A/N: I'm thinking there should be an epilogue…so expect one sometime in the near future.
Three Weeks Later
As his finger hit the seventh digit he felt his stomach tossed about like a dingy during a hurricane…he didn't stop this time, let it ring…once…twice….three.
"Serena Baldwin here"
He gulped down the lump in his throat and opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out.
"Helllllo…is this Tina, didn't Dad have a talk with you about crank calls"
It was something he would usually laugh about if he could manage to swallow the tears in his throat. This was his little sister…his…with her happy sing song voice…the enormity of it all made puddles in his iridescent blue eyes.
"Alright Tina, I'm hanging up now, brat"
"This isn't Tina" he finally managed to get out.
"Um, okay, I don't know who you are and why you are breathing in my ear but um…creepy"
"It's Logan…your bro-"
There was no finishing that sentence as Serena burst about with rambling, "Shut up…finally, it took you long enough…I swear I was beginning to think my Dad…or Dad was crazier then I expected. I am kind of pissed at you, Tina, that's our little sister, was all butt hurt that you hadn't called"
"Wow girl, slow down"
Her laugh was infectious and he couldn't help but smile.
"If you think I'm bad, wait til you meet my mom"
Listening to her ramble was like no other experience…like finding one of the missing parts of himself…the sister shaped puzzle piece in his heart.
"So when do I get to meet you? And don't give me a crap line about you being busy because I have your address Lo"
"Lo?"
"Yeah Lo, it sounds cool and edgy…anyway Lo, dinner Kelly's, Wednesday night…7:00, don't be late"
The chuckle escaped his throat and he couldn't help agreeing, "Fine, Wednesday" he answered.
"Good…oh and you're paying"
"Goodbye Serena"
"Bye Lo"
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"What about Hannah…or Zoey…Alex… Mitchie…or wait, what about Gabriella?"
"Never allow your child to watch The Disney Channel" Alexis said coming through the door of the lake house.
"Mommy, Molly and I are gong to be auntie's…how cool is that?"
"Very cool honey…no go wash your hands the delivery man is going to be here any second"
Sam watched as her little sister ran up the stairs, "Well evidently enough I am having a girl and have the choice pick of names from any teeny bopper"
Alexis shook her head, "I still can't believe I am going to be a grandmother"
"Are you okay, you're not like weirdly freaking out…you're not going to go drink with Luke and ride a swing, right?"
"No…I am very okay…and I am so happy for you Samantha"
She felt the arms encircle her…but it was more then just an embrace, it was like coming home.
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It's Wednesday and his palms are sweating. The door to Kelly's jingles open and somehow he knows it is her. Her hair is the color of corn silk, her eyes the same shade of blue as his own…and he feels a fierceness to protect her from everything…to protect her from the ills of the world, from guys like him.
"Lo!" she exclaims waving and then making her way to him.
"Dude scary, you look way too much like Dad"
"Thanks, I think"
"So, let's order because I could eat a freaking cow right now"
He couldn't help but to shake his head and laugh…he didn't know what took him so long to find his sister…because even after five minutes he couldn't imagine his life
without her…some people came into your life that way…when you least expected it…and even in that second they change everything.
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She couldn't wait to come home and fall into bed…sometimes she forgot how exhausting pregnancy was. Unfortunately as soon as she flipped on the light she remembered the pile of clothes fresh from the dry cleaners that sat on her bed.
Going through the pile she found the worn shirt…she wondered how it was that Logan came into her life for one night, and changed the rest of her world.
The knock on the door tore her from her memory and as she swung it open her heart stopped.
"What are you doing here?"
"Are you pregnant?" he asked marching into the living room.
At one time Lucky Spencer had been able to make her heart skip a beat with just one look…now it just pissed her off.
"What?"
"I was at the station and your mom was on the phone with you…so is it true, are you having my baby?" he asked choked up.
Her mouth flailed open, she had expected the questions to come soon enough…but not this way, not when she wasn't ready to explain everything.
"Answer me Sam, please, are you carrying my child?" he asked his voice filled with emotion and pain.
"No, she's carrying my child"
Sam's head snapped around to see Logan standing there, that haunted look in those iridescent blue eyes.
Lucky looked from Logan to Sam, "What?"
"It's true…this baby is not yours…it's Logan's…I'm 9 weeks along Lucky…there is no way this could be your child…so thank you for your concern but you should go home to your wife and kids"
"But"
Sam simply shook her head and turned around walking towards her bedroom. Lucky stood there for a second, tears in his eyes, but finally left.
Logan watched it all in silence…and when Lucky left he couldn't hold back any longer.
"You okay?" he asked from the doorway of her bedroom.
That drawl could bring shivers down her spine in the Sahara desert.
"I'm okay…what are you doing here"
He walked over to kneel down in front of her, "I don't know…one minute I was having dinner with my sister…and the next I was thinking…I want to be part of my child's life…I want to be his Daddy…I want to give him all the things I never had"
She could hold back the tears no longer, "Logan"
"Please, I know I am a screw up…and I know that you could do this on your own…but let me be there"
Looking into his eyes she could feel every hurt and pain that had happened in his life…because she had felt them too. They were two messed up people in a messed up world…who with the help of a miracle just may save each other.
"I want you to be there for our child…I have no doubt that you will make an awesome father Logan…I believe in you" she told him her thumbs coming to wipe the tears from his eyes.
They were words he hadn't heard much in his lifetime…to have someone put faith in him…it was like Sam McCall could look inside of him and see the person he could be…and he would be…he would become that man for his child…and for Sam.
"You're stuck with me doll" he said his voice shaky with emotion.
"Logan, you don't"
His finger touched her lips to quiet her, "No promises, right…no expectations…and that use to work fine…but I'm sitting here promising you girl…I ain't leaving you…not as long as you'll have me"
There was never a moment in her life she had really believed those words…everyone left in the end. Cody, Danny, Jason, Lucky…and yet with him staring into her eyes…she let a part of herself believe.
