I am so sorry about the wait :( I plan to finish this story at some point. I have a double update for now, hope you enjoy

Chapter 12

Lulu awoke the next morning with a raging headache; she groaned and squinted as she slowly opened her eyes. She turned over to look at the clock on the nightstand, but she was confused when she realized she didn't know where she was, 'Where am I?' When she saw that she still had her clothes on she sighed with relief, also catching a whiff of a familiar scent that saddened her to no end. She still couldn't believe she said those words to him; she hurt him so much that she feared he'd never forgive her. Lulu got out of the bed and hesitantly opened the door; she was greeted by the distinct smell of pancakes, 'What's going on?' She followed the smell to the kitchen and that's where she saw him. Logan was standing over the stove in just his jeans, cooking pancakes. She rubbed her eyes thinking she was hallucinating, but she wasn't, he was really there.

"Morning" he said, not looking up from the stove "There's a bottle of ibuprofen and some orange juice on the table"

Lulu was speechless and confused, at the moment he didn't seem the least bit angry or upset. She slowly walked closer to him.

"Um…Logan what…"

"When I came home last night I saw you passed out at my door" he interrupted "You really have to stop with the tequila" he chuckled, flipping some pancakes onto a plate

"I…" she started

"Here" he said handing her the plate "You should probably eat something"

"Um…thanks" she said quietly, all was silent for a moment "Logan…"

She looked up, but only saw his retreating back going into his room. He came out a moment later with a black t-shirt on.

"Logan I'm so sorr…"

"I gotta go" he interrupted

"Please let me s…" she was interrupted again

"I'm gonna be late for work" he said, still not looking at her

She so desperately wanted to apologize, to say sorry for all that she put him through then and now, for bringing up the past one too many times, but he wouldn't let her talk…not that she blamed him. And a simple sorry wouldn't be enough, he deserved more than that. She couldn't help but think back two years ago, when it was Logan working to get her trust back…now the roles were reversed, she had to get his trust back.

"Um…where do you work?" she asked, hoping they could have some sort of normal conversation

"A garage" he said, purposely making his answer vague "I gotta go or I'll be late"

Lulu silently nodded while trying to catch his gaze but he still refused to look at her

"Uh lock up when you leave" he said opening the door "There's a key under the doormat"

And with that…he was gone.

When Logan arrived at the garage, he was greeted by Tyler.

"Wow man, you're here early…that's a first" he said

"Hey I'm always on time" Logan replied

"Yeah but you're never early" Tyler stated "What gives?"

"Nothing gives" Logan said

"Oh really" Tyler said unconvinced "So you just flipped out last night over nothing? And for some reason I think that's why you're here early"

"Damn Ty, you're not gonna let this go are you?" Logan asked "Look I'm sorry man, about last night…I was pissed and I shouldn't have flipped out like that…it had nothing to do with you"

"Alrighty then…tell me why you were so pissed, I'm guessing it had something to do with Lulu right?" he said knowingly

"I'm not talking about this now…not here"

"Ok, well since we're both early…you have time to tell me what happened" Tyler said

"What are you, a shrink?" Logan retorted

"Haha, funny" Tyler replied "Now come on"

Logan reluctantly followed Tyler to the break room and immediately went over to the coffee machine and got himself a coffee…if it could even be called that, the stuff was nasty but it sure could wake you up. He sat at the table as did Tyler, Logan sighed "Since you won't let this go, where should I start?"

"Just talk man"

"Alright" Logan said getting frustrated "Lulu said some stuff…brought up things that are better off left in the past" he sighed "I was just trying to protect her, you know…I got pissed and told her to walk back to town" Tyler gave him a shocked look "I drove around for a bit then I went to your place and well you know what happened there" Logan sighed again "When I got home, I saw her…Lulu was passed out at my door"

Logan quickly finished off his cup of coffee then went to get another "I couldn't just leave her there…I brought her inside and put her to bed. Then this morning I cooked breakfast and I left"

Tyler thought for a moment "Well I wasn't expecting all that" he said "So what are you gonna do now?"

"Nothing" Logan said quickly "She's not safe around me and I can't take her throwing the past in my face anymore"

Tyler knew all about Logan's past with Lulu, he knew that Lulu was the only girl ever to get through to Logan; the only one Logan ever loved.

"You know, the last time I talked to Coop, he said he thought you actually wanted to settle down, that you found a girl that made you change your ways…of course I though it was bullshit" Tyler smirked and Logan rolled his eyes "But when you came here, I saw that you did change…you weren't the same hot-headed punk we knew in Iraq"

"What's your point?" Logan asked

"My point is…I think you should talk to Lulu, she was the only girl ever to smarten you up…so talk to her, try with her again" he said and he knew what Logan was thinking "Just ignore that whole Zucchini thing, we'll handle that…I still say she'd be safer with you"

"Alright man, if you're done, I gotta get to work" Logan said, then left

Tyler immediately got up and followed

"Logan…just think about what I said"

"Yeah…sure" Logan said, but Tyler knew he really meant 'Yeah right!'

Lulu ate the pancakes even though she wasn't that hungry. After she was done, she started to look around the apartment and smiled, it was all so simple, it was just so…Logan. She noticed some pictures setting on top of the entertainment center. One of then was of a woman that must be his mother, she had the same green eyes as him. The next one was of Logan, Coop and Tyler in the army; they had their arms around each others shoulders with goofy grins on their faces. Then she saw one of her and Logan, it was taken on their date at Vista Point… 'He kept it'. Lulu picked up the picture and looked more closely at it, they were soaked but they were so happy, she remembered that day so well. The smile on Logan's face brought tears to her eyes, 'How did we go from this to how we are now?' she sighed sadly and put the picture back. She knew what she had to do, she left the apartment and locked the door, but instead of putting the key back, she put it in her pocket and left. She was going to fix this.

She drove around town for a few hours, looking in the parking lots of the garages for anything that resembled Logan's car. Finally she found it. She parked her car then took a deep breath before she entered the garage. She looked around but she couldn't see Logan anywhere.

"Lulu?"

She turned around and saw Tyler; she forgot he was a mechanic.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, although he did have an idea

"I…um…does Logan work here?" she asked quietly and he almost didn't hear her

Tyler smirked and pointed over his shoulder "Yeah he's over there, under the Chev"

Lulu didn't say anything and she stood rooted to the spot wondering what she should say to him

"Come on, I'll bring you over" he said, knowing Logan would probably hate him for this, but it had to be done, they had to talk, 'He'll get over it'

Lulu reluctantly followed him over and Tyler knocked on the hood.

"Yo bud, you got a visitor" he said

Logan stopped what he was doing and slid out from underneath the car. He looked up and saw Lulu, their eyes meeting for the first time that day.