-1Can't Be Tamed
Chapter 29: Baby Just Say Yes
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone,
I love you and that's all I really know….
…It's a love story, baby just say, 'Yes.'"
- Taylor Swift
"Do you think it'd be crazy if I proposed?"
Kendall chocked a little bit, and began coughing loudly, "Wh-What? What are you thinking, man?"
"I don't know. It was just an idea." Logan said.
"You're sixteen. You can't get married!" Kendall said.
"I know that!" he replied, "What if I, I don't know, got her a ring to promise we'd get married in the future?"
"Did you two get wasted together last night or something?" Kendall asked, still in shock of what was coming out of his best friend's mouth.
"No!" Logan replied, "I love her so much to the point where I don't exactly know what to do with it yet, and it's killing me."
"Have you ever thought of, I don't know, maybe just going through with THE DEED ALREADY!" Kendall exclaimed, "If it's a commitment you're looking for, go that route, not the aisle!"
"I know, but we can't on the bus! I'm already afraid someone will hear us when we make out, let alone that."
"So is it you or Piper that's the screamer?" Kendall laughed.
"Why do I talk to you? You're no help at all." Logan replied, "I need new friends."
"I'm just kidding, man. Look, the time will come and you'll know it and all that stuff, but just chill." he said, "See what happens."
"I guess you're right, but what I said, about the ring saying that I want to marry her, is that crazy?" he asked.
Kendall shook his head, "It's not totally sane, but, not crazy either."
"Cool, just making sure." Logan smiled before standing up to head back down to the bus.
When Logan was out of sight, Kendall waited before saying, "So where are you gonna get a ring?"
Logan's voice echoed off the bus, "Damn it!"
As soon as he got on the bus, he started searching for a jeweler in the Phoenix area.
"Hey Logie, what cha doing?"
Piper's voice startled Logan so much he jumped and slammed the top of his lap top down.
"Are you okay, babe?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said, awkwardly scratching the back of his neck, "Yeah, I've never been better."
Piper laughed, sitting down beside him on the couch.
He had to think fast if he was going to avoid her seeing his search for jewelers in Phoenix, Arizona. There weren't many ways out of explaining that.
He pulled up the laptop and closed the window quickly, earning a weird look from Piper before she rested her head against his shoulder as he brought up another internet window to Scuttlebug.
"Why are you so jumpy, Logie?" she asked, running her finger across the top of his hand that was resting on her leg.
"Psh, nothing." he laughed, still sweating it, "Nothing at all, babe. Bleep, blap, boop."
She turned more towards him, and moved his head to face her.
"Liar" she smiled.
"Why do you think I'm lying?"
"You only do your little 'catchphrase' when you're lying, or nervous, or lying and nervous." she said.
"I am not lying or nervous, Piper." he said before turning to face the screen of his lap top again.
"Oh really?" she said, shutting hip lap top screen, nearly hitting him in the hands with it before he pulled back.
She grabbed the computer and sat it down on the other side of the couch beside her before climbing over him and straddling his waist.
"Why do you always insist on sitting like this?" Logan asked with a laugh.
"You know you love it." she said, lacing their fingers together.
"That's entirely true." he replied.
"Exactly" she said, leaning down to kiss him shortly on the lips.
Piper then moved from his lips down to his neck, kissing and biting at the skin until she stopped at a bruise that she definitely didn't remember giving to her beloved boyfriend.
"Logan?"
"Huh?" he sat up, breathless.
"I'm just letting you know, the next time I see her, Mercedes' ass is mine." she said.
"I kind of figured that." he replied.
"No one, and I mean, no one, leaves that kind of mark on you but me." she said.
Logan smiled as she went back to kissing his neck again, obviously determined to mark her territory more so than Mercedes. This was his Piper, and he was more than happy to have her back.
He was lost in his happy thoughts about how Piper was back in his arms, and how he was going to propose to her in hopes of marrying her far off into the future when her teeth grazed across a spot on his neck, making his mind go completely blank.
His hand grasped tighter onto her hips as he breathed her name rather loudly, not caring a single bit that the door was wide open, and that this had to be one of the most public spots on the bus.
Piper's lips moved from his neck to his lips quickly.
"Why'd-you-stop?" he panted into the kiss.
