A/N: Ok I know I have two other stories, Any Kind of Guy and The Ballad of Mona Lisa, already in the works, but I had writers block and decided to do a free write and do a one shot, but instead this came. I will continue to work on my other stories as well but this idea would not leave me alone. Also I know it's has no rated M stuff in it yet, but it will eventually. Also Katie will be introduced next chapter and she will be a year yuonger than Kendall.
Chapter 1: New School, New Logan
"Logan get up," James said shaking the brunette slightly. Logan groaned and rolled over away from James, only to realize that James was in his room. He sat up and looked at the taller male. He rubbed his eyes and squinted up at him. He grabbed his glasses from his bedside table and put them on quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Logan asked looking around his room.
"It's still weird calling you Logan," James said slowly shaking his head ignoring Logan's question.
"I don't want to be called by my real name anymore," Logan said annoyed, "We're starting a new school today and I do not want to get teased," he added while glaring at his stepbrother.
"Dad sent me to get you so we're not late," James said, "normally you're up before everyone else," he added as he sat down on the edge of Logan's bed.
"I am trying something new," Logan said, "I do not want to be labeled as a freak at this school," he said annoyed.
"Come on James, Logan let's get going I don't wanna be late," their sister, Camille yelled up the stairs.
"Five minutes, and then I am letting Camille come get you," James said as he stood up and left the room.
Logan sat there for a minute thinking about what today meant for him, James, and Camille. Today was their first day and Duluth East High. They had moved up state to be near James' mom who wanted to spend more time with her son. Logan shook his head as he though about their little family. It was messed up. He did not mind though. He loved Camille and James, and James' dad. He did not mind how messed up it seemed, they were family.
Logan's dad had died when he was young. Logan didn't know much about his father just that his name was David Mitchell and he was an amazing doctor. David had died in a car crash and Logan and his mom survived. Logan had only been a year old at the time and had no memory of the event seeing as he was too young. He wished he had known his father. Logan kept his father's last name. That was one thing of his fathers that he kept even after all these years. Logan wished he knew more about his father, but his mom seemed reluctant to talk about him. Logan did want to be a doctor when he got older; he wanted to be like his dad in that respect. For the first four years of his life, Logan lived with his mom in Texas, and then they moved to Minnesota.
After the move when Logan was five, his mom remarried a man name Harvey Roberts and he brought along his daughter, Camille. That was how Logan met Camille. Harvey was a lawyer and a very good one. He was the best at his firm. Things were going great for the new family until; two years into the marriage Harvey found out, he had cancer and a year after that he died. Camille's mom had died when she was really young so Joanna adopted the girl after she and Harvey married. That was how Logan and Camille became siblings. Logan and Camille had become close and acted so much like real siblings.
When Logan was ten his mom met another man, Jack Diamond. Jack was a doctor. He had first met Joanna and Logan when Logan broke his arm after playing in the tree house with Camille. Jack had a son, James, whom he shared custody with his ex-wife Brooke Diamond. Logan had become close with James as well. He loved both Camille and James, but they were going to make this day hard.
Toady Logan wanted to reinvent himself and be someone different than who he was at his old school. He did not want to be labeled as a nerd here. He did not want to get teased for being smart, it was bad enough he got teased for being gay. He just wanted people to leave him alone and he had to come off as someone no one could mess with.
"Hortense you have three more minutes," James called up the stairs.
"What did I tell you about calling me that?" Logan called down the stairs.
"Fine Logan Mitchell you have three more minutes before I set her loose," James yelled annoyed.
Logan shook his head and got out of bed. He quickly dressed. He wore a plain white short sleeve t-shirt, and black jeans and a pair of black vans. He grabbed a black jacket from his closet. Logan took his glasses off and looked at them for a second before going for his contact lenses. He was not going to be labeled a nerd at this new school. He was starting over. He smiled and looked him self over in the mirror on his wall. He nodded in approval before grabbing his messenger bag and made his way down stairs.
"With only seconds to spare," James said laughing.
"Hortense," Joanna said looking at her son.
"I am not going to answer to that name anymore. I am serious," Logan said annoyed. "It's not cool and it's what got me teased at our old school," he said.
"Right because you being a nerd had nothing to do with it," James said rolling his eyes. Logan glared at James.
"Or being gay," Camille added.
"See those are the things you're going to keep to yourself today," Logan said, "I just want to get through high school with not to much attention on me," he said.
"Fine," his two siblings said putting their hands up in surrender. Logan sat down at the kitchen table. He did not want people knowing the real him at this school.
