So here is the final installment of the Camp Wonky Donkey Series. This takes place 10 years after the epilogue of Summer Nights.

Time After Time

Chapter 1: Return to Camp Wonky Donkey

Logan Knight smiled as he looked out the window of the car as he watched the scenery pass by. It was almost a hundred degrees out and he was heading back to the one place that had changed his life. He was heading back to Camp Wonky Donkey with his husband; Kendall Knight, and their two adopted kids; Luca and Kelsey. Luca had dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Kelsey on the other hand had lighter dirty blonde hair and the same hazel eyes as Luca. Luca and Kelsey were fraternal twins that Kendall and Logan had adopted nine years ago when they had been six.

Camp Wonky Donkey was the place where Logan had met Kendall seventeen years ago. They had been sixteen at the time and Kendall had changed Logan's life. Back then Logan had been antisocial and his school counselor had told his mom sending him to camp might help him open up. It wasn't the camp that opened Logan up from his shell. It had been Kendall who had made him change. Kendall had taken the antisocial nerd and changed him into a normal guy. Logan had also made other friends at the camp, thanks to the blonde. Kendall had introduced him to his group of friends. They were all so different, but they accepted Logan into their group. Both Kendall and Logan still kept in touch with most of the gang.

Logan had spent two years at the camp as a camper. Kendall had gone to the camp from since he was really young. After they were too old to go to camp they returned with a few of their friends to be counselors all through college. After that they moved out to New York so Kendall could work on his music. They had wanted to return to camp, but things hadn't worked out and the two hadn't been back since they moved. After they adopted Luca and Kelsey things got harder and they made New York their home only visiting Minnesota on holidays or for friends birthdays.

Logan glanced in the rearview mirror at his kids. Kelsey and Luca were twins and fifteen years old. They had never been to Camp Wonky Donkey. They had heard stories about the camp though. Kendall and Logan had told them all about the camp and the reason it was so special to them. Kelsey was excited about going to the camp. She loved hearing stories about the camp. She had always dreamed of going to the camp where her dads had met. Luca on the other hand wasn't as enthused as his sister. He had liked hearing the stories when he was younger, but not anymore. They were lame and camp was stupid according to him; However, Luca was the whole reason they were heading to Wonky Donkey.

Luca had become a bit of a troublemaker and his school was threatening to kick him out. He had gotten into so many fights and Kendall and Logan had to step in and convince them not to. The guidance counselor had agreed as long as Luca stopped causing trouble. Kendall and Logan had promised that he would. They would straighten him out over the summer and he wouldn't cause trouble. Kendall and Logan had decided to take Luca and Kelsey away for the summer. They hoped this a summer away from New York would help Luca wake up.

Logan knew there was another reason Kendall had wanted to go to Wonky Donkey. Over the years Kendall had gotten discovered for his singing talent. He had two albums out and was a big success. People loved his music and they wanted more. Between the tours and writing more music Kendall and Logan drifted apart. The bigger Kendall got the more they drifted. Kendall was still writing music and Logan was his inspiration, but lately he couldn't get any inspiration to write. Logan knew it was because they weren't as close as they had been. He knew Kendall was hoping this summer would bring back that closeness they had once shared. Logan would be lying if he said he didn't want that too.

"I don't see why we have to go to this place for three months," Luca grumbled from the back seat.

"It was either this or get kicked out of school again," Logan said looking over his shoulder at his son.

"Besides your school's guidance counselor thinks some time away from New York should do you some good," Kendall said. Logan looked over at the blonde and smiled. This reminded Logan of his first summer going to Wonky Donkey, only he had been in Luca's place not wanting to go to camp.

"I think he's on crack," Luca stated.

"Luca knock it off," Logan said looking over his shoulder at his son. "You used to like hearing stories about-"

"Yeah used to," Luca cut him off. "I'm too old for Camp," he added.

"Wonky Donkey allows campers to attend until their seventeen," Kendall said.

"Lame," Luca said.

