Disclaimer: Nickelodeon owns Big Time Rush. I am not making a profit by writing this.

A/N: What did you all think of the episode Big Time Fever? It's odd. The only pairing that was in that episode was Logan/Camille. It makes you wonder if Jo never forgave Kendall for what happened in the episode Big Time Sparks. Also, where the heck was Stephanie? You can't have Carlos/Stephanie without Stephanie even being in the episode! *sighs*

The Boy Is Mine

Chapter 7-Bleep! Blap! Bloop!

The next day, Logan found Stephanie sitting by herself by the pool. She appeared to be deep in thought. Despite any reservations he had concerning Stephanie, Logan decided to see what was troubling Stephanie. They were friends after all, right?

"Hey, Stephanie," Logan greeted.

No response. Stephanie continued to stare off into space.

"Hello? Earth to Stephanie," Logan said waving his hand back and forth in front of her face.

That seemed to bring her out of her trance.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Stephanie asked.

"Mind if I sit?" Logan asked, gesturing to the lounge chair beside Stephanie.

"Sure."

There was an awkward silence between the two teenagers. Logan had been meaning to talk to Stephanie. He just didn't anticipate it would be so soon. As for Stephanie, there was something she needed to tell Logan too. Both were mentally going over what they had to say; carefully choosing their words.

"I'm sorry!" they blurted out at the same time.

Stephanie had an incredulous look on her face.

"Wait, what do you have to be sorry about?" Stephanie inquired.

"Look, you're a great girl. I mean, look at you; you're smoking hot! It's just I think we'd be better off as friends, and I'm sorry if I made you think otherwise," Logan replied.

Stephanie supposed she should be hurt right about now. Truthfully though, she was…relieved. Frankly, she couldn't blame Logan for deciding to just be friends with her. Given what she did, if she were Logan, she'd be freaked out too. Besides, she always had in the back of her mind, a sneaking suspicion that he had his sights set on a particular Method Actress Queen.

"It's okay. I'm sorry I made you lock yourself in a box when you're claustrophobic," Stephanie said.

Now that the apologies were out of the way, Logan still got the sense that something else was troubling Stephanie. She seemed a little…tense.

"Is something bothering you?" Logan asked.

Stephanie would love nothing more than to get this off her chest. She couldn't talk to Jo or Camille. Based on her recent behavior, she burnt those bridges. She didn't have any other female friends. Stephanie definitely couldn't talk to Carlos. Sure, it would be weird talking to Logan about this, but at least she'd be talking about it rather than keeping it bottled up inside of her.

"It's Carlos," Stephanie answered.

"Oh," was all Logan could say.

He wasn't good when it came to giving relationship advice. That was more James' thing. He was the one who had the most experience when it came to that sort of thing. Plus, it sort of made Logan uncomfortable talking about one of his best friend's personal life. Then again, a lot of things made Logan uncomfortable.

"I think he likes me, but I can't seem to get him to admit it," Stephanie explained.

Logan laughed. Stephanie was thoroughly confused by this response. She had a 'WTF?' look etched on her facial features.

"I'm sorry. It's just you know Carlos has never had a girlfriend before, right? Well, except for Mercedes, but that doesn't really count," Logan stated.

There was that name again. Mercedes. Who was this Mercedes? Stephanie heard her name mentioned concerning first Logan, and now Carlos too.

"Who's Mercedes?" Stephanie demanded.

Logan shuddered. "Ugh, don't get me started," he said. "Anyways, one thing you should know about Carlos, and I mean no disrespect by this either, is that when it comes to girls, he's desperate."

Stephanie could see where Logan was going with this. Desperation makes people do some strange things—things they might not normally do otherwise.

"So basically, Carlos will pursue the first girl who returns his feelings. Heck, he'll pursue a girl even if she doesn't return his feelings. Take the Jennifers and the Simms Twins for example," Logan explained.

Stephanie wasn't quite sure what to make of all this new information. Did Carlos really have that many love interests? She never anticipated she would have so much competition.

"So what you're saying is that I have to make the first move. I have to tell him how I feel?" Stephanie asked.

"Yep," Logan answered. He let out a deep sigh. "Easier said than done. I should know."

Ever since the 'Hollywood Super Party Kings of Hollywood' non-party, Logan has known that he has had feelings for only one girl—Camille. It's just he's never mustered up the courage to tell her this. Of course, there's also the fact that when it comes to talking to girls he likes, Logan is socially…awkward.

"You like Camille, don't you?" Stephanie asked. There was no jealousy or disgust in her tone of voice at all. There was nothing but sincerity.

"Yeah," Logan responded.

"Then why don't you tell her?"

"I can't!"

"What do you mean you can't?"

"It's precisely what it sounds like. I physically can't. There's a reason why James has been the one to orchestrate all my past dates. There's a reason why more often than not, my past dates have been double dates."

It was now Stephanie's turn to laugh heartily. Logan narrowed his eyes at Stephanie. In turn, she put a hand over her mouth to muffle her laughter. She couldn't stop it entirely even if she wanted to. It was just too funny.

"Logan, you have got to be the smartest boy I know, and you can't say three little words? I. Like. You." Stephanie remarked.

Logan rolled his eyes.

"Not you too! It's bad enough that the guys poke fun at me; now you," Logan commented.

"I'll tell you what. I'll make you a deal. I'll tell Carlos that I like him if you tell Camille that you like her. Deal?" Stephanie asked, holding out her hand.

