Hello there, you beautiful people! So, it's been like forever and a day since I've written anything, so I decided to start a little something. I myself am experiencing college for the first time, so I thought I'd give our boys their own college experience. Well, Logan, anyway. Since he'd actually be the one to go to college. Not so sure about the other three. We'll be with Logan throughout the craziness that is college, and this is only the beginning! I really hope you guys enjoy this! Tell me what you think! (:
I, as always, don't own anything.
Logan Mitchell was always good at school. He loved learning. He loved studying. He even loved homework. He loved everything about school. So when the boys graduated from the Palm Woods School and received their high school diplomas, there was no doubt about it that Logan would soon be off to college. While Kendall, James, and Carlos all decided to stay away from school at least for one year so they could focus on their music and relax for a while, Logan planned to start studying pre-med at the University of California, Los Angeles, better known as UCLA. It seemed like the perfect place to study. He could still live with the boys and be a part of Big Time Rush, while simultaneously going to school to become a doctor, just like he'd always planned. The only difference was where he went to school. He'd always wanted to go to school somewhere in Minnesota, so he wouldn't be too far away from home and the people he loved. But he figured UCLA was just as good a school as any.
So when the end of August finally came around, Logan was just as excited for his first day of school as he was when he was in kindergarten. It was planned that he would have class from 8:30 till 3:30 every day, which he could totally handle. It would be just like school back in Minnesota—seven whole hours of learning (with a break or two in between)! Needless to say, Logan Mitchell was excited. And school couldn't have come at a better time for him. Every once in a while, Logan got really stressed out with all the work with the band—okay, maybe it was a little more than once in a while—and school was a sort of escape for him. He liked school—maybe a little more than most people his age—, he was good at it. But school was more than just something he was good at. In a way, it made him think of home. It reminded him that, despite the fact that he was ¼ of "America's favorite boy band," he was still that nerdy kid from Sherwood, Minnesota.
The only thing that he didn't like about the fact that he would be attending UCLA this semester was the fact that his best friends wouldn't be there with him. Since he was in third grade, at least one of them had been by his side in every single class he had. Now, they'd be either doing band stuff without him or just hanging around at home while he was in class. The fact that he'd be in class didn't bother him as much as being without Kendall, James, and Carlos did.
But said boys, being Logan's best friends, were determined to make Logan's last day as a "not-college-student" one of the best. What did that mean? A Palm Woods wide party, of course! Kendall, James, and Carlos had been planning the event for weeks, and they'd even gotten Mr. Bitters on board with the whole thing. He claimed he only allowed the party to take place because he was "excited to see one of the hockey heads leave this place," but they all knew it was because Logan was his favorite out of all the boys.
So here the boys were, getting ready for their brother's going away party.
"You guys, I'm not going anywhere—I'm just going to be going to school," Logan told the boys for the millionth time as he watched Carlos and James attempt to hang up a "We'll Miss You, Logie!" banner above the Palm Woods pool.
"We know that, Logan—we're just really going to miss you being around all the time," Kendall stated, coming up next to his best friend and wrapping an arm around his shoulders.
"Yeah, since you're ditching us for school and all," James continued, sending a playful glare Logan's way.
"I am not ditching you guys! I'm going to college for a few hours a week. I'm not even moving out or anything, and it's not like UCLA is very far away."
"Ditching!" James sing-songed.
"Drama queen!" Logan answered, eliciting laughs from both Carlos and Kendall.
"Okay, no fighting on Logie's last day as a not-college-student," Kendall told the two, moving to help his mother, who had just entered the pool area with Katie, bringing out some of the party food for the evening.
"You know that makes no sense, right? A not-college-student?" Logan declared.
"Dude, stop being smart, just for tonight," Carlos tried to convince the smart boy. "It'll be fun, I promise!"
Logan rolled his eyes at his friend, but when the night and the party finally began, he took Carlos' advice fully. No "being smart" (or at least too smart) just for tonight, and everything was great. And the next day, he would start the rest of his life. College. The good life.
