Olivia

Banging on the door jerked Logan and I awake. I looked over at him with wide eyes, sleep instantly vanishing, hoping it wasn't who I thought it was on the other side. Logan didn't look at all worried as he stared at me.

"Get up! Foods ready." My brother yelled through the door. I waited for him to barge in but thankfully his footsteps retreated. I let out a sigh and fell back.

"That was close." I muttered, my heart racing. When Logan didn't say a word I glanced over at him. He was still staring at me, his lips tilted in a small smile. "What?"

"Go out with me."

I stilled at his words.

"What?"

"Go out with me." He repeated. "As in a real date."

I sat there frozen not knowing what to say. Was I still dreaming? Is Logan seriously asking me out? Being startled awake was not helping.

"I...um." My brain wasn't working. "You want to go out with me?"

"Yes." Logan looked at me in amusement.

"Uh." My brain was short circuiting. "You're not playing with me right? If so this is the biggest dick move ever."

"I'm not messing with you." Logan shook his head. His hands shot out and grabbed my waist, yanking me over him until I was straddling his waist. I peered down at him, heart beating so fucking fast in my chest.

"I'm tired of hiding how I feel about you."

I questioned if this was real but the feeling of his hands on my waist and something hard pressing between my legs I knew this was real. So I really am not dreaming.

My stomach erupted in butterflies. Logan wanted to date me. ME! I've wanted to hear those words from his lips for so long it felt surreal. What do I even say?

"Say yes."

My cheeks reddened at the fact I said that out loud. Logan stared up at me with a smile waiting for my answer. Acting like him asking me out wasn't such a huge deal. Seventeen year old me would never believe this was happening right now.

Say yes you idiot!

Why the hell was I hesitating! The man I've had a crush on for years is literally asking me out.

"Yes." The grin that appeared almost split my face in half. "Yes, I'll go out with you."

Logan's grin mirrored my own. My entire body buzzing. Bending down I placed a kiss on his lips, not even caring about my morning breath.

I grinned against his lips when I felt him harden even more underneath me. I really wish we were alone.

Pulling back I peered down at him feeling like I was on cloud 9. This was really happening. Logan and I.

"Are you sure?" I couldn't help but question.

"A hundred percent." He pecked my lips again. "You know what this means though." My stomach tightened as I knew what he was talking about.

"We have to tell my brother."

That was going to be fun. I inwardly winced already picturing his reaction. Knox didn't like me dating anyone, I doubt he was going to love me dating his best friend.

"Do we have to right now?" Maybe we could put it off for awhile.

"Better now than later." I closed my eyes and inwardly groaned. "It's going to be okay." Logan promised.

"I don't want your friendship to be ruined." I whispered.

"Even if it is I don't care. As long as I have you." The sincerity in his voice made me smile. While I didn't want him and Knox to fight, I didn't want to give Logan up. Not when he was finally mine.

"It will be okay." I echoed his earlier words. It had to be. "I better go and freshen up before we head down."

I didn't want to leave this room but the sooner we did this the better. Like ripping off a bandaid. The longer we waited to tell everyone the worse it will be. And I didn't want to spend another day not being with Logan.

"Want to walk down together?" I nodded. I was going to need all the strength I can get to face my brother. "I'll meet you at the stairs in just a minute."

I nodded once more before pressing my lips to his again. While I wanted to keep kissing him I knew I better get up. I pecked his lips once, twice, three times before I forced myself up and off the bed.

Grabbing my stuff panda I headed for the door. Glancing over my shoulder I met Logan's eyes. The determined look on his face helped ease a little bit of my nerves. Everything would be okay. With one last smile I quickly slipped out the door.

As much as I wanted to take my time washing my face and fixing my hair I knew I couldn't. When a soft knock came at my door I knew it was time. Taking a deep breath I opened my door and stepped out. Logan stood there waiting.

Placing my hand in his, he gave me an encouraging smile. Time to face the music.

I held onto Logan's had with a death grip the entire walk down the stairs. Our plan was to basically walk into the kitchen together. Not a solid plan but that was all we got. It was a little crazy how fast his was happening.

Not even fifteen minutes ago Logan was asking me out and now here we are about to tell everyone we are together. While it felt fast it also felt right. We've both spent years wanting each other, letting stupid reasons get in the way of actually being together. After all this time we both deserved to stop hiding what we feel.

Before entering the kitchen we paused. Shooting me one last smile, squeezing my hand, the two of us stepped into the kitchen. I felt like I was going to throw up at any moment.

"There you are, we were about to come get you two." Colleen said, seeing us first. I barely noticed the table was set with pancakes, fruits, and pastries. Abigail and Leo were already seated waiting to eat, a toy in front of them. Aubrey and Knox were standing at the counter putting stuff onto plates for them; too distracted to notice us.

I caught Colleen's eye as she looked down at Logan and I holding hands. She raised an eyebrow. I blushed under her gaze but I gave her a small nod. The wide grin she gave the both of us made me relax a little.

One person down. Two to go.

"Since you guys missed Christmas Eve we were thinking of going to the festival again today." Aubrey started saying, her head still down. "How does that..." She trailed off as she finally looked up. Her eyes immediately zeroing on our hands.

