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A/N: I told you I would update soon. I am sorry it took so long before. I will try to do better. Let me know what you think of this chapter, I think it's better than the last one, but not as good as some of my other chapters.
Chapter 10
Alice and I spent a lot of time together while Logan was practicing. We went to every game together, she was able to talk me through everything. I could tell that she was getting home sick, so I told her that she should go home and visit.
She decided to go home for spring break, but she assured me that she would be back afterwards.
While she was gone I realized how much I loved having my sister around.
Spring break went by faster than I thought it would with Alice gone and Logan at baseball practice everyday.
Everyday during spring break Logan would drop a note or some wild flowers that he picked inside my window to surprise me. His notes would always tell me how much he cared about me and how much we was thinking about me. It always made my heart swell. It seems that his little habit has rolled over into a bi-daily or daily occurrence. You would think that it would get old, but it doesn't. He has moved on to hiding little notes around so that I will find them at random times.
School was in full swing after spring break. Alice didn't come back right away, but when she did she was in much higher spirits when Sam and her 'girls' pounced.
"So Alice, we are totally planning prom so that it is the best prom ever. We decided on a beachfront theme. What do you think?" Sam asked Alice with her 'girls' in toe.
Alice's face lit up, the thought of planning an extravagant event elated her. "Oh, there are so many things to consider." Alice replied, obviously excited with the idea. "Do you have a venue picked out?"
"Yes, there is a beautiful beach side hotel that has an indoor/outdoor ballroom area." Bre interjected.
Alice nodded thoughtfully. "And I am assuming you have already gotten a yacht reserved."
They nodded. "Well, what are you calling it. The prom I mean. Is it just going to say beachfront when you advertise?" Alice questioned.
They all looked thoughtfully at each other. I had to suppress a laugh.
"Well, that is something we are going to have to take care of along with many other details, lets plan to meet after school. I will have a checklist prepared. In the meantime be thinking of some ideas."
The girls were enthusiastic and talkative as they went their separate ways to class.
"Wow, that was amazing." I said to Alice. "I have never seen you take command like that, well at least when you're not shopping."
She smiled. "It is just one of my many gifts." She joked. We laughed as we went to class together.
Logan was waiting for me after my class. He smiled as soon as our eyes met. I can't believe how lucky I am. I mean, I have this totally amazing guy who really cares about me. I mean I thought Edward did, but that turned out to be a lie. I'm scared that I might get hurt again, but I believe Logan is sincere. He doesn't hide anything from me, he is open and honest; I thought Edward was, but I was just fooling myself.
We walked hand in hand to my last class.
"I've missed you." Logan said leaning against the wall with me right next to him.
"What do you mean? We see each other all the time."
"Yeah, we see each other, but I miss spending time with you. I've been busy with baseball and you've been busy with Alice. I am so happy she is here by the way. She seems to make you so happy."
"She does, but I want to spend some quality time with you too. How about after you're done with practice we go to our special spot and have a picnic as we watch the sunset." I suggested.
His face brightened at the notion. "That sounds great!"
The warning bell rang interrupting us. He kissed me as he headed to his own class.
After school Logan was waiting for me to make final arrangements for tonight. I was getting excited.
Alice came bouncing over to me she's clearly excited about prom planning.
They all decided to go to a local café to begin the real planning of the prom.
"Okay, I have a checklist let me know if there is anything that I've missed." Alice began. "We need to figure out what our budget is and how much we are selling tickets for. Then we need to come up with a theme. I think for decorations we should keep it simple, yet elegant, colors we need to choose colors." Everyone nodded. Clearly they hadn't thought much about it other than the fact that they wanted it to be the best.
Alice went on, "we will also need a photographer, I think it would be fun if we hired someone to take candid shots as well as a video, that way we could sell them to the students to help pay for some of the expenses, or if the budget would allow, we could just give DVD's of the event as a party favor type of thing with the yearbooks at the end of the year. I'm not completely sure, I'm just throwing out ideas."
The girls nodded in consent and awe. Clearly they haven't thought of anything, Alice came up with all of this just during school today. I guess planning all those weddings for her and Rosalie has helped.
"I presume that the hotel has a catering service. Now since most people go out to eat before prom we should have simple hors d'oeuvres circling. So we will have to get with them and decide on a menu.
"We will also need to get with the hotel and find out about the beach itself and if we can reserve or block off an area for those who want to go out onto the beach area. There are so many things to do and so little time. When is prom again?"
