I had known Logan since I was nine, he was my knight in shining armour. I was 16 now and he was 18.
Logan was the most handsome guy you could ever wish to meet, he had big beautiful brown eyes that were just darker than my own. Dark hair and the most adorable dimples in the world. He was my everything! My best friend, my boyfriend and the only real family I had.
I was shy, I always had been. I had the worst upbringing. My mom just disappeared with some guy when I was 3 years old. She left me with my dad who was a violent drunk. He was okay for most of the week, he worked as a cleaner all day so didnt have enough time in the evening to get too tanked up.
It was the weekends that were bad. He would be jolly untill just after midday then the booze would take control and make him depressed and hateful. he would pick holes in me, my appearance, my weight, my friends, my intelligence... The list was endless.
He would hit me around, destroy my things, threaten me, and grounded me all the time.
Being honest I was a good kid, I had average grades, I didnt talk back and I did the chores around the house. Come monday my dad was always full of apologies if he remembered what he had done... Apart from one Monday, it was the day after Christmas so my dad wasn't at work, this day was the day I met Logan, seven years ago. I remember the day like it was yesterday...
I was running as fast as my legs would carry me through the woodland that was next to my house.
I jumped over a fence, my lungs felt like they would explode. I landed crying in the mud.
"SHERI! ... SHERI YOU LITTLE BITCH, WHERE ARE YOU?" I heard my father shout. He was close on my heels.
I got up and scanned my surroundings. I had jumped the fence and landed in private land. The place was full of horse stables. I knew where I was. It was the local equestrian centre which was run by some well off family.
"SHERI! I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU IN TO NEXT WEEK WHEN I FIND YOU!" I heard my father shout, he was getting nearer.
I was just about to jump back over the fence and run away when I saw a boy.
"you can hide in the stable if you like?" He said with a kind face pointing to one of the four large stables that was nearest to me.
"SHERI!" I heard my father shout as he approached the clearing in the trees. He was close to spotting me. I didn't think twice and ran in to the stable and hid behind a large block of hay. There was one horse in here. A huge white one. It was too busy staring out of its door to take any notice of me.
I heard my father talking to the boy.
"have you seen a girl with brown hair?" He slurred at the boy.
"yeah... She ran by just a minute ago... She went that way" I heard the boy say.
I hoped he hadn't just pointed in here. I soon heard footsteps come in, I hid further behind the hay stack.
"he's gone" said the boy.
I peeked my head up to check, the boy was alone.
"how come he was so mad?... What did you do?" The boy asked casually as he sat on the hay stack looking down at me.
"I didn't do anything. He is drunk... He slapped my face so I ran away" I said showing him my face which felt hot to the touch from the slap I had received.
"I'm sorry" the boy said looking at me with pity.
I shrugged. "thanks for letting me in here" I said in a whisper.
"that's okay... I'm Logan!" Said the boy holding his hand out to greet me with a smile on his face.
I stood up from my crouched position behind the hay.
"Sheri" I replied giving his hand a shake.
I snapped back out of my memory to the here and now. I had just finished school for the day but didn't want to go home, I did the usual thing and hid out in the stable that had become mine and Logans get away from reality.
Since that first day we met we had hung out here with his horse Cairo.
Cairo was huge and completely white all over. Logan had owned him since he was a little boy. I think he regarded him as a loyal friend and not just a pet of the grandest kind.
When I was 14 Logan and I shared our first kiss in this stable. We were best friends for so long, he gave me a place to hide out when things got bad for me at home and I was always there for him when his mother and step dad became too much. They expected a lot from him with the family business but Logan wanted more from life than horses.
"we have a tiny problem" Logan said with his gorgeous smile as he walked in to the stable. He came and sat next to me on a hay bale that was positioned in the corner.
"what's that?" I asked intrigued. We never had any problems. We had each other and were happy. We didn't need anything thing else.
I straightened out my school skirt as I sat waiting for him to explain.
"my parents kind of know about us" he eventually blurted out.
"what? How?" I asked. Only a handful of people did know we were dating.
