CHAPTER 7: Parenthood 101
Disclaimer: I don't own VM if I did then Logan and Veronica wouldn't have broken up at all along with Lilly and Cassidy would still be alive.
*Thoughts are in italics*
AN: This chapter will share some similarities with Episode 2.09 "My Mother, the Feind"
-Mac's Point of View-
"So Veronica, how do I thank you for saving the life of not only my best friend and my boyfriend?" I asked Veronica as we walked into Health class after lunch the next day.
"No thanks needed. You have to remember that I used to get a high off of PI work." I remind her as we go to sit down.
"Don't be so modest Sugarpuss." Logan says "She rocked. If it weren't for her we could be planning a triple funeral right now." Logan finished just as the bell rang.
"Okay everyone pay attention we are going to be doing a bit of a class project." Ms. Houser announces to the class.
"Oh this should be fun." I hear Dick mumble to Logan as he comes rolling into class for maybe the 4th time this semester.
"We are going to try your hand at Parenthood," Ms. Houser tells us as she pulls out a doll "These are your children. The class will be split into pairs and assigned a baby. Over the break you will share the responsibility and take turns taking care of Junior here." She finished. "Pairs are as follow: Madison and Corny; Mac and Dick; Lilly and Ryan; Veronica and Logan; and Eli and Carrie. Alright come claim your children. You will turn in your babies at the beginning of class on Tuesday." She finished as she put a 3x5 card on each of our assigned babies.
"The one day I come to class and I end up with a baby?" Dick cried. "And even worse it's with my little brother's girl."
"That one might be fun to explain. Don't you think Mac attack." Veronica asked me with a smile. "Come on babe you better go get our baby." She tells Logan as he and Dick get up to go get the babies.
"How do I always get stuck in such weird situations?" I ask V as she takes the seat next to me.
"You think that the Beav…." I give her a look. She knows how much I hate it when she calls him Beaver "Sorry. Do you think Cassidy is going to be bugged when you tell him that you had a kid with his brother." She asked obviously joking. Before I get a chance to say anything Lilly interrupts.
"Seriously! Weevil and I had a date tonight." Lilly protests. "Hey Aunt Ronnie want to babysit for your favorite sister tonight?" She asks
"Um…. What about Ryan? Veronica shoots a look over to Ryan
"Uh.. He is no use he has to work every day of the break I am stuck with the kid by myself.." Lilly says as she gives Ryan a dirty look.
"Fine. I will watch your baby tonight. But you owe me." Veronica tells her sister.
"So Ronnie this is our baby I am thinking we should name him after my father." Logan says coming back up to us holding the baby in his arms with a car seat and dipper bag.
"I say no." Veronica says as she stands up and takes some of the stuff from Logan. "So we ended up with a bouncing baby boy?"
"So Lilly we have to cancel our plans for tonight" Weevil says as he walks up to us carrying the same stuff that Logan had been. "Carrie is going out of town for two weeks and where there is no one else to pair me with I get to be a single parent, which that in its self is bad, I drive a bike. How am I supposed to hook this thing to a bike?"
That got a laugh out of everyone "Don't worry we don't have to cancel. Ronnie is going to babysit for me so she would be happy to watch your project to. Right Ronnie?" Lilly automatically volunteers her sister.
"Lilly!" Veronica yells at her. "You do realize that I have the same project as you. That means that you are going to leave me with three of these… these… 'Baby Think It Over' dolls?"
"What's going on?" Logan asked as he sat down with his and Veronica's project.
"Oh dear we have been volunteered to take on 3 of these projects, so Lil and Weevs can go on a date." She tells him
"How wonderful. We get three times the work so you two can have a sex life?" Logan asked being as blunt as possible. "Great."
-Cassidy's point of view-
I hate staying home sick, not only did I not get to see Mac today but Monica instated that I stay in my room until I felt better. All of a sudden I hear what sounds like a baby crying. Man I must be sick if I am hearing things now.
"This has to be the funniest thing I have ever seen." I hear Cassie say as she walks into the house. But what's so funny and who is she talking to.
"No it's not Cassie." I hear Dick say "How long did Mac say she would be?" right after he says it I hear the doorbell followed by Mac's voice.
"Hey Mac Attack. It's a good thing you got here when you did because your baby daddy is having issues." I hear Cassie tell her.
That's it I have to see what's up I know I didn't just hear my sister right. I quickly make my way out of my room and head toward the stairs. "I will take over as soon as I go check on Cassidy" I hear Mac say as she starts for the stairs.
"Hey Mac." I say as I meet her half way down the stairs.
"Hey you feeling any better?" She asks as she leans up and kisses me on the check.
"Yeah, but I think that I was hearing things. I could have sworn I heard a baby cry." I tell her as we made our way down the stairs and toward the living room.
