Chapter Fourteen - "Why Are You Crying?"
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Avery's P.O.V

The day at the beach went past very quickly. Logan avoided me for the rest of the trip and I was glad he did. For once this week, I am actually glad he is avoiding me.

The fact that he helped that whore is absolutely unbelievable. I mean, he is his own person but come on, I don't think Logan would agree to her stupid plan unless she sucked him off or something. Ha, sounds like something she would do.

When we got back on the bus, Logan sat at his usual seat which was at the front, far away from me. Peter came and sat next to me again but this time, he wasn't that annoying as before which I was very grateful for because I was not in the mood for anyone's bullshit.

The bus trip was quite amusing though since everyone at the back of the bus played truth or dare and honestly, I never thought I would ses the day that Peter would have to make out with the window while the people in their cars beside the bus watch him. I even saw a girl who was recording him.

Of course, I didn't play. I was too busy texting Claire and telling her what happened at the beach. When I told her about Logan though, she said that she wasn't suprised because he is the type of person to do that. Since I am angry at Logan, I had to agree.

"Ugh, today is the day that Katie comes back to school." Claire groans and I nod.

"I know." I mumble and continue to walk into the building and towards my locker. Since I had sport first, I decided to place my bag in my locker and just carry my bottle.

"What the hell?" I hear Claire say and turn around to see what all the commotion is about then I saw him... with her.

Logan is laughing as he walks down the hallway with Katie to his side. Katie was holding his hand as she stares at me, a small smirk on her lips. I bite my lip and try to ignore her and also ignore the thoughts.

"Don't worry about them." Claire says, pulling me away from the scene. I push her hand away and walk into the bathroom and into a stall, closing the door.

I feel my heart begining to race and tears sting in my eyes. Why am I acting like this? I do not cry over any boy, especially Logan.

"Avery..." I hear Claire say and I look up to see her leaning over the wall, looking down at me. She carefully climbs over and lands on the floor gracefully before grabbing my hands.

"Why are you crying?" Claire asks and I shrug, letting the tears fall down silently.

"I don't know and it's annoying me so bad. I don't want to be crying over him. I don't even like him." I mumble and Claire smiles slightly.

"Avery, you probably don't want me to say this, but I think you do. I think you like him a lot." Claire says and I look up and her and shake my head.

"No I don't." I say.

"Then why are you crying?" Claire asks again and I look down at the ground, sighing.

"I'm crying because after what he done, he chose her and is now - actually I don't know if they are even dating but I don't care. I hate him so much." I say to Claire and she sighs.

"Let's talk to him." Claire says and I gap at her, shaking my head. I wipe my tears and sigh loudly.

"I don't want to."

"It will help, trust me." Claire says and I look at her for a good minute before standing up.

Why does he make me feel like this?

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When Claire said that we were going to talk to him, I thought she meant then, not at lunch, in the cafeteria, with the whole school surrounding us. Is she crazy?

Yes.

After we walked out of the bathroom, we decided to sit in the library. Yes, we were skipping class but I really didn't feel like seeing him at the time. While we were at the library, Claire asked me if I knew what I was going to tell him and I actually had no idea. So, during the hour we spent in the library trying to figure out what to say, we finally thought of something.

I am going to forgive him. I am going to accept that he helped Katie and then hopefully, everything will be okay between us.

"You ready?" Claire asks and I shrug, watching as Katie flirts with Logan. I try not to gag and yell out 'slut'.

"Now?" I ask Claire and she nods. I sigh and stand up from my chair. As I start to walk towards Logan's table, all eyes start to watch me as I make my way towards the 'popular' table. I ignore the stares and look at Katie who was glaring at me. When I reach the table, I look at Logan who is looking at me with a straight face.

"Logan..." I choke. I close my eyes before sighing and look at Logan again, regaining my confidence.

"Can I speak with you?" I ask, my voice dripping with confidence. Katie raises her eyebrow at me and clings onto Logan's arm in a possessive way. She looks at Logan who was watching me carefully. He licks his lips and nods, standing up from the chair. Katie watches us carefully as we walk out of the cafeteria, curiosity clear on her face.

When we exit the cafeteria, I lean against the lockers, looking up at Logan.

"Um, I want to apologize." I start and Logan watches me, his eyes piercing into mine. I let out a sigh and shake my head.

"It was wrong of me to walk away from you the other day and ever since then, I am still confused to why you chose to help Katie but I have come to accept it. I just... ugh." I groan, running my hands down my face in frustration. Logan stays silent.

"Never mind. You can go back to Katie now. I just-" As I start to walk away, Logan grabs my arm, pulling me back to him. I look into his brown eyes as he stares into mine.

"I accept your apology." He says in a quiet voice and watch as the smile I have been waiting to see appears on his face. I smile back.

"Thank you."

"No, thank you. I can finally escape from Katie. I swear, she is so annoying." Logan says and I raise my eyebrow at him in confusion. Logan rolls his eyes and grins.

