Author's note: I have exams in a couple of days so this is my last post until they are done. Anyway, this chapter is what I like to call a 'relationship building' chapter so tell me what you like. As always- see what references you can spot either from my own previous stories, BTR or anywhere else!
Oh at BTW I'm co-writing a story called 'moments with James Diamond' with HalfJillHalfJack and it's under her name. You should totally check it out.
Dedication: To HalfJillHalfJack- a good time to dedicate it to you as well! Congrats on finishing your exams!
James came into the apartment to find Kendall squatted behind the couch; the blonde hair was just visible as he peeked over the couch with a pair of binoculars. James had grown accustomed to Kendall's… eccentricities, it wasn't in itself, odd to see the boy hidden in some carefully placed bushes, with binoculars, a 'tree hat' and some kind of spy music blaring from his iPod.
But that was usually at the pool or in the lobby… or at the park maybe once or twice at Rocque records… that one incredibly awkward time at the gym. James forgets where he was going with this… ah right! Kendall usually kept his oddness out of the apartment (well at least the kind of oddness that needed binoculars.)
"Kendall what are you-"
Kendall's head jerks up and when he spotted James, he barrel rolled over to him mission impossible style and tackled him to the floor. "Shh" he reprimands "we're on a mission" Kendall pulls out a black bandana similar to the one he's wearing and hands it to James.
The whole thing seems completely unnecessary.
He puts the bandana on anyway… but ONLY because he thinks they're fashion forward. It had nothing to do with Kendall and his current shenanigans.
Kendall drags him along the ground until they're squatting behind the couch in the same creepy manner James had found Kendall moments before. James could now see what they were looking at.
The door of James and Logan's room.
"Kendall I STILL don't-" James struggled and Kendall cut him off by placing a hand over his mouth. "Shh- you can hear that right?"
It was a ridiculous question really. The music of 'the city is ours' reverberated off the walls- James thought it actually didn't sound that bad. Kendall obviously disagreed seeing as his face was scrunched up in horror "it sounds like he's beating someone to death with a key board" he hissed.
James hit Kendall "dude shut up- Logan's just practicing, he wants to be able to play ALL our songs in case it comes up in concert or something."
"That's LOGAN?" Kendall asked in disbelief "I thought it was CARLOS- you know mashing keys or some of the world's most terrible and musically challenged robbers."
James concentrated on the noise, the chorus was almost perfect until about halfway through where it veered off terribly and James heard a quiet voice mutter "fuck."
"Oh yeah- that's defiantly Logan" James confirmed, he slid down the back of the couch and Kendall followed his example. Sitting with his back pressed against the back of the couch, Kendall seemed to be lost in thought "I… I thought Logan was good at music- well not singing, but like I've seen him play guitar and he was awesome."
"He played his guitar for you?" James asked irrationally jealous, "you know what never mind- anyway yeah, Logan's good at piano but it takes him a while to learn new music. He's not very… musically inclined. So… he practices. A lot!"
James beams at their door; glad to see Logan was letting off steam in some small way. The smaller boy had been retreating into himself further and further over the last couple of days- something James had been trying not to take personally.
"Why would you do something you weren't good at?" Kendall asked incredulously, he didn't have a lot of experience in working hard at anything (except hockey and now this band boy thing) so he couldn't imagine why anyone would force themselves to repeat something over and over if they showed no natural talent for it.
"Well… he stuck with piano because that's how we met, at piano practice," James explained (and after eleven years of piano practice Logan was actually really good- he just couldn't co-ordinate playing piano and singing like he was attempting at the moment… James thinks that's what he's doing anyway.)
"And all the other stuff he mostly did it because we did everything together- when we got older we tried doing things on our own. Logan stuck with gymnastics and I joined a whole bunch of sports clubs- but we always enjoyed stuff we could do together."
Kendall looked at James with a strange expression, "that's kind of… sweet" he settled on finally. He took of his bandana and ran his hand through his hair. "I don't think I'll ever be that close to someone- that I'd want to do EVERYTHING with them. I mean I have Carlos- but our relationship isn't anything like the one you have with Logan."
James shrugged "Logan says we compliment each other- and you and Carlos compliment each other just fine. In my head you guys are like the little shoulder angel and devil."
