Hello guys, this is SugarCat presenting another chapter of my story. So, yeah, the last one didn't bring me a lot of reviews as I expected but I hope this one will.
But now let's anwer it:
Sir RCCS: I think he meant. He was like "drunk" at that moment and when you're drunk you say things that you keep as a secret. Keep on readin and thanks.
CheekyBrunette: Thanks! I really apreciate that. And keep on reading.]
Here is chapter seven. So, have fun! =D
After a few hours, Logan opened his eyes with a painful headache. He put himself in a sitting position looking around and realizing he was in the studio. He then felt a slight touch of pain every time he moved his head with a little more effort. It didn't take too long for Kelly to appear in front of him with a cup of warm tea in her hands.
"Here. Drink this. It will make you feel better." She said handing him the cup. "So, wanna tell me happened?"
"I would love to, but the last thing I remember was James giving me some chocolates. I know I can't eat it, but they looked so delicious…" Logan told her taking a sip of tea. "How's James doing with Gustavo?"
"Let's say that the new star is not accepting Gustavo's demands so well. All they do is argue about James' clothes. And almost five hours!" Kelly answered grabbing the papers above her desk. "Oh and the people of the garage called. They said your car will be fixed until next week."
"Why? What's wrong with my car?" Logan asked worried since it was his first time driving the Maybach and he doesn't crashing it or anything.
"Didn't you see? Your car had a huge scratch in the left side. Bitters took it to the garage right after he saw it. Now we are trying to discover who did it. Can you think of anybody?" She asked Logan who was totally surprised. He didn't remember about the scratch or anything after James saying he was sorry. Wait!
"James! He scratched my car! Now I remember. He gave me those flowers to say he was sorry. I'm pretty sure he was apologizing because of this!" James was so dead now. The anger was rushing through Logan's veins. The smart boy stood up ignoring the headache and walking over the lost and found deposit. Kelly followed him, wondering what Logan would do there. Her question was answered as she saw him grabbing a baseball tack and then walking away.
Logan went straight to the sound proof nursery where James and Gustavo were still arguing. He opened the door, shocking the two creatures as they turned their heads to the doorway. James smiled over Logan not even noticing the large piece of wood in his hands. "Hey, Logie bear. I was worried about you. I wish I could make it up with you for giving you those chocolates."
"Don't worry about that, James. You can make it up now." Logan showed him the baseball tack and James' beautiful smile faded away. He got up quickly, trying to run away from the shorter boy, but Logan surrounded James between two walls making it impossible for the taller one to escape. Then, in a uncommon way, Logan dropped the baseball tack on the floor and stepped forward till their faces were almost touching. All that James could feel was Logan's' hot and heavy breath due to running after the jock. "Don't you dare touching my car again, or I'll make your life a real hell, understand?"
Deep inside James' mind, where things that were never said because of the jock's pride, he thought that if this closeness from the smart boy was only a slight proof of the hell would be, James surely wanted more if it.
"Okay, I promise I will behave from now on." James gulped dryly holding himself to not give in the surge to pull Logan even closer and kiss him furiously, but Gustavo was there and he truly feared what his new 'coach' would do if he just tried to touch his long life friend in front of him.
"Good. Now, don't discuss with Gustavo or you're fired." Logan said before walking away and swaying his curvy hips in a very provocative way and obviously calling James' attention until the nerd guy closed the door behind him.
"Logan, what were you thinking?" Kelly asked her best friend who was breathing heavily again.
"I… I don't know… Kelly, I'm not feeling very well…" Logan said before throwing up all the chocolate on the floor. Ugh! Love sucks!
~BTR~
When James' first day of work was finally over, he rushed out of the sound proof nursery, looking for Logan. But it was in vain. Logan was nowhere on that floor. It may sound like a bad idea, but he went to ask Kelly about her best friend. He knew it would be stormy, but he only had 12 days and he was willing to do whatever he could to end this situation as soon as possible.
He found her siting at her desk and so distracted that she didn't see him coming closer. "Hey, can you tell me where Logan is? I can't find him." Kelly looked up from her papers staring straight to his hazel eyes. Yes, the ones that made Kelly fall in love and little did she know that her best friend was feeling the same way over James just like she did when she met the jock.
"No, Logan's not here. He left the building a couple of hours ago." Kelly answered using all the hate she was still keeping of him. "And don't ask again. I'm not gonna tell you where he is."
"Why? Look, I need to talk to him about us. So stop being a total kid. You know you still feel the same way even knowing I kissed another girl. Admit it." James said arrogantly. This is a common thing you have to deal about the jock. Almost every time he considers himself right about everything. In other words, a total jerk that thinks he is a god.
"I have pride James. And now I know the real you. That means I'll do anything to protect Logan from you. So I'm still not telling you where he is." Kelly replied standing up to not show intimidation.
"Too late, bitch! Logan looked inside my eyes at school. Just like you did that night, remember? In a few days, Logan will be in my arms, and there is nothing you can do about it." James smirked just because of the fact that she doesn't have a clue about the bet.
