-1Can't Be Tamed
Chapter 28:
Need You Now
This chapter was based off of "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum and "Come On Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson.
After the show was over, which felt like forever to Logan, they headed back to the bus. He knew tonight was the night. He couldn't sit around and wait any longer. He was going to get his girlfriend back.
They sat in the back room like always. He sat down beside Kendall, making it easy to view Piper and James from a few seats down. Piper and James were currently just talking and watching TV with their fingers laced, something Logan couldn't stand to watch.
When it was Piper's turn to shower, she stood to walk away. James, however, didn't let go of her hand. He gave it a gentle tug as she was walking away.
"What?" she said with a laugh.
"Bye" James said with a smile, kissing her on the cheek.
Logan stood up and walked completely past the scene, going out of sight until a loud slam was heard.
"James!" Piper exclaimed.
"What?" he said, "We're together and you don't expect me to kiss you?"
"No, uh, look, I've got to go shower. I'll see you in a little bit." she said before walking out.
James sat back down on the couch with a sigh, picking up the remote. Kendall and Jo watched everything before looking at each other with knowing expressions. It seemed to all be falling right into place.
After taking her shower, Piper never went back into the other room with James. Instead, she went straight into her and Jo's room and went to bed. This was getting too ridiculous. She was hopeless over Logan and treating James this way obviously wasn't working out the way Jo thought it would.
She looked around for Martini, hoping she'd sleep at the foot of the bed like she did whenever she was sick or hurting. Piper checked under the bed, in the doggie bed, in the pet crate, and under Jo's bed. She was no where to be found.
"Great," she sniffed, pulling the covers up over herself, "even my own dog doesn't want to be with me."
She hugged her pillow tight again, as the tears came on like they had for the past few nights until she fell asleep.
Logan, on the other hand, was in his room with his head in his hands. He didn't know whether to be mad at Piper, James, or just blame his anger on his own stupidity. All he knew was that he wanted that girl back more than anything.
He hated that the bus was moving. He wanted nothing more than to sit up there and be away from everyone completely and stare at the sky.
He also knew he wasn't going to get much sleep tonight, which made it all worse. He could sit there for hours on end trying to fall asleep, knowing he needed it so badly and it would never come.
He kept tossing and turning way past the time when Kendall came in for the night. He finally got up around two thirty and grabbed his phone off the bed side table.
He walked until he got to the round table and sat down. He yawned before hitting a few buttons, dialing Piper's number. He listened to it ring until he could hear her ringtone from the other room.
"Logan?" she asked when she picked up.
Logan's heartbeat began to settle in his chest, finally getting that hit he needed so desperately. Her voice flooding through his head settled him to a point of almost contentment.
"Yeah, thank you so much for picking up." he said, "Piper, I have to talk to you, like now."
"Where are you?" she asked, still sounding half awake and half asleep.
"I'm in the kitchen. Come on if you want." he said.
"Okay" she replied.
She hung up right after that and within seconds was standing right in front of Logan. She stood there, staring him down for a few seconds before sitting down.
"I'm not going to sit here and beat around the bush." Logan began, "Piper, I've missed you so much. I can't stand this. God, these last few days have hurt so much. I can't take it anymore. I need you."
Slow tears began to trail down her cheeks. She wiped them away quickly as Logan kept talking.
"I don't know how to sum this up any other way but just to tell you it all." he said, "I'm in love with you. I mean, it's not just a first love thing either. It's real. I love you so much, and I can't stand that I hurt you. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't take me back after what happened, but I'm giving you everything."
She sat there, amazed, with tears streaming down her face. The silence and waiting was killing Logan. He just knew she was going to tear him down right there, leaving him completely helpless.
"I-I love you too." she cried, "I hated trying to use James to get to you. I don't love James. I never have been interested in him. I've wanted you this whole time. Logan, there's no one else. There's just you, at least for me."
Logan couldn't find words for the moment. Instead, he wrapped both arms around her and pulled her into his chest. As he held her, her tears came harder, putting tear stains on Logan's gray t-shirt.
"Shh" he said, rubbing her back, "It's okay. It's okay."
