Chapter 18: Appointments and Daddy Daughter Time.

Veronica was fidgeting, she had gone from filling out the papers at the clinic to clicking the pen and when Weevil had taken that from her because it was going to drive him nuts she had switched to looking through her phone; answering Mac's and Wallace's texts. She'd had almost two weeks to come to terms that it was more than likely that she was pregnant; two weeks for both her and Weevil to accept it, and while it wasn't planned they had both seemed to become okay with it. However it was two weeks of hiding the truth from her dad and it was making Weevil anxious. "Veronica relax." Weevil said as he reached out taking her hand in his.

"Sorry…it's just in ten minutes we're going to know if our entire future is about to change…"And that was a scary concept to her; she put her hand on her stomach, if she was pregnant a few thing in her life would have to be rearranged. "I know, I'm nervous too but were in this together V." The sincerity in his voice helped calm her, he always seemed to know what say. "I know, but this is huge. A baby Eli…A living breathing child." Weevil nodded his head, and Veronica knew that he was just as unsure. "I know babe, but we got this." Veronica started to nod her head when a nurse came out into the waiting room, everyone there looked up as they waited to find out who was going to get called in next.

"Veronica Mars?" Sucking in a deep breath she sat there for a moment until Weevil helped her up, hand securely in hers. In the moment Veronica was entirely grateful that he was here with her because there were several scared looking teenagers sitting there alone, along with a woman who was so round she looked like she was going to explode with child at any moment. Together they walked towards the room. "Oh sir you might want to wait here till they are ready to do the sonogram." Veronica tightened her grip on his hand about to protest. "It's okay V, I'll be right outside the door okay? Holler and I'll break the fucking thing down if they try to stop me." Letting out a breath she nodded. "You'll be right here?"

Weevil nodded and leaned down pressing a kiss to her lips. "Right here." It was her turn to nod her head before she disappeared into the room, all of this was new to her all the feelings she was feeling where so close to the surface that she wasn't able to push them down and pretend everything was just fine; and that wasn't how Veronica was used to being. She was tough, not this scared girl trembling at the idea of being alone in the small room. "Buck up Veronica." She said as she quickly changed from her clothes to the provided gown. Her check up was over quickly, and it had gone the same way every other one had gone.

"There's definitely something there. Go ahead and get dressed, and we'll get the sonogram ready so we can take a look. You said you think you're about six weeks along according to your last cycle?" Veronica nodded her head. "Five or six…" The doctor nodded as she made a couple of notes. "I'll be right back okay?" "Sure, is it okay if my fiancé comes in?" She didn't know what prompted her to give their relationship a stronger title, maybe it was because doctor had made a big fuss about how many young girls came in with a boyfriend who never stuck around.

"Of course dear, is that the uh…gentleman waiting outside the door?" Veronica smiled and nodded. "Burly looking man covered in tattoos?" She said, though it sounded more like a question then Veronica had intended. "That would be who I saw…I'm embarrassed to say that I almost called security…" Veronica snorted, figures her new doctor would be jumpy. "You wouldn't be the first, a lot of people judge Eli based on his appearance." Even though he had a past, a pretty colorful one at that; it still bothered her that people acted that way. "It was more that he looked ready to destroy the world and anyone who came in here. My son in law has a lot of tattoos and he's a good man."

At her omission Veronica felt embarrassed she had just judged her like everyone judged Weevil. "I'll tell him to come in okay?" Nodding she waited for the door to click clothes before getting dressed, Veronica was just pulling her sweater over head when the door opened slightly and Weevil poked his head in, his dark eyes swept over her, taking in everything. "Damn missed the show." He teased making Veronica laugh. "You get a show every night." Veronica said as she rolled her eyes. "I know, it's the best part of my day, well right after getting to run my hands all over….""Weevil, this not the place for that…" Veronica said with a laugh as she pulled him further into the room.

"I keep telling you, Weevil love you long time." A groan left her as she literally face palmed. "I thought we had forgotten all about that." "'Fraid not babe." Weevil said as he walked further into the room. "So what did she say?" He asked watching her as Veronica took a seat on the bed. "That there is definitely something there…" Weevil raised a brow silently asking what the hell that meant, but the door opened and her doctor walked in before he was able to voice the question itself.

"Alright, shall we get this started?" asked as she looked them over. "I just need you to lay back and lift your shirt alright Veronica? I'm going to put this gel onto your stomach, it's going to be cold." "Alright." Veronica did as she was told before reaching out for Weevil's hand which he took instantly, fingers intertwined they waited in silence as the machine beeped to life and the monitor showed nothing but darkness. Cold gel was put on her stomach before the doctor took the wand and pressed it against her, making her jump slightly. "V?"

