Follow me, don’t follow me. (open to friends only)

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Logan's head had stopped pounding less then a day after the accident. He'd taken a hard hit, but he was alright, and other then a small cut and a bruise that was turning a pleasant shade of purple, Logan wasn't looking much worse the wear. He was sleeping a lot though, more then usual even, but he wasn't sure he could blame the bump for that. No, sometimes Logan just didn't like getting out of bed.

For the last hour or so though, he hadn't really been sleeping, just sort of drifting in and out. One minute he was awake and almost ready to get up, and the next he'd roll onto his side and find that perfectly warm spot on the bed... the one that made it all too easily to let his eyes drift shut again. Neil was out, probably walking Max, so there was no one nagging him, no one to tell him to stop being lazy and to go eat something. It was nice, and Logan planned on enjoying it just a little longer.

He'd found that spot again, and he was just about to settle back in for at least another ten minutes of lazing about... when someone said his name.

No, not just someone.

Logan would have recognized that voice anywhere, anytime. He new what it sounded like on film and on the phone, and he knew what it sounded like when the older man was there. Logan knew Aaron Echoll's voice better then anyone else's.

Eyes snapping open, Logan sat up almost instantly, his body tense as he listened. Maybe he'd imagined it... maybe it had been a dream,

But no, there it was again.

"Logan?"

Getting to his feet, Logan slowly walked to the door, peering around it with a worried look. His chest was tight and he was pretty sure he was sweating, but he made sure not to let anything show on his face as he headed outside and looked around. Making his way around to the back of the hut, he could feel his heart pounding in his chest. "Dad?" he said quietly, unsure and uneasy.

And there he was, Aaron Echolls, not a foot away. He had that look on his face, angry and pinched so tight the the lines in his face seemed deeper then usual. He took a step closer and Logan instantly took a step back, right onto someone's foot.

(Aaron isn't really there, you can't see him or hear him. >_> Open to friends only.)

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[jdick.livejournal.com]

"He wasn't there, Logan," Joe said, frowning slightly as he looked around again, trying to see if maybe he could see anyone. There was no one, they were alone. "There was no one there, I only saw you."

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Logan shook his head and walked away to go look, but there was nothing, not even a dent in the soil. There was no trace that anyone had been standing there a minute ago.

"I saw him, Joe, I saw him. He was standing here and... he said my name. I'd know his voice anywhere," he insisted.

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"I heard you say dad, but that's it," Joe said honestly, following Logan to look at whatever it was he was looking at. "I didn't see anyone, I didn't hear anyone, just you." But that didn't mean much, considering how fucking weird the island could be.

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Logan kept walking around the hut, searching for something, anything... But there was nothing there. Combing his fingers through his hair, he gave Joe a distraught and confused look.

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Joe looked back, shaking his head a little. "I swear, I didn't see anyone," he promised. Even if he hated the fucker, he'd never deny seeing Aaron Echolls just to mess with Logan. "Do you wanna keep looking for him? Maybe he bolted or something." Although that seemed kind of unlikely.

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Logan slumped against the side of the hut and shook his head. "No... no it's... It's alright. I just... It was so real, you know? He was right there."

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"You think maybe it's from when you hit your head?" Joe asked, although he sounded sort of skeptical of that explanation, too. Concussions didn't usually make people see things and he knew that from experience.

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"My head's fine," Logan said defensively, straighting up.

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"I didn't say it wasn't," Joe pointed out, looking around again as if Aaron would suddenly appear to him, too. "That's just really fucking weird."

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Logan looked uneasy and straightened up. "I... need to put some real clothes on," he decided, brushing past Joe and back inside.

After all, seeing things was one thing, but seeing things while wearing nothing but race car pajamas? That was crazy.

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"Okay," Joe agreed, staying where he was for a moment before he began to wander around, his body tense and on guard as he looked for Aaron. Maybe he would see him, maybe he wouldn't, but he'd be ready in case he did.

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Logan changed quickly enough, pulling on a pair of jeans and a shirt before heading back outside. Squinting into the sunlight, he shoved his hands deep into his pockets as he looked at Joe.

"There was nothing there," he said quietly. "I just... I must just be overtired or something. I'm sorry I flipped out or whatever."

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"Yeah, I couldn't find anyone or any prints," Joe said, straightening up again when he heard Logan's voice, although his body was still tense. There was no way in hell he'd be prepared for Aaron's arrival, no way that anyone of them would be.

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Logan nodded, looking a little relieved but tense still. "Maybe I just need to eat something. I skipped dinner last night, wasn't hungry."

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"Want me to come with you?" Joe offered, because that had been his intention anyway. To go see if he could find Logan and then get something to eat.

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Logan nodded, not really wanting to be alone. Stupid as it was to be so nervous over something he'd apparently dreamed up, he felt better with Joe there. "Yeah, alright," he nodded.

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"I dunno if I'll be up for making pancakes this time, though," Joe told him with a little smile, nodding in the direction of the Compound. Truthfully, he was still a little nervous himself.

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"That's alright, I'm more in the mood for meat anyway," Logan shrugged, starting to walk.

He was quiet as they made their way down the path, but he could still hear his fathers voice in his head. It was playing on a short loop, one word, his name, over and over. He closed his eyes briefly, trying to clear his head, but all he ended up doing was pumping into Joe.

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Joe reached out with one hand to steady Logan when he bumped into him, looking at him carefully to see if he was okay. Which was stupid, because obviously he wasn't okay after hearing and seeing his father, no matter how fucking weird it was.

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Logan straightened and patted Joe's arm lightly as he walked on. "You gonna eat anything?" he asked, more to make conversation then anything else.

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"Yeah, that's what I was coming by for anyway," Joe admitted as they walked. "Figured I needed to get something to eat, but I was in the area and thought maybe you'd wanna come."

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"Long walk to my place," Logan commented. "Some guy told Neil we should go look at the huts by you, see if we like them. We've been talking about maybe giving the hut to Duncan and moving someplace new."

"House shopping with your girlfriend?"

Logan turned sharply at the sound of Aaron's voice, but when he looked behind him, no one was there.

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"Some guy?" Joe repeated, looking around when Logan did, as if he suddenly expected someone to be standing there. Whatever was going on, it was making Logan act weird. "I think there are some empty huts," he continued, although he was speaking slowly, looking around as well.

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Logan turned back to Joe, knowing he was hearing things now, and tried to shrug it off like it was nothing.

"Huh? Oh, I dunno... he said something about stilts. The guy... Neil said he had Billy's face. Like Ray."

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"Oh, Duck, probably," Joe said, thinking of the hut he'd seen that Geoffrey and Duck were living in now, although he was still sort of looking around, trying to see whatever Logan was looking at. "I bet he'd build a place for you if you guys wanted him to."