Chapter 22
Saturday, April 20th
8:00AM
Raven is in the kitchen making a cup of tea. As she is waiting for the water to heat up, Logan walks in. He walks over to Raven in the kitchen.
"Morning Rae," Logan says.
"Morning," Raven says. She turns to pour the hot water in her mug over the tea bag. Logan wraps his arms around her from behind, kisses her cheek, and rests his head on her shoulder.
"How'd you sleep without me?"
"Not great."
"Nightmares?"
"No. Just kept tossing and turning. Never stayed asleep for more than 2 hours at a time." She adds lemon and sugar to her tea and stirs it. "I'm guessing you didn't sleep great either since you're up already?"
"Not really. Sounds like I slept better than you though. It took me awhile to fall asleep but then I mostly stayed asleep. I only woke up once or twice. When I woke up around 7:30, I figured I might as well get up. I figured you would be up too."
"You didn't go work out?"
"No. I figured I can do that later. I like spending time alone with you."
"Well you aren't making it easy for me to move right now."
"Don't act like you don't like being in my arms." He kisses her neck up to her ear.
"I never said that. I just said I can't really move. I need to throw out this tea bag." She pulls the tea bag out of her mug. Logan unwraps his arms from around her so she can throw away the tea bag.
"Have you eaten anything yet?" Logan moves to the refrigerator to pull out some things.
"Not yet."
"I'll make breakfast for both of us then."
"Do you want help?"
"No thanks. You can just sit and enjoy your tea while I cook."
"I'm not going to argue with that." Raven sits on a bar stool at the breakfast bar and sips her tea as she watches Logan cook. Ten minutes later, Vic and Bee walk into the room.
"Good morning," Bee says as she sits on another bar stool as Vic goes over to the coffee maker to make a pot.
"Morning," Raven replies.
"Here you go Rae," Logan says, putting a plate of waffles and scrambled eggs in front of her.
"Thanks." Logan then sits next to Raven with his own plate of food and a cup of juice.
"Morning Bee," Logan says. "I would've made more food but I didn't know when anyone else would be up."
"That's okay," Bee replies. "Vic can make food for us. Right Sparky?" Vic just grunts as a reply. "He never talks much until he has his coffee."
"We've gotten pretty used to that," Logan says.
"It's pretty early for you to be up, isn't it?" Bee asks Logan.
"Couldn't sleep," he replies. Vic pours himself a cup of coffee and takes a drink from it. He then pours a cup for Bee and hands it to her.
"What kind of creamer do you want?" Vic asks her.
"French Vanilla if there's any left," Bee says. He grabs the creamer and sugar and passes them both to her while he drinks his black. Bee stirs the creamer and sugar into her coffee then takes a drink. Vic starts to make breakfast for Bee and himself. When Raven finishes eating, she rinses her dirty dishes then puts them in the dishwasher. As Vic has his back turned and Bee is drinking her coffee, Raven walks by Logan, who is still eating his breakfast.
"Thanks for breakfast," Raven says then kisses his cheek.
"You're welcome," Logan replies. Bee chokes on her coffee, causing everyone to look at her.
"You okay?" Vic asks.
"I'm fine," Bee replies. She looks at Raven and Logan. "You just kissed him."
"What are you talking about?" Raven says.
"I just saw you kiss his cheek," Bee says.
"Are you sure about that?" Logan says. "Because she just thanked me for breakfast. Nothing more."
"I saw you kiss him," Bee insists.
"You're probably just imagining things, Bee," Vic says. "You're probably still tired and not fully awake yet."
"I guess so," Bee says. Raven walks over to the couch and grabs her book from the coffee table. Logan finishes eating a few minutes later then goes to work out after cleaning up his dishes. Vic finishes making breakfast and he and Bee eat then go up to Vic's room to get ready to go out for the day.
A few hours later, Logan returns to the living room, having showered after finishing his workout. Raven is now watching TV instead of reading. Logan goes over to the couch and sits next to her.
"Whatcha watching?" Logan asks, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"A movie," Raven says, leaning into him. "It's a series of movies actually. There's a marathon of them on all day."
"What is this series?"
"The Love Saga. It's based on a series of books."
"Of course it is. Have you read the books?"
"No, but I've seen the movies before. I've never gotten around to getting the books to read."
"So what number in the series is this one?"
"It's technically the third one chronologically. It's originally the first one that was made but they made two prequels after they finished the series."
"So is this your plan for the day? Just watch these movies?"
"Yep." She leans her head against his shoulder. "You always smell so clean after taking a shower."
"Uh…thanks? That's the idea of it."
Raven blushes. "I mean your soap or body wash, whatever you use. It just has a fresh, clean scent."
"I don't like things with strong scents. It just needs enough of a scent to know you use it."
"It's definitely not overpowering. It's nice."
"Good to know you like it." Raven blushes again. "Just so you know, I like whatever you use too. Lavender, right?"
"Yes. That's the scent of my hair products and body wash."
"It's good. I always smell it on your pillows on your bed. It's soothing."
"Never thought of a scent as soothing before."
"They can be. By the way, why did you kiss me earlier then deny it when Bee brought it up?"
"I was thanking you for making breakfast. As for denying it to Bee, I honestly didn't think she was watching me. But I think that when they do finally figure out we're dating and we confirm it, all of them should be around. You know if only Bee or Kori found out, they would immediately go tell the other one and then that one would wonder why I didn't tell them myself. I think it will just be easier if they are all around."
"You do have a point. I'm kinda surprised they haven't figured it out yet. But we also haven't really been totally open about it either."
"Eventually they'll figure it out." They stop talking and watch the movies. Around lunch time, Dick and Kori finally emerge to eat. They eat lunch with Raven and Logan then Dick goes to work out. Kori watches the movie that is on with Logan and Raven then leaves the room once the movie is over. For dinner, Vic and Bee bring in Chinese takeout. Once they all finish and throw out the containers, they are all in the living room.
