They parked a couple of blocks away and walked down Ocean Avenue towards Bob's Burgers, Louise could tell even from a distance away that the dining room was dark and she was instantly concerned, they should have been open for at least a few more hours. Her mind was racing as she started jogging down the sidewalk, the restaurant was locked up tight so she ran upstairs to find Linda sitting on the couch with Bob nowhere in sight.
"Hey you guys closed early, is everything okay? Where's dad?" Louise was highly concerned as she glanced all over the room.
Linda gave her a small grin, Louise's sudden tendency to show concern and compassion made Linda feel so happy. "He's fine sweetie it's just that all the excitement wore him out so I sent him up to bed. I was thinking about opening back up once you kids got here and staying open late to make up the money."
Louise didn't say anything as she looked around the room and saw the billing ledgers scattered throughout the room and she instantly put her head down in shame, she thought she had thoroughly hidden them but there they were. She had worked so hard to make sure they didn't find out what kind of trouble they were in, she didn't want them to know that she couldn't take care of the place.
"Why didn't you tell me we were so bad off Louise? I could have helped." Linda stood up and held her hand out halfway between them trying to decide if it would be okay to touch Louise or not.
Louise threw her head back and let out an exasperated sigh as she started pacing. "Why would I tell you mom? Why would I tell you that I'm a failure at running the business? That I can barely keep us up and going. Why would I want you to know that I let the dream fall apart?"
Louise put her head in her hands as she felt Linda wrap her arms around her. "I don't want to hear any more of that Miss Missy you are not a failure. Nobody could have prevented this," Linda looked down at Louise and lightly touched her face as she realized they both had tears falling down their face "if anything Louise you are the only reason we still have this business and this house, you're the reason that all of this has stayed as well as it has. You've succeeded more than any of us would have."
Louise smiled at her mother the words genuinely touched her heart and comforted her. They both heard a light sniffle across the room and saw Tina, Logan, and Warren all standing at the stairs each one of them had tears in their eyes at what they had seen. Linda's eyes grew wide as she ran up and hugged Warren.
"Mom I brought all of you a surprise." Tina said as her voice broke a bit.
Warren put a hand on Linda's shoulder and gestured towards the kitchen, "let's go talk Lin." With that they both sat down at the table, Tina took off to her old bedroom, and Logan stood there with his eyes locked on Louise.
"I knew you were feeling bad Louise, I had no idea that you felt that down though." Without another word he pulled her close to him and hugged her as tight as he could.
After a while Louise looked up at him with a smile on her face, "Let's go pack your shit up Logan, time to come home."
They borrowed Tina's car and made their way back to the Sand Flea, as they entered the room Louise realized once again that this had been an exhausting day. She sent a quick message to Gene making sure they were all going to be there to open the restaurant. "I know you want out of here but do you think we could stay here tonight? I'm so fucking tired."
Logan raised a quick eyebrow and nodded to her, they sat down on the bed and started watching TV again. The rest of the day was fairly nice as they ordered Chinese food to the room and spent the evening holding each other and talking. Once they decided to settle in for bed Louise borrowed a shirt from Logan and sunk as deep as she could under the blanket, she didn't know that a bed could feel as good as it did, she suspected that it was just because of how tired she was. Logan slipped into bed beside her and wrapped his arm around her as he spooned her from behind, she felt so right and safe there with him she almost immediately drifted off to sleep. Her dreams were filled with visions of happiness, her healthy father, and Logan by her side.
She woke up lying on her back, the blanket in the floor and dripping in sweat, apparently for all the improvements that the motel had made they still had shit air conditioning. She was glad she wasn't shy and had opted to simply sleep in Logan's shirt and her underwear. Her hair was scattered all over the place and sticking to every piece of skin it touched, all of a sudden she remembered that Logan was next to her. She glanced over and saw that he was wide away lying on his side just staring at her, she immediately flushed red. "What are you looking at?" She asked teasingly as she turned onto her side.
He smiled at her before he answered, "You. You look absolutely fucking beautiful when you're sleeping." He leaned forward and gave her a soft kiss.
"I think you're losing your mind." She bit her lip as she reached forward and held his hand, he couldn't believe that he had actually gotten her to say yes to him, that he was actually lying in bed next to her able to say that she was his.
"I lost my mind the day I met you Louise."
She couldn't stop staring at him and became totally aware that he was next to her wearing nothing but boxers. She reached forward and ran her hand over his chest, she had never really seen him like this before and she really liked it. She wasn't sure exactly what she was thinking but her guy had never let her down before, she scooted closer to him and kissed him hard.
Her action took Logan off guard, he was pretty sure he knew where she was going with it but he couldn't be completely sure so he proceeded with caution. He matched her kiss with the same fervor she gave as he gently placed his hand on her hip. He wasn't sure exactly where she was going with it but he was having issues containing himself, he had wanted to be with her for years and it seemed like it was actually happening. She scooted closer to him as they kissed until she was pressed as close to him as she could get and he wrapped his arms around her waist, as she wrapped her hands in his hair he shifted slightly on top of her and started sliding his hand up her shirt.
All of a sudden Louise started pushing him away from her, he immediately stopped and sat up breathless. "I'm sorry Lou, I thought you wanted to. I'm really sorry."
She smirked at him and started blushing as she realized it was time to explain something to him. "Well I do want to Logan, it's just, um well…"
Logan was curious what she was trying to say and grabbed her hand to encourage her. She smiled at him and continued. "Well I've never done this before."
Logan's eyes widened he couldn't deny that he was surprised, she always portrayed herself as so experienced that he thought she had been active for years. "Really?"
"Um well yeah, is that a problem?" Louise felt panic creeping up on her, she had just managed to get together with Logan and didn't want it ruined in one night all because she was a virgin.
"No it's not a problem I'm just surprised is all, you always acted so, well experienced." He pulled her back over to him and wrapped his arm around her.
"Well I felt like I had to be because you were so much older than me, I mean I had opportunities but I was always a little too preoccupied with you to really put any interest in any of them." She hid her face in his chest to hide her embarrassment.
"Ahh so you have been pining after me all these years." He laughed as he kissed the top of her head and felt her jab him in the gut. "We'll only go as fast as you want to Louise, I promise. Now it's like four in the morning, so do you want to go back to sleep?"
Louise smiled up at Logan as she laid back down and in a moment of split decision she slowly pulled him on top of her and kissed him. She wasn't exactly sure what she was doing but she felt pretty sure of it, she had thought about it for years she had read about it and knew all the basic principles. She knew the more sorted details from the kids that she went to school with. What she really knew though was that she was certain she wanted to do this with Logan.
He reached up and caressed her face as he kissed her back hard, it quickly heated up this time. She reached down and slid him out of his underwear and he did the same to her. It seemed like they were both pretty content at that point to skip the extra stuff and jump right to the actual sex. He slowly slid himself into her, he hadn't been with a ton of women but he knew that none of the one's he had been with were virgins so he was taking extra care with Louise, he wanted it to be as painless as possible. He couldn't believe how amazing she felt. She couldn't believe that she had waited so long to do this, it felt amazing, she wrapped her legs around him and dug her nails into his back as he actually found a rhythm. They were staring into each other's eyes as Louise felt her finish start to build up and Logan did as well, he watched as she closed her eyes and moaned louder and louder, Logan barely managed to pull himself out of her before he finished, and was more than happy that she had finished at the same time.
He scooted off her feeling happier than he had in a long time, he was about to talk to her when he realized that she had already fallen fast asleep. He wrapped his arms around her and fell into his own peaceful sleep.