She looked up at us with wide eyes. Logan squeezed my hand gently like he could tell I had stopped breathing. I wasn't worried about telling Aubrey. I knew she'd be happy about it. She thought I wouldn't pick up on her slyly putting Logan and I in the same room and leaving. Like at her wedding. Pairing us up together. It was actually that moment my crush came into existence.

Aubrey didn't say a single word as she slowly grinned at us. Her eyes kept darting from our hands to our faces and back down. At any second she was going to explode. The only sound in the kitchen was coming from Abigail and Leo playing with their toys. Colleen was standing in the middle of the kitchen watching it all unfold.

As Knox finally turned around I felt Logan tense beside me. Here we go.

No one said a word as my brother finally looked over at us. I held my breath as he looked between us confused for a second before his eyes landed on our intertwined hands. Silence wrapped around the whole kitchen as he slowly looked back up.

Logan and I stood there waiting for my brother to explode. I watched as the vein in his forehead suddenly appeared. His grip on the plate tightening. Three....two...one.

"Someone explain to me what is going on." His tone lethal.

"Hey kids how about we go make a snow man outside!" Colleen suddenly interjected. She wasted no time in sweeping the kids out of the kitchen and outside. Leaving the four of us in the kitchen.

"Olivia and I are together." Logan spoke first. His voice calm.

"Together?" The glare he was sending Logan was so intense I almost expected laser to come out of his eyes.

"Yes."

Logan's years in the military making him not flinch at my brothers tone or glares. In fact Logan looked ready for anything my brother was about to throw at him. Even if that meant a fist.

"What the fuck!" Knox finally exploded. He slammed the plate down on the table. "She is my sister you motherfucker!"

That was all it took before my brother launched himself at Logan. Logan grabbed me and threw me behind him before the two collided. The sound of Knox's fist hitting Logan hit my ears.

"Knox!" Both Aubrey and I yelled.

The two of them went at each other. Fists flying.

"She's half your age!"

"Knox." Logan said but he was cut off with another hit.

"You promised me you'd never touch her!" The two fell to the ground.

"Stop it! Please!" I cried, watching the two people I cared about the most going at it.

"I love her!

At Logan's words everything stopped. Knox froze staring at his best friend. A pin could have been heard dropping at the silence that followed. He was in love with me? In love? Love, love?

"What?" Both my brother and I said at the same time.

"I've fallen in love with her." Logan's confession hung in the air. All I could do was stand there and stare at Logan. Those three words stuck in my head on an endless loop.

My brother shoved Logan off of him and stood up, wiping his bloodied lip. Aubrey rushed to his side to look at his face but he kept his eyes on Logan. I bent over and helped Logan up. Wincing at the swollen cheek, bloodied ip and eyebrow.

"She's just a kid." My brother said through clenched teeth. I dropped Logan's arm and stepped forward.

"I'm not a child Knox. I'm 25 years old, stop treating me like I'm a kid." I snapped. I was tired of him treating me like I was five years old instead of a grown woman.

"He's half your age Olivia!"

"He's 33! Stop acting like I'm 18 and he's 50 taking advantage of me!" He was making it seem like Logan was some old pervert. Our age difference didn't matter. My eyes pleaded with my brother to understand. I fell for his best friend, so what. That didn't change anything.

"You're still a kid Olivia! You don't know anything!" I flinched at his tone. Logan coming up to my side and stepping a bit in front of me. I stared at my brother not believing he said that and used that tone with me.

"Knox!" Aubrey snapped. "Enough!" She brought out her mother voice. She was the only person on the planet who could talk to Knox like that. The look she gave my brother was scary as hell. I watched as my brother's eyes widened as if fully realizing what he just said.

He opened his mouth to say something but the sound of Abby and Leo's voice came from back of the house. Only so long Colleen could hold back little kids.

Hurt I grabbed Logan's hand. He needed to be cleaned up before the kids saw. I met my brothers eyes once more and shook my head before leading Logan upwards to the spare bathroom.

The two of us were quiet as I closed the bathroom door and made him take a seat on the closed toilet. Now that we were alone his confession came rushing back.

I could feel his eyes on me as I reached under the sink for the first aid kit. I wasn't sure what to think right now. I mean in his bedroom earlier he hinted at his feelings for me but I hadn't thought he meant he loved me.

"Did you mean what you said?" I finally spoke as I wiped away the blood on his face. I let myself look in his eyes.

"Yes." His voice was husky and low. His face was guarded as if he was afraid of what I was about to say. I nodded once and kept cleaning.

"I've loved you from the moment we met eight years ago. I was just too scared and broken to admit to myself."

My hands stilled at his words.

"I thought I could run away from my feelings three years ago but being here with you I realized I don't want to keep running."

I met his eyes once more, looking for any ounce of doubt but I found none. He was looking at me with such love it took my breath away. I've never had someone look at me like that. Like they needed me more than they needed air to breathe.

"I'm in love with you, Olivia Mikelson."

I thought earlier my heart was going to burst but I was wrong.

"I'm in love with you too, Logan James."