Logan did want Carlos to finally have a girlfriend. In his opinion, it was long overdue. Stephanie was the best choice out of all Carlos' love interests. Logan just wanted to be a good friend. Just like when he flew halfway across the country so James' lifelong dream could come true. Logan was a pretty selfless guy. He put others' needs, particularly his friends' needs, ahead of his own. He still wanted to be a doctor when he grew up, but now that they were doing the singing thing, that dream—Logan's lifelong dream—was put on the backburner.

"Deal," Logan said, shaking Stephanie's hand.

XXXXX

"What did I get myself into?" Logan asked himself as he poked his head out from behind the concierge counter in the Palm Woods lobby.

He adjusted the tree hat on his head. Why were these things so itchy? The shrubbery was on the outside not the inside, right?

Not too far away, Camille was sitting in a chair reading the script to another audition that she was rehearsing for. Typical Camille. She was always rehearsing. Logan wouldn't be surprised if she recited lines in her sleep.

"I can do this! I can do this!" Logan chanted in his head.

He took one tiny half step out from behind the counter, and then he…full out retreated back to the safety of the counter.

"I can't do this! I can't do this!" Logan exclaimed.

Forget butterflies. Logan had dragons fluttering about inside his stomach. His palms were sweaty. His hands were trembling. His knees knocked against each other as they shook. His teeth chattered. A passerby might mistake Logan for having a seizure because his entire body was shaking so badly.

"Logan? Is that you?" Camille asked, her voice getting ever closer.

Logan frantically tried to open a vent near the floor he was crouched on. His hands were shaking so much though that they were more of a hindrance than anything else.

"What are you doing?" Camille asked, suddenly standing right by Logan.

So much for a hasty retreat…

"Camille!" Logan exclaimed.

"I thought it was you. I saw your tree hat poke out from around the corner," Camille said.

'Stupid tree hat!' Logan thought to himself. It was bad enough it was itchy, but now it fails miserably at camouflage?

Logan rose to his feet. Despite the fact that when standing upright, he was taller than Camille, he shrank away from her.

"So, you look good. Are you feeling better? I apologize for making you feel like you had to lock yourself in a box to get away. That will never happen again. Cross my heart," Camille said, crossing her heart with her finger.

"Uh…I-I'm f-fine," Logan stammered.

What little resolve Logan had went completely out the window. He never counted on there being an ambush.

Camille found it adorable that Logan got so nervous around her. She thought it was so cute the way he stuttered and the way he tripped over his words when he was around her. She found it…endearing.

"S-so S-Stephanie and I were t-talking, and….I-I was thinking…er…Bleep! Blap! Bloop!" Logan said before rolling his eyes at himself, spinning around on his heels, and starting to take off in the opposite direction.

Camille grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks.

"You and Stephanie were talking? What exactly were you talking about?" Camille demanded.

Logan saw how furious Camille looked. It was quite scary. He squeezed both of his eyes shut, before quickly blurting out, "You're not going to hit me, are you?"

Despite the situation, Camille couldn't help but laugh at Logan's reaction. It was one of his numerous quirks that she loved so much about him. Just like that, all her rage that had been building up had dissipated. She forgot that she was supposed to be angry and jealous that he was talking to some other girl—a girl that had taken an interest in Logan herself.

"No, of course not!" Camille exclaimed.

Though Camille reckoned that she could slap Logan. Of course, she could always kiss him afterwards. That ought to make him feel better. Plus, it would give Camille an excuse to kiss Logan again. She didn't mind that she was always the one kissing Logan. Camille just figured that Logan was one of those guys who liked to take things slow. She was fine with that. It just didn't necessarily mean that she had to take things slow as well.

"You never did answer my question; what were you and Stephanie talking about?" Camille asked.

"Y-you," Logan stammered.

Camille was caught off guard by that reply. That was the last thing she had anticipated. Why on Earth would the two of them talk about her of all things? What would possess them to do such a thing?

"Oh, what about me?" Camille questioned, expectantly.

Logan's eyes were open by now, but he was staring at his feet. He refused to look Camille in the eyes. It was bad enough that he was nervous just being around her. He didn't need to make matters worse by actually looking at her as he talked too.

"I-I've made a d-decision," Logan stuttered.

"A decision? A decision about what?" Camille replied, perplexed.

"About who I ch-choose."

"I'm sorry. You lost me."

"I-I'm t-talking to h-her n-now."

"Wait. What?"

Camille was thoroughly confused. She couldn't make heads or tails out of what Logan was saying. It didn't help that he was stuttering while he spoke, not to mention talking a mile a minute. She mentally replayed everything he had just said to her.

Logan pretended to look at the watch on his wrist…only he wasn't wearing a watch on his wrist.

"L-look at the t-time. G-gotta g-go," Logan said, before getting the heck out of dodge.

Camille was now not only baffled by Logan's behavior, but she was still trying to make sense of what he had said. Did he just say what she thought he said? If so, that changes everything. If so, Camille felt like she was the luckiest girl on the planet.

To Be Continued…

A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long for me to update. I could give you a laundry list of reasons why it took me so long to update. I've had a busy work schedule. Working six days in a row, I have barely had enough time to watch the television shows I recorded on the DVR when I get home. I've had a case of writer's block. I know what I ultimately want to accomplish with this story. I just don't know the details yet. I especially don't know how much longer I can or should drag this out. Oh, and on a side note, Logan is dominating the poll on my profile page. Woohoo! Anyways, thanks for reading, and I hope you'll leave me a review as well.