Chapter 2 Big time 101
"This is ridiculous," James said frowning as he gestured to the pool. It was the afternoon and all the guys could think about was how much good some relaxing would do after their day of harmonies and dancing.
"What is it now?" Kendall asked half listening as he rubbed his sore back. Carlos' flying kick-a-pow was indeed on par with a ninjas which he had moodily agreed to after their argument that morning where he had tried to say otherwise.
"What is that Logan guy doing with OUR girls?"
"Yeah he looks like he already owns the place," Carlos mumbled frowning as he noticed all the attention he was getting, especially with the Jennifer's.
"The Jennifer's are hardly OURS they at best acknowledge us..." Kendall tried to interject, couldn't they just sit down? His back was killing him!
"Carlos dated one!" James objected referring to the prom escapade. He glared towards the new guy's direction as they walked towards some pool chairs.
"Welll not just one..." Carlos said his frown leaving his face as curly haired Jennifer waved at him from beside the new guy who was flexing his muscles. She merely looked on disinterestedly before she caught Carlos' eye.
"What?!" James objected steering him in his direction, "I didn't want to jinx It." he muttered before tilting his head in a half nod towards her.
It was kind of under wraps but she apparently thought enough of it to publicly wave to him. Probably in reassurance.
Kendall nodded understandingly before flopping onto a pool chair. James followed in suite dramatically as he flailed about muttering about everyone being in a relationship.
Kendall moved to speak to claim he was single since he and Jo broke things off a couple months ago when she moved but James cut over him in a huff.
"I MEAN, you dated Jo for like ages and Logan's got that weird on again off again thing with Camille! And now Carlos has a Jennifer, it's ridiculous. The WORLD is ridiculous!"
"So Logan was the one who dated her, like past tense?"
The three boys jumped a foot in the air at the sound of a voice, turning to see none other than said new guy.
He stood casually smirking at the turn of their conversation he had been listening too. "For hockey players you sure are jumpy," He stated his cocky smile never leaving his face.
The three boys frowned angrily in thought. Was he this much of a cocky jerk when they met him yesterday? They usually made those assumptions on their own without any evidence or proof.
They couldn't exactly beat him up at the pool in front of everyone...
And Kendall had a feeling that was the only reason he had approached them without the shield of Camille.
"For your information, Logan and Camille are always dating! Sort of, well not right now I guess-"
James and Kendall wacked Carlos over the head into silence.
Kendall narrowed his eyes at the smirking Logan, "We heard you guys dated. That's pretty PAST tense too... Even longer than our Logan-... is that how I should say it? Or should we go by loges' old name? No wait he hates it when we call him that. James?" Kendall asked James who shrugged before looking at Logan himself.
"Got a last name?" He asked moving his sunnys down his face further his eyes narrowed.
"Reece." he stated rolling his eyes before narrowing them himself, "And you can say what you want but we have history, and I'm not going anywhere... Well I am going back over there, some girl wants me to put on her lotion." he winked at them as he made his way back over to the other side of the pool.
"I hate that guy."
"Totally."
"He is SO NOT dating Camille again!"
"I feel like that should be my decision."
"Ahhh" they cried in unison.
"Would people STOP sneaking up on us?" Kendall complained as he clutched at his shirt near his heart and Camille merely rolled her eyes.
"I know you guys show you care through this weird protective macho thing but you can't control my dating life." She said sighing.
Camille stared at her new watch with mixed emotions. It was really nice, expensive too. Logan had insisted she have it after he told her he accidentally fried her old one in a coke last night.
Camille had refused at first because of how sparkly it was. Even after he had lied and told her that the diamonds were fake.
Which she didn't believe for a second.
She also loved her old watch and tried not to look to crestfallen when he told her he had destroyed it, he did look really apologetic...
Besides Camille wasn't sure what the watch meant... Probably nothing, Logan was always throwing money around when they were at PCA. It only felt weird because she hasn't seen him in forever right?
Gahhhhh
The stupid hockey heads in front of her were making her even more confused about her relationship with both Logan's with all their comments and questions yesterday.
They were JUST friends... Weren't they?
But then on the other hand there was Logan's weird bursts of jealousy since she became friends with Kendall and had started figure skating... Their friendship had kind of taken a backseat since then for a while, which was a shame since she didn't have a lot of close friends since Jo moved.
She had decided she would just focus on her acting for now... That was probably the least complicated thing right now. It was always easier to pretend she was someone else... But now it felt like her two worlds were seeping together and she knew nothing good could come of that.
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Logan paced in the lobby relaying his thoughts over and over.
He watched Camille who appeared to be practicing for her call back tomorrow. She stopped muttering to herself to frown at the paper, Logan always loved the cute crease above her nose when she was concentrating.
Who was he kidding he loved almost everything about Camille. Her crazy moments, her crazy calm moments, when she was annoyed at him, and that had only been a more recent factor when they had broken up.
He really should stop flopping between his feelings. He couldn't just expect her to wait for him, it was unfair.
Had he left it to long now?
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Camille was losing it. She was searching like a crazy person in the bushes for her lucky hair clip. She'd dropped it and refused to do her call back without it, she needed it.
