Disclaimer: I don't own the show. It belongs to Mr. Schneider and Nick.
A/N: This chapter marks the first appearance of Logan (in this story) as promised.
All by Myself
Chapter 3: Logan's Moved On (again!)
Flashback:
Junior Prom
Logan looked around at all the people in the crowd. He was gathering the courage to make a blockbuster confession that would shock everyone present to hear it. It is one that may damage his reputation as the great "Pretty Boy" Reese. But he did not want to live a secret life forever. He loved Quinn Pensky, and he wasn't just "selling" the idea to her, he was actually speaking from the heart. In that sense, Logan Reese has indeed matured since the eighth grade.
Logan looked at Quinn from a distance. There was nothing or no one that could stop him from revealing his big secret to the PCA world.
He took a bold first and a deep breath. "I love Quinn Pensky!" he declared.
Quinn was shocked to hear his public confession. She was known as the shy and quiet science geek who worked on her Quinnventions twenty-four-seven. But this time, Logan's courage to make his feelings know to the world gave her the courage to confirm that the feeling was mutual.
"And I love Logan Reese!" she said.
They ran towards each other with open arms and shared a deep kiss.
"Ohhhh my godddddd!" yelled several students in the crowd, as they looked in shock at the new odd couple.
End flashback.
Logan's Room
It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Logan's dorm. There was only one week left before the start of summer. Quinn was busy working on a new Quinnvention on her laptop. While she was at it, Logan suddenly placed his arms around her, putting her in a bug hug.
"Hey Quinny Boo," he whispered in her ear.
"Stop it, Logan. I thought I told you to stop calling me your 'boo'." said Quinn.
"But you are aren't you?"
"Yeah but it just doesn't sound right." she told him.
"Fine." he replied. "Wanna Eskimo kiss?" he asked.
"Yes." said Quinn with a smile. After Eskimo kissing for a few minutes, they were interrupted by the sound of Logan's PC.
"You've got mail!"
"Darn it! Couldn't you just wait to tell me that I've got mail?" said Logan to the computer.
He opened his email to read the message. It was from a person called "Code Breaker"
"Open this Powerpoint presentation to view the message." it said. Logan looked worried.
"Quinn!" he called.
"What's up?" she asked as she approached Logan and his computer.
"Is it safe for me to open this attachment? I mean, I have no idea who this 'Code Breaker' person is." he said.
"Sure. It looks like you have the most up to date anti-virus software; why not?" she said.
"Okay, here goes…"
The slides flashed several different letter and number combinations.
"It looks like a slide show that was made to play on automatic" said Quinn.
Break the Code……..
I Will Come Again to…….
Save_ You. DMC …….
"What does this mean?" they said in unison.
Go ahead…
Break this code…..
Quinn and Logan examined the final slide which contained a jigsaw word puzzle. The letters formed a square-like shape.
"How do we figure out the code?" Logan asked Quinn.
"I don't know. Let me think." said Quinn. Quinn carefully examined the puzzle and figured out what they needed to do.
"I think we need to find some dictionary words from the English language or names that we recognize and go from there." she said. "We can pick words horizontally, vertically or diagonally." she continued.
After an hour of putting their brains to work, Logan and Quinn were able to spot the following words: Corporation, Era, Attitude, Shamrock, Ken, Diva, Most, Dangerous, Worlds
"I know Ken Shamrock." said Logan. "He was a legendary fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship."
"What is this 'Attitude Era'?" asked Quinn. "And how can he be the 'World's Most Dangerous Diva?!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah you're right. He's a man, for crying out loud!" exclaimed Logan.
Quinn placed an arm on his shoulder and kissed him on the cheek.
"Don't worry baby we'll find out who's 'stalking you', if you can even call it that." she assured him.
"I sure hope so."
2 days later.
Logan was sleeping soundly on his bed. He was very relieved that a day has gone by without Logan receiving any more freaky emails. Logan opened his eyes and decided to check his email. The computer said he had one unread message. He opened it and to his surprise, it was from 'Code Breaker'.
Break the code…..
Soon you will know who I am…..
Save_ You. DMC
But til then…..
Break this code….
