The Sand Flea wasn't as run down as it had used to be since it had gotten a new manager a few years beforehand and it got turned into a fairly respectable motel. Louise followed Logan towards his room and couldn't help but notice how much was still the same as it was in her childhood; she looked around and remembered when she and her mother had sold Bob's espresso machine so Gene could go to camp after all was said and done they ended up playing baseball in a field with a homeless man and a fraud. Gene still hit that goddamn ball though. She smirked at the horror on her father's face when he drove up to see Gene beating a soda machine with a bat, she really had an amazing childhood but that was only because her dad was her best friend.

She tried to push the memories out of her head as she started tearing up she shook her head trying to compose herself before Logan noticed, he already pitied her enough without seeing her spontaneously burst into tears. She would never admit to anyone how often that happened these days, after months of being alone with the stress of an entire family and business on her shoulders it seemed like these days the only way to let off steam was to lock herself in her bedroom and cry herself to sleep. Her family showing up honestly couldn't have come at a better time because everything was starting to be way too much for her, even the strongest people break at times. Once they finally reached his room Louise realized that she was emotionally and physically exhausted after the past few days, she quickly took in his room and settled into a slightly lumpy chair by the bed. Neither of them really knew what to say as they stared at each other uncomfortably, the silence was thick as Logan jumped up, held up a finger, and walked to the closet where he pulled out Louise's jacket and cigarette. He smiled at her as they each pulled out one and lit them.

After a while he couldn't take it anymore and finally broke the silence. "Alright Lou here's the deal, we're adults and neither of us have time for bullshit. I'd really like to lay out what I'm thinking or feeling or what the fuck ever and what exactly I want and then let you decide from there. Does that sound okay?"

Louise stared at him for a second, she wasn't used to seeing him so intense and mature and honestly she liked it. He was right, she didn't have time for bullshit so she simply looked at him, smirked, and nodded.

"I like you Louise, I think I may love you but I don't wanna fuck with your head like that until I'm absolutely sure. I've felt this way since before I left, that's one of my biggest regrets in my life, I should have never left. I should have just moved into the basement and stayed with you like you asked me to that night. I know you don't have a lot of time right now but for lack of a better phrase I'd really like to date you and if you don't want that to then that's okay but I still want you to be my best friend. No matter what it is that you want I want to be around the restaurant, not just to help you but to help Bob. He was such a big influence in my life and I feel like I owe him a lot. I really want to be there for both of you." He took a deep breath as he finished and watched Louise waiting on some sort of reaction.

She sat absorbing everything that Logan had said to her, her first thought was that it was a lot to take in and a surprise but after a few seconds she realized that it really wasn't, she had seen it coming for a while and she was pretty sure that she might feel the same way. She decided to take a plunge and just follow her gut like she was a train hopping kid again. She closed her eyes as she leapt towards Logan in the other chair and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her and they stayed like that for a few minutes before Logan just couldn't take the anticipation anymore. "Okay so I enjoyed that more than you could ever know but you are you so I have no clue which answer that is."

They both started laughing as Louise set herself back up right, she wasn't sure of much and she sure as hell wasn't sure of this but she did have some ideas that could piss of a few people. "Logan I honestly don't know what I think about all of this, I like you a lot I'm just so scared that a relationship would kill our friendship. I don't know, I mean I guess we could try though, maybe just casually? No intense shit?"

He didn't have to think long before he smiled at her and nodded, all he wanted was for her to accept him in some way and she had. As he was about to pull her into a kiss she held her hand up to stop him.

"There's more Bush."

He chuckled as she jabbed him in the side with her elbow, it may have hurt but it was good to see Louise having fun again. "What else is there four-ears?"

"Well I actually really could use help at the restaurant, I know that Gene and Tina are coming in but they don't know my systems or well anything, and I'm afraid that we'll drown again. So here's my proposition: you at least half ass know the system and you've gotta get out of this motel. Come back work in the restaurant and stay in the basement again. It's a win-win."

