Upside Down

Eight

I stare out the window at the bright sun as I get dressed for the new day. Someone knocks at the door as I finish pulling my shirt over my head. I quickly tuck the shirt in and open the door.

Logan pushes his way inside. He grabs my face and kisses me. Hard. "Hi. Good morning."

"Hi." I laugh as quietly as I can as he kisses me again. "Are you still drunk?"

"No? Are you suggesting that I'd only be into you if I was still drunk?" He cocks his head to the side and smiles.

"I'm more concerned that you burst in here and didn't notice that Kara is still sleeping in her bed right there." I point to the little girl who is still very much asleep in this room.

"Oh right." Logan steps back and rushes his fingers through his messy brown hair. "My bad."

"Listen," I grab his hand and pull him into the hallway. I shut the door quietly behind us so as not to wake Kara. "I've been thinking a lot about last night. And I think that this is wrong." I admit to him. It's not fair to keep him wondering.

Logan shakes his head. I can tell that he is confused. "What is wrong? Tell me."

I can't believe he wants me to clarify what I mean. I thought he would be in agreement with me on this.

I look around to make sure that no one else is around to hear me. "Us." I say quietly. "We are like, siblings now."

"Avery, I've been thinking about it all night too. And I figured out that it's not wrong. We aren't siblings. Think about it. We aren't actually related by blood. We don't share any genes." Logan tries to get me to see his side.

Although I know in my heart that he is correct, this still feels wrong to me. Something about kissing a boy whose family I'm living with feels dirty and disgusting, no matter how I may feel about him and the connection we may share with one another.

"The idea of this just feels wrong to me Logan." I continue. "Just something about it doesn't sit well with me."

Logan nods. "Okay. I respect your honesty." He continues nodding. "But it's going to be really hard to keep myself away from you."

"I know. But you are going to have to try. I wish I could change the way I feel about this but I can't. Not right now at least."

Hillary walks out of her room with a full laundry basket in her arms.

Logan stands himself off and stands up straight, a strong contrast from his leaning, relaxed position on top of me. I pat his shoulder. "I'm sorry." I say in a hushed tone.

Hillary walks back towards her room with a now empty laundry basket. "Hey kids!" Hillary smiles. Her eyes are wide and she is waiting for us to reply.

"Shh. Kara is still sleeping in there." Logan rolls his eyes. "I'm going to get breakfast." He looks back at me and we exchange smirks before he walks past Hillary and runs down the stairs.

Hillary walks closer to me and elbows me playfully, winking. "What's going on cool kid?" She asks, setting the basket down.

I scoff. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing." I grab the doorknob on my room door and open it. I close it quietly behind me and sit on my bed with a sigh.

Why does everything have to be so difficult? I wish I could have just one thing for myself. Why can't anything ever just be simple and easy for me?

I stare at Kara as her chest rises and falls slowly. She twitches in her sleep. She must be dreaming. I miss my life being as simple as hers.

I unplug my phone from its cord and open up my picture app. I scroll through all of the pictures I took last night. I click on one I took with Kara. Her little vampire costume was just so cute I had to take a picture with her.

I scroll through and see more pictures of the kids. Last night was so fun with all of them. I didn't expect to like any of them but here I am gushing over each and every one of them.

I stop at one of me and Logan. He took this one of us last night after we got home from looking for Tilly. We had changed and most of the party guests had gone home. However, the alcohol within us had not quite worn off her.

Sober or not, I absolutely adore this image of us.

Logan was right. This is going to be really hard to stay away from him.

I think we look really cute together. I just wish things were easier.

Authors note: do you agree more with Avery or do you agree more with Logan on this? How do you think they should handle this messy relationship they are forming?

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