Moving On

A Logan Hayes One Shot

Logan wasn't a quitter, but he likes to stay alive and he knows if he stays in Port Charles any longer, he's dead.

The day that he hit Johnny Zacchara in the face was pretty much the last thing that he would ever do in Port Charles.

"I was always messing up, aren't I?" Logan asked, as he looked at the gravestone that read Cooper Barrett.

Logan didn't know why he was here; it wasn't like Cooper could hear him. But there was no way that he could leave town without saying goodbye to his best friend.

"You actually have a heart?"

He turned around and looked at Maxie Jones standing in front of him. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"The same reason that you are here."

"You're leaving town too?" Logan responded.

"Just my luck, you leave just as I'm leaving town."

She looked at him with this shocked look on her face. "You're leaving."

"Well Maxie, the look on your face, I actually think you care about me."

She stared at him. "I don't care about jerks, "

Logan smiled at her. "You are exactly like me and that is what is so hard for you, you don't know how to handle that."

Maxie sighed. "I'm nothing like you."

Logan laughed at Maxie. "You really like to believe that, but you know that is not true. You tell everybody what you think of them. Doesn't that sound like someone you know?"

"I'm not like you." Maxie yelled as she walked away from Logan.

Logan walked up to her and leaned over and kissed her. " Don't tell me that you want to kiss me again."

Maxie just shakes her head and walked away from him.

Logan looked at the gravestone. "How can I hate someone so much, but can't stay away from them."

"It's called love," said a voice.

He turned around and saw Scott standing in front of him.

"Is this like the new hangout now?" Logan said.

Scott smiled slightly at his son. " I'm guessing whoever you are talking about was here too."

Logan was starting to walk away when Scott stopped him.

"Logan, I know that I haven't been the best father, but I want to try now."

"Now that I'm a man, you want to try. I wanted a father when I was little, I don't need a father now." Logan yelled.

"Then let me be a friend," Scott said.

"I don't need friends or a father. I'm leaving town, you can forget about me, just like you did all those years ago."

Scott moved towards Logan. "If I could do everything over, I would have opened that letter and been the father that you deserved."

"But you didn't do you?" Logan yelled.

Logan desperately wanted to know why his father didn't open that letter but at the same time he didn't care.He didn't need him when he was growing up and he doesn't need him now.

"Just go, Scott."

Scott nodded as he walked away from Logan.

Logan turned around and looked at the gravestone once again. "I came to Port Charles to find you and my father. I wanted my father to pay for everything that he did to my family. But you want to know the weirdest thing; a part of me was hoping that as soon as I told Scott who I was, he would tell me that he has been looking for, that he has been searching for me, that he didn't abandoned my family, like I know he did. What kind of grown man am I?" Logan said with a laugh.

"I'm sorry that I wasn't a good friend to you, Cooper. You were a good man. Something that I never was. Lulu would rather be with a dangerous mobster than me. Am I that bad?"

Logan couldn't believe that he was actually talking to the grave thinking that the grave would actually answer back.

"I can't do this. I can't talk to your grave like you are here. "Logan said, as he walked away from the grave and started to head towards his car. As he approached his car, he saw three men standing in front of his car.

"Who are you?"

"We have a message from Anthony Don't ever mess with his son ever again," they said, as they started to beat Logan up. Logan tried to fight back as much as he could, but three against one, it was pretty hard for him to win this fight.

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Scott was walking to his car. He always comes to her grave the same time every year on her birthday. He always wondered what she would think of him now.

As he got closer to his car, he saw a man lying on the ground; he didn't realize who it was until he got closer to the man, that he realizes exactly who it was. It was his son. He runs to Logan's side.

"No…" he screamed, as he grabbed a hold of his son. "I'm so sorry. "

" Scott, may I come in, "

"Come in,"

Bobbie Spencer walked into the room.

"I know that today was a very hard day for you. It was a very nice service. I'm so sorry about Logan. I didn't know him very well, but he seemed a good guy."

"I didn't know anything about my son. Maxie and Lulu had more of an idea of what my son was like then I did. I regret not opening that letter, Bobbie."

Bobbie placed a hand on Scott's shoulder. "I know you do."

"I want to see Scott now! I want to see the man that killed my son," Jacqueline Hayes yelled.

Bobbie walked over to the door and stared at Logan's mom. "I know you are upset, but Scott is just as upset as you are. "

"Maybe if Scott had been a better father, his son wouldn't be dead now."

Bobbie stared at Jacqueline " Scott made some mistakes, but who hasn't. I know Scott longer than you have and he is a great father. He did everything he could to save his son."

Scott was taken back by Bobbie's words. "Thank you, Bobbie, but I think I need to talk to Logan's mom. Tell everybody thank you for coming, but I really need to be on my own Tell Serena I'll be by to see her tomorrow. "

Bobbie nodded. "Of course," she said, as she hugged Scott.

Scott waited until he knew that Bobbie was gone. He turned to Jacqueline "I know you are really angry at me, but I need to you to come with me."

"Why would I come with you?"

"I know I'm asking a lot, but just trust me. "

"Trust you, you really think I'm going to do that. "she yelled.

He stared at her. " Just come with me. I promise you that it won't take long and after that you never have to see me again. "

"Fine," she said, as she walked out of the room, with Scott following right behind her.

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A hour later,

"Are you going to tell me why we are here?" she asked as they approached a room.

He opened the door. "Why don't you walk inside and see for yourself?" Scott responded.

Jacqueline was shocked at what she saw, it was her son, alive.

She turned to Scott. "I don't understand."

Scott turned to her. "I found Logan in the parking lot, barely alive; he was beaten up and stabbed. I knew that the Zaccharas wouldn't stop until Logan was dead. So I brought him to this clinic and faked his death. I know you probably hate more even more than you already do."

She laughed at him. "I do hate you, but my son is still alive, so I can't hate you that much because you gave me my son back.

"Our son."

Jacqueline stared at Scott. "Thank you for keeping our son safe. "

"I made many mistakes, but I want to make it right. I want to be a good father to Logan. "

" You already did the first thing by protecting your child." Jacqueline responded as she walked over to Logan's bedside and hugged him, who was sleeping.

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Texas

A year later,

Logan Hayes never thought that he would actually have a father - son relationship with Scott, but that is exactly what he has. It wasn't the best relationship, but at least it was a start.

He has a big family now, something he always wanted. Serena and Christina were visiting him for the summer. Scott only told Logan's family that he was alive, nobody else knows about it and never will.

After he woke up in the clinic and found out that he was "dead", he realized that this was his opportunity to start fresh where nobody knows his mistakes.

He moved back home and went back to school and decided to become a doctor.

His life was good, he was happy, he had a girlfriend, but he will always remember the women that got away from him.

The End