So I am a terrible person. This is not news. It's been almost a year. On my profile page, I made sure to clarify that all stories were on hiatus because my computer metaphorically imploded. Sure, I have had access to others during this time, but that's what makes me a terrible person. But keep in mind that I also have a job. And stuff.
I kept this excuse brief because it doesn't make a difference, now does it? Almost a freaking year. Oi. Just… sorry.
~Star Crossed
Chapter 7: The Pool
Logan paced back and forth. His three best friends were nowhere to be seen. He was panicking. It's just what he did.
"Hi Logie!"
"Carlos, what the heck? Where have you been? Where are Kendall and James?"
"They aren't here?"
"Would I be asking if they were?!"
"Calm down bud," Carlos responded, confused at the raven haired boys outburst. Logan visibly relaxed some, so Carlos continued. "I don't know where James and Kendall are but I just got back from the hospital." Any sort of calm Logan had dissolved immediately as he sprinted toward his friend and started studying him up and down.
"Oh my God are you okay did you hit your head again or fall of the slide platform or hold your breath too long in the pool or—"
"I took someone else to the hospital." Carlos said, swatting at Logan.
"Oh." Carlos rolled his eyes, "Who?"
"His name is Felix. I saw him in the hallway writhing in pain so I got him some help." Logan cocked his head to the side.
"That's very smart of you."
"Don't act so shocked, Logie." Logan laughed and patted his companion on the back. Just as Logan was about to speak again, Kendall entered their apartment.
"And where have you been?" Kendall didn't respond to the raven haired boy as he swiftly walked passed them to make it to his room, locking the door behind him.
"What's up his butt?" Carlos commented.
Logan hesitated, but walked over to Kendall and James' bedroom door. He rasped three times with no response from in the room. He knocked three more times, harder and harder progressively. And three more times. Just as Logan was going to try again, something big and bulky hit the door from the inside, surprising Logan. As he staggered backwards, Kendall announced, "I want to talk to James."
A tad hurt that Kendall wouldn't just talk to them, Logan and Carlos backed away slowly. "Let's just go find James."
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"Patchwork Lives sounds like a mouthful, I think," Tanner announced to no one in particular in the car that was driving the four back to the Palm Woods.
"It's not really our choice," Mattie voiced quietly. Tanner sent him a sideways glance but brushed off the comment. He started rubbing his knee absent mindedly.
A tense silence filled the car. None of them were particularly friends. Tanner and Mattie went shopping together, sure, but none of them really knew much about each other.
In addition, Felix and Kale weren't really too fond of each other. Kale had too much on his mind to talk anyway.
The rest of the ride went by painfully slow. As soon as they reached the parking lot, they all hopped out and dispersed. Mattie went up to his room to check on Rina and Tanner quietly followed; might as well try to make friends. Felix wandered to the pool and Kale ran up to his room, only as if to see is Kendall had decided to stick around.
Before he could even get on the elevator, he halted as someone screeched his name. He winced as the familiar blond haired girl entered his field of view.
"Hello Piper."
"And where have you been?"
"Around."
"Bullshit," she snapped. Kale blinked, holding in the urge to scream.
"Oh sorry. I must have missed your call."
"Try seven calls. What the hell?"
"I was doing my job. You know, singing? With my band?"
"Don't try to make excuses!" Kale shook his head. He wanted to find Kendall.
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Felix paced back and forth down the deserted hallway. He needed to do something; anything. He couldn't stand to just sit in his apartment just waiting for Hawk to call him up again.
He decided to get out of the Palm Woods. He didn't want to run into Kale and yet he didn't want to be alone.
So he called up a car for the mall.
He would be able to kick start his bad boy role there, even more so than the black clothes and the black eye.
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Mattie shied away from his band mates, and after putting a leash on Rina, he made his way to a lounge chair by the pool. She cuddled up in his crossed legged lap and promptly fell asleep.
Mattie chuckled and softly rubbed behind her ears. After assuming that comfortable sitting position, he pulled out a book from his pack and flipped to the bookmarked page.
Mattie struggled through the next couple pages before letting out a small, exasperated sigh. He put Much Ado About Nothing down and closed his eyes, leaning back into the chair.
He was brought back to reality after Rina started yipping and licking his face. He patted her back and said, "Aw, I guess nap time is over."
