Chapter 19

Sunday, April 7

3:00pm

The plane Raven and Logan are on lands in Portland, Oregon. They get off of the plane, grab their luggage, and get their rental car. Once they get their car, Logan drives them to their hotel. They go up to their room on the 4th floor. Logan puts their suitcases on the luggage racks as Raven adjusts the temperature in the room. When she turns around, she sees Logan lying on the bed.

"This is a nice room," Logan says. "The bed is comfortable too."

"Most hotel beds are," Raven says. She sits on the bed next to him. "Is there anything you want to do in Portland today? We'll still have daylight for a few hours."

"We could just walk around downtown," Logan suggests. "Maybe just see what's around, go into some stores. Then we can find a place to eat dinner too."

"Sounds good to me." They grab their hotel keys and leave the hotel. They walk around downtown and check out some stores. After they eat dinner, they walk back to their hotel and go up to their room. Raven takes off her shoes and grabs a change of clothes and goes into the bathroom to change. Logan takes off his shoes as well and changes from his jeans into shorts. He then lies on the bed with his head propped up by the pillows. He turns on the TV and flips through the channels. Raven comes out of the bathroom changed into her pajamas. She closes the curtains then lies on the bed next to Logan. He puts his arm around her and she cuddles into him. Logan stops flipping through channels as he settles on Harry Potter.

"I saw we have this room for tomorrow night as well," Logan says. "So are we not going to Astoria until Tuesday?"

"That's right," Raven replies.

"What are we doing tomorrow?"

"I thought we could go to the Oregon Zoo tomorrow during the day. I have a surprise for you for tomorrow night."

"What's the surprise?"

"That defeats the purpose of the surprise. You'll find out tomorrow. I promise you will like it."

"What's the reason for the surprise? The plane tickets were a gift for my birthday and you saying yes to being my girlfriend was my Christmas gift. And the book too."

"I just want to do something for you like you always do for me. That night we went to the musical then stargazing was one of the best nights of my life. I want to be able to do that for you too."

"And you say that you're not a good girlfriend." Logan leans over and kisses her. "So does this surprise have time constraints?"

"We have to be there at 6."

"And where are we going again?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out."

"I tried." They watch the movie on TV, talking sparingly. As the next Harry Potter movie starts, Logan sees that Raven has fallen asleep. He moves out from underneath her to turn off the overhead light and lock the deadbolt on the door. He then gets back on the bed and turns off the bedside lamp. He moves next to Raven and she cuddles back into him. He pulls the blankets over both of them, and continues to watch the movie. When it ends, he turns the TV off and falls asleep.

Monday, April 8

5:45pm

Raven is driving them to the location of Logan's surprise.

"Come on Rae," Logan says. "Can't you tell me where we're going?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Raven replies. "Just be patient."

"I'm not good at that," Logan complains. Ten minutes later, Raven parks at the Moda Center and they walk to the doors. "What's going on here?"

"Just wait." They go inside and Raven finds the person she has been communicating with to set this up. He leads them down a hallway. As they are walking, Logan notices the posters and other promotional items in the lobby and hallways.

"Dude, no way," he says softly. Raven just smiles. When they reach a doorway, their escort turns to them.

"Wait here," he says. "I will be right back." He goes through the door, leaving Raven and Logan.

Logan turns to Raven. "Are we really at a WWE event?" he asks.

"Not just a WWE event," Raven says. "This is Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania, and you're about to meet some of the superstars."

"Seriously?! I didn't think you liked WWE?"

Raven shrugs. "I don't watch it. The only time I've seen it is when you are watching it and I'm in the room and glance up from my book. But I know that you like it and I've heard that Raw after WrestleMania is one of the biggest shows they have."

"It is. I can't believe you got tickets. This is awesome."

"I wanted to give you a great experience like you've done with me." Before Logan can say anything, their escort comes back through the door and has them follow him again. As they walk through the door, they realize that they are in the backstage area for the show. Two superstars walk over to them.

"Hi. You two must be Logan and Raven," the male superstar says. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Seth Rollins." He shakes both of their hands.

"I'm Bayley," the female superstar says. She too shakes their hands. "You can come with us and we'll show you around." Seth and Bayley show Raven and Logan around backstage then they go out to the arena. They walk down the entrance ramp and climb into the ring. Logan stands in the middle of the ring and Raven stands a few feet away from him. Seth and Bayley stand by the ropes.

"This is so awesome," Logan says.

"Have you guys ever been to a show before?" Seth asks.

Raven turns to him. "No," she says. "I've actually never watched a show. But he really likes it so I wanted to do something special for him."

"Is it his birthday?" Bayley asks.

"No," Raven says. "His birthday was in December. He just does things for me that are special and I wanted to return the favor."

"How long have you two been together?" Bayley asks.

"We've been dating since Christmas," Raven replies. "But we've lived together with some other friends for a few years now and he and I have become closer since around October. We weren't very close before then but something happened with my ex-boyfriend and Logan helped me through it."

"That's so sweet," Bayley says. "Were your friends happy when you two got together?"