Kendall laughed "Carlos would make a HORRIBLE shoulder angel, he'd probably get distracted, or tell you to dangerous stuff… or try and parachute off your shoulder."
James snicker "yeah that DOES sound like him." Kendall smiles that fond smile that James noticed Kendall saved for when he was with Carlos or thinking about Carlos.
They were closer than Kendall liked to believed.
James punched Kendall affectionately (and for once without any kind of malice) and Kendall just smiled at him. It was almost a moment.
So of course something came along to ruin it.
"Whacha guys doing?"
Carlos Garcia: Moment Killer.
Carlos was kneeing on the couch looking down at them with big wide eyes. Both boys looked startled and jumped apart, Carlos grinned brightly "were you guys acting like friends?" He asked slightly.
"No way" Kendall stands up and brushes his pants; James stands up as well "where did you come from?" James smiled weakly at Carlos; the Latino boy's smile widens impossibly "Logie was trying to teach me how to play 'the city is ours' on the key board."
'Well…' James thinks to himself, maybe he just liked to make believe Logan's bad at the keyboard (it's endlessly frustrating being friends with a guy like Logan- though James rarely actually felt it because he was always better at the most important things- singing and dancing.)
Logan appeared into view and Kendall's face lights up at the sight of him, "your image has been restored" he tells him brightly.
"What?" Logan asks incredulously, Kendall points an accusatory finger at James "he said you were bad at keyboard- don't worry I didn't believe him for a second. You're great at everything."
James gasped, "I didn't even say that" he whirled to Logan to repeat the sentiment with the utmost sincerity but Logan isn't looking at him (he studiously hadn't been looking at him for several days.)
James face fell.
He tackled Kendall because even if he couldn't get Logan to smile at him, he could still get sweet revenge on Kendall Knight.
At least 50% was right with the world.
******BTR******
Sometimes it feels to Logan like he and Kendall had known each other a lot longer than a month (not that it feels like they've been friends forever just an feeling that you have been around someone along time- like a cousin or something.)
Logan attributes this to why Kendall is so good at getting under his skin.
Kendall waits for the perfect moment to strike- Logan had been hiding out in their classroom/broom closet during their designated lunch hour. It hadn't been long since Carlos dragged an excitable James out yelling that they were 'off to get corndogs and pick up girls- not necessarily in that order.'
"Why are you so mopey?" Kendall cocked his head at Logan, like he was trying to work out a difficult puzzle. "I'm not mopey..." Logan looked up from his book momentarily to glare at the blonde, Kendall snorted in response "yes you are- you only read fiction when you're feeling sorry for yourself."
Logan looked down at his book "how? Why would you even know that?" Kendall shone him a glaring bright grin "I make it my business to know these things."
"Creepy" Logan muttered hugging the book to his chest he got up and made a move to leave. "Okay, okay" Kendall jogged behind him and maneuvered around him blocking the exit "so maybe James mentioned it to Carlos and I happened to over hear."
"Not getting any less creepy Kendall- why do you insist on spying on people?" Logan sat on Carlos' desk in defeat, Kendall mirrored his action; he sat down on James' desk- sitting on top of James' abandoned books. "It's how I get to know people."
"Why are we talking about this?" Logan asked in a frustrated tone, Kendall grinned "no reason- it got you talking though and since you've been quiet for -I don't know- the past TWO DAYS! I'm counting this as a win."
"I have not" Logan glared "now get off there before James comes back and finds you sitting on his books." Logan's face changed at the mention of James, Kendall wasn't sure how exactly- but something was different.
"What was that?" Kendall sat up "what was what?" Logan backed away from Kendall, hopping off the desk in a smooth motion and edging deeper into the classroom. "Your voice went all funny when you said James' name. Oh! Oh! This is about James!"
Logan raced across the room and tackled Kendall, placing a hand across his mouth. "Talk a little louder why don't you?"
"Dude!" Kendall shoved him off "what's the deal? It's not like your mad at him, so what is it?"
Logan sighed, "I was kind of a jerk to him the other day" he said finally "so?" Kendall laughed "your being kind of a jerk to him right now- what with you ignoring him and all."
