"Then I said, 'back off, babe. Give me some personal space'." James said, raising his eyebrows.
I rolled my eyes. "I don't know what goes on in that little pea brain of yours."
"Hey, give a guy some space, alright? I've got personal space issues." James defended, holding his hands up. "Besides, that girl was like half drunk."
"That's why you're like glue stuck to Caitlin?" Katelyn pointed out.
"Are you drunk?"
He blushed and inched over a little while the rest of us laughed.
"So how are your parents managing?" Carlos asked me.
"CARLOS." Everyone shouts.
"Whatttttt?" Carlos whines.
"I'm pretty sure Caitlin doesn't want to think about that right now." Kendall sighs.
I smile. "It's alright. They're going to be out in a month or two."
"That's great!" Katelyn exclaims.
"I know." I nod. "It's too bad the guys won't be around to have a celebration party." I shrugged.
"You told her?" James asked Logan.
Logan nods and sighs. "I really wish there was some way of staying."I thought about it and finally spoke. "I guess this is kinda like fate testing us."
"What?"
"You know, a test. If we really love each other, then we'll be fine, right? And it's the 20th century. Phones, webcams, text messages." I said, gesturing to my cell phone in my bag.
"Gag." James groans, stuffing his finger down his throat. Katelyn kicks him in his shin and he shuts up after he mouths 'ow' to her.
He blinked. "So you're not upset?"
"Of course not. I've heard worst news. You know with my parents in the hospital and everything."
He blushed. "You're right. Sorry."
"Forget it." I shook my head. "Let's just enjoy lunch."
"Enjoy? I don't even know what I'm eating." Carlos whispered.
"That's cow tongue." Kendall pointed out.
"Oh. Gross." Carlos gagged, spitting whatever he put in his mouth out back on the plate.
I laughed. Logan's tour would be at August 24th. It was July 28th.
Until that date comes, we might as well enjoy what we have left.
"So, how about we go over to the hospital and visit your mom and dad?" Logan suggests.
"You guys don't have to come if you don't want to. I know the hospital can be boring." I shrugged, giving them a smile.
"Are you kidding me?" Katelyn laughed. "Your parents are the sweetest thing in the world. Next to cotton candy."
"Ooh. Cotton candy." Carlos eyes glimmered. "Do you guys sell cotton candy here?" He asked a passing waitress.
James rolls his eyes until he remembers something. "Say, how are your friends?"
A month ago, when I had first met Logan, Big Time Rush was on tour in Canada. They had headed back to L.A. and I went along with them after some perusing, leaving my friends and my old life behind. My parents had stayed behind me and followed me to L.A., thinking I deserved a vacation. I would be back in Canada by the beginning September. I groaned at the thought of returning to boring Canada with no Logan and no Katelyn. With no Big Time Rush.
My friends were upset and furious that I was leaving Canada for a boy but I told them it wasn't just a boy. That it'd be for Logan. And that we would keep in touch. They were there at the tour bus when I got on, but now that I that I think of it, my other friends hadn't texted me back at all.
"They're...busy." I finally answer.
"You are keeping in touch with them, right?" Kendall said, giving me a look.
"I'm trying but they aren't exactly returning my texts or calls." I winced.
"Maybe they're mad." James shrugs.
"Who wouldn't? This cool girl left Canada to come to L.A. with us. It's like she chose us over them." Carlos said.
"CARLOS."
"In a way, I think Carlos is right." I laughed warily. "Maybe they're mad at me for choosing you over them."
"Please. They wouldn't get mad at something like that." Logan said, wrapping his arms around my shoulder.
"Thanks. But look at me. I'm hanging out with celebrities in a Thai restaurant while they're probably eating Mac and chesses at home." I sighed. "I suck."
"Caitlin, we told you were not celebrities when you hang out with us." Kendall said, pointing a fry at me. "We're your friends. And you don't suck. At least, I don't think so." He said, looking quick at Logan, winking.
I ignored his small little humor. "Right. But face it. You guys are celebrities." I said taking the fry from his hand and throwing it in my mouth.
"I'm getting tired of this conversation. Let's go visit your parents and jet back to the studio." James said, signaling the waitress for the receipt.
We soon got out the restaurant, Logan and me in his car, the others using James' car.
"You guys don't have to go. I mean it." I said when our car past their still parked car.
"I want to see your parents again." Katelyn shouts to me.
"I gotta tell them something." James replies.
I roll my eyes. "Are you sure?"
They all give me a thumbs up and I shake my head, leaning back into my seat in Logan's car.
"You're crazy, you know that?" Logan says, his eyes not leaving the road, when we pull out of the restaurant's parking lot.
"How?" I ask him, gripping his free hand. I sat up straight, interested in his answer.
"People around you care about you and you just push them away."
"That's not true." I reply, looking out the window. "I don't want you guys to do something you don't want to do."
"If we didn't want to do it, we would have said so, Caitlin." Logan sighs, looking at me for a quick second, then back at the road. "Okay?"
"Alright." I answered, feeling like a little kid who had just been told I couldn't eat ice cream today, but I could tomorrow.
He drove me to the hospital and we entered the lobby for the second time this week. Cassie was still working at the front desk and gave us a warm smile when we approached her.
"Good morning, Caitlin." She said to me and gave a nod to Logan.
"How are my parents doing?" I ask.
"Recovering. Here to see them?" I nod and she signals to the doors behind her. "Well you know where they are. Have fun."

I stared at her and slowly made my way behind her, towards the door. Have fun. How has fun in a hospital? Was she serious? Before heading off to my parents room, I looked back once more at Cassie. She looked up from her papers at the exact time, waved and smiled.
It's hard to believe you could be so happy in a hospital where people around you are upset and sick. It's almost impossible. Unless, she enjoys seeing people's pain. Which, i guess she does. Because, honestly? A hospital is kind of like a hell hole that someone dug for you and pushed you down. To get out? You gotta stay strong and climb out yourself. Maybe there are some people on the top who threw a rope down for you. In this case, I was stuck in a hell hole and Logan and the others were my rope, helping me get out.