"I love you so much, Logie." she sniffed.
Her voice echoed in his mind time and time over. He loved every word in that last sentence from her admitting that she loved him to finally hearing her call him "Logie" again.
"I'm so sorry, Piper. I'm sorry for everything. I promise you, I will never lay a hand on you like that ever again." he said, feeling himself choke up a little, "I can't stand that I did that. Baby, I would never physically hurt you, and I will never hurt you like I did ever again."
Piper looked up at him until his eyes met hers. She wiped the tears from her face before finally speaking.
"You scared me." she said, suddenly looking down, "When you pushed me, it scared me."
Logan held her tighter, kissing her on the head. He felt himself on the verge of tears himself. He hated that. He never wanted her to be afraid of him.
"Piper, you never have to be scared of me. I will never do that again. It was so stupid." he said, resting his head against hers, "You have my word and my heart on it. I promise it won't happen again."
"I believe you." she said quietly, "I'm sorry too. I should have listened to you like you asked. I'm sorry for punching you. I shouldn't have physically hurt you like that either."
"No, you should have. I deserved that." Logan said, "I really did. I was an ass."
Piper sat up and looked dead in Logan's eyes, running a hand down his cheek gently, paying a lot of attention to the lightly bruised area around his nose where she'd hit him.
"I love you, Logan. I just want to know that this is all over." she said, "I want to go back to the way things were. I don't want to hurt anymore."
"You won't, Baby." he said, putting his hand on hers, dropping it down to his leg, lacing their fingers together, "The worst is over, it's all up from here."
She tossed her arms around his neck, burying her face in his shoulder.
"I love you." he said.
"I love you too." she replied, almost scared to let go.
They sat there, not saying a word, wrapped up in the moment for what seemed like forever.
"You want to go back to bed? You look exhausted." he said, breaking the silence.
She nodded, but kept a slight frown on her face, "I don't want to leave you."
"Hang on," he said, "I've got an idea."
He let her go before walking back to his room to wake Kendall up.
"Kendall, wake up!" he nudged him a few times.
"What?" Kendall said grumpily, looking over at his best friend.
"Can Piper and I stay in here?" he asked.
"No!" Kendall exclaimed, "There is no part of me that wants to hear that all night!"
"Dude, we just got back together. I'm not gonna spring that on her now!" he said.
"Fine, but keep it quiet over there!" he said, flopping back down to the bed, mumbling under his breath.
Logan rolled his eyes before heading back out to the kitchen where Piper was waiting for him.
"I thought you weren't coming back for a second there." she grinned.
"I wouldn't leave you." he said, holding his hand out to her.
He lead her into his room with a finger pressed to his lips. He then pointed at Kendall and did a throat slitting motion. Piper nodded knowingly before following Logan over to the bed.
As soon as Piper's head hit Logan's chest, it felt like the world had finally been restored to it's natural rotation. She took a deep breath, finally content after nearly three days of hell. She put a hand up on Logan's chest, near her face, feeling his heart beat under her palm.
She was more than right the night before when she knew that having James hold her and having Logan hold her were two completely different things. With James, it was just an act. It was something that felt sort of awkward. With Logan, oh, the difference was so major. When Logan had both arms around her and she could hear his heart beat, she never wanted to get up.
When Logan woke up the next morning, he looked around, making sure he wasn't going crazy. He was sure he'd gotten back with Piper last night and she actually took him back. He looked down and saw Piper still asleep at his side, her face buried in his t-shirt. He smiled, running his hand down her arm carefully, not wanting to wake her.
A few minutes later, Piper began to stir before looking up at Logan with a soft smile on her face.
"Hey" she said sleepily.
"Hey," he replied, "I love you."
"I love you too." she said, "Why do you keep telling me that? I believe you."
"I just wanted to make sure." he said.
"So are you sure we're all good now?" she asked.
Logan nodded, leaning down to kiss her on the head, "Yeah, we are."
"Good," she breathed, "I missed you, Logie."
"I missed you too." he said.
She sat up and hitched her leg across his hip, straddling his waist. A cross between a smirk and a smile was plastered on her face as Logan intertwined their fingers together.