"Oh my god! What do you want from me?!" he exclaimed. Logan did not have to worry about waking Michael and James as they had already left the room way before he woke up. Just as he said that, he heard a knock on the door. It was Quinn.
"What's the matter baby?" she asked.
"It's Code Breaker again."
"Oh geez!" said Quinn as she sat down next to Logan in front of his computer. "Okay, judging from this last slide, it's the same kind of puzzle as the last time."
"So we need to find random words again?" asked Logan.
"Yup."
This time, it was a lot easier to find words since the square was smaller. It only took Logan and Quinn half an hour to find all the words that made sense. They found the following words: Peak, Mess, Lady, two, with, Widows
"Putting the words together gives us: Widows Peak and 'Lady two Mess with'." said Quinn.
"Does this mean that Code Breaker is some random girl who has a crush on me?" asked Logan.
"It could be. I mean who wouldn't want to date Logan Reese?" replied Quinn. They both laughed.
Just as they were about to go to lunch and leave the computer, Quinn noticed a similarity between the two emails/slide shows. "Wait." she told Logan.
"What now?!" he groaned.
"Do you notice that both slide shows have this Save_ line?" she asked.
"That might give you a hint as for who Code Breaker might be." she said.
"Maybe. But it doesn't ring a bell." said Logan.
1.5 months later
A long black limo pulls up to the Kea Lani hotel. It is about three thirty in the afternoon. Logan walks out of the limo in his expensive suit. He extends his hand to his girlfriend "Quinn"… "Quinn" grabs his hand but the girl who steps out of the limo is not Quinn. It's Lola in her cute pink shirt and short black shorts. Logan and Lola began dating at the exactly two days before the end of the school year.
"May we take your bags sir?" asked the bellhop.
"Yes you may. It's your job isn't it?" said Logan.
The bellhop showed a frown for a second but quickly showed a smile again. "It sure is sir." he replied.
"Oh, Logan quit being a jerk." said Lola.
"Please excuse my boyfriend. He tends to do that sometimes." she said to the bellboy.
"No need to apologize madam. Just enjoy your stay."
"Thanks." she replied.
They held hands as they approached the front desk to check in. The clerk at the front desk looked very familiar. She had a pretty face and long blonde hair. Logan and Lola approached the clerk who was still speaking to her supervisor. The clerk turned around.
"Welcome to the Kea Lani hotel, how may I help you?" asked the clerk. She quickly showed a big smile on her face.
"Zoey!" yelled Lola.
"Logan! Lola! What are you two doing here?!" asked Zoey.
"We are here on vacation for a few days. After all, we only have one more week of summer before we go back to PCA." said Logan.
"Lola, I thought you said you were gonna tutor some kids this summer?" asked Zoey.
"I know. I did that and it sucked ass. It was so boring. But thankfully, many of the kids are back to school now." she said.
"What about Quinn and Vince? Are they coming too?"
"Actually no…." said Lola.
"So you guys are dating?!" Zoey asked in shock.
"Yeah…" replied Logan and Lola.
"How did this happen?!"
"Mind if we talk about it later?" said Logan. "We're pretty tired from the flight. We just want to drop off our stuff and relax."
"Okay, Mr. friendly. Here are your keys, you are going to be staying in room 102." said Zoey as she handed him the keys to his room. "Wait a minute, that's right next to my room with Chase!" she exclaimed.
"You're here with Chase?" asked Lola.
"Yeah, remember when I said that I could bring a friend over here…" Zoey started. "Well, he happened to be that friend."
"Whatever, let's just check out our room." suggested Logan.
"Okay, I'll follow you upstairs." Lola told Logan.
"I'll tell you how we ended up dating later." Lola told Zoey. "Later Zoe."
"See you in a bit." replied Zoey.
In the Corridor
"Chase! It's me Logan." Logan tried knocking on the door of room 101 as he wanted to say hi to Chase but no one was answering.
Lola was walking towards the room when she noticed Logan knocking on the door of the room next to theirs. "What are you doing, sweetie?" she asked him.
"It looks like Chase isn't in the room." said Logan. "It's cool. I'll just talk to him later."
"Great cause now's a good time to go down to the pool." suggested Lola.
"Alright let's get changed." said Logan as he turned inserted the key into the slot.
