Sorry this chapter took so long...and it's not even very good :( But I didn't know what else to do to it. I promise that the next chapter is more exciting. Please don't let this chapter put you off, I was having a bad week and it obviously reflects in my poor writing.
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I hope this chapter isn't too bad...I'll make it up to you in the next one. I just felt really bad for taking forever with the update.
A graduation party was held at James' house when the day finally came. They had all waited for it for so long and were so excited to actually receive their high school diplomas.
Mrs Knight had cried while she straightened Kendall's tie and made sure he looked presentable.
"I'm so proud of you, Sweetheart," she sniffed, giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Katie just stood off to the side and told him that he looked like a big dork in his cap and gown.
Logan was graduating on the same day and they sent each other pictures of them in their gowns. Kendall was beaming when he received the picture on his phone; Logan looked adorable. He proudly showed the picture to Jo when he saw her at James' party that night.
"Doesn't he look so cute?" he blushed.
Jo smiled at him in amusement, "He looks very cute. It's adorable how proud of him you are."
Kendall shrugged, "Well he's been looking forward to it for so long. Now he can finally go to med school and become a doctor. He's ridiculously smart."
"Where's he going?"
"He got accepted at some place in Dallas…I wish I'd known him earlier, we could have gone to the same place. But I'm still gonna be stuck here in Minnesota."
Jo placed a comforting hand on his arm, "Hey, that's not so bad. You got your hockey scholarship! But I know it means you'll be no closer to Logan."
Kendall suddenly saw James and Carlos out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head and raised an eyebrow at them when he caught them staring. They then started to laugh and make kissy faces at him and Jo.
"Ergh, they're so immature," Kendall grumbled, rolling his eyes.
Jo frowned in confusion but then noticed the two giggling boys and she smiled, "You still haven't told them?"
"Not yet."
"If you told them, they'd stop going on about us…"
Kendall laughed lightly, "I know. I'll tell them soon."
Jo gave him a comforting smile, "You don't have to be scared. Everything will be okay."
She stood on her toes to gently kiss Kendall on the cheek and then she gave him a wave as she went to talk with some of her girlfriends. James and Carlos took that as their cue to come running over.
"Dude! She kissed you!" Carlos exclaimed in excitement.
"What just happened? Did you ask her out?" James asked.
"No! We're just friends! I shouldn't have to keep telling you this."
"Well you and Jo need to stop being so perfect for each other, then we'll stop," James replied smugly.
Kendall punched him on the arm and stalked off to the kitchen to get a drink, groaning when his friends followed him. They stuck to his side for the rest of the night, constantly talking about girls and getting Kendall to share his opinions too. Kendall was texting Logan throughout the night until James and Carlos got sick of him being distracted and not paying enough attention to them, so they confiscated his phone, putting it in Carlos' pocket and telling him that he could have it back later. Kendall just prayed that it stayed there and they didn't start to go through his texts.
"I still don't get why you talk to him so much," James complained as he slumped against Kendall's side while they sat on the couch, the alcohol he'd consumed beginning to affect him. "I mean, we're you're best friends. You should like us more."
Carlos nodded in agreement, "We've known you forever."
Kendall shrugged and finished off his beer, "I can have other friends…and it doesn't mean I love you guys any less."
"You just love him more," Carlos pouted.
Kendall groaned, "Guys, come on. We're best friends forever, remember? Nothing's going to change that. Now can we just forget about all this and have some fun tonight? It's graduation! No more school!"
That immediately put smiles on the other boy's faces and they sat up in excitement. James jumped to his feet and pulled the other two up, forcing them to join in with the drinking game that was going on in the next room.
Kendall woke up the next morning, spread across James' bed. He groaned as he opened his eyes, cursing when the light from the window hit him; his head was pounding. He carefully sat up and noticed that Carlos and James were tucked under the covers, still fast asleep.
Kendall got to his feet and sniffed at his t-shirt, cringing when the scent of alcohol hit his nose. He looked around for the rest of his clothes and found them in a pile beside the bed. He pulled on his trousers and then picked up his shirt before slipping his shoes on.
As Kendall walked through the house, he sighed at the mess. He knew that James' mom would have a fit if she came home to this. She's agreed to let James have a party as long as it stayed under control. Kendall felt bad for leaving, but he desperately needed a shower and a change of clothes. He told himself that he would return straight after that to help with the clearing up.
