I know that it's been a while since I've updated or written anything. But I got this idea, and just couldn't let it go. So here's this new fic of mine. :D
Please tell me what you think. I hope everyone loves it! :)
Hortense Logan Phillip Mitchel was being uprooted and being forced to move to Los Angeles. He hated that his step dad's boss had to transfer him. But being only 16, soon to be 17, he had no choice. So the entire ride he sat in the very back of his parents SUV and continued to read one of his many medical books.
"Mom, are we there yet?" Logan's younger half brother, spoke up from the seat in front of his. Logan set his finger on the line he was on and looked up. Tommy annoyed the living crap outta him. The boy was only 8 and he was possibly the worst kid ever. But Tommy's twin sister, Tiffany, was the total opposite. She was cute and sweet and quiet. And she was very smart like Logan.
"Not yet Tommy." Joanna stated, not looking up from her book.
Logan sat up from his slumped position and stared out the window.
"Actually. We are." Logan spoke.
The 5 Mitchel's looked out the left windows as they passed the Welcome to California sign.
"YAY!" Tiffany looked up from her coloring book.
"You lied!" Tommy shouted to Logan. "We're only in California! Not LA!"
"Shut up Tommy." Logan muttered, adding an eye roll and looking back down at his book.
"Mom! Hortense told me to shut up!" Tommy screeched.
"Hortense be nice to your brother." Joanna stated with a glare. Logan winced at the word.
"It's LOGAN mom. It's been Logan since I could talk!" Logan argued.
"Hortense! NEVER yell at your mother!" Robert yelled from the driver's seat.
"But!" Logan huffed and turned back to his book.
"It's okay Logie." Tiffany whispered to him, her big blue eyes shining with love.
"Thanks Tiff." Logan smiled and patted her head. "Why are you the only one that is smart enough to call me by my name?"
"Because I'm nice." Tiffany laughed. Logan laughed to and closed his book.
"Whatcha coloring?" He asked, leaning over her.
"A bear."
"But bears aren't blue."
"Sometimes they are! If they are cold!" Tiffany argued.
"Okay. Okay. The bear can be blue." Logan chuckled.
"Hortense! Reading a medical book doesn't involve talking." Joanna snipped.
"Yes ma'am." Logan sighed and sat back; bring the book back to his attention.
He inwardly groaned as he reread the same line for the 4th time. He just couldn't seem to concentrate. He set it down on his lap and watched cars and buildings go by.
A loud noise caught his attention as they passed the giant LAX sign. His gaze fell on a young man zooming by on a jet black motorcycle.
Logan watched in awe as the man rode next to the car for a minute. His helmet and jacket were both a striking bright blue which stood out against the black of his motorcycle.
Logan's eyes stayed glued to the man as he sped in front of the Mitchel's SUV and down the off ramp.
"Now we are here." Robert spoke up.
"Finally!" Tommy cheered.
"Mommy, is the house big?" Tiffany asked.
"It sure is. And you 3 can pick your rooms. There are 4 on the top floor." Joanna smiled.
Logan rolled his eyes at his mother's kindness and continued to stare out the window at the man on the bike.
"Hortense. HORTENSE! Are you paying attention!" Joanna shouted.
"What? Sorry." Logan shook his head and looked at his mother, then back to look at the guy on the bike, but he was speeding off.
"I was asking if you were excited." Joanna sighed. "Are you?"
"Not really. I liked my old room. But it's not like I had a choice. New school my senior year, perfect way to end my schooling." Logan rolled his eyes.
"Hortense! Don't be rude." Robert snapped as they pulled into the driveway of their new home.
"Shut up. God! It's Logan! I HATE the name Hortense! Dad doesn't go by it! Not even grandpa! So I'm not going by it! So STOP!" Logan snapped.
Joanna blinked a few times. "You were given that name for a reason Hortense. So I will call you that. I'm sorry you don't like it."
Logan shook his head slightly and climbed out of the car, in time to see the guy with the motorcycle to pull in to a drive way a few houses down.
He stood and stared as the guy finally removed his helmet to reveal the sun kissed locks. He looked over to Logan and his family, causing Logan to look away.
Once Logan looked up, the boy had retreated into his house. He grabbed a box out of the U-Haul, with his name on it, and walked into the house.
The house was huge. On the left of the main entrance were a set of stairs. The living room was massive and the master bedroom was off the living room. The kitchen was separated by a half wall/ island.
He took the stairs up to the second floor and then surveyed the rooms.
"I thought you said there were 4 rooms." Logan pointed out once Joanna came up with Tommy.
"There's this one. I figured you would want it." She walked to the end of the hall and pulled a sting that hung from the ceiling. A small ladder came down and she turned to him. "It's a loft room. I figured this would make you at least a bit happy about the move."
"Thanks mom." Logan gave a small smile. He set the box on the floor and climbed the ladder to check out the space.
It was perfect. Big enough for his bed, desk, book shelves, his TV and probably anything else.
"Like it?" Joanna asked, climbing up a few rungs.
"Yes. Very." Logan nodded then climbed down to join his mother. "Thanks." He gave her a hug.