"Yeah about that." She said as we rounded the corner and I see my brother sitting in the living room holding what seemed to look like a baby.
"Why is my brother holding a doll?" I ask Mac but the question is wide open to everyone in the room.
"So that little darling 'baby' that Dick is holding is Rose, who happens to also be my 'daughter' I hear my girlfriends say using air quotes around some of the words.
Deciding to play along I reply "So not my kid." I say with a laugh when I realize that they aren't really laughing I give them a weird look.
"No she would be your 'niece' darling" Mac says as she walks over and takes the crying doll from my brother.
"Okay now you can color me confused?" I say as I look back and forth between the two of them.
" This is our health project." Dick explains "We have to take care of this parent simulator baby for the break, we can't get rid of it until Tuesday's class."
"Which is a good thing for you Mr. Casablancas because while we are working on this project I am going to be staying here." She tells me as I give her a weird look and try to figure out how she is getting this past her parents. "My folks are out of town for the break and I asked them if it was cool that I spent the break at Cass's house." She said.
"Oh sneaky Mac attack." Cassie says. "We will have some fun and Dick can totally babysit the baby at night so it won't be crying in my room."
"Actually I was thinking of maybe staying in Cassidy's room" She says taking me completely by surprise. "You know because it's only a door away from Dick's room and I don't want to fail because Dick decides to sleep through the baby crying at night." She quickly recovers.
"Yeah, whatever." Dick says as he heads out of the room but not before he stops to whisper in my ear. "Just don't be an idiot and suit up we don't want any real babies around here." And he walks off. Cassie and Mac can see me turning several shades of red " I think I am going to go find Monica and see if she would change the sheets on my bed." I quickly give Mac a kiss and walk off.
-Veronica's Point of View-
"Okay let's see if I have this straight." I say to Logan as I lay on his bed with the baby next me. "We have to really name the kid. It's a part of the project. According to this we are supposed to make the decision together as a part of the project."
"Okay so let's think of a name for our bouncing baby boy." Logan says as he picks up the baby and puts it in car seat.
"How about William?" I suggest as he gives me that funny look that I know he is surprised that I even thought of it.
"You want to give our 'baby' my middle name?" Logan says half surprised.
"Yeah why not. We can call him Billy for short." She tells me. The next thing I knew I was pinned against the bed with Logan kissing me like he never had before. Of course things were getting intense when we were interrupted by a knock on the door and a baby crying.
"I will get the door, you get Billy." I say as I give him a quick kiss and run to the door.
"Yeah then I will go take a cold shower." I hear him mumble to himself as he picks up Billy.
"Hey Lilly, Weevs, children" I say as I let them in "So what did we name the children?" I ask them. I soon receive a weird look from my sister
"I am supposed to name it?" Lilly asked
"Yeah didn't you read the instructions?" Weevil asks her
"No. I guess we will go with Amandalyna" Lilly says as she gives me a quick smile.
"Seriously Lil?" I ask her. Yeah it had been a while but I would never forget that was her favorite when we were little. If she would have gotten away with it she always told her parents she wanted a little sister named Amandalyna.
"Yes seriously." She replied as she handed me her baby project. "Now mister did you read the instructions what did you name your homework?" she asked Weevil
"Easy Daniel." Weevil answered without hesitation.
"Hello people whom I am not speaking to." Logan said as he came in holding Billy with the bottle in his mouth.
"Okay sweetie these two are in our care now." I say as we all walk further into the pool house. "This is Amandalyna and this is Daniel."
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-Cassidy's Point of View-
While it would be in my brother's fashion to sleep with any girl he got alone in his room it wasn't like me, and thankfully Mac knew that I wouldn't do that to her. But I was enjoying this part. But why do I keep finding myself sitting in a chair across the room watching her sleep. It's not like everyone doesn't know it was her choice to sleep in here rather than Cassie's room. I know she said that it was because of the project I knew it wasn't. She always said she couldn't stand Cassie's room. She always said it was 'to pink' so when she stayed her we would play video games. That's when we were Mac and Cassidy, Just Friends. But now we were Mac and Cassidy the Couple. What's wrong with me. Why can't I just lay there with her. I am pulled out of my thoughts when I hear the baby crying in the room next door. I watch as Mac slowly wakes up and stretches. She gives me a questioning look after she sees it's one in the morning and I am sitting at my computer.
"Working on some homework." I tell her as she gets up and walks up to me. She quickly gives me a kiss
"Hopefully your brother has at least boxers on or well covered. I don't think I want that particular imagine in my head" she says as she walks out the door and into Dick's room.
"Wake up Jerk wad!" I hear her say to my brother.