A few minutes later Lola and Logan were ready to go. Logan wore his white/blue Hawaiian style board shorts while Lola decided to wear a hot black bikini. They walked down to the pool holding hands.
Logan and Lola were both relaxing and getting their tan by the pool. Lola suddenly nudged Logan, thereby interrupting his tanning session.
"What?!" he said looking furious.
"I'm hungry." said Lola.
"Okay, I guess we can eat." said Logan.
They both jumped into the pool and swam towards the bar. Logan and Lola both ordered a hamburger sandwich.
"Wow, that was pretty damn good!" said Logan.
"Yeah, I'm stuffed." said Lola.
"I think I'm gonna go back upstairs." said Logan.
"Okay, see you in a bit. I think I'll chat with Zoey before I head back to the room." replied Lola.
Lola swam back towards her beach chair. She dried herself off with the towel but decided to throw it in the laundry basket by the pool. She walked into the lobby in nothing but her black bikini. There was no line at the front desk so she decided to tell Zoey the story of how she and Logan became a couple.
"Hey Zoe." greeted Lola.
"Hey, Lola. What's up?"
"Well, I want to tell you how me and Logan became a couple." she said. "I wanted to tell you earlier but Logan was acting like a jerk again."
"Okay, how did it happen? Talk." said Zoey.
"Okay."
Flashback:
Quinn was staying up late chatting on AIM. Zoey and Lola were already asleep.
Quinnventor64: Hey Mark,What u doing?
DelFiggs: Nothing. Can't sleep. Bored out of my mind.
Quinnventor64: I'm glad we're finally getting a chance to talk again. After…you know, that incident.
DelFiggs: Yeah, I know. So what's up?
Quinnventor64: Well, I'm feeling very insecure about Logan.
DelFiggs: What do you mean?
Quinnventor64: Well, he's been getting these freaky emails from someone named "Code Breaker". I think it's some girl who might have a huge crush on him.
DelFiggs: Sucks to be him.
Quinnventor64: Wanna meet up in a few minutes? I really need someone to talk to. This whole ordeal of figuring out Code Breaker's codes has been stressing me out.
Quinnventor64: Not because the puzzles are difficult to figure out but I'm worried that I might lose Logan to this Code Breaker chick.
DelFiggs: Okay. Let's meet in the girl's lounge where we had our first date.
Quinnventor64: K. See you in a bit.
Girl's Lounge
Quinn waited patiently on a couch in the girl's lounge. Mark arrived within a few minutes and sat down next to her.
"Hey." he greeted with a bored look on his face.
"Hey." she replied. "I miss that indifferent look I used to know."
"Yeah, it hasn't changed much has it?"
"No. But listen, what should I do about Code Breaker?" she asked. "I have no idea who she is but I sure don't want her to take Logan away."
"Well, maybe you should give it a rest, you know." he said.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, maybe he isn't the right one for you." He said. "I never thought it was ever worth it to fight so hard for a guy."
"Hmmm?"
"I mean, after all there are plenty of other rocks on the ground." he said.
"I know. But I love him." she said.
"No, you THINK you love him. But maybe deep down, you really love somebody else." he told her. "Maybe you only decided to date him until you successfully got the rebound."
"Mark, you're not making any sense." To her surprise, Mark kissed her hard on the lips and she returned the kiss.
"Wow, you're right. Maybe we are meant to be together." she said to him with passion in her eyes. Mark nodded and they continued to kiss.
End flashback.
"One night, Logan decided to go to the girl's lounge to see if Quinn was there," said Lola. "To his surprise, he found Mark Del Figgalo with his shirt off and Quinn in just her bra." She continued.
"Oh my god! I never thought Quinn was capable of cheating on anybody!" yelled Zoey.
"I know, right?" said Lola. "Since then, Logan decided to end his relationship with Quinn. They are still on relatively good terms. Logan thought Quinn was a stupid b*tch trading him for a loser like Mark."
"I see." said Zoey. "But how did he end up dating you? Weren't you dating Vince?"
"I was, but….."
Flashback:
Lola made her way to Vince's dorm. She approached the door and knocked. No response but she could hear some soft moaning sounds. She found that the door was unlocked and decided to open it. She wished she had never seen what saw. Vince was doing it with Grace, the captain of the cheerleading squad.