It took a few hours, but finally his room was all unpacked.
"It looks awesome up here." Logan smiled. He paused when he heard the revving of an engine.
He hurried over to one of his windows to see the blonde slide on his helmet. This time he was in the company of another boy, a shorter Latino. He watched them each climb on their own bikes and pull out.
He hurried to the main floor.
"We live a few houses down from some loud motorcycles… I will be complaining if they are going to be making all this noise late at night." Robert stated as he and Joanna unpacked the living room. Logan rolled his eyes.
"I'm gonna go take a look around town. Can I take the car?" Logan asked.
"Your dad brought your jeep down." Joanna told him. "Keys are on the table."
"Oh sweet!" Logan smiled and hurried to grab his keys, before rushing out to the garage. "Oh my baby. Did you miss me?" Logan asked the jeep as he took the top down. He started the car and soon was headed in the direction of town.
It was only the end of May, school had just let out for the year, so there were kids of all ages out and about. He spotted a Sonic and pulled in, suddenly parched.
He ordered a coke and sat, fiddling with the radio, when that familiar noise came up.
He glanced around before his eyes settled on the blonde and Latino pulling in. He tried to keep from staring as they pulled off their helmets to order.
"Hey Ken. Want me to buy?" The Latino asked.
"If you want to Carlos." The blond shrugged. "And don't call me Ken. I'm not a Barbie." He laughed.
"Sorry Kendall." Carlos laughed back.
"Here's your drink." A carhop approached Logan.
"Oh thanks." Logan smiled, glancing back over to Kendall.
"That's Kendall Knight." He told Logan.
"What?" Logan turned a light shade of red.
"Yeah. He's pretty cool. Comes here every day. The short one is Carlos Garcia. I'm James Diamond. Are you new here?"
"Yeah. Just moved here today."
"Cool. We should hang out some time." James smiled and took the $1.50 from Logan.
"Totally." Logan smiled. "See you later."
James gave a small wave then left and Logan watched Kendall for a few moments. Kendall was laughing at maybe something Carlos had said. And suddenly Logan felt a twinge in his heart. He was possibly jealous of Carlos.
He sighed and pulled out of the Sonic and decided to look around town some more.
After about an hour, Logan parked his jeep in the garage.
"How was town? See anything cool" Joanna asked as Logan walked into the living room.
"Eh. Just saw the school, stopped by Sonic to get a drink, walked around the park for a bit."
"Logie, will you play with me?" Tiffany ran down the stairs and into his arms.
"Sure Tiff." Logan smiled and stood.
"She calls you Logan?" Joanna asked her oldest son.
"Yeah, she respects my choices." Logan stated, picking her up.
"Did you finish that book?" She changed the subject.
"No. Almost done." Logan told her.
"How do you expect to get into medical school if you don't read about it?" Robert walked in.
"I'm doing just fine!" Logan yelled.
"Sorry baby girl, Hortense is busy with school." Robert smiled softly to the girl.
Logan rolled his eyes and set his sister to her feet.
"Fine." He huffed and hurried up the stairs to his room to finish the book.
He grabbed the book and plopped onto his bed. After he had read a couple pages, he marked his page, closed the book, and tossed it into the chair across the room.
"Logie?" He heard a voice below.
"Hold on." Logan shouted back and hurried over to the ladder. "Hey Tiff. Wanna come up?" Logan asked as he lowered the ladder.
She climbed up and joined him in sitting on his bed. He pulled her into his lap and hugged her.
"It's like your own little world up here." She giggled.
"I like it." Logan smiled. "You're so pretty Tiffany." He whispered while running his fingers through her soft, light brown curls. Tommy looked more like Robert, his hair was a light blonde and his eyes were bright blue. Tiffany had gotten the blue eyes from her dad, but everything else about her was their mother.
"Did you finish reading?" Tiffany asked, breaking Logan's thoughts.
"Nah. I couldn't seem to concentrate." He told her. "Wanna go make a snack?" He asked, standing.
"Sure." She nodded.
They went down to the kitchen, passing Tommy and Joanna on the couch.
"Whatcha doing Tiffany?" Tommy asked.
"Making a snack with Logie." She smiled.
"His name is Hortense. Duh stupid." Tommy sneered.
"Shut up Tommy." Tiffany stated then walked into the kitchen with Logan.
"Want grapes?" Logan asked.
"Yes please." Tiffany nodded.
Logan fixed them both a bowl of grapes then headed to the front porch to eat.
"It's really nice out." Tiffany smiled as they sat on the bench.
Logan was wrapped up in his bowl of grapes that he didn't even notice the people approaching.
"Hi, I'm Jennifer."
The voice shocked Logan, causing him to toss his bowl in the air, scattering grapes across the porch.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" She gasped and bent down to help him pick them up.
"Oh it's not a problem." Logan stated. "You don't have to help, I'll do it."
"Here's a few." Logan looked up to see green eyes staring into his.
"O-oh thank you…" Logan blushed and took the grapes from Kendall.
"I'm Kendall. That's my mom and my little sister Katie. We saw that you just moved in." Kendall stood.
"I'm L-Logan. And this is my sister Tiffany." Logan smiled.
