She nodded, equal parts glad that he was trying to protect her and annoyed with him for much the same reason. “How about we go talk to the people over there?” she asked, gesturing to a small group of guys and girls talking not too far away. “They look about our age.”
Logan smiled. "Sure." He started walking to the group, leading Allie with him. His dark hair was falling into his face again, and he looked like any other young adult.
A couple kids turned to look at them. “Hey, I’m Allie and this is Logan,” she introduced them.
“I’m Jamie, and this is Henry, Olivia, and Penny,” said a guy with curly brown hair and maple brown eyes. He smiled at the two of them.
Logan smiled. "Nice to meet you all." He said, still holding his drink in one hand.
“What brings you two here?” asked the girl who had been introduced as Olivia. She has short, black hair and an olive complexion.
“I heard about it from Rita,” Allie explained.
“I know her, she’s weird,” Penny chimed in with a laugh, throwing back a lock of copper hair.
Allie giggled. “Yeah she is.” She shot a smile at the boy who hadn’t spoken yet, Henry for no real reason other than to see it Logan noticed. Henry smiled back.
Logan chuckled. He noticed her smile at Henry, and sighed softly. Well. She's allowed to flirt with other people. I shouldn't even care. He thought. But i…sort of do…
“So how have you all been getting along?” Allie asked them.
“As good as we can,” Penny responded with a sigh. “We all stick together.”
“It’s nice having a group of friends,” Henry added.
“Yeah, it sounds like it,” Allie said wistfully. “You all seem pretty cool.” She looked right at Henry as she said it. “Logan and I have both been on our own for a while now.”
“On your own…together?” Henry asked, furrowing his brow as he glanced from her to Logan.
Logan blinked. "Er…I only met her a few days ago, so. Not quite in the way you're thinking." He replied, shrugging slightly.
“Yeah, we’re not like a couple or anything,” Allie added with a smile. This is normal. Just flirting with a boy. And it’s not because I feel rejected or anything dumb like that, obviously…
“Oh, cool,” Henry said, smiling at Allie again.
Jamie rolled his eyes and turned to Logan. “He’ll flirt with anything that breathes,” he muttered to the other boy. Henry and Allie didn’t seem to hear.
“So you’ve been on your own?” Olivia added with a concerned look on her face.
Logan nodded at Jamie's words, then looked at Olivia. "Yeah, I have. I dont know about Allie, but i have. It's not that bad, before you start pitying me or something."
“I’ve been on my own too, and I’m fine,” Allie added. “Though better now.” She smiled at Henry again, the two of them inching towards each other.
Jamie rolled his eyes again. “Oh, of course,” Olivia responded, looking slightly chastened from Logan’s comment.
“Hey Allie, wanna go dance?” Henry asked.
“Sure,” Allie replied with a triumphant smirk in Logan’s direction. Stop looking at him, you barely even know him, you idiot, she reminded herself.
Logan raised his eyebrows at Allie slightly, taking a deep breath. Is she…teasing me? Is this because i said i wasn't sure how i felt? He wondered as he watched her go, unconsciously crossing his arms.
Allie and Henry danced by themselves, easy to spot amongst the small number of people.
Olivia sighed. “I’m sorry about him.”
“Yeah, he’s usually a decent person, but he thinks he’s so good at flirting and it makes him act stupid,” Jamie added.
“So, what are you drinking?” Penny asked, glancing at his bottle.
Logan nodded, then looked at the bottle. "Uhm…alcohol." he said with a chuckle. "I don't know. Whatever the dude manning the drinks handed to me." he shrugged.
Penny laughed. “You sound just like Jamie.” Jamie rolled his eyes again and Olivia copied him, over exaggerating it to mock him. Penny glanced at the dance floor before quickly glancing back. It was clear she was curious.
Meanwhile, Allie and Henry had gone from dancing near each other to practically dancing on each other.
Logan watched Allie and Henry with his lips pressed in a thin line, sighing softly. He gave a soft chuckle at Penny's words. "I see."
Olivia followed his gaze. “Seriously, Henry?” she sighed.
“Have you ever been here before?” Jamie asked with a sudden smirk.
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Logan refocused on Jamie. "Hmm? Oh, no. I'm new to this area." He replied with a shrug.
“Then you haven’t heard the rumors,” Jamie muttered. Olivia looked at him uneasily, but Penny just smirked.
“You don’t actually believe that bullshit, do you?” she asked.
“Psssh of course not,” Jamie replied. He turned to Logan. “Rumor has it that some aliens are hiding amongst the humans. Why they’d do that I don’t know, but I guess they’re, like, fugitives or something? But that’s probably not true, since if they were they probably would’ve ratted out our secrets hideouts to the others by now or something.” He shrugged.
Logan's eyes flickered slightly. "Oh. That's…an odd rumor." He replied, frowning. "Why would they? And if they're fugitives, why would they rat out the hideouts anyway, since the aliens likely wouldn't take them back?"
“Uh…” Jamie replied, clearly surprised that Logan was contradicting what he had said. “I thought maybe they were desperately seeking to be accepted back. But I could be wrong, I guess.”
Penny rolled her eyes. “Obviously you’re wrong. They’re literally trying to eradicate the whole fucking human race, and you think they’ll take back their fugitives?”
"Even if they were desperately seeking to be accepted back, then reporting on military bases and such seems to me like a better way to do it. Not… civilian hangouts." He shrugged.
“Well I don’t know how they operate!” Jamie snapped. Olivia’s eyes widened and Penny rolled her eyes.
“He’s had one too many drinks,” Olivia explained.
Logan nodded to the girls, then turned back to Jamie. "I'm not saying you do. I'm saying it's common sense to go after the military, not the civilians."
Jamie nodded. “Yeah, I suppose so,” he admitted.
“So you think the rumors are true?” Penny pestered, her green eyes lighting up.