"I'm not talking to you about this- James and I… we have a system, he understands." Logan is confident Kendall could never fully comprehend the way James and Logan worked- it was a system they had spent eleven years perfecting.
"Are you so sure?"
Logan glares at Kendall and then looked down at his book, "you know our reading assignment is due tomorrow right? I'm not actually moping?"
"You do know I didn't hear James say that right- it was a shot in the dark, it seemed like a thing you'd do" Kendall snorted "even when your pouting, you're a huge nerd about it."
Logan chucked his book at Kendall, he wondered if James' 'don't make friends with Kendall' clause in their friendship was still in effect. Logan hoped not or he was doing a horrible job at keeping up with the code.
It was nice having friends. His whole life he'd always only ever had one friend, and it had been as wonderful as it had been isolating. Logan knew he had grown up stunted when it came to forming real meaningful relationships. He and James both had- that's why it had been a blessing they found each other.
Now it seemed like a blessing they'd also found Kendall and Carlos.
"Kendall" he looked up at the blonde and gave him his best smile, "thanks for caring."
Kendall smiled back easily, like it came so easy to him "of course Logie- what else am I going to do?"
"I feel like I owe you" Logan muttered and that hit Kendall like a ton of bricks, because he had noticed Logan like to keep things balanced, to never be indebted to anyone… but to think he 'owed him' because Kendall had cared about his wellbeing.
Was a little messed up in his opinion.
"I'll think of something" Logan said brightly and skipped over to the door, "in the mean time- if you buy me lunch I'll give you a synopsis on the book so you can write that paper for tomorrow."
Kendall was going to have to worry about it some other time.
******BTR******
"So do we actually know anything about their parents?"
Kendall and Carlos were sitting on their respective beds, they were gossiping about their band mates- a disturbingly frequent occurrence as of late. It made Kendall feel like one of those teenage girls he KNEW Katie would never grow up to be. Carlos had no such reservations about teenage girl-isms, and had always been rather gun-ho about incorporating his new friends into their small two-person friendship circle.
He just thought the best was to do that was to talk about them behind their backs.
"Oh um- James' mum sells make up or something… maybe an Avon lady?" Carlos responds "I like Avon ladies- their so friendly and they always smell so nice" he gives Kendall a big dopey grin and Kendall snaps at him "yes AND." Carlos rubs his neck in embarrassment "his dad works at a music store or something? I really don't know, James NEVER talks about his parents."
"I'm sure he said they were divorced" Kendall said quickly "but you know Logan says even less about his parents- I mean I've at LEAST seen James on the phone to his mum once or twice, Logie may as well be an orphan."
"Nah" Carlos responded immediately "if he were an orphan he would have been able to sing better." Kendall gave Carlos an amused look "what makes you think that?" Carlos rolls his eyes at Kendall, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
"BECAUSE all the orphans in Annie could sing," Carlos gasped "Oh! You don't think that mean Miss Hannigan wont let him get adopted do you? KENDALL WE HAVE TO ADOPT LOGAN!"
Kendall is in hysterics, he fell back on the bed "Carlos man- I think your logic is FLAWED!" he broke into a fit of very unmanly giggles.
"Plus- James said Logan's dad worked away I think- I have no clue about his mum though." Both boys struck a thoughtful pose, looking off into the distance; trying to imagine what Logan's mum- Mrs. Mitchell would look like…
The most they could collectively come up with was Logan in a wig and dress, which sent them into another fit of uncontrollable giggles (it was understood though unspoken that Logan would make an some what attractive girl though.)
"Do you think… maybe they came from abusive homes?" Kendall asked quietly, which sucked the humor right out of the conversation. "I mean they did let them stay with strangers- move halfway across the country… and they haven't come visited."
"That doesn't mean anything" Carlos said grumpily "my parents haven't visited yet- it's only been a month."
"These would be the same parents who video chat with you for two hours every night" Kendall rolled his eyes. "I think you talk to your mum about as much as I do- and seeing as MINE is in the same state as me, excuse me if I don't think you have neglectful parents."
