Big Time Rush
Big Time Reason to Stay
Chapter 2:
After the Dance
Logan/Camille
The school dance had ended and most of the students and chaperones had left but the guys of Big Time Rush had to stay back to clean everything up. Ms. Knight had left with Fabio and Katy was sitting at a table telling everyone what to do.
Carlos and Stephanie where picking up the food.
Kendall and Jo were cleaning up the balloons and streamers.
Logan and Camille were sweeping the floors and putting the trash into trashcans.
James was trying to enter the numbers of all the girls he had danced with that night into cell phone.
"James, you should be helping us too," Kendall said.
"I know. Just a sec. I need to get all of these numbers entered before I forget."
"I thought those girls were hitting you earlier? How did you get all of their numbers?" Logan asked from across the room.
"After they stopped hitting me they danced with me and well you know how good I am at dancing…"
"James come here and help Stephanie and I clean up these snack tables," Carlos said. James sighed and walked over to the very happy couple of Carlos and Stephanie and helped them throw cups into the trash.
"Why doesn't Katy have to do anything?" James asked.
"It's payment for me not telling mom how late you guys are staying out tonight," Katy said.
"Aren't we going home after we clean up?" James asked.
Kendall, Carlos, and Logan looked at him with guilty looks.
"You guys are skipping curfew?" He asked.
The three guys nodded in unison.
"What are you guys doing?" James said.
"Jo and I are going to watch a movie at her place." Kendall said.
"Stephanie and I are going to lock Bitters in his room so we can go swimming." Carlos said.
"Camille and I are… wait, we're breaking curfew?" Logan asked.
"We're just going to hang out in the lobby." Camille said.
"Great. So what am I supposed to do?" James asked.
"You could go to sleep?" Carlos said.
"You're always saying you need your beauty sleep." Kendall said.
"Are we technically skipping curfew if we're all going to be at the Palm Woods anyway?" Logan asked. James gave him a stern look. "Right. You look really tired?" Logan said giving a small smile.
"I think I will go to sleep. Or I could call one of these girls I just met," James said looking at his phone.
"It's almost midnight. They're probably all asleep," Kendall said.
"Maybe you're right. I am kind of tired. I can call them tomorrow," James said.
It was 12:30 when everyone returned to the Palm Woods. James said a quick goodnight to the group and headed for the elevators.
Carlos and Stephanie quickly went to lock Bitters in his room and returned in their swim suites in what seemed like a flash to Logan. They ran and dove into the pool without even testing the water.
Logan couldn't believe there was a girl that seemed as energetic as Carlos but apparently Stephanie was. They were already trying to dunk each other. Logan shook his head as he watched them.
Kendall and Jo stood in the lobby with Logan and Camille for a few minutes.
"We wanted to give James time to get up to the apartment so he didn't have to stand with us in the elevator," Jo explained.
"Yeah. I think after everyone cleared out it donned on him that we were all coupled up." Kendall said.
"We are all coupled up? Aren't we?" Camille said with a grin on her face that made Logan nervous.
Logan glanced at Kendall and saw that he was looking at him. He had picked up on Logan's nervousness.
"Hey, before we go upstairs, I need to talk to Logan about something. It'll be really quick. I promise,' Kendall said as he grabbed Logan by the wrist and pulled him toward the front desk.
"What?" Logan asked.
"Are you and Camille a couple?" Kendall said.
"No. Are you and Jo?"
"Yeah. We talked about it tonight and we decided we are."
"Why would you do that to me?" Logan said.
"What? What are you talking about? We didn't do anything to you."
Logan hit Kendall on his forehead. "Now that you and Jo are an official couple Camille's going to want us to be one too!"
"Oh. That would be a horrible thing why? I thought you said she was cool? You guys looked pretty happy dancing tonight." Kendall said matter of factly. "Stop thinking and just go with it." Kendall said as he turned back to Jo and Camille. He walked over to Jo and held his arm to her.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Yes. Everything got worked out?" Jo said.
"Yeah. Everything's fine," he said as they said goodnight to Camille and Logan and walked to the elevator.
Logan stood next to Camille awkwardly not sure what she was expecting.
"Should we sit?" Camille asked, "I know I'm pretty tired from standing for so long."
Oh, yeah." Logan said as he sat down on the couch. Camille sat next to him.
"Did you like the dance?" he asked her.
"Yeah. It was really fun. I loved how you asked me, by the way. It was really sweet. Although I remember saying it didn't have to be on a horse but extra points for making James and Kendall be the horse. That was pretty memorable," she said.
"It was a lot of fun. I'm glad it went better than the party we threw last time," Logan said.
"You guys did a great job performing. I was really impressed. You didn't look nervous at all," Camille said.
"I was though. I was really nervous. I guess performing in front of our class didn't freak me out as much as I thought it would," Logan said.
"You didn't look nervous. Did you guys create any pre performance rituals?"
