Chapter 9
I woke with a start, slamming my head against the window.
"Ow." I mumbled groggily as I grabbed my head in my hands.
"You alright?" Logan said with a slight chuckle.
"What do you think?" I asked bitterly. I leaned forward, head in hands, wishing that the pain would go away. I sat up, hand still against my head, and looked out over the landscape. "Where are we?" I asked.
"We are about an hour away." he said.
"Cool." I said.
"You hungry?" he asked.
"You ask that a lot don't you?" I laughed.
"Yeah well. Are you?" he asked.
"Yea." I answered.
He pulled off when he spotted a diner just a ways up. He shut the truck off and we got out. He held the door open for me as I walked in.
"How many?" said the ditzy blonde waitress. I was already annoyed with her.
"Two." I said.
She grabbed two menus and some silverware. "Follow me." she said sickly sweet as she looked Logan up and down.
"Ugh." I mumbled. I followed the ditz to the booth at the back of the diner.
"There you are. Your waitress should be with you in a moment." she said. She shot a smile towards Logan as I sat down.
"Could you two make it any more obvious." I said.
"What?" he asked.
"Never mind." I looked through my menu trying to see what I would get. I settled on the usual. I didn't like to change to much, as you could tell.
"Hi there. My name is Wendy. What can I get for you two today?" she asked. She seemed nice enough, until I saw the way she looked at Logan. 'My God, do these women have no control or is it just me!'
"I will have two scrambled eggs, hash browns, some bacon, and some white toast." I said. "Oh, and a coke."
"And for you sugar?" she asked Logan. I rolled my eyes.
"I'll the early bird, and a coke also." he said. The waitress smiled.
"That will be right up for you." she said sweetly. I could have gagged.
"She's nice." said Logan.
"She sure is." I said sarcastically. Logan caught on and changed the subject.
"So, your head feeling any better?" he asked.
"Nah, still got a bit of a headache." I said.
"Bad dream?" he asked.
I nodded. "Yeah." I whispered. By the tone of my voice, he knew what I had dreamt about.
"Look, when we get to this school, there's someone who can help with you those dreams." he whispered so no one heard him. "He can also help you control your powers and learn how to use them properly."
"Why are you doing all of this?" I asked.
"What, you don't want my help? Fine." he said. He started getting up from the table but I grabbed his hand.
"Logan. I'm sorry. I just, I just want to know why your helping me. I mean, it seems far fetched to me that's all." I said.
"Look, I've been in your shoes and so have other kids. No one has to suffer because of them." he said, referring to the humans. He still sounded pretty pissed.
"Logan, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad, it's just no one has done anything like this for me and, it's a little surreal." I said.
"It's alright." he said. I noticed that I still held his arm and let go.
"Sorry." I said as I took my hand back. He grabbed my hand before I got far. He turned it over, palm side up and ran his finger along the many lines.
"So, a little ball of electricity comes out of here huh?" he asked.
He ran his finger along the middle of my palm when I shocked him. He jumped back as I smiled.
"Yeah." I said.
"Funny." he said raising his eyebrows.
I reached over and grabbed his hand. I ran my fingers along his knuckles, imagining the metal claws to come out any second.
"Do they hurt?" I asked looking up at him.
"Every time. You get used to it though." he said. I continued rubbing my finger along his knuckles, and I thought I heard him growl. I couldn't be to sure.
"I'm not interrupting something am I?" said the waitress. I looked up and noticed she had our food and drinks. I pulled my hand away from Logan's, and I thought I saw disappointment in them, but who knows. That man was to hard to figure out.
"Not at all." I said.
"Good." said the waitress. I furrowed my eyebrows at her response as she sat down my food. She practically threw it on the table along with my drink, but she placed Logan's down as if it would shatter any moment. I rolled my eyes and dug into my food.
"Will there be anyth,"
"We're good thank you." I cut her off. She glared at me but walked off, letting the check fall to the table.
We ate in silence for a bit when I finished eating. Logan seemed to inhale his in under four minutes. The man was amazing.
"I'll go pay the check while,"
"No. I'll pay." I said as I grabbed the check away from him.
"Look pix, I'll pay, you finish up eating." he said.
"No. You've done enough, at least let me buy you breakfast for goodness sake!" I said.
"Pixie." he growled, clearly warning me to hand over the check.
"No." I said. I took one last bite of food and got up to leave. He grabbed my arm, stopping me from getting up.
"Give me the check." he said in a deep menacing voice. "Or else."
"Or else what? You gonna leave me here? Start a scene? Come on Logan."
"Pix!" he warned.
"No." I said, standing my ground. He went to get up, but found he couldn't move. He looked around himself, confused as to why he was stuck.
"What the?" he said looking to me.
I only smiled and tapped my pointer finger to my head. I heard him growl and could see him getting angrier and angrier as the seconds went by.
I got up from the table and started walking away.
"Pixie if you don't let me go," he started.
"Shut it Logan. You and I both know you won't start anything. To many humans around. Wouldn't want to get into trouble now would you?" I said smiling. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and went to pay.
After I paid the cashier, I walked outside, mentally releasing Logan from his restraints. I heard the door to the diner swing open and him yell my name.
"Pixie!" he yelled. I ran to the truck and got in before he could cause a scene. He opened the driver side door with so much strength I though he would rip the door off.
He got in and slammed the door. He started the truck up and went to leave, but stopped. He turned to me and pointed a claw at me.
"Don't you ever do that to me again." he warned.
"Why, can't let a girl by you breakfast? Wow, interesting." I said as I turned to the window.
I heard him growl. He put the truck in drive and we were on the road again, towards the place where I could get some answers for these strange dreams, hopefully.