I slowly made my way to Dick's bedroom door and leaned up against the door. "So how is parenthood?" I ask the two of them.
Dick just gives me a sour look and Mac smiles back at me. I realize how cute she is holding that baby with her hair in a messy bun on the top of her head in her PJ that keep ridding up her side every time she moved.
"You know I have an idea. You are the two sleeping in the same bed. Why don't you two take this as a lesson and birth control and I will get back to sleep." Dick says as the baby stops crying.
"Next time try to wake up before I get over here." Mac tells him as she walks over to me and wraps her arms around my waist. "Let's get back to bed I am tired."
"Okay." I say as we start to walk out of the room. "Oh Dick don't forget we are meeting Logan at the Beach at 7 in the morning to go surfing."
"Yeah whatever." He says as he rolls back over and throws his pillow at me.
-Veronica's Point of View-
"Hey Ronnie. I am getting ready to leave." I hear as Logan leans down and kiss my forehead.
"Okay did Lilly and Weevs ever make it back last night?" I ask him as I rolled over to see all three of the Car seats still lined up on the floor. "I guess not. What time is it?" I asked him.
"A little before 7. Go back to sleep and meet me at the beach in a little while." He says as he gives me on last quick kiss and head out the door.
Okay Veronica you made it through the first night of this project with all three babies. It will all be over soon. And as soon as it is, you can kill your sister. Just as I am about to fall back a sleep one of the babies starts to cry. "Oh it's actually mine this time" I say kind of upset with my sister.
"Hey Ronnie!" I hear my sister say as she walks in. "How were the children? She asks as she throws herself onto Logan's bed.
"Well I will tell you one thing. They are a hell of a form of Birth control." I tell her as I put Billy back into the Car seat.
"Oh so Logan lost out on a night of sex. Big whoop." She says obviously she didn't have the same problem
"That's okay you get them tonight. But for now go get your suit we are going to the beach." I tell her.
"Where is Logan?" Lilly asks realizing that he wasn't there.
"He went surfing with Dick, Cassidy, and Duncan this morning." I tell her. "We are meeting Meg and Faith in the Lobby at the Neptune Grand to go to breakfast then to the beach.
"And how are we all fitting in one car?" She asks me "Because Weevs had to work today so we are stuck with…. With, what did he name is project?" She asks me.
"Daniel?" I tell her as I try to recalculate. "Well I guess you can take your car with Amandalyna and Daniel, and I will take my car with Meg, Faith and Billy."
"A whatever. Let's go" She yells back as she picks up two of the car seats and walks out toward the car.
-Dicks Point of View-
"So how is parenthood treating you?" I hear Logan ask me after about an hour of surfing.
"Like he would know." Cassidy yelled over to answer the question. "Mac had to wake him up every time the baby would cry. Even though it was right next to his bed."
"Yeah whatever. Beav is just mad because it cut into his love life." I start. "See Mac decided for the better of our project baby that she would sleep in Beav's room last night." Next thing I knew my brother was about to attack me.
"Shut up Dick!" he said through gritted teeth. "Just because you sleep with any girl that will stay in your bed long enough doesn't mean I do." Cassidy tells me "I am nothing like you Big Brother."
"Okay now boys don't start fighting." Logan interjects before I have a chance to pounce my brother "You guys had that big old mansion and only one baby, while on the other hand Lilly and Weevil didn't make it home all night and myself and Ronnie ended up 'babysitting' all night." He tells us.
"I don't even want to her it at all. Your daddy days end at the beginning of 4th period on Tuesday. I have a real baby to take care of remember." Duncan points out.
"Hey. Speaking of the ladies there they are." Cassidy says as he paddles over to the shore to go meet Cassie and Mac.
Logan, Duncan and I follow behind him. Since when has Mac attack been so cute? Oh no dude don't even think it, she is your brothers girl. She is off limits. I am pulled out of my trance when I hear the baby starting to cry. I quickly put my board down and tell Mac that I will take care of it this time.
"Oh how sweet." She says. "Where was all this help in the middle of the night when I had to come into your room every hour and a half?"
"Every hour and a half?" Duncan asked "Okay I have a real baby and she isn't even that bad."
"Yeah Ms. Houser said that each baby would be programed differently." Mac says. "Sadly I think mine and Dick's child is taking after her father." She says giving me a small smile. "Oh don't do that Mac" I keep thinking.
"Well you know that mom always regretted getting pregnant with Cassidy and I after what Dick put her through when he was a baby." Cassie tells them
"Hey I wasn't that bad." I try to defend myself.
_AN: Okay so I have decided to split Chapter 7 into parts so while the babies were only going to be in one chapter originally they will still be around in Chapter 8. The names for the babies were actually the names for my "babies" when I did this assignment in 8th and 11th grades.