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Chapter 12: Let's Get Away!
Logan's P.O.V:
I lay in bed staring at the two people next to me. I couldn't believe how incredibly lucky I was to be a part of their family.
After the other night Camille had been feeling a little guilty over speaking to my mom the way she had. Although I tried to explain to her that she had a right to say everything she had. If anyone should be feeling guilty it should be my bitch of a mother.
Just thinking about what she had said pissed me off beyond belief. How she could try to call anybody out for anything, I'll never know. The person she was trying to paint Camille as is the person my mother tries to deny being.
Kendall and I were not stupid! Growing up we knew what was happening with our parents. We knew that our mom was having an affair with several different men; we also knew that she only stayed with our dad because she didn't want to give up all the money and the privileges that come with it. So how dare she try to judge someone else?
I was broke out of my musing by Haley laying her head on my chest and snuggling up to me. I wrapped my arm around her and hugged her to me before drifting back to sleep.
I woke up again to the sound of pots and pans being moved around and music floating up the stairs. I rolled over, stretching, looked at the clock to see it was after 9 a.m. I couldn't remember the last time I had slept past 7.
I pulled myself out of bed, going into the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth before going downstairs. The smell of French toast hit my nose before I made it into the kitchen. I walked in to see Haley and Camille dancing around the kitchen listening to the radio. They both looked up at the sound of the door opening and Haley sprinted towards me with a wide grin on her face. I bent down so that she could jump into my arms before standing back up and walking over to Camille, who had moved back over to the stove and was taking French toast out of the skillet and putting new ones in. I softly kissed her cheek.
"Morning Beautiful!" I told her.
"Good morning yourself, handsome." She said looking at me with a smile on her face.
"Need help?" I ask sitting Haley down on the stool Camille kept by the cabinet for her.
"You could get all the condiments out and pour Haley some juice. I already put on the coffee and the French toast is about done." She told me, before bending down to check on something in the stove. "Hand me a couple of napkins, please."
I handed her the roll of napkins and watch as she tore a couple off and place them on a empty plate she had waiting on the counter before pulling a pan full of bacon out of the oven and putting them on the napkins to drain.
I quickly grabbed the syrup and jelly from the fridge putting them on the table before pouring Haley a cup of grape juice and putting it on the table beside her plate.
"Alright! Who's ready to eat?" Camille asked.
"Me!"Haley and I said at the same time.
Camille placed the plates on the table and sat down in her seat. She quickly fixed Haley's plate before getting herself something. We ate listening to Haley talk about a dream she had. I had forgotten just how imaginative kids could be.
By the time Haley finished telling her dream, we had finished eating and all the dishes had been loaded into the dishwasher. And Camille and I were both on our second cup of coffee.
"Okay talkie-monster time to get cleaned up!" Camille said to Haley tickling her stomach and causing her to giggle.
"No tickle Mama!" Haley laughed, squirming to get away from Camille's hand. "Daddy help!"
"Uh huh… Princess called in reinforcement…" I said getting Haley out of her chair and putting her down. "Time to tickle, mommy!"
"No!"Camille yelled, running out of the room slowly so that Haley could keep up with her.
"Get Mommy, Get Mommy!" Haley said running as fast as her little legs would carry her to catch her mom. I walked behind her laughing when she caught up to Camille and wrapped herself around Camille causing her to fall onto the couch. I pulled my phone out and snapped picture snapped picture after picture of Haley tickling Camille, and Camille laughing like a hyena.
They settled down after a couple of minutes and I went and joined them on the couch. We sat there in silence for a few minutes before Haley hopped down and went into her playroom. We could hear her pulling toys out of her treasure chest in search of something. Camille laid down putting her head in my lap and twisted to look up at me.
"What?"I asked her, after she had stared at me, without saying anything, for a couple of minutes.
"Nothing, I was just thinking about how nice it is to have a moment to ourselves, without having to deal with all the drama that comes with our lives." She answers, a small smile gracing her lips. "Lord knows we've had a lot of drama in the last few days."
"Okay that just gave me an idea. What if we could have a weekend away from everything? Just you, me, and Haley! What would you say to that?" I asked.
"I would say I love the idea, but I need more of an explanation." She answered, sitting up and pulling her legs under her, to face me.
