The Road to....Somewhere???

Something Had To Be Done

Logan's p.o.v.

I have got to figure this out.

Lindsey left, but with the promise, or threat depending on how you looked at the situation, of returning. I had no doubts that she would follow through on it too. My first instinct is to tell Ashley, but after more consideration of the situation, I don't think I can. How do I tell her that Lindsey was back? How do I tell her that I lied to her, while Lindsey was sitting in my office? Then again, how do I not tell her these things?

I had lied so much in the beginning of this, there is no way she would forgive me lying anymore to her. If I tell her now, maybe this situation would not have to be the end of us. I didn't want us to end. The brief flicker that was felt when Lindsey was sitting in front of me was now gone, with the absence of her presence. Ashley, however, had never totally left my thoughts. That has to be a sign. That has to be the answer to this, right? 

Determined to make sure that this did not cause any more problems between Ashley and I, my mind was made up. Picking up the phone, I call her. She answers on the first ring, as she always did with me.

"Hey baby. Turns out things are gonna be fine here, if you still want to meet up after work." I tried to sound as cheerful as possible. but it was useless.

"Of course I do, but, are you okay Logan?" Better to prepare her for the coming evening.

"Well, not totally, but I don't wanna talk about it over the phone. Tonight, please?"

"Sure thing love. I'll text you when I figure it out. I love you."

"I love you babe."

This was going to be a long few hours.

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Ashley's p.o.v.

Something isn't right.

After two phone conversations there was no doubt in my mind that something was up with Logan. I didn't know what, but it was reassuring with the last call that she was going to talk to me after work. I was worried, but I knew that anything that came up would be ok. We would be ok.

My first day back at work was a rough one. My leg still hurt, and using it so much just made it worse. I was tired of hurting. I couldn't wait to get out of here, and get a little alcohol in me. I was determined to put on a strong front for Logan. I didn't want to seem like a baby. I made the plans and texted them to Logan, and then waited.

Two hours later, I was pulling up to the restaurant. Logan wouldn't be here for a little bit, so I could go in, have a few drinks, and keep her from worrying. 

20 minutes later she found me at the bar, working on my third drink. I watched her walk to me, and thought back to the first time I had seen her. I still got the same feeling inside as I did with my first glimpse. I sometimes couldn't believe how lucky I had gotten, and all by what seemed to be chance.. Of course, nothing happens by chance. Fate is always present, opening doors to new things, and closing doors to what was done.

"Hey baby." I stood and kissed her lightly.  What was suppose to be a simple hello kiss got a little deeper than planned. She didn't seem to want to let go. I had felt this kiss before, and now my worry was stronger.

"Hey." She said after she broke the kiss. She sat down next to me, and ordered a drink.  We were silent for short time, before I couldn't handle the quiet anymore. 

"So, how was your day? Is everything ok?"

"Well, not exactly. There is something I have to tell you, but I'm scared you're gonna be mad." She looked like she was about to cry.

"Hey now, don't cry. Stop that, and just tell me. We can get through whatever it is that happened." Fear's of what this news could be began entering my mind. Basically, I was worried she had cheated on me. I said we could handle anything, but I'm not sure if I could handle that. 

She started to speak, but the bartender came up, and asked if we needed more to drink, or if we wanted to order some food. I wasn't exactly hungry, but I ordered some food anyways, as did Logan. Maybe buying more time, I'm not sure. She didn't appear to be in an eating mood at this moment. After our orders were taken, I turned my attention back to Logan, waiting for her to start.

"Ok, so, you remember me telling you about my ex, Lindsey?" She asked. Of course I remembered. She had sat in that crappy hotel room, and cried, while telling me all about her, and the horrible things she did to her. I merely nodded my head, scared of where this conversation was going. "So, she showed up at the store today." She was looking at me out of the corner of her eye. Oh shit.

"Umm, ok. Well, what happened?" I was gonna give her a chance to tell me, before I jumped to conclusions. At least, she wasn't gonna know what I was thinking just yet.

"Well, she explained a lot of things that went on while we were together. Like, she was using drugs for a good portion of our relationship. She was pretty upset. She seemed very sincere," 

"Was she there when I called you?" I asked, trying to stay as calm as possible. 

"Umm, yeah. She was." Seeing the look on my face, she quickly continued. "Nothing happened between us. I hugged her, because she was crying, but that's it. I swear."

"So you were weird with me cause she was there?" Damn it. What was I suppose to do with this. By this time she was crying.

"Yes, but nothing happened, I swear. I told her about you, and she got mad. She said I was gonna be hers, and she wasn't leaving until she had me. She said she loved me. I don't know what to do. I don't want to be with her. I love you. I love you so fucking much it hurts sometimes. I'm scared of what she's gonna do, and I'm scared now of what you are gonna do with me telling you this stuff." She began sobbing harder, face in her hands, and I couldn't be mad at her anymore.

Standing, I wrapped my arms around her, and her arms found their way around me. I kissed her head, and told her everything would be fine. I had been worried she cheated on me, but now my concern was for what Lindsey was going to do. 

She could cause so many problems for Logan, and myself.

Something had to be done.