Chapter 20, I can't believe I already wrote 20 chapters!
"Logan? Wake up…" I whispered, in choc. One thing is sure, I wasn't expecting to see Duncan… Ever again actually. I thought he was on a beach in Mexico, enjoying his time with Lilly.
"What? Why?" He said between his teeth. If only he knew who was in the room just next to us.
"You have a visitor." Well, he did ask for Logan. It's pretty obvious he wasn't expecting me to open the door of his best friend or should I say ex-best friend's apartment.
"Who the hell would come here at this hour?"
"Go see by yourself…" If I told him, he wouldn't believe me. I wouldn't believe myself. Actually, in my state, it could as well be a trick of my hormones. Logan stood up and walked to the living room only wearing his boxer short. I was thinking about staying in the bedroom, not to sleep or anything, but to hide… What do you expect? I wasn't thinking of ever seeing him again… I'm perfectly happy now. My boyfriend is the best, I've got great friends, my dad is happy. Everyone is perfectly happy! Who wouldn't be? And yet, Duncan comes back and I can already feel like everything is about to change. I had thought about all that in like one or two seconds, before following Logan. When I joined him, he was standing right in the middle of the hall way, looking at Duncan. He wasn't believing his own eyes either.
"Duncan!?" I think I said the exact same thing.
"I shouldn't have come here…" Duncan said. Well, it's a bit late for that!
"What? Why? What are you doing here?" Logan continued. Lilly was yawning, poor girl, she seemed exhausted.
"Hey princess. Are you tired?" I asked her, since both the guys seemed to go for a silent talk. They were just looking at each other…
"Yes… Daddy, I want to sleep!" Little Lilly told her father. Last time I saw her, she was so little that I could have hide her in my robe.
"Why don't you come with me? I'll show you the best bed ever!" I told her walking towards Duncan. She looked at her dad. That little girl didn't know me, and it was obvious she was waiting for her father to give her permission to follow me. A complete stranger, who helped her to be with her father…
"You can go with her… Daddy will come give you a kiss later." Duncan said kissing his daughter on the forehead before putting her back on the ground. I took Lilly's hand in mine and slowly walked towards the guestroom. Since we had changed the biggest one into the nursery, we only had the little one left. Still nothing to hear from the living room… I guess Duncan still didn't felt like answering to Logan's questions… But Lilly is going to go to sleep, so I guess he's planning on staying for the night too.
"Here, you see that bed! That's the best bed ever, it's made for little princesses!" I told little Lilly while she was rubbing her eyes. 2 am, no wonder she's exhausted!
"I'm not a princess…" She replied.
"Really? Let's see." I took her in my arms so I could put her on bed… Not sure she would have been able to go on it be herself. "I'm going to take of you shoes now." She looked around the room while I took her shoes off and putted them next to the bed. I was wondering if maybe she had a pajama somewhere… But I wasn't going to ask Duncan if she did.
"Where is daddy?" Lilly asked me.
"He's in the living room with Logan, you know, the big guy without a shirt…" I should have told him to wear one before leaving the bedroom. "He'll come later…" I told her as she lied down in bed. The sheets over her, she looked so tinny in that big bed. "See, you're a little princess in a princess's bed."
"Really?" She asked me already closing her eyes.
"You're the prettiest princess ever! I'm going to let the door open, call me if you need anything little princess!" Does she know my name? "Just say Veronica, and I'll be right here." I say slowly leaving the bedroom where Lilly was probably already asleep.
I hadn't missed anything… Seems like both the guys lost their ability to speak.
"Did I miss anything?" I ask crossing my arms around me… Still no word… "Coffee anyone?" I would die for a coffee… But coffee is bad!
"We don't have coffee Veronica…" Sure we don't, because Logan refuses to drink it since I cannot drink it.
"Since when does Veronica live without her coffee?" Oh, now they both talk…
"Since she got pregnant." Logan said. I'm pretty sure he was dying to say it ever since he saw Duncan. Marking his territory.
"Pregnant? You're kidding me right?" Yeah, the robe was pretty much hiding everything. The big boobs, the whale belly, everything.
"Do you think I'm a liar?" That's not going well…
"So, coffee anyone? You know what? Why don't we all go back to sleep? I'm sure everyone is tired. We can talk tomorrow…" I think it's the best thing to do. Logan was struggling between anger and happiness. Of course he was happy, his best friend was back in town. Why? I have no idea… But he was. And he was angry, for a reason only he can know.
"Excellent idea. We'll talk tomorrow." Logan said putting both his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm going to show you the guest room. Lilly is probably already sleeping." I said while Duncan was looking at me, probably trying to see if Logan was telling the truth, about me being pregnant… Logan gently squeezed my shoulder and walked towards the bedrooms…
"The presidential suit is this way…" He said with a fake smile.