"You're lying. And Logan is too smart to fall for you. And I'll say it again: Stay away from him!" Kelly said at last going to Logan's house to know if James' story was true. Logan couldn't bear all she was still bearing. Many thoughts like this were flowing inside her head making her very confused.
~BTR~
"You have to be careful. He's worse than I thought. He wants you, but just for sex. Just the way he did to me" Kelly warned her best friend about the danger Logan was about to face.
"Why would he ever want me? He can have everyone else. Every boy and every girl would kill to be beside him, but I wouldn't. You know I only care about my future as a doctor. Buuurp." Logan belched surprising Kelly a bit. "Sorry, my stomach still feels the chocolate inside it."
"I know, but if you look inside his eyes, at first you will think you're in paradise. Every girl or guy that James seduced paid a high price after seeing it was just a disguise. What I mean is…" Kelly stopped between her tracks as the servant knocked on the doo of Logan's room.
"Sorry, Mr. Mitchell, but there is a young guy outside and he said his name was James Diamond. May I let him enter the mansion?" He asked waiting for an answer. Kelly shook her head in a 'no' over Logan's direction.
"But it's raining. He can't stay there. Open the gate, please. And tell him to wait for me." Logan answered ignoring completely Kelly's warn. As soon as the servant went downstairs, Kelly seemed furious.
"Why do you have to use your huge heart every time? Stop being so innocent and start to notice the others make you look like a fool. Do I have to remind you about Jason Sanders?" Kelly said and Logan just looked down. "Do I have to remind you about how cruelly he told everybody at school about you being gay after you told him to keep it a secret?"
"Yeah, you're right. I'm going to end this story right now" Logan walked out of his room followed by Kelly. They went downstairs going to the library. Logan then opened the double door and both of them found James standing there in the middle of the room drying his hair with a towel he received from the servant.
"Logie! Hey, nice house man. I…" James said as the two figures entered the library. As you can see, he was interrupted by the smart boy.
"How did you know where I lived?" Logan asked with curiosity since he never told James about his address.
"Well, I waited until that bi… I mean, your friend leave the studio. So I went over her desk, I got your file on her computer and went over here. Oh, and girl, change your password. I may forget your name but I remember your birth date. Unfortunately it started raining and I got all wet." James smiled but they stayed with serious features. "If you want to know what I'm doing here, well… I… I couldn't wait until tomorrow to see you again"
Suddenly, Logan's expressions began to change. He seemed touched by the jock's words. "I never…" He started but the words didn't seem to get out of his mouth. Kelly couldn't bear seeing her best friend fall into James' lies.
"I gotta go, Logan. Call me when you take courage to do something." She announced leaving the two boys behind.
"Don't worry. She's just jealous because I wasn't fascinated for her as I am for you." James stepped closer, but Logan did the opposite going backwards.
"Don't get closer or I'll throw a dictionary right into your head." Logan warned James grabbing a thick book in his hands and using it as a shield in front of his chest.
"Okay, I'm just going to sit down right here. I won't cross the line." James said raising his hands in a defensive way turning around and walking to the large sofa in the other side of the room.
"No! Your clothes are still wet! This is velvet. You can't sit there." Logan freaked out since it was the sofa he used to lay beside his mother while she read stories to him.
"Oh, if that's the problem…" James said grabbing the hem of his V-neck shirt and taking it off for much to Logan's delight. The smart boy's eyes widened as the remaining raindrop fell from the jock's still wet hair, traveling down his pecs and abs, disappearing inside his jeans. As if it couldn't get any worse, James' hand unbuttoned his pants. He had kicked his converse before dropping his black jeans on the floor, standing in front of Logan wearing only a pair of boxers. "You like?"
"I don't care about that kind of thing." Logan turned his head to the right, pretending to ignore the almost naked jock in front of him. "Stay here. I'm going to get a robe for you."
Logan went upstairs, walking through the hallways of the house until he was inside his father's suite. He entered the closet and grabbed a robe, quickly turning around and running straight to the library. But when he got there, the jock wasn't anywhere visible.
"James? James, where are you?" Logan called out the taller boy's name walking around the room in a last try to find the jock, but it was useless. James wasn't there, just his wet clothes lying on the floor. Great! Now the tall guy was hanging around with just a pair of tight… tight… tight… (Ok, that's enough.) boxers.
It seemed ironical, but suddenly the lights went out. Even not being able to see anything before his eyes, Logan tried to make his way out of the library, still looking for the pretty boy. He walked slowly and carefully to the kitchen. Once he was there, he opened the drawer and pulled out a flashlight, quickly turning it on. But when he turned around to look for James…
"Ahhh!" The smart boy jumped when he took a first look at James wearing a Michael Myers mask and holding a knife. "You idiot! I nearly peed in my pants!" Logan said angrily but the jock laughed taking the mask off his face and putting the knife above the sink.
"C'mon, Logan. It was funny." James said but he only got a punch on his right arm. "Ouch! Is this what I got for loving you?"
