Hey There,

Welcome back fellow PCA - enthusist! Chapter 2 is all ready to go on this lovely Thursday. Or it may be reaching some of you on Friday, because I didn't post it as early as I would have liked. But hopefully it's a good thing and I do hope that I can make a habit of these Thursday posts again. We'll see how it goes. I hope you're all enjoying it so far, and that it just adds to your fan experience. But enough of my yakky yak, on with this update. And yes, it is in Logan's point of view.

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And Special thanks to my reviewers: Guest Nina (Thank you so much for being my first reviewer! And for being SO kind! I can't express what that meant to me. I have been writing this tale in my head for YEARS now. But I had to know where my other story ended before I could really start this one. It's so lovely to finally share some of these LONG kept plot bunnies. And we really did start with a bang, literally! LoL! I couldn't stand the temptation either. And I believe Logan had a crush on Quinn too, it may have been completely unintentional too. But there's SO something there when you re-watch that you can't unsee now. I've never seen anything like it anywhere else either, it's so unique and I LOVE it! Thank you for sharing that you feel the same. I was a nervous wreck posting that first chapter. I mean I'm usually a wreck anyways, every post (and I've been posting works since 2004 you would think I would learn, LoL!). But the first and last chapters are always my WORST panic-fits, and anxiety trips. And even STARTING this crazy ride wasn't easy. God bless you for letting me know you enjoyed it. And I agree there aren't enough completed works for Quogan. I will continue to do my very best for them and hope you'll read along. And keep enjoying! I hope you're having an AWESOME day! Take Care and Much Love!), and {my friend} Rose-Aki (I can't tell you what it meant when I got your review. Saying such lovely things about this new adventure. Quogan really do complete each other in a really fun way. And I am having a blast with this already in this new setting, we've talked about this project so many times. Since we started talking back and forth and there are so many things I've had to keep under my hat for this. Hearing you enjoyed it and look forward to future updates... it just means the world. You're an inspiration, a great writer yourself and an incredible friend. You always make the words thank you seem so small! I'm so fortunate to count you as a friend. I hope you're having an AWESOME day and kicking butt! God bless, Take Care and Much Love!)

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"How We Spent Our Summer Vacay"

Chapter 2 - A Happy Send Off!

(Logan's Perspective)

The last few days have been an intense blur. I couldn't sleep because every time I closed my eyes. I'm right back to standing outside of the science building, knowing Quinn's inside. And I can't reach her no matter how I try.

That isn't what happened, of course!

I know that!

But it's just what I keep seeing, everytime I close my eyes.

I know she's fine now, I'm not that far gone… She's right here with me, safe and sound. She's recovering from a pretty major-sounding surgery. But she's out of the hospital, she's still got a lot of recovering to do…

And I keep reliving that terrible explosion and fire every time I sleep… even I don't know why.

So what have I been doing this whole last night of Quinn being here with us? At PCA?

I just keep looking at her, trying to remember every little thing about it. Because tomorrow afternoon, her uncle's gonna be taking her back to Seattle… with him. She's going home.

It's a good thing… I know that.

Irvine (her uncle) really cares about her and will take good care of her. Better than even her parents would.

She'll get all the attention and rest she needs at his place. Whenever she wants to go home, her house is a short walk away from his house. They even share a driveway that splits off to the separate houses. I've stayed in both places before, and I know it's what she needs most… While she's healing… I know that.

But I also have NO idea how I'm gonna let her go tomorrow. Even when I know all of these things.

I love her!

Really love her.

Not puppy love, stupid love, movie love, stage love, or high school sweethearts... that sh*t NEVER lasts!

My dad keeps calling it first love... but that doesn't sound right either.

It's real love... that's the only description that feels right. To me, anyway.

Quinn may feel differently, but I feel like I just told her for that first time yesterday… Even though I know it wasn't yesterday, it was at Prom. And I was shouting it at her from across the room. Even though we both were on dates with different people.

That was a couple of weeks ago. But still being stuck here, while she's gone… It's gonna be a living nightmare… I'm gonna be thinking about her, missing her ALL the TIME! And I'm gonna be all alone in that because I already know our friends are gonna be NO help at all… They've all got their own boyfriends, girlfriends and problems on their minds. And summer plans to work out with families, boyfriends, girlfriends... you get the idea... It's gonna bite!

Quinn said she'd call and write me e-mails every day… even texts in between some… When she's feeling more like herself. But I know it won't be the same. I'm completely spoiled, from these past few months of secretly dating her and these couple of weeks of publicly dating her have only made the addiction worse. How am I gonna be when I can't hold her hand, or sneak off with her somewhere? How will it be not getting to dance with her, or flirt with her all between these last stressful days of our junior year? When getting to do all of those things with her, was what had gotten me this far?

