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Author's Note: Once again thanks to Simply Lilly for giving me a plot line.
She shouldn't have let him leave. Actually she shouldn't have let him stay, but the broken look in his eyes had killed her. So she'd opened her arms to him for the thousandth time, thinking nothing of it. But when he was gone in the morning-hadn't even bothered saying goodbye, she began to think something of it. And when she discovered Lilly's tapes missing, the panic set in.
"Dammit Logan! Of all the stupid, pig headed, ASSHOLIC things to do!" Frustrated tears leak out of her eyes as she punches the digits on her phone, mumbling curses as she goes, fury molding her features. Slamming open the driver's side door on the Le Baron, she puts the phone to her ear just in time to hear his answering machine message.
"You've reached Logan Echolls with today's inspirational greeting: Both tears and sweat are salty, but will render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. Jesse Jackson. Leave a message." She bites her down on her lip, fear bringing the tears to her eyes this time. The tone sounds and she's at a loss.
"H-hi. It's me. So you left and the tapes are missing, and I'm trying to keep myself from thinking that you took them and are now on a wild goose chase to solve a murder. Please tell me you're not." She pauses a moment, breathing in deeply. "But I just want you to know that I love you. And nothing you can do will change that." She clicks off, and shuddering, leans back into the comfort of the seat. She's never said the words before. If he gets himself killed, it won't matter that you said it now. She breathes deep again, counting slowly back from one hundred, gives herself 30 seconds to cry it out, then throws the car in reverse. She has a boyfriend to rescue after all.
Once she gets on the main road she tries dialing him again. Maybe this is just a huge misunderstanding. Maybe he left me a message and I just didn't find it. She's hopeful as she pauses, waiting for the ring. It goes straight to voicemail. So much for wishful thinking.
Author's Note: I know. This kind of kills the awesome relationship that you all said was bubbling between them before, but when you find out that your dad has been screwing your girlfriend-and now she's dead…it does not bode well for you. Or him really. So this was Logan's teensy breaking out of the great boyfriend shell. But he'll be back, don't you worry.