CHAPTER 18: Believe Me
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*
-Logan's Point of View-
"So how many burgers do I need to throw on the grill?" I ask as we reach the house. I knew that not everyone was going to make it to the party
"Well you have 10 people that are going to be eating. But make sure you grab the soy burger out of the fridge for Mackie. I made sure I bought some when I went to the story." Dick tells me, it's almost cute how much he was trying to do for Mac.
"I also picked up some Faith friendly foods for she wouldn't be left out." Mac says as she seems to be getting more comfortable with dating Dick with Cassidy around.
"Who's Faith?" Lexi asked.
"Faith is our beautiful baby." Veronica says. I can already see Lexi's face stating to go sour as she looks toward me.
"No, she's not my baby. She's Veronica's brother's baby. But we have all taken her in as our own. She is mine and Ronnie's god daughter." I explain to her.
"Okay I was thinking maybe that I had missed something." Lexi says laughing.
"Speaking of I think I hear someone at the door." I hear Mac say as she heads toward the door. She comes back about 5 minutes later holding Faith. "So Lexi this is Faith Kane."
"Hi aren't you the cutest little thing." I hear her start to gush over Faith. Yeah everyone thinks that about her. "How old is she."
"Oh she is 8 months old" I hear Meg say from behind me.
"Hey Meg, Donut this is my cousin Lexi." I tell them when I see the look of confusion on Meg's face. "Lexi these are Faith's parents Meg and Duncan. Donut here is also Ronnie's brother."
"Oh wow how many sets of twins are in this group?" she asked.
"Oh we aren't twins." Veronica explained. "We are half siblings."
"Oopps. Sorry." She said "I think I am going to go see if Cassidy and Dick need any help getting the stuff in the kitchen." And with that she walked off.
"So how is Cassidy doing?" Duncan asks me.
"Well he has only been home for a day or less actually but the first thing he wanted to do this morning was hit some waves." I tell him.
"Well then that's good…" he begins. "That means that he is getting back to normal."
"Okay so we have all of the fixings for the best and rocking burgers on the planet" Dick says as he walks out onto the patio.
"Of course they are going to rock because we are the greatest cooks." Logan says as he fires up the grill.
"Did you get my soy burger sweetie?" I hear Mac ask. I am really happy to hear that she is getting more comfortable. I knew she was worried about Cassidy though. How can she not be, I mean he did attempt suicide while they were dating. The best thing is probably to not Date his brother after that.
"So Logan, how do you like your new digs?" I hear Duncan come up behind me and ask. "Because I am telling you now that it's a strange adjustment with it being just me and Meg in that big old house with Faith. I mean even Lilly didn't stay there last night."
"Yeah where is Lil?" I hear Ronnie ask her brother "I have tried calling her several times and she hasn't answered her phone at all. What gives."
"Well last I knew she was at Wev's" I hear Meg tell us. "I guess that they have decided to try the exclusive thing again."
"Oh great." I say as Veronica shoots me a look. "Anyway who's hungry?" I say as I step into the house and yell up that the food is ready. As we make our way out to the deck again I hear Veronica's phone ringing.
"Hello?" I hear her say "Lil where are you? … You're kidding?" I can tell by this point that she is upset. "Well what about Mac and I? Okay whatever calls me later."
"What's up V?" Mac asked her realizing that I had to be something major.
"Well Mac how do you feel about sharing our house with my sister and new brother-in-law?" I hear her ask as I notice that Duncan is starting to look a little faint.
"What did you just say?" I hear Duncan yell at Ronnie
"Oh that was just your sister" I notice how she puts emphasis on the word your to Duncan "She and Eli got married last night." I know right away that this BBQ is going to be interesting and that wasn't even taking into the consideration that one of the Kane kids were going to end up blowing a gasket before the end of the night.
"So where are we supposed to live?" I hear Mac asked. "I kind of have fallen in love with living in a beach house. And that was the last one on the block." I knew she could object too much because it had been most of Lilly's money that had purchased the house. And it was also her name alone on the title. "So what's the plan now Bond?"
"I don't know Q" Veronica told her quietly "I really don't know."