"Nice to meet you both." Jennifer smiled.
"Hey Tiff go get mom and the others?" Logan turned to her.
She nodded then ran into the house. A few moments later Joanna, Robert, and Tommy appeared.
"Who's here Hortense?" Joanna asked.
"Mom." Logan hissed.
"I'm Jennifer." She held a hand out to Joanna. "And this is my son Kendall and my daughter Katie."
"Why hello. I'm Joanna, this is my husband Robert and my son Tommy. You must have already met Tiffany and Hortense."
Logan rolled his eyes, turning a light shade of red.
"I met a Logan, but no Hortense." Katie stated.
"Katie! Don't be rude!" Jennifer stated.
"It's okay." Logan sighed. "I'll be inside." He turned and hurried into the house.
After a few minutes of him sitting on the couch, both embarrassed and angry, the rest of the Mitchel's walk back into the house.
"Hortense Logan Phillip Mitchel! That was INCREDIBLY rude of you to just leave! What is wrong with you?" Joanna screamed.
"You embarrassed me! I had introduced myself as Logan. LOGAN! Can't you just respect me enough to call me by my name? I hate when you do that!" Logan yelled.
"Go to your room. I don't want to see your face anymore." Robert yelled.
"You can't tell me what to do! You may be Tiffany and Tommy's father and you may be my mother's husband… but I have a father!" Logan stated then turned on his heels and stormed to his room.
"What is going on with him?" Logan heard his mother ask Robert. "He used to be such a good boy, and he would do what we said. He never yelled at us."
"Who knows."
Once Logan had cooled down and finished his medical book, he made his way to the living room.
"Hey there." Joanna smiled from the couch. "Hungry?"
"A bit." Logan nodded. "And I'm sorry for yelling."
"It's okay Hortense…" Joanna smiled.
Logan sighed. "I'm just gonna go down to Sonic and grab something." He turned and grabbed his keys.
"You sure? We have food in the fridge."
"I'll be back later." Logan added.
He rubbed his hand over his face as he drove down to Sonic. Maybe James was working still. The sun was setting as he pulled in and wondered if he would get to see Kendall again. Those piercing green eyes that he couldn't get out of his head… they were beautiful.
"Can I get a number 1?" Logan asked the intercom. He waited for the food to come out, still thinking about those green eyes.
"Hey you're back." James chucked, carrying out his bag.
"Yeah, I didn't want to be in my house anymore." Logan sighed.
"Hey I'm just about to get off, wanna hang for a bit?" James asked.
"Yeah totally." Logan nodded.
5 minutes later, and James was climbing into Logan's jeep. It was dark by now, the moon shining brightly.
"So you walk to work? Why?" Logan asked.
"Because I live close." James shrugged, running a hand through his hair. "So how come you wanted to get out of the house?"
"My mom and step dad." Logan groaned, rolling his eyes. "They don't respect me at all!"
"Oh."
"Yeah. Like, okay don't laugh, but my real name is Hortense..." Logan paused as James stifled a laugh.
"Hortense? Where do you even get a name like that?" James asked.
"It's a family name." Logan sighed. "But I like to go by Logan. And my mom, my step dad, and even my little brother calls me Hortense. Even though I tell them to call me Logan. Tiffany is the only one that calls me Logan… well she calls me Logie."
"Logie… that might be worse." James laughed.
"Hush. She's only 8. She can get away with it. But, I just wish they would stop being so inconsiderate. I hate the name, they know it, yet they don't stop."
"Hang in there my friend." James patted his shoulder. "Well this is my house."
"Oh I live like a block away." Logan smiled.
"Cool. I'll have to come by tomorrow. That cool?"
"Yep." Logan nodded.
Once James had gotten into his house, Logan headed down to his house. As he slowly passed Kendall's house, he watched as the blonde was working on his bike. He was shirtless and only wearing a pair of jeans. He was working by moon light, which made Logan slightly turned on. He blushed and hurried to pull into his drive way.
"I'm home." Logan called out.
"Logie!" Tiffany ran over to him.
"Hey." Logan smiled and carried her to the living room.
"Hey mom."
"You were gone a while."
"I was hanging out with my friend James for a bit, then I drove him home."
"Who?" Tommy asked.
"A new friend I made. He lives down the street." Logan told him.
"Oh. Well I'm glad you're making friends." Joanna smiled.
"Well I'm gonna go to my room now."
"Hey Hortense, did you finish that book?"
"Yes Robert. I finished it earlier. Okay?"
"Don't get snippy with me, boy." Robert stated.
"Yeah okay." Logan rolled his eyes and made his way to his room.
He picked a book off his book shelf and was about to sit on his bed when the engine of Kendall's bike roared to life. He set the book down on the table and walked over to his window. He smiled and watched as Kendall rode up and down the road a few times. He was still shirtless, and Logan was sure that wasn't safe, but he wasn't going very fast.
Logan sighed and leaned on the window sill.
"Good night Kendall." He sighed and lay in his bed, and slowly drifted into a green eyed, blonde haired filled dream.
Well what did you think? I hope you all liked it. :)
