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Chapter 11

A week later

Amber slowly made her way down the stairs of her school as the last of the days classes were let out. It still felt so weird walking out of the school without Toni right there next to her, going on about some party that she heard about or about how hot some guy is. She shook her head and sighed just as Logan strolled up along side her.

"What's on your mind?" Logan said.

Amber squeaked and jumped away from the sudden voice. "Jeez Logan, don't do that!"

Logan laughed. "Sorry, I didn't mean it. I didn't know you were that deep in thought."

Amber sighed. "Yeah, I was just thinking about how crazy these last couple of weeks have been." she didn't really want to bring up Toni again directly, considering how much he cared about her. Unfortunately for her, he was a little bit more observant than she originally thought.

"You know, you don't have to hide it from me. I know you're still thinking about Toni."

"Oh, yeah, right. Sorry." she apologized. "Um, so, how are you holding up?"

"I'm actually doing pretty well." he said with a huge, bright smile on his face. He looked down at the brace around his wrist and hand. "Well, aside from this."

"Well, that was a bit unexpected." she scratched her head, confused. She couldn't help, but smile back, though. She hasn't seen him this happy in a while. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I mean, I'm still sad because I really did love Toniann. Even if she never loved me back." he and Amber moved off to the side so people could pass and they could talk. "But despite all of that, I feel good knowing that my back is always covered."

Amber rolled her eyes. "Not this again."

Logan smiled brightly. "Yes, this again. " he began eyeing her, studying her. He didn't want to admit it this very second, but he's been a little suspicious of her. Every time he brought this up she would try her hardest to make him forget about it. Like she was almost desperate. The fact that the person that saved him knew who Amber was without him even mentioning her name also made him question what she was saying. He couldn't help, but feel like she was hiding something. He figured he'd try to get some info out of her. "My guardian angel has my back."

"You're insane."

"Call me what you want, but tonight I plan on going to see her again." he said.

Amber was taken aback at this new information. "What? Now I know you've lost it. What are you gonna do, get yourself into trouble with the Purple Dragons again and hope that this person shows up?"

Logan smirked and said. "Well, I could do that, or maybe you could help me."

Amber eyed her friend suspiciously. Does he know something? "Help you? That's not happening. Even if I wanted to, I can't. My Dad has me on serious lock down and doesn't want me out of the house when it's dark."

Logan quickly shook his head, strands of brown hair falling in front of his face in the process. "No, I don't want you to help me that way. I absolutely do not want to put you in danger like that again."

"Then what did you mean?" she asked.

"I meant that maybe you could..." he ran his hand through his hair, then sighed. He really hoped he wasn't wrong in assuming this. "Contact her and ask her to meet me."

Amber felt her stomach turn a little bit. So he does know. Damn, this isn't good. Maybe I can still salvage this. "What? You think I know some vigilante." she chuckled. "You're crazy."

"That vigilante saved my life and possibly yours. I'm still not entirely sure how you got out of your predicament that night, but whatever that's besides the point. The point is that I know you know something about this girl."

"Oh really, and why do you think that?" Amber asked.

"Because she said your name, Amber."

She flinched at that. "What?" she tried laughing it off. "Well, maybe she heard you say my name and that's how she knew."

"No, I never said your name. I specifically said my friend is in danger, that night. Your name never came out of my mouth. So if you know something just..."

"What is with you?" she snapped interrupting him out of desperation. "Why do you have to meet her? Why can't you just let this go?"

Logan simply shrugged. "I want to thank her face to face."

"I feel like there's more to it."

"I don't know, maybe there is, but right now all I want to do is thank her. Help me out here." he pleaded while giving her the best doe eyed look he could muster.

His gray eyes locked with her brown ones until she finally caved. With a groan she said. "Fine, you got me. I'll see what I can do."

Logan instantly brightened. "So you do know her? You can help me?"

"I might be able to help you. I can talk to her about this, but there's no guarantee that she'll agree. She kinda lives a life of... secrecy and she's not really used to coming out and talking to the people she helps."

"There's a first time for everything."

"Like I said, there's no guarantee."

"If you can manage something, that would be great."

"I'll try. I gotta head home now. I'll talk to you later." she continued to make her way down the stairs.

Logan stayed behind and celebrated silently. Pumping his fists in the air, not caring who saw how ridiculous he looked. He only stopped when he noticed that Amber was being cut off by Ryan. Logan watched as Amber uncomfortably conversated with the teenage boy. He could just tell by how Amber would take a small step back whenever Ryan would get too close. When Ryan suddenly snatched up her wrist and tried to pull her with him, that's when he snapped into action. Storming down the stairs, he quickly moved himself in between the two. "Is there a problem here?" he stood protectively in front of Amber and stared down at Ryan.

"There's no problem." Ryan answered in a shaky voice. "I just wanted to show Amber something."

"But it looks like she doesn't want to go with you and you can't force her."

"Why don't you stay out of this!? It's not any of your business!" Ryan yelled, trying to reach for Amber again.

Logan simply smacked the hand away. "When it involves my friend then it is my business, so back off."

At this point a small crowd was starting to surround them. Ryan's dark eyes darted back and forth between Logan and Amber to the rowdy crowd that was just itching to see a fight. It looked like Ryan couldn't really take it anymore, so he turned and ran for it, pushing through the crowd of teenagers. The crowd groaned when the fight didn't happen and quickly dispersed. Logan sighed and turned to Amber. "Hey, are you okay?"

"Uh... yeah, thanks." she was clearly shaken up.

"Maybe I should walk you home today." Logan suggested, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, thanks." she repeated and they slowly made their way down the sidewalk toward Amber's home.

"So, what was that about just now?" Logan asked cautiously.

"I'm not entirely sure myself." she sighed. "He tried inviting me over to his house all of a sudden. He never did that before. When I refused, he grabbed me. It was kinda terrifying."

Logan took a quick glance behind him, just to make sure that Ryan wasn't following them. "Well, as long as I'm around, then I'll protect you. At least while I'm at school."

She smiled genuinely. "I appreciate it."

They continued to walk in a comfortable silence until they finally made it to Amber's house. "Thanks again for what you did. I'll see you tomorrow." she gave him a quick hug. "And I promise, I'll talk to your 'guardian angel' today, okay."

"Awesome." Logan smiled brightly.

"Be careful going home, okay."

"I will." Logan started his walk home as Amber entered her house.

Once inside she dropped her bag on the floor and sat down on the couch. Her mother wouldn't be back home for another couple of hours, and she had no idea when her father would be home since he's busy looking for a serial killer. After what happened today, though, she really didn't want to be alone in her own home right now. Maybe Kylie could come over here and I can talk to her then. She thought. She looked outside, the sun was still shining and there was still a ton of people out on the streets. It's still way too early for her to be out, but she's a ninja so it shouldn't be too difficult. She kept questioning what she should do, until finally, her current fear of being alone won over. She quickly dialed her best friend's number and waited.

"Hey, girl." Kylie answered after a couple of rings.

"Hey, listen. We need to talk. Do you think you could come over here?"

Kylie immediately noticed the tone in her best friend's voice. She sounded upset and kind of distressed. "Like, right now?" she asked slightly confused. Amber doesn't usually ask for her to come over so early in the day unless there was some sort of emergency.

"Yeah, right now."

"Is everything okay?" Kylie continued asking questions.

"Not really. Could you just come over please?"

"Yeah, sure. I'm on my way." she hung up the phone, leaving Amber alone with her thoughts until she got there.


I think I'll end it here for now.

How will Kylie react to the fact that Logan wants to meet her?

Wait to find out.