Unpleasant Truth

The holidays passed quickly and the boys had a great time in Minnesota. But now, the day of departure had come. And so the boys, Katie, and Mrs. Knight sat on the plane and flew back to Los Angeles. The boys were especially looking forward to their girlfriends.

Logan looked out the window, smiling. After a while, he pulled out his cap and looked at it happily. Camille had given him that for Christmas. It was dark and light blue and the letters L & C were in white on it. He already knew this cap. He and Camille had been in Malibu some time ago and he had discovered it there. Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to afford the cap that day. But Camille had bought it now. Although he was delighted, he wondered at the same time why she spent so much money on a simple Christmas present, because the cap had been expensive. Kendall came over to him. "Well, buddy, how's it going?" He looked at the cap. "Wow, not bad."

"Yes. But I know it was pretty expensive and I wonder why Camille spends so much money on me."

Kendall shrugged. "Because she loves you?"

"Possible."

"Maybe it's a kind of compensation."

Logan looked at him in surprise. "Why compensation?"

Kendall looked at him skeptically. "Didn't Camille tell you?"

"What?"

Kendall got nervous. "Nothing. See you then." He walked quickly back to his seat. Logan frowned. What did Kendall know what he didn't know?

They arrived at the Palm Woods. The first thing Kendall, James and Carlos did was to greet their girlfriends. Logan, too, was looking for Camille, but couldn't find her. When he looked at his cell phone, he noticed that he had a new message:

Hey, Logie,

we will not arrive until the evening. We have a problem with our flight. I'm looking forward to you.

C.

Logan sighed. He had thought that everything would be better in the new year, but he was wrong. This strange behavior of Kendall … and Camille wouldn't arrive until the evening … A great new year …

He sat in the lobby when the guys came to him.

"Hey, buddy," Kendall said, sitting down next to him.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so depressed?" James asked. Logan shrugged. Then he turned to Kendall. "Kendall, what did you mean earlier? What should Camille tell me?"

Kendall looked nervous again. "That isn't important. Where is Camille?"

"She will arrive tonight. So, what's up?"

Kendall bit his lower lip. Logan looked at James and Carlos. They gave Kendall concerned looks. Logan groaned. "Okay, understand. I know what's going on here."

"Really?" Carlos asked in surprise.

"She's cheating on me, isn't she?"

"She … what? No!" Kendall said aloud.

"Dude, she loves you. She would never do that to you," James said. Logan glared at him. "Yes, James, you're right. She would never cheat on me. Especially not with one of my best friends … right?"

James got up and pointed at Logan. "You know that was a mistake. It was never our intention to do that. Just because you were too stupid to-"

"Hey, hey, hey. Calm down." Carlos had also got up and stood between his two friends.

"Yes, Carlos is right," Kendall said.

"Then tell me what's going on!" Logan shouted. Kendall took a deep breath. "OK. A few days before the holidays, I saw the girls at the pool. They talked and Jo asked Camille when she wanted to tell you something. Then I got curious and overheard them."

"And what did Camille say?" Logan asked, his arms crossed. Kendall sighed. "Logan, you know Camille has a new role in a movie, right?"

Logan nodded. Of course he knew about it.

"Do you know the title?"

Logan frowned thoughtfully. "City of Love."

(* Invented title *)

"Yes, exactly."

Logan shook his head. "Kendall, what do you want to tell me?"

"OK. So … Camille will be going to Paris for half a year, or maybe longer, because Paris is the city of love."

"What?!" Logan screamed, horrified and furious at the same time.

"Hey, at least she's not cheating on you," James said, but stopped immediately when he saw Logan's expression.

"Why didn't she tell me that?"

The guys had no answer.