Some jerks were saying in the halls... "How's Reese gonna pass now, with his super smart girlfriend not helping him anymore?"

See? Jerks! I've hardly ever been able to study with Quinn. Because whenever we're alone together, we can never keep our focus strictly on the books! So she wasn't even helping me like they think. ANd I was working my butt off to bring up my grades on my own! Because I want to give Quinn something to brag about... Dad too but Quinn even more than him.

I want to feel more like I deserve to be dating such a brilliant person. And she's so passionate about it all, she makes me want to be better, and try harder. See how she's already influencing me and we've only been publicly dating a couple of weeks?

Just when I'm feeling very down, even starting to doubt that I can EVER deserve her. I hear Quinn take a breath that sounds a little different. From the rest of her recent breathing sounds. She'd been sleeping soundly and breathing very evenly before then. With that one tiny difference, she's saying, "Hey Sweetie? You should try to get some sleep. You've still got classes… not tomorrow… but the next day." She put her hand on my face and squinted at me. "Aren't you sleepy? At all?"

Her voice was all hoarse, and she was trying to put her glasses back on. So she could see me, no matter how I tried to tell her, that I was fine… She didn't buy it. She knew I was mess, and not even my best acting performance could have fooled her… even if it could have probably fooled my own dad (notice I didn't say I'd fool Chauncy?).

So she did the one thing, that she won't be able to, after tomorrow. She put her arms around me and held on to me. I told her, "I couldn't sleep." But her grip only tightened around me and I put my hands on hers.

Before long I was in a full-blown confession spiral. Telling her exactly how much I wanted her to go. Because I knew it was the best thing for her, at the same time as I didn't want her to go. Because it was selfishly the worst thing that could happen to me right now. The only way I had been staying sane these past few days, after the big BANG was because Quinn hadn't been so far away. She was in the hospital for a couple of days. Then back in the infirmary after that…

She was gonna be too far away now, where I couldn't see her, and be with her sometimes. When she's gone… when that's gone. I didn't know how I was gonna get through the rest of junior year… How I'm gonna sit through my exams, yet alone pass them. I hadn't even been ready to do any of this when the school year actually ended. This early dismissal thing for her was killing me.

She let me get it all out of my system like that... and I think we even both cried for a sec. But only a sec, before I remembered to buck up and that Quinn CAN'T get too upset. All the doctors and nurses have been so worried about her popping a stitch. Because all of her stitchings are in a place where any quick or fast motion like laughing or crying could be dangerous while she's still healing... I couldn't handle it if I made her hurt herself.

But before I could even do damage control, Quinn perked up on her own.

And she said, "I want you to keep something safe for me while I'm gone." Then she took the blanket Zoey and Lola had been so adamant about Quinn needing. And she's been wrapped up in nearly this whole time

She rang it out and gingerly wrapped it around my shoulders. She said, "This blanket is my absolute favorite, and I only pull it out and wrap up in it when I miss home, my family, Otis, or don't feel my best. Like when too many patens weren't successful in a week or day. Or too many of them have bit the dust at one time. I lived in it for a while during my break up with Mark too-"

"Before I kissed you?" I had to ask, anytime she brings up that particular breakup. I try to remind her, that I didn't leave her alone for long.

I couldn't. We went together like magnets. It was harder denying it, and trying to keep it hidden than it had been loving her.

She said, "Uh huh… And I wore it a little after that kiss too because I felt so confused by it." She's shrugged at me wincing when she'd forgotten how much that teeny motion hurt now.

"I was too, it was such a weird time." I had to agree as we got more comfortable and close.

"It really was," she acknowledged. Before she got back to her original topic, the blanket I was now wearing. "I call it my homesick blanket. And I want you to keep it till we see each other again… okay?"

"No, it's your favorite, you need it to feel better. Besides, you don't know how Lola and Zoey were fighting people to get that wrapped around you. If they see me with it, they'll probably think I stole it from you and probably kill me." I explained, even though the moment she wrapped it around me, it smelled so much like her. And it was really soft, like her too, I really wanted to keep it longer than just this time apart.

But Quinn had assured, "I'll let them know I'm lending it to you. But seriously, it always makes me feel better, and I want you to keep it to get through your last days of the school year. And everytime you wrap up in it, I want to know it's a hug or cuddle from me… okay."

I think I would have agreed to anything she said, looking at me like that. If I wasn't so afraid of hurting her I would have hugged her, but all I ended up saying was "okay." As she climbed into it with me by getting in between my arms. It really was better if I let her control all of the affection for now... with the few exceptions whenever I lost it... and cuddled or kissed her before I could stop myself.

