Logan sat at the nearest empty table and opened his laptop. The cursor blinked on over and over on the empty page, taunting Logan. Telling him he wasn't good enough for Harvard. Telling him that he'd never be a doctor.

Freshman year had kicked Logan's ass. Papers due almost every week, and what seemed like never-ending exams and homework to finish. He rarely slept or had time to eat, so he spent most of his time studying while eating. Usually at McDonald's, inevitably proving the theory of the 'freshman fifteen'. Not to mention he and Kendall had broken up some time after Christmas. Logan doesn't even remember why. He just remembers Kendall saying something about feeling smothered and walking out. He'd almost failed all of his classes in the second half of the year because of it.

It's been almost a year since he'd talked to Kendall, though he sees him every week. Every Thursday at 12:13 p.m, when Logan's in the library studying, Kendall passes through to get to the Starbucks on the other side. Sometimes by himself, most times with friends, occasionally with a male friend that Logan will proceed to glare at and study until they look over at him for staring too long. Logan looked up at the corner of his laptop and smiled. "five, four, three, two-"

Just like that Kendall waltzed past the front desk, hands stuffed in his pockets with his guitar hung low across his chest. Like clockwork. To say that Logan missed the blonde would be an understatement. To say that Logan was terribly lonely would be an understatement as well, but he would never let Kendall know that. As far as Kendall knows, Logan's the happiest guy in the world.

"I knew I'd find you here." Logan looked up and smiled. He and Lucy had met during the first week of school. They were paired up during a game of Freshman Manhunt, which was not as fun as it sounded. "Stalking your ex?" Logan shoved her and laughed.

"I don't stalk him. He just always happens to be here at the same time I am."

"You mean, by chance you saw him pass through once, checked again the next day, then kept coming back at the same time when you realized that he did too?" Logan looked over at her and sighed. "Yeah. That's what I thought." Logan shut his laptop and leaned back in his chair.

"I came here to finish my paper, why are you-"

"You mean start your paper? Because I didn't see much there." When Logan shot her a glare, she laughed.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, there's a party tonight. There'll be tons of hot girls and guys, all of whom will be drunk and willing to hook up with a nerd like you." Logan glared at her again. "What? Being a nerd isn't a bad thing. Own it."

"This paper's due on Monday. There's no way I'm trying to write this with a hangover tomorrow morning."

"You need to get out more. Go find a guy, have sex with him and forget about your ex. It's been a year, Logan. I'm worried about you."

"Well you shouldn't be. I'm fine."

"Fine? You never leave the apartment and when you do, you're either getting food or going to the library." She sat next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Yes, you have to focus on school, but you need to live too." Before Logan could counter argue, she got up to leave, shouting "Think about it!" over her shoulder.

"You came!" Lucy wobbled over to Logan and threw an arm over his shoulder and kissed his cheek. "What are you wearing?" She asked, gesturing to his sweater vest. He'd spent so much brain power finishing his paper in the 6 hours before the party that he hadn't had time to change after his nap.

Lucy put her drink down and gestured for Logan to follow her into the bathroom.

"This has to go." She pulled the vest over his head and smoothed out his shirt. "Black shirt and jeans. Classic. Now your hair." She took some water in her hands and used it to flatten Logan's hair. "Everyone always sees you with your hair spiked. Just try this and see how much ass you pull." Logan laughed.

"You're drunk."

"You're welcome." Lucy smirked and walked back out, leaving Logan to look at himself in the mirror. After taking a minute, Logan actually started to like his hair." Before he could leave, the door opened.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was-" The person looked him up and down before blinking a few times. "Logan?"

"James? What are you going here?"

"Visiting a friend. We got out for break a week ago." James leaned down to hug him. "How are you, man? I haven't seen you in like, two years."

"I'm great." Logan lied.

"Where's Kendall?" I wish I knew.

"I wouldn't know. We broke up last year." With the door open, Logan felt like everyone could hear him screaming over the music.

"You two broke up?" Logan nodded. "Kendall and Logan broke up? The dream team? The dynamic d-"

"I get it! We were inseparable! You don't need to rub it in anymore!" Logan pushed past James and out into the crowd of people. He could hear James calling his name behind him, but he doesn't stop until he catches up to him.

"Hey. I didn't mean to upset you. I just never thought that you two would break up." They sat down on the couch.

"Well, we did, and I miss him, and life is hell without him." James looked slightly shocked that Logan was spilling all of this to him, but he sat closer and leaned in so that he could hear him better. "I feel so alone without him."

"You loved him. It's okay to feel like you do, but you can't let it take over your life." James pulled him close and rubbed his arm comfortingly.

The two spent the rest of the catching up. Logan never even noticed that Kendall was there.

"Yo! Kendall!" Dak slapped Kendall's hand and pulled him close before slapping him on the back. "You made it!"

"Course I did, man. Your parties are the best." Kendall looked around the room to see if he could pick out any people that went to his school. Instead, he saw Logan standing in the front hall. After taking a few minutes to build up the courage to go talk to him, he was about to walk over. Before he could make it over to him, Logan was accosted by a girl with red hair. She was all over him. Kissing him, touching all over him, and then she pulled him into the nearest room and shut the door.

Part of Kendall wanted to go in there and strangle the girl with his bare hands. Another wanted to go in there, get down on his knees and beg Logan for forgiveness. When he saw Logan storm out of the bathroom, another part of Kendall wanted him to get down on his knees and do something else. After a few more drinks Kendall was more than brazen and willing enough to do so.

