapter has quite a bit of Meg in it (but no Duncan) because I'm gonna deal slightly with the pregnancy but it will still be a LoVe story. Going back to the reviews I want to thank all the anonymous ones: jess, skagirl, angel558847, MackeyPac – I hope you mean interesting good, Rookie, Jen – probably won't kill Jackie off but it's definitely an idea, Mony and Mandy – thank you.
Disclaimer: If I owned Veronica Mars Logan would be forever shirtless, so you figure it out.
Veronica and Logan are walking along the hallway holding hands, Logan is whispering something in her ear, and she is giggling as they come up towards her locker and Wallace, who is at his. Veronica takes her attention off of Logan and starts talking to Wallace.
VERONICA: My dad spend the night at your place?
WALLACE: Yep.
VERONICA: He do the AM-donut-fake-out run?
Wallace puts his hand into his locker and pulls out the bag of donuts. He holds it out offering it to Veronica and Logan.
WALLACE: Want one?
Veronica shakes her head but Logan goes and grabs one and starts eating it. While Wallace is putting the bag back in his locker, Jackie comes up behind him, without any of them seeing her and slaps him in the butt. Wallace grins as he turns around to see Jackie laughing.
JACKIE: shouts Get back, ladies, he's mine!
Veronica stares at Jackie disapprovingly, which Logan notices, so he gives her a little smirk and Veronica just rolls her eyes, but does give him a slight smile.
JACKIE: You really are a basketball star, aren't you, I mean I'm not just smacking the ass of some Dungeons and Dragons geek, right?
Logan speaks up trying to break the tension between Veronica and Jackie.
LOGAN: Oh Wallace, looks like you've been found out, time to fess up. It's not like anyone believed you were a basketball star anyway, I mean what are you 3ft or something.
WALLACE: to Jackie Come on. Let's go.
Wallace and Jackie start walking down the hall together, Jackie puts her arm around Wallace and starts stroking his hair, while Wallace has his arm around her waist. Veronica, still pissed off, slams her locker shut as she watches them go. Logan puts his hands on her shoulders and starts rubbing them, he bends down and whispers in her ear.
LOGAN: Breathe.
Veronicas face softens and she lets out a breath as Logan pulls her away by the shoulders.
Veronica walks out of her bedroom to go and answer the door. She opens it and finds Meg standing there looking nervous.
VERONICA: Hey Meg, what're you doing here?
Meg is nervously twiddling he thumbs and just barely talks above a whisper.
MEG: Um, I kinda wanted to talk to you about something. VERONICA: Ok, come in.
Veronica opens the door wider and Meg slowly walks in. Veronica gestures towards the couch and they both go to sit down.
VERONICA: What's going on? MEG: Your Dad's not here is he? VERONICA: No he's out. Come on, what's up? MEG: I'm pregnant.
Veronicas jaw drops and she just stares at Meg, not speaking. Meg shifts uncomfortably and then starts to get annoyed that Veronica isn't saying anything.
MEG: Ok Veronica, say something.
Veronica closes her mouth but her eyes have now gone wide and she only just manages to choke out her response.
VERONICA: Duncan's I presume? MEG: Yes, of course.
I finally hits Veronica and she blinks a couple of times trying to think of something to say.
VERONICA: Oh my god! … How far along are you? MEG: 3 1/2 months. VERONICA: Wow, does Duncan know? MEG: Yeah but that's what I'm worried about. VERONICA: What do you mean? MEG: Duncan. He's been acting really weird and distant since he found out, granted I did tell him right after he suggested we get back together, and it was a big shock. But I always thought he broke up with me because of you. VERONICA: Me? MEG: Yeah. Right after we broke up I found out I was pregnant and so that just made everything worse. I'm just really worried he only wanted to get back together with me because you stayed with Logan, and he's only staying with me because he knocked me up. VERONICA: Well, it's a lot to take in and he probably doesn't really know what to do. And when something happens to Duncan he does tend to shut down. MEG: I know but I haven't told my parents yet and when I do they'll kill me. So I kind of need him to be strong for me, because I'm a mess. So I thought if I told you then I'd have someone to talk about everything with.
Meg looks at Veronica with pleading eyes and Veronica laughs a little.
VERONICA: Meg, you can talk to me any time.
Meg lets out a relieved breath and leans into give Veronica a hug.
MEG: Oh thanks Veronica, you don't know what this means to me, anyway I better go, I said I'd meet Duncan. VERONICA: Okay, yeah, I've gotta go watch a tennis match anyway.
Meg looks at Veronica quizzically and Veronica smiles and shakes her head as if to say 'don't ask'.
It's 2:25 in the morning and Veronica is lying in bed, awake.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Megs pregnant? With Duncan's baby? I so did not see that coming. I wonder if Duncan really did break up with Meg because of me, he had just found out I wasn't his sister and he did spend a lot of time at The Hut this summer. And that did make me think what it would be like for me and Duncan now. Normal I thought. Turns out Logan is now the normal boyfriend, who'd of thunk it.