"my mom is friends with your school nurse... Mrs Peters... Well she told my mom that she had seen us together when I visit you on free period and lunch and stuff." Logan explained. "my mom just asked me about it as I got in a moment ago." He finished.
My mouth parted slightly. I had always been worried about his mom finding out. Logan was an only child just like me. But his mom cared too much about him where as my dad was the complete opposite.
"Sheri... I said I would bring you round to meet everyone on Saturday... She wants to get to know you." Logan said optimistically.
"meet me? Logan she will hate me." I said panicking.
"she won't Sheri. She will see how amazing and beautiful you are... Just like I do" Logan said leaning in and kissing me.
I wish I had his enthusiasm. Logans family were well known in the entire community. The Kings were classed as key members of society, not just because they were rich and owned a posh equestrian business, but because Logans mom strived for the best in everything. She didn't share the same surname as him.
Logan attended an expensive private school, and taught horse riding on a Saturday morning. he had even taught me how to ride too. It was fun, and Cairo was lovely but I wasn't all that in to horses. I didn't understand a lot of the lingo that went with it.
"I don't want to go Logan" I said giving him my best puppy dog eyes.
"I already promised you would come with me Sheri, we were only going to hide out here. Least if they know about us then we can hide out in my house... in my room maybe" he said with a wink.
"Logan!" I said with a smirk, playfully smacking him on his chest with my hand.
Logan smiled at me. "I do love you Sheri, I don't mind waiting until we are married... your the only girl I want" he said in a whisper and took my hand.
I swallowed hard as his romantic side made me emotional. Logan knew from word go that I wanted to wait until marriage before any kind of sexual relationship started. It wasn't a religious thing, I just felt that it was important to save something good for marriage. Start off with something new and exciting instead of feeling the anti climax after the long awaited wedding.
"I love you too... being honest your mother scares me Logan" I admitted.
"Being honest, she scares me too Sheri" Logan said with a grin. "But I will protect you and I promise not to leave your side the entire evening.
"Why do I get the impression your more worried than I am?" I asked.
"Im not worried" he said a bit too quickly. Then burst out with a loud laugh.
"That fills me with confidence" I mocked him.
Our evening consisted of being huddled together chatting about everything and getting carried away with our kisses.
Logan swept my brown hair from my face as he went to kiss me. His touch was so gentle, he was the only guy I trusted not to hurt me. He only ever cared, cared how I felt, cared what I thought and cared about what happened to me.
"Do you think I have what it takes Sheri? To make it big?" Logan asked as he stretched out on the makeshift seat we had made from Cairos hay.
I looked at Logan thoughtfully, he desperately wanted to be a star, be a somebody. He had the charisma and the charm, he just lacked the parental backing. "I think you can achieve anything if you want it bad enough logues. Did you talk to your mom about joining an agency?"
Logan shrugged. "I tried but she doesn't take it seriously" he said looking fed up.
"Well maybe just see where you get on your own, you might get lucky without going with an expensive agent that isn't even guaranteed to get you any parts any way." I explained. I wanted to back him all the way. If this was Logan's dream in life then he should be encouraged to go for it, not be forced to take over the family business if it holds no interest for him. It's unfair to force someone's life to only go one way.
"You think? I actually saw some parts advertised online... I wasn't sure whether to go for them or not." Logan said with a glint in his eye.
"You should Logan you will regret it if you don't... logues is it like... just a dinner on Saturday with your parents?" I asked now feeling stressed.
Logan threw a half smile my way. "Not exactly... my mom holds parties every three months for the exclusive members of the equestrian society... don't look so worried" he laughed looking at the expression on my face change at this news. "The house will be filled with people so I doubt we will even have much time to chat to anyone." He finished.
I nodded. "I like it just being us... you know... we have no worries" I said in a whisper as I stroked the side of his face.
"Sheri you and I will never have any worries. Im going to look after you until the day I die... its only ever going to be us" he said placing his lips on mine.
I gently pulled away from his perfect kiss. "Your so romantic" I said softly.
"You make me this way" he replied rubbing his nose gently against my own.
I looked him in the eye "Logan you should audition for those parts you saw" I said to him, still keeping my eye contact so he knew I was serious.
He nodded this time "I will... I will do it tonight"