The party in question was being held by a relative of one of Logan’s other friends from out of school, Connor, whose said cousin, Aaron, had invited Connor and some of his friends to attend. Walking through the crowd of people, Logan could see Connor who had noticed him a few seconds ago, and was now walking up to greet him. 

Logan had known Connor for a few years now, and although Logan would rather not admit it, he was the type of ‘friend’ who would cause trouble for those around him by simply just being there. Logan had almost been caught multiple times stealing from shops as an influence of Connor. But because of him, Logan argued multiple times against the signs of his ‘bad influence’, since Logan had given up on his future a long time ago. What did it matter if he ended up arrested before his 18th birthday for stealing a bit of cash and dealing once in a while? He couldn’t find the motivation to care anymore.

Connor broke Logan’s train of thought by shouting over the music which was blasting so loud that Logan thought he felt real blood pouring from his ears.

“Look who fucking made it!”

Logan laughed, “I wasn’t gonna turn up for a bit there, but I convinced myself otherwise.” 

Just then, Logan watched as someone else appeared beside Connor. He was slightly taller than Connor, and could see eye to eye with Logan who was pretty tall for his age, but it was the look in his eyes that caught Logan’s attention. The guy had a look of contempt particularly towards Logan. Logan was sure that if he had been smaller than the guy, then he would’ve been looking down on him as if he was a servant at his master’s feet.  

Then Connor had a spark of energy in his already excited face, before saying, “Hey Logan! Remember this guy? His name’s Jonas? He said he came here just for you! Ha! You got a boyfriend or something?”

Logan’s puzzlement only lasted a few moments before he had a moment of realisation. He thought back to his time in the car with Hanna, who he had broke up with 4 months prior. Well, broke up with was a stretch, they were really in a fling according to Logan, and he made that very clear; all they did was hook up now and then and she decided to insert herself into his friend group. Although she somehow thought they had real chemistry when together and was certain that he’d come crawling back to her, Logan ended it after about 3 months. But not before Hanna threatened to go back to her old boyfriend called Jonas, obviously Logan couldn’t care less and been said she was welcome to, he even thought she was making up a fake ex to get Logan to stay with her.

Now that this mystery guy came out of nowhere and was glaring at Logan like he was some low-life piece of dirt he wanted to kick into the ground and the pieces were adding up. 

Logan turned back to Jonas and the realisation must’ve been evident on his face since he scoffed and shouted above the music, “So now you recognise me huh? Well I’ll make sure you remember my face when I bash your face in for sleeping with my girlfriend!” 

A few people were looking at them now as Jonas took two steps towards him before Logan said, “I’m honoured you came to this party just for me, but really your girlfriend was the one desperately chasing after me!”

Logan smirked as he watched Jonas’s face twist into one of fury, “She’s here tonight y’know?”

“Oh you’re still seeing her?”

“No, but she’s still chasing after me, in fact I’ll be glad if you take her back!”

Logan thought maybe it was his nonchalance about the whole thing that angered the guy, but the next second he saw his fist flying towards the left side of his face.

Logan made a noise of surprise whilst dodging out of the way, landing Jonas straight into the cupboard behind him. 

Suddenly there was a large crowd around them gasping and laughing with shock as they took in the scene before them.

“Hey Logan! The guy’s pissed, you better run!” Connor was nearly dying of laughter as he shouted to him. 

What a friend! Logan thought, as he stumbled out of the room hearing Jonas shouting in both pain and fury after Logan. “Come here you piece of shit! Don’t fucking run from me!” 

Now Logan on the other hand was a shameless guy, but he also wasn’t dumb unless it was in the classroom. He saw the group of guys that were backing Logan up from the corner of his eye and knew he couldn’t out-fight all of them whilst slightly tipsy, despite the fact that he was the best boxer at his club. Plus, he didn’t feel like getting beat up tonight, so he made the only logical decision. He ran.

Logan used the opportunity to stumble through the endless halls of the mansion-sized house, passing and bumping into countless partiers on the way, muttered vague sorry’s and excuse me’s. 

Logan found his way to the ballroom, yes, the owner had a freaking ballroom, that’s how rich the guy was. It was packed with at least 50 or 60 people so it wasn’t gonna be easy to find him in there. As Logan found his way through the crowd who were jumping, shouting and grinding against one another, Logan could hear the faint shouts of Jonas.

He needs to blend into the crowd, so he grabbed the nearest dancer to him. She was wearing a tight red dress which came down to her mid-thigh, with thin straps. She was about half a head shorter than Logan, the top of her head coming to his nose, and she had short brown hair which looked red and green in the flashing lights. 

He heard Jonas’s shouting growing nearer, as he muttered, “shit” beneath his breath.

Leaning down to whisper in the girl’s ear, he said, “Sorry about this, love but I’m gonna kiss you.”

So he did.

It was as if he could distinguish Jonas’s footsteps from everyone else’s, but he could feel him retreating from his figure as he kissed the girl next to him in the middle of the ballroom. As he opened his eyes to see Jonas gone, Logan realised the girl had gone tense under him. Sensing he had probably freaked her out, he looked at her to apologise sincerely.

“Hey I’m really sorry about that, those guys-“

Logan took in the persons face, which was in disbelief. The person that he had just kissed as a distraction. 

In a shocked, almost-shout, Logan exclaimed, “Theo?!”

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Thanks for reading! Sorry for the late update, I'll post a second update soon as well!