First Of It's Kind

19

( Logan's POV)

{A few hours before}

We were all giving each other gifts downstairs, when Brielle stuck her head to look.

"I didn't know you guys did gift exchanges, I didn't get anyone anything." she said, rubbing her belly, hinting why.

I rolled my eyes. I like kids. The idea of me having kids is a wolf's dream, but when you know for a fact that a baby is not yours, it just makes the situation frustrating.

She sat down expecting something.

"I didn't get anyone anything either." I said and Brielle looked hurt and pissed off. She quickly got back on her feet, and stormed out.

"Logan, you need to be clear with her." said Walker.

"I broke it off with her, haven't contacted her since she told me she was pregnant, and started to date another woman. How much clearer can I be?"

I said pissed off, now. Darcy got up from the floor with her new dress, and came over to give me a hug.

"Thank you for my present. It's a pretty princess dress."

"I'm glad you like it honey."

I gave her a kiss and a hug. Then I headed up to my room for my phone. It might be Christmas but I was still expecting some phone calls. Maybe even a text from Tayla. When I got there, Brielle was trying to open my phone.

"Why is your phone locked?"

"Because it's mine, and I have important information on it." I said, reaching for it, but she pulled it away.

"I heard you! You gave that brat a gift, but not your child?!"

"A child, I'm not claiming until I have the DNA test saying so, and besides. It's not even here yet."

"What about me? I'm your baby's mother!?"

"You have money, you can buy yourself anything and everything you want!"

"How can you be so heartless, I'm carrying..."

"You say that baby is mine one more time....(sigh)..Brielle, you want me to treat you the way a partner treats his partner, but remember I'm nothing to you, not your boyfriend, husband, or whatever else you have deluded yourself to believe! A baby is not going to change my feelings for you!"

"This is our baby! How can you love it but not me!?"

"I don't even love it, because it's not mine!" I was almost yelling, this whole situation was s**t. I lost my mate. I wasn't sleeping, or even eating well because of it. I was done, faking to be patient with her. She was sick in the head, and wanted me to play along. Like hell. I took my phone away and just walked out of the room. I did have a couple calls to make, and at some point Darcy wanted to go out to the lake. Maia had signed her up for skating lessons. I was the one to help her practice out on the lake. Without thinking about it, I said yes. She got her things, and we headed out to the lake.

"Okay, Darce, I need to make a phone call, stay where I marked the last time okay."

"Okay." she nodded in agreement. She was doing fine. I wasn't looking for a second. I only noticed Brielle, but then I looked out at Darcy. She was reaching for something. She was going out to the thinner part of the lake.

"Darcy!" I called, and dropped the phone, and ran toward her. I skirted to a stop. She was too far out. She reached for a scarf that had gotten caught out there. I tried to put my weight on the ice but it wasn't going to support me long enough to get to her. Suddenly, the sound of cracking ice rang. I looked toward Darcy. She was wiggling on the ice.

"Darcy, stop pulling on the scarf!" She then looked at me and saw the ice cracking. Her reaction was to get up on her hands and knees. That was enough to finish cracking the ice. She was gone in seconds.

"My baby!" I suddenly heard behind me, but I was already jumping into the water, after Darcy. The water was freezing on my skin, my wolf woke up and I regulated my body temperature. Looking around and Darcy was floating away. I kicked and swam toward her. As I caught her I realized she was out. I looked up and tried to break through, but with my body trying not to freeze, and using strength to break the ice, I couldn't get through the thicker parts. Finally, I found a spot and broke through the ice.

"Darcy!? Logan!" I heard Maia screaming as Walker helped me pull Darcy up out of the water. She wasn't breathing. Walker started CPR.

"Come on, baby breath!" said Walker. Maia, who was usually cool and collected, was in tears. The few minutes felt like an eternity, as Walker and I did CPR. Then Darcy lurched and choked out a lot of water. She screamed as Walker bundled her up in his coat.

"Let's get her to the hospital!"

I would protest but then I saw Maia. She was in no condition to administer medicine or treatment. Then I looked over and Brielle looked smug, as she walked away. I was seeing red, and made my way toward her.

"Is Darcy...."

"Cut the s**t! You did that on purpose!"

"Why would I do that?"

"I don't care why you did it, the point is you did. Now get your s**t and get the f**k out of my brother's house!"

"I'm taking this..."

"I don't give a s**t where you take this, as long as it's not here!"

She gave me a look that made me realize how evil a person could be, a look I had only seen one other time. As she came close to me, she said,

"If something happens to this baby, it's all on you.", then walked past me. I went and changed my wet clothes, then went to the hospital to join Walker and Maia. I had grabbed my phone when I went to change, and found I had a message from Tayla. She liked the dress I had sent her, but now I really needed her here. I messaged her back and she sent two words.

