A/N: This is my second Fanfic ever, and I'm really gonna need some ideas for it! Enjoy and review please!
The first day back at PCA was always great. The atmosphere was filled with the familiar sounds of friends and couples reuniting, kids riding by on their bike or jet-x, luggage being carried (or in the case of the clumsy kids, being dropped everywhere), and just the bustle of students blabbing about their summer adventures to others. Logan Reese was particularly chipper on this day, eager to reunite with his leading lady, Quinn Pensky. As he climbed out of his sleek, black limo, the cool breeze ruffling his perfect curly hair, he scoped the crowd of students that had already arrived, searching for her.
"Looking for someone?" came a voice from behind him. He smiled. This wasn't just a girl, this was his girl.
"Yes," he said as he whirled around to face her, "I'm looking for my girlfriend. You know, you kind of look like her, but I don't trust looks. I'm gonna need some proof." He pulled her into a passionate kiss which turned into about a five-minute make out session until they both really needed air. "Oh yeah, you're definitely her," he joked.
Logan ordered half of his movers to take Quinn's luggage to her dorm for her, so the two of them could be together and catch up on what happened during their summers. They walked hand in hand, no destination in mind, just talking. They sat down on a nearby bench as Quinn was finishing a story about one of her Quinnventions that had gone horribly wrong.
"…and so then the whole thing seriously blew up! The fire department had to come over to our house and…" she stopped talking. Her eyebrows were raised and her eyes were widening.
"And what?" Logan asked, genuinely interested in Quinn's story, "Quinn?"
"Um…Logan?" she said, her eyes wider than Logan had ever seen them before.
"Yeah?" he replied, totally confused as to what was going on. She said nothing in response, just pointed behind him. Logan turned around, trying to figure out what Quinn was so wigged out about. When he saw what, well actually who, it was, Logan's eyes grew wider than Quinn's.
"Hello, little brother."
Logan and Quinn were both astonished to see the stranger that was now standing in front of them, smirking at Logan. There definitely wasn't anything wrong with him, that wasn't why they were staring. They were staring because, well, he looked exactly like Logan.
"M-,Matt? What are you doing h-here?" Logan stuttered, still in total shock.
"Aw, come on Logan. I know you're not the smartest person in our family, but are you seriously stupid enough to not know why I'm here?" he taunted.
Logan just responded with a glare. He tried to cover up his humiliation by introducing Quinn to the person who she still viewed as a stranger.
"Um…Quinn? You remember me telling you about my brother Matt?" he asked her wearily.
"Yeah, I remember. But I don't remember you telling me that he was your twin and that you look EXACTLY THE SAME!" she said almost reproachfully, then smiled politely as she turned to Matt and greeted, "Hi, I'm Quinn Pensky, Logan's girlfriend."
"I'm Matthew Underwood (A/N: Wow what a coincidence!!), nice to meet you Quinn," he responded, kissing her hand. His charm was definitely that of the Reese nature, which further proved that he was related to Logan. "I can't believe Little Logan here managed to get such a beautiful girlfriend," Matt added. Quinn blushed and thanked him, while Logan just rolled his eyes, still recovering from the last insult aimed at him by his brother. Quinn tried to occupy the weird silence and break the tension between the two brothers.
"So, Matt? Do you like PCA so far?" she asked.
"Well, since I just got here I haven't gotten to see much, but I'm sure I'm going to love it once I get settled," he answered politely.
Although they looked similar, it couldn't be more obvious that they were completely different. While Logan had always been the self-centered egomaniac, Matt seemed completely down to earth. Logan was always mean and insulting to others, but Matt was polite and friendly.
Their differences weren't just in personality, either. While they appeared to be exactly the same, if you really studied them, you could tell they really weren't. It seemed like whatever positive attribute Logan had, Matt was better. Matt was taller and more muscular than Logan, although he didn't show off his chiseled arms by wearing muscle shirts like Logan did. Even Logan's perfect, curly hair didn't seem quite as perfect as Matt's.
Quinn wondered if Logan noticed all of these small differences between them, too. She figured that was probably why Logan rarely talked about his brother, maybe he felt inferior to him.
"Well, I better get going," Matt interrupted Quinn's thoughts, "I've got to head over to the housing office to see where my room is. Once again, it was nice to meet you, Quinn, and I'm sure I'll see you BOTH later." He didn't even look at Logan as he turned around and walked away from them. Quinn noticed that the way Matt acted towards her and other people around them was very different from the way he acted towards Logan, but she figured it was just a sibling thing and ignored it.
"I hate him," Logan calmly stated.
"I think he's sweet!" Quinn argued.
"Did you not hear the way he was talking to me? You don't know him like I do, Quinn. I've seen it happen before, he acts all nice until you get close to him, then when you see the real him, it's too late because he's already ruined your life," Logan said, gazing off into space, clearly reliving a bad memory in his mind.
"Aw, did he ruin your life, baby?" she asked sympathetically.
"I don't want to talk about it," he muttered.
"Come on sweetie, you know you can tell me anything," she prodded. Quinn always knew what to say to get him to open up to her. So, Logan decided to explain one of the more complicated aspects of his life, starting with why he had become such an egomaniac.
