Misconceptions (Chapter 17)
I got to Logan's and opened the door
" Logan?, Eva?. Hello? Anyone home?" I shut the door behind me, dropped my bag on the floor and headed into the lounge, there was no one around so I went in to the kitchen. And there I saw it. Logan standing infront of the fridge fumbling with a bunch of vegetables in his arms. I leaned against the door frame and started to laugh, he was concentrating on not dropping the items in his hands that he did not even realise me standing there.
" You' know leaving your front door open ain't the smartest thing to do, who know who could walk in and take advantage of a man with his hands full of veggies." He looked up with his blue eyes that just made me go weak all over, and smiled
" Well, I knew lock or no lock there was no stopping you from coming in, so I thought that I might as well take my chances and leave the door open, after all I know I got two genetically revved up women to look out for me, if someone else happened to walk in" he got the counter and placed all the items down and turned and looked at me
" Ah I take it you couldn't stand being away from my cooking tonight so you'd thought you'd drop in to grab what you could before you went on your little trip". I looked at him and smiled, if only he knew. Anyway he was probably right, God knows I was thinking about food on the ride over here among my other problems. I smiled at him
" You know me too well, speaking of revved up females where's Eva?"
" oh, she had to drop in somewhere but she said she would be back for dinner"
" Figures!, she wouldn't pass up a good mean either"
" Speaking of which, I thought you'd spend what would be your last night in town for a while with your family" I cringed at the thought, I think Logan noticed
" OK, what happened? Tell me!" I walked over to the counter and sit opposite him.
" Nothing much, I asked them if I could go, they said No, I asked why, they made up some bullshit, and I said fine, and walked out"
" Oh, so you mean you aren't going?"
" I didn't say I weren't going I said, I said fine and walked out. There is a difference." He looked up at me from cutting carrots, and gave me this look
" Max, I take it, that you ran away"
" I wouldn't call it running away, just driving away, again there is a difference" I looked up at him and gave my best 'I'm innocent' smiles.
" So what? You are just going away for a couple of weeks and you aren't even going to tell them? They are going to be worried"
"Ouch, who's side are you on?. Anyways I left them a note saying that I would be back in a couple of weeks, so stop jumping on my ass, jeez you sound just like my dad." He looked up at me, and after I said it I knew I wished I didn't, I just stood there and looked at him, neither of us knew what to say. It sounded weird, even to me, that I said he was just like them, I am sure it made him feel very old, but the truth was I didn't even mean it like that. Logan was not someone I would even think of as old, he was a friend, a very good one. And it never struck me that there was even a age gap, I would have not even have thought he was that much older that me. And the truth was he wasn't but apparently he didn't like the thought of me thinking of him as a parent, God knows, he was more than that to me, like a …….em ..friend a good friend, but nothing more. So why was I starring up into his blue eyes wanting to say want I really meant about the comment, but every single time I go to open my mouth all I could think about was how I hurt his feelings and how bad that made me feel.
