So after four thousand years, I've updated this story and it is the end of it! I hope you guys like it and if you've read it from beginning to end after all these years, I thank you very much! Enjoy the final chapter!
Kendall, Camille, Carlos, and James watched as Ethylene enjoyed a smoothie next to the pool.
"So . . . we just go up and confront her?" Camille asked.
"Basically," Kendall said.
"Welp . . . have fun with that," Carlos and James said at the same time, pushing him out from behind the bush they were hiding behind.
"Thanks guys," Kendall said, turning around to face Ethylene. She smiled as he walked up to her.
"Kendall! I feel like I haven't seen you in forever," she said.
"It's been two days." Ethylene was taken back by his harsh tone. "I hear you're messing with my friend," Kendall said, getting right to the point.
"Excuse me?" Ethylene asked, genuinely confused.
"Are you bullying Logan?"
"What? Oh my gosh! No! Of course not! I would never!"
"Cut the act, Camille and James saw you talking to him at dinner when they went 'to the bathroom.'" James, Carlos, and Camille came out from behind the bush, ready to face Ethylene too.
"Oh? I-I don't have any clue what you're talking about."
"Really?" Camille interjected. "Because I'm pretty sure you told my boyfriend that he doesn't deserve me! That he can't take care of me! I'll have you know that is absolutely not true! He is perfect! He is the best boyfriend I've ever had and you are not allowed to talk about him or to him in that way!"
"Oh yeah? How many boyfriends have you had?" Ethylene asked, standing up and turning on Camille. Camille, however, was not fazed.
"What does it matter how many boyfriends I've had? I don't need to have had ten million boyfriends, or even one, to know that Logan is a better boyfriend than over half the people in Los Angeles combined! How dare you talk to someone in such a way! Tearing down their self-esteem for your own benefit! What makes you think that's okay?"
Before Ethylene could speak, James gave his two-cents. "Yeah! And you think I would want to date you after knowing what you've done to my friend? Imagine how he felt? Thinking his best friend is dating his bully?"
"You two have a history, don't you?" Kendall asked. "You two know each other from somewhere else."
"Middle school," Ethylene said. She still didn't have much regret in her voice.\
"Didn't Logan ask us if we recognised her?" Carlos asked, referencing the first time they had seen her.
"Yes. He did," Kendall said, never breaking eye contact with Ethylene. "He's terrified of you, do you know that? He has been miserable since the day you got here. You'd think after all these years, you'd have grown up by now and be a little nicer to our friend. Why are you even doing this to him?"
"I . . . he's smarter than me . . . and-and I was jealous of his abilities. They were greater than mine. I wasn't used to that. I was always the smartest person in school. Then he comes along and takes that from me! I realize how stupid it is now, but . . . I have a hard time letting things go," Ethylene explained, finally showing remorse for her actions.
"I think it's about time that you forgive him and mend your relationship," Kendall said, his voice still dark and unforgiving. Ethylene nodded. Kendall held his hand out to lead her to their apartment and she followed his instructions, head down,
When they entered the apartment, the first thing Logan saw was the boys with Ethylene and he immediately felt his hopes of making it through the day without being bullied by her flee.
"Hi," Logan said, rather disappointed with this turn of events.
"Ethylene has something she needs to tell you. Something she should have told you long ago," Kendall said, looking at her. Logan's depressed mood shifted to extreme confusion.
"I'm sorry, Logan . . . for . . . for all these years of . . . bullying. I was just jealous of you. I wanted to be able to do what you could. I wanted to be the smartest kid in school again. I wanted to be the one who got all the awards. I was that person . . . before you came and took it from me. And . . . that made me angry and I took it out on you in a really awful way and . . . I apologise. I don't expect you to forgive me after all this time . . . I just wanted you to know it's over." Logan sat silent for a long time before offering any sort of reaction.
"Thank you. And I forgive you," he said as he stood.
"I guess I'll go, then." Logan nodded and Ethylene took her exit.
"How did you guys know?" Logan asked after another long silence.
"Katie, actually," James said, embarrassed.
"Of course," Logan said with a small smile. "Thanks for being there for me." Camille, James, Carlos, and Kendall all sensed that he needed a group hug and so they did just that. Hugging their best friend, knowing that he knew that they would always be there for him no matter what.
I kept getting random comments years after I had updated this telling me to finish it and so I felt like I probably should after so long, actually finish it. So, at 11 o'clock at night, I am uploading this! Woohoo! I hope the end wasn't to much of a disappointment! Thanks again!