"Well Kendall and I own a cabin up at Lake Whitney. My parents don't know about it so they won't know where we are. And Kendall has to work this weekend so he's not going to be using it. And I have a week off from the hospital and you don't work on the weekends. So it can be like a family vacation. We could leave this afternoon and come back Sunday night."
"Sound great, but we have to go to the mall first. I have to get Haley a new bathing suit and a float." Camille said getting up.
"Okay! I'll help you get Haley ready, and then we can get ready while she plays." I tell her, following her into the playroom.
"Wait you want to go shopping with us?" Camille said shock evident in her voice.
"Why do you sound so surprise?" I asked, not really understanding what the big deal was.
"You've never been shopping with females before, have you?" Cami asked heading upstairs with Haley in her arms.
"No but so what?" I answer her.
"Oh you'll find out what, soon enough!" was her only reply.
Although something about her reply put me on edge, I let the conversation drop, not really sure if I wanted to know what she was hinting at.
It took a couple minutes to get Haley washed up and dressed. Twenty minutes later we were in the car and on the way to the mall! It was a little after 11 o'clock when I pulled into the packed mall parking lot. I guess most teenagers didn't want to waste away the summer sleeping in.
We made our way to the entrance and I picked up Haley as we walked into the crowd. There was no way I was going to risk her disappearing. I followed Camille through the crowd and into J.C. Penny. We made our way upstairs to the children section.
By the time we made it out of the store thirty minutes later I was ready to call it a day, I now understood what Camille was trying to tell me. I had made the mistake of putting Haley down. So between chasing her all around the store, as she ducked under racks of clothes, and Camille asking my opinion on bathing suit after bathing suit; I knew that from now on the shopping would be left up to Cami alone.
After leaving J.C. Penny, we headed over to Shoe Carnival, to get Haley a new pair of sandals. If I thought bathing suit shopping was hard I hadn't seen anything yet.
I never knew a little girl could be so indecisive. I watched as she went through one pair of sandals after another, naming what was wrong with each pair. One was too sparkly, the next didn't have enough sparkles; then she wanted light up sandals, but all of those were ugly. After another five minutes, I was at my wits end, and Cami wasn't helping. She had decided to let me help Haley, while she sat down and relaxed, or in this cause laughed like hell. I guess the look of my face was so pitiful that she finally took over.
Not even three minutes later we were heading to the cash register with Haley skipping happily behind us.
"Well you've been doing this all her life." I grumbled under my breath, causing Cami to laugh harder than she already was.
We finally made it out of the mall and into the car.
"I'm never going shopping with you two again!" I tell them as I wait for a car that was blocking me in to move before pulling out of the parking spot.
"Hey I tried to warn you. It's not my fault that you don't know how to take a hint."She laughs.
"Well spell it out for me next time! That was pure torture!" I say.
"You know you loved spending time with us even if you have to go shopping to do it." Camille said, grinning at me. "Anyway I can't wait to head out to the cabin, what's it like?"
"Well we bought it out of a resort so it has all the luxuries of a resort. Jacuzzi in the bathroom, private deck that stretches around the whole cabin, it sits right by the lake, so it's an amazing view at night. It's just really beautiful and peaceful!" I tell her, glancing at her before turning back to the road.
"Sounds just like what we need!" Cami says resting her head back against the seat and closing her eyes. "It's been so long since I've had a true peaceful moment, I'm not even sure if I remember what they're like."
"Well in a couple of hours it will be nothing relaxation for three days straight." I tell her, putting my hand on top of hers.
The rest of the drive home was silent, my mind wondering to all the things we could do this weekend. I couldn't wait to spend time with her and Haley, without having to worry about everything. I just wanted to spend this weekend getting to know my beautiful wife and our amazing daughter.
As soon as I pulled into the driveway, Camille threw the car door open, hopping out and unbuckled Haley from her car seat. I guess she was really excited to get going. I grabbed the bags from the car and followed them into the house. Camille put Haley in her playroom and went to fix her a snack. I sat the bags down in our room to be packed later.
While still upstairs, I figured I should call to get the cabin set up. I pulled out my cell and called Lamar, the cabin caretaker that Kendall and I had hired after buying the cabin. The phone rang three times before I heard a familiar voice answer.
"Hello Mitchell Residence, this is Lamar speaking." The voice answered.
