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Ava's pov

We made it back to Logan's apartment and he switched the lights on. Everything has become awkward because of my mixed feelings about Logan and I don't even want to face him now.

I heard him sigh “nerd! You're going to crush a poor teddy bear with the way you're hugging it like that".

I immediately came to my senses. “Oh shoot! I didn't mean too". This is actually the first gift I've received from someone other than my mom and whether it's from Logan or not I'm going to cherish it.

“Logan!”

“Nerd”

We both said at the same time.

I nodded at him " you can go first”.

He reached his hands to his hair and started messing with them " umm…I had so much fun today nerd! If you're down, we can do this again…sometime?”.

He actually looks cute when he's nervous!.

Shit! Don't get swayed by his cuteness Ava, don't!. I reminded myself.

" Definitely, I had a good time too, thank you Logan for what you did today; I really appreciate it”.

It's true; I never thought that Logan would actually t
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