"James you gonna try out for hockey?" Jack asked his son.
"Yeah," James said, "Logan you should too," he said.
"I don't know," Logan said looking down at his hands. Sure he used to play peewee hockey, but that was years ago. He doubted he could still play. He hadn't played in years, and he had not been on the ice for quite some time.
"Oh honey you used to love playing," Joanna said.
"Yeah used to," Logan said taking the bowl of cereal she offered him. "I haven't played in years," he said.
"Come on Logan it can't be that hard to try out," James said, "and if you make the team we'll have something to do together," he said.
"I get enough of you at home already," Logan teased.
"Come on it'll be fun I want to know someone on the team," James said pouting. He stuck his lower lip out and gave Logan puppy dog eyes.
"Fine I'll try but I can't guarantee that I will be any good," Logan said. James smiled and continued eating his breakfast.
"Come on I don't wanna be late," Camille said.
"Fine," Logan said standing up. He put his now empty bowl in the sink and grabbed the key from the dish on the counter seeing, as he was the only one of them who could drive. He had recently gotten his license while Camille and James failed the test. They both were scheduled to retake it soon, but for now, they had to rely on Logan. . "Let's go," he said walking out the door the other two following him to his car. Jack had bought Logan a black Mercedes for getting his license on his first try. Logan had told him it was ok and a cheaper car would do, but Jack insisted on buy it for him so Logan settled on the black Mercedes instead of the silver one Joanna wanted him to get.
"So Logan are you excited?" Camille asked as she slid in back and James got in the passenger's seat. Logan nodded as he grabbed his sunglasses from the dash in front of him and slipped them on.
"Don't you thing you are going over board?" Camille asked looking Logan up and down. She had never seen him dressed like this. It seemed over the top to her. Sure, she knew Logan was excited about starting over at a new school, but this was a bit extreme.
"No I am making myself someone no one will mess with Cami," Logan said, "I mean high school is a dog eat dog world," he said.
"Logan I have to agree with Camille on this one," James said.
"Look I don't want to go through what I did at our old school," Logan said.
"Logan it wasn't that bad you had us," Camille said.
"And you still do," James added.
"Everything was fine when you guys were around but when you weren't things got ugly," Logan said as he started the car.
"What are you talking about?" James asked confused. Logan sighed and stopped what he was doing leaving the car in park. He turned to James and lifted his shirt to reveal a somewhat healed bruise. It covered most of his stomach. This was only one of many injuries he had obtained at their old school. He had gotten this on their last day last Friday.
"What the hell happened?" Camille asked looking at the bruise.
"That was the good bye present I got from one of the jocks at our old school during my lunch period," Logan said looking away from the two and let go of his shirt. "When you two weren't around I was beat and the teasing only got worse," he said. He pulled out of the driveway.
"Logan why didn't you tell us?" Camille asked.
I didn't want you guys worrying about me," Logan said, "I have a handle on it now, so please just keep your mouths shut," he said. He kept his eyes on the road waiting for the two to answer him. He did not want to have to go through all of that again. This new school was his way of starting over.
"This move wasn't so I could be closer to my mom was it?" James asked.
"That was part of the reason but your dad found out about me getting hurt and I begged him not to tell my mom," Logan said still looking at the road before him. "Your mom called saying she wanted you to be near and he thought it was the prefect way to help me get away form all that, he was the one who told me to reinvent myself," he said.
"Oh Logan," Camille said.
"So that's why you wanted to be called Logan?" James asked.
"No Hortense is a dumb name and Logan suits me better I've thought about doing it for years now, but finally decided to just do it," Logan said.
The rest of the ride was spent in silence. Camille and James didn't know what to say. They had not known Logan was getting beat up when they weren't around. They could not believe they had not noticed it. They felt like they had failed Logan somehow.
Logan knew what was going through his sibling's minds. He wanted to tell them it wasn't their fault he hadn't told them. They didn't need to feel guilty about it. He had taken care of it. It was his problem to deal with not theirs. "Look guys," he said as he pulled into the school's parking lot.
"Logan you should have told us," Camille said.
"It was my problem to deal with not your guys'. You two did enough for me as it is," Logan said cutting her off. "I chose not to tell you guys and I chose to deal with it on my own," he said. "Now let's just go and have a nice first day, but you don't need to worry about me I got it under control," he said as he got out of the car he vaguely noticed that he was slipping back into his Texan twang that he hardly used. He forced himself not to use it sometimes but other times it was natural not to use it.
"You're doing it again," James said as he and Camille followed Logan inside.
