(Julia) I was prepared for his answer, I knew that there was a possibility that he might say no to me being his sub. But despite my knowing, why did it hurt so much? I didn't want to ruin our stay here. I had a lot planned, so I intend to make it special. I was sitting next to Logan while listening to him talking about the things that used to happen to him as a child. About how often he would get into trouble, and it made me laugh. It made me happy to know more about him. “Once, I tried to build a treehouse all by myself,” he said, chuckling at the memory. “All I ended up doing was demolishing half the fence and having the neighbor yell at me for being a hurricane in their backyard.” I laughed with him, though my smile felt bittersweet. “I can picture that,” I said, still laughing.