"I don't know." she smiled against his lips.
"AHEM!"
Logan and Piper stopped moving, and Logan swore Piper didn't take another breath. Logan swallowed hard, being able to see over Piper's shoulder to see Mrs. Knight standing in the doorway with her arms across her chest and a rather angry expression on her face.
"Please tell me that's Jo behind me, because she clears her throat like that all the time." Piper said.
"Guess again, Piper." Mrs. Knight said.
"Mrs. Knight?" Piper said, trying to play along, "Ha, I knew it was you all along. I was just kidding."
"Remember that time Kendall saved you from chocking. God, that was close." Logan said hopefully.
"Yeah, that won't work this time." she replied.
"Didn't think so." Logan said, shaking his head in defeat.
Piper finally turned her head to look back at Mrs. Knight, yet still sitting on top of Logan.
"Up, now." Mrs. Knight said, pointing at Piper.
Piper stood up off of Logan and straightened her clothes and hair back before looking over at Logan, then back at Mrs. Knight.
"We're really sorry, Mrs. Knight." Logan began, "We just kind of got caught up, sorry."
"Since this is the first offence, I'll let it go, but not again. Do you hear?" she said, pointing at both teens.
Piper and Logan both nodded as Mrs. Knight turned and walked away.
"I figured that would happen one day, but damn was that more awkward than I imagined!" Piper said, glancing over at Logan.
Logan nodded back before flopping down onto the couch, picking up his laptop again.
"I'm going to get something to drink. You want anything?" she asked.
Logan shook his head, and watched as she walked out the door. That's when it hit him.
"SHE'S GONE!"
He grabbed his lap top and brought up the jeweler and ring that he was looking at earlier. He put the number in his phone and quickly went back to Scuttlebug and put his phone away before Piper came back with a Pepsi in her hand.
She kissed him on the cheek before sitting down beside him, putting her head on his shoulder again. Logan looked over at her and then back at the screen, his head replaying their make out. If he and Piper didn't get enough time alone soon to successfully do "the deed" he was going to lose it.
Logan hated wanting her like that so badly, but he's a teenage boy, and this bus thing was getting really old really fast.
He looked at the time on the bottom of his computer screen. It read two thirty PM. He had three hours before dinner and an hour after that, show prep started. He had to call and check on that ring, and he had to pick it up without asking anyone for a ride that would tell everyone.
"Hey, I gotta run to my room for second." he said, "You want to check your Scuttlebug?"
"Yeah" she said, taking the lap top from him, "Thanks, Logie."
He walked cautiously into the room he and Kendall shared, relieved when he saw that it was empty. He shut the door behind him and locked it before pulling his phone out and dialing the number he just saved.
After talking with the guy at the jeweler for what seemed like forever, quadruple checking that the exact ring he saw on the internet was in the store, he got the guy to hold the ring for him before he hung up.
Now to find a ride.
Piper, on the other hand was sitting in the other room, checking her Scuttlebug and replying to some of the fans when Carlos came barreling in the room, phone in hand yelling something so fast she could barely understand.
"What are you doing?" she asked as he crashed down on the couch beside her.
"Karlee's going to the San Diego, LA, and San Francisco shows!" He exclaimed with excitement, "I'll get to see her for three straight days!"
"Aww, that's so sweet, Carlos. Are you two like, legit, now?" she asked.
Carlos nodded, "I called her and asked her to be my girlfriend…day before yesterday, I think."
"That's cool." she replied.
"I called her because texting her would be kind of lame, and I couldn't see her face to face." he said.
"That's really cool, Carlos." she said, "Have you seen Logan?"
"Yeah, he had his shades on walking out the door a few minutes ago." Carlos replied.
"Really, that's weird. He's probably going up on the roof again." she rolled her eyes with a smile, "Who knows?"
"You trust him to leave the bus now?" He laughed.
"Uh, yes." she said.
"You're a good girlfriend, Piper." Carlos said matter-of-factly.
"Uh, thanks." she replied, her voice sounding more questioning that certain.
About an hour and a half later, Logan came back on the bus looking rather happy with himself.
"Where have you been?" Piper asked, reaching up to remove his aviator sunglasses.
"Places" Logan replied, a smile coming across his face.
"It better not be the silver and green bus, Logie." she said sternly.
