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Chapter 10 – *Wherever You Will Go

So lately, been wondering
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone you'll need love to light the shadows on your face
If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all
Then between the sand and stone, could you make it on your own

If I could, then I would,
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low, I'll go wherever you will go

Rory stares at the man before her. He is very much the same boy she had fallen in love with, but the maturity on his face shows his growth from boy to man. He is no long the young man that belonged to only her. He was married, to someone else.

"Married?" She says only slightly above a whisper. He nods his head. "But I thought I had more time. I thought I still had three days. At lest before this," she gestures to the hospital bed beneath her. "I had time. The paper said… It said." She was nearing hysterical on the inside. On the out she just stuttered.

"We eloped. Vegas." He says.

"But…" she tries to continue.

"There's was a wedding this last weekend, but it was only for show. For dad's business and the papers, but we, O and I were married already."

"Why? How?" She puts her hands limply in her lap. Unable to gesticulate exactly how she feels with them.

"After, the end… I figured why wait. There was no one waiting out there for me, and Odette and I talked about it. She and I decided to make it something simple. "

"We. Us." She nods in response to the words that are now killing her.

Logan stops speaking. He doesn't know what else to say.

"I had no idea you and her were actually that close."

"I told you Odette always knew everything. Apparently I'm the one that had no idea about what was going on."

"Logan…I tried to call you."

"You tried?! "

"Yes, and you never answered."

"Well why the hell would I answer a call from the women who broke my heart twice?"

She can't say anything to defend herself.

"You just made a choice, for both of us."

"I did what I thought was best…"

"Which apparently meant raising MY child without me!" He's slowly starting to unravel. "Well, it's done now." He's turned to someone that she knows isn't truly him, the cold, businessman. He's shut down. "I just want to know Richard."

He makes eye contact and it once again feels like a pinprick to her heart. "Of course."

"It's just that easy?"

"Of course. He's your son, Logan."

"Thank you." He says. He turn to leave the room, but stops at the door and turns to face her again, "Hey Ace?" She looks up at him, but says nothing.

"I hope you feel better." He says and turns quickly to walk away before he can say more.

There's so much he wants to say, to ask, to yell, but right now, he's too hurt and angry and all he wants to do is hold his son.

And maybe, I'll find out
A way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you through the darkest of your days
If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all
Then I hope there's someone out there who can bring me back to you

If I could, then I would,
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low, I'll go wherever you will go

Logan watches as Paris stands in the room with his son. She's on her cell and while he couldn't make out anything she's saying, he watches her hands flailing wildly. She's upset and he knows it's about him. She insisted on calling Rory to very for herself if it was ok for him to see Richie.

After what seems like hours, but are only minutes she hang up the phone. He remained in place as she approaches

"Fine. Rory said you can see him, but don't you dare do anything to set him back. His lungs are finally coming into their own, and I swear to whatever deity you decide is the ONE, that I will bring down a wrath so intense you will wish you'd never met me." She hands him a gown and some gloves.

"I wish that all the time Paris." He tries to smile at her.

"Everyday Huntzberger." She replies letting him know she doesn't like him, like he ever needed clarification on that.

Once dressed and in the room. The nurse, an incredibly friendly, red head names Maddie, with a comforting smile, reaches in and takes the tiny little boy in her arms. She adjusts all the tubing and tells Logan to sit in the chair next to the incubator.

He does as instructed. She places the child in his hands and Logan adjusted to the weight of the baby. He feels like a stone statue, afraid to move for fear of hurting Richie.

The nurse smiles at him, "Relax pop. He won't break."

Logan sinks back slowly into the rocker. In his arms his son sleeps, the plastic tubing in his nose as his chest rises and falls with each breath. The view of his son becomes hard to see through the fog of tears rising in eyes. His heart feels like it will burst in his chest.

He wipes away a lone tell that falls. "Hey there little man. It's dad." He looks around to see if anyone is watching. The NICU is empty except for the other infants being helped.

He continues, "I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I know you don't know me yet, but you will. I promise I won't be anything like my dad, or Christopher, cause little man, the first thing you should know is that you will never wonder if your dad loves you, because there is nothing you could do to make me ever not love you. I'm sure there's going to be some things that will not make your dear old dad too happy with you, I mean, you may never know my whole history, but I wasn't exactly always a good man." He kisses the top of Richie's head. His son sighs and adjusts against Logan's chest. "So I know exactly how to screw things up, which means I know exactly how it feels to want to do better than you've done and I won't ever hold it against it. I'll just be here for you, in anyway I can."

"And you know that you've always got your mom too. She is one badass lady." He laughed, "Don't say badass, but it's true. She incredibly strong, and talented, and will always, ALWAYS, put you first. And oh man, don't even get me started on your grandma Lorelei. Just remember that coffee is not one of the four main food groups."

He catches movement in his peripheral and turns his head to find Finn at the window, with Colin and Robert, huge, IT'S A BOY buttons on their chests. He can't help but laugh at his friends, as did the nurse as she walked back over.

"I think he's already got a cheering section." She says. "Umm is there a reason the tall ones is wagging his eyebrows at me?" She giggles.

Logan can't help but laugh too some things never change, "He's got a thing for red heads."

"Do I detect an accent?"

"Aussie." Logan says.

The nurse looks at Finn and wiggles her eyebrows right back at him, "Tell him I've got a thing for Kiwis."

Logan takes her help to put his son back in his bed. "Last person that called him a Kiwi ended up with a steak on his eye."

"I see, however I know the difference between an Aussie and a Kiwi but I also know it usually sets off that fiery spirit I love. Tell him anyway." She smiles at Logan.

"Got it." He says.

He feels like a piece of him is missing now that his son is resting without him.

"He's not gonna give up easily this little boy. Don't you dare count him out just yet. Ok? I've got to check his oxygen level and some other things. You can stay if you want, but I need just a little bit of space, or you can go grab a drink with the doting uncles out there. They seem just a little excited."

Logan kisses his son one last and leaves the room so that the nurse can take care of him.

"What the hell is all of this?" He says as he hugs the guys

"Finn called us, figured you'd need some back up. We came." Rob said.

"Whose the red head my dear boy?" Finn says.

"She called you a Kiwi." Logan responds.

Finn knock on the window and mouths a WTF. Maddie finishes with Richie and picks up a pen and paper. She holds the paper to window, it says: While I don't care to have a steak on my eye, I'd love one on my plate. Dinner?"

Logan and the guys laugh as Finn just stands there. Women were never this forward with him, opting to usually ignore him. It was a numbers game he played.

She raises her eye questioning him. He squints at her suspect and nods yes. She scribbles the time she's off work and where to meet, before turning her back to completely ignore him.

"What just happened here mate?'

The guys laugh out loud.

"He's the perfect child." Colin says.

"Can you imagine her blue eyes and Logan's blonde hair?" Robert says. "He's going to make everyone sick with how cute he is. I need a drink."

"Here! Here! " Finn cheers.

"You have date in a few hours." Logan says.

"You're right, I need several. Scotch!" Finn confirms.

Run away with my heart
Run away with my hope
Run away with my love

I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart, in your mind, I'll stay with you for all of time

If I could turn back time, I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine, I'll go wherever you will go
I'll go wherever you will go

*Lyrics are Wherever You Will Go by The Calling