Carlos bit his lip "what… what if they really do have bad parents? What do we do then?" He hugged his pillow; he was sort of worried for the two Wisconsin boys. Kendall shrugged "donno- I guess it doesn't really matter now… if they're here with us."
"But what if our demo doesn't get picked?"
A look passed over Kendall's face that strongly suggested he hadn't even thought of this as a possibility. Until that very second Carlos hadn't entertained the thought either- it was one of the nice and frustrating things about being friends with Kendall. Things just happen the way Kendall wanted them.
That wasn't enough of a guarantee for either of them at the moment though.
"I had forgotten that we were doing a demo… there's only two months left…" Kendall muttered, the cogs turning in his head. Carlos knew that look and pulled his legs down to touch the ground so he could spring into at action at a moments notice (which really was the amount of notice Kendall gave him if he was scheming.)
"Is this plan going to hurt?" Carlos asked reproachfully, he always asked this regardless of what the plan ended up being- he wasn't taking any chances after the great llama caper of 2008. Kendall rolled his eyes "Carlos" he scolded, "aren't you supposed to be the fearless one? I'm SO disappointed."
Carlos glared- he hadn't fallen for a line like that in years, something Kendall was aware of but didn't stop him from trying to goad him. It was probably because Carlos was very goad-able… but Kendall's constant abuse of that knowledge was reprehensible.
"Fine" Carlos huffed "what have you got?"
Kendall smirked, he liked when he got Carlos to crack (though it lacked a certain challenge) unfortunately though Kendall had wracked his brain the best he could come up with was… "Make sure we get picked up by the label."
That shouldn't be too hard right?
******BTR******
Carlos found James in a funk in a corner of the room he shared with Logan. Kendall had assured him that he had dealt with whatever messiness that was currently between James and Logan. Normally Carlos would immediately be assured- because Kendall always knew how to deal with the unpleasantness in a way that left Carlos out of it.
Only Carlos didn't want to keep out of it- and not just because Logan didn't make pancakes when he was all moody.
Carlos liked to think he had somewhat bonded with James. The Wisconsin boy was a constant surprise, Carlos had never met someone so self-sacrificing and self absorbed (he had previously thought it was impossible to be both at the same time.)
And when James smiled- well Carlos wanted to smile with him. That's probably why no matter what; whether Big Time Rush was a big time hit or a big time flop, James was going to be a loved by millions of people.
"So why is it lucky?"
James wasn't a hard nut to crack and Carlos knew getting James to smile was all about the subject matter. That's why he had agreed to the stupid make over in the first place.
"It just is" James smirked pulling the comb out of his pocket the way a fencer might unsheathed their rapier. Carlos winced but let James run the comb through his short black hair; Carlos could see James frowning behind him through the mirror. Though Carlos was happy to see that his plan was working. It wasn't a deep etched frown but a light frustrated frown that Carlos had grown used to seeing on people's faces when they tried to do something with his hair.
"It's awfully short" he said lightly and put his comb away, instead preferring to muss the strands with his fingers. James understood the messy look in theory. He'd never styled anyone that way though- mostly because the only person's hair he could get his hands on was Logan's. Logan had always been funny about his hair, fairly meticulous and spent a fair while styling it (even more so now that it was shorter for some unknown reason.)
"I can work with this though," he promised and left Carlos in front of his vanity mirror to go across to the messy side of the room. He stopped at Logan's dresser and searched until he found a small container. He skipped back over to Carlos.
"You know" Carlos laughed, "I always thought Logan would be the neat freak…"
James had by far the neatest room (well- half a room) in the whole apartment, and while Logan's side looked nothing like the quarantined disaster zone of the combined mess that made up Kendall and Carlos' room, it still was a right state in comparison to James'.
"Logan has this whole mad professor thing going for him that I don't understand- I like to keep things in order because I CARE about my material possessions." He wrinkles his nose and looks at Logan's half of the floor "see all those wrinkles- this is why he has to iron his clothes- and that just makes him look like a giant nerd."
"The sweater vests don't help" Carlos snickered, and James snickered right along with him "no- they really don't, but I can't get him to part with them."