"We did this trust fall thing. But Carlos got distracted and I ended up on the floor," Logan said. He looked at Camille and saw her smiling. He started to laugh a little thinking about the event.
He thought of Kendall and Jo being official and he wasn't sure if he wanted to be official with Camille or not. He wasn't sure what it would mean or if he could handle it but he figured if he could handle performing in front of a bunch people someday; he might as well get used to being close with someone he knew and saw all the time. He wasn't sure what it would mean but he wanted to "go with it" as Kendall had said so he leaned in and kissed Camille. When he opened his eyes he saw that she looked kind of confused.
"What? Was it bad?" He asked.
Camille shook her head and said "No. It was nice. I'm just used to doing the kissing."
"Yeah. I guess I should have waited for you to make a move. It is kind of your thing," Logan said with a quiet chuckle as he looked down at his hands.
"You know it's going to be different," Camille said.
"What's that?" Logan asked looking at her again.
"Performing in front of a lot of strangers. Traveling for performances. Having people fall in love with you while you're on stage. Girls wanting your attention." she said.
"Come on. I doubt girls are going to be all over me. They'll go for James or Kendall before they go for me," Logan said with a small blush.
"I've seen it happen, Logan. People get famous and well known and they turn into different people. They start to like the attention and they lose who they are."
"Come on. We're not going to lose who we are. We're four best friends from Minnesota who love playing hockey and singing together. I'm pretty sure that's going on our tombstones and it's kind of our mantra," Logan said.
"I just don't want you to change. I love how you're logical and you think out every decision and how you get nervous around me. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't want you to forget me when you guys start touring and all the girls fall in love with you. Because trust me Logan Mitchell, they are going to fall in love with you and as much as I wish I could be there to tell them all to back off I know I won't be," Camille said.
"First of all Camille our tour is months away and secondly, I'm always going to be me. I'm always going to over think things and I'm always going to be logical and I'm always going to be nervous around you because that's what you do to me. No matter what happens between us I know that in 50 years I'll still be stuttering when I ask you to dance," Logan said.
Logan saw Camille give a smile and this time she blushed. "Wow, I went from being kind of cool to being someone you want to have around in 50 years? I feel special."
"You should, the only other people I know for sure that I'm going to know in 50 years are Kendall, James, Carlos, Ms. Knight, and Katy," Logan said.
"What about your parents?" Camille asked.
"Well yeah, of course," Logan said.
"So….You heard that Kendall and Jo are an official couple?" Camille asked.
"Yeah. That's what Kendall tells me,' Logan said.
They sat in silence for a moment. Logan realized that he didn't hear any noise coming from the pool. He wondered if Carlos and Stephanie had come in without them knowing. He figured it was probably more likely that they were making out somewhere. He looked out the doors at the pool and saw that they were in the corner near the steps. Logan looked back to Camille.
"I was wondering the same thing," she said. "Anyway back to Kendall and Jo…"
"Are you wondering if we're an official couple now?" Logan asked.
"Well yeah. You can't blame a girl for wondering right?" Camille said.
"I think that Kendall moves a little faster than I do. And so does Carlos apparently. Maybe we need one more dance before I can make up my mid," Logan said. He was expecting Camille to go into a tirade about how he needs to recognize how amazing she is and how perfect they are for each other but instead she just looked at him while she sat in silence for a minute.
"Sure. I can't wait for the next dance," she said.
Logan smiled at her and they sat together watching the moonlight reflect off the pool water.
Logan could feel Camille falling asleep next to him and he could feel himself drifting off as well when Carlos and Stephanie came rushing into the lobby. They stood over Logan and Camille and flung water on them.
"Thanks Carlos." Logan said as he brushed the water from Camille's hair.
"It was Stephanie's idea. How hot does she look, right?" Carlos said as he and Stephanie ran to the elevators.
Logan gave a small laugh as he looked at his cell phone. "Wow, it's three oclock in the morning. We should probably get some sleep," he said.
Logan walked Camille to her door.
"Thanks for a great dance, Logan. I can't wait until the next one," Camille said as she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Logan said as he watched her enter her apartment.
Logan took the elevator back to his floor and entered his apartment. He found Carlos in the kitchen eating a piece of pizza.
"Hey, did you have fun tonight with Stephanie?" Logan asked Carlos as he sat in a chair at the kitchen counter.
"It was awesome! I have a girlfriend now," Carlos said with a huge grin on his face.
"That's great" Logan said. He wondered if Carlos knew what that meant but he kept the question to himself.
"What about you and Camille? Did you guys make it official?" Carlos asked.
Logan thought about it for a minute and then said, "You know I think I'm going to go to bed. I'm really tired. Goodnight Carlos," He went to his room and fell asleep almost immediately after hitting the bed.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading. After watching Big Time Dance I had to do a follow up. I hope you guys liked it. I'm not sure if I like the end but I wanted a little moment between Carlos and Logan. I thought it was fitting. Thanks again for taking the time to read it!