"Oh wow, Shakespeare, huh?" Mattie blinked, looking up to meet the gaze of a raven haired boy. "That one is definitely my favorite. How do you like it so far?"
"Oh, um, it's kind of hard to get into…" Mattie replied, his accent coming out unnaturally thick, making his face turn a dark shade of pink. The stranger offered him a smile before taking a seat on the chair next to him.
"Definitely worth it in the long run. What an adorable dog you have! Is it a he or a she?" The boy reached over to pet the young dog.
"She." Mattie squeaked. The stranger laughed, but Mattie couldn't tell if it was because of his voice cracking or the fact that Rina was animatedly playing with the boy's fingers. "Her name is Rina."
"A name meaning peace and joy; I think that's perfect." Mattie looked up from his puppy again to meet the stranger's gaze. He was no longer looking at Rina, but back into his own white-blue eyes. He cleared his throat. "My name is Logan."
"Mattie." He responded, with his cheeks pink and his heart beating too fast. He doubted it was only from being timid. The realization finally kicked in. Logan was in Big Time Rush, the band he was told to hate. But there was something else; the brown eyed boy was stunning. It was hard to look away.
"You're new here, aren't you?" Mattie nodded. "So what do you do?" Before he could answer, a Hispanic boy walked up in a huff. Mattie recognized him as Carlos.
"Logie, I thought we were supposed to be looking for James?" the new boy paused before looking over to Mattie, spotting the puppy in his lap. He immediately knelt on the ground and started petting Rina and making kissing sounds. Mattie chuckled. The noise made Logan look back to him, a smile plastered on his face from the magnificent sound.
"Oh my—Felix!" Mattie's attention snapped to Carlos, who, strangely enough, was calling out to his band mate, the band mate he wasn't supposed to know.
And then he took the time to really focus on Felix.
"Holy shit," Mattie breathed. With a smirk on his face, Felix walked over to the group.
"'Sup fellas?"
"What did you do to your face?" Logan asked, referring to the bruise.
"What did you do to the rest of your head?" Carlos asked, putting his hand in front of Logan's face, as to stop Felix from answering his question.
"Whattya mean?"
"Uh, the hair cut? The piercing?" Mattie interrupted. Felix just chuckled, running his hand through his newly cut mohawk. The light shimmered off of his nose ring.
"I'm just living up to standards."
"Did that hurt?" Carlos asked, touching the underside of his own nose. He stood up to inspect Felix.
"Not as bad as the sucker punch from this morning."
"Oh that's what that is from," Logan said to no one in particular.
Out of the corner of his eye, Mattie could see several girls across the pool just simply gawking at Felix. It was like he was a specimen they have never seen before. He was definitely not denying that he didn't look good. It suited him.
Very well.
"Yeah, I got roughed up a bit. You should see the other guy." Mattie let out a snort. Felix gave him a glare.
Their conversation was interrupted once again when a blond girl came running into the pool area, tears streaming down her face, sobbing loudly and quite noticeably.
She ran straight for another girl with dark curly hair and pulled her up out of her seat. The dark hair girl looked concerned and let the blonde lead her away from the pool.
"I have absolutely no clue as to what just happened." Felix stated, scratching at the buzzed side of his head.
"Why was Jo all upset?" Carlos asked, looking over to Logan expectantly. Mattie and Felix followed, staring at Logan.
"Well how should I know?"
"Who is Jo? She was kinda hot." Felix said, then proceeding to clear his throat. Mattie shot him a confused look, as if to say 'you aren't fooling anyone'.
"That's Kendall's girlfriend…" Logan's voice drifted off. "I think."
Okay, well that seemed like a decent place to end it. It's a tad bit short, but it is something, with substance, so I think it'll be good. I hope I got Mattie's characterization down pretty well. I tried really hard to keep on keeping on with his creator's input so yeah.
Um, it's hard to say when the next update will be because I am leaving for vacation soon and then, promptly, school starts a few days after I get back. I will probably have to update JLaR first anyway because that's an OCD thing.
If you have any questions, you can find me at ~youre losing your ~ remove the spaces and such. Feel free to send me an ask and I'll be happy to answer. Or you can PM me here, but it'll probably take me longer to answer.
I posted an "in real life picture" of the boys on there too if you'd like to take a look. You can search "star crossed" on my page and a whole mess of shit will pop up.
So thank you for reading, please leave a review to let me know what you think :3