Carlos grinned and then shuddered as James ran his hand through his hair again, "dude. What did you just put in my hair?" James seemed lost in concentration- apparently the 'messy look' took just as much styling and effort as any other style. "It's Cuda's massive hold gel- I got it for Logan when it started wearing it in spikes- but he refuses to wear anything from the Cuda line."
James flipped his hair and held the tub up close to his face like a spokes model "bara-wear-ya-cuda."
Carlos eyes James wearily in the mirror "why wont he use it?" he asked suspiciously- if Logan was against something… well it didn't sound good to be on the opposing side, even if James was on that side. "There may have been a few incy tiny recalls on a few products and Logan still has his boxers tied in a knot about it."
"What's a recall?" Carlos asked, James snorted, "that's exactly what I said!"
Carlos furrowed his brow "yeah… but I was being sincere," James gave him a wide grin, a grin that Carlos was slowly become accustom to and meant 'we are more alike than you know.'
"I was being sincere at the time too- it means that they had to get all the stuff they sold back."
"Why?" Carlos asked, James shrugged "donno some technical reason- mum called it a public relations nightmare. I donno, I still LOVE Cuda products!"
"You're mum…" Carlos said thoughtfully, James was more or less just messing with his hair now instead of trying to seriously style it. James pouted; Carlos' hair was an inch to short to make into a faux hawk.
"Your mum sells make up for a living right?" Carlos finally asked, he'd been dying to snoop a little (he was resigned to the fact he and Kendall had turned into miserable little gossips when it came to their band mates- so he might as well just embrace it.) "Is that why you're so concerned with your appearance?"
"Um something like that" James said uneasily, pulling out his lucky comb and smoothing out an unfortunate, stubborn clump of hair on the back of Carlos' head.
"Is she nice?" Carlos asked and James shrugged "I guess… okay no. She's not, but that's never really bothered me."
Carlos tried to comprehend that sentiment; he'd never met a mother who wasn't… maternal. "What's Logan's mother like?" he asked he felt bolder seeing as James seemed to have no trouble answering, James rolled his eyes. "She's like ten times worse I swear- I mean my mother loves me… she just always loved her job more. But with Logan… I donno."
Carlos sat silently and James' fingers stilled, the gel was drying- so he started styling it properly. "It's not anything I should be sharing," he tells Carlos in a warning tone "but she told him not to call- said it was impersonal to talk to someone over the phone."
"Isn't it impersonal not to you know talk to someone?" Carlos snapped and James nodded "I never really understood how their relationship works… she's not unloving, she just sort of forgets she's a mother most of the time…" James' frown dissolved into a wicked smile "on the upside it made it really easy for us to sneak out of his place."
James let go of Carlos and looked proud, Carlos stared at his reflection. He couldn't tell the difference. But that's not something he was going to tell James.
"It looks great James" he beamed (which is honest- because Carlos always thought his hair looked pretty cool even if his mum made him keep it short after his sister pulled out large clumps of hair when they got in that one fight. Carlos had never been more aware of how girls will fight dirty.)
"Of course" James scoffed and then looked Carlos up and down, "now we just need to fix your clothes."
Carlos looked down at his purple hoodie, jeans and mismatched socks, "what's wrong with what I'm wearing."
"What's right with it?"
******BTR******
Kendall watched Logan reading a heavy book through narrowed eyes. He had been SO sure he had straightened that boy out and by now he and James would be frolicking in a field somewhere (he assumed that was something along the lines of what they did when he and Carlos weren't around- they had an… odd friendship.)
"Why aren't you frolicking?" Kendall demanded, and it said a lot to how far they had come in a short time that Logan didn't bat an eyelash at Kendall's random questions. "I am" he told the blonde "in my mind- there's no suitable frolic space in LA."
"fair enough" Kendall conceded "but why aren't you with James?"
"He's getting his nails done or something with Carlos" Logan sniggered behind his book, and that made Kendall sit up a little straighter. "What?" Kendall snorted, "well- I think they were going to do extreme skateboarding but I know James. Anything that starts extreme ends with him breaking a nail and bullying someone into a manicure."
Kendall grabbed Logan's hand and examined his nails to find them in EXTREMELY good condition. "That's after we played basketball… he made me come get a facial with him once after he tried out for track- apparently all that wind is bad for his skin."