"I think it's gonna be fun to get away for a few months," Kelsey said.

"Thank you Kelse," Kendall said smiling.

"Luca you're getting a bit out of control and we just think you need to get away," Logan said trying a different tactic.

"No, what I need is two parents that don't treat me like I'm five years old," Luca snapped.

"Well maybe if you started acting your age we wouldn't treat you like a child," Kendall said his patience wearing thin.

"I do act my age," Luca retorted.

"Luca you got into a fight in school," Logan said.

"The moron had it coming," Luca muttered.

"Luca it's that attitude that got you into this in the first place," Kendall said. Logan bit his tongue. He wanted to tell Kendall that arguing with Luca wasn't helping things either. He knew better though. He didn't want to start a fight.

The four of them fell silent once more. Soon enough the camp sign came into view. Logan looked over at Kendall who glanced at him. They both smiled. Maybe this summer would be just what they needed.

Kendall parked his car in the parking lot. He and Logan told the kids to get their bags and wait outside for them to get things settled in the main cabin. Luca and Kelsey nodded their heads and got out of the car.

"Ready for another summer at Camp Wonky Donkey?" Kendall asked looking over at his husband. Logan nodded his head. They got out of the car and headed into the main cabin. There were three people talking to parents of first year kids. Kendall and Logan hung back until one of the families left. Kendall grinned as he walked up to the counter with Logan right behind him.

"What do I have to do to get my kids enrolled here?" Kendall asked. The brunette who was looking over the paper work before him snapped his head up.

"Kendall? Logan?"

"Hey Dak," Logan said grinning.

"What re you guys doing here?" Dak asked shocked to see them both a small smile spread across his lips as he looked at the two though.

"Jett didn't tell you?" Kendall asked looking over at Dak's husband.

"I've been busy and I thought it would be a nice little surprise," Jett said walking over to them as he finished with the parents he had been talking to.

"Are these the two new counselors you hired then?" Dak asked looking over at his husband.

"Yep," Jett said nodding his head.

"Well I am glad you guys decided to come back finally."

Kendall and Logan looked over to the third counselor in the cabin. It was Kelly Wainwright. She had part ownership the camp. She had originally opened the camp a long time ago with her friend Gustavo Rocque. She almost had to sell the camp when Gustavo had to leave the camp to take care of his mother. Gustavo had been the money behind the place. Dak and Jett came to the rescue and bought Gustavo's share of the camp. Kelly retained ownership as well.

"You're still here?" Kendall teased. Kelly just laughed and shook her head at him.

"I can't leave my baby," Kelly asked.

"Still kicking and screaming right?" Logan asked. Kelly laughed again and nodded her head.

"I thought you'd be too busy touring to come and visit," Dak said to Kendall.

"I'm taking a break," Kendall said waving his hand.

"You're not the only one," Dak said as the cabin door opened. Kendall looked over his shoulder and saw Lucy Stone standing there. She smiled when she saw Kendall and Logan.

Lucy like Kendall had gone on to do bigger and better things after Camp Wonky Donkey. She had become a rock star and had a few albums out as well. She was pretty big in the music world right now as well. Kendall and Lucy still talked, and were on great terms despite what the media said.

"If I knew you'd be here I wouldn't have come," Lucy teased. Kendall laughed at that.

"Not following me are you stone?" Kendall shot back jokingly.

"In your dreams Knight," Lucy laughed.

"Can we agree to be nice to one another this summer?" Logan asked teasingly. Kendall and Lucy looked at Logan then back at one another grinning.

"Love your music by the way," Kendall grinned.

"Yours isn't that bad either," Lucy said.

"It's good to see you again Lucy," Logan said walking over to the rocker. Lucy nodded her head and accepted the hug from Logan. Kendall was right behind him.

"Anyways," Jett said getting Kendall and Logan's attention. The two turned to face Jett again.

"I've got Kelsey sharing a cabin with Sara since Sara knows this place and won't let Kelsey get lost easily," Jett said.

"Smart," Kendall said.

