The next day Logan thought that James may have forgotten that he wanted to help him get a girlfriend because he did not speak of it again during the day. Truthfully, the smart boy was fine with it. Having James pry into his feelings was not something he would like. But after rehearsal, when the boys where coming back to their apartment, and Logan had settled onto the couch James came over and sat next to him. "So, I was thinking about your problem and the first thing that I realized was that you need to be more assertive, more confident. You always think about everything and don't make any decisions. That has to stop." "Hey, I can make decisions and I know how to be assertive." "Are you sure?"
James grinned and produced two slips of paper with pictures of two different chocolate bars. Logan looked at them confused. "What are these, James?" "Make a decision. Which one would you like better?" The grin on James' face was getting bigger when he saw Logan struggle to answer. This did prove his point. "I would like the yellow one. No, the red. Oh, the yellow one has nuts. I think that'll be better. Yeah, I take the red one." The pretty boy was laughing and Logan realised that maybe he was right about not being able to make a decision. "Ok, I see your point, you can stop laughing now. James! It's not that funny." "Yeah, it is."
When James was finally done laughing Logan was getting slightly annoyed at the other one. "Ok, thanks for your help, I think I like it better, when I'm on my own." "No, dude, really, I wanna help you." pouted the pretty one. "You know, I just wanted to prove with my experiment, that…" "Oooh, big words." "Stop being mean, Logie. What I meant is you know you need my help." "Pffft. As if. But only out of curiosity, what do you suggest?" Logan's face colour had changed into red with the last question but James ignored it. He knew, that the smart one hated when others had to help him. "Okay, I suggest, we practise." "How?" asked the smart one perplexed. This wasn't something he could practise, was it? Apparently it was.
For the next hour James and Logan sat on the couch, facing each other and practised. James would ask all kind of questions which needed immediate decisions and answers. He even timed how fast Logan would answer. At first the smart boy felt absolutely ridiculous but as time wore on he had fun. He learned a lot about James in the way the pretty one asked the questions and also a lot about himself.
"Okay, final question: You want to take me on a date, where would you go?" "With you I would go to the mall. We can go to the movies, shopping and eating. It has all the fun things you like." "Wow, Logan, that was fast. I'm impressed." "Yeah, thanks. I didn't think this was something one could possibly learn. But how does it help with my confidence?" "Easy enough. Now that you know you can answer everything without having to think it over you can ask a girl, talk with a girl and feel superior, because she has to think. And every question she throws your way you already know you can answer in the blink of an eye." "I'm not sure that makes sense, Jamie." "Trust me, it does. And now, I'm going to the pool and tan and you'll go to the pool and talk with some people." "Are you giving me homework?" "Yes, I am. Now, go, do your homework."
For the rest of the sunny day the boys were down at the pool. James was tanning, watching Logan talk with Camille, Rachel and Jenna and just relaxing. He seemed to have dozed off, however, as he felt someone wake him up. "Hey, James, no sleepy, sleepy. Mama Knight is on a date tonight, so I thought we could eat out. You in?" Logan was standing beside his deck chair. James nodded slowly. "Yes, how about the Italian restaurant down the street? Oh, by the way, this is exactly the way you should approach the girl you want. Casual, friendly, relaxed, just like with me." The pretty boy couldn't explain why Logan's face was getting red during his explanation. This was odd. But also kind of cute. "So, we should shower and change. I'm off." He announced and the smaller brunet followed him up to their apartment.
This evening both boys enjoyed their time together and with Carlos and Kendall, who joined them after dinner, played some dome hockey and did not talk about Logan's problems again. Even the smart boy could relax. However, when James had finally layed down, he was thinking about why he had thought Logan was cute. That had never happened before.
