Logan watches as the sad little boy's head falls forward and sighs. Logan shakes his head; he couldn't believe after two weeks of not seeing their son Tony's parents would brush him off like that. Logan walks into the mansion and kneels in front of the kid.
"Hey, Kid."
"Hi, Logan." Tony mumbles.
"How you doin'?"
Tony shrugs, "Okay, I guess."
"Whatcha been doin'?"
"Nothing, just tinkering."
"So you've been in the house this whole time?"
"Yeah."
"Well, that's no fun. Say why don't you grab your baseball mitt and we'll toss the ball for a while."
Tony smiles and looks up at Logan, "Really?"
"Yeah, why not, I have the rest of day off. I don't mind hanging out with you."
Tony brightens, "Great, I'll go get my mitt," Tony says then takes off running upstairs.
At that moment, Jarvis, the butler comes into the room, "Thank you, Mr. Howlett, for spending time with Anthony."
"It's no problem, Jarvis, I like the kid. And he doesn't deserve to be ignored."
"You're a good man, Mr. Howlett."
"Thanks, Bub."
Logan spends the rest of the morning playing catch with Tony in the back yard. He showed Tony how to hold the ball right and how to pitch. They also got Tony's bat, and Logan showed him how to hit the baseball. After a while, Jarvis called Tony and Logan in for lunch.
When they finished lunch, Logan decided to take the kid to the movies. He got Jarvis to get Howard's permission then took Tony to see Superman the Movie. After the movie, Logan took Tony out for pizza and ice cream then brought him home. Logan dropped Tony off at the front door where Jarvis was waiting for him.
"There you go, Kid, home safe and sound."
Tony looked up at Logan then suddenly hugged his waist, "Thanks, Logan, this was the best day ever!"
Logan ruffled Tony's hair, "Anytime, Kid. I have the next two weeks off so I won't be seeing you for a while. But I'll be back before you go off to boarding school."
"Okay, Logan."
Logan ruffled Tony's hair one more time then Logan popped a cigar in his mouth and lit it, "See you around, Kid." Logan said then walked to his car and left.
Tony looked up at Jarvis, "He's so neat."
Jarvis chuckled, "Yes, he is Master Stark." Jarvis said then led Tony into the house.
Tony groaned, "Jarvis, how many times do I have to tell you, don't call me that!"
Jarvis laughed and shut the door.
Logan drove back to his apartment in New York. When Logan got home, the first thing he did was call Lily. Lily and Susan were in their dorm, talking about their upcoming classes when their telephone rang. Susan answered the phone. Susan smiled when she heard the voice on the other end, asking for Lily.
Susan covered the receiver, "It's for you, Lily. It's your man."
Lily blushed and grabbed the phone, "Hello?"
"Hello, Darlin'."
"Logan, it's so good to hear your voice."
"It's good to hear yours. I wanted to call you to let you know that I'm back. I got back this morning."
Lily frowned, "This morning, why didn't you call me sooner?"
"I'm sorry, Darlin', but I was hanging out with the boss's kid all day. Poor little guy, his dad ignores him, and his mom's no better. I thought the kid could use some quality time."
Lily melted into a puddle of goo, "Oh, Logan, you're so sweet."
"Yeah, yeah, don't go spreading that around."
Lily laughed at his comment, "So Darlin' if I remember correctly you don't start school until September and I got the next two weeks off. So, you're mine until school starts."
Lily blushes, "Am I, Logan?"
Logan's voice drops, "Yes, you are, and I'm not going to share you."
"What are we going to do?"
"Whatever you want."
While Lily is having her conversation with Logan, Susan is sitting on her bed staring at Lily, who keeps getting redder and redder. Susan raises an eyebrow, but Lily waves her off.
"Alright, Logan, what time are you picking me up?"
"If it were up to me, I'd pick you up now, and you'd spend the night with me."
"Sorry, Logan, I can't do that. At least not yet."
