Logan Brown (#10InfiniteWeeks)

What can I say about Logan Brown?
First of all, if you haven't read Ninety Degrees, you probably have no clue who Logan Brown is. Am I right? Well, Logan is Silas McFuller's male best friend - the female counterpart being Charleigh McAfee. If you've read Three Sixty, then you know that Silas is very important, but you might not understand that much about Logan's purpose. For me, Logan was the center point of Silas' decision to come out. If he had his best friend's approval, that would clear the way for the rest of the world to know.

The story behind Ninety Degrees revolves around Silas' senior year in high school. He attends Chattanooga Preparatory School, along with Logan and Charleigh. At this time, the characters we know from Small Circles are in their sophomore year at Foster & Allan. As the reader, you know that CPA and FAA are rival schools. They cross paths when it comes to sports, but despite only being a few miles apart, the two schools don't correlate that often. The students are really the ones that connect the dots, thus creating a bigger story world than what I had originally planned for in Small Circles.

When I got the idea to write Ninety Degrees, I knew that Silas' coming out story was going to be much different than Larson's. Unlike Larson, Silas has yet to confide in his family and friends about his sexuality. Logan, specifically, has no clue that his best friend is gay. It's a fear of Silas' that Logan will take the news the wrong way. He might look at Silas differently or feel he has to act a certain way because of his sexual preference. Neither or these things are true, but in the beginning the reader isn't quite sure.

The bottom line is this: Logan is "guy".
To him, wearing pink means you're a pussy, and you only have balls if you spit and fuck girls. The latter stereotype is something else we aren't sure about Logan. Everyone around him seems to think he's a player because of his tendency to hook up with various amounts of girls in a short period of time. What they don't know is that he's never taken it further than second base. At least, not with more than two girls. The first was a random decision, and didn't mean anything. But the second... that one meant slightly more.

What the reader definitely can understand about Logan is that he's afraid of commitment. Attachment scares him because he doesn't consider anything in his life to be permanent. His parents argue 70% of the time they're together, and when alcohol is brought into the mix it's basically World War III. Like another character we are familiar with from Small Circles (Paxton), Logan chooses to spend most of his time with his friends. They are his family for all intents and purposes, and that's served him just fine. Other than being a middle-man for drug deals between the two schools, Logan doesn't have that much in his life that he can't handle. We find out that the same person Paxton bought his pills from (Josh) is working with a guy named Dakota. The two are sort of the heads in each school, and Logan is the one responsible for transporting the product. Everything is under control. He gets offers to run bigger deals, but when some pain killers go missing, everyone starts pointing their finger at the new kid. Tucker is on Logan's radar because of his relationship with Charleigh. This is where things gets complicated.

We know at the beginning of the story that Logan and Charleigh have been hooking up for a while. They mess around whenever they feel like it, but it's never progressed to anything serious. One night at a party, Charleigh is too drunk to drive home, so Logan takes her. They end up having sex in her bedroom and Logan is unaware that this is Charleigh's first time. This creates something between the two that can't be clearly defined. Their relationships becomes more than just "friends with benefits". In the end, the two have to decide whether or not being together is worth it.

Can they go back to being just friends?
Will Logan be able to take on the boyfriend role?
Or will they never be the same?

We don't really get to see inside Logan's head in Ninety Degrees, because the story alternates between Silas and Charleigh. I'm really happy to dedicate a week Logan! This way I can really explore what he was dealing with, and hopefully share his side of things for you all to understand!



-Megan.