DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything related to Glee or 'Dalton' by CP Coulter.
Author's Note: Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good Wednesday (or Thursday or Tuesday or whatever time it is where you are). I hope you're enjoying this story, thanks for reading! This chapter isn't very long either so I apologise. :( Hope you'll enjoy nonetheless! - CvZ
CHAPTER 2
"Lo. This case may be a defining moment in your career. You know that right?" I was cracking the eggs into the pan while Logan poured coffee into our two mugs.
He shrugged, "Yeah, I do…"
I knew Logan could feel me staring at him, "But...?"
"No but." He shrugged again and moved his face out of my line of vision as he hid it behind the fridge door which he opened to get the milk.
"Logan, I know there's a but."
Unfortunately for him, he had to close the fridge and there was no escaping my stare and my questions. The case that he was still debating taking on was a really huge one. If he took it on and won (and my husband always won his cases) then he would be indisputably the best lawyer in town.
But there was something holding him back… and I needed to know what it was.
"Fine. Don't tell me what's stopping you from taking, arguably, the most important case of your life. I always knew that you were crazy Logan, but I never thought you were stupid."
I knew Logan. And I had long since mastered the art of getting Logan to spill a secret, even if he didn't know what the secret was himself. You see, it was all about timing. The trick was to rile him up to a point where he cracked (as was inevitable with Logan) and start shouting with rage. Once that happened there was no way he could keep anything secret and, sooner or later, it would slip out in-between a string of profanities and all would be revealed as was a natural consequence of him having no filter while he was angry.
Logan finally met my eyes and I could see that he was getting annoyed.
"I said that there was no but!" The coffee and eggs were forgotten as I started to get somewhere in finding out some answers.
"Then why are you hesitating on taking this case, Logan?"
He took a deep breath and I could see he was trying to calm himself down. As if that had ever worked before!
"Why does it matter so much to you?"
"So you don't deny that you don't want to take it?"
"I never said that." We started to circle around the kitchen, facing each other. He wasn't ready just yet to break but that was okay, I just had to be patient.
"You didn't deny it either."
"What are you? A teenage girl? Stop jumping to conclusions. All I did was acknowledge that it's a huge case for me and now you're acting like I don't want to take it!"
"You didn't have to say anything, I know that you're hesitating. I just wanna know why." Getting there…
"Do you need to know every little thing that goes through my head?!" Privacy was always a big thing for him so I knew I was on the right track…
"You're my husband! I would like to know if you're considering not taking a major opportunity!"
"I NEVER SAID THAT I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE IT!" his temper was swiftly running out and his louder voice was a good indication that it wasn't going to be long now…
"SO THEN WHY ARE YOU HESITATING?" I raised my voice to match his and waited to see my results…
"You know what? Maybe I don't want to take it! Maybe I think that I shouldn't take it! Maybe I want to spend less time at work and more time with my family! Because maybe I want to actually have a family! And yes, Julian, before you ask, what I'm saying is that I want to start a family with you!" Logan's voice echoed around the kitchen as I stared in shocked silence as he took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair while avoiding meeting my eyes.
A family? Logan wanted to have…a baby?
You could say I was more than a little lost at the sudden turn of events. This was so not what I had expected Logan to say. He was not the one to want children. It wasn't something we'd ever really thought about. We were both really busy with work. He as a lawyer and me with my acting and constantly being followed by cameras. Did I want to bring a baby into the picture right now? Hell no! I loved Logan more than anything but starting a family was not on the cards at the moment. What the hell was he thinking?!
"Logan, are you completely crazy?"
He turned to face me and met my eyes again. "No. What? I know it's really sudden and I don't know, maybe you haven't thought about it but… Yeah, I wanna have a family with you."
"Me too. Logan I love you but… now's not the time to start making babies. How would we even look after it? I mean, no offence Lo, but you aren't exactly what comes to mind when one thinks of father material."
The words were out before I could think them through properly and the outraged, hurt and surprised expressions flitted across Logan's face in a spilt-second while I too realised what I had said.
"Lo, that's not what I meant to say-" I tried to remedy the situation but cut myself off when I saw his face once more.
We fell into a short silence before he spoke with a bitter voice, "Forget it Julian." There was something about the tone of his voice that made me hesitate to follow him once he had exited the kitchen in a silent display of hurt and anger.
A/N: Thanks for reading! Have a good day :D -CvZ
