A/N: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm SO! SORRY! So let me make it up to y'all :)
Logan had a restless night. He was just so worried about what would happen in the morning. At 3 in the morning he woke up, worried and nervous. "I knew I should've told James." Logan whispered, scolding himself. He looked at James' sleeping form and a light smile spread across his face. He twisted his body to look at the clock on the wall above him. He sighed, only about 2 and a half hours until he had to get up and get ready for school. After the restless night he's had, he knew it was no use trying to do back to sleep; especially with the little time he had to sleep.
Instead, he quietly and slowly crawled out of bed and carefully walked over to his backpack. He got down on his knees and slowly unzipped his backpack- pausing and looking back at James every so often when he could've sworn he noises. He pulled out his journal and a pencil and stood up. He looked around and realized, it was too dark for him to do any writing in the room. He walked over to the door and pulled it open, quickly because it wasn't closed all the way, and it squeaked a bit if opened too slowly. He walked out and pulled the door almost closed, then turned and started walking down the hall, to the living room. The floor was even colder at night than in the morning! But he ignored this, not wanting to go back to his room and risk waking James up.
Once he got to the living room, he sat on the couch and crossed his legs under him so his feet can stay warm and reached over to turn on the lamp. He wiggled around a bit to make himself comfortable before opening his journal to a new page and starting:
Okay, um, there really isn't much to write right now, but I haven't been able to sleep all night. I knew I should've told James about school today… I don't know why I didn't. He paused, sighing before continuing, Anyway, for one thing, I really need to talk to mom- see how she's doing; maybe get a quick update on how dad's doing. But you know what? Mom probably doesn't even know where I am. Maybe that's why she hasn't called yet. But… wouldn't grandma have called then anyway? Like, there's a risk one of our dad's would've picked up, but still; grandma's smart enough to make up an excuse… Logan sighed again and scratched the back of his head a bit roughly.
So James and I got to hang with Jay and Tony today and… it was fun. Tony and I really have some things in common. Well, a lot in common. He's freshman in college and isn't sure about what he wants a career as, but knows he wants to major in the medical field. When he told me that, I immediately went into future-doctor mode and we started blabbing away about medicine. He chuckled quietly to himself as he remembered the dumbfounded looks on Jay and James' faces, The look on both Jay and James' faces' were priceless. And… Jay was… nice. The whole time he was nice and funny; a little teasing of course, because, well, he's Jay. Jay, he… he apologized. For everything. It felt really good.
So, yeah, again, not much to say… One thing's for sure though: We cannot go to school today.
He finished and closed the book. With another sigh, he reached over to turn the lamp on, only to be met by a sleeping looking James, rubbing his eyes tiredly. Logan smiled lightly at the sight in front of him because James looked like a sleepy little kid who was just woken up from his nap.
"Hey, Logan. What are you doing up?" James mumbled, rubbing his other eye.
"O-oh. I, uh, I couldn't sleep, is all." Logan replied. He slowly pulled his journal behind him, hoping that James was too tired to notice.
It seemed to work. James looked at him and nodded. "Okay, well, it's almost time to get up and get ready anyway, so… let's just do it now." Logan nodded his head and got up, being careful not to let James notice the book he held behind him. James smiled a little and turned to start walking down the hall, back to their shared room. James lazily held out his hand for Logan to take; Logan taking it with another light smile, and walking back to their room in silence.
6:15 in the morning found James and Logan getting ready for school; Logan going first because just knowing James, Logan knew his morning routines were going to be shorter than James'. When he got done, Logan told James that he was going to head to the kitchen to make breakfast.
When Logan got to the kitchen, he started off breakfast making the seemingly typical breakfast: eggs, bacon, toast, possibly a bowl of cereal…? Logan shook his head and put the cereal back in the cupboard. Cereal would be a bit much. As he made the breakfast for him and James, he started debating with himself: There might not be any trouble in going to school for a week, after all after this week they have fall break. Maybe… maybe they could go to school for that week then lay low for break. And their dads would still be on their business trips, so- wait. Would they be on their business trips still? Or, did they cancel initially? Or, what if they do still need to be on their business trips, but cut it short to try and catch both him and James? But what if-?
Logan gave heavy sigh as he finished making breakfast for them both. He placed the bacon on the plates, which already had the eggs on them and orange juice in a glass cup next to it. He leaned against the counter and looked at the food he just made. Now, he was paranoid. Logan shook his head and pushed off the counter to go get James. He couldn't keep putting this off anymore- him and James just can't go to school this week.
"James. James, I don't think we should-" Logan said, walking through the door, but pausing a couple feet in the room as he saw James going through his dresser drawers- shirtless.
James turned to look at Logan and smiled. "Hey Logan. What were you saying?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and snapping Logan out of his daze.
Logan snapped his eyes up from James' torso, to his face, "What? Oh! Yeah, uh… I was just saying that, uh,"- Logan cleared his throat- "I-I don't think we should g-go to school today…" Logan finished, scratching the back of his head.
James furrowed his eyebrows, holding a black V-neck shirt in his hands. "Why not?" Logan sighed and shut the door behind him before he walked over to sit on James' bed. He patted the spot next to him. James came, still holding his shirt in his hands, and sat down.
"Okay, um, well, I was thinking; what if we go to school and our dads came and took us away? Like, they would know that we would go to school, so they would know