-Dick's Point of View-
"So Mackie I have been thinking… now that we have found out about Lilly's run away plans and you and Ronnie becoming pretty much homeless why don't you guys move in here?" I tell her trying to read her expression. It had been about an hour since we had gotten the news and right now we were sitting on the beach watching the sun set. "I mean we could change the game room into your room if you wanted. And I don't think that Logan would object to Ronnie sharing his room." What she said next surprised me though
"And you don't want to share your room with me?" she said as she looked up at me. This was a shock to me because she hadn't even decided if she was going to stay in my room or Cassie's as far as I knew.
"No I wouldn't mind. But I wasn't sure if you were ready for such a commitment." I tell her as I pull her closer to me.
"Okay then it's settled. You will being sharing your room, your closet, your bathroom, and most importantly your bed with me, are you good with that?" she asks me as she looks up to me. "But I must say there are going to be a couple of ground rules sorry to burst your bubble sweetie."
"Oh and what are these rules going to be?" I ask her already thinking that I know what they are
"First off in the bathroom I am your girlfriend not your maid so you will not leave the sink or shower dirty, you will put the toilet seat down and I will not be picking up your dirty laundry." She starts.
"Okay I can handle that. What's next?" I ask her as I am really starting to adjust to the idea of having her around.
"Second. The actual bedroom, the rule about me picking up your cloths remains the same, along with we are going to be sleeping in the bed together. That's it for now. I am still not emotionally ready for sex… Sorry." She tells me. I know that there are more rules but she has to know that I am not going to pressure her into anything she isn't ready for yet.
"Mac I am not going to make you do something you aren't ready for. I think I can keep my hormones in check." I tell her as a give her a soft kiss.
"Okay last little bit of rules. I know you find it liberating to sleep in the nude, but for now I think it would be best if you at least sleep with boxers on. At least for a while." She tells me.
"Okay I can handle that, but I say you don't get to sleep in anything to sexy. I am trying to be gentlemen but I am a red blooded male, if you wear to sexy of stuff I am going to be spending my time in a cold shower." I tell her with a teasing tone.
"Okay deal. There is one other thing though." She tells me. "We are going to tell Cassidy together. I know he said that he was cool with us sharing a bed while I was staying here but now that I will be living here we need to give him a heads up." She tells me.
"Agreed." Is all I manage to say before my lips have captured hers again? I think I am going to be able to get used to living with her.
-Cassidy's Point of View-
"You know I wasn't sure if I was ready for a new friend. But you are really cool." I tell Lexi as we clean up the table outside as everyone else scattered around the beach and the house. Duncan and Meg had actually left after the food was served. I think he was still trying to adjust to the idea of his sister being married.
"You aren't bad yourself Cassidy." She tells me as she grazes my hand with her fingers as she picks up one of the plates left behind.
"So are you looking forward to your fresh start in good 'ol Neptune?" I ask her as we start to move toward the kitchen...
"I really am. I am happy to be around Logan again. He has always been so cool and I love V. I mean I know I just meet her but she is so cool" she tells me.
"Yeah I know what you mean." I tell her. I am not sure how much she actually knows. Or how much I want to reveal to her "How much did everyone tell you about me?"
"I know what happened with Veronica I also know what happened when you were a kid" she looked at me testily. "I think that you have to be one of the strongest people I have ever met Cassidy."
"I wasn't strong when I was about to commit suicide." I tell her. For some reason she is easy to talk to than anyone else around.
"No, but everyone has a moment or two of weakness." She tells me. "I think that your world is about to be changed again." She tells me as I see Mac and Dick walking toward us with shity grins on their faces.
"Hey Cassidy can we run something past you?" I hear Mac ask me as she and Dick sit down at the table.
"I think I am going to go." I hear Lexi say but before she can get too far I had a feeling I didn't want to face this alone.
"No stay, what's up guys?" I ask them as I sit down on the other side of the table. My hands are under the table but I still haven't let go of Lexi's hand. There is something about her that is calming to me.