"Can I sit at your table?" He asks and I nod, happily.

As we walk back into the cafeteria, I realise that all the bad thoughts that were clouding my head finally went away and I knew that everything is okay... well, for now.

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"You came!" Elena squeals in delight and I smile, hugging her tight. When we let go of each other, I tap her nose.

"I would never say no to a birthday party." I say, smiling. Elena laughs and runs back inside. All of a sudden, Sarah appears at the door and hugs me.

"I thought I would never see you. Ever since I heard about you and Logan's fight, I thought I would never see your beautiful face again but your here!" Sarah says happily and I laugh.

"Come inside." Sarah says, smiling. I look at Logan who was watching me with a smile and I roll my eyes playfully at him.

I'm glad we are talking again.

"Hey, Avery." Emma greets and I smile at her, giving her a short but firm hug. Emma hugs me back before walking to into the kitchen where Sarah is stirring what I think is icing.

Yum.

"Hi Jack, Jake and Asher. I haven't seen you in a long time." I say with as I walk into the living room. Asher gives me a tight smile before looking back at his phone and Jake and Jack nod.

"Sunshine..." I hear Logan whisper behind me and I turn around to see him smiling.

God, his smile is something...

"Yes?" I ask, a small smile on my face. Logan grabs my hand and brings me to the kitchen where Sarah, Elena and Emma is.

"Oh Avery, guess what!" Elena says, running up to me with a big grin on her face.

"What, what?" I ask, mirroring her smile.

"Since it's my birthday..." Elena mumbles, looking down at the ground for a few seconds before looking back at me. "You should stay over." Elena says and I look at Sarah to see her smiling.

"Uh... I'll have to ask first." I say and Elena and she pouts but nods.

"Okay." She mumbles and I grab my phone out of my pocket and before dialing the number, Sarah appears next to me.

"Do you mind if I speak to your parents?" Sarah asks and I nod, handing the phone to her.

I'm glad she offered because if I were the one to ask, I would have got a million questions and a lecture and all that. There was no way I was going to get a yes out of them if I were to talk.

"The people are starting to arrive..." Emma mutters and I look at the door to see people entering with their children beside them. When the kids see Elena though, they run up to her; hugging her.

"Well, I'm going to go greet the people." Emma says and walks to the door, saying hello to the parents and kids. I look at Logan but to much suprise, he is already looking at me with a small grin. I roll my eyes and walk to the living room to join the boys but they aren't there. I hear Logan laugh.

"Lonely?" He asks and I roll my eyes.

"No." I reply and Logan raises his eyebrow and I walk up the stairs, away from the people that were entering the living room. Logan follows after me and I decide if I should go find Logan's room.

Hmm, exciting.

I start to walk to a random door and push it open. I am greeted with a room full of pictures on the walls, a king sized bed, a flat screen and some other things.

"What are you doing?" Logan asks behind me when I step in. I look behind him and smile.

"Peeking." I reply before sitting on the bed.

"Is this your room?" I ask and Logan nods, sitting next to me. I nod and look at the movies that were beside me on the desk.

"Titanic?" I ask, humor dripping in my tone. Logan rolls his eyes and shrugs.

"Its Emma's favourite. She must of left it in here." He says before taking it out of my hands. I gap at him and snatch it back, walking towards the DVD player. I place the CD in and turn the television on.

"Well its also my favourite." I smile and Logan groans but doesn't do anything. I lean against the headboard and watch the starting scene.

"I hate this bit though." I say and Logan sits beside me, rolling my eyes.

"I hate the whole movie." He mutters and I turn to him, raising my eyebrow.

"Did I ask for your opinion?" I ask but Logan only grins.

As the movie continued, I feel Logan's arm push me towards him but I don't do anything except for smile.

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"I'm so tired." I say after the movie has finished. I wipe my eyes once more, making sure my emotions were calm before turning towards Logan.

Titanic is literally the most tragic romance ever...

I look at Logan who had wrapped his arm around me, pulling me closer to him. I look at his face which is so cute because Logan has falling asleep, snoring quietly.

I trace my finger down his face and stop at his nose, admiring how the shape of it is so perfect. I continue around his cheeks which were incredibly soft then to his jaw. I trace my finger up from his neck up to his chin the stop just before his lips.

Oh they look so kissable-

I did not just think that.

All of a sudden, Logan bites my finger and I squeal.

"Your awake." I breathe out, my heart racing. Logan let's go of my finger and smirks.

"Yes." He says and I bite my lip.

"I-I'm sorry." I say and he chuckles, shaking his head.

"Nervous?"

"Never." I say, smiling a little. Logan raises his hand slightly and trails his hand up my arm, which sent me chills throughout my whole body.

Since we were in a position where I am leaning over him, holding myself up by placing both my hands on his sides, it was actually pretty awkward if you think about it.

We stare at each other for a while and I start to feel nervous.