"Yeah. And if you want to keep this love for me, you better get used to this kind of punishment." Logan warned walking out the kitchen with James right behind him. The jock followed the smart boy upstairs until they were inside Logan's room. "Here. Put my father's robe. It will keep you warm during the night."
"Wait. I'm going to stay here? You don't mind if I sleep over?" James asked surprised by Logan's words.
"Well, I admit that I have a slight touch of fear to get close to you, but as Kelly say: "I always use my huge heart", I'm not going to let you go home under this storm and with nothing working." Logan finally said. "But if you want to go home, just give me a few minutes to take my father's car out of the garage and I take you home."
"I don't mind if you don't mind." James smiled goofily making Logan giggle as he watched the jock put the robe on. "I'll be downstairs putting your wet clothes to dry up."
~BTR~
After going back to his room, Logan placed a mattress on the floor to set James' bed beside his. It took a few minutes for Logan to start yawning. It was one of the consequences of eating chocolates. His eyelids felt heavy and the jock could notice this.
"Hey, try to rest a little. You need to recover you energies." The taller said worried. In fact, he cared about Logan. More and more, the thought of the bet was losing space inside his mind at the same pace thoughts of Logan invaded his brain. "Don't worry about me. When I feel sleepy, I'll lay down."
"No, no. I'm not going to sleep until you fall asleep." Logan yawned again and that made James have an idea. The smart boy sat in front of his writing desk and tried to finish reading his book holding the flashlight to help him to see the words. James will sing Logan to sleep. Many titles of many songs came into his mind but none of them seemed good enough to sound like a lullaby for Logan. When he thought it was lost, he remembered the first song he learned to sing while playing the guitar."
"Hey, Logie… I wanted to ask you about the song I wanted to record firstly…" James asked almost whispering.
"So, let's hear it." Logan said closing his book and tried to forget the weight of his eyelids, giving James all the attention he could give at the moment.
If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show
The you I've come to know.
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
Then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you,
You're all that's left me too.
And when my love for life is running dry,
You come and pour yourself on me.
If a man could be two places at one time,
I'd be with you.
Tomorrow and today,
Beside you all the way.
If the world should stop revolving
Spinning slowly down to die,
I'd spend the end with you.
And when the world was through,
Then one by one the stars would all go out,
Then you and I would simply fly away
Logan didn't last too long. The smart boy already had his eyes closed. James then went over him, placed the sleeping creature in his arms and carried him to his bed. Logan looked so peaceful, so innocent that it made James feel realize what he was supposed to do to him because of that damn bet. Not wanting to think about it anymore, he just kissed Logan's forehead and went over the window seeing the rain fall on the beautiful garden behind the house.
~BTR~
After a lot of hours, James started to feel hungry. He couldn't sleep and didn't know the reason why. But at the same time, he didn't want to leave Logan alone in a need to protect the small millionaire. But with his stomach calling for food like this, the jock thought that Logan would be safe for a couple of minutes while he'd be in the kitchen downstairs looking for something to eat. Grabbing the flashlight, he tiptoed out of the room, took a last look at Logan before going down the hallway.
After taking the mayo out of the non-working fridge, he made a sandwich mixing lettuce and pieces of tomato. But when he bit it, he heard a loud scream coming from Logan's room. He spit the piece of sandwich from inside his mouth, running straight to where he scream sounded not even remembering to take the flashlight.
"I'm coming, Logan!" He yelled hoping to make the smart boy feel safe at his words. Arriving there, Logan wasn't on his bed. He tried to look inside the darkness and found a trembling figure under the long shelf with its arms around his upper body, trying to get away from the cold. "Logan, what happened?"
"It was terrible…" Logan whispered and started crying. James instantly wrapped his arms around Logan trying to warm the smart boy up with his body temperature. The smaller sobbed hard on the jock's chest as he comforted him.
"Shhh… It's okay now. I'm right here. I protect you." James hushed the crying boy in his arms. "Tell me what happened."
"I had…*sob*… a nightmare…*sob*… My mother died because of me!" Logan finally told James who wanted to make him stop crying. If he'd win the bet, he was wondering himself if one thousand dollars was good enough to destroy Logan.
"No, she didn't. And I really believe she's proud of her son as much as I am. C'mon, I'll take you back to the bed." James carried Logan and got surprised at the smaller boy's next words.
"Please stay. I don't want to be alone." Logan asked and James had no answer. All he could do was look inside those large brown orbs showing all the fear like he was some kind of scared child.
"I'll stay." James smiled and got on Logan's bed as they returned to their previous positions. Logan had stopped crying and now had his head resting on the jock's broad chest, feeling it rise and fall while hearing the soft heartbeats.
"Hold me, James." Logan said and James wrapped his arms around the smart boy.
"Don't worry Logie bear. I got you." James said and after a few seconds, Logan was sleeping again. And, surprisingly, James eyelids started to feel heavy. His eyes were closed and he was with an awesome boy inside his protective arms…
So, this is it for now guys.
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