Alice: Sorry! It's been way too long!
Emily: I need to work on this updating thing…
Alice: It's my first year in high school, so the schedule is impossible to follow.
Emily: And by schedule, she means homework.
Alice: Today I have like none though, so enjoy!
Aftermath
Logan stared agape at Alex, who smiled too pleasantly. Even his friends flinched and most of them didn't know about what he was like behind closed doors. Kendall stole a glimpse of a very pale and terrified Logan. His small body shuddered in pure fear. Why though? This wasn't the reaction he gave when he cheated on Kendall. "I repeat," he smiled sweetly, his eyes deadly focused on Logan. "What will Alex do?"
His eyes went black with anger. Kendall could already feel the stares on him from James and Carlos. He guessed they wanted him to fight for Logan, to say Logan kissed him and was still in love with him. Or maybe that's just what Kendall wanted to do. But one peek at Logan, he decided to at least do him a favor even if it would ruin all his chances. "It's my fault," Kendall confessed, stepping towards Alex who raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "I kissed him to get him back, and he froze up. He already explained he doesn't want me back. He says he l-loves you."
He silently cursed at himself for stuttering out the last part. Wasn't he better than that?
"What?!" James exclaimed in anger.
"Kendall," Carlos whined. They immediately shut up with one glare from the green eyed boy. He also went to look to see the girls' reactions. Surprisingly, they were cuddled together, eyes only on Alex in… fear? Facing back towards Alex, he smiled in fake regret. He needed to pull through for Logan.
"I'm sorry if there was a misunderstanding." This time Kendall turned to Logan, eyes void of emotion. Gulping Logan silently mouthed a 'thank you' to which Kendall just wanted to snort at. If Logan felt so guilty about kissing another guy while with Alex, he must love him. Still if it helped Logan, Kendall was willing to do it.
"Logan." Alex's voice was stone cold and broke both boys out of their trance. "Is this true?"
"Y-yes," Logan stuttered. His stance was tense as Alex continued to walk towards him, smirking. Logan didn't fail to notice Alex looking around the room at all his friends. Oh god, Logan thought dreadfully, is he going to punish me in front of all of them?
"I heard an interesting rumor too," Alex sneered. "What types of things are you saying to your friends, Logie?"
It didn't take a genius to know Alex was talking about Jo and Camille. Logan had just found out Jo knew today. How did Alex know? Did he overhear them? Did Jo flip out at him like she did with Logan? Either way, Logan realized his boyfriend's plan. Alex wanted to make him look like a liar that way they wouldn't believe him if he decided to turn on Alex. "N-nothing," Logan whispered, his head dropping.
Camille and Jo flinched at the mere words. Clearly neither thought what would happen if Alex knew the extent of what they knew. The three boys just stared at this scene, feeling suddenly clueless. He turned towards Logan and smirked. In a quick movement, he slammed Logan against the wall, pressing his lips harshly against Logan's. The bystanders flinched at the loud noise of him crashing against the wall. Alex's eyes watched the reactions as he moved down to Logan's neck, sucking, nipping, and licking all the skin he could.
"A-Alex," Logan gasped more of surprise than pleasure. He pressed his knee between Logan's legs, rubbing his groin. The smaller boy began to pant. His hands slipped under Logan's shirt, immediately going for his nipples which he pinched. Logan could only helplessly moan at the unwanted pleasure.
Alex turned his head to smirk at the shocked friends, not bothering to look at Logan. Kendall growled at the look that clearly says I won. "You want this, right Logan?"
Logan's eyes snapped fully open. "Y-yes…"
"So you're willing?"
Tears began to fill his brown eyes. "I-I always have been."
"Good," Alex growled before grabbing his wrist and tugging him down the halls until they vanished.
"This is my fault," Jo whispered abruptly. "If I didn't tell then Logan… Camille, this is all my fault!"
Camille flinched. "N-no… it's mine. I shouldn't have told you. I could have gone about it any other way. But I just… I wanted to tell someone, and you gave off the perfect opportunity."
