He was back in New York. After twelve months of being away from the city, Logan was finally home. He had left Manhattan in late August of the past year after being enrolled in a private boarding school in Connecticut. All of his holiday breaks were spent on family vacations in the tropics, or at his grandparent's home in Florida, and for the summer, his parents forced him to attend a service trip in Costa Rica. He really hadn't seen any of his friends since he left and hadn't told anyone that he was returning, so with all of his social connections, there were a lot of people that he was excited to reunite with. Of course, there was only one person who had occupied more thoughts this past year than he wanted to admit. Alexandra Billington. She was his first real crush and probably would have been his high school sweetheart, had he not been forced to relocate for the past year. That, and if he hadn't cheated on her, but she didn't know about that, and Logan was determined to keep that from ever being exposed.
Logan was against cheating, but he thought that being unfaithful with Lexi was a lot different than just having a lot of side girls. It wasn't his fault that they thought that he was really going to call them the next day. His relationship with Lexi was nothing like that, though. They were dating and he was proud to call her his girlfriend, but back then, he was stupid and reckless. He couldn't just be happy with having the best and had to go and do something that would create an unforgettable pit of guilt in his stomach. Now that he was back, he wasn't going to mess things up with her again. He had barely texted her while he was away and even if she had interpreted that negatively, he hoped that being away for so long would allow him to have a fresh start. She would see how he was going to try to start getting his shit together, and maybe the stars would align for them again. He knew that his parents would be the last to complain if he got back with Lexi and even now as they had their first dinner together as a family again, they didn't waste time in bringing her up.
"So, have you spoken to any friends yet? Alexandra? Clifford? I'm sure they're excited to have you back," his mother said as she looked up from her plate to smile at him gently. The woman had thinned considerably since this time last year, and even though the doctors insisted that she was just losing her appetite due to the cancer-treatment drugs she was on, it worried him.
He paused, twirling his fork around the strands of steaming spaghetti before meeting her gaze to answer. "Uh, yeah, yeah. I might head out tonight to see some of them." Truthfully, none of them knew that he was home. He wasn't really trying to hide it, especially since he would see all of the guys at school tomorrow, but he wasn't sure what to say. It would be easy for him to jump back into his old lifestyle but he was trying not to be that guy anymore. One night at home wouldn't kill him, and in fact, would probably do him good.
"Don't think that now that you're home, you can start screwing around again, Logan. Things need to be different this year, especially if you want to get into Harvard." His father was being serious but Logan knew that he was right. Even if he had heard it a hundred times since being home, it was true. He needed to get his act together, but not to get into Harvard. He doubted that any amount of donations that his father could give would get a student with such a poor record into a school like that. However, he wasn't going to argue about it now, and especially not with his fragile mother sitting at the other end of the table.
"No, I know. I'll probably just stop by Cliff's for a little to say hi and maybe grab some ice cream or something. Nothing crazy."
His father nodded in approval and the rest of the meal was pleasant. Once finished, he retreated to the spacious bedroom he had missed for months. He took a quick shower and began to get dressed in casual attire, when he heard his phone receive a text. He had made a considerable amount of friends at his boarding school and some on the service trip he had just returned from, so he expected it to be one of them. Needless to say, it definitely piqued his interested when Annelise Walton's name appeared and she had texted him to invite him to her party.
A smirk appeared on his face. She lived up to her reputation of being a bitch, but it had always turned Logan on. He took it as her playing hard to get, even if she had made it clear that it wasn't playing. She really had no intentions of getting with him, and Logan wasn't sure if he would even be able to go through with it, if he had the chance, due to her close relationship with Lexi.
To: Annelise Walton
Damn, I knew you wanted me, but no need to make it this obvious that you're stalking me A. I'll see if I can make room for you since I wouldn't want to miss my own welcome home party.
Damn, I knew you wanted me, but no need to make it this obvious that you're stalking me A. I'll see if I can make room for you since I wouldn't want to miss my own welcome home party.
After changing into an outfit more fit for the evening, he was on his way. He reassured his parents that he was going to visit Cliff but when he hailed a cab, he directed the driver to take him to Elmo. Who could reject the invitation to a Walton party?
