Lulu checked her watch, and knocked on the apartment door. She hadn't realized how the time had flown while she was convincing Spinelli that she was ok. It took all that she had to keep her mouth shut, wanting to burst at the seams, tell the world that Logan Hayes was hers, whether or not it was official yet. Now, standing at his door, she hoped that he would still be awake.
She was lost in thoughts when he answered the door. "Lu, are you alright?" he asked, startling her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just hoping you'd be awake. I brought Chinese. I wasn't sure what you liked… but my dad and brother always get General Tso's, so that's what I got. Do you even like Chinese? Oh my god, I should have called before I came back."
"Baby, Chinese is great, my favorite. And I can eat Tso's. I'll admit it's not my favorite, but I can go for it every once in awhile. Come in, I was going to take a shower. I can wait now, how'd things go with Spinelli?"
"As well as you could expect I guess. He's heartbroken. I couldn't even concentrate on him, though. I was too busy thinking about that puppy look," she said, smiling. She handed him his dish and fork and sat down on the couch with her own. He sat next to her. She jumped up all of a sudden and reached for the bag. "I got a movie to go along with that dinner." She walked over and put in the DVD player while Logan used the remote to get it going.
"What is it, a chick flick?"
"Actually, no. It's Shooter with Mark Wahlberg. I heard it was a pretty good movie. I like him, I think he's a great actor."
"Yeah right, you just think he's hot!"
"Yeah… but he is a really good actor too! Besides, why would I fantasize about him when I have you, sitting right here next to me?" she said, leaning down to kiss him.
"Good save. Wanna spend the night?"
It had come out of nowhere, and Lulu wasn't even sure she had heard him right. Maybe she was imagining it because its what she wanted. She looked at him, and he nodded with a smile. "Are you sure?" she asked. "We can do the sleepover thing later. We need to take this slowly, right?"
"As slow as you want to, babe. I'll tell you what though, I've had some sort of feeling for you since the day I met you. Attraction is turning into serious like, and from that, it only goes one way. You spending the night isn't going to make me like you less. It's only going to make me enjoy falling asleep with you in my arms and waking up the same way."
Before Lulu could make any sort of statement, there was a knock at the door. Logan went to open it, and smiled over his shoulder at Lulu as he did so. 'God, she is beautiful!'
When the door swung open, no one expected to see whom he or she did on the other side. Maxie Jones looked at the two and smiled. "Looks like I came at just the right time, huh guys?"
"Actually, Maxie, there is never a right time for you to be here. You are more than welcome to escort yourself out the door and never come back. If it wasn't for the fact that you are dating my best friend, I'd be happy to never see you again," Logan said, pure disgust in his voice.
"But Logan, I came to talk to the two of you. I thought we should clear the air."
"Maxie… I'm warning you, leave now…"
"Fine, but Logan. We really should discuss this as adults." She pranced out of the door, winking at Lulu as she did so.
"Logan, what was that about? What would Maxie have to clear the air about with me?"
"There is something I need to tell you. You are going to be so pissed at me. When you are pissed at me though, you're not going to leave. We are going to talk about it and figure it out, decide what we do from there. Can you give me that much?"
"Yeah, but I've got to say, I really don't like where this is going."
"You won't like it. Every word that I am telling you is truthful, I have no reason to lie to you. From the first time I saw you, you amazed me. Whether you were biting my head off and putting me in my place, or talking to me like a human being. I couldn't get over you, and Maxie picked up on that. She made a bet with me. She said if I could sleep with you, well, then I would get to bed her. I agreed to it, at that point, for two reasons. One, because I was being a horny guy, and two, so I could get to know you. Only, after getting to know you, I called that bet off. Maxie's pissed because I won't give in to her. And it killed her, because I told her when I called it off, I could never sleep with her because I loved you…"
Lulu stared at Logan with complete disbelief spread over her features. She was unsure what confused her more… the bet, or the fact that he had just confessed his love.