"Ha, knew you didn't trust him!" Carlos exclaimed with a laugh.
"Carlos!" Piper growled, looking over her shoulder at the boy sitting at the kitchen table.
"Sorry" he said, looking back at his phone.
Piper turned her attention back to her boyfriend, putting her hands on her hips.
"Baby, really?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her waist, stepping closer to her, "You really think after all I said yesterday that I would go mess around with Mercedes?"
"I guess not." she said, putting her hands up on his chest.
"You just guess not?" Logan said, kissing her on the forehead.
"Yeah" she replied with a smile.
"Well then," he said, backing up, looking at her mischievously
It didn't take looking into those brown eyes for Piper to now exactly what he was about to do. Her facial expression changed instantly.
"Don't even think about it."
"Too late."
Logan picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder, rendering her completely helpless.
"Logan!" she exclaimed, "Put me down now!"
"Nuh uh, babe. You aren't going anywhere." he said with a laugh as she gently hit his back.
"Logan!" she said, carrying his name out this time.
He walked into his and Kendall's room and dropped her down on his bed on her back. She looked up at him and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You're so mean sometimes." she said playfully, sticking her tongue out at the boy.
"I love you, babe." he said, running his hands slowly down the sides of her body until they came to rest on her hips, a chill going down Piper's spine at the contact.
"I love you too," she smiled," but why must you pick me up like that?"
"Because it's funny." he smiled, bending down to kiss her shortly.
"Maybe to you." she smiled as he pulled away.
"I'm sorry." he said, pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "Hey, before we leave to go inside the stadium tonight, I have something to ask you. Don't let me forget."
"Okay?" she said, raising an eyebrow at Logan.
"It's not bad." he said, before kissing her on the cheek, "I promise."
"I trust you." she said, taking one of his hands in hers with a soft smile.
After getting ready to leave for the coliseum hours later, right as they were about to walk out the door, Logan grabbed Piper's hand.
"Hey, come with me!" he smiled widely dragging her over to the ladder that lead to the top of the bus.
"Logan, we've got to go inside." she laughed, unable to stop smiling around him.
"I know! This won't take long, I swear!" he said.
After they'd both climbed the ladder, which was highly frowned upon by Piper, she followed him over to right near the middle of the bus. She sat down where there was an area designed to sit, looking up at him.
"No, no, no, stand back up." he said desperately.
"Okay, dang, Logie. What's your deal?" she asked.
"Piper," he said taking a deep breath, "I pretty much told you everything I needed to last night. I love you so much, and I think I'd die if we ever broke up again, so I kind of want to make a…promise, so to speak. I don't want to go through with it now because we're young and it'd just be a mess now."
"Okay?" she replied, wondering if she should be concerned or nervous at the moment.
"You have to promise me first that you won't freak out, okay. I don't want everyone in the entire place to know, okay?" he said.
Piper nodded in response. Now she was really getting nervous.
The nerves got worse as she watched Logan drop down to one knee on top of the bus, pulling a velvet box out of the back pocket of his skinny jeans.
Piper's jaw dropped as far as it possibly could. She knew she looked like an idiot, probably, but it really didn't matter.
"Logan, are you crazy?" she exclaimed, after regaining her ability to speak.
"Piper, I know we're too young and all that, but someday, will you do me the honor? Will you, eventually, marry me?" he asked, looking at her hopefully.
"Oh, Logan." she said, bending down, tossing her arms around his neck, "Yes, of course I will."
Logan sighed a sigh of relief, "Even though I'll probably have to re-propose to make sure you're still in, in a few years, thanks."
Piper smiled, biting into a corner of her lip as Logan slid the ring onto her left ring finger. She stared at it for a long time, taking it all in from the way the silver band wrapped around her finger like normal until it got into a braided shape at the top to the purple princess cut amethyst stone at the top.
She always pictured her engagement ring being some huge and tacky diamond, but looking at the ring that Logan had just put on her finger and everything he'd just said, it was perfect.
"I love you." he said kissing her hand before looking back into her brown eyes.
"I love you too." she said.
Logan leaned down and kissed her slowly on the lips as a light rain began to fall from the humid Phoenix sky. When they broke apart, Logan looked down at her with a smile.
"Best twenty four hours ever."