She searched frantically for a few more minutes before slumping behind the bush and against the small foot of limestone that the bushes resided on frowning.
She remembered all of the spying she'd done from here, on Logan. On random people when she got that spy role... How many times had she caught the BTR boys in this position and with their ridiculous tree hats no less.
Camille knew it was genius... But she was bitter.
Camille just leant against the wall and closed her eyes trying to breathe calmly. It would be fine. Everything would be fine...Camille breathed deeply and was startled when she felt something soft come in contact with her lips, her eyes flew open.
She was staring at Logan.
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"What are you doing?" she hissed trying to scramble away from him until she realized her back was against the wall and she felt her hair starting to immerse itself in the foliage of the bush.
"Sorry," he breathed his face still close to hers and he looked almost embarrassed for a moment before his cocky nature reared its head again.
"I was feeling nostalgic."
Her eyebrows rose into her hairline before she knew what words she should string together. That was meant to be some kind of excuse? She was about to tell him to move away from her to yell at him for kissing her but he was already sitting beside her.
He had always been good at that.
Knowing when to do things, what she needed. Their relationship had never really been based on words.
Good there was distance between them.
But not a lot.
"You can't just do that." she stated turning to him in accusation. It all felt so weird. Like it was wrong but it still felt familiar.
"I know, I'm sorry."
We'll that was an unexpected response. He spoke softly and Camille turned to see his lips actually form the words.
"You just looked-well kind of sad." Logan finished gruffly. He was awful at this feelings crap. But if he was going to attempt it with anyone it should be with Quinn right?
Except she wasn't Quinn anymore... Not really.
"You mean like the first time we kissed." Camille guessed referring to his nostalgic comment.
"Yeah I guess, but it really just reminded me of how we used to make out in the bushes at PCA." Logan smirked and Camille hit him creating more distance between them.
"I lost my hairclip." Camille said frowning again when she realized she didn't still possess it.
"You're what?"
"My hair clip, it's blue and sparkly and has a flower on it. I just need it okay." Camille rushed out in a strange tangle of words and Logan just stared at her as she rambled. It seemed so normal, like how she used to be.
But that was when she was inventing a shock ray, or a silent leaf blower...
She stood up hastily checking the new watch he'd given her and he smiled at the fact that she was actually wearing it. Disregarding the fact he had ruined the other one.
"Look I have to go," Camille said turning to look at Logan for the first time properly. He reached out to her face as if he might touch her and then passed it to pull out a twig from the bush from her hair, he smiled half and crooked. Kind of like how other Logan smiled except it was different and distant.
"And Logan?" she added refocusing his attention.
"Don't kiss me again."
"Not without your permission." he clarified and his smile turned into a smirk.
Now that seemed more like him.
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"Hey Camille what are you doing here?" Logan asked as she brushed past him in the lobby almost knocking him over. She emerged from behind the bushes near the pool area and Logan acted like he hadn't watched her walk this way through the lobby.
"Oh sorry I was just looking for...something-" Camille wasn't sure she wanted Logan to know that the hair clip he'd given her when they were dating was her good luck charm. She'd landed that spy roll with that thing...and she didn't want to screw up her biggest chance without it.
Not that she wanted him to know that. She already felt hurt and confused whenever she saw him.
Being a teenager was hard...
"Oh my god there it is!" Camille cried out in relief as she leant down to Logan's feet and picked up the hair clip and put it in her hair.
"Dint you have your audition?" Logan asked a tad distractedly as he stared at the clip he'd bought smiling internally that she still had it.
"Yeah I'm going there now," Camille explained in a rush when she realised that if she didn't leave now it didn't matter how lucky that clip made her feel. She turned to leave and Logan stopped her pulling a small twig out of her hair.
"Thanks," she murmured before she left.
"Good luck," he called out after her and sighed.
"Hey Logie, was that Camille?" James appeared beside him out of thin air and Logan nodded as he rolled the thin piece of tree in his hand. They walked towards the pool area and Logan watched as the evil named girlfriend stealing Logan walked past them from where he thought he'd saw Camille come from.
"Is it wrong for me to be jealous," Logan asked suddenly putting down his book as the question nagged him. He normally would have asked Kendall about this sort of thing but he was off recording their new song with Carlos because they had the same harmony part or something.
James looked up briefly from where he was tanning and sighed, "I'm going to take a short break from tan time since you're obviously in need of my expert girl assistance And now that I think about it you should squash that wannabe Logan like a bug. Camille's always been yours and-"
"That sounds kind of possessive," Logan said unsurely cutting over James.
"Isn't that how you guys work? I swear before you dated Camille was all over you then you guys dated and then broke up," he got a pointed look from Logan that said you're partially to blame there but he continued hastily, "then YOU got all possessive. Can't you guys at LEAST be consistent?"
"Wow James, your advice really helped me out," Logan said his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"No worries bud," James said closing his eyes again as he lied back down on the pool chair, "but that other Logan is very pretty, I'd watch my back if I were you."
"Why do I EVEN talk to you," Logan muttered as he left the pool hastily and James smirked at his huffy demeanor.
All those crazy kid's needed was a push in the right direction.
And besides it was kind of fun to see the smartest most level headed person he knew not know what was going on for once.