"Besides I am sure Sara would make you switch whoever she was with as soon as she sees Kelsey," Dak said.

"I know and that's why I planned a head," Jett said grinning.

"So what about Luca?" Kendall asked.

"Well that's where it gets complicated, there is only one other camper who knows this place pretty good," Jett said slowly.

"Who?" Kendall asked confused.

"Dustin?" Dak asked looking at Jett. Jett nodded his head.

"If you say his last name is Belt I will punch you, cause this isn't funny," Kendall said glaring at Jett. Even after all this time, he still remembered his first love and it still kind of hurt, not as bad as it used to, but time healed those wounds. Logan placed a hand on Kendall's shoulder to calm him.

"It is, but it's Benji's boy," Jett said slowly, "I knew you'd get upset when I mentioned his name," he added.

"Well excuse me, but I wasn't sure if you were joking or not, I didn't know Benji had a son," Kendall said.

"Yeah, I thought they had a daughter," Logan said thinking back. He had only met Benji once and that had been at Dak and Jett's wedding. Benji's fiancé at the time had been pregnant and they said they were having a girl.

"Nope, they had a boy and Benji named him after Dustin," Jett said. Kendall just nodded his head.

"Oh and just to warn you he does look a bit more like Dustin than Benji," Dak said. Kendall nodded his head. He looked over at Logan almost apologetically.

"Oh that reminds me I've got something for you Kendall," Jett said. He walked down along the counter and pulled something out from underneath. He set it on the counter and Kendall's eyes went wide.

"Oh my god I thought I lost that somewhere when Logan and I moved out to New York," Kendall said looking at the old guitar case.

"Yeah, every time we saw you we either forgot to bring it or couldn't find it," Jett said.

Kendall opened the case and lifted the guitar out and looked at it. Logan was at his side looking at it as well. Kendall had given up looking for it years ago. The guitar was the first guitar Kendall had gotten when he was younger. It had a bunch of initials carved in the back. It was all of their friends initials. The initial signing had started Kendall's second summer at Wonky donkey when most of him and his friends had met. In the right upper corner were the initials JD and CG which stood for James Diamond and Carlos Garcia. James and Carlos had been Kendall's best friends ever since he had first come to Camp when he was young. Down near the end on top were two more sets, DZ and JS right below it. They stood for Dak Zevon and Jett Stetson. Dak had been Kendall's friend before he came to Camp and Jett was crushing on Dak so Kendall became friends with him cause he wouldn't leave. Not that far from those two was another set of initials, LS, for Lucy Stone. Kendall had met Lucy his second summer here and gave him the guitar since she had an extra and Kendall wanted to learn to play. She taught him and eventually just gave him the guitar. On the lower left side was JT, CR, and HF. They stood for Jo Taylor, Camille Roberts, and Heather Fox. They were three friends Kendall made his second summer as well. They were Lucy's friends so they became his as well. In the center of the back were three names. In the dead center was Kendall's full name. Below it was D-Belt. D-Belt stood for Dustin Belt and he was Kendall's first love. Above Kendall's name was Logie, which was Logan's nickname from the blonde. Logan had earned his place on the guitar at the end of his first summer at Camp. He had fallen for the blonde and Kendall had fallen for him. Everyone else agreed that he had to put his name on the guitar. The last initials that were added to the guitar were along the side on the bottom and they were Katie K and PM. Katie was Kendall's little sister and didn't want to do her initials because they resembled Kendall's. PM stood for Presley Mitchell. Presley was Logan's cousin and earned her spot on the guitar Logan's second summer, which was her first. She had become a part of the group.

"You never told me you had it though," Kendall said looking at Dak and Jett.

"Like I said, it slipped our minds and before we knew it you were famous and we hardly got to see you," Jett said.

Kendall just nodded his head as he looked over his guitar. It had been so long since he had seen this guitar. He had thought he lost it. Logan wasn't sure what had happened to it either, though now that he thought about it Dak might've mentioned it to him once.

