Chapter two!


Two Days to Stalk

"Knight… Knight… KNIGHT!"

Knight bolted awake hitting his head on top of the truck. "What!" he said rubbing his head.

"He's awake."

Knight looked out the window and saw Logan walking out of his house. "How'd you..?"

"Installed a camera in your car." Carlos said through Knight's phone.

"That's not creepy at all."

"It's necessary when you always fall asleep during stakeouts. Now follow him, he's getting away."

Knight cut the call and got out of his truck. He waited for Logan to reach the end of the street before following him on foot. When they got to Logan's destination, Knight was surprised it was a school.

Knight followed Logan inside. Some of the students were giving him looks, obviously not used to seeing him at the school. He ignored them and was able to follow Logan to a classroom. He stood outside at an angle so he could see Logan, but Logan couldn't see him.

"Are you an interpreter too?"

Knight turned around to the voice. It was a girl clearly still in high school. "What?"

She smiled at him. "Are you a sign language interpreter like Logan?"

"Oh. No, my little brother goes here and I'm looking for his class." Knight said easily letting the lie roll of his lips.

"Ok, do you need help finding the class?"

Knight shook his head. "No, I know where it is." Knight turned and started down the hallway. His phone rang and he picked it up. "Hello?"

"She's checking you out."

Knight chuckled at Carlos. "How do you know?"

"Cameras," Carlos said simply.

Knight looked up and saw the camera hiding behind black glass domes on the ceiling. "Keep an eye on him. I'm gonna go get my truck."

"Ok."

Knight hung up and went back to Logan's house to get his truck. By the time he got back to the school, classes had started so he parked across the street and waited until Logan left.


Logan felt it all day, from the moment he stepped out of his house, he was being followed. He hasn't felt like that in a very long time.

When he started to feel it that morning, he tried numerous times to see who it was. It would have been easy for him to sense the only people out at the time in the morning were kids and their parents heading to school. So looking for a needle in the haystack would have been easy for anyone, but for him it would have been a cake walk. He's been followed before, he could easily spot them a mile away. Yet, whoever this was, was good. Logan looked over his shoulder discretely countless times, but could not find whoever was following him.

Logan walked into school, and to the class he interprets in the morning.

"Mr. Mitchell, nice to see you. How was your weekend?"

"Good, Mrs. Menson. How was yours?"

The teacher let a smile blow up on her face. "Mr. Menson took me out of the country for our anniversary."

"Happy anniversary, Mrs. Menson."

The bell rang, signaling for class to be started. Logan took his seat in the front facing the class and in walked the deaf teenager Logan interpreted for.

Class started and the uneasy feeling of someone following him slowly went away. He interpreted all morning for class, and when the bell for lunch rang, it told him he was done for the day. He said goodbye to the teacher and the students and walked back to the house.

The uneasy feeling of someone following him returned on the walk back home. He did his best to shake it off as he walked up the steps to the porch and grabbed his bike. Sometimes when he was off from interpreting he would go to Camille's work and eat lunch with her.

Logan rode his bike into the city, doing his best to ignore the stalker vibe he's had all morning. He arrived at the restaurant Camille worked at as a hostess and walked in.

"Logan!" Camille said, walking up to him and giving him a hug.

"Hey Camille, lunch?" Logan said when she released him.

"Yeah, usual?"

Logan nodded.

Camille led him to a table near a window and took the seat across from him. A waiter walked up to them, but once he saw Logan he went back to order the food. Logan's been coming here countless times that all the waiters know what he is going to order: bacon cheeseburger, fries, and a Pepsi. It never changed, so everyone there never had to ask him what he wanted.

"Soooooo," Camille said, taking a sip of her soda when the waiter dropped off their drinks.

"Soooooo?" Logan echoed, unsure what Camille was insinuating. He had a feeling, but wasn't sure.

"I found the perfect guy for you."

Logan looked at her with disbelief. Then he groaned and hit he window with the side of his head. "Last time you found the perfect guy for me they were married."

Camille scoffed. "When I saw him he was never wearing a wedding ring."

"Yeah, but do you know how awkward it is when you're making out in his house, and then his wife comes home early from her mothers and catches you two?" Logan said then chugged down his entire drink.

"Fine, but this guy is perfect for you."

"Sure he is," Logan said as the waiter came by with their orders.

"Come on, just give him a chance. He's really nice." Camille was at the point of begging. She was kneeling on the floor, grasping his left hand.

"Heh heh. Camille people are watching," Logan said, looking around at the people who were staring. "Get up," he hissed at her.

"Not until you give him a chance."

"…uh fine."

"Yes!" Camille said, jumping off the ground waving for someone to come over.


"What's happening?"

"I think… I think he's on a date?"

"You think?"

"Just because I'm gay, doesn't mean I can spot out one of my own."

"…okay." Carlos said through the speaker of Knight's phone, while Knight was parked far away from the restaurant with a camera.

"Just hack into the cameras and see if you can hear what they're talking about."

"Ok."


"So where did you used to live?"

