Chapter 8

Lulu woke up the next morning, and squinted when the sun hit her eyes, it didn't help matters any that she had a mother of a headache. She took note of her surroundings and realized that she had no clue where she was.

"Ugh, what did I do last night?" she said to herself

She jumped when she heard the car door open, she looked at him confused then anger coursed through her body.

"Logan!" she said angrily, then put her hand up to her throbbing head

"Hey" he said "I thought you might need this" he handed her a cup of coffee

She didn't say a word, but she took it

"Why the hell am I here? With you?" she asked harshly after taking a sip of the coffee

Logan knew that there was no way out of this one, he had to tell her the truth…the whole truth. When he didn't say anything, Lulu spoke up again

"Well?" she said wanting an explanation "Because last I saw of you it was 'wham bam thank you ma'am'…then you basically said you wanted nothing to do with me…so why am I here Logan?"

Logan swallowed the lump in his throat "Last night, Ty called me and told me to come to the bar. I saw that you were drunk, so I figured the least I could do was drive you home…" he trailed off

"Well, Logan this sure as hell doesn't look like home to me" she said "Where are we?"

"Um…just outside of town" he said quietly not even looking her way

"What the…Logan?" she said "Why?"

Logan ran his hand over his face "Lulu, I…"

"Is that about why the cops are after you?" she asked, her voice finally softening "And what happened to your face?"

Logan slowly nodded ignoring her last statement, still not looking at her

"I…I'm sorry I got you into this" Logan said, then he hesitated "It's just…the only way I can keep you safe"

"Logan what's going on?" she asked not sure if she wanted to know the answer

Logan didn't answer, he knew he'd have to tell her but he didn't want to do it like this. So he turned the car on and drove off

"Logan Hayes, answer me damn it" she almost shouted

"I will" he said "Just…not right now"

"Ugh, I hate you" she said

"Why thank you Lulu" he said in his most cheerful voice

"Ugh"

About half an hour later, Logan pulled into the parking lot of a motel

When Lulu saw where they were she said "Oh no, there is no way in hell I'll ever be sleeping with you again!"

"Is that what you think this is about?" he scoffed "Jeez Lu, I brought you here so we could talk…I promise I'll explain everything"

Lulu didn't say a word. Once they checked in, they went to the room. Logan unlocked the door allowing Lulu to go in first

"Oh and Lulu? I just thought I'd tell ya that there is no way in hell I'd ever sleep with you again either" he said, then he couldn't resist adding "No matter how much you beg"

Lulu knew he was implicating what she had said to him last night "Fuck you Logan" she said glaring at him, wishing he'd wipe that damn smirk off his face…only because it still made her weak in the knees. She sat on the bed, she couldn't believe they only had single rooms left "Well, start explaining asshole"

"Where do you want me to start?" he asked

"Well lets see, how about how all this involves me" she said still glaring at him

"Ok" he sighed "I told you about that undercover cop that was killed right? Well…he was killed just to frame me" Logan said quietly and hesitated before he spoke again "Lulu what I didn't tell you was who is behind it all…" he trailed off

"Who is it?" she asked, when he didn't answer she asked again "Logan…who is it? Tell me"

Logan swallowed hard and Lulu saw what looked like anger flicker in his eyes "It's…it's Johnny" he finally said hoping and praying that she would believe him

Lulu felt like she was going to be sick "J…Johnny?" Lulu said "But why…why would he come after you?"

"He thinks it's my fault that you dumped him…that's how it started" Logan said quietly "Then he kept at it because he didn't like that we lived in the same town"

Logan saw the guilty look in her eyes so he spoke up again "I know what you're thinking…Lu it's not your fault" he sat on the bed and hesitated a little before he wrapped his arms around her, when she didn't pull back, he pulled her to him "You did what was best for you. If it's anyone's fault it's mine"

"So this is why you said you didn't want to be with me and what happened was a mistake…isn't it?" she asked

"Um…" he said

"Logan…what else aren't you telling me?" she asked

"Lu…one night he…Johnny came to me, it got real bad" Logan said, not telling her any details. She noticed the anger in his eyes again "He said that if I went anywhere near you that…"

"That what, Logan?" she asked urging him to continue

"That…that he'd kill you" Logan said looking away from her

"What" Lulu said quietly, mostly to herself

"Then last night…he saw me putting you in the car and…" he said "And…so I kind of knocked him out and drove away…that's how we ended up here"

"Logan…" she started

"Lu, I promise I won't let anything happen to you" he said

"Why didn't you tell me all this before?" she asked

"Because I was trying…I wanted to protect you" he said getting up

"Where are you going?" she asked

"Um, I'm going to take a shower" he said and headed to the bathroom

The truth is, he was angry at the situation and about Lulu being in danger because of him and he needed to cool down.

About 20 minutes later Lulu saw Logan come out in his jeans and his shirt in his hand. Trying not to let it affect her how he looked with no shirt on and his wet hair. For the first time she noticed a scar on his abdomen and gasped, she didn't know how she missed it before.

"Oh my god Logan…what happened?"

to be continued...