Okay, totally looked this up, and now I am doing it! 100 themes challenge, oh yeah, mmhh….
I'm kind of excited, I mean, I need something to do whenever I have writer's block. Sigh…
Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush
Theme 1: Introduction
Have you ever picked up one of those old, giant red dictionaries that look like it is about to fall apart from just the weakest touch? Logan Mitchell did this when he was in the third grade, as he had been only eight years old, and most of all, confused. He and his three best friends – Kendall Knight, Carlos Garcia and James Diamond – all considered each other as brothers, even though they were not biologically related.
Logan, however, was confused by the word "brother". When he asked his mother what the word meant, and she told him that it was someone who was very close to you. When he asked his father what the word meant, he was told that a brother "was someone who was related to you, or shared one or both of the same parents as you".
Logan, being confused as ever (after all, he was only eight at the time), went to the one source that he was sure he could count on: the dictionary.
Broth-er
noun
1. A male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
2. Also called half-brother. A male offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring.
3. A stepbrother.
4. A male numbered among the same kinship group, nationality, race, profession, etc., as another; an associate; a fellow member, fellow countryman, fellow man, etc.: a fraternity brother.
5. Ecclesiastical.
a. (often initial capital letter) a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has priesthood.
b. A man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders.
It was at that moment, sitting on the colorful rainbow rug in Mrs. Carrington's third grade classroom, Logan decided that the dictionary didn't always have the right answers to everything as he had once thought. Of course, Kendall, Carlos and James could still be his brothers without any of them being related at all, right?
Logan found that the dictionary was making things harder for him. It was bad enough that he didn't have any biological brothers or sisters, but now the dictionary wanted to take away the only actual brothers that he had? That was just cruel.
As the boys grew older and closer to one another, Logan developed another idea, and once again, in the seventh grade, decided to look another word up in the dictionary, just because of the questions that the last definition had left him with for four years.
Fam-i-ly
Noun
1. A. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
B. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
2. The children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
3. The spouse and children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week.
4. Any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.
5. All those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
Well, that definition had been a bit better, but not exactly the best. Logan really did think of the guys as his family, especially after his father died.
James was the oldest, and the most confident. Though he constantly had his eyes on a different girl (every week, to be exact), Logan knew that he would never put any of those girls before his friends. He wanted more than anything to be famous, to prove to his father that wanting to be a singer or an actor wasn't ridiculous, which Logan could understand. Of course, he hadn't experienced the problem personally, but had read about it in books.
Though James was full of himself and seemed to only care about his looks, Logan knew that he thought of the other guys as his family and would do anything for them, even give up his lucky comb. James was the big brother that Logan never had, never would have, and though there were plenty of times that Logan would like to deny it, James was great at boosting up Logan's self-confidence on a daily bases ("My self-confidence is completely fine, thank you very much!)
Kendall was the second oldest, but the leader of the group. He was the guy to go to if you just needed to talk, about anything, really, or if you had a problem. Whenever the guys were in a jam, Kendall always came up with a plan to fix everything. Logan knew that Kendall was like this because he was constantly playing hockey. Because Kendall was always on the ice, which helped him to "cool down his nerves", he never snapped at the other guys, or his younger sister, for that matter. Logan couldn't help but feel jealous of Kendall at first. Kendall's father had died when he was just four years old, unlike Logan, whose father had died when Logan was at the age of thirteen. Kendall stepped up to the plate and took care of his sister and mother, even when he was just a young boy. Logan had to admire Kendall for that.
A secret that Logan always kept to himself was that Kendall was secretly like a mentor figure for himself; especially after his father had died. Kendall was so strong and brave, and that just made Logan want to push himself to be strong for his mother as well.
Then we have Carlos, who is the youngest of the group. Logan knew that people underestimated Carlos just because the boy acted younger than he truly was, just because he was sensitive, carrying around a hockey helmet strapped to his head on the first day of kindergarten. When Logan had questioned Carlos about this odd habit, Carlos had responded that "The helmet made him feel safe."
Carlos was defiantly the baby of their "family".
Did they love each other? Of course they did. Families loved each other, took care of each other, just as the guys did. But did they fight? Of course. Every family does, and you couldn't call yourself a family if you didn't. Sometimes the boys fought about the stupidest things possible, and at other times they would fight about huge things, that could possibly tear the band…their family, apart.
But every single time that a fight was over, they would all apologize to each other, because none of the boys could stand being mad at each other for long. That was just how their family worked.
What was Logan's definition of a family, you ask?
"I think of a family as a bond, or a connection, a sense of love and understanding. It is when you learn to someone else's respect individuality, to enjoy time with his brothers. A family was where he had fun and showed appreciation, where he learned how to keep his brothers' backs, but still be independent. A place where learned that support can be shown in even the most difficult of times.
But most of all, Logan knew that in his family, the members tried to laugh more than they argued with each other.
Kind of dramatic, right? The next chapter should be better, but I am actually proud of this introduction. It's kind of sweet. So, leave me a review, and tell me what you think!
1. Introduction
2. Love.
3. Light.
4. Dark.
5. Seeking Solace.
6. Break Away.
7. Heaven.
8. Innocence.
9. Hell.
10. Breathe Again.
11. Memory.
12. Insanity.
13. Misfortune.
14. Smile.
15. Silence.
16. Questioning.
17. Blood.
18. Rainbow.
19. Grey.
20. Fortitude.
21. Vacation.
22. Mother Nature.
23. Crazy.
24. No Time.
25. Trouble Lurking.
26. Tears.
27. Foreign.
28. Sorrow.
29. Happiness.
30. Under the Rain.
31. Flowers.
32. Night.
33. Expectations.
34. Stars.
35. Hold My Hand.
36. Precious Treasure.
37. Eyes.
38. Abandoned.
39. Dreams.
40. Rated.
41. Teamwork.
42. Standing Still.
43. Dying.
44. Two Roads.
45. Illusion.
46. Family.
47. Creation.
48. Childhood.
49. Stripes.
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport.
52. Deep in Thought.
53. Keeping a Secret.
54. Tower.
55. Waiting.
56. Danger Ahead.
57. Sacrifice.
58. Kick in the Head.
59. No Way Out.
60. Rejection.
61. Fairy Tale.
62. Magic.
63. Do Not Disturb.
64. Multitasking.
65. Horror.
66. Traps.
67. Playing the Melody.
68. Hero.
69. Annoyance.
70. 67.
71. Obsession.
72. Mischief Managed.
73. I Can't.
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror.
76. Broken Pieces.
77. Test.
78. Drink.
79. Starvation.
80. Words.
81. Pen and Paper.
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal.
84. Out Cold.
85. Spiral.
86. Seeing Red.
87. Food
88. Pain.
89. Through the Fire.
90. Triangle.
91. Drowning.
92. All That I Have.
93. Give Up.
94. Last Hope.
95. Advertisement.
96. In the Storm.
97. Safety First.
98. Puzzle.
99. Loner.
100. Relaxation.