"Me and my friends used to live in Texas, but we decided to move here. Weather here is as hectic as it was there," Logan said with a forced smile. He and… Christian have been talking for twenty minutes, and it was killing Logan. Don't get it wrong, Christian is a nice person, but to Logan he's really, really boring.


"It looks like he's bored," Carlos said through the phone.

"How can you tell that?"

"You know I can read people. I knew you were gay before you did."

"What?" Knight said setting his camera down.

"Yeah. Two months before you told me."

"I was dating Jo then."

Carlos laughed. "Yeah, yeah you were."


"It was nice getting to know you."

"Yeah it was," Logan said pulling a fake smile as he shook Christian's hand.

"I'll, um, call you later then."

"Yeah, well bye."

"Bye."

Logan walked out of the restaurant ignoring the grin form Camille.

"That was the most boring date ever," Logan muttered to himself as he got on his bike and rode back to the house. He was too caught up thinking about his bad date to notice Knight following him in his black truck.

Logan arrived and didn't want to do anything, except sit on the soft, comfortable sofa in the living room and read. The second he walked into the house he knew that wasn't going to happen though. He groaned inwardly. On the couch were James and Jo watching TV. They looked up and smiled at Logan.

"Hey, Logan. How was the date?" James said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Boring," Logan commented as he closed the door. He grabbed his book off the coffee table, and took a seat next to Jo and James cuddling.

"What? Camille said he was really nice." Jo said.

"He is. He's just really boring."

"He's boring? Look at you reading a book with your best friend and his girlfriend right next to you. What does that make you?"

Logan looked at his opened book thinking. "Sad, pathetic, depressing." Logan lost interest reading and stood up.

"I'm going to go take a nap." Logan said walking upstairs.

Jo glared at James and smacked him on his head.

"Ow! The hair!" James said rubbing his head. "What?"

Jo pointed at the stairs. "You just made him feel depressed. Go fix it."

"You know he always brings himself down."

"Don't care. You pushed him in a corner that time. Go," she said pointing at the stairs.

"Ok," James said, standing up and going upstairs. James knocked on the Logan's door. "Logie, can I come in?"

"…sure."

James opened the door and saw Logan laying on his bed and looking out the widow. James sighed and laid right next to Logan on his bed, looking up at the ceiling fan.

"Logan?"

"Yeah?"

"Sorry."

Logan rolled over on the bed to look at James. "It's not your fault. I'm just used to someone saying things like that."

James sat up and rubbed Logan's shoulder. "He's not here Logan. He can't do anything to you anymore."

"I know, but sometimes it's hard to remember that."

James nodded. "Sorry."

Logan smiled and sat up. "Like I said, it's not your fault. Now come on, I'm bored. Let's go to the living room so you can make out with Jo while I ignore it and read my book."

James laughed walking back downstairs.


"Carlos, you know what to do?" Knight said into his phone as he walked into the school.

"Yeah. Schools are easy to hack into. Their security's a joke." Knight heard the sounded of keys on a keyboard clicking then Carlos. "Done! Now you're free to roam the halls of the school and stalk your boy toy."

Knight choked on air. "What!"

"Kidding!"


Logan was done with interpreting for the day and he couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face. Signing/Interpreting was the only thing he had to feel connected to his dead mother. But his smile faded quickly when that feeling he's had for the past two days reappeared.

He walked down the street to the city bus stop. He stood there waiting until the bus came. He got on and went straight to the back. The bus ride to the mall would take thirty minutes so Logan got his phone out and put his headphones on listen to music. By the time he was about to doze off, the bus stopped at the mall. Logan got off the bus as his phone started ringing.

"Hello?"

"Loginator! Hey, best friend that I love!"

"What do you want Jam?" Logan could hear James laugh nervously on the other side.

"Can you get me lunch?"

Logan sighed. "Asian good?"

"Yeah, thanks Logan."

"Well, you're letting me use your store discount today. I need some new clothes."

"No problem. See you in a bit."

"Yeah, bye."

"Bye." Logan hung up and walked into the mall. Not noticing Knight following him.


"Where's he going?"

"I overheard him talking to someone named Jam? I think he's getting him lunch."

"Who names their kid Jam?"

"I don't know, it's probably a nickname. He's going to the food court. Yup, he's getting that Jam person food."

"Where's he going now?"

"Macy's."

"What food did he get?"

"Asian."

"Ooh I love asian food."

"Carlos, you love any food."

"Because all food is good, especially-"

"Already know, don't care, going in the store now. Bye." Knight hung up on Carlos and walked into the store. He saw Logan walk into the perfume section and followed him there. When he got there he saw Logan talking to some guy. Knight figured it was his roommate and close friend, James Diamond. They talked for a bit until Logan gave James the bag of food and James gave him a card. They talked a bit more then said their goodbyes each going their separate ways.

Knight followed Logan around the store for an hour, while Logan shopped for clothes. Knight got his phone out when it vibrated and read out the text from Carlos.

"Who wears cardigans?"

He looked at the camera and shrugged. "I guess he does." Knight replied back.


