The men's room near the Danger Shop, 5:31 FHT

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After waking up from the nightmare in detention, Logan's heart was pounding and his stomach churning. He managed to make it to a toilet before he vomited.

He clung to the porcelin with sweaty, shaking hands as he puked up everything in his stomach and kept on going. At least it wasn't blood, he thought, as a wave of relief and retching hit him at the same moment.

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"Exactly," Logan said, as if this proved his point.

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Angel had no idea where this was going.

"Yeah but... I bet you'd suck at... you know, being Irish."

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"Yeah?" Logan said. "What do the Irish do?"

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"Well, drink a lot which admittedly you've got down," Angel said. "But for the rest, I can't tell you."

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"Why not?"

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"Because you're not Irish," Angel said, with a "duh" tone of voice.

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Logan rolled his eyes. "Fine, whatever. Keep your secrets." He couldn't help a smile, though.

The smile faded a little as something occurred to him. "You can't tell anyone about the dream," he said. "Please."

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Angel shook his head. "Of course not. Logan, I would never."

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"Thanks," Logan said softly.

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Angel ducked his head to meet Logan's eyes. "You're still my friend. Nothing about that dream has changed how I feel about you."

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"You weren't my friend this morning," Logan reminded him.

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"I was," Angel said. "I just sucked at it."

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Logan had to smile at that. "Good," he said. "I mean, I guess you've seen worse shit, but that was -" He shuddered and reached for his flask again.

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"It was yours," Angel said. "It's not about better or worse. And how you feel, now, that's what matters."

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Logan shrugged and ran his thumb around the rim of the flask. "It was just a dream," he said.

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"If Angelus had that dream he'd think it was funny," Angel said. "You don't. You don't have to be scared of yourself so long as you know you've got that part of you that keeps you from enjoying things like that."

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Logan nodded. "I guess that makes sense."

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"I do that sometimes."

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Logan smiled. He stood up and offered Angel a hand. "Guess we should get out of here before we start any more rumors."

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Angel didn't need it, but he took the hand anyway. "Bad enough radio could accurately say we slept together this afternoon."

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"We slept separately," Logan pointed out. "We just dreamed together."

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Angel thought about it.

"Yeah, I don't know that I want the radio reporting that you're the man of my dreams either."

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Logan snickered. "Good thing that no one's going to know about the dream, then," he said pointedly.

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Angel grinned. "I don't remember seeing any shrubs there."

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Logan glanced around the bathroom nervously. "You never know with those people."