Vince looked up at Lola and tried to reason with her. "Lola, it's not what it looks like. I swear." he said as he grabbed a pair of pants and put it on.
"How could you do this to me Vince?" asked Lola. Tears were starting to form in her eyes. "If you really did not like me, why didn't you just break up with me? Why'd you have to cheat?!"
"Lola, wait!" yelled Vince as he tried to approach her. But she ran away crying before he could even get close to her.
Lola wanted to get away. It didn't matter where. She just wanted to go as far away from Vince as possible. Without even realizing it, she ended up going to the basketball courts where Logan was busy working on his free throws. She slowly approached the courts and sat down close to the one Logan was playing on, trying to hide her tears.
"Hey. Wanna join me?" asked Logan.
"Not really." Lola said weakly.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he approached her. She did her best to hide her tears but he quickly noticed. "Have you been crying?"
"Yeah. It's Vince, I found him sleeping with another girl." she said.
"Sucks for you." he said. Lola looked away. "I was kidding. Look, I'm here because Quinn cheated on me." he continued.
"With Whom?"
"Del Figgallo. God, I hate that fat bastard." Lola laughed. Logan placed a hand on her cheek and wiped a tear off her eyes. "You've been my friend for well over two years now. If you ever need somebody to talk to, know that I'm here for you." he told her.
Lola was touched by how much Logan had changed. So she decided to take a chance and kissed him on the lips. Logan was shocked at first but returned the kiss. They were making out for a minute before they pulled away.
"Oh my god…." They said in unison and continued making out on the basketball courts.
End flashback.
"I never knew Logan could be that sweet." said Zoey. She looked behind Lola and she noticed that a lot of the guests were staring at Lola. Some were even whispering; some whistling.
"Okay, Miss Universe that was a really touching story but would you mind putting some clothes on?" she asked Lola.
"Nope. It's not my fault I have a hot body." said Lola.
Zoey just looked up at the ceiling. "Hey, wanna have dinner with me and Chase tonight?"
"No, I can't." said Lola.
"How Come?"
"Well, Logan and I are gonna *whistles*." Lola told Zoey.
"Did you have to tell me that?" asked Zoey.
"Well, you asked." replied Lola. "Why? Haven't you and Chase… You know?"
"Okay, I don't think now's the time to talk about that." said Zoey while trying to cover up the blush on her cheeks.
"How 'bout we have lunch tomorrow?" suggested Lola.
"Okay, fine. See you tomorrow." said Zoey.
Room 102
Lola opened the door and found Logan lying on the bed in all his….. glory. He looked really furious at her.
"What took you so long?" he asked.
"I was talking to Zoey." she said.
"Fine. Now, get on the bed!" he demanded. Lola smiled and did what he said.
They were having very intense sex. So intense that while they were doing it, they heard knocks on the wall.
"Hey Logan, what are you doing to her?!" It was Chase's voice.
"Would you two quiet down?! There's a couple trying to sleep here!" yelled Zoey.
Lola and Logan didn't care and they continued what they were doing.
2 hours later
Logan finished his business inside Lola. The sex was so intense that Lola managed to fall asleep right after Logan pulled out of her.
Logan tucked Lola under the blanket and made his way to the desk. He grabbed his laptop and opened it. Code Breaker has not emailed him for well over two months now and that was a good thing. He had one unread message and to his surprise, it was from the last person he wanted to hear from, Code Breaker. He opened the message.
X + Y = 3
Now that you've broken the code…..
The countdown begins……
10,
9,
8,
7,
6,
5,
4,
3,
2,
1,
0
Did you miss me?
Save_ You. DMC
A/N: Okay. That's Chapter 3. I'm sure it's pretty obvious who Code Breaker is. But if you know you're wrestling trivia (WWF/E in particular), then you should be able to see how the "random words" connect to Code Breaker. Also, if you are a wrestling fan today, you should know where I got the inspiration for the Code Breaker storyline. I will acknowledge him in the next chapter. Lastly, if anyone wants me to explain how the pieces fit in to help reveal Code Breaker's identity, let me know when you place your review. I could explain it at the beginning of the next chapter which should be up pretty soon.