After his shower, Kendall wrapped a towel around his waist and returned to his bedroom, feeling happy and refreshed. He went to grab his phone from his pants pocket, planning on texting Logan a 'good morning' but he panicked when he couldn't find it.
Then he remembered that he'd last seen it being put in Carlos' pocket.
Kendall groaned loudly and collapsed back on his bed, cursing and running a hand over his face.
Kendall got dressed in record time and was soon in the car, heading for James' house again.
Carlos was in front of him almost as soon as he'd stepped through the door.
"Where did you go?"
Kendall cringed slightly at the volume of his voice; his head still aching from all the alcohol and he hated how it never seemed to affect the Latino, "I went to shower."
"Oh, we thought you'd just left without helping clean up…I tried to but James caught me."
Kendall laughed as Carlos shot a glare at the pretty boy who was currently struggling to carry a large bin bag of rubbish to the front door.
"Here, let me help you with that buddy," Kendall offered, rushing over and supporting the wobbling bag in James arms, helping to guide him out the door and to the trash can.
Carlos had disappeared when Kendall stepped back in the house. He found him in the kitchen, standing on the worktop and trying to gather together all the paper cups that had somehow managed to find their way on top of the cupboards.
"Hey man, uh, do you still have my phone?"
Carlos glanced down at him and his eyes widened slightly, "Oh, yeah. Sorry. It's in James' room. Oh, and you have a bunch of messages from Logan."
Kendall's eyebrows shot up, "I do? D-Did you, uh, did you read them?"
Carlos shook his head, "No. James wanted to but I told him that he shouldn't because it's rude."
"Thanks, Carlos."
"No problem."
Kendall found his phone sitting on top of James' chest of drawers. He grabbed it and sat on the edge of the bed so he could scroll through his unread messages. Logan had gathered that Kendall was too busy partying to reply but he'd still sent texts to his boyfriend, letting him know what was going on at the party that he had been invited to. Kendall smiled as he read through them, his smile turning into a grin when Logan wished him a good night in the early hours of the morning and told him that he loved him.
Morning gorgeous. Hope you didn't drink too much last night ;) x
Kendall chuckled at the most recent text, it was only sent fifteen minutes ago so he decided to phone him.
"Hey you."
"Hi!" Logan replied happily. "You're still alive then."
"Only just," Kendall laughed. "My head's pounding."
Kendall smiled when he heard Logan's laughter.
"Aww, poor Kendall. Mine's a bit sore too actually. Last time I drank, I was with you. I'm not used to it."
"You didn't turn into a stripper again, did you?" Kendall smirked.
"No!" Logan laughed loudly and then lowered his voice slightly, "That's just for you."
"Good," Kendall grinned.
Kendall jumped when the bedroom door opened and Carlos and James came wandering in. His eyes widened slightly as he stared at them. James rolled his eyes when he spotted Kendall on the phone.
"Do we even need to ask who you're talking to?"
"Oh!" Carlos gasped in excitement. "Is it Logan? Can I talk to him?"
Kendall was hesitant for a moment before he sighed, "Logan? Um, Carlos wants to talk to you…I don't know what for, but is that okay?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Logan replied in amusement.
Kendall reluctantly handed the phone to Carlos who grinned as he sat down next to Kendall on the bed.
"Hello? Hi! Kendall's always saying how cool you are, so I wanted to say hi…and James got to speak to you already, so I wanted a go."
Kendall and James shared an amused look as they watched their friend talk excitedly into the phone.
"Are you gonna come and visit soon? Kendall really misses you and we want to meet you."
Kendall eyebrows rose and he stared at Carlos, waiting to see what the reply would be.
"You are? Cool!" Carlos lowered the phone for a moment to turn to Kendall. "Dude, he said that you have to tell him when to come."
Kendall grinned and nodded quickly, "Y-Yeah, tell him we'll talk about it tonight."
Carlos put the phone back against his ear, "Kendall says he'll tell you tonight. You seem cool, Logan. I like you. I'll pass you back to Kendall now. See you soon!" Carlos handed the phone to Kendall with a smile, "He's nice."
Kendall nodded, "Yeah."
He was about to talk to Logan again when James interrupted.
"We came up to drag you back downstairs to help clean. You're not getting out of it," he smirked. "My mom will be home soon."