"Um, in about a month and a half." Molly answered.
"Oh my! It's worse than I thought. We definitely have a lot to do. I still need to get a dress and make arrangements…" Alice said trailing off into thought. Shopping most likely.
"Okay well," Alice continued addressing the group. "Here is the list as I see it right now. We will have to divide up in order to get everything done.
"Hotel arrangements: Ballroom, reservations of the beach, catering service with the menu, decorations, and layout of the room, seating arrangements, timeline.
"Advertising: theme, tickets, prices, posters, and handling of ticketing at the door to the dance, and polling for Prom Queen and King.
"Photographer and videographer: their services, costs, quality, and time frame.
"Decorations: Color scheme, centerpieces, and all other decorating, tiki lamps for the beach, chair covers, and check with the hotel to see what they have available…"
Alice continued, but I didn't stick around to hear the rest of it, I had to get ready to meet Logan.
By the time I got home Logan was there.
He greeted me with a huge smile, "Hey how goes the prom planning?"
I groaned and rolled my eyes, "all I have to say is thank goodness for Alice."
He looked at me curiously. "I will explain later, let's just get going." I told him.
We grabbed a couple of extra blankets and we stopped off and picked up some take-out. Apparently Logan had already called ahead so we didn't have to wait at all.
We got down to our spot in enough time to settle in and start eating just as the sun was beginning to set.
"So how was practice?" I asked.
"Oh, you know the usual." He joked. We both laughed. I did that a lot with Logan.
"Actually Johnson, you know Blain?" I nodded and he continued, "He was playing short stop." I gave him a look that said I have no idea what that means. He smiled, "a short stop is the person in the infield, where all the dirt is, who stands in between second and third base." I nodded in understanding and he went on, "anyway, he was trying to catch a grounder but it bounced and he wasn't blocking it correctly with his free hand and Wham!
I jumped slightly. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you I was just trying to make a dramatic effect." Logan said and we both laughed.
"So what happened?" I asked when I regained myself.
"Oh, yeah. The ball hit him right smack dab in the nose. Blood went everywhere. We're pretty sure that it's broken."
"Is he alright?"
"Yeah, I think he will be fine, they rushed him to the hospital. He was joking as he left about stopping the ball with his face and sacrificing for the team. We are all signing a card for him. He should be back at school in a day or so."
"That's good."
"So how is the prom planning going?" Logan turned the conversation towards me.
"Well, I didn't do much other than just sit there." I replied.
"Hey, at least you were there for moral support." Logan said he is always finding something positive about everything I do. Well, not everything, but he is very supportive.
Wow, he looks so gorgeous in this light. His tousled hair over his eyebrows, his caring eyes, shone even brighter in this light. His shirt shows off his muscular build, his arm flexed as he leaned toward me so that he could pay close attention to what I was saying.
"Well, anyway." I continued, after snapping back into reality after staring at him. He has a tendency to do that without noticing. "Alice has completely taken the reigns on that baby. It's a good thing too because I don't think the Sam and the girls had even gotten further than deciding on a location. I'm surprised they were even able to reserve the hotel. Oh, come to think of it, I had better tell Alice to double check to make sure that it is actually reserved." I said this and Logan started to laugh.
"What?" I asked.
Through his fits of laughter he replied, "I can't believe those girls. They would be completely lost if their parents didn't put GPS units in their cars. I don't think they would be able to find their way home."
This made me laugh. We laughed together for I don't know how long. When our laughter died down we just sunk into each other's arms as we watched the sun set. Logan sat there and I leaned up against him with his arms wrapped comfortably around me.
I felt so happy. Happier than I thought I could ever be again. Not after having my heart ripped out and trampled, leaving me with a big gaping hole inside me.
When it was getting late and I thought we were going to start heading back, Logan pulled out a bouquet of beautiful wild flowers.
I gasped, "they are beautiful."
"Don't worry," Logan said before I could continue, "I picked them, so I didn't spend a ton of money, I know how you hate that."
I smiled and through my arms around him.
"I have something that I would like to ask you." He said.
"Anything."
He smiled, "Anything?"
"Well, just about, now I'm nervous."
His smile grew. "Will you do me the honor of attending prom with me?"
I smiled as I hugged him. I gave him a kiss, "Of course I will!"
He beamed. We held each other a while longer before we headed home.
A/N: Don't worry I am writing the next chapter as we speak. I will update soon!
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