August 5th
"hey guys how are you today" asks Tori
"you're pregnant aren't you" grins Trina
"h-how'd you know" asks Tori
"you talked all quiet, you don't do that very often, Robbie use the bad sleeves again" says Jade
"they may be faulty Jade but they do feel good, I'll give Cat that, she knows how to maximize pleasure, quality she's not so good at, I'd throw them out if Robbie hadn't spent a hundred dollars on them, when a purchase gets that high I don't believe in just getting rid of them, we have about ten left then he will be buying the best quality ones available based on MY input, Cat's pregnancy didn't last, she's an emotional wreak, mine probably won't last either" says Tori
"ok something is wrong then, Cat had herself tested for any genes that make miscarriages frequent and she doesn't have a single one, I suggest getting rid of the sleeves, they could be the reason it didn't stick" says Quinn
"but they were expensive" says Tori
"I'll MAKE you guys custom ones, Zoey can have custom ones, Cat can have custom ones and you can have custom ones, my latest venture with Erin is safe sex sleeves, they can be customized to mitigate allergies or they can be customized as much as you want, companies don't take allergies into account, I've already sold a thousand to someone in France, we aren't peven selling for massive profit, only after fifty grand do we even make a profit and we're selling a bundle of ten for five dollars, that man in France only had to pay five thousand Euros, right now the exchange rate it like one American dollar is like half a euro… exchange rates make my head spin, all I know is I only made three and a half grand on that purchase" says Quinn
"how's Erin adapting to the relationship with you and Logan" asks Cassidy
"she's nervous around Logan but he understands, it's mostly been her and I together, Logan agreed to take the back seat till she's comfortable around us both" says Quinn
"oh no that won't do, her first and only ex boyfriend was a massive player, especially while he was dating her, in their three years together he managed to father seven children without her knowledge or consent, Logan needs to get involved, he NEEDS to show her he can be trusted, she is mega smart, the highest IQ I've ever heard of but her emotions take the front seat in relationships, like I said she's only had one boyfriend, she literally has no idea boys can be nice, loving AND caring" says Jade
"but she's nervous around him, how is he supposed to change her perception of him" asks Quinn
"she's nervous because she talked to Michael the moment she landed in LA, she asked him what Logan was like, Michael's response was 'he used to be extremely self centered', before he could explain that Logan's changed she said 'that's all I need to know thanks', she refused to let Michael explain further" says Jade
"then how does Logan gain her trust" asks Quinn
"you don't, no words can change her mind, you've seen her car right" says Jade
"yeah what about it, it's an electric car" says Quinn
"it's not just any electric car, it's an electric car that in southern California never needs charging when it's warm, it pulls in heat from the ground below it to charge the battery, the technology involved was created by her, nothing like it exists in the entire world, nobody knows how it officially works except her, we have no idea what it does with the heat to charge said battery, just that it is how it works, in order to gain her trust you need to give her gifts, she loves lace garments but she spends all her money on upgrading her prototype car" says Jade
"so what buying her lingerie will help me gain her trust, that doesn't seem very nice, it seems sleazy" asks Logan
"it may seem that way but trust me she literally spends every penny on that car, leaving her with nothing to make herself feel beautiful, in her eyes buying her lingerie shows that you care, the only thing she loves more than lingerie is that car" says Jade
"what color lingerie do I buy her" asks Logan
"last time I bought her clothes it was pink but her favourite color changes with her mood and the time of day, she's as unpredictable as Trina times ten, go with your gut instinct, if you fail it isn't really a failure, she will admire your attempt, she's outside working on her car, trying to hide from the media" says Jade as Logan runs outside
With Erin
"hey what's up with your car, it doesn't look broken" asks Logan sitting beside Erin
"I had to fabricate all the parts myself, it turns out my quality of material is terrible, no business will help me" says Erin
"what if I helped, my dad has major shares in Porsche, I'm sure he'd love to help you" says Logan
"I don't see any rich people coming to help me Logan, it's not what they do" says Erin
"I'm rich Erin, I'm offering to help, you need better metal let me buy it" says Logan