I think I never sleep as bad as this night. The only good thing about it? Logan didn't either, we talked all night wondering why Duncan came back. Why take the risk? Around six o'clock, Logan finally found his way to dream land, but I didn't. So I did a little research. Apparently, Megan's parents got arrested… Someone in their family had died and they had to take care of their girl. But this one had told everything about how they were treating her and so they ended up far away. The police isn't searching for him anymore. The charges fell, he's a free man again. I'm pretty sure it's because of his parents. I think I fell asleep around that time too, because next time I opened my eyes, it was nine o'clock.
Lilly was eating breakfast while watching TV. Duncan, Logan and I were in the kitchen. I had took a shower and changed before going to the kitchen. When Duncan saw me, his first look was for my huge belly. Logan had served us all a bowl full of cereals… I felt like I couldn't eat anything, but I'm sure Logan wouldn't let me start the day on an empty stomach.
"So, are you finally going to give us the honor to tell us why you're back?" Logan said. Duncan hadn't said a word to us yet.
"You two are back together?" Yes mister obvious. Why did he think that? The fact that we are both living in the same apartment? Sleeping in the same room? Or maybe it's the fact that I'm carrying his baby inside of me? Who knows?!
"Are you going to ignore my questions any longer?" Logan continued.
"Duncan, what are you doing here?" I ask him. He doesn't answer Logan's questions, so maybe he'll answer mine.
"Haven't you heard it? I'm a free man…" I know, I found out about it during the night.
"Really? And you couldn't just call? Email? Or send a letter? You know, that's when you write words on a paper, forming a sentence, put it in an envelope with a stamp on it." Logan continued. I putted my hand on Logan's leg, hoping it would calm him down.
"Why? Because with a call you would have stayed away of my girlfriend?" My girlfriend? He's kidding right!
"You're girlfriend?" Logan wasn't going to let that pass… He's kind of jealous you know.
"Duncan, I never said I would wait for you to come back… I know you had to leave, but you leaving did mean us breaking up…" I wasn't about to wait for him to come back… Besides, it's already two and a half year… I'm not a saint.
"So you just jumped on him as soon as I was away?" And why does he think that?
"Wow wow, back off…" Logan, always trying to protect me.
"No, I didn't jump on him… And if I did, it wouldn't be you're problem right?" I can defend myself.
"Sorry. It just surprised me… So when did you two get married?" Married? Why should we be married?
"When did you left? I would say, like two hours after that…" Not the best time to joke.
"We aren't married." Nope, being pregnant doesn't mean you have to be married.
"You're having his baby, but you aren't married?"
"Let me check…" I said lifting my hand just above the table to see there wasn't a ring on my finger. "Nope, not married…"
"So, now that that's settled, why are you back Duncan?" Logan continued… I think seeing me bite back made him feel better.
"I'm free to go wherever I want. And I wanted to raise Lilly up at home… Neptune is my home." Lilly is finally going to have the chance to know her grand-parents… I wonder how Celeste is going to react.
"So you're planning on staying here?" I continued.
"Yes, I found an apartment with two bedrooms… Lilly want to paint it in pink…"
"If you need help to move in…" I offer. What? Duncan use to be my friend! And not just any friend, my boyfriend, my first love… I know Logan is supposed to be my last one, but it doesn't mean I stop carrying about them. I don't love him like I use to, but he's always going to have a special place into my heart.
"Looking like you do, I'm pretty sure you aren't going to be really helpful." Why? I can lift boxes!
"I can help you… if you want to." Logan said. "Veronica could take care of Lilly…" Excellent idea.
"Yes! I can take care of her."
"You sure?" It's a 2 your old girl, what could happen?
"Yes, we are going to drink alcohol and watch porn!" I joked. Logan started to laugh, but Duncan didn't… Did he lose his sense of humor? "We are going to watch Cinderella and bake cookies…"
"Damned, you got me at porn!" Logan continued.
"So, enough about me… When is the baby due?" Is he really interested about that?
"Two months." Logan answered. Every time he talks about the baby, he has sparks in his eyes.
"Boy or girl?"
"Triplet!" What? No way! I'll have to expulse one that's more than enough!
"Over my dead body Echols!" I replied gently punching him on the shoulder.
"A girl." He said laughing.
"Have a name yet?" Yes, we do. But I'm not sure about it anymore.
"We thought about calling her Megan Lilly Echols." Logan said before I could.
"We can find another one…" I say, not sure how he would react.
"Why? It's perfect… Although Lilly is going to wonder why you're giving her name to another baby…" I'm sure she's going to ask us why. But did she even notice that I was pregnant? Does she even know how a pregnant girl looks like?
First of all, I want to thank two of my best readers… Lady Greenwood and LoVefan… . After every chapter I post, I can read your reviews, and it's awesome!
And for those who wonder why I brought Duncan back, well, I wanted to spice it up a bit…