"Fault?" James snorted. "Logan practically shoved himself into Alex's arms right after he kissed Kendall! Logan knows Kendall still loves him!"
"James, it's fine," Kendall whispered. "If Alex is what Logan wants-"
"That doesn't mean he can treat you like crap!" James threw up his arms.
"Kendall kissed him," Camille argued, glaring at Kendall. "Why would you do that? You know he's with Alex!"
"Oh, because you were so against it," James snapped back. "You guys just smiled happily. You want Logan with Kendall too."
"Of course we do," Jo frowned, eyes dark. "But that doesn't mean it won't be painless."
Boy, did she mean that. Kendall opened his mouth to shout and defend James or stop the arguing. Luckily Carlos spoke up quietly. So quietly one would think no one would hear him with all the screaming. But everyone's eyes focused on him. "Do you think it hurt?"
"What?" Camille frowned, stealing a glance at Jo.
"Being thrown against that wall," Carlos shrugged. "It was really loud. My dad's a cop, and I've seen some bruises on him because of things like that. It didn't sound that fun to me."
Kendall paused slightly, to muse it over. "What did Alex mean by asking if Logan was willing? What did Logan tell you guys that would make Alex ask that?"
Both girls froze on the spot. "W-well," Jo so badly wanted to inform them. She wanted to spill her guts about the rape, the bruises on Logan, and just everything she discovered. But flashes of what occurred moments ago haunted her head. This was just from Camille telling a friend all this on accident, and Camille wasn't supposed to know. So telling his absolute best friends and ex-boyfriend? She shivered at what might happen.
"We thought that Logan would rather have Kendall," Camille blurted out, not even trying to cover her lie. "We thought Alex must be forcing Logan to stay in the relationship. Logan tried to tell us he wanted to be with Alex, but we thought that was a lie. I guess it wasn't."
Luckily for Logan, the boys bought it.
"I miss him," Kendall frowned.
"You shouldn't," James glared at the ground. "He broke your heart."
"No," Kendall shook his head. "I don't mean as a boyfriend. I miss him just being around and smiling. Guys, when's the last time he smiled?"
"Just today," James furrowed his eyebrows. "Why?"
"No, I mean a real smile," Kendall bit his lip. "All his smiles seem fake nowadays. I think we're pushing him away."
"No we're not," James shook his head. "We offered if he wanted to go to the park with us today, and he said no! For a date that didn't even exist!"
"You guys clearly gave off the impression that you didn't want him to come," Kendall argued. "He needs friends. I think he isn't comfortable around us because you seem to hate him, Carlos ignores him, and I keep begging for him to take him back."
No, Camille pressed her lips in a thin line, trying her best not to voice her thoughts out loud. Alex is threatening Logan to stay away from his friends, or he'd hurt you guys.
James crossed his arms, glaring at the ground. "Fine," he grumbled. "I'll give him another shot."
"I will too," Carlos nodded almost numbly. "Because we haven't really smiled in a while either."
Jo stood, staring at her cell phone while biting her lip. Did she really want to do this? After the boys dispersed and people entered the lobby again, she ran right up to her room and locked herself in. She assumed Camille did something similar. People in the lobby began asking questions, too many and too personal questions. For now, she decided to spend the rest of the day inside.
The answer to getting Logan safe and everyone happy again was right there. So why was she hesitating? Gulping Jo took the phone and pressed the 'call' button. She pressed it against her ears and closed her eyes tightly. "Hey," a voice came on the other side. "Who is this? It says unknown number."
"I-it's me," Jo said more confidently than she felt. "It's Jo."
"Jo?" the voice said in recognition.
"Yeah," Jo nodded though the person couldn't see her. "I need your help."
Alice: Sorry it took so long to update!
Emily: I hope you like the next chapter.
Alice: I'll try to update before the end of the first week of March."
Emily: Sorry if it's a little short.