"Well with me being homeless now that my parents have decided to move away, and the dorms being full and after Lilly pulled that little stunt I want to make sure it's okay with you if I move in here?" she asks me. I know why she did but it's not like I could stop her. My name wasn't even on the title. The house belonged to Logan and Dick, but I knew she wanted me to approve before she moved in for good.
"It would be fine Mackie." I tell her as I stand up and walk away. I am now going to be really tested I think as I head toward my room.
*2 Weeks Later*
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-Logan's Point of View-
Everyone was settling into the house just fine. We had decided to rearrange the rooms a little which ended up being the best plan. We moved Cassie upstairs into Cassidy's room. Moved the Cassidy to the 'Game Room' and moved the game room down stairs but it quickly turned into Mac and Ronnie's office. The keep telling us that it was needed. I knew that Cassidy wasn't exactly comfortable with the situation with Mac and Dick living in the same room but he seems to be adjusting fairly well. He was out surfing nearly every morning by time anyone woke up. Well anyone other than Lexi. It seemed the more time they spent together the more they were alike. I think that they are good for one another. But I couldn't think about them right now. Because tonight was going to hopefully be one of the best nights of my life. I had spent the majority of the last week planning this perfect night. It was mine and Ronnie's three year anniversary and hopefully tonight, if everything goes as planned; it will be one of our many anniversaries.
"So what do you have planned for tonight?" I hear Veronica come into the room behind me. "What do I need to wear?" Of course she knew that is was our anniversary so I had to have something planed but I didn't give her many details. I had let Lexi and Mac in on the secret because I needed them to help sit it up.
"Well Mac and Lexi suggested you wear the outfit on the bed." I say as I point over to the yellow sundress.
"Okay then I guess I will get ready then we can leave." I hear her say. What she didn't know is we were only going down to the beach. So we really didn't have all that far to go.
-Veronica's Point of View-
I know that he has something up his sleeve. I mean how could I not know. We are walking to a private picnic on the beach but what happened next I don't think I could have ever expected it.
"So what do you think?" He asked me as we sit down on the blanket that was laid out on the beach. The sun had just begun to sit and it was a perfect SoCal night.
"I think that this is perfect. But I am hungry. What do you have in there?" I asked him as I start to peek into the basket.
"OH not so fast Mars." Despite the fact that I had changed my name months ago he still called me Mars. "Why don't I pour you some champagne?" he asked me as he reached into the basket and pulls out two champagne flutes. When he hands me mine I realize that there is a bow tied around the glass with a small piece of paper attached to it. I slowly take the piece of paper off and read it. Not really paying much attention to what Logan was doing Will you Marry Me? That's all it says as I glance up to see Logan now kneeling in front of me on one knee holding out a little blue box
"Well?" he asked me and for the first time I see how nervous he really is. Okay V think do you really want to mess with him or do you want to tell him everything up front.
"Well first off I can't accept this." I tell him as I pull myself up onto my knees and put the flute down. I can see from his face that he is starting to worry.
"Okay." He says slowly watching my every move.
"There is something that I need you to know before I give you your answer because I want to be completely honest with you before I tell you." I tell him as I reach behind me and get my small bag that contained the pregnancy test I had taken earlier. "My answer is yes, but only if you can handle this." I tell him as I pull out the pregnancy test to show him. I can tell he is shocked because he drops the ring box onto the blanket and literally pounces me pinning me between him and the ground.
"You're pregnant?" He asked me when he pulled his lips from mine
"Yeah, you happy?" I ask him as he reaches back and gets the ring box. "Do you want your ring?"
"Yeah." I say as he slips the gorgeous ring onto my finger.
"I know that you said that you weren't ready for a baby but Ronnie I want you to know that this baby is going to be my number one priority and I will never be like my father." Just as he leans down and kisses me again. That's when I realize that we have an audience as we look up and see all of our friends standing on the back deck cheering.
"I think that our audience is happy for us. Should we give them a show?" I ask him
"Whatever you want Ronnie. It's all up to you." He said as he starts to kiss me again.
AN: Sorry it has taken me so long to get an update done. I was having computer problems and started a new job so it's been a crazy week. Hopefully I will have the last two chapters posted before I go back to work Tuesday. The next two chapters will be slightly different.