That was when my inner cool guy recovered and eased her back into laying down with me as I suggested. "You know, maybe you could give me some memories wrapped up together in this thing too? You know, while I get to keep it with me?"

"Memories, huh?" She'd asked as I'd carefully wrapped her into it with me. Still letting her have all of the control.

"Yeah, you know… so that when I'm wrapped up in it… I can think about those too." I'd put out there, amending. "If you feel like it. I know you've been through a lot."

"You have too." She'd said using her blanket to pull me closer. Even pointing out, "You're lucky to be all in one piece not a scratch on you."

Then we'd kissed till the nurse came to check on Quinn. Because her heart rate had started to go so much faster. She reminded me that Quinn needed to remain calm, she was recovering from major surgery and had stitchings that could pop. But those moments stolen bundled up together had been the magic…

We watched black and white reruns all night and she slept some. But just kept staring at her, remembering the way she'd snored… till she woke herself up. She used that nose spray she'd created that imitated the slime like those guppies she used to put up her nose had created… Even her snores had been so cute. I tried to memorize the sounds she made, the way her skin smelled different than her clothes, hair, and even her blanket. And it was all still HER. The way her face looked with and without her glasses. The beauty mark right above her mouth… every little detail… She was just so flipping gorgeous all the time… How had I not known I loved her sooner? Why hadn't I been telling her all these months? When I KNEW it was love? What the hell had I been holding it back for? I should have told her everyday.

Looking back through my personal picture collections. The ones since girls could attend PCA and all these crazy girls became our friends. I've been teased many times about the odd number of photos I kept of Quinn… Long before we were a thing.

I think I had a crush on her… I definitely liked her more than even I realized. My dad and Chauncy both noticed it before I did too. What took me so damn long? I still don't know!

I bet it was Mark. Yeah! That's it! Quinn was with Mark and she wasn't a cheater like him. She was fully committed and faithful to him that whole more than two years stretch… How could he be such a sleaze? Such an idiot and hurt her like that?

I know I'm not perfect and I'm not as smart as Quinn… but I would never hurt her like that. Not in a million years! I know his stupidity and loss is my gain. But he could have gone about it so many better ways, why did he HAVE to hurt her? Make her feel small, or question everything because of the way he never cared?

She deserved the best, and she would only get the BEST from me.

She brought the best out of me, I was a better person with her. And I'm hoping this was only the beginning for both of us.

Whenever Quinn wasn't snoozing and resting. We were talking about our summer plans, goals and ideas. I was writing out plans we both KNEW already would be happening this summer. Quinn was going to be attending her Uncle Irvine's wedding in a few weeks and all five of the weddings I was being forced to go to… were happening in July. We had both agreed to help the Del Figgs family with a HUGE lighting project in their family theme park 'Mystic Mountain' (The nature trail they can't seem to light up for night time use without killing all of the eco-systems thriving throughout that long and BEAUTIFUL stretch of breathtaking views… Like movie-makers DREAM perfect! Quinn and I had agreed to help out and my Dad was filming there this summer too. So we would be spending quite a bit of our summers in the themepark [hopefully together too]. And we'd probably see Mark and Stacey often. Quinn said that was the case in past years too.) They'd been trying to get Quinn's help for years, but she was only confident about accomplishing it when we put our heads together. I also needed to spend some time with my grandparents in Pasadena. Like every summer, and I was planning a secret trip for ALL of my PCA besties. Where we would all go to Hawaii just to bug Chase and Zoey there. HAHA! Genius! See, you would think that was a lot of stuff I need to do.

We need to do! I shouldn't even have the slightest chance of getting bored… right? Wrong!

I knew better! Every summer, I'm bored out of my mind and alone more often than not. To the point I'm counting the days till I'm back at PCA again. Where things are normal! I'm surrounded in my friends for our LAST year of high school.

I knew better than to believe my summers gonna be all set. It was gonna be key to me, that we made it to all of these things we HAD to do. But it was also important to me that I didn't have to be ALONE so MUCH this YEAR. Quinn has even said, she felt the same and the loneliness, when she goes home. No matter which break she's heading home for... she understood it was the WORST! Her parents travel all the time and are gone all the time. So she always ends up chasing them across the globe alone, or being stuck at home all alone normally.

So all I had to do was make sure that we did all these things TOGETHER and NEITHER of us had a chance to get lonely… I was a boyfriend now, that meant something to me. I had to be there as MUCH as I could be. It was just gonna be that way! I was willing it to be that way!

Just like Quinn's send off party was gonna be PERFECT!

