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Now for some more twists!

Updated: 07/31/2013

…

Logan melted into the kiss; he knew, somewhere in the rational part of his brain, that he shouldn't be kissing Kendall.

But the other part of his brain figured, what the hell?

And then he realized something else; Ethan had been right. He did have feelings for Kendall.

As they pulled away from each other, Logan looked away from a smirking Kendall to his cousin, who gave him a meek wave and a sly grin before mouthing 'told ya' to him, which made him roll his eyes. Then, he faced Kendall.

"How long?"

"Too long," Kendall said with a shake of his head. "Waaay too long."

"What about-"

"Ethan? He's just a friend. At first, I liked him, but he helped me see I just wanted him because I couldn't have you…" Logan was shaking his head, giving Kendall a scathing look.

"Did you tell Camille this by any chance?" Now Kendall had the decency to look guilty.

"Maybe…"

"Kendall!"

"What?! I just… I thought you liked me too," he said, hurt clear in his voice.

"I do…" Logan said, surprised with the ease at which the words came. "But still, you can't just-"

"Logan, Logan, Logan, haven't you learned anything about me after all these years? I always plan everything out." He faltered under Logan's skeptical look. "Well this time I did anyways! Thanks to your cousin."

"Hmmph," is all he said before leaving the recording booth to the smug smiles of his friends. "I'm going back to the apartment."

"Oh come on Logie-" Kendall started, but stopped when Logan gave him a serious look.

"I just need some time."

…

~Whitechapel~

"Thanks Sarah!" Benny said as he and her counted their money between them. "You have no idea how important this is to me."

"Actually, I do. I miss him too," she said softly, making Benny start. No, Sarah can't… he thought desperately, making him frown.

"Well, r-ready to go?" he asked shakily, making her nod.

"Yeah, let's get going."

…

~Back in LA~

Logan seemed to be the only occupant of 2J for the rest of the day; hours and hours passed, but no one came back. He figured they were all trying to give him time to get used to the fact that Kendall, his best friend, had feelings for him, and that he, Logan, actually returned those feelings.

So, he curled up with a book and attempted to read; that fell to no avail though. All he thought about was the song Kendall had wrote for him, their singing together, and their kiss. His mind was so riddled with these thoughts that he didn't realize there was a steady knocking on the door. Looking at his watch, he realized about two more hours had passed; this morning seemed like a distant memory already. Getting up, he opened the door to see two strangers; they were teens, obviously, but he didn't know them.

"Um… hello," he said, looking at them; the girl, who stood about a foot shorter than the guy, looked at him in surprise.

"You must be Logan!" she said, shock clear in her voice.

"Yeah…" he said, giving them uneasy looks. The girl realized this apparently.

"Oh! We haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Sarah, and this is Benny. We're friends of Ethan's."

"What?!"

…

Ethan was watching Kendall, Carlos, and James skate around the ice rink when his phone buzzed. Glancing at it, he saw a message from Logan.

Sarah & Benny are here.

Ethan had to re-read the message three times before it registered with him.

Could Sarah and Benny really be here? He got up and called to the others.

"Guys, we gotta get back to the apartment!"

…

Ethan burst through the door to 2J, half-hoping that Logan had gotten his message wrong; but no, he hadn't. There, sitting on the couch that served as his bed, drinking lemonade, were his friends Sarah and Benny.

"Ethan!" Sarah cried, running just a little too fast to be normal and throwing her arms around his neck. "I've missed you so much!"

"Yeah… me too," he said, surprised when she pulled away and gave him a warm smile. He looked past her to see Benny staring at him, eyes betraying how he felt.

"Hey E."

"Benny… What are you guys doing here?!"

"We missed you, so we pooled our money and got a hotel room down the street and came to see you!"

"B-but… why?" he asked, clearly confused. They shared a look and shrugged; Ethan noticed though, that Benny seemed kind of sulky. "I mean, I'm glad to see you two and stuff, but I'll be home in two weeks. You shouldn't have wasted that money-"

"It wasn't a waste if we got to see you!" Sarah said, looking at Benny. "Right?"

"Yeah, she's right. But ya know, it was a long flight… I think I'm gonna go back to the hotel-"

"Wait, I'll go with you, make sure you get there okay," Ethan said, waving at his cousin and friends before he followed his friends from the apartment. Once they were away from the Palm Woods, he rounded on them. "What's the real reason you two are here?" he asked, eyes narrowing as he surveyed them. Sarah just smiled and Benny grimaced.

"We missed you dude. Is that so hard to believe?" he asked, making Ethan wince at the harshness in his tone.

"Of course not. And I'm glad you two are here, really. It was just … a shock, to say the least." Benny now smiled, which made Sarah's falter a bit as Ethan smiled back at him; not looking at her, Benny wrapped an arm around Ethan's slighter shoulders.

"So, how's LA been treating you? That guy still giving you trouble?" he asked; there was no point in whispering, Sarah would hear either way.

"No, that's all sorted out now," he said, blushing a bright crimson; because, he had just been telling Kendall earlier about how he might have feelings for his best friend, who currently had his arm around him. Sarah scowled and grabbed Ethan's hand, pulling him towards her.

"Ethan, you know… I wanted to tell you something."

"Yeah?" he asked, nervous about her tone of voice.

"Well… ever since you left, I've felt… lonely without you. I missed you so much… I was thinking, while I was here… maybe we could... go on a date?" He gaped at her; out of the corner of his eye, he could see Benny glaring at her in complete distaste.

"Oh. Wow. Uh… I need… I need some time to think…" he said, pulling away from her. "I'm gonna head back to the Palm Woods. We'll hang out tomorrow."

With that, Ethan turned on his heel and ran as fast as he could back to the Palm Woods, thoughts racing.

What should he do now?

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