A World Apart

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Chapter 29



The next morning I woke early. Through my sleepy eyes, the morning light drifted in through the window and made rays across our bedspread. I was still cuddled up next to Logan. He was asleep still, with one arm casually lying on my hip and the other folded under him as a pillow. His breathing was slow and regular. I rolled over a bit. It was seven thirty. I never get up this early if I don\'t have to.



I lay in bed, watching Logan sleep. His right ear twitched and his nose started moving a bit like a rabbit\'s. I smiled and knew he was awake, if only barely.



"Mornin\'," I said softly, running my fingers through his hair.



I noticed a smile spread across his face," I thought it was all a dream. I would have been so mad."



He chuckled and opened his brown eyes. He stretched and I heard his back pop.



"So...now what?" He asked.



I contemplated it for a while. What were we going to do now? I was ready to go home already. But it felt so good, being with Logan.



"Go home...I guess. I\'m sure my parents are probably worried," I said softly.



"Yeah, mine too," Logan replied and then grinned widely," I\'m sure my grandma knows where I am though!"



I sat up, rustled with the sheets and hit him lightly on the arm," Ewe, Logan. Did your grandma hear the rumor, too?"



He laughed," Hopefully she didn\'t hear that, though, but she did know I like you."



"Lets go get some breakfast," I said, looking down at him.



"Alright, but I don\'t have much money left," He said, still relaxing underneath the sheets.



"I think we\'ll manage," I replied.



We both jumped into the shower together. We tickled, kissed and even somehow managed to get clean. Logan and I checked out of the hotel soon after and walked next door to a small convenience store. I followed Logan down the aisle as he shopped for his favorites.



"Hey, I\'m gonna go over to the dairy aisle, ok?" I said.



He nodded after glancing up from the arrangement of fish. I smiled and thought it looked funny. A cat shopping for fish. Weird.



I went down the dairy aisle and pulled out a quart of milk and looked around for some strawberry yogurt. I watched Logan across the store as he picked up a dish of hot and ready to eat fish sticks. He was so funny. He carried the plate around the store and I offered him an odd glance.



"Fish?" I asked.



He nodded and looked down at it," For breakfast, lunch, and dinner."



"Right...well, I got some yogurt and milk. I think we should get some crackers and cheese, too. What do you say?" I turned around to see him holding some cottage cheese.



"I\'ve had a taste for it for weeks," He said.



"We can\'t get everything. It\'s not like we can take it back home. It\'ll rot and smell horrible," I said.



"Well, I\'m going to get a small one, cause I really, really want some," He said, finding a jar half the size of the original.



I walked down the next aisle and picked up some Triscuits to go along with my American cheese. We had a lot of perishables. I hope we can eat it all. At least I can take the Triscuits home. Logan and I walked to the front of the store and let our items fall only the counter. The cashier gave us an annoyed look. I had my money out already, because I knew Logan would want to buy.



The young girl rang up the triscuits, the cottage cheese, the yogurt, the american cheese, the fish, and whatever else we had found in the store. I watched as she rang up all of our items. It came to $12.53. I pulled out a twenty and handed it to her. Logan was standing beside me with his mouth open.



"I can get it, you know. It\'s not a problem. You just said earlier that you didn\'t have much money left anyway," I said softly.



He grumbled," I just like doing nice things for you."



Logan silently picked up our two bags and I took the money from the cashier. I found Logan sitting on the curb on the end of the parking lot, poking at his fish with a fork. I sat down close to him and opened up the milk to take a drink.



"So, we go back today," I said, stating the obvious.



"We will," Logan said, beginning on his cottage cheese, and offering me the rest of the fish.



I shook my head at his offer, but eventually ended up picking out of the remains for the good chunks. It smelled good. I ate my yogurt silently, thinking he was mad at me. I didn\'t want him mad at me...mostly because he had been the only one not mad at me for a long time. I felt his arm come around my waist and I shivered under his touch.



"I\'m sorry I yelled at you, Rave," He said softly, placing a warm hand on the back of my neck," I just want you to be happy. I want to do nice things for you. I want to be the best boyfriend I can be."



I smiled a bit," I like it when you buy me stuff, but sometimes I want to pitch in too."



He nodded and glanced at his watch and then he poked me in the side," We\'d better get going or we\'re going to end up staying here for yet another night."



I blushed at the remark and felt him hold my hand and give it a light squeeze.



"I love being with you," He whispered close to my ear.



We were in the middle of a busy grocery store parking lot just sitting casually on the curve. My legs were spread out in front of me on the pavement and I leaned into Logan\'s embrace. Suddenly it didn\'t matter anymore what people thought. He loved being with me and that\'s all that mattered. His head turned slightly and I leaned in for a kiss, uncaring about the rest of the world\'s opinion of us because I, too loved being with him.