Without saying anything, Piper leaned down and kissed Logan slowly, dropping his hands in hers, letting them fall to the bed where she could hold herself up. Logan's hands went to her hips, feeling as if his heart was going to explode in his chest. He knew he'd missed her a lot, but he didn't know the full extent until the moment their lips touched again.
When she tried to end the kiss, he pulled her back down, not ready to let go quite yet.
"Nuh uh." he mumbled into her lips.
"'Kay" she sighed.
He moved one hand from her hips to her hair, trying to pull her as close as physically possible. His tongue grazed her bottom lip, begging for the kiss to deepen. When they finally broke the kiss, Piper let her forehead rest against Logan's, trying to catch her breath.
"I missed that the most." she breathed, as Logan put his hands back on her hips.
"Me too." he smiled.
"I don't want to get up." she said out of the blue.
Logan rolled his eyes, his smile widening, "We're gonna have to, Babe. Seriously, Kendall and James will send out the hounds."
Piper laughed until what he said registered something else to her. Her face fell so suddenly that Logan couldn't help but notice.
"James" she said with a frown, "I got so wrapped up in us that I forgot all about the poor kid."
Logan sighed deeply, playing with her hands, "Do what you have to, Piper, but please don't choose him."
"Logan Mitchell, I cannot believe you just told me that." she said, raising her eyebrows, "I told you I never wanted to leave you again and you didn't believe me. I'm leaving James. I think he'll get over it eventually. You never know. He might meet someone else."
Logan intertwined their fingers, "I'm sorry. It was a stupid thing to say, but I don't know. I don't want to lose you again."
"I love you." she said, "I love you a lot."
"I love you too," he said, "forever and always."
After they got up and ready, Piper told Logan she had to go tell James before anyone else found out. Logan agreed, even though he really didn't want her speaking to James at all, because he needed to ask Kendall for some advice as well.
Piper walked up to the door to James and Carlos' door and knocked. Carlos swung the door open, smiling when he saw Piper.
"Hey amiga, what's up?" he asked.
"Is James in there?" she asked.
"Yeah, hold on." he said.
Carlos looked over his shoulder, "Yo James, Piper."
James came to the door, knocking Carlos out of the way, "Hey, baby girl. What 'cha need?"
"Can we talk?" she asked, pushing her hair behind her ears.
"Yeah," he said, shoving Carlos out the door.
"Hey!"
"Go text your girlfriend, and get out of here!" James said.
"She's your girlfriend now?" Piper said, a wide smile coming across his face.
"Maybe" he smiled mischievously, raising both eyebrows at Piper.
"Congrats, Carlitos." she said, patting him on the shoulder as he waked by.
"What'd you need to talk about?" James asked as they walked into the room.
Piper took him by the hand and lead him over to his bed to sit down.
"James," she began, staring at the ground, "Logan and I got back together last night."
James' face fell as he hung his head, "I should have known it'd happen eventually. I guess I was just stupid for thinking you'd actually pick me when you and Logan have such a past."
"James, you weren't stupid, you were in love, or at least you thought. You do pretty stupid things when you love someone. I mean, look at me. I'm a living, breathing, example." she said, "I'm really sorry this had to happen this way. I didn't want to hurt you."
"It's fine." he said, "I understand. I'll miss you, but at least you're happy."
"Go out there on stage tonight or the next night and find a girl. Look for one at a meet and greet, do whatever. Find her, James." she smiled, "You can get someone else. You're the James Diamond."
James laughed, "I guess you're right."
"I'm sorry again." she said, giving him a hug.
"It's okay." he said, "I figured, if Logan came around again, I'd be out the door."
Meanwhile, Logan and Kendall were sitting on top of the bus, taking in the summer sun as they talked.
"So what's the big deal anyway?" Kendall asked, pushing his Ray Bans off the bridge of his nose.
"Do you think I'm in love with Piper? Like, seriously in love with her?" Logan said.
"Psh, yes." he replied, "Dude, she's all you ever talk about. You two are always together, and she wrote a song for you. Yeah, you guys are in love."
"Do you think it'd be crazy if I proposed?"