Kendall chuckled and shook his head, James was an odd, odd little man (well okay maybe not little since he had a couple of inches on Kendall.)
"So are you gonna make up with him or what?" Kendall asked impatiently, the sooner they made up the sooner James and his feelings could be classified under 'none of Kendall's business' again.
"I'm made his favourite for dinner- I should have done that straight away, nothing says forgive me like vegan lasagna, it's warming in the oven."
Kendall made a face; Logan had used his least favourite word when it came to cooking (vegan.) Logan who was a jack-of-all-trades and clearly a physic picked this up and added "And underneath our lasagna, is another lasagna I made for the rest of you. I found the recipe online it has like four different types of cheeses."
Kendall sent him an adoring look (he does love cheese) and flopped down next to him on the couch. "So your not moping, James is happy, I'm getting lasagna… then why are you still reading that stupid book? You already handed in your report… I know I handed in mine." Kendall actually seemed quite pleased with himself over this fact, their teacher (Mrs. Bar-I-can't-be-bothered-remembering-your-name-because-I-have-already-thought-of-an-ingenous-way-to-get-rid-of-you-oski) had been suitably impressed.
Logan held up the book "you're a moron Kendall- it's not the same book" he displayed the title to him. "Still boring though- why would you be reading… The ASPA official school registry?" Kendall's face dawned with semi-understanding "…Gustavo showed me this book? He said it was filled with every ASPA licensed teacher in the area- but you weren't there for that conversation."
"Carlos and I were spying in the vents," Logan said easily and Kendall gave him a bug-eyed look "what?" Logan said defensively "I wanted to know if he was kicking you out of the band… and Carlos said you guys play spies all the time without me." Logan actually pouted and Kendall pinched his cheek "aw Logie, don't be like that."
"ANYWAY" he wriggled out of Kendall's grip, "I 'borrowed' the book" he gave Kendall a devious smirk. Kendall raised his eyebrow suitably impressed "how'd you manage that?"
"stole Kelly's key and made a copy when she wasn't looking" he grinned, Kendall stared at him dumbfounded "…was that wrong?" Kendall's face lit up "noway! Now what are we going to do with it? Burn it? Guitar dude says they have bonfires all the time by the pool!"
Logan glared at him hugging the book close to his chest "no we are not going to burn the book! And what have I told you about hanging out with that dirty hippie" he scolded. Kendall smiled sheepishly, "okay then Mr Smartypants what are we gonna do with it."
Logan opened the book like it was obvious "we're not going to… read it? Are we?" Kendall asked in great disgust, he had never understood Logan's habit of reading. Not when their were so many fun things that he could be doing instead… like letting Kendall teach him how to skate (and eventually play hockey- he still had his heart set on Logan being his future goalie.)
That's not to say Kendall didn't enjoy when Logan's love of reading DID become useful.
"This book isn't just a list of teachers" Logan told him (Kendall briefly wondered if it was possible to hear someone smirking) "it also has the rules every ASPA school needs to follow."
Kendall's eyes lit up "you have an idea?"
Logan nodded "not a plan… I thought you'd handle that but look according to this we're entitled to; hot lunches, outdoor breaks AND interscholastic sports programs."
"WE DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT!"
"Exactly- so if Gustavo wants to continue tutoring us-" he hands the book to Kendall who grins "he's got to play by these rules!"
"So… do you have enough to go on to make a good enough plan to get us out of the school of Rocque… or at least get us lunch breaks and a teacher who's not certifiable.
"Oooooh yeah- I'll call it the 'how-we-beat-the-big-dog-at-his-own-game-and-took-over-the-school' plan."
"It's catchy" Logan replied flatly "but since it was my idea, I get to name it."
"Sounds fair" Kendall conceded "gonna be tough after I set the bar so high."
******BTR******
James was laid out on the couch, he moaned holding his stomach. "It's your own fault you know" Katie told unsympathetically "you didn't have to eat ALL of Logan's special lasagna."
"Said the girl who had like three slices of the cheese one" James sniped back "and yes I totally had too! It was delicious- and Logan says I'm sorry was lasagna, if I didn't eat it… he'd think I didn't forgive him!"
