Vacation

Chapter 12

"Where the heck is Logan?!" Tina screamed in annoyance. "We've been searching for nearly three hours! Where else is there to go?!"

Gene walked up behind her and placed an easy hand on her shoulder and gave a gentle squeeze. "Don't worry about it, there's only a few places left to check." Tina looked back at him and sighed, shifting her gaze slightly downward. "Thanks Gene, I'm just a little on edge at the moment."

Louise pushed in-between the two and looked at the area they had left to cover. There were only a few stores; A shoe shop, a jewelry shop, and the local mall. Logan had to be in one of them.

Talia walked to Louise's side and put a finger on her chin, trying to think of a way to scout the ground quickly but efficiently. Her eyes brighten and a small grin slips onto her lips. She turns back to the group and pounds her fist against her palm.

"Okay! Here's the plan." She starts. Everyone turned to look at Talia, giving her their full attention. Aside from Daryl, who was typing on his phone. Gene smacked him against the back of his head and got him to look forward. "Wha?" he mumbled.

Talia cringed a little, but shook it off. "We're going to split up, that way we'll cover more ground." The group nodded and Louise pointed at Daryl. "You'll search the shoe store."

Daryl nodded and quickly ran off ahead of the group, dead-set on helping Louise find her love and his best friend.

"Logan does love sneakers" Daryl said to himself as he ran into the store "Or was that skateboards? It was definitely something beginning with 'S'..."

Jimmy raised his hand excitedly, "Tina and I will search the jewelers!" he exclaimed. Tina's eyes widen as Jimmy Jr starts to pull her away towards the store. She didn't fight though. In fact, there was a light tint of pink on her face as they walked.

"Oi guys!" Zeke shouted, running after them "What about me?!"

That left Louise and Talia. Louise looked towards her crush's... Ex-crush? Louise sheepishly grinned, "I guess that leaves you and me for the mall, huh?" Talia softly nudged Louise's shoulder and smiled back at her. "You got it. Now let's go find your boyfriend!"

The two began to run towards the mall's entrance and the hunt for Logan was officially on!

"What about m-" Oskar was going to ask "HEY THATS MY BABE!"

Unfortunately for Oskar he had parked his quad bike with the keys in them. Now a 'regular sized' thief was making of with it.

(Logan's POV)

Logan finished his plate of Nachos and placed the candles at the center of the table he was sitting at. He placed his face in his palm and pinched the bridge of his nose, slightly creasing his suit.

"Man... I really messed up..."

He couldn't stop his thinking from tracing back to what he did at the beach. Louise probably hated his guts to no end now; at least Oskar could keep a level head when it came to that situation.

"Excuse me sir?" Logan turned around to see a small teenage boy behind him in a jean jacket and a bright red beanie. The kid seemed to be in a rush and his gaze kept shifting from left to right.

Logan pointed at himself. "Me?" the kid nodded quickly and tossed a small lighter at him. Logan barely caught it in open palms and the kid started running. "Hold on to it for me!" he yelled as he dashed. Two security guards ran out from around the corner and did a quick look around of the area. They looked in the direction of the boy and began to sprint after him.

"Hey! Get back here!"

Logan stood in front of one of the guards and held out his arms to get him to stop. "Hey, hold on!" he yelled and grabbed the guard's shoulders. The guard got out of Logan's grip but did stop to address him.

"How come you guys are chasing that kid? Did he do something wrong?" Logan gestured to the now caught child and the guard nodded. "He was seen trying to set fire to the screen in one of our theatres, heaven knows why." Logan made an 'O' shape with his mouth and slipped the lighter into his back pocket. "Alright... Thank you for catching him then."

Once again, the guard nodded and walked over to his partner, leaving Logan to think once more.

Logan walked back to his table and sat down, propping his head with his elbow and staring at the candles he'd received moments earlier. "What's going on today? First with the the clothes, then the candles and now a lighter? This is all too much of a coincidence to be real..."

(Louise and Talia's POV)

Louise and Talia rushed into the mall, only needing to take one quick look at their surroundings to know just what they'd gotten themselves into. People swarmed the place, from angsty teens to cranky seniors.

"How are we going to find Logan with all these people around?" Louise asked a little worriedly. Talia took a moment to think, but her brain just kept drawing blanks. "I don't know... Gah! If only we could think like Logan..." she exclaimed in frustration.

That gave Louise an idea, her brain switched on like a light bulb and she gripped Talia by her shoulders. "Talia Lynn Oxton, you are a genius!" Talia raised an eyebrow as Louise continued to rant on.

"We just need to think like Logan! If we go to all the places he loves to hang around then we're bound to find him!" Talia smiled and started to think, bringing a hand to stroke her chin.

"If I were Logan, where would I go...?" she thought aloud, after a moment she snapped her fingers and grabbed Louise's face. "Okay Louise, there are only four places I think Logan would go so we'll take two each." Louise gave a thumbs up since she couldn't nod and listened in. "I'm going to check the gym in the back then I'll check the book store. Since Logan's a nerd, you'll check the video game store down in the east wing, and if he's not there you'll check the food court. Got it?"

Once again, Louise gave a thumbs up.

"Good."

Talia let go of Louise and they quickly dashed to their assigned search areas.

"Come on Logan..." Louise thought to herself as she ran. "Please be here...