A/N: Hey. No ownership, except for idea, Sally, and Amy
You Raise Me Up Logan/OC James/OC Four-Shot
You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
"I'm so glad Gustavo gave you guys the day off!" I said with a smile as we pulled off the interstate and onto a small road that most people I knew had never even noticed. I was driving, Logan and James squished into the passenger seat of my tiny, baby blue beetle bug. Kendall and Carlos had their knees pressed into the backs of the front seats.
Carlos laughed above the radio, "Me too, Ames! I'm glad he's getting a break too. We all know he needs one." All of the boys nodded, causing James and Logan to bang heads.
"So," Logan asked, looking around James at me while rubbing his temple, "where are we headed, Amy?"
I laughed lightly, "We're almost there. You'll see in about two minutes." In exactly a minute and a half we were climbing out of the car at a national park. Kendall stretched and rubbed his shoulders. "Welcome, Big Time city boys to the great outdoors!" I said, gesturing widely to the woods where two trails were marked.
James shrieked, "How could you?! You know I don't do the 'woods'." He shuddered and pulled his hair gel from the left cargo pocket of his khaki pants and his lucky comb from the other. He ran his comb through the gel and brushed his hair with it, the parts untouched by the gel, frizzing in the moist heat. The other boys and I laughed at James.
"If you don't want to be out here," I said clicking the unlock button on my car remote, "then just go get back in the car." James rushed back to the car and sat in the passenger seat, pulling back my moon-roof so that his head went out the roof.
Kendall shook his head in disbelief, "How do you fit in that car?"
I laughed again, "I'm only 5'1". And I hardly ever have passengers that are over 5'6". I'm not used to having four big guys riding in my bug."
"Next time we're taking my car," Logan said with a shake of his head and a roll of his eyes. I laughed, I love to ride in Logan's convertible, but he would never let me drive it if I wanted to surprise them; that's why we were all crammed into my vw.
Carlos tapped my shoulder, "Which trail are we taking?"
I smiled widely, "I've taken both of them and they meet at this great waterfall and cliff. It is beautiful in fall and spring, but the water is even prettier in the summer."
"Well," Kendall said, "I'll take Carlos and we'll take the left trail. You and Logan race us to the waterfall."
"Okay," I said with a shrug. I turned to face my car and yelled, "Coming James?"
"NO!" he screamed out my moon-roof. The four of us going on the trails laughed as he looked into the rear-view mirror and combed his hair down again. Logan and I set off down the path dotted with wildflowers as Carlos and Kendall set off on the other one. As soon as we were out of earshot of the others, Logan tapped my arm. I raised an eyebrow.
"The don't realize that they have no idea where they're going," he said, holding back a chuckle. I cracked a grin and shook my head.
"Not to mention that this trail is quicker. It's a whole lot steeper, but it is way faster. But, just a warning, we may be nearly on our hands and knees to keep from falling," I said with a slight grimace.
Logan smiled, "No problem. I went rock climbing all the time before we moved to California." He and I made casual conversation and did a lot of making fun of James before we came to the first steep drop. "I'm going to jump on down and then I'll help you down, if you need it."
"I really don't, but then again, I did sprain my ankle the last time I jumped off of here," I said with a half-sad smirk. Logan's Adam's apple bounced as he gulped. "You'll be fine. You can probably sit on the rock and nearly touch the ground." He did as I had said and his feet were about six inches about the ground. He slid off and turned around, holding out his hand to help me down. I sat on the edge of the rock like he had and held onto his hand as I slid off of it. When my feet hit, my ankle turned. They always say that once something's been broken, it is far easier to break it again; I assume the same is true of sprains. Because of my ankle's turning, I lost my balance, and I fell into Logan's arms.
He looked down at me and sighed, "You should have been more careful, Amy. Now what am I going to do with you?" He smiled mischievously.
"What are you thinking?" I said suspiciously, "I don't trust that grin." He bent down and picked me up."Yiee! Logan Mitchell, put me down!" I shrieked as he carried me bridal style.
"You can't walk, and we are not letting them beat us to the top," Logan said in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. I laughed.
Putting my arm around his neck to brace myself, I said, "There is no way you can carry me all the way to the top of the waterfall."
Logan looked surprised, "The top?" I nodded. "Well, we'll see how far I can carry you. You're pretty petite, I'm not worried."
He should have been worried. After four more drop offs and several parts of the trail that he practically had to drag me up, we finally reached the top. Logan was sweating like crazy as he sat me down on a rock a couple of yards from the edge of the waterfall. "Looks like our friends haven't gotten here yet. I had to lug you more than half the way here, I wonder what's taking them so long," Logan said as he sat down next to me and bent over to splash himself with the cold water. I shrugged just as the two of them came out of a group of trees near the river that was fed by the waterfall. Logan stood me up, leaving one arm around my waist so that I could keep my balance.
"Hey, losers!" I yelled down at Carlos and Kendall. They snapped their heads up to look at us. I waved at them and, in doing so, lost my balance despite Logan's arm around my waist. I swiveled on my good ankle to keep from falling off of our rock and landed, once again, in Logan's arms.
He laughed and propped me up again so that I could stand, "You really are dead weight."
I smiled deviously, "But you love me." I pecked his cheek, and Carlos wolf-whistled. Logan blushed.
Kendall smirked. "I see the next big romance blooming," he whispered to Carlos. Carlos laughed.
"Hey!" I called down to them, "You want to mess with James?"
Kendall and Carlos yelled simultaneously, "ALWAYS!"
"Here's what we'll do..."
"James!" Logan called from the edge of the woods, carrying me gently, as if I had been hurt far more than I really had. James jumped from my car and bent down to see if I was okay. At that moment, Carlos and Kendall jumped from the woods and scared the living daylights out of James. He scolded us all the way back to the Palm Woods. Logan drove my bug. I told James to sit in the back.
Carlos smiled, "That was fun."
Under his breath I heard Logan whisper, "It sure was." At that moment Kendall got a text from Gustavo.
It read: GET BACK TO THE STUDIO NOW, DOGS! I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE WHOLE DAY OFF! (sorry guys, this is Kelly, but Gustavo really does need you back. I hope you had a good partial day off.)
I shrugged, "It was fun while it lasted at least."