Logan walked up to the register with some clothes. He gave the man James' discount card and paid for them. He grabbed the bags to leave when he noticed a woman going through her purse down the store. She went through the bag vigorously and sighed when she grabbed her phone, not noticing a fifty dollar bill falling out and onto the floor as she walked away. Logan walked over and picked up the money. He stood there for a second before taking off after the woman who was about to enter the mall.

"Ma'am! Ma'am!" She stopped and looked at Logan confused. Logan ran up to her and showed her the money. "You dropped this back there."

She looked at Logan then in her purse and smiled. "Oh, thank you! I didn't even notice!"

Logan gave her a smile. "No problem." He gave her the money and she thanked him again before leaving. Logan was about to leave when he walked back into the mall, but stopped when he heard someone calling out his name.

"Loge! Loge! Logan!"

Logan turned around and saw Jo running up to him. "Hey Jo. Had a lunch date with Jam?"

"Yeah, that asian food you got him was good. So, how've you been?"

"Good… mostly."

Jo heard the hesitance in his voice. "What's wrong?"


"Who's he talking to?"

"I don't know. I can't tell. Just that it's some blonde chick."

"Go see who it is."

"If I try to, they'll probably see me."


"You think someone's following you?"

"It feels like it. For the past two days I haven't been able to shake the feeling."

Jo nodded. When Logan told her, she knew something was off already. She could tell when someone was being followed, and Logan was right on his assumptions. How he could tell? She really didn't know. Who was following him? She couldn't tell either. Whoever was following Logan, he was good.

"Ok, as your friend, I'm going to help."

"Jo, you don't hav-"

Jo put her hands up, affectively telling Logan to shut up. "We've been friends since James and I started to date. So I'm going to help you."

"…ok," Logan said in a defeated tone. "How?"

Jo grabbed his shopping bag and looked around in it. She pointed at the brown cardigan. "When I tell you put it on." Logan was barely able to nod when Jo pushed him into a crowd of people waiting for a brand new store to open.


"Shit."

"What?"

"I lost them. Can you check where they are?"

"Yeah," Carlos pulled up the camera feeds of the mall on his computer, but was at a complete loss. "She's good."

"What?"

"I can't find them."

"What?"

"Yeah, whoever is helping him knows where all the cameras are."

"Crap."


Logan couldn't stop laughing after losing the mysterious tail. They both stopped outside the mall and caught their breathes.

"Thanks, Jo." Logan said smiling.

"Piece of cake. Now put that on," Jo said pointing at the bag.

"Right," Logan said getting out and putting on the cardigan.

"This should help too." Jo grabbed a beanie from her jacket and put it on Logan. "A friend gave that to me."

"I can't take it then."

"You can and you will."

Logan sighed defeated again by his blonde friend. "Ok. Thanks though, and sorry for putting you through that."

"No worries, it was fun." Jo looked at her phone. "Gotta get back to work."

Logan and Jo hugged then went their separate ways. Logan finally felt like someone wasn't following him, she helped him lose them. Logan smiled and got on the bus back home.


"Where is he?"

"Looks like he's heading back home," Carlos said tracking his phone.

"…ok. I'm heading back to the loft. He's probably not going to do anything on a Tuesday night."

"Ok, see you in a bit."

Knight hung up and couldn't help but feel some sort of guilt in the pit of his stomach as he drove back to the loft. When he got there he couldn't lose the feeling. Knight actually started to feel guilty for framing Logan.

"What's with that face?"

Knight looked up and saw Carlos staring at him from his computer. "Nothing, just thinking." Knight said sitting at the couch.

"Don't tell me you're chickening out. This guy is paying a lot for this job."

"I'm not, I know. I just can't help but feel… guilty."

Carlos didn't say anything. Knight never felt any remorse or guilt for what they did.

"I mean… most of the people we hurt are bad and/or have done bad things. It's just, did you see Logan today? He interprets for a deaf kid at school, got his friend lunch, and gave a woman back the money she dropped."

"Do you not want to do this job?

Knight stood up and shook his head. "No, I do. I just can't help but feel sorry for the guy."

"You're gonna have to get rid of that because tomorrow you're stealing that jewel and framing Logan."

"I know, it's stupid to be feeling that."

"Yeah, it is."

Knight nodded. He went back to watching TV. 'Tomorrow, I'm going to frame him, he'll go to jail and I'll never see or hear about him again. Tomorrow.'


Sooo? Good? Like always couldn't have finished this chapter without squoctobird and her amazing editing skills!

Other stuff. Ok, so I finished writing out the rough outline for the Prequel to Falling Back In Is Hard. I even have a working title for it. Before the Three Letter Phrase was Said. Is that a good name for it? I like it, but I'm still a little eh on it. And this story is actually a lot longer than Falling Back In Is Hard. By like a lot. It's going to be about the time from Logan came out to all the way to right before Kendall left for the three month mission at the beginning of Falling Back In Is Hard. So that's over the two years that they were together before they said 'I love you' hence the title. So... till next time! And that's when the shit goes down!