-Time After Time-

Luca was leaning against the car looking at the cabin where Kendall and Logan had disappeared to. He couldn't believe they had actually brought him here. If any of his friends heard about this, he'd never live it down. He was just glad they had come to Minnesota rather than some place in New York. His friends would never find out about this. He was sure he was far enough away.

"Don't be such a grump," Kelsey said walking up next to him with her bag. Luca looked over at his twin sister. "Who knows you might even like it here," she added shrugging. Luca shook his head. Leave it to Kelsey to be the optimistic one.

"You've got to be kidding me," Luca said.

"Lighten up will you," Kelsey said shaking her head at him.

Luca just scoffed and looked away from her. He couldn't be happy about this like her. She loved the stories that Kendall and Logan had told. She had deluded herself into thinking that she's get a camp fairytale. Luca didn't want to tell her to stop dreaming and upset her had have her tattle on him.

"Luca? Kelsey?"

Luca turned around and saw a girl walking up to him and Kelsey. She had long pitch black hair that was pulled into a low ponytail behind her head. He eyes were a bluish grey color and her skin was lightly tanned. She seemed to be fifteen maybe sixteen. She was wearing a yellow tank top that had the wonky donkey logo in cerulean blue ink on it and khaki shorts and hiking boots.

"Stink-brain?" Luca asked shocked. His jaw threatening to fall as he looked her over.

"Who you calling stink-brain, diaper-baby," the girl said smirking.

"Well if it isn't Sara Stetson," Kelsey said trying not to smile. Sara broke into a grin and Kelsey caved as well. They both ran to one another and hugged. Kelsey had a slight height advantage Sara even though she was younger.

"God, I feel like it's been forever since I seen you two," Sara said letting go of Kelsey. She stepped back to look at Kelsey.

"It's been what two years?" Kelsey asked.

"Would've been one if you hadn't been visiting your dad on tour," Sara said, "oh my god are they here?" she asked quickly.

"They're getting us signed in," Kelsey said pointing tot the main cabin.

"Wow Sare, it's been awhile," Luca said looking Sara up and down. "You've grown up," he added grinning.

"I see you haven't," Sara teased.

"Ouch, hurtful," Luca said feigning hurt. Sara laughed and walked over to Luca and hugged him as well.

"I can't believe you guys are here," Sara said taking a step back and examining the twins.

"Yeah, our dads think this will be fun or something," Luca said making a face. Sara just laughed and shook her head.

"It can be fun," Sara said.

"That's easy for you to say, you've been going to this place since you could walk," Luca said.

"Oh my god Kelse, you have got to be my bunk mate," Sara said grabbing Kelsey's hand. She pulled her into the main cabin where their parents were taking.

"Dad, Pa, do I have a bunk mate yet?" Sara asked not letting go of Kelsey as she ran up to the desk where Dak and Jett were standing behind it.

"Yeah," Jett said looking up at his daughter. He smiled when he saw Kelsey. "I already paired you two together," he said.

"Awesome-sauce," Sara said grinning. She turned to Kelsey. "This is gonna be so much fun, come on I'll show you to our cabin," she said. She grabbed Kelsey's hand and pulled her out of the cabin and past Luca who was still standing by the car talking to Sara's little brother Hunter.

"Hey Hunt," Sara called as she and Kelsey got Kelsey's bag from the trunk. Kelsey stopped Sara to go greet Hunter. Hunter was twelve and looked nothing like his sister. Then again, they were both adopted so that was to be expected. Hunter had light red hair and light brown eyes. His skin was light and his face was adorned with freckles.

"Hey there ginger," Kelsey teased the small boy.

"Ginger pride," Hunter said pumping his fist in the air causing Kelsey to laugh.

"I was just talking to Hunter about how crazy his sister is," Luca said.

"I am not crazy," Sara said.

"He told me you'd say that," Luca said laughing. Sara stuck her tongue out at them. Luca and Hunter just laughed.

