Hi, chapter...I believe it's 11? 11. Yes. Okay, so I'm thinking this story is going to end up being somewhere around 20 chapters, if you guys were wondering. We've still got a while to go with a (SPOILER ALERT! THOUGHT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS JUDGING MY THE SUMMARY!) college style mental breakdown from our favorite Logie Bear. (: Horray. Enjoy the chapter!
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After school was pretty nerve wracking for Logan. He knew he had to talk to his friends and tell them how sorry he was, that he didn't mean to snap at them this morning, lie to them last night… Basically, he just had to apologize for being a giant jerk. And he knew that. Boy, did he know that!
So he got home as quickly as possible, sporting his new hangover-glasses, as he and Krissy had taken to calling them.
Krissy was a real character, he'd decided. Just spending the lunch-dinner-whatever hour with the girl had given him an entirely new perspective of her. When they'd first met, she'd hardly said two words to him. Now that they'd gotten to know each other a little better, he saw how different she was. Different than when she was around Paul. She didn't even mention said boy when she and Logan ate together, but she'd talked about many other things. Logan wasn't sure if they were dating or what, and he didn't want to overstep any boundaries. Paul was his "bro," as he'd proclaimed the previous night. And what was that saying? Bros before hoes? While Logan personally found the term derogatory (He had a mother, hello!) and would not ever refer to a girl, especially one like Krissy, who he hardly knew, as a "hoe," he knew he should mind Paul and her relationship with him (whatever that may be).
While the two ate their food together, Krissy explained to him what he'd missed in their morning class, and he praised the teacher for not having taken attendance that day. Apparently there was a policy that stated there would be no taking attendance in classes for the first two weeks of the term, so he was grateful in more ways than one.
Other than school talk, Logan and Krissy had a very enjoyable lunch. He found out that she was studying to be an architect, so she was good at art and design and other things like that. Logan knew she had to be really smart, because this was one of the most competitive of majors. Logan was glad for that; it meant he could have a more intelligent conversation with her, without having to 'dumb down' words, so to speak. It wasn't that he thought his friends were dumb—because they absolutely WERE NOT—but they weren't as…committed to studies as he was. He hoped Krissy would be like him in this respect.
By the time Krissy had to head to class, the two had agreed to meet for lunch again the following day as well, and Logan was glad to have a friend.
Which landed Logan where he was now: right outside of apartment 2J. He could hear his friends making some loud noises (obviously playing video games) from outside the door and heard Mama Knight yell to them to settle down and play nice a few times. Katie was undoubtedly there as well. He wondered if Mrs. Knight and Katie knew about the morning-er, afternoon's activities. He wasn't sure if they'd been home or not when he'd left, since he practically flew out the door. He wasn't even sure if they knew he'd stayed out so late the previous night. But there's no time like the present to find out!
Just as he reached for the door handle, he heard Mama Knight ask the boys, "Have any of you seen Logan? He's usually home by now."
Logan froze, wondering just what they would say in response. Instead of popping in and saying, "Here I am, Mama K!" he listened intently for the next words to be spoken on the other side of the door.
"Oh, I think he said something about staying after his last class for a project or something, Mom!" Kendall covered for his best friend. Man, did he sound convincing! Logan wasn't surprised—Kendall was a particularly excellent liar, in good times and in bad.
Logan smiled to himself, hearing his friend cover for him, and then hearing Carlos and James agree with Kendall's statement. They really were the best friends anyone could ever ask for…
He waited another minute or two, listening to the happy chatter of the people he loved most. He was so lucky to have them. Then, he opened the door and smiled at everyone.
"Hi, everybody," the college-goer greeted, heading to the refrigerator for a bottle of water. He went to take a seat at the kitchen bar.
"How was your day, honey?" Mama Knight asked with a brilliant smile his way. Clearly, she didn't know about last night. Logan was grateful.
He smiled in return and replied, "Great—I had lunch with a friend after class and we went over an assignment."
His honorary mother nodded with a constant warm smile. "I'm glad you had a good day—don't work yourself too hard now."
"I won't Mama Knight, don't worry!" With a final smile, he turned to look at the boys. He was about to ask them if he could talk to the three of them a minute, when Katie spoke up from next to him.
"Logan, why are you still wearing your sunglasses?" The girl hadn't even looked up from her handheld videogame, and Logan wondered how she knew what he was wearing. Then he remembered, she's an evil genius.
He smiled crookedly and took off the glasses and responded, "Oops—guess I just forgot they were there!" He gave a nervous laugh and then walked to the couch where his friends sat, playing their game.
Kendall gave a sideways glance and a small smile before furiously returning to the game on screen. "Hey, Logie," he greeted shortly.
"Hey…" he replied, continuing to watch the three-player game.
After a few minutes of watching and listening to them play the game, he quietly (as to avoid Mrs. Knight and Katie hearing him) asked the boys, "Um, can I talk to you guys in the room for a minute? About this morning?"
"Yeah, of course," Kendall replied just as quietly.
Carlos turned to Logan with a big, warm smile, "Yep!"
James ignored him, but Logan knew that was 'James-ese' for "yeah, sure, whatever, dude."
He let them finish their game and the three of them got up and walked to Kendall and Logan's bedroom as Kendall called to his mother, "We'll be in our room, Mom—just let us know if you need us for anything!"
They heard Mrs. Knight give a sweet reply of "Okay, honey!" before closing the door behind them.
Logan got incredibly nervous, standing like a little kid in from of his three best friends, whose arms were crossed as they looked at him expectantly.
"Okay, right, well, um…' Logan mumbled, unsure of how to go about his discussion. It wasn't like he'd ever been in trouble for—at least not with them (because of them, was a different story entirely).
"Look," Kendall started, sensing Logan's nervousness, "we're really sorry for how we reacted this morning, Logie. We shouldn't have been so hard on you, we should've gotten you up for class, and we should've listened to what you had to say."
"We're really sorry, bud—we didn't realize that you might want some space," Carlos continued.
"We shouldn't have gone all 'angry dads' on you. We're sorry. Forgive us?" James concluded their group apology.
Logan was confused. They were sorry? None of this was their fault! How could they think it was their fault?
Oh. Right. He'd told them so this morning.
"No, you guys were right this morning. I'm the one who's sorry, everything's my fault. I'm taking responsibility for my own actions. I shouldn't have gone out last night, and I really shouldn't have lied to your guys. I'm sorry for what I said this morning. You're my best friends, and I love you like brothers. I really appreciate you guys for being such great brothers."
The remaining boys smiled and pulled him into a cheesy group hug.
