Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
James glanced sharply at the clock on the wall, mocking him.
Tick. Tock.
He shouldn`t be here.
Tick…
Asylums were for crazy people, damaged people.
James Diamond was NOT crazy.
Tock.
SLAM!
Logan Mitchell widened his eyes and sprinted at James`s room.
"He did not, he did not…" Logan kept repeating in his head, like a mantra.
The door opened.
Oh but he did…
"James…" the smart boy sighed.
The clock was broken.
"It was mocking me, Logan" James said in a deathly calm voice, glaring.
"Everything and everyone seems to be mocking you lately, don`t you think James?" Logan crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows, staring at the brunette expectantly.
"Leave"
Logan`s face showed confusion.
"What? James, I just-"
"LEAVE!"
Logan looked taken back, James had never, NEVER had an outburst like that with him.
"Why?" the genius whispered quietly.
James turned his head to look at Logan; his once so bright and full of life eyes were now dull and empty.
"Because you think I`m crazy, just like everyone else. I don`t want you here, I don`t want you looking at me like I`m a freak"
James started to cry.
"James, I don`t think you`re crazy, buddy. I just-"
"LEAVE!" Logan was once again interrupted and yelled at.
"…Please just leave" James whispered.
As Logan was about to leave he looked at his broken friend one last time, sighing, his heart clenched at the sight of James muttering to himself while fiddling with his hands, a habit he would`ve grown accustomed by now.
Logan left without a single word, shutting the door gently behind him.
Kendall Knight was growing impatient.
Logan said he would just take at least 10 minutes to find out what James did, it had been more than 10 minutes, 30 to be exact.
Not like Kendall counted or anything.
Staring at the floor he heard the sound of footsteps approaching, he looked up and his eyes met Logan`s, tired and sad, just like they always were after seeing James.
"What happened? What did he do now?" Kendall meant for his words to come out gentle and soft, instead they came out harsh and laced with pure frustration. Logan couldn`t really blame him.
Logan stayed silent for a minute, or two.
He sighed.
"He broke the clock, he said it was-"
"Mocking him?" The blonde asked with such venom in his words.
Logan almost looked scared at his friend`s tone.
"Yeah…"
"Well I`m glad it was just the clock this time"
"Kendall...again with this? Seriously? We`ve talked about it already, what happened with Carlos was an accident! Carlos forgave him, I forgave him. Why can`t you do the same?"
Kendall exploded.
"Why? Why!? Logan, he hit Carlos with a freaking baseball bat!" The blonde yelled in rage, he was livid, he was angry at James.
"Yes, and we`re lucky it only came to a light concussion, but Kendall you know it`s not James`s fault"
Kendall scoffed. "Really?" He asked with sarcasm.
"Kendall it`s not James`s fault he has hallucinations, it`s not his fault he hears voices and it`s surely not his freaking fault he has schizophrenia!"
Kendall took a step back, eyes wide in surprise, Logan never cursed unless someone really, really pissed him off.
The blonde hung his head in shame. He knew it wasn`t James`s fault, he knew. He was just pissed, stressed. Why did this have to happen to his best friend? James never did anything wrong, never did anything to deserve this. God knows how much the hallucinations scared him sometimes.
"I know Logan…I`m just mad, not at him, but this. Everything. Why, Logan?" Kendall hoped Logan would give him some answers, he always knew the answer to everything, and so Kendall waited for a response.
But Logan kept his mouth shut, he was supposed to be the genius, to have the answers for everything, to solve every problem at any time, so how come he couldn`t solve this.
It couldn`t be fixed.
For once in his life, Logan Mitchell didn`t have the answer.