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Allie puts her coffee down, her food also untouched, and grabs her coat from the back of her chair.
“I’m going to go and let you two catch up. Go easy on Alec though, Willow. You’re his girlfriend, and he just feels threatened,” she tells me softly, her eyes flicking nervously towards Logan.
“It’s Logan,” I say furiously. “He can’t seriously believe something would be going on between the two of us.”
I’m actually a little disgusted that he would even imply such a thing. I’ve told Alec so many times that Logan is like a brother to me, a brother I never had. My mum never remarried or had a relationship after my dad, so I’ve always been the only child. Having Logan looking out for me all through school felt like having a big brother.
“Cheers, babe.” Logan sniffs, his jaw clenched.
“I didn’t mean it in a bad way. And stop calling me babe,” I tell him. Can I dig a bigger hole for myself?
“Maybe explain it better to Alec, and maybe Logan can back off with the touchy feely shit when Alec’s around,” Allie suggests, seeming uncomfortable with bringing it up.
“Jealous, Allie?” Logan sneers. “Maybe you need to get laid.”
“Logan,” I snap, not liking what’s gotten into him. There’s no need to speak to Allie like that, not when she’s just trying to help. “Don’t speak to her like that. Ever!”
“Willow, it’s fine. I’m going home to start unpacking. When you get back, we’ll go shopping.” She smiles, but it’s forced.
“Okay,” I agree, feeling another headache coming. Allie kisses my cheek before exiting the cafe, leaving me alone with Logan.
“Well, that was eventful,” Logan mutters.
“Don’t,” I warn, hoping he’s not about to badmouth Alec or Allie in front of me.
“I’m joking. Maybe we should just stay away from each other. I don’t want to be the reason you’re unhappy,” he says sadly, looking ready to bolt.
“No! Please don’t say that. I’m not losing my best friend when I just got him back because my boyfriend doesn’t like our friendship. He’s going to have to get used to having you around,” I tell him, hating that it’s come to this. The two of them will be playing football together. I don’t want to get in the way of that too. “Just lay off with the snarky remarks and touchy feely shit, as Allie put it.”
“Okay, but if he doesn’t like it and starts getting pushy with you, give me a bell.”
“He’s not violent,” I scoff, though I’m touched at his overprotectiveness.
“You never know. They always say to watch out for the quiet ones,” he teases, but there’s a seriousness in his voice that I can’t ignore.
“Shut up,” I laugh, playing it off as his protectiveness over me.
“You excited about starting uni?” he asks, changing the subject, for which I’m grateful.
I am more than excited. “Yeah, we start next week. What about you?”
“I’m sad I’ve only got a year left before I have to leave you again.” He pouts. “I want to spend as much time with you as possible.”
“I’ll always be in your life.” I nudge him with my shoulder, then pick up my fork and dig into my lukewarm breakfast.
“I know,” he replies, eating his own food. Swallowing, he turns to me. “When do you find out about the uni paper you were chattin’ on about?”
I handed in a course paper, an article on a woman who was kidnapped when she went hiking in the Australian Outback. That’s what got me into the top journalism class the university has to offer, but it’s not the paper that will get me into the Whithall University newspaper.
“From what the guidance counsellor was telling me, I’ll have to do another article before they will enter me into working with the university paper. Plus, they’ll need to determine if I have a place on their paper.”
“That’s great though, isn’t it?” Logan mumbles around a mouthful of food.
“Yeah. The class only has a limited amount of students. I’m hoping to get a place, but I’ll also be job hunting in the meantime.”
Logan frowns. “Do you need money? I’ve got some,” he rushes out, but I stop him from offering, holding my hand up.
“No! No! I’m fine. I have money. I just want to save enough money over the next year so my mum doesn’t have to worry about next year’s bills and stuff.”
