Chapter 7

The days afterwards went by very slowly, it's been almost a month since she walked out. Logan knew it was his fault she did, but that pain in his chest still wouldn't go away. He could still see that look in her eyes when she left, and it broke his heart knowing he did that to her. But he had to, he had to push her away, it was the only way that she'd be safe. When he heard a knock on his door, he jumped up to answer it.

"Well, did you see her?" Logan asked

"Yeah" Tyler said closing the door behind him

"Well?" Logan asked

"Well nothing" Tyler said "You wanna know how she is, then you'll have to go see her yourself"

"Come on man" Logan said frustrated

"No" Tyler said

"Dude, you know I can't go see her" Logan said

"Logan, from what you said, Lulu dumped this Zucchini guy a while back" Tyler said "So why the hell is he still after you? You still never told me that part"

Logan rolled his eyes "Alright" he sighed "The bastard blamed me when Lulu dumped his ass, so that's how it all started. Now he doesn't like the fact that Lulu and I live in the same town"

"Why don't you just tell her this?" Tyler asked and Logan groaned "Come on, look at it this way…if you tell her the truth, then you can be with her and keep her safe"

"Alright, look at it this way" Logan said in the same tone Tyler used "The guy will stay away from her as long as I stay away from her. If he ever finds out that I slept with her, he'll kill her cuz the way he sees it is if he can't have her then no one can"

Tyler sighed "I see you're point, but how long could you avoid her?" he asked "Cuz face it, Flagstaff isn't that big of a town"

"Well then, I guess I'll have to leave" Logan said

"Seriously? Your gonna let this idiot drive you out of town?" Tyler said

"I don't know what else I'm supposed to do Ty" Logan said "I couldn't live with myself if something happened to her because of me"

"Then don't run" Tyler said "Just because you leave doesn't mean Lulu will be any safer. The way I see it, is that if you're around she'd be safer"

Rebecca has been knocking on Lulu's door for the past hour, but still got no response.

"Come on Lulu, you can't live off junk food and chick flicks forever" Rebecca yelled though the door

Lulu scoffed before she opened the door "What?" she spat

"Come on" Rebecca said "We're going out"

"No" Lulu said

"Yes we are" Rebecca said "Now you can either change, or I'm gonna drag you out in your pajamas…take your pick"

"Ugh!" Lulu said before she slammed her bedroom door

A few minutes later she came out, dressed and ready to go

Lulu sighed "Where are we going?"

"You'll see" Rebecca smirked

Lulu and Rebecca had spent the last hour at the bar, having shots of tequila. They were on about their eighth shot. Lulu was piss drunk with Rebecca not far behind.

"So much better that junk food eh?" Rebecca laughed downing another shot

"Oh yeah" Lulu slurred

After a few more shots, Rebecca decided she was done so she called Tyler for a ride home.

Once he got there, he was shocked at what he saw. He saw Lulu dancing up top of the bar with Rebecca laughing so hard that it looked like she was about to fall over. When she saw Tyler come in, she got off the bar stool.

"Hey ba…whoa" She broke off when she fell flat on the floor.

"Becca are you alright?" he asked, and when he flipped her over he realized she wasn't crying, she was laughing hysterically

"Alright" he laughed "Lets get you home"

Tyler helped Rebecca back up to the stool before he went to Lulu who was still dancing on the bar.

"Come on down Lulu" he said

"No" she said

"Lulu come on, before you hurt yourself" Tyler said

"No" was Lulu's answer again

"Lulu"

"No" was all she said

Tyler turned to Rebecca who was laughing hysterically

"A little help here" Tyler said

Rebecca smiled big and shook her head.

Tyler sighed and rolled his eyes. He thought for a minute and smiled when he thought of what to do; he took out his phone and dialed a number

"Hey, man you have to get down here now" Tyler said

"Why? Where are you?" Logan asked

"I'm at the bar" Tyler said "There's something I think you should see"

"What is it?" Logan sighed

"Just get your ass down here" Tyler said then hung up the phone

A little while later, Logan showed up at the bar. When he saw Tyler he went straight over

"Hey dude, glad you showed" Tyler said patting Logan on the back

"Alright, so why am I here?" Logan asked

Tyler just pointed over to where Lulu was, still dancing on the bar

Logan had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. Once he regained his composure, he looked at Tyler with a straight face

"What is it that you think I should do?" Logan asked

"Well, for starters get her down before she falls" Tyler laughed "Second, just talk to her…tell her the truth"

Logan shook his head "No, I'm outta here"

Just as he was about to turn away from the bar, he noticed that Lulu was about to fall. Lulu felt herself falling, and was shocked when she didn't hit the floor. She looked up to see who caught her. She gasped when she realized that she had fallen right into Logan's arms. A big drunken smile spread across her face.

"Hi" she slurred still with the smile "You look hottttt"

Logan couldn't help but smile a little "And you look drunk"

"I am not" she pouted

Logan put her back on her feet, but everything started spinning and she fell right into Logan's chest, she hiccupped "Maybe I am" she said and started to laugh

She looked up at Logan and started to lean in. What she did next shocked the hell out of Logan, even though it should be expected. She slapped him across the face

"I hate you!" she almost shouted, then she pulled him closer and kissed him hard on the lips

Logan didn't even kiss her back, he pulled away. "Why did you do that?" Lulu slurred then tried to kiss him again but he held her at arms length

"No Lulu" Logan said

"But Logan…" she pouted "…I wanna…"

Logan looked at Lulu weird "You really are drunk"

"No shit Sherlock" she said and hiccupped "Now gimme what I want"

Lulu jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. She went to kiss him again but her head fell to his shoulder. When he heard the deep breathing he realized she passed out. 'Great' he thought to himself

He turned to Tyler who was laughing like crazy "I guess I'll take her home" Logan said, shifting Lulu in his arms so she was easier to carry

Tyler just smirked and Logan rolled his eyes.

Logan brought her out to his car, but before he could close the door, he felt himself being slammed against the car and felt a gun being pressed into his neck

"What did I tell you Hayes?" the man said through gritted teeth

"Sorry I guess I wasn't listening" Logan said sarcastically "What was it you told me?"

The guy pushed Logan harder against the car "I told you to stay away from her or…" he broke off when Logan slammed his elbow into his gut. Logan pinned the guy against another car and slammed his arm against it until he dropped the gun, the guy then punched Logan hard in the face. Logan reciprocated and hit the guy over and over again until he was on the ground, out cold

"Goodnight, Johnboy" Logan said before he shut the passenger side door and quickly got in the drivers seat, squealing the tires as he sped off. He looked over at a sleeping Lulu, wondering what to do next.

to be continued...