Logan growled into the phone, making Lily shiver, "I'm going to hold you to that, Darlin'."
"I hope you will," Lily tells Logan, "But for now I have to go."
"You are such a tease."
Lily smirked on her end of the line, "Yes, I am. I'll see you tomorrow, Logan."
"At dawn."
Lily laughs, "At 8:00."
Logan sighs, "Fine, goodnight, Darlin'."
"Goodnight, Logan."
At dawn, Logan arrived at the University. It didn't take him long to pass through the wards and follow Lily's scent to her dormitory. He sat outside the building on the steps waiting for 8:00 so that he could go up and retrieve Lily. As he sat there, smoking a cigar watching the sunrise, Logan started to think about his and Lily's relationship.
It had only been two months that Logan had met Lily, but he felt closer to her than he had to any other woman in his long life even though Lily was Logan's mate. There was something special about Lily that he couldn't quite put his finger on. And Logan wondered if he should tell Lily the truth about himself and the bond that they shared.
After much debate, Logan concluded, "Fuck it, I'm going to tell her the truth and see what happens."
Meanwhile, up in Lily's dorm room, Lily was in the shower thinking about Logan. Never in her life had Lily had such intense feelings for someone in such a short time. There was something about Logan that drew her in like a moth to a flame. Lily wanted nothing more than to be with Logan. And that was the problem. If Lily was going to be with Logan, she had to tell him the truth about herself.
Lily sat down on the floor of the shower and wrapped her arms around her knees, "Will Logan be able to accept me as I am?" Lily wondered aloud.
After sitting in the shower for a while, letting the water pelt her, she came to two conclusions. One was that she was definitely in love with Logan even though Lily had only known the man for two months. And two Lily was going to have to summon up all her Gryffindor courage and tell Logan that she was a witch.
Now that Lily had decided to tell Logan the truth, she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She got out of the shower, dried herself off, then started getting ready for her day with Logan. Using a drying spell, Lily quickly dried her hair and began applying her makeup. She hummed a happy tune as she got ready.
Lily decided to wear a purple blouse that would make her green more vibrant. And a pair of blue jeans. Lily wasn't sure if Logan would bring his truck or his motorcycle, so she wasn't going to take any chances. She put on a pair of wedged heels and a little bit of perfume. When she stepped out of the bathroom, Susan was waking up.
"You look beautiful, Lily," Susan tells her friend.
"Thanks, Sue. Merlin, I'm so nervous."
"Why?"
"I've decided that today I'm going to tell Logan that I'm a witch."
"What brought this on?"
Lily goes and sits on her bed, "I'm in love with him, Sue. I know we've only known each other for two months, but I can't deny it. I am completely in love with James Logan Howlett. And if I want to have a future with this man, I can't keep this part of my life a secret from Logan. He means too much to me to lie about this."
"Are you sure you don't want to wait a bit longer before you tell Logan that you're a witch?" Susan asks.
"No, I have to do this today before I lose my nerve. Besides, if Logan can't accept who I am, at least I can make a clean break from him."
Susan nod, "Well, I wish you the best of luck."
"Thanks, Sue, I appreciate that."
Lily grabbed her wand off the nightstand and cast a tempus to find out the time, it was 7:45, "Logan will be here any minute," Lily says with a smile.
Fifteen minutes later, there's a knock at the door. Lily answers the door and smiles as she looks up at Logan. He smiles back then wraps his arms around Lily. He leans down to kiss her, "Good morning, Darlin'."
Lily blushes, "Good morning, Logan."
Logan looks up at Susan, "Morning, Susan."
"Morning, Logan, how are you?"
"Better now," Logan says as he squeezes Lily, "And you?"
"Good, a little tired."
Lily turns to her friend, "We'll let you get back to sleep then."
Susan waves them off, "Have fun you two."
Logan grins, "Oh, we will," Logan says then leads a giggling Lily out of her dorm room.