Logan

"Why did we agree to be up this early?"

I heard her low chuckle from next me. "Because we didn't plan on staying up half the night."

I turned to face her. "Mm," I hummed as I took her in. Short shorts and a tight tank covered just enough of her perfectly tanned skin. Her long legs kicked out in front of her, crossed at her ankles. We were sitting on a bench just outside the entry gate to the carnival.

I ran the backs of my fingers against her thigh, flipped my cap backwards, and moved in to kiss her neck. She chuckled again. "What are you doing?"

"Just remembering last night."

She turned her face towards me and skimmed her lips against mine. "Yeah?" she whispered, kissing me once. "Are you remembering that part where I asked if I could finger your a—"

I cut her off with a kiss, and then deepened it. One of her hands fisted into my shirt, the other curling around my neck, bringing me closer. I pulled back slightly. "Don't bring that up ever again."

She chuckled into my mouth. "Fine, just keep kissing me."

So I did.

She moaned when my hand went under her top and rested on her waist. My fingers dug into her skin when her tongue brushed against mine. I'd started to get hard.

"Hey assholes!"

We instantly pulled apart and turned to see a kid standing in front of us.

It was Lachlan, Lucy's brother. He was older now. Not the same four year old who helped me get Amanda to agree to a date back when she worked at the diner.

He turned around and looked at a bunch of boys standing a few yards behind him—the rest of Lucy's brothers. They all wore goofy grins.

My eyes went from the older boys to the kid in front of me. "What's up, little man?"

He looked from me, to Amanda, and back again. "Do you guys give each other blowfish jobs?"

Amanda snorted with laughter. "Oh, jeez."

"What?" I tried to hide my own amusement.

"Not blowfish," one of the older boys said. I'm pretty sure it was Little Logan. "BLOW JOB!" he yelled. Then all the boys started yelling, "Blow job! Blow job!"

Lachlan just shrugged, but stayed put.

"Blow job!" The other boys kept shouting.

"What the hell?" Lucy shrieked, walking towards them. "Why are you all yelling blow job?"

The boys fell into a fit of laughter.

Then Lachlan stepped in front of Amanda. "You're pretty," he told her, then wriggled his way to sit between us. He put his tiny hand in hers. She grinned from ear to ear. "And you," she said to him, "may just be the most handsome boy I've ever seen."

I rolled my eyes. "Gee, thanks."

Lucy and Cameron headed towards us, and we all stood up. Lachlan held onto Amanda's hand. Lucy introduced us to all her brothers. "I don't expect you to remember them all," she quipped.

Once we'd paid and entered through the gates, Cam pulled out his wallet and handed them all some money.

"I want to stay with pretty girl," Lachlan told them.

I had to laugh at his name for her. "Dude," I teased. "You're stealing all my game."

He growled at me with a sneer on his lips. I took a step back in shock, and Amanda laughed.

"Let him go with them," Little Logan insisted. "Then we can all go on the bigger rides, and we don't have to worry about him."

"We don't mind," Amanda spoke up. "We'll take him. You guys have fun."

***

"Okay, bud," I spoke quietly into Lachlan's ear. "I'll aim, you hold down the trigger, okay?" His eyes were huge. It matched his smile. He sat on my lap as they reset the little ducks with the targets on them back to the starting line. It was one of those water pistol aiming games.

Our winning celebration was a little over the top. It was all fine, until we were handed a panda soft toy, and the little girl next to us started crying. Lachlan pouted when he saw her, and then walked to her side. "Here you go," he said, handing it to her. "My uncle, Logan, will win more things for me, you can have this one." Then he hugged her.

"That was a good thing you did, bud," I told him.

He shrugged. "Now you have to win me more, otherwise I lied, and liars are bad."

***

Two hours later, we all met back up to eat. I laughed when Amanda told me to get her one of everything. My features straightened when I realized she was dead serious. "Are you sure?" I asked cautiously.

She pulled out the girl card. "Are you calling me fat?"

I walked away without a word. I wasn't stupid.

***

When I got back—after the third fucking trip—I noticed one of Lucy's brothers, Leo, fixated on a girl a few yards away.

"Leo!" I tried to get his attention. "What's up? You into her?"

This made the other boys look up and follow his gaze. "Oooh," one of them said. "Double D Debbie."

"Shut up," he spat through clenched teeth.

I ignored the funny nickname and asked, "Why don't you go talk to her?"

He shrugged. "She's with her boyfriend."

I looked back over at her. She was standing by herself, shifting on her feet and looking at the ground. I scanned the area around her. There was a group of guys a few feet away, chatting up a bunch of girls. "Where's her boyfriend?" I asked, not bothering to look away.

"The one at the front of the group, talking to the blonde."

I faced him again, my eyebrows drawn in. "You mean her boyfriend's letting her stand there alone while he tries to get on with another girl?"

He shrugged.

"What a dick."

Cam and Lucy laughed. My attention went to them. "What's funny?"

Cam spoke first, "That dick is classic high school Logan."

"Gross," Amanda muttered.

I couldn't say shit; they were right. I went back to Leo. "You know what you should do . . ."

"What?" He was all ears. "You should go over to her, tell her that her boyfriend's a dick, and that you'd treat her so much better. Because you would, right?"

"Oh no . . ." Lucy groaned.

Leo nodded.

"Then, without giving her a chance, hold her hand, and move in for the kiss. If she doesn't knee you in your junk—" I paused to let Amanda's laugh fill my ears. "If she doesn't push you away, and she kisses you back, bring her over here."

"Her boyfriend’s gonna kick your ass," one of the brothers said.

I shrugged. "If he tries, you got me and Cameron." I looked at Cam. "Right?"

He leaned forward and jerked his head in a nod. "Go for it, dude," he told Leo. "You'll never know if you don't try."

Leo looked over at her, then at us. He blew out a breath and stood. Running his hands over his shirt, he nodded. "Okay, I'm going in." He wiped his palms on his shorts. I knew that action. He was nervous. Hell, I was nervous for him.

We all watched as he made his way over to her.

"No way he's gonna do it," Little Logan said.