"Hey Lamar, its Logan." I greeted him.
"Oh hi there Logan, what can I do for you?" he laughed into the phone.
"Well I'll be coming up today with my wife and daughter, so I need you to get the place set up for us. You know make sure everything is clean, the fridges and cabinets are fully stocked, and have Tommy make sure that everything is child proof, I don't need anything happening to my daughter." I told him, pulling my gym bag out of the closet along with a couple more bags for Cami and Haley.
"Yes sir, I'll get right on that." Was Lamar's reply, before I heard the line disconnect.
I laid the bags on the bed, before heading back downstairs to find Camille. She was still in the kitchen fixing snacks for all of us. I watched as Camille moved around the kitchen as if she had been doing it all her life instead of for almost two weeks.
"Why are you watching me like that?" She asked cutting up an apple, and putting a little bit of peanut butter on each slice.
"I just don't know how I manage to get you to say yes to marrying me." I told her. "It's unbelievable that everything happened so fast, and that I'm so happy."
She peeked up at me through her eyelashes and slowly made her way over to me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her to me. I placed a soft kiss on her lips as her arms went up to wrap around my neck, her fingers playing at the base of my hair. She lifted onto her tiptoes to deepen the kiss. I felt her tongue do a swift lick of my bottom lip, and gladly open my mouth granting her entrance. Our tongues battled for dominance, neither of us willing to surrender, until she finally let me take over. We continued like that until air became a problem, and we finally pulled apart. I rested my forehead against hers and waited for our breathing to become normal before placing one final kiss on her lips.
She pulled away and went back to fixing the snacks.
"Did I hear you talking to someone a few minutes ago?" she asked me, looking over her shoulder at me.
"Woman I swear you have bat hearing, I was all the way upstairs how could you have possibly heard me?" I asked, shaking my head at her.
"It's not like I could hear what you were saying, smartass! I could only hear mumbles and I just figured you were on the phone. Or you were talking to yourself, and I don't even want to deal with that possibility." She said, smirking at me.
"No I wasn't talking to myself, I called the caretaker up at the cabin and told him to get everything ready for us to arrive. I didn't want to get there and have to go right back out to get food or other supplies that we would need." I told her, grabbing one of the apple slices off the plate she was placing them on.
"Oh well that's good, it means we have more time to relax and enjoy the peace." She said, a little smile gracing her lips. "Now go grab Haley and you two enjoy these snacks while I try to go pack up some clothes for us. After you're done come upstairs and help me please."
She handed me the plate, and kiss my cheek before heading upstairs. I placed the plate on the table and went to get Haley. I walked into the playroom, and was surprised as hell. It looked like a tornado had tore through the room; toys and dress clothes were everywhere. I found Haley in the middle of it all looking close to tears. I raced over to her and scooped her up into my arms as the first sob raked her little body.
"What's wrong, Princess?" I asked her, rubbing small circles on her back.
"I can't find Ms. Snuggles, daddy. She's not here!" she cried into my shirt.
"Okay, how about we go look in your room to see if Ms. Snuggles is there, and if she's not we'll ask momma and see if she knows where it is?" I asked her, hoping that it would calm her down a little. It broke my heart to see her cry, even over something like a missing doll.
"Otay, daddy!" she said, sniffling.
I headed upstairs to her room. She pulled her head away from my shoulder as we walked in and looked around. Her eyes landed on Ms. Snuggles, who was laying in the bed, with her head barely peeking out from under the covers. I walked over to the bed and bent down so that Haley could grab her. She held her tightly to her chest, and smiled up at me.
"Happy now Princess?" I asked her.
"Yep!" she said snuggling into my side as I walked back downstairs and we sat down and ate our snack.
A/N: I know you guys are probably pissed at me for disappearing for months and not updating but I was having a hard time doing this chapter and I school has been crazy! At my college we only have classes for 18 days, so imagine trying to learn everything other would learn in a semester in 18 days. Yeah it's hard as hell! But if there are any of you still out there with me, I'll hopefully be able to get back into the swing of things. I know this chapter was really short compared to a lot of my other ones but I will hopefully have the next chapter up sometime this weekend since Thanksgiving break is starting today. Well thanks you guys for sticking with me and reading this story. I love you guys!
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