"Forgive him for what?" she asked, James shrugged "not sure- but if it'll get him to talk to me again I'd eat ten lasagnas!" James told her with complete and utter conviction that made her giggle. He flopped back down on the couch, "be gone demon child- or I shall cast ye out!"
She snickered and walked back into the kitchen where her mum was serving up desert and carefully wrapping the precious, precious leftovers (Mrs Knight was fully aware of her own… lack of culinary prowess. That's why she invented fish stick Friday.)
"James forgives you" she told Logan and sniggered "he made himself sick for you dude- I think its love."
Logan's face lit up and he rushed off to the lounge area.
Katie sighed, she briefly wondered if she should tell him of her plans for them to get married so he can be her trophy husband and cook her stuff and look pretty while she unreasonably successful in the field of her choosing.
She decided against it. it seemed a little forward.
Over in the lounge room Logan discovered James was no longer alone on the couch, in fact Kendall and Carlos were sitting on top of him, controllers in hand, attempting to play some shoot em' up game.
"Logesss helppppp meeeee" he whined, his hand shot up and he waved it around. Logan walked up to the boys and pinched Carlos' side, the boy immediately squealed with laughter and fell off the couch.
"Dude we NEED a new couch- this ones lumpy" Kendall complained, James shifted one of his legs free and kicked the blonde. "That's not the couch jackass- that's my legs!"
Kendall gave him a look of mock innocence "oh my God James! Have I been sitting on you this whole time?"
Logan pushed Kendall and then helped James into a sitting position so Logan could wedge himself between the town bickering boys. "What game are you playing?"
"It doesn't have a name" Kendall admitted and handed his controller to Logan "it was like a buck fifty at discount Gorge's discount store back in Minnesota."
"Speaking of Minnesota" Logan grinned at Carlos "your family called- they were very friendly… they said you should call them back." Carlos watched Logan's face carefully but it remained as light and bright as ever that maybe he just imagined that whole conversation he had with James about parents.
"Awesome! I miss them so much!"
"I miss my old bed" Kendall said suddenly, "not me" James grinned "I had mine imported over- a man's bed in his sanctuary."
"I think that's supposed to be shed James" Logan corrected "yeah… I guess you could have SOME fun in a shed. But it's a lot easier when you bring a bed into the picture."
Carlos' nose scrunched up; "gross dude- remind me to never sit on your bed."
"Or his shed" Logan added with a cackle, that Kendall quickly joined in on.
Kendall looked around the room, "ya know I don't think it's just the couch that needs to go- what we need it a fresh coat of paint."
"New furniture."
"A foosball table."
"Oh, Oh a swirly slide!"
Logan turned to look at Carlos incredulously "what's wrong with the stairs?" Carlos shrugged "you said I couldn't slide down the banisters anymore- I don't see what the harm is, Mrs. Knight said I buffer the railing."
"Yes and what a great piece of parenting that was" Logan rolled his eyes "stay off the banister."
"I defiantly would if we had a swirly slide" Carlos muttered to himself and Logan patted him on the head.
"You know maybe there's something we can do…" Kendall trailed off and Carlos looked up at him expectantly "plan?" he asked hopefully (he REALLY wanted that slide) Kendall shook his head "you know I don't like to plan on the side when I'm in the middle of a scheme."
"What scheme?"
"Plan winter blitz" Kendall grumbles, Carlos' face lit up "cool name! You never think of cool plan names Kendall!"
"I thought of it" Logan said proudly, "but it's not winter…" James said in confusion.
"It is in Australia."
"So this plan has to do with Australia?" James asked curiously, he hoped it didn't involve moving- he had only just got situated in LA and besides didn't everything try to kill you in Australia?
James had heard nothing but bad things about those Koala bears.
"Well nothing" Logan admitted "but it's a whole let better than what Kendall wanted to call it."
"Hey!" Kendall protested, Logan shoved him "well?"
"Yeah… okay."
"So are we gonna hear about this plan" Carlos whined impatiently, "sure Carlos" Logan smiled, "but first I want to say how fabulous your looking- the styled hair, the clothes, the MANICURE… I think someone's looking like a Californian."
Carlos blushed dark red, "dude. Not cool."
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