"Doing what?" Logan asked confused as he took his sunglasses off and clipped them on his shirt for the time being.
"Slipping into that Texan twang you have," James said laughing.
"Their staring at us," Camille said as they made their way to the office to pick up their schedules. She didn't mind staring, she expected it from some people, but everyone was staring at them. It was no doubt because of Logan.
"Let them stare," Logan said, "it only mean they have nothing better to do," he said loudly. People stopped looking and moved to their lockers. Logan smirked and shook his head. This was going to be easier than he thought. The three walked into the office and Logan walked up to the secretary. She was a thin African American woman, who seemed to be in her late twenties. "Um, I'm Logan Mitchell and these two are my siblings, Camille Roberts and James Diamond and we're new here," he said.
"Ah yes," The secretary said smiling at him. She looked confused though. "If you're all related then why do you have different last names?" she asked politely.
"It's complicated but my mom remarried twice and Camille is from her second marriage and James is from her current one," Logan said shrugging. He was used to the weird looks he got when he explained things.
"Well, ok I have you're schedules right here and you have to return this slip with all your teacher's signatures on it," she said handing them all two sheets of paper and indicating which was which. The three nodded and looked at their papers.
"Why does it say Kendall Knight on the bottom of my schedule?" Logan asked.
"He has the most classes with you according to our computer system and he will be your tour guide today," The secretary said.
"So Carlos Garcia will be mine?" James asked as he looked at his schedule. He recognized the name, but that couldn't be the same person he knew back when he was a kid. The same could be said about Logan's guide that name was familiar.
"Mine say Kendall Knight as well," Camille said.
"Yes you and your brother have a lot of the same classes as well so we thought it would be easier to assign you the same person if that's ok," the secretary said.
"That's great, but when do we meet them," Camille said.
"Carlos I don't wanna do this," a smooth male voice protested as two boys waked into the office. One was tall and blonde and had gorgeous green eyes. He had tan skin and his face was gorgeous. Logan was almost drooling over him. The other boy was pulling the tall blonde and he had dark raven hair that was hidden by a hockey helmet perched on his head. He had dark caramel skin and brown eyes.
"Come on Kendall it's either this or detention and Coach will kill you if you get another detention," The shorter male said.
"Boys," the secretary said getting their attention.
James looked at the two his jaw dropped it was the same two boy he had known when he was younger. He had stopped hanging out with them because he moved with his dad. He came during the summers but they all lost contact over the years.
"Kelly looking good," Kendall said smoothly. He walked over to her desk. "Look as much as I'd love to show some new kids around I don't really have the time," he said.
"You never change do you?" James asked. Kendall turned and looked at the pretty boy before realization sunk in.
"James?" Kendall asked a small grin playing at the corners of his lips.
"James," Carlos said excitedly. He threw his arms around the pretty boy in a hug. He had missed him over the years and never thought he'd seen him again. They had been extremely close as kids.
"Hey guys," James said. Carlos let him go and Kendall pulled him into a one armed hug.
"Knight you don't have a choice here now just show them around," Kelly said, "and it's Ms. Wainwright to you," she said.
"Fine, which two am I showing around?" Kendall asked turning back to Kelly.
"The other two," She said pointing to them, "Now introduce yourselves properly and get to class," she said.
"Will do," Kendall said walking out of the office. Camille and Logan followed him. Kendall stopped by and locker and leaned on it and looked at the two sibling.
"As you may know by this point I am Kendall Knight I will be your tour guide for the day," Kendall said.
"I'm Camille Roberts," Camille said, "how do you know James?" she asked.
"We grew up together," James answered for him.
"Yeah until Jamie went to live with his dad," Kendall said, "you must be his step sister and brother," he said looking at Camille and Logan who only nodded.
"I'm Carlos," Carlos said introducing himself to Camille and Logan.
"And you name?" Kendall asked looking at Logan.
"Why bother you're only going to show us around today and then we more than likely won't talk again," he said.
"You're James' step brother of course we'll talk," Kendall said.
"Logan Mitchell," Logan said looking Kendall up and down trying not to drool. He managed to look somewhat repulsed by Kendall's attitude. "And just because you're friends with James doesn't mean we have to be friends," he added.
"You're a feisty one," Kendall said.
"Sorry, but I already know your type," Logan said, "You're probably a jock judging by how Carlos mentioned you have a coach. You're probably one of the 'popular' guys who doesn't like to associate himself with the new kids and has all the girls fawning over you, and judging by you attitude I can tell you're a jerk," Logan said coolly. He hardly knew Kendall and he was making all these assumptions abut him. He was never like this, but if he wanted to prove he was not somebody to be messed with he had to start with the jocks.