(Flashback)
Three year old Logan Reese sat on a bench in the courtroom between Anna, the nanny, and his brother, Matt, listening to his parents' divorce case. They had been fighting a lot lately, the arguments usually ending with his mother in tears, always blaming poor little Logan for their troubles. His parents never abused him or anything, but it was clear Matt was their favorite and they didn't care much for Logan.
After it was settled that Malcolm got the mansion, the cars, and most of the other expensive stuff because he had paid for all of it with HIS money, the issue of custody of the twins came up.
"So Mrs. Reese, you feel that you should have custody of Matthew and Logan?" the judge asked their mother.
"No," she answered. The judge scrunched his eyebrows. She continued, "I feel that I should have custody of MATT, Malcolm can have Logan." The judge look astonished at what he had just heard. How could a mother want one son but not the other? Logan was confused, too; why did his mommy want his brother but not him? They looked and acted the same, and Logan always tried his hardest to be good, but apparently that wasn't enough for her.
Mrs. Reese's lawyer somehow convinced the judge that it would be for the best to give her full custody of Matt and their father full custody of Logan. When the judge dismissed everyone, the now ex-Mrs. Reese walked over to the boys, picked up Matt, and cheerfully carried him out of the courtroom with her, not even bothering to say goodbye to or even look at Logan.
"Well I guess I'm stuck with you, Logan." His father had walked over, "Anna, take him home please, I'll be there later."
She nodded, then after making sure that her employer was out of hearing distance, she turned to Logan and said, "You hear that you little brat? Neither of your parents want you! Nobody loves you!" She grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the courtroom.
"I love me," he whispered to himself.
(End Flashback)
So that was why he was so in love with himself now, because besides Quinn, no one else had ever truly cared about him. He became his own #1 fan so he wouldn't feel neglected and unwanted.
When Logan had finished telling Quinn the story, they were both in tears, although Logan was trying his hardest to hold his back.
"Baby, I'm so sorry that happened to you, but it sounds like your mother is the life-ruiner, not Matt," Quinn said.
"Oh," he replied with a fake smile, "I'm not done yet." He proceeded to tell Quinn how his brother had "ruined his life".
(Flashback)
Logan had been going to the same school since he was in kindergarten. Contrary to his and other people's former beliefs, he had actually made many friends. His tight little group of friends always helped each other out and stuck up for each other to the school bullies.
Yes, life was going great for Logan, until about his second week into the fifth grade. The teacher had announced that a new student named Matthew Underwood would be coming that day. Logan, along with the rest of his friends, was excited because a new kid meant a new target for the bullies to try to pick on and tease. His excitement turned to shock though when the new student walked in and it was none other than his twin brother, Matt.
It turned out that soon after their parents' divorce, their mother had gotten remarried and had Matt take his stepfather's last name because he had been like a real father to Matt.
To the surprise of everyone who knew the Reese family history, the boys quickly became best friends. They remained close for awhile until one day, probably told to do so by their mother, Matt stopped talking to Logan. Soon after, Matt would pretend to be Logan and irritate the bullies, then run away and become Matt again, leaving the real Logan to deal with the consequences.
His so-called friends eventually abandoned him for his seemingly cooler brother, so Logan was left defenseless. He started getting beat up by older boys and returned home almost every night with a new bruise or black eye. He would cry and beg his father to let him go to a different school, but Malcolm just told him to quit being a wimp and toughen up.
The bullying continued for months, until one day they had beaten him up so badly that he had to be put in the hospital. At this point, Malcolm, who was actually starting to care about and be concerned for his "only" child, decided it would be best to give in to Logan's wishes and send him to a different school. There were only two weeks left in this year though, so Malcolm just pulled him out of that school for good and told him that he would be attending a boarding school called PCA after the summer was over.
(End Flashback)
"…and so that was the only reason I even came to PCA in the sixth grade, to get away from him," Logan finished his story.
"Aw, baby that's horrible!" Quinn said, "But he seems so nice now! Maybe he's changed!"
"Maybe, but I still don't trust him,"
"I don't blame you baby, would this make you feel better?" she leaned over and kissed him. They made out for a few minutes until Logan's phone started to ring.
(A/N: Italics is Logan, bold is other person)
Hello?
Mr. Reese?
Yeah?
Sir, we have a small problem.
What is it?
We don't know where to put all of your stuff. The housing people won't tell us what room number you are.
What are you talking about? I told you to just tell them I'm rooming with Chase Matthews and Michael Barret! How hard is it to tell them that?
We did, sir, but they said you weren't rooming with those two this year, that you were in a new room but they aren't allowed to tell us the new room number until they tell you first.
Ugh, do I have to take care of everything? I'll be right there.
"I gotta go take care of a small problem, but I'll call you later," he said to Quinn, giving her a small kiss goodbye.
A/N: Ok, so there was chapter 1. Please review and tell me what you think! Ideas are very welcome because I'm having some writer's block on this one but I'm sure the right thing will come to me!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoey 101 or Matthew Underwood.
P.S. Although I've never had the pleasure of meeting the real Matthew Underwood, I'm 100 positive that he is not the total jerk that he is in my story, so please don't think poorly of the real Matthew because I'm sure he is awesome!