A/N:: So, I sprained my wrist a while ago from an easter egg hunting mishap, but it was mostly healed by now. until I played tennis with my two best friends. damn...
anyways, here's the next chapter, lol. I read this story to my two best friends Gaby and Teresa, and they both loved it. X__x;; I didn't realize it was even that good, considering I haven't been getting that many reviews. oh, and this chapter's my new favorite. :3
"Uhm… Are we going to go to any of our other classes today?" Chase asked shyly, glancing at the clock. Logan shrugged.
"It's the end of the year, Chase, who cares." Chase frowned, but watched the movie credits anyways. There was a knock at the door.
"It's open!" Dakoda yelled. The door opened, and Lola, Quinn, and Zoey were waiting on the other side.
"There you guys are!" Zoey smiled.
"Chase, where were you eighth hour?" She asked, sitting on the bed next to Dakoda. Chase looked up at her nervously.
"Uh, here..?" He said meekly. Zoey gave a disapproving look.
"You ditched." She frowned. Lola laughed.
"Never thought I'd see the day!" She said lightly. Zoey just rolled her eyes. As the group sat and popped in another movie, everything seemed oddly normal. As if nothing out of the ordinary had happened lately.
"Hey, this is fun, but I think I'm going to take a shower." Zoey announced, standing up. Quinn shrugged, and stood up as well. Dakoda laughed.
"That sounds actually really good right now." Dakoda smiled and headed to the door.
"feel free to watch the rest of the movie in here if you want." She called over her shoulder to Chase, Logan, and Lola.
"Nah, I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted." Chase yawned, standing up. As the room emptied, only Logan and Lola were left watching the movie.
"Hey Logan?" Lola asked after a minute of silence.
"What?" he asked, obviously paying very little attention to her, and a lot of attention to the movie.
"what's bothering you?" Lola asked, and sat on the floor next to him. He looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Acting runs in your veins, but you can't cover everything up all the time. Something's bothering you. And I'm trying to be a good friend." Lola replied simply. Logan studied her for a long minute before chuckling lightly.
"Don't worry about it." He said, turning back to the Tv.
"But I am." Lola kept looking at him expectantly. Logan looked back at her, looking for something in her face. Whatever it was, he must have found it, because he sighed, and looked back at the movie, obviously his attention in it was lost.
"I just… I like this… person. And I'm unsure of this person's feelings toward me. Like this should be something simple, because I'm freakin' irresistible, but…its different this time." He paused, adding a pathetic laugh.
"Very different." his eyes seemed to look though the tv as though there was nothing there at all.
"Well… what makes this confusing?" Lola asked, trying to be patient. This was his secret. She shouldn't even know. He can tell her when he's ready, if ever. Logan laughed again.
"They kissed me." Logan said simply. Lola squealed loudly, which made Logan jump back and look at her startled.
"WHEN? WHERE? WHY DIDN'T I HEAR ABOUT THIS!?!" She bolted up, and asked excitedly, before catching her mistake and sitting again. Logan paused for a long while.
"How?" Logan asked her, studying her eyes deeply, as though trying to read the answer for himself.
"How…what?" Lola smiled guiltily, trying to play innocent. There was a long moment of silence where it was quite clear to both people in the room what was going on.
"I accidentally over-heard it." Lola confessed. Logan stood up and walked to the window.
"When?" he asked seriously.
"Yesterday." Lola looked down ashamed.
"Who else knows?" Logan asked in that same dead tone. Lola bolted up beside him.
"I haven't told anyone! I know its your secret and you can tell people whenever your ready! I wouldn't do that to you!" Lola protested. Logan sighed.
"Yeah, ok. Sorry. Just seems like even though Dakoda's leaving on Friday, she can't leave fast enough." he sighed again. More stressed this time. Lola looked at him confused for a bit.
"What do you mean she's leaving on Friday? Why? I thought she was here until the end of the year." Lola asked, confused. Logan sat on the bed, and motioned for Lola to do the same. She sat next to him and Logan looked at the ground, concentrating hard.
"What do you know about me?" Logan asked.
"That you didn't know before you even heard of Dakoda I mean."
"First off that you have a sister. Then what you told me outside the theater. Your crush, where you and Dakoda's primary house's are, you living with your dad, and her living with your mom." She said, looking at Logan, at least glad that they were talking about this all.
"Its been a hell of a lot to take in." Lola mumbled.
"I know. Which is why Dakoda's leaving. I can't live my life here when my past with her keeps getting in the way. There's too many secrets." He whispered unintentionally.
"Then why keep the secrets?" Lola asked softly. Logan sighed.
"Don't dig up old graves. Its in the past, why should it matter." Logan could feel his pulse quickening, his breathing becoming strained. He closed his eyes, just to get back control.
"Because the past is always going to affect you now. And as long as it does, your friends want to be there for you." Lola looked at him sadly. Logan slid onto the floor once more, and doubled over in what could only be described as pain. He couldn't breathe.
"Logan?!" Lola was beside him, her hand on his shoulder. Logan looked up at her, as he cringed again, shutting his eyes tightly.
"Panic attack. I'll be fine." He managed to say, trying to just breathe normally, to stay in control.
"You little FAGGOT!" He yelled. We were in the hallway. He picked up a lamp and walked toward me, threatening me. I was going to go through so much just for telling dad. Not that dad believed me.
"Bert! Stop!" Dakoda ran up to him, pounding her fist against him. Thank God. Dakoda, my protector. My light.
I watched in slow motion horror as Bert hit her with the lamp. She flew across the hallway, falling limply to the ground, bleeding. I wanted to scream. I wanted to fight. I wanted to do anything I could to make this go away.
Bert walked toward me, setting the lamp down.
"Now, you know how we fix little fags, don't you?" Bert shoved me against the wall, moving his hand lower. I was only ten...
"Logan!" Lola screamed at him, he was shaking violently, hugging his legs to his chest.
It was soon after when Dad came home. He saw blood, his limp daughter. His sobbing son. And his husband cumming on his son. Next thing anyone knew, there was a knife in Bert's back, and the blood was soaking into my cloths. Dad went to Dakoda's side first. He said she was fine, just unconscious. He moved her to the couch. What was going on? I was shaking, crying, and covered head to toe in someone else's blood and cum.
"Logan.." Lola was still right by Logan's side. Although it hurt to breathe, and they still weren't steady breaths, Logan found his way back to reality.
"I'm fine." He said between gritted teeth.
"Just a panic attack." He could still feel Bert's dead eyes staring up at him, even after the life had flickered away from them.