"They actually don't know that we're dating. We've been keeping it a secret. After what happened with my ex, I didn't want to have a public relationship. People at our school think that I slept with my ex after only dating for a few weeks and would think that Logan and I are just sleeping together."

"That's horrible! If you don't mind me asking, what happened with your ex that makes you not want to have a public relationship?"

"He assaulted me then told everyone that I slept with him then broke up with him. He assaulted me a second time with the help of Logan's ex too. Those two and some others have spread the rumors that I try to sleep with any guy that I can, so if my relationship with Logan was public, they would just think that I was sleeping with him. I wouldn't even let Logan kiss me for about 3 weeks when we started dating because of what had happened with my ex."

"That's awful. I'm so sorry that happened to you."

"Thanks. Logan has helped me a lot to move past it. This is also the first time we've been in public and haven't had to hide our relationship." Raven feels Logan's arms wrap around her from behind.

"Maybe after we go back home at the end of the week, we can make our relationship public there too," Logan says.

"We'll see," Raven says.

"Why don't you just tell your friends if you're not ready for everyone to know yet?" Seth suggests. "It's gotta be hard to hide it from your friends when you live together."

"Sometimes it is," Logan agrees. "But if Raven wants to keep things private, then I'll do that."

"You guys are so cute together," Bayley says.

"Thanks," Logan says. "Did she tell you that she kept this whole thing a secret from me? I had no idea where we were or what was going on until we were walking down the hallway to meet you guys."

"That's so sweet," Bayley says.

"I would never be able to do that," Seth says. "I'm terrible at keeping secrets, and I would keep asking until I knew what was going on."

"I did ask her a lot," Logan admits. "But she wouldn't tell me. But she also didn't tell me about the surprise until last night so I didn't have a lot of time to keep asking her."

"Why don't we get a picture of you two in the ring to capture the experience?" Bayley says. Raven and Logan agree and several pictures of them are taken. Bayley and Seth also join them in some pictures. When they go backstage again, Raven and Logan meet some other superstars, including Finn Balor, the Hardy Boyz, and Sasha Banks. They get pictures and autographs from all of them and also gift bags of different WWE merchandise. Bayley hugs both Raven and Logan and they are then escorted to their seats which are at ringside. With the gates to the arena being open, other people are in the arena now as well. Raven and Logan sit in their seats.

"I can't believe that these are our seats," Logan says. "We'll be able to see everything that happens."

"I'm glad you like it," Raven replies.

"Like it? Rae, I absolutely love it. This has been amazing. Surprising me with tickets to Raw after WrestleMania, having backstage passes to meet some of the superstars, and ringside seats? You are awesome. I can't believe you did this for me."

"I just wanted to do something special for you. You always do things for me so I wanted to do that for you too."

"This is beyond anything I could've imagined that you would do for me. And it wasn't just some superstars we got to meet. It was some of my favorite ones. Seth Rollins, Finn Balor. Both of them are great wrestlers. And Bayley is my favorite women's wrestler. And getting to see the Hardy Boyz after they just returned to WWE last night; that was amazing."

"I did arrange for Seth and Bayley to meet us and show us around. Everyone else was just coincidence."

"Did you know that those two are some of my favorite wrestlers?"

"Not really. I have heard you talk about matches that both have been in though, so that's why I arranged for us to meet them."

"You are truly amazing." He kisses her which she returns. When they break apart, Logan goes to the concession stand to get them drinks. When he comes back, they talk about different things until the show starts. The show opens with the Hardy Boyz defending their tag team championships against Gallows and Anderson. After that match, there is a Cruiserweight match between Neville and Mustafa Ali. Vince McMahon then comes to the ring to announce Kurt Angle as the new General Manager of Monday Night Raw. Several other matches occur after the announcement, including a match between Bayley and a returning Emma. After Bayley wins, she celebrates with the crowd and hugs both Logan and Raven. The main event is a tag team match with Seth Rollins and Finn Balor facing Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe. Finn and Seth pick up the win after Finn hits a Coup de Grace on Owens. After the show is over, Raven and Logan go to their car and drive back to their hotel. Once they get back to their room, they both change into their pajamas and lay on the bed.

"Today was such a great day," Logan says. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Raven replies. She leans over and kisses him. "I'm glad that you liked it so much."

"I'd be crazy to not like it. You put so much thought into this. You're the best girlfriend ever. No arguing with that."

"You're not too bad yourself." Logan just smiles and kisses her. Raven wraps her arms around his neck to pull him closer and deepen the kiss. Logan rolls them over so he is above Raven. He slides one hand that is on her waist up her side. Raven shivers but continues kissing him. When Logan feels her shiver, he rolls them over without breaking their kiss so she is on top of him. He moves his other hand that is on her waist under her shirt but keeps it on her waist. Raven threads her hands through his hair. After a few moments, they break apart, breathing heavily. Raven looks down at Logan and smiles before softly kissing him then moving off of him and curling into his side. Logan turns off the bedside lamp and wraps his arms around Raven.

"Good night, Raven," Logan says. They both fall asleep quickly.