Here's chapter four! Enjoy!
Oh and Dan the coffee cart guy? That's the guy who's usually there. I tried, honestly, to find his name and found nothing. So, I gave him one.
Quinn and Logan almost break up after the whole Coffee Cart fiasco. Logan tries to catch her attention after they leave Dean Rivers' office, but she "hmph"s him the way they were all supposed to do to Vince Blake when they thought he was a jerk. She ignores every text message he sends her, which really worries him (even when they hated each other, she never ignored him).
Michael can't figure out why Logan spends the rest of the day and half of the next after the coffee cart ban is lifted being miserable and mope-y (James knows, but true to his word, he's kept their secret). He tries everything to get Logan to be happy, thinks Logan should be happy that there are coffee carts on campus and that he's really over reacting to having his personal business shut down. None of them are in trouble and Logan even learned a new word.
Logan can't find it in himself to be anything but miserable though (his four hundred dollar coffee taste bitter and nothing like Quinn's pineapple flavored lip gloss). He hates that one girl can decide whether he feels happy or sad, hates that he's given over so much of himself to her without even realizing it, hates that he knows she has every reason to be mad at him (but mostly he just hates that money can still sometimes blind him to what's really important).
After two days of Quinn not replying to his text messages or even catching his gaze (unless she's glaring), Logan realizes that he's going to have to bite the bullet and apologize (he shudders, he doesn't apologize, he doesn't have to, he's Logan).
He shows up at her door (he knows for a fact that both Zoey and Lola are with their respective boyfriends) with a single tiger lily and an apologetic smile. She very nearly slams the door in his face, but he manages to stick his foot in before it closes so she finally relents and lets him in.
"Here." He shoves the tiger lily in her direction and she takes it, looking at it skeptically. "I wanted to get you a whole bouquet, but I figured that would be kind of hard to hide."
"Are you sure this didn't cost too much money?" Her tone is clipped and Logan cringes (she feels bad for being so distant, but she doesn't want him to think that it's okay to treat her like that ever again).
He runs a hand through his hair and sighs in frustration. "Look, I'm sorry, okay?" She finally meets his gaze and he hopes that she can see the pleading look in his eyes. "I just, you know, I get sort of blinded when it comes to money. It's kind of a big deal in my family."
"I'm supposed to be a big deal to you too, Logan." She whispers it, and she sounds so hurt that he wishes she had just screamed at him instead (screaming he can handle, this, this just breaks his heart).
"You are!" He insists, trying to grab her hand, but she pulls away from him. "You are, like, a really big deal! I don't know if you've noticed, but you're the only girl I've even thought about looking at in almost four months!"
She's still looking at him with big brown eyes that usually sparkle with happiness, but they're just sad now (he's always hated it when her eyes were full of hurt, especially hurt caused by him). He sighs again and sits down on Zoey's bed. "Look, you know-I can be-that doesn't mean I don't-ugh!" His shoulders sag in defeat. "I'm just really, really sorry. How can I make it up to you?"
To his immense relief, Quinn smiles lightly. "Well, this tiger lily was a nice gesture. And your apology is a nice start." She sits next to him and lightly bumps his shoulder with hers. When he looks up at her he's relieved to note that the hurt is almost completely gone from her eyes. "How about you buy me a cup of coffee and we'll call it even."
He grins and jumps up, pulling her with him. "Deal!" He kisses her quickly and smiles (she wants to say shyly, but since when has Logan Reese ever been shy).
They make their way to the coffee cart and she stands back while he orders two grandiose lattés for them. Everyone is used to Logan being a little bit nicer, so it's not too suspicious if they sit together and drink coffee and Logan is so glad that he is back in Quinn's good graces that he beams at her, and he doesn't even mind that it cost him eight hundred dollars for two cups of coffee.
"Hey Logan!" They both turn back to the coffee cart as Dan shouts out. "Thanks for the business." He is smirking and waving at them, holding quite a few hundred-dollar bills.
Logan rolls his eyes.
"What is that all about?"
Logan shrugs and replies, "Just my other punishment for being such a jerk."
"Huh?" She raises an eyebrow at him and Logan knows he's just going to have to tell her (Quinn is a lot of things the other girls he made out with weren't, smart, perceptive, and curious being three).
"He's charging my a lot more money than everyone else for coffee."
"How much more."
Logan sighs, he doesn't really want her to know (but he doesn't want to hear "no telling, no kissing," especially since he just got kissing privileges back). "Four hundred dollars."
Quinn's mouth drops open in surprise. "Are you serious?"
He can see her going for her laser watch and he shakes his head at her. "Don't worry about it," he tells her, "it's not a big deal."
"It is too a big deal! He-" Her eyes widen in shock, "Oh my god! You just paid eight hundred dollars for two cups of coffee!"
He shrugs like it's no big deal (even though, with the one he bought yesterday he has now spent over a grand on coffee). "You are a bigger deal than money." He says, as if this explains everything (to him, it does. She is one of, no, the most important thing in his life now and eight hundred dollars seem like a small price to pay to keep her there).
She smiles as she scolds him, "That's still a lot of money. No more coffee from now on, unless I'm buying." She stands up, "I have to go." She winks at him while she says this so he just waves at her as she walks off, almost positive that he'll be hearing from her again shortly.
Barely two minutes later his phone beeps and he flips it open to see: Meet me at the usual spot.
He finds her sitting behind the bushes and rocks and grins as he sits down across from her. "Sup?"
She launches herself at him, kissing him senseless and he's pretty sure that it can't be good for his brain, turning into mush every time she kisses him. "What was that for?" He asks breathlessly when she finally pulls away.
She smiles, "Because eight hundred dollars is a lot of money for two cups of coffee." (and for making up. She doesn't say it out loud, but she doesn't have to. He gets it.)
He brings his face close to hers, theirs nose barely brushing. "You're worth it." He tells her matter-of-factly.
Then, because it's been two long kiss-less days, and because once again Logan has proven that he can be sweet, they make-out. (Logan loves the taste of pineapple lip-gloss.)
Well, there's chapter 4. I hope you guys enjoyed it! :) Let me know what you think. I positively love feedback!