Pumped-Up Kicks (A Logan Lerman Story)

Chapter 12

Telly's P.O.V.

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Wednesday

I was in the middle of getting dressed in my white floral sundress and my purple flannel was knotted over top. I was judging myself in my mirror as my door flung open.

"Holy shitballs Telly what the hell happened to your hair!" Jared ran a quick hand through his hair.

"I dyed it. You don't like it?"

"No I love it." I rolled my eyes at his witty comment and walked over to my perfume tower spraying Midnight Romance. Jared reached for my car keys and we headed out the door.

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Remie and I walked together and got in line for lunch. I ordered a Caesar salad and she ordered a garden salad. We shared a laugh as we sat down for lunch.  "How is Logan doing. Has anyone heard anything." I asked trying to make small talk.

"Yeah he was sick but he'll be coming back Friday. Oh yeah by the way change of plans." Remie replied. "90s is out. Dress like any celebrity.I call Ashley Benson." She marked her as dibs. I tossed my salad around with a fork and took a bite.

"Maybe I could pull off a Zac Efron. 17 again or Charlie St. Cloud which one is better?" Jared spoke as he sat next to me. I shoveled another forkful of salad into my mouth as I considered my answer.

"17 again for sure." I saw Marissa come behind him and tap his shoulder. She whispered something to him and pointed towards me. I took another bite of salad. Marissa pulled me out of my seat and dragged me in the hall.

"Explain what happened on Monday." Marissa demanded.

"So I'm just packing up and then Jace just comes and slaps the locker next to me. Then he got mad and twisted my wrist and just held the other one. Just as I swore he was about to break my wrist Jared comes up behind him and threathened him. So then Jace left. The nurse said it was sprained but it will be better by tomorrow."

"Ohmigod Jace is an asshole. I can't believe it. Did he apologize?"

"No I told him to leave me alone. He's doing a great job. Yesterday morning I accidently rolled over it and screamed. I'm surprised he didn't fly through the damn wall."

We walked back into the lunch room and I reclaimed my seat. That's when I noticed half of my salad was gone. Jared. greedy bastard.

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I found myself in my apartment surrounded by half eaten quarts of fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. There was a knock on my door. I unfolded myself and walked toward the door. Logan was on the other side. He overstepped me and sat on the couch next to the Chinese food massacre. I shut the door and folded myself up again in my mess.

"How are you feeling?" I said softly I hadn't seen him since the party and I didn't wanna anger him.

"Like hell.How was school." He tried to get along.

"Oh it was school." I replied. Then I made the mistake of putting both of my wrists on display. Bruises started forming around yesterday. His eyes widened and he grabbed my hands. I winced at the force.

"Who did this to you." He yelled.

" J-Jace. But it wasn't his fault. I angered h-him." I stammered.

"Don't defend him. His ass doesn't deserve it." Logan' face reddened. He shot up and started for the door.

"Logan please stop. Calm down." I reached for his arm. He whipped his head around. His eyebrows arched angrily. "It's okay. He won't bother me again." I assured him. He exhaled and sat back down on the couch. I scrolled through the movie channels and settled on Pitch Perfect. I cleaned up my mess and sat back down again. Somewhere through the movie Logan moved closer. And closer. And closer still.  I'm not sure when but I laid my head on his shoulder and drifted off.

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It had to be around 2 am when I heard my door slam shut. My eyes snapped open. I looked around and noticed that Logan was gone. I got off the couch and headed for my room. I heard muffled sounds from the other side of the wall. Jace. Logan. shit. I ran into his apartment and followed the sound of Logan's voice.

" You son of a Bitch! What makes you think you can hurt her. Tell me now!" Logan screamed.

"You have no room to talk.I didn't disappear and leave her dreaming about you for seven damn months." Jace fired back.

"I didn't leave bruises on her and damn near broke her wrist."

" She wouldn't be hurt if you didn't invite her to that party."

I couldn't speak. I watched the thing unfold in front if me. Logan straight up sucker punched Jace. And they started battling. I screamed and ran toward Logan to yank him off. "Logan stop. It's not worth it. Please let's just go back to my place." I pleaded. I grabbed his hand and pulled him away from Jace.

Not a long time later. I fell onto my bed and immediately started drifting off. My head hit the pillow. Logan found my waist and rested his arms there. I felt him stroke my hair. "I'm sorry." And then I fell asleep.

(Next update will be later or tomorrow. I hope this chapter was good. I love you guys. Okay BYEEEEEE!!!! xxx)