Her cell, which is next to her clock, starts to ring. On the shelf above it is a picture of her and Logan at the beach, and the picture of her, Duncan, Lilly and Logan before homecoming. Veronica looks at them as she reaches up to answer her phone.
JULIE: Do you think he still loves her?
Veronica is still looking at the pictures on her shelf.
VERONICA: I don't know.
She snaps out of her daze and comes to her senses.
VERONICA: What? Who is this? JULIE: It's Julie. The photo of the woman on the bar? She's gotta be an ex. If he's keeping her close, do you think he still loves her?
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Whoa. If I was just pondering the same question about my boyfriend and his dead ex-girlfriend/my best friend, does that make me crazy too?
VERONICA: Whatcha doing?
Logan is sitting on his couch watching television. He holds his cell phone to his ear in one hand and the remote in the other.
LOGAN: Just channel surfing, you?
There's a knock on his door and he moves to get up.
VERONICA: Have you had dinner?
LOGAN: No, that would require effort.
He walks towards the door. He opens it and sees Veronica standing there with the phone in one hand and a large bag in the other.
LOGAN: Gotta go babe, there's a hot blonde at my front door.
VERONICA: May I suggest Dim Sum...
She drops the phone from her ear and goes all sexy.
VERONICA: ...and then some?
Logan laughs and grabs her hand, pulling her toward him.
LOGAN: I'll definitely take some of that 'and then some'.
A little later they are sitting on the couch watching T.V. and eating.
VERONICA: I got the don't-wait-up call for the second night in a row...and if Dad can work all night with Mrs. Fennel, then.
Veronica puts her food down and slides closer to Logan, maneuvering herself onto his lap. He puts his food down too and they start kissing.
VERONICA: Hmmmm.
They break apart slightly.
VERONICA: Okay I change my mind. What if...we start the evening with "and then some" and work our way back to the Dim Sum?
LOGAN: I think I can be persuaded, but I gotta ask you something first.
Veronica tenses slightly and gets a little annoyed.
VERONICA: Logan I already said no to that thing, so stop asking.
Logan gives a little laugh.
LOGAN: No, that's not it, although I'm not gonna stop asking. Um, Dick said he saw you today, near the beach, looking all 'whorey like', his words not mine and flirting with some older guy and then going into his house.
Veronica tenses even more and gives him a guilty look.
VERONICA: Um, that was a little temptation scenario I had set up to try and see if this women's potential fiancé was cheating on her. Wallace was outside recording the whole thing, I was gonna ask you but I didn't think you'd wanna watch looking all 'whorey like' and hitting on some guy.
Logan moves her closer to him again and smiles seductively.
LOGAN: Ah, do you still have the outfit?
Veronica laughs and pulls Logan down with her onto the couch, as they start kissing.
Later Logan and Veronica are asleep in Logan's bed, Logan has his arm draped over Veronica. There's a banging on the door. Veronica lifts her head and then shoots up.
VERONICA: Oh my God. It's my dad.
Logan, in his boxers, races out of bed and grabs his jeans. Veronica wraps the sheet around herself and they both head downstairs.
LOGAN: calls out who is it?
MEG: It's Meg. Um, is Veronica there I really need to talk to her.
LOGAN: Yeah, hang on.
Veronica and Logan share bemused looks then Veronica moves to open the front door and lets Meg in, who is holding a laptop and looks like she's been crying.
VERONICA: Meg what are you doing here, it's like two AM?
MEG: Sorry, I-I didn't know where else to go. I went to your house and no one was in, so I figured I'd try here.
VERONICA: Is everything alright?
MEG: No, not really.
Logan gestures towards the living room and Veronica moves Meg in that direction, when they get to the living room Veronica and Meg sit on one couch, while Logan heads into the kitchen.
MEG: My parents found out about me being pregnant and we got into a massive argument, and they said some stuff and I said some stuff.
Logan eyes widen as he heads back and hands Meg a glass of water and moves to sit on the other couch.
MEG: Thanks. So I said I was gonna move out and live with Duncan as a threat, but now they've kind of gone on a bit of a rampage and are going through all my stuff. Even my locker at school which has this in it, indicating the laptop it's got some really personal stuff on it that they can't find.
VERONICA: So, you want me to hide it for you?
MEG: Yeah, if that's okay? VERONICA: Yeah, it's no problem.
MEG: Thank you, it's only for a couple of weeks until they calm down. VERONICA: It's fine but how come you're not leaving it with Duncan?
MEG: Because their search will probably extend to his place. Anyway, I'd probably better get going, I just wanted to give you the laptop. I'm sorry to disturb you. VERONICA: Meg it's fine, I'm just glad you weren't my dad.
After Meg has gone, Logan and Veronica are sitting in bed, Logan is still kind of in a state of shock like Veronica was..
