What the hell was happening to her? Louise wasn't used to this feeling - this desire to be near another person. The only people she had ever genuinely wanted to be around were her family and even that was subjective to timing. All she could think of now though was Logan, and now here she was in the dark with him, all she could feel was his lips on hers, his arm around her, the sand underneath her, as she sat trying to push away from him but still wanting to be close. Maybe she should just slap him and try to get it out of her system, it didn't work with Boo-Boo when she was nine though so she seriously doubted it would work now. Yeah they had kissed once before but they both just ignored it, he left the next day and it was never mentioned again. Wasn't that supposed to be the end of it? Here they were now though, it was two years and a full fucking circle, drunk and making another move. Her mind was everywhere she was scared and exhilarated and confused and a million other things, she couldn't process what was happening, all she knew was that right then she couldn't handle it.
Louise jumped up quickly startling Logan and almost falling back down in the process. "Fuck Louise are you okay?" Logan asked catching her before she hit the ground. "Hey come on Lou, talk to me, are you okay?" Logan stared at Louise as she swayed slightly avoiding eye contact with him. " she was more than aware of the fact of how close they were and she knew she needed to leave. She pried herself from his arms, shook her head, and Logan watched as she half ran and half stumbled away in a drunken haze." Logan followed Louise stuck in his own haze he knew the last thing he needed to do was confront her about anything right now but he needed to make sure she got where she was going safely so he followed her. He watched as she stumbled through the front door of her apartment and then, once he saw a light come on upstairs, he stumbled his way towards his motel.
Louise flinched as the door slammed into the wall, she had flung it open way harder than she intended to, she giggled as she shushed the door. Trying to stand on her own two feet was proving to be harder than trying to sneak whiskey into Biology class had been, she tried taking the steps one at a time but damn was this difficult. After her third time stumbling and falling back down to the bottom step Louise resolved to just spend the night there and it was at that moment she saw a light come on above her and heard movement. "Helllooooo, who's there?" Louise giggled to herself as she saw her mother peeking down the stairs, Linda was obviously scared and was holding a bottle of wine, Louise wasn't entirely sure if the bottle was for self-defense or if she was already a bottle deep herself, probably both.
"Down here mom." Louise slurred as she waved her hand in the air, her head resting on the steps. Linda hurried down the stairs and supported Louise all the way up to the living room where they both flopped onto the couch. "Young lady, every one needs a drink now and then but tell me that damn boy didn't leave you on the bottom of the stairs. Oh I swear I'll punch him, I'll punch him right in the face."
Louise started laughing as she stared at her mothers stern face waving her fist in the air, it was always funny when her mother threatened people with violence. Logan didn't deserve it though and Louise didn't want her to be pissed at Logan. "No mom, it's okay, I uhm I ran away from him."
"Whaaaaaaaat?" Linda involuntarily screeched, she covered her mouth quickly since she was trying to avoid waking up Bob, she didn't know he was already awake though and listening intently from the bedroom.
Bob heard someone get up he was assuming it was Louise since the person was stumbling, throughout her teenage years he became pretty accustomed to the sound of her coming home drunk. Suddenly Linda was speaking again "Well why don't you go ahead and tell me why and we can talk about it and decide if running away was the right thing." Bob chuckled at Linda's attempt she was always trying to get information on the kids lives Tina and Gene usually gave in but Louise was a rock who rarely ever wanted her mom's advice so he figured Lin was fighting a losing battle. He realized he was wrong though as he heard Louise sigh and then just start talking as fast as she could. "Ugh he kissed me mom, we hung out and we had a great time and then he kissed me, and I hated it because I liked it, I know you both hate him but I don't I like him but I can't do anything about it, I don't have time I need to be here taking care of the restaurant then I need to be here taking care of dad, that's what matters, please drop it mom."
He heard Louise's voice catch at her last phrase and her bedroom door slam, he knew that Linda was going to be in the kitchen drinking for a while so he just stared at the ceiling. Louise had given up everything for him, he had always suspected that she loved him but with Louise it was always a question. He had to beat this, he had to turn the tables. He couldn't have his babygirl losing another opportunity for him, laying in bed moping all day and night wasn't helping, he needed to get his strength up, he needed to be up and doing things. He needed to take some of the burden off of his families shoulders. He needed to - no - he was going to beat this.