"I'm offended," Kendall said, "Yes, I'm a jock, but I am not a jerk and I wish the girls around here would just leave me alone," he said.
"Whatever can you show me where my homeroom is?" Logan asked looking down at his schedule only to have it snatched out of his hands. Kendall looked over Logan's schedule and smirked.
"We have the same homeroom and six classes together," Kendall said.
"Most of classes are AP," Logan said, "I'm impressed," he said.
"What that I take AP classes?" Kendall asked.
"Yep, you don't strike me as the smart type," Logan said honestly.
"Neither do you," Kendall said looking Logan up and down.
"Can we get going before we're late?" Carlos asked.
"Sure is James in our homeroom too?" Kendall asked as he started down the hall.
"Yes, now let's go before principle Rocque catches us in the hall," Carlos said as he ushered the three siblings down the hall. Logan followed Kendall. He was different from most people. He knew if he wanted to make something of himself, Kendall was the one he needed to do it with. Kendall was perfect; they already didn't like one another.
"So Logan if you and Camille are James' step brother and sister why do you two have different names?" Carlos asked.
"My dad died when I was young and she remarried twice, Camille is from her second marriage, and James is obviously the third marriage kid," Logan said.
"My real mom died after giving birth to me and Logan's mom took me in after my dad died from Cancer," Camille said.
"And she decided to let us use what ever last name we wanted," Logan said, "I am going by my dad's last name even though I never knew him," he said.
"Oh," Carlos said.
Logan for some reason did not have a problem with Carlos. There was just something about the blonde. Maybe it was because he was attracted to Kendall and he didn't want to be. Sure, he knew he was gay and his family knew, but no one at the school was going to know. He was going to keep that secret guarded.
The five walked in silence to their homeroom. They walked into the class in time for the bell to ring. Logan, Camille, and James got their slips signed and were told to go sit with Kendall and Carlos. Logan sat down next to the blonde and James sat beside Carlos who was on Carlos' other side. Camille sat down in front of Kendall.
"We have first hour together," Kendall said, "I'll show you two where to go," he said.
"That's kind of your job," Logan said.
"Is he always like this?" Kendall asked looking over at James. Logan looked at James and started him down. James nodded decided going against Logan would be a bad thing right now. He knew Logan would hurt him though. Logan wouldn't hurt anyone. He needed people here to think that he would though.
"Yeah, ever since he entered high school," James said.
"It's a dog eat dog world and I don't take any crap from anyone," Logan said, "including know it all jocks," he added.
"I'm offended Logie you hardly know me," Kendall said feigning hurt. Logan laughed and rolled his eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I do," Logan said, "I know your type Knight," he said slipping back into his Texan twang again.
"Is that a Texan accent I detect?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah so," Logan said repressing it again. "I was born in Texas but moved here when I was four or five, but I only really stopped using my accent around three years ago," he said. Logan stopped he hadn't realized what he was doing. He was telling Kendall about himself, when he planned not to. He did not want to be friends with Kendall. He wanted to use Kendall to get his own popularity.
"Cool," Carlos said, "I was born here but my parents are Latino and I can speak perfect Spanish," he said.
"Really?" Logan asked.
"Don't get Logan started he took Spanish for the last two years and he speaks it perfectly," James said.
Carlos looked at Logan before saying, "Coma asi?" (How well?)
"Muy bien, me pueden confundir a Cami y James hablando muy rapido," Logan replied quickly. (Very good, I can confuse Cami and James by speaking very fast.)
"Ah, si Kendall es de la misma manera," Carlos replied laughing. (Ah, yes Kendall is the same way.)
"Their talking about me," Kendall said to Camille and James who laughed.
"If I am correct Logan said he confused us by talking fast," Camille said slowly, "and Carlos said you are the same way," she said.
"Very good Camille," Logan said.
"I may only be in my second year, but I do know more word than you think I do Ho-Logan," Camille said hoping Kendall and Carlos didn't catch her slip. Neither did. They were talking to James.
"So James you gonna try out for the hockey team?" Kendall asked, 'if I remember you were one hell of a player," he said.
"Yeah me and Logan both," James said.
"Only because James wants me too," Logan said, "If I can even skate again," he added.
"It's like riding a bike," Kendall said, "once you learn you never forget," he said.
The bell rang and Logan stood up and followed Kendall from the room. Camille was trailing behind them and Carlos and James went in a different direction.
"First stop AP Chem," Kendall said.
