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

[echolls_cursed]

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]

"Yeah, aren't you glad I now that I didn't let you jump?" Joe asked with a soft snort, looking up at the waterfall as well. "Kids don't have any fear, man. They shouldn't. Not at first, anyway."

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"I always did," Logan admitted. "Not of jumping or climbing... but loud noises. Doors slamming. Used to make me jump out of my skin. I was afraid of too much."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Joe agreed, looking over at Logan. He remembered the way Billy had tensed beside him in bed whenever a car had backfired or a door had slammed. "That never should've happened."

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"Yeah, well, whatever. What can you do, right? Seeing him though, seeing him just standing there... I know it wasn't real, but it was like... it was like I could feel the fear just crawling up my spine, Joe," Logan admitted.

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"I hope it's gone, whatever the fuck it was," Joe said honestly. "You don't need that shit here." This place was an escape from Aaron and the last thing Joe wanted was for him to show up. No matter what form.

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"Yeah, me too," Logan replied simply, looking uncomfortable for a moment and then shaking it off.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

Joe looked up at the waterfall again and then smiled over at Logan. "It'll be okay," he told him with a little shrug.

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"Yeah, I know... I'm not worried," Logan assured Joe.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Good, don't worry about it," Joe said, as if he could just tell Logan to put it out of his mind and it would work.

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"I just said I'm not," Logan laughed. "I'm fine, really... I'm great, okay?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Joe said with a quiet laugh, holding his hands up defensively. "Got it, man."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan treaded the water quietly after that, looking thoughtful as he stared down into the water. "You ever get tired of it Joe? The pranks and the weather... The shit that just shouldn't happen?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, sometimes," Joe admitted with a little nod, dropping his hands back to the water. "But... what the fuck other option do we have? We wouldn't be here without the weird island shit."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"No, I know... it just gets to me sometimes. Not all of it, sometimes it's fun... but lately I've just been tired I guess," Logan admitted.

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"I guess it's been kind of all at once lately," Joe agreed, nodding again. After Billy's disappearance it all seemed to happen at the same time.

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"Yeah," Logan agreed simply with a sigh. "Yeah, lately it's been too much."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Maybe it'll cool down for awhile," Joe suggested. "We've been fucked over too much lately."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, maybe... probably not though," Logan snorted.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I hope this fucking place gives us a break," Joe said after a moment. "Just for once."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, me too, JOe," Logan sighed. Floating on his back a little, he let himself drift around in the water, staring up at the sky.