"Can't we watch something else?" Dick complains.
"This is the last movie in the series," Raven says. "And my favorite one too. So no we can't watch something else."
"I'm surprised you've been in here all day watching these too, Logan," Bee says.
Logan shrugs. "I didn't have anything else to do today. And they've interested me. They're not bad movies."
"Or maybe you just wanted to spend time with Raven," Vic says.
Logan shrugs again. "Maybe." Everyone but Raven, who is still leaning into him while his arm is resting on the back of the couch, looks at him in shock.
"What does that mean?" Vic says.
"What?" Logan asks.
"I tease you by saying you're just watching these movies to spend time with Raven and you just reply with 'maybe'?" Vic says.
"So?" Logan says. "Raven's my friend. Why wouldn't I want to spend time with her?"
"You've never done that before," Dick says.
"Sure I have," Logan replies. "She just usually pushes me away or ignores me or leaves the room. This time she didn't."
"Trying to watch the movie," Raven says, annoyed.
Bee ignores her. "You sure you guys didn't start dating when you went on that trip to Oregon?"
"Positive," Logan says.
"What about after you got back?"
"What about it?"
"Did you two start dating when you got back?"
"No."
"Were you dating before you left for the trip?"
"Can you guys wait until after the movie to talk?" Raven asks.
"Sorry Rae," Logan says.
"Answer the question Logan," Bee says.
"Movie is still on," Logan says. Seeing that neither Raven nor Logan is going to answer, Bee gives up asking. They all watch the rest of the movie in silence. As soon as the movie ends, Bee turns to Raven and Logan.
"Okay, the movie is over," Bee says. "Now answer the question: did you guys start dating before your trip to Oregon?" Logan and Raven look at each other and Raven nods.
"Yes," Logan says. Everyone, excluding Raven, turns quickly to Logan.
"What?!" Vic says.
"You're dating?!" Dick asks.
"Yes, we are," Logan replies, calmly.
"How long have you two been dating?" Bee asks.
"Since Christmas," Logan says.
"You've kept it a secret for that long? Why?"
"Raven wanted to."
"Friend Raven," Kori says, "why did you wish to keep your relationship with Friend Logan hidden?"
"After everything that happened with Malcolm, I didn't want a public relationship," Raven says. "Everyone at school would just think I'm sleeping with Logan anyway, not that we're in a relationship."
"We would not think that," Kori says.
"I know you guys wouldn't but I still wanted to keep it private," Raven says.
"So why are you finally telling us now?" Bee asks.
"Logan has been wanting to tell you guys," Raven says. "He's brought it up several times in the last month or so. I agreed that when we were in Oregon we wouldn't hide our relationship since we didn't know anyone there. When we got back last week, I finally agreed to not hide it anymore. It hasn't been fair to Logan to have to hide our relationship from you guys."
"It hasn't been fair to anyone to hide our relationship," Logan says. "But Raven wanted to keep it a secret and I will do anything for her."
"So are you guys going to be a couple at school now too?" Dick asks.
"No," Raven says. "We just wanted to tell you guys because you deserve to know."
"And it's hard to hide a relationship when you live with other people," Logan adds.
"I don't want anyone at school to know yet," Raven says. "They all still think I had sex with Malcolm and sleep around with other guys. They would just add Logan to that list, if they haven't already."
"Thank you for telling us, Friends," Kori says. "We are overjoyed with the news."
"It's great that you two are dating," Bee says. "I would say unexpected but after the past several months, I guess it was inevitable."
"Raven is like my little sister," Vic says to Logan. "Don't hurt her."
"I will never do that," Logan says. "I care too much about her to even think about that."
"Don't worry, Vic," Raven says. She looks up at Logan. "He's good to me." Logan smiles and kisses her forehead.
"Okay, that's enough," Dick says. "I don't want to see that."
"You do so much more than that in front of us," Logan says. "You've been making out with Kori in here while I was in the room watching a movie with you guys."
"Well…um…I…oh look at the time," Dick says. "We should all be getting to bed. Good night everyone." He quickly leaves the room.
"He handled that well," Bee snickers. "But it is getting late. Come on Vic. Good night everyone." Vic and Bee walk out of the room.
"Good night, friends," Kori says. "I am very happy for your relationship."
"Thanks," Raven says. "Good night." Kori walks out of the room as well. Raven gets off the couch and turns to Logan who is still sitting.
"I think that went well," Logan says.
"It did," Raven agrees. Logan stands up and puts his arm around Raven's shoulders as they walk out of the room. They get in the elevator to go up to their rooms.
"So now that they know that we're dating, does this mean we can sleep in the same room without trying to hide it from them?" Logan asks.
"I guess so," Raven says. "But I still don't think we should share a room every night."
"Can we share a room tonight?" They walk out of the elevator and toward their rooms.
"I suppose. Mine or yours?"
"Doesn't matter to me. Yours is probably cleaner."
"It usually is." Logan stops outside of his room.
"I just need to change into shorts. I'll be down to your room in a couple of minutes." He goes into his room and Raven goes to hers. She changes into an oversized t-shirt and shorts. She is getting into bed when Logan knocks on the door.
"Come in." Logan walks in and closes the door. "Can you shut off the overhead light?" Logan turns off the light then walks over to the bed. Raven is laying under the blankets on one side of the bed.
"Do you mind if I don't sleep with a shirt on? I'm kinda warm right now."
"I don't mind." Logan takes off his shirt then gets into bed next to Raven. He turns off the bedside lamp and lays down. Raven kisses his cheek and curls into him. Logan kisses her forehead and wraps one arm around her. They both fall asleep quickly.