-Time After Time-

Carlos Diamond was helping his mother, Sylvia Garcia, haul food into the kitchen. He was only helping her to get away from James. He didn't want to be near the brunette right now. All it would do was cause a fight, especially with the divorce hearing so close.

Carlos sighed and shook his head. He wasn't sure where things had gone wrong with him and James. He had thought they had worked everything out after Lindsey was born. She had even brought them closer together at first.

Lindsey hadn't been planned, but that didn't mean he didn't love her. Carlos and James had gotten into a fight one night and Carlos had stormed out. He had gotten drunk and made a mistake. Nine months later Lindsey was born and the mother said she didn't want her. Carlos was looking like he was about to raise a kid as a single father when James showed up. He took one look at the baby and fell in love with her. They made up and agreed to raise Lindsey and eventually got married.

Things had been so good until recently. James got cranky easily and Carlos didn't like it. James had no longer wanted to be near the Latino. They hadn't touched each other in months, not in an intimate way. Carlos had head slapped James recently, but that was because the brunette was being an idiot. They fought constantly over small things like doing the dishes or leaving wet towels on the floor. It was small things that blew up into full fledged argument over things like money or each other's jobs. Carlos worked as a chef at nice restaurant in Sherwood during the fall, winter, and spring and then at Wonky Donkey over the summers. James worked with his mother at her cosmetics company. James spent summers at Wonky Donkey as well, but his mother didn't like it.

A few weeks ago however, he and James had had it out. Lindsey had been over at a friends house and Carlos wasn't sure what he did, but it started a fight. Soon they were yelling at one another and screaming. Things just got out of hand really fast.

"What are we doing?" James asked suddenly. He looked at Carlos warily. Carlos sighed and hung his head. They had been arguing for almost an hour now and Carlos wasn't really sure what it was about anymore.

"I honestly don't know anymore," Carlos said trying to hide the sadness in his voice. He was hurting over all the fighting that was going on.

"I can't keep fighting like this," James said shaking his head. Carlos' head snapped up. He looked over at James who was looking at him.

"I don't like it either, I feel like I hardly know you anymore," Carlos admitted. He had noticed the change in James over the last few months. They were growing apart and he felt like James was a stranger now.

"I can't do this," James said grabbing his car keys from the dish on the counter. He grabbed his jacket and started for the door.

"So that's it you're walking out?" Carlos hollered as he followed James. "You're not gonna stay and even try to work this out?" he asked.

"I'll be back," James said not answering Carlos' question.

"Don't walk out on me James, stay talk to me, we can work this out," Carlos pleaded. He didn't want James to walk out now. He wanted to sit down and work this out. James just walked out the door. Carlos followed him. "James please."

James just got into his car and he left. Carlos walked back into the house before he collapsed. He leaned against the door and slid down to the floor crying. He knew what this meant. James had given up. He wasn't going to try anymore.

James had left and didn't return for three days after that. Those were the longest three days of Carlos and Lindsey's lives. They were both worried about James. They couldn't get a hold of him anywhere. It only confirmed what Carlos already knew though. James had indeed given up. To help further confirm that James had returned with a stack of papers he had tossed onto the table in front of Carlos. Divorce papers. Carlos looked up at James and saw he was looking away. He had simply said, he couldn't do it anymore. After that he left again leaving the papers with Carlos. Carlos had broken down once more. He had managed to pull himself together before Lindsey came home.

That had been the hardest thing for Carlos to tell his twelve year old daughter. He wasn't sure how to tell her that they were getting a divorce. Luckily for Carlos he had moved the papers before Lindsey got home and Sylvia had shown up for a surprise visit. After Carlos had sent Lindsey to bed and Sylvia was about to leave he showed her the papers and started to cry again. He told her about his argument with James and that he had shown up with the papers. He broke down and Sylvia helped him that night. She told him everything was gonna be alright.

James had showed up the next day and he and Carlos had told Lindsey they were getting a divorce. They told her it wasn't her fault that this was their problem. They had just fallen out of love and things weren't working the way they used to. It didn't change how they felt about her. Lindsey seemed to understand. She had a few classmates who had divorced parents. After that James had moved to the guest bedroom and was looking for an apartment right now.