"I'm coming."

I felt like s**t, using my family's incident to get her to come to me, but she really liked Darcy so she needed to know. It was weird but I suddenly felt super tired, like everything just came crashing into me. I found a quiet spot at the hospital, laid down and was out. Hoping Tayla was here soon.

(Tayla's POV)

I ran through the doors of the hospital. Looked around and found Maia and Walker. I quickly made my way toward them. When Maia saw me she gave me a hug. I hugged her back.

"I came as soon as I heard. How is she?"

"She's breathing but her body was in the water too long." explained Walker. I looked at Walker and just shook my head.

Eva had told me Maia had signed up Darcy for skating lessons. How did this happen?

"It's a good thing you were there," I said to Walker.

"It was Logan that was with her, he's over there on the chairs." Walker sounded surprised as he looked at where Logan was. Maia and I looked over to where Logan was fast asleep.

"Don't worry, I'll get him." I said now, a little nervous. As I got closer and closer, I felt like something was off. When I touched Logan's face, he was burning up. I looked at Walker, and he came quickly.

"Maia, we need to get him in too."

"No, let's get him back to the house!"

"Walker, you stay with Darcy, Maia and I will watch over Logan," I said. He just nodded. I helped Maia with Logan, and got him in the car.

"What do you think is wrong with him?" I asked.

Maia looked at Logan, but just shook her head.

"Poor guy, hasn't slept much or eaten. Then this happens, if I"m not mistaken, his body is just in a hibernation phase."

"Which means what?" I asked, not sure how to take that.

"He just needs rest, Tay." she said, and I nodded. Without even thinking about it, I drove to my house. It was the closest.

Once we got to my house, I helped Maia with him, but once I got him to my room, he just seemed to settle down.

"This is where you live?" Maia asked.

"Yeah, it used to be my mother's old home, but she gave it to me."

"It's nice your own bachelette pad."

I made Logan comfortable, and he just seemed so at peace.

"He'll sleep for a while."

"Okay, I'll call if anything else happens."

She gave me a skeptical look.

"You want me to leave you alone with him?"

"Yeah, it's fine."

"You sure?"

"Yes, you go be with your daughter."

"Okay, I'll be back once everything is okay with Darcy."

"That's fine."

With that, Maia walked out of the house. I looked back at Logan, he was just out cold. His skin was still hot, his heart was racing, and his breathing was shallow.

I went to get some rags and a bowl of water, and patted him down. I sat there just admiring his face, his body for a while. My mind was running wild, as I remembered our first night. His lips, his hands, on me. I had never felt more at home than when I was with him. I had been fighting wanting to be with him, but it was just my pride and ego talking the whole time. I grabbed a blanket and curled onto the couch. I was fast asleep too.

A little while later, I felt warm and cozy. When I woke up, I was in bed, and Logan was curled up around me.

"How the heck..."

"Shhh, just go to sleep." he mumbled in my neck, it tickled, and I sat up.

" How are you feeling?"

"I'd feel a lot better if you just lay here with me."

I sighed and just laid back down. He held me close to him, just breathing in deeply. I fell asleep again. I hadn't realized how tired I was. When I woke up again, it was about three o'clock. I looked around and found that Logan was gone. I looked everywhere, but he was just gone. When I walked into my kitchen, I saw a note.

"I'm sorry I'm not there when you wake up, but you've made it clear and I'll respect your boundaries. I'll wait for you to ask me over or for anything else you want." L

I rolled my eyes, and felt hurt. I really did miss him, and then he goes and does this. I sat there for a moment, when my phone rang, it was Roman.

"Hey."

"Hey, you left yesterday afternoon without saying anything, is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Babe, is that Tayla?" I heard Fay ask.

"Yes."

"Can I talk to her?"

"Sure."

"Tay, I just got off the phone with a TV host and they want to interview you. They did some digging and found out about your ice skating days."

"Okay."

Fay went off explaining to me who else was wanting to take my pictures and stuff, but my mind was with Logan. By the end, I had no idea what she had said, but I just agreed and then I hung up. I felt more alone then I have ever felt. I took a deep breath and just tried to keep myself busy with something. Even if I was half-ass-ing it.

Over the next few days, a few things happened: Fay had become my manager and photographer. Darcy recovered enough to go home. I was so busy, a whole month passed without me knowing, and oh, yeah, Brielle took Logan to court. Just another day in my messed up life. Now what was going to happen with all this?