I did stop by my dorm and leave Quinn's blanket on my bed. For safekeeping, but then it was off making sure these dummies didn't wreck Quinn's send off. Thank goodness I had to because they nearly wrecked it like 6 or 7 times!

When both Zoey and Chase had left for stinking London, there had been an epic send-off party standing there to see them off. BOTH TIMES! Even though none of us wanted to say goodbye. Chase and Zoey had been fighting a lot at the time. And not everyone agreed that leaving was the answer. But still huge gathered group of people stood here waving.

I was not gonna let Quinn's party be any less than theirs had been.

So when Zoey and Lola were finished helping Quinn wrap up the last of things in bubble wrap, packing paper, and zip-ties…

I was running all around campus spreading the word. Letting EVERYONE know when to show up. The rest of the gang NOT helping Quinn was doing the same. Even Mark, which was nice... And I noticed, a BIG difference. I'd done this for Zoey and Chase too and it had been a lot harder getting people to say whether they were coming or not... but for Quinn. Everyone was like, 'we'll be there.' And when the time came, there was a MUCH bigger turn out. Cause my girl is the BEST! EVERYBODY knows that! And everybody knows the place isn't the same without her.

Zoey and Lola had asked for first dibs, even though they'd started their goodbyes back in their dorm. They were already all misty-eyed when they got there. Lola even later said, "She'd been crying since she woke up that day."

Zoey kept saying, "It's what she needs, she'll be so much better off." Like she was convincing herself.

I'd warned them all, even Irvine (her uncle) that I was going last. So they had to get all of their hugging, talking, and blubbering out and over with. Because when I got to her, I needed a little more than a minute. And if any of them gave me crap about anything I did or said… I'd kill them later. But them letting her go and me letting her go were entirely different things.

So Lola and Zoey finally stepped back and Dean Rivers jumped the line. To personally thank Quinn for all of the things she's done to help throughout this year. I didn't know till she told me later that he does that every year. Then he'd runoff, because some kids were caught with a pack of cigarettes.

The first person to step up and start the goodbyes was a brave-faced Stacey. With Mark practically attached and just as teary-eyed believe it or not. They were all trying their best not to cry or upset Quinn anymore than she already was. Stacey gave her a gift to unwrap when she got home. And promised to keep in touch during the summer (like always, I had no idea they did that). Mark had hugged Quinn too and told her to "take it easy." While I still bit back on some jealousy.

I know how dead and gone things are between them, that they're friends now too. But that DOESN'T mean it's okay for him to put his dirty paws all over MY girlfriend. But Chase pat me on the shoulder and reminded me. "Stay cool, you're the boyfriend now and he's just a friend."

Michael even reminded, "A friend interested in Stacey."

I bit out between my teeth. "Still... HATE... it!"

Several random classmates had wedged their way into the lineup between the starting point and the next ACTUAL best friends. But now that we were all standing here and goodbyes had started… I was starting to feel sick. And Chase, Michael, James and Vince were all checking on me. Before they were all focused on saying their own goodbyes.

The first friend to say 'bye,' out of our closer friends was Vince Blake. Who'd said, "You keep thanking me for helping Logan that day. But I think I need to be the one who thanks the both of you. If it weren't for you guys, I may have never figured out what I wanted to do with my life. And I may have never been able to turn my life around and be anything more than the jerk I was before. So thank you, please take care and hope you have a great summer."

Quinn had said, "You too, take good care of Lola and yourself." Because they're apparently spending a good chunk of their summer together. James promised I would hear more about that later.

Then it was James and Lydia's turn and they both gingerly hugged Quinn between them. Lydia was gushing to Quinn about her help in the last play of the year, as well as all of the tutoring and friendship Quinn had given her throughout the year. Some of it had even led her to James, her new boyfriend.

James had told Quinn truthfully, that even for this little bit of time left. "PCA wouldn't be the same without her." And she was "one of a kind."

Does anyone else's stomach hurt? Or is it just me, I feel like I'm gonna be sick. It wasn't this terrible saying bye to Zoey… Not even Chase. I know saying farewell to a friend, a roommate and a girlfriend are all different things. But Damn this was excruciating and it wasn't even my turn yet.

Michael and Lisa were crying, and that made Quinn laugh and cry. God! I even missed what any of them said to each other. Before Chase was hugging Quinn and telling her "thanks for all she'd done for him. Always straightening him out when he'd needed it, keeping in touch when he'd been in London, and most of all. How she'd always been there for all of us… However she could be." Who could top that? Then after all of that seriousness, he said at the end. "And then you took on the greatest project at all and decided to start dating Logan. And ALREADY the change you've had on him is EPIC."

