Vacation

Chapter 8

The morning sun rose over the beach house, its rays poking through the blinds on Logan's window. He was laying down in his bed, his eyes slowly opening. He rose up and put his feet on the cold floor. He sighed, not looking forward to going downstairs for breakfast. He didn't want to see anyone right now, especially a certain girl. Instead of prolonging the inevitable, he got out of bed and began to get dressed.

Gene and Tina stood outside of Logan's door, waiting nervously for their friend to come out. They haven't talked to him since Louise and Oskar ruined their plans of getting the two best friends together. They knew how bad Logan must be feeling. They both looked at each other, not sure of what to say to their grieving friend.

Finally, Logan's door opened and what Gene and Tina saw shocked them. It was a ragged-looking Logan with a wrinkled hoodie and untied shoes on. His hair was an absolute mess, and his eyes were red from crying. He was looking down as he closed the door, barely even acknowledging his friends that were in front of him.

"Hey, man. How are you feeling?" Gene asked, realizing how stupid of a question that was. Logan just shrugged his shoulders, still looking down.

"I'm so sorry that happened. We just want you to know that we're here for you," Tina said with a sympathetic smile.

"Thanks, but... I just want to be left alone right now," Logan responded, walking away with his head down.

"Logan...," Gene called out to him, but Tina grabbed his shoulder and shook her head.

"Let him be alone. It's what he wants," she said, looking worriedly at Logan.

As everyone got ready and went downstairs into the dining room, they were met with yet another delicious meal by Bob. Everyone excitedly ate their food, except for Logan. He was too depressed to eat, and he couldn't divert his attention from Louise and, the surprise breakfast guest, Oskar. She was smiling dreamily at Oskar, who was just quietly eating.

'Why doesn't he pay any attention to her? She's an angel, she deserves everything in the whole world! Arghh! Why does she have to like him?' Logan thought to himself, his fist clenched. Linda and Bob noticed how angry the boy looked and looked at each other in concern.

"Logan? Are you OK?" Bob asked. Logan looked at him, trying his best to hide his frustration.

"Oh... yeah. Yeah, I'm fine," he said, giving them a forced smile. Bob and Linda didn't seem convinced, but  decided it was his personal business and didn't want to intrude.

"OK, everyone quickly finish your breakfast. Since it rained yesterday, we didn't get to swim! So... go get your swimsuits and let's get going!" Linda announced excitedly. Everyone quickly finished eating and went to change into their bathing suits. Logan was the only one that didn't seem excited. He was deep in thought, trying to figure out what to do next.

'OK, Logan. You just have to face the facts: Louise doesn't like you anymore,' he thought to himself, sighing sadly. 'You just have to get over her. I mean, you didn't like her THAT much.'

As he continued to think, Louise walked out of her room with her bathing suit on. It was a white two-piece with stars covering them. Logan's
eyes widened and he almost choked on air. His thoughts of attempted reason was now replaced with hectic thoughts containing mostly, 'SHE'S BEAUTIFUL! SHE'S BEAUTIFUL! SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!'

Louise saw Logan staring at her and blushed subtly. She played with a strand of her hair with her finger and bit her lip. "Oh. Hey, Logan."

"H...h... hey, Louise," Logan stuttered. He then quickly ran into his room, much to Louise's confusion. Logan closed the door and leaned on the door, breathing deeply and trying to slow his beating heart.

"Crap, I'm in love with Louise," Logan said, sliding down the door and onto the floor.