"Mijo," Sylvia said snapping her fingers in front of his face. Carlos' head jerked back and he looked sheepishly at his mother.

"Sorry, I was distracted," Carlos said bringing the box of vegetables over to a table.

"When aren't you?"

Carlos looked across the kitchen and saw two people he didn't expect to see. Carlos' jaw dropped. He ran over to his friends and hugged them.

"What are you two doing here?" Carlos asked looking at Kendall and Logan with a smile. It was the first real smile he had smiled in weeks. He hadn't seen these two in over a year.

"We thought we'd come see how everyone was doing," Kendall said shrugging.

"How are you?" Logan asked. Carlos had called and told them the news about him and James. He had needed someone to listen to him vent and Logan was still the person for that.

"I'm good," Carlos sighed. He didn't really want to talk about it. Talking about it made it all that more real.

"How is Lindsey taking it?" Logan asked.

"I think she understands, but I'm not sure," Carlos said shaking his head. He wanted to believe that Lindsey understood what was going on, but she was twelve. She might not really understand that it had nothing to do with her. He wasn't sure how she was taking this though. She was like James and seemed to shut off and brush things off when she was upset.

"Ok and this is a serious question but it may sound like a joke," Kendall said.

"What?" Carlos asked confused.

"Are you gonna keep his name or are you gonna go back to Garcia, I just want to know," Kendall said. Carlos laughed and shook his head. Leave it to Kendall to ask that question. "What it's a legit question," Kendall said looking at Logan who was glaring at him.

"I haven't thought about it, but it was a lot of trouble to change my name from Garcia to Diamond. Besides everyone knows me as Diamond now," Carlos said thoughtfully.

"I was just curious, but it's up to you dude," Kendall said.

"Excuse my husband he's a little blonde and you know what that means," Logan said.

"Ok was that a dumb blonde joke," Kendall asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"If you have to ask…" Logan started.

"You are so mean," Kendall said pouting at his husband.

"Really? Kendall the pop star pouting?" Carlos asked. The blonde cracked a smile and shook his head.

"That's what I say," Logan said laughing.

"You guys are gonna be at the bonfire tonight right?" Carlos asked looking at the two. They both nodded their heads.

"Of course," Kendall said as if it were obvious.

"Just wanted to be sure," Carlos said laughing.

"Did you know Lucy's back too?" Kendall asked suddenly.

"Did you two resolve your fight?" Carlos teased.

"Ha, if you believe everything people print than you're not as smart as I thought," Kendall said laughing.

"I don't, but I thought people thought it was funny that you and Lucy were fighting. I mean do people even know she's the reason you got into music?" Carlos asked.

"She's not the reason I got into music, she's the one who taught me how to play guitar," Kendall corrected him. Carlos and Logan just laughed. Kendall laughed as well and shook his head. "No I've tried telling people, but they hear what they want to hear and that it that Lucy and I are fighting," he said.

"Yeah, it's kind of annoying," Logan said shaking his head.

"Still got people outside your house?" Carlos asked.

"Unfortunately," Logan said.

"It bugs the kids and they want to move, but they'll just follow us where ever we go, but we're thinking of getting another house and keeping that as a vacation home, maybe move upstate," Kendall said.

"Why not back to Minnesota?" Carlos asked.

Kendall and Logan opened their mouths to reply but stopped when they realized they had nothing to say.

So there you go, the first chapter to Time After Time. I hope you all liked this. This idea came to me and I couldn't get it out of my head. I tried not to think about it and make Summer Nights the end of the series, but more and more ideas came to me. So this is what happened. I don't know how long this will be, but it's going to be about a lot of characters. I've got most of the originals campers returning or at least being mentioned. Also a new generation of campers. A few were introduced here but more will be introduced in the next few chapters. Also the Jarlos came out of nowhere and even shocked me. I didn't plan them having problems. Anywho yeah that's that.

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