Concern laced Weevil's voice and she squeezed his hand. "It was cold." He nodded his head but gave her hand a light squeeze. Busy looking at him she was startled when the doctor spoke. "And there it is." Veronica looked at the screen, at first not seeing anything until it was pointed out. "It doesn't look like anything." Weevil said and Veronica held back a laugh. "That's because right now the embryo is still small, but if I had to guess you're closer to eight weeks than you are six." She said with a smile, Veronica shook her head. "But I've only missed one period." "It's not totally uncommon to have some light bleeding in the beginning." "Let's see if we can hear the heart beat." Veronica tensed slightly, but relaxed again a moment later, soon their room was filled with a fast flutter. Wide eyed she looked from the doctor to Weevil who had a look on his face that was a mix between shock and utter astonishment. "Makes it real doesn't it." The doctor said and Veronica nodded her head as she looked back at Weevil who squeezed her hand again. Looking back at the screen she sighed when the doctor spoke again. "Let me print you out the pictures and we can go over any questions you might have okay?" "Okay, thank you." She nodded her head and left the room giving them a few moment to talk.

The door closed and Veronica laid there silently. "What are you thinking?" Weevil asked as he moved to lean against the wall as she righted herself. "I don't really know…you?" Veronica asked, her blue eyes seeking his; what she found there was love, bewilderment and a bit or fear. "That I'm going to be a father…and I have no idea how to be one." "I don't know how to be a mom, guess we'll be figuring it out together." He nodded his head walking back to the bed. "Yeah we will." Leaning down he pressed a kiss to her lips. The rest of the appointment went by in a blur of questions and pamphlets and before either of them knew it they were leaving.

Weevil dropped her off at home before heading to the office, promising that he wouldn't say a thing to Keith or anyone else yet and that he was a phone call away if she needed anything at all. Veronica spent the rest of the day napping feeling exhausted from all the excitement.

Later…

Veronica pulled into her old parking spot and sat there for a good five minutes before she gained the courage she needed to go face her dad. She'd gone over everything she wanted to say to him a million times but as she sat there none of it sounded right, she knew she was going to disappoint him with the news…the one thing he'd told them to be careful about and she'd gone and gotten pregnant. Sighing she pulled her blonde hair up into a pony tail before getting out of the car, slinging her bag over her shoulder she clicked the automatic lock and headed to her old apartment.

Veronica knocked once before using her key to unlock the door. "Dad? I hope you're ready for a night of surprise and excitement." She said as she closed the door behind her, the smell of tomato sauce filled the air and she fought the urge to gag…lovely the first thing her body decides to react to just happened to be something she used to love. Keith came out of the bedroom holding up two movies. "Only if you're ready for a night of cowboys and outlaws." She playfully groaned. "Again, we just watched a bunch of westerns." The playful banter was a nice distraction from her rolling stomach. "Those where different, I promise." He said as he seat the movies on the coffee table and went to kitchen.

"Hope you're hungry, I made your favorite." Veronica smiled at him. "Do you know me? I was born hungry." She stated as she watched him dish out the food she only hoped she could actually eat it; taking the dish from him Veronica went and sat in her usual seat, stirring her food around pretending to be more interested in it than she actually was. "Smells great pops." Keith grinned at her sitting across from her. Talking about her week at school was a welcome distraction as she forced herself to eat, focusing more on her bread than the pasta in front of her.

"Dad…I need to talk to you about something important." His happy demeanor changed to concern. "Everything okay honey?" Keith asked and Veronica nodded before shrugging. "Just promise to re-frame from freaking out until after I tell you everything okay?" Concern turned to worry. "I swear to god I will kill him if he's hurt you in anyway Veronica." Startled by the outburst Veronica sighed and shook her head. "Stop it. Eli hasn't done anything to hurt me." He relaxed looking sheepish. "Sorry, I know he wouldn't." Taking a deep breath Veronica sighed.

"So I had a doctor appointment today." Keith frowned. "Is everything okay?" She didn't know really, sure she was okay physically and the baby inside her was okay…she just didn't know how he was going to react. "I'm pregnant…." Veronica said it in a rush of air but it was enough, because she watched as her dad looked at her in complete shock before standing up and grabbing his coat. "Dad what are you doing?" Veronica asked almost afraid of the answer. "I'm going to kill him, I am going to kill Eli." Moving faster than she thought possible considering the sudden bout of nausea she was feeling.

"No, no you're not. You are going to sit down and be calm." "Calm? You want me to be calm!? Veronica you just told me you were pregnant." She nodded her head. "I know." Moving to her bag she grabbed the sonogram handing it to him. "Say hello to my little friend." Veronica said trying to lighten the mood as her dad took it from her hands some of the fire died. "I'm still going to kill him." He said still looking at the black and white image. "How far along?" "She said around 7.5 weeks…" Keith nodded his head. "You can't kill him dad." Keith narrowed his eyes at her. "Give me one good reason." "I'd rather not be a single parent."

Sighing he sat back down, Veronica couldn't read him and it worried her. But she knew her dad; as upset as he was right now about this he'd warm up to it sooner or later. "Tell Eli he has the day off tomorrow, I need some time to think about all this Veronica. I let you live with him because I thought you two could be responsible…this is a might good way to show me that's not the case." Veronica clenched her jaw. "Fine. Just know, we're keeping her or him. Hope that shows some responsibility for you." She didn't mean to snap, Veronica had known he wasn't going to be happy but that didn't make it hurt less. "I'm going to head home." She said as she picked up the pictures, putting them away before leaving. The entire drive home she did her best to keep herself together as she thought about the damage this might have caused between her and her dad…