"like you'd buy me titanium, lithium, lead and steel Logan, that would be easily more than a quarter million dollars" says Erin
"I would actually, I'm even willing to spend money to mass produce this car if you want, there is a start-up vehicle manufacturer up in Canada that a friend of mine started, a similar venture to your own, except she's trying to power her vehicle a way absolutely nobody believes is possible" says Logan
"I'd rather the facility be down here if you're actually wanting to help, unless Canada gets LA or Malibu levels of warmth daily they'd never be able to test them, I've yet to solve the cold half of the equation, creating electricity from heat is easy, cold I have no idea, I've never been anywhere where its cold" says Erin
"who hurt you" asks Logan
"his name was Francis, he was very sneaky, I wasn't his only victim, every girl he had sex with and get pregnant he threatened to sue them if they kept the baby" says Erin
"wait was….. is he dead because I was going to kill him, I'm not like him Erin, not anymore, I was taught a valuable lesson by Quinn, which is why I absolutely love her, and you as well, Quinn isn't afraid to tell me the truth even if it may hurt me" says Logan
"yes he's dead, after I got a restraining order against him he went and raped a cops kid, she was only just fifteen years old at the time, she cried rape to her father and he attempted to arrest Francis but it ended in a standoff, Francis shot first and the cop shot back, the cop was put on house arrest for murder and was only cleared recently when I told my story to the judge just before I came here, it gave them a history of what the judge deemed mass rape on Francis's part, as a result the cop was let off house arrest" says Erin
"it wasn't Tori was it" asks Logan
"no it happened recently, though the girl is a Vega, Christine Ramone Vega, she's Tori and Trina's first cousin, all three parents were in law enforcement, Danielle, David and John" says Erin
"Tori's never mentioned a John Vega before" says Logan
"because they don't see eye to eye, Tori and Trina claimed he was being carless with Christine's life, only recently were they proven right, neither David nor Danielle are happy with his conduct, they're suing him for custody of Christine" says Erin
"would they actually succeed" asks Logan shocked at the disloyalty of the Vega family
"I can see how I worded it made you feel like the Vega family is disloyal, it is in fact the opposite, they are fiercely loyal, though if the future is in doubt because of an oversight, for example not seeing the forest for the trees, or in this case a rapist making a name for himself where a loyal man should be, John overlooked that side of Francis, as a result he is at odds with his siblings" says Erin
"but they would take Christine away from John, is that really fair" asks Logan
"Christine is the Vega I know best Logan, John moved his family to New York, in an attempt to stay out of the brewing feud between Danielle and David, in doing so he felt he and his family were safe from harm, Tori restored the Vega strength here in California, John is the youngest of the parents and unfortunately the most naïve, even Christine is against her father" says Erin
"what makes Danielle and David so special" asks Logan
"love Logan, love is the reason, their mother was not stable when David and Danielle were young, she hid the fact that Danielle was David's sister for the first fifteen years of their lives, by then Danielle and David were deeply in love and only then did their mother understand her mistake, the news destroyed Danielle's trust and fractured David's trust in his family, causing David to marry Holly later in his life, not caring about her cheating ways, he was just happy to have a family" says Erin
"surely Lola and Tori knew they were family" asks Logan
"nope, unable to reconcile the issue neither David nor Danielle told Lola or Tori they were related, even if distantly as has recently been realized, their feud led Lola and Tori down the same hole Danielle and David fell into, though for even longer than before, though it may not seem as such, Lola and Tori are very different, their feelings for one another allowed for healing" says Erin
"so David and Danielle are really together… that's kind of gross" says Logan
"they are together romantically not sexually, there is a difference Logan, they have agreed both legally and religiously that they will never cross that line, the true blame lies on their mother for hiding the fact that they were siblings for fifteen years, that is the ONLY reason it even passed in court, they have specific restrictions, if they decide to break those legal agreements they can't be together at all, you see it as gross but society views us, Tori, Cat, Zoey, Robbie…. Jade, Trina Cassidy… you, me and Quinn, society thinks what we're doing is gross, it's time for your views to evolve Logan, I wish love didn't involve two family members either Logan but the circumstances made it so, we can't change that, we shouldn't ask them to change because it doesn't affect us and until it does we can't ask anyone to stop" says Erin