Logan smiled and nodded as he pulled her into a kiss. They sat around the motel for a few more hours, they watched TV and teased each other and laid on the bed with each other cuddling and kissing. Finally around sunset Louise got a text from Tina that she was on her way to the restaurant and that she had a surprise for everyone. It peaked both of their interests so they decide to head towards Oceanside, it was quite a walk but it was nice to see the sunset over the Ocean. They were about halfway there and had been holding hands and making small talk when Louise saw her sister's car pull up in front of her and park on the side of the road.

Louise slowed down a bit as she saw the passenger door open, she was curious as to who would be with Tina that was a surprise. Finally she saw none other than her dad's best friend Warren Fitzgerald step out of the car, in a rare moment of vulnerability Louise dropped Logan's hand and ran up to hug Warren which threw everyone off guard. While she and Warren got along marvelously it had been a couple of years since he had been around and Louise wasn't one to show affection.

"Warren it's so good to see you." Louise backed away and stood by Logan slightly embarrassed by her lapse her defenses. Logan reached out and shook Warren's hand they had briefly met when Louise was younger but they had never gotten to know each other well.

"Hey Louise, I ran into Tina in New York and she filled me in on Bob's condition. I'm down here to see if there's anything I can do to help, I don't care what it is don't sugarcoat just let me know." He smiled slightly and Louise wasn't really sure what to say.

"That's so nice I'm sorry, I really tried to get a hold of you when dad got sick but none of your numbers would go through." That was one thing that Louise consistently kicked herself for, she knew that Warren would have wanted to know as soon as they found out and she knew how happy Bob would be to see him, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't find him.

"Well actually Louise that would be my fault. I took my jet up to vacation in Nepal and decided to move into a monastery with some Buddhist monks and man they just don't like technology up there." Louise couldn't help but laugh, Warren was always spending his money on something crazy or doing something most people never would. This was no exception. "Alright Louise, let's go sit and talk just the two of us. I want to know what's going on."

They walked over to a sitting area at the park and Louise decided not to hold anything back when she talked to Warren she knew that she needed help because as stubborn as she was if she didn't do something soon her dad was going to lose the restaurant and she didn't think that he would be able to properly heal if he lost his dream. Louise outlined to Warren about all the breaks Fischoeder was giving her and that she couldn't keep their heads above water let alone keep enough food in the freezer. She was doing anything she could just to keep the lights on. She told him about paying out of pocket for all of Bob's treatments and everything else. One thing she was happy to report was that after months and months of being the only one in charge she was finally getting some help in the place.

Warren sat quietly taking it all in obviously in deep thought. Finally he took a deep breath, stood up, and started pacing. Louise wasn't exactly sure what to thing or what was going through his head and the suspense was killing her. Right as she was about to attempt to rush Warren along he sat back down with a smile on his face.

"Alright Louise, I've made my decision and I'm not going to change my mind on it. I told your dad years ago that I wanted to invest not just in his restaurant but in him and that's just what I'm going to do. I'm taking over Bob's treatments and making sure he gets the best and I'm going to give the restaurant a boost to get out of debt so you can start getting ahead. I told you all that this place was going to be a goldmine and I'm not going to let it go down right as it's getting good, more than that I'm not going to sit by and let my best friend suffer while I'm able to help"

Louise sat there staring at Warren with a blank face, she was in complete shock, her first instinct was to tell Warrant to get real because no one could do that; she was fully aware though that if any person could then it would be him. She had spent all this time fighting and it felt like she had done it all alone and worked so hard just to fail. She couldn't turn this down or argue, she was so overwhelmed that she did the unthinkable - she broke down and started to cry. Warren wrapped his arm around her but didn't say anything and soon enough she heard footsteps and looked up to see Logan and Tina. From the looks on their faces Tina already knew what was going on and had filled in Logan she stood up and gave them both hugs finally Warren stood up.

"Alright let's get down to the restaurant there's a man there that needs a glass of water dumped on his head." They all laughed as they started towards the car, they stayed quite the few minutes it took to get to the restaurant while Louise worked to compose herself.