Logan was sitting on the couch in 2J, mindlessly zapping through the channels but not really seeing anything that would take his mind of his problems. All the other inhabitants of the apartment were sleeping, had been in their beds for a long time, but Logan just couldn't sleep. His mind wouldn't let him. The same thoughts would come on over and over again, would make him feel giddy and then sad. He was in love, absolutely hopelessly in love with someone who would never think about him like that, much less date him.
This thought was slightly encouraging but Logan wasn't about to become depressed just yet. The main reason he was still up at this late hour was because he was mentally debating in which way he would persuade and seduce his love interest. He needed a foolproof plan. Normally, the plans and schemes were more Kendall's kind of thing; but right now Logan didn't feel confident enough to talk with him about his problems. And he could easily think up plans when he had enough time to think it through to the end and find possible flaws.
However, the smart boy had been sitting in front of the TV for hours and still no practical plan had appeared in his mind. This was getting slightly frustrating. "You're still up?" Logan was jumping up, all hairs on his body standing up. "DUDE! Don't do that, you scared the shit out of me, James." Logan took a deep breath, shot a dark look at his best friend and let himself fall back on his spot on the couch. James settled himself right next to him. "So, what are you still doing up? It doesn't look like you are actually watching anything interesting." Logan watched the commercial for cleaning supplies for a second and then nodded his agreement. "Yeah, nothing's on at this hour. I just couldn't sleep. Why are you up?"
James yawned and then told his smaller friend. "I was just getting something to drink when I saw you. I'm not really up. Any reason why you can't sleep?" Logan nodded again. He was contemplating if he should tell James but then decided it couldn't hurt. "Yeah, I .. ahem … have a problem that I can't forget about. My mind tries to come up with a solution but it's failing…" "What's your problem? Maybe I can help you." James was really intrigued right now. Logan always had a solution, for everything.
"Ok, well, ahem … I kinda like someone. I would like to ask them out. But right now I'm sure that they wouldn't even think about that, about me. I wanted to find a plan on how to make them like me and then I could eventually ask them out. But I just can't figure out how to even make them like me, see me in that light, not just as a friend."
This confession does not seem so bad for James, he doesn't understand why Logan was so reluctant with telling him. This is easy, something he can understand quite well, relationship related problems are his specialty. That's also what he tells his best friend. "I can help you with that. There are some easy ways to persuade someone, flirt with someone. Why didn't you come to me in the first place? I'm the love doctor, don't you know that?" "Ok, love doctor, then help me. What do I have to do?" "First of all you need sleep. You'll look all tired tomorrow and have bags under your eyes, which is not attractive. And tomorrow we can make a plan on how to flirt, show her attention and make her jealous. I'll teach you everything. Agreed?" "Okay. Thanks, James."