"is that why you're afraid of me Erin, because of how I viewed the world" asks Logan
"that and at one time I had a major crush on Jade, she had the courage to stand against her father, stopping him from making her go to PCA when it finally began accepting girls, my father had a similar belief, except it was a Canadian school in the far north, known for pumping out scientists, I spent three years of my life there in northern Canada, being bullied daily for my lack of resistance to the cold, it was nothing like what New York had during the winter, it was way worse, only when I was stabbed did my dad let me return, I idolized Jade, my mind wandered to areas I wish it hadn't, I didn't know if a man like you, rich and handsome would understand a girl like me" says Erin
"I'm not as dumb as I may seem nor as unfeeling as I look, my parents divorced just prior to me getting into the lower school, taking my little sister with my mom to Canada, the person I was referring to is my sister, she only recently got back in contact with me, within the last year and a bit, she's struggling for resources, our mom disowned her so she's a lot like you, she might have the other half of your equation, her prototype bike uses the cold, she doesn't have enough equipment for a car but she spent all her money on high quality molding equipment, if you want her down here to help all I have to do is give her a call, her and I were very close, most of my narcissistic attitude was me trying not to be seen crying, I didn't know who to talk to" says Logan
"you said she had a business up there, would she really be willing to come all the way down here" asks Erin
"her name is Maria and she would absolutely love to come here, she idolized this place more than I did" says Logan
"is she like Quinn and I or like you, I don't know if I can get along well enough with her if she's too much like you or too much like Quinn, not without wanting to kiss her anyway" says Erin
"she's a healthy combo of both with a splash of Zoey charisma, you don't have to worry about her hitting on you, her type is the bleeding heart type or those with medical prowess like Hanna Bristow, Nicole's older sister" says Logan
"isn't Hanna like in her thirties" asks Erin
"no mid twenties, she's in her last year of school, Maria always preferred older anyway so it wouldn't matter" says Logan
"she made a motercycle that can on cold" asks Erin her mind returning to the first answer
"yeah, it's pretty sweet actually, she says it's like riding a cloud, she'd know, she created it while her and our mom lived in the Rocky mountains, she's on the search for a higher capacity battery that runs cooler though" says Logan
"then by all means invite her down" says Erin finally finishing her car repair for the day as Logan calls Maria
"hey bro what's up, you haven't called me in days" asks Maria Reese
"how's about you come down to the old PCA property, to live" says Logan
"is Hanna single" asks Maria
"do you know her or something, I do believe she's single why" asks Logan
"because her parents are legends here, they're both Canadians, they moved to Malibu shortly after Hanna was born, I kinda sorta have this mega mega crush on her, please tell me she lives on the property" says Maria
"since she and her mentor started working for Quinn at the Dillard Hall hospital she has been yes but the recently built building the hospital staff live in is for authorized personnel only, you'd have to take a medical exam to live there, even if Hanna agreed to date you, your hair would be a major problem for them" says Logan
"what they have a problem with silver hair or something, it's not like I chose to look like this Logan, hair dye doesn't affect it, it doesn't work, it literally washes out, even the permanent stuff, I'll pack tonight and be there in a few days, with my bike, some dude got me wide wheels, it certainly makes winter driving easier, anyway let me know when you're picking me up from the airport" says Maria as she hangs up
"she really does seem to have a bit of Zoey spunk" says Erin
"a word of warning about her, her hair really is silver in colour, doctors can't figure out why it went from black to silver, they just know it's real in Maria's case, she's super super self conscious about it so unless she brings it up please don't talk about it" says Logan
"only a few things could cause that drastic of a shift, depending on how long it's been silver they may never find the answer" says Erin
"please don't talk about it unless she does, please I'm begging you" says Logan
"ugh fine but you'll find I'm remarkably drab in conversation" says Erin