"Okay, yeah, sorry. I'll be down in a second. I'll just say goodbye to Logan."
"Okay, you better be…or we'll be back."
James grabbed Carlos' sleeve and dragged him out of the room. Kendall laughed as he heard the shorter boy complaining about being sick of cleaning.
"Hey, you still there?"
"Yeah…Carlos seems nice."
"He's a handful," Kendall chuckled. "But yeah, he's great. Did, uh, did you really mean what you said to him, about coming to visit?"
"Of course I did."
"Because I know we've mentioned it but we never, like, definitely said you were gonna come."
"Do you want me to?"
"Of course I do! Fuck, I really want you to."
"Good. Then we'll sort it out tonight?"
"Yes, definitely. Can't wait."
"Okay. Usual time?"
"Yeah, sounds good."
"Awesome. I'll talk to you later then. I love you."
"I love you too," Kendall smiled. "Bye."
"Bye."
Kendall sighed as the line went dead and he pocketed his phone before going downstairs with a silly grin on his face to help his friends before they decided to come and drag him down there.
At eight o'clock that night, Kendall sat at his desk on his laptop, waiting for the phone to ring. He began to get impatient when the time kept passing and there was still no phone call. Once the clock reached twenty past eight, Kendall decided to make the first move instead. But he frowned when it went to voicemail. Sighing, Kendall busied himself on Facebook while he continued to wait.
Finally, at half past, his phone started to ring. He grabbed it quickly and held it to his ear.
"Hey! I was beginning to think that you weren't gonna ring."
"Sorry," Logan sighed. "My parents wouldn't leave me alone."
"Is everything okay?"
"Yeah," Logan replied hesitantly. "They're just complaining that I don't spend enough time with them. Apparently just going to church with them isn't enough. But yeah, I'm here now. Hi.""
"So you're really going to come and stay with me for a bit?"
"Yes. I really miss you. I need to see you again."
"But what about your parents? Will they let you?"
"I'm gonna hold off on telling them until nearer the time…Otherwise they won't let me go."
"How much nearer?"
"Um, the day I leave?"
"Logan! You can't do that! They'll freak!"
"Yeah, well, it can't be any worse than when I ran away before…when I met you. I just really need to see you again and I don't want them stopping me. But have you even asked your mom about this? Will she let me stay?"
"She'll be fine with it."
"You haven't asked her? Kendall, I can't come if she doesn't know about it."
Kendall rolled his eyes, "Logie, it'll be fine. She never has a problem with people coming to stay."
"I'd still feel better if she actually said yes though…"
"Want me to go and ask her now?" Kendall asked in amusement.
"Yes please."
"Okay, hang on a second," Kendall chuckled.
Holding his phone in his hand, Kendall hurried down the stairs and found his mom sitting in the front room watching television. She turned towards Kendall as he came rushing in and gave him a small smile.
"Hey sweetie, are you okay?"
"Yeah, uh, I was just, um, wondering if Logan could come and stay for, like, a few days?"
"Oh, yeah, okay. I guess that would be alright. When?"
Kendall shrugged and glanced at his phone, making sure the line was still connected, "Not sure yet. We're still discussing it."
"Okay," Mrs Knight nodded. "Well, let me know when you've decided."
"Thanks Mom. You're the best."
Kendall gave her a kiss on the cheek, making her smile, and then he rushed back upstairs, holding the phone to his ear as soon as he got on the stairs.
"She said yes!"
"That's great! So this is really happening?"
"You bet it is! I can't wait."
"Neither can I," Logan replied and Kendall could tell that he was grinning as much as he was.
The next couple of hours were spent discussing flights and the amount of days that Logan would be staying for. They didn't want it to be a short visit, but they knew that if it was too long, then Logan would just never be able to leave.
In the end, they had decided that Logan would stay for four nights. It was up to Logan to finalise the days once he'd booked his flight, but they'd decided that he would be on his way in about two weeks' time.
They both couldn't believe that this was actually happening and both had giant grins on their faces as they went to bed that night. Kendall struggled the sleep, the excitement already running through him and keeping his awake. He knew that these next two weeks were going to be hard and that he'd have to try and keep his excitement under control until Logan was finally back with him and in his arms once again.
So, yeah. I hope this was okay. Please review and let me know your opinions (:
I know not much happened...but Logan's coming to visit! Yay! That's exciting, right?