She glanced at me and told Chase, "You know I didn't do much there."

And Chase had to point out, "I knew he could be a GREAT friend and person. But he didn't let too many other people know that. You, Quinn, you brought out the best in him… and you're still doing that. Even right now. We'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too." She'd said to him before she was standing in front of me and the parking lot went eerie quiet.

I couldn't do it! What do you say? How do you tell the person who is your absolute EVERYTHING that it's okay to go? When it's not even close to okay and never could be?! How do you send them off with a smile? When nothing has felt worse than this? Okay, maybe somethings have been worse. Maybe I'm being overdramatic, but can you blame me?

I nearly choked and asked Irvine, "C-can I steal her for just a sec and bring her right back?"

"Sure, City…" Irvine always calls me that and not my name.

He warned, "But nothing fresh, she'll knock ya out… literally." He always calls me that and never my name. But he'd let me take her off right into a nearby hiding place. We'd used when we were still keeping this whole romantic thing secret. We were hugging before we were even completely undercover. I had to remember to be careful, I couldn't hurt her. But I also couldn't just let her go without hugging her or kissing her either.

This was sheer torture! This blows! I can't say it enough.

But like she's been doing since we started this crazy romantic thing. Quinn straightened up and straightened me out with her. She told me, "I know this sucks, I don't want to leave any more than you want to let me. But just give me a hug, a kiss, and tell me you'll see me soon. Or else I'll never be able to do this without somehow trying to hijack you in the back of my uncle's truck."

I probably would have laughed, if this had been any other time. But I was so down, I couldn't even keep the smile on my face. As I did as she asked. I hugged her, then kissed her… but I'd made that kiss last way longer than I probably should have… but she didn't seem to mind and thank God none of our crew could see us.

The moment our lips smacked apart, while I was still close I told her, "I love you."

She hugged me again and said, "I love you too. You're gonna kick so much butt on your exams."

I really hope I can, but I didn't feel that way right now. Zoey and Lola started warning us loudly, "Quinn! Logan! You guys need to hurry up!" Zoey started.

Then Lola added, "Not to rush you guys but you need to rush a little!"

Zoey said in a panic, "Irvine saw where you guys stepped through. To stash yourselves."

Lola finished for her, "Yeah! He's threatening to come in after you both!"

I appreciated their warning us, at the same time as I could have shot them. Because I didn't want to rush. I didn't want to stop kissing her, or let her go. But I also didn't want Quinn's Uncle rushing in here either.

AHHHHHHHHG! WHY!

So I just picked her up and carried her out. As she held on tight, I just walked us back to the place where her uncle's truck was waiting. I didn't have to put her down till I was putting her in the truck. Michael opened the door of Irvine's pickup and I put her right on the seat inside. I'd snuck one more kiss when I saw her uncle hadn't climbed into the driver side yet. And all my friends went 'Whoo!' on cue. Like this was a show or something.

I promised Quinn, "I'll come see you as soon as I can."

"I know you will." She said sounding very tired. And Irvine appeared in the driver seat reminding me. "I wouldn't rush y'all, but that nurse gave Q something to help her sleep during the long ride home and it's probably starting to kick in."

Then he comically asked his niece, "Still with us, Queen?"

She rolled her eyes at him, "Yes Irv! I'm still here, I'm just groggy, s'all."

So I let go of her only to shut the door and take her hand again through the rolled-down window. I didn't let go till her uncle drove off… and it was still way too soon.

We all were waving till she was outta sight and I could hear all the girls crying. It had been till I turned around and actually looked at my friends. There wasn't a dry eye in the place even our friends from the wrestling team were devastated and handing out tissues to everyone.

I wouldn't be the only one to miss her… I'd just be the one who missed her the most.

I walked back to my dorm, and when I got there I wrapped up in that blanket she lint me and wished for summer to get here that much faster. SO I can really start to make some of the plans I'd written out last night happen... I gotta make those happen. I didn't cry, I was so proud of myself, I'd sent her off with a smile. Like I'd wanted to... All my friends cried and I didn't... but when I was alone and no one was looking... It doesn't count if no one else saw it.

That's all folks!

Well, for this chapter anyways. I will probably be branching out more into those other perspectives by then. But this is just kicking off that pattern I tend to keep going throughout. While other's speak up plenty, Logan has a chapter then Quinn does. I really enjoy that, and hope you do too. Next Quinn will be taking the helm again, and I can't wait! Please review if you can, I would love to hear from you. Hope you're having a GREAT day! The next one won't be such a downer, I promise. Take Care and Much Love!

~DarcyBeDippy85!