Why? Only because Logan kept looking at my lips. I mean, it's not like I don't want him to kiss me, it's just-

"Logan! Avery! Cake!" I hear Sarah ask and I immediately move out of the way so Logan can get up. I hope off the bed and walk towards the door. Logan gets off the bed and walks towards me, opening the door. We walk out and walk down the stairs. I gap.

"There are so much people here." I tell Logan and he nods. There are about fifty people here but since this is a mansion, it can still fit more people.

Suddenly, I see a person in the crowd watch Logan and I. He looks around my age and from what I can already see - which is black hair and green eyes - he looks hot.

"Ugh, that bastard." I hear Logan say and I look at him with confusion.

"Do you know him?"

"He's my cousin." He mutters before walking down the stairs. I quickly catch up to him and walk to the kitchen where Sarah is. She starts to carry the cake into the living room where Elena sits; a table in front of her.

I notice my phone on the bench and I quickly grab it. I unlock it to see that my mom has messaged me and I open it, reading the message.

Mom: I guess, you can stay but please come home tomorrow, we have something important to tell you. Love you x

I wonder what the news could be.

Me: Thank you, mom. I will be home tomorrow, I promise. I love you too x

I place my phone in my pocket and join the group of people who were starting to sing happy birthday to Elena.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Elena, happy birthday to you." We all sing and when we finish, Elena closes her eyes before reopening them and blowing out the seven candles.

"If you hit the bottom, you have to kiss the nearest boy!" Emma yells from the top of the stairs. Elena looks up at Emma then at Logan.

"If that rule applies, move out of the way." Logan says, pushing through the people. A boy who is standing next to her suddenly moves when he sees Logan. I try and hold in a laugh when I see Logan glaring at the kid.

Elena grabs the knife and with the help of her mother, she touches the bottom and Logan grins, staring at his little sister. Elena smiles and kisses him on the cheek. Logan kisses Elena on the forehead before whispering something to her and by Elena's face which is showing shock, I knew it was bad.

When Logan makes his way to me again, I raise an eyebrow at him.

"What did you say to her?"

"Only what a protective brother says to his little sister." Logan smirks and I shake my head.

"Of course."

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It is currently two in the morning and the only people that are here are the relatives so cousins, aunties and so on.

I walk into the living room and head towards the stairs with Elena in my arms. I carry her to her room and place her gently on her bed. I get her under the sheets and stroke her hair back, smiling at the little angel.

"You would be a great mom." I turn around to see the guy I saw in the crowd of people earlier. His green eyes shine brightly as he looks at me, a small smile on his face.

"Uh, thank you." I say, looking at the ground to avoid his stare. He walks towards me and sticks out his hand.

"I'm Patrick." He says and I look at him and shake his hand, nodding.

"Avery."

"Pretty name." Patrick smiles and I smile, my cheeks heating up.

No one has ever complimented my name before.

"T-Thanks?" I stutter and let go off his hand. Patrick smiles and looks me up and down, his smile turning into a grin.

Is he checking me out?

"So, are we related or are you a friend of Emma's?" Patrick asks and I shake my head, chuckling.

"No, we aren't related and I am actually Logan's friend and I am friends with Emma. Logan brought me here since we attend the same school." I say and Patrick nods.

"Are you two dating?" Patrick asks and I shake my head.

"Good because if you were... things would not end so pleasantly." Patrick says and I frown.

"What do you mean?" I ask and Patrick shakes his head.

"Its better coming from him. He wouldn't be too pleased with me telling you things about his past." Patrick says and I nod slowly.

"Avery? Where are you?" I hear Logan asks and I walk out of the room to see Logan walking up the stairs.

"I'm with Patrick, calm down." I say, smiling. Logan looks at me and raises his eyebrow.

"Patrick?"

"Your cousin?" I say and Logan rolls his eyes.

"I know who he is, sunshine." Logan mutters before walking into Elena's room.

"Get out." Logan snaps and Patrick raises his hands up in defense.

"Woah, calm down." Patrick says as he starts to walk out of the room.

"I never want to see you around Avery again, you hear me?"

He said my name. He actually said my name.

Holy sweet heavens.

"Can't stop her coming to me though. What she does is her choice." Patrick says before heading down the stairs. Once Logan stops glaring at his cousin, he looks at me and I smile.

"You said my name." I mumble to him and his stern face turns soft ands he grins.

"Well, you do have a name... Avery." Logan says, smirking as he pronounces my name again. I bite my lip and look away from Logan.

Why the hell does my body react like this when he is around me, saying my name, holding me close to him and smiling at me?

You like him, my conscious says.

I don't like Logan...

Yes you do, my conscious says again and I bite my lip.

Do I like Logan? I mean, when he touched my arm earlier, I did get chills and they did feel good but that's not because I like him, right? Whenever I am around him, my heart does race but is that because I like him? When I saw Katie and him togther and I cried, does that mean I have feelings for the bad boy?

Holy shit.

I like Logan Maddox.

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