LOGAN: I can't believe Meg is pregnant with Duncan's baby. VERONICA: I've known for a couple of days and I still can't get my head around it. LOGAN: You've known that long and you didn't tell me? VERONICA: It wasn't my place to tell. LOGAN: They're like the last two people you would expect to get pregnant so young; I mean if it can happen to them, it can happen to anybody.
With that they share an awkward look and scoot away from each other.
The next morning Logan is brushing his teeth in the bedroom, just in his boxers again. The lap top is on the table. Veronica comes out of the bathroom, fully dressed. They smile at each other and Logan heads into the bathroom as Veronica comes and sits on the bed. She sees the lap top just sitting there. Veronica looks down at it.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Are you crazy, Meg? Leaving this with me? Do you give Paris Hilton a tape recorder and expect her to do nothing with it?
She grabs the lap top and turns it on, she starts typing away on it. Before she can do anything else, her cell rings and she notes the number, smiling resignedly. She answers.
VERONICA: Hello, Julie.
JULIE: Was it awful?
VERONICA: He was a consummate gentleman. He didn't try to flirt. And in fact, he just told me how great you were.
Veronica awaits her response.
JULIE: Okay. I guess this is the moment that I officially became a jealous freak.
Veronica looks down and sees the lap top has come up with Meg's menu screen.
VERONICA: Hey, Julie, can I call you back later?
Veronica switches off the phone and stares at the laptop. She cocks her head in thought, and then turns it off. She puts it back on the table, a little proud smile on her face. It doesn't last long as she wonders what she's doing. She sighs and doesn't realize that Logan has been watching her.
LOGAN: Congratulations Mars that must have taken some serious will-power? VERONICA: Oh, you have no idea.
She gets up and moves over to kiss him.
VERONICA VOICEOVER: Since talking to Weevil, I've been dying to track down this mysterious tipster. Who knows if Weevil, or the tipster for that matter, was telling the truth? Maybe Curly Moran was part of a plot to retaliate against a PCHer, and maybe that's exactly what someone wants us to believe. That call could have come from anywhere, a business line, a pay phone, or-- Oh, my God.
A couple of students are talking in the foreground as Logan walks out of the school in the background. Veronica is waiting for him and starts walking towards him. When he sees her, he gives a smile and walks faster towards her.
LOGAN: How I like to finish every school day, with my gorgeous girlfriend waiting for me.
He leans down to kiss her but she moves away.
VERONICA: We need to talk.
LOGAN: Okay this can't be good. VERONICA: Saturday, September twenty-fourth, there was a two minute and twenty-three second phone call on Weevil's cell phone made from your house. The caller claimed that Curly Moran was responsible for the bus crash. The same Curly Moran who's friends with your dad.
Veronica pauses for a second seeing the hurt in Logan's eyes but then she goes back to accusing him.
VERONICA: Any explanation?
Logan is taken aback that Veronica is accusing him, again but quickly recovers and tries to cover his hurt by being snarky.
LOGAN: My day is complete. Veronica Mars has accused me of evil.
Logan accompanies this with a full dramatization of twirling the ends of his imaginary moustache.
LOGAN: Hm. Where to start? Oh yes, who the hell is Curly Moran?
Realization dawns and he softens slightly.
LOGAN: Oh you mean the guy from my dad's movie poster, the one you think had something to do with the crash?
He moves his hand to brush her arm, she moves again and slowly nods, she tries to push through the hurt in his eyes and get the answer she needs.
VERONICA: September twenty-fourth?
Now Logan starts getting pissed.
LOGAN: Like I have any idea w--
A thought strikes him and he reaches into his backpack.
LOGAN: I think I do remember that night. That was the night of Dicks Life Short party at my house, remember?
He pulls out from his page a crumpled piece of paper, stretching it out to show her.
VERONICA: Oh right yeah, how could I forget? A group of lower-middle class Neptune High students plummet to their death and the 09ers throw a party.
LOGAN: Hence the Life Short part. It was Dick's idea and it was in their honor and in fact, your pal, Weevil, and his biker boys crashed it.
He moves past her, then pauses and laughs.
LOGAN: Oh, and, ah...
He turns back to her.
LOGAN: Lamb and half dozen deputies came by to break it up, or at least collect the kegs.
Veronica takes a deep breath, so she can get this over with and then apologize.
VERONICA: There are five numbers registered to your house. This call came from a number I don't recognize.
LOGAN: Well, gee willikers, Veronica, it sounds like you're on to something. Maybe the pool boy did it.
Logan makes a big show of looking at a watch he doesn't have.
LOGAN: Um.
He shows Veronica his wrist and goes to walks off but Veronica stops him and pulls him towards her. He's hesitant at first but she grabs his head and makes him look at her.
VERONICA: I'm sorry, I just needed to know everything. Reassuringly I love you.
Logan leans down more so their foreheads are resting and strokes her cheek, she smiles and he lets out a sigh of relief.
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