He pushed through the crowd of people, trying to find Logan. When he saw Logan with James, every feeling he'd had during their junior year of High school came flooding back. Kendall couldn't help it, he ran to the nearest receptacle, which happened to be the planter near the door, and threw up.

"Dude, really? The bathroom's right there!" Kendall ignored Dak's voice and stumbled out of the house. He started walking, mesmerized by the sounds of snow crunching under his feet. Sometime during his walk back to his dorm, he'd started humming along to a McFly song and wondered where he'd heard it.

Then he remembered that it was the last song that he and Logan had listened to together. It was the first song he'd ever heard Logan sing.

"My head hurts." Lucy made her way into Logan's room with a cup of coffee and his laptop.

"Stop acting like you're hungover. Two drinks and you spent the night crying to your ex ex about your ex." She walked out the door, muttering a quick 'big baby' under her breath before leaving.

"I heard that!" He sunk into his covers and opened his laptop. He was immediately face to face with a picture of him and Kendall from their senior prom. He sighed and shut the computer. Maybe he should've take his mom up on that visit.

"Logie, baby!" Logan turned around when he heard his mother's voice above the hustle and bustle of the airport.

"Logie?" Lucy laughed and Logan hit her arm. "Okay. I admit, it's better than Lucy Goosey." Logan laughed as they approched his parents.

"Hi, mom." His mother pulled him into a bone crushing hug and rocked him back and forth.

"Two whole months with my baby. I haven't seen you in ages!" She let him go and held his face. "My little Doctor."

"Mom, please. You're embarrassing me."

"I'm sorry, sweetie. I didn't mean to embarrass you in front of your-" She raised her eyebrow when she saw Lucy. "Who's this?"

"Oh. Mom, Dad, this is Lucy. My roommate."

"What happened to Kendall?" Logan opened his mouth to speak but his father nudge his mom before he could say anything.

"Joanna, let's go get their bags."

"This is your old room?" Logan nodded and threw their bags in his closet. "It's so-"

"Geeky? Boring? Sad?"

"You." She sat down on his bed and kicked off her shoes. "Now, I nap."

"No, you don't." Logan pulled her off the bed and stood her up. "I'm giving you a tour. I'm going to show you where I spent all of my time here in good ole' Minnesota and you're going to smile and nod the whole time like you're paying attention. Got it?" Logan laughed when Lucy smiled and nodded.

Their tour had ended later in the afternoon at the Duluth Mall.

"I used to hang out here almost every weekend. It looks so different now."

"Well, things do tend to change when we're not looking." Logan stuffed his hands in his pockets. They'd just gotten there and he already wanted to leave. Too many Kendall related memories. Just as he was about to suggest they go elsewhere for lunch, he heard someone call his name.

"Logan! You were just going to ignore me and walk away, weren't you?"

"Carlos!" Logan practically ran over and hugged him. He still looked the same. Short, tan, hyperactive. Same Carlos.

"It's been two year, Logan! Two full years and you haven't visited. What's been keeping you away?"

"I guess part of me just wanted to get on with life so much that I forgot about everything else for a while there." Logan noticed Carlos' eyes wander to something behind him and he stopped to follow his line of sight. "Oh, that's Lucy."

"Alright." He waved at Lucy and she waved back, not bothering to get out of her seat. "Does Kendall know you're dating someone?" Logan laughed.

"First of all, Lucy's not my girlfriend, she's my roommate. Second of all, Kendall and I haven't talked for over a year now." Carlos stopped in his tracks and sighed.

"You're kidding, right?" Logan shook his head and Carlos groaned. "You guys are supposed to still be friends. What happened to that pact we made before Senior year? We stick together no matter what happens?"

"Well, ask Kendall. I tried. He's the one who broke up with me. He's the one that said I was smothering him. I tried my best!"

"Obviously your best wasn't good enough! I don't want to have two best friends. I want to have one group of best friends, Logan. That's the way it was always supposed to be." Logan looked up and wanted to cry when he saw Carlos' facial expression. "I don't want to have to choose between you guys."

"I'm sorry, 'Los. There's nothing I can do." Logan and Carlos sat down at the table with Lucy in silence.

"Well, I'm going to get cheese fries, anyone want any?" Lucy got up and left for the food court.

"How's the store?" Carlos perked up and smiled.

"I run it now."

"Your mom seriously let you take over the store?" Carlos nodded, grinning from ear to ear.

"She figured I'd need the extra money. I just moved out."

"Carlos, that's great." Carlos had definitely always been the late bloomer of the group. Logan couldn't actually put into words how proud of Carlos he was. They went on with their conversation for a while before Lucy started to complain about how tired she was. Before they'd left Logan promised Carlos that they would keep in touch, and that he'd tell Lucy all about how amazing Carlos was, as per his request, on their way back to his house.

"Carlos is pretty cute." Logan smirked and looked over at Lucy questioningly. "Cute like warm, fuzzy, bunny cute. Not like sexy, throw you on a table cute."

"That's far too much information, thank you very much." Logan laughed until he felt his phone vibrate. Without taking his eyes off the road, he accepted the call and lifted the phone to his ear. "Hello?"

"Logan? Hey."

Well, there it is. The beginning of the sequel to Duluth Public Library. I have a good feeling about this. :)