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it yet, but Logan Ludwick sealed her fate when she ventured into my world.



Chapter Five
    Logan
    I’m sitting in the back of the auditorium listening to Professor Ostrom go on about how blending into your surroundings can give you an advantage as a stalker, er, investigative journalist, that is. ‘Anything to get the story’ is his motto. In this day and age of paparazzi and investigative reporting, anything goes and then some. So why did I get into this again? Oh yeah, excitement. Like so many people, I’m a contradiction in terms. I like stability but my innate curiosity pushes me to know details. I’ve always been intrigued with the ins and outs of other people’s lives. Theirs are so much more exciting than my own. But I have a feeling that may be about to change…
    “Can I sit here?” Gilbert asks me in a stage whisper, pushing his glasses up on his nose. We’ve got to get you a makeover, dude.
    “Of course,” I say as I make room. Gilbert is my best friend. We met on the first day of college and took each other under our respective wings and that’s how it’s been ever since. I’ve always rooted for the underdog and I think Gilbert really needs a cheerleader in his life. Frankly, I think he needs a real cheerleader in his life and in his bed, but he won’t hear of stepping out of his comfort zone to ask a girl out. People usually assume he’s gay, but he’s not. Like so many geniuses, my friend is just painfully shy. They say still waters run deep? Gilbert’s got himself a tsunami brewing underneath all that conservative geekiness; he just needs the right girl to bring it out into the open. And I know from our many heart-to-hearts that it will take someone special to get him to finally open up and, well, get off. He may look conservative and, yeah, he’s a virgin, but Gilbert’s got his compass (and his dick) pointed in a seriously unconventional direction. I guess that’s why God invented fetishes -- Gilbert just hasn’t figured out what his is yet.
    Gilbert’s a great guy, he accepts me and is loyal to a fault, and that goes a long way with me. He’s also never hit on me, which is another big point in his favor. We’ve never had any sexual chemistry and we’ve known it from the start so we would never complicate the good thing we’ve got going by experimenting. What there is , though, is an unwavering acceptance that doesn’t come along very often.
    Many people don’t realize how the emotional scars from high school can live on long after we graduate. I was a loner in high school, much too busy dealing with my parents’ shit to care much about what others thought of me, so I’ve got a pretty thick skin. Not Gilbert, though. He takes things to heart so easily. That’s why he maintains a low profile and lets his geek flag fly, preferring to be ignored than to risk being rejected or worse. I think of myself as Gilbert’s buffer who keeps the cruel world at bay. Like I said, he’s loyal. When your own parents shit all over you on a regular basis, that kind of devotion, even from “just a friend” puts things in perspective. He’s taught me – like no one else ever could -- how important family and loyalty are. In a strange way, it’s already given me some insight into the Glazov family, where – rumor has it -- loyalty is a matter of life and death.
    “How did last night go?” His eyes light up with excitement as he bounces up and down in his seat.
    “I won’t be going back, that place is too intense for me.”
    “Oh, nooooo,” he wails with disappointment. He was so hoping for some serious scoop. “Come on,” he hisses dramatically, “you’ve got to get past that whole stability thing you have going on. You’re going to give up that quick?! What the hell, Logan? This is the perfect topic for your article. This is what being a journalist is all about, except this will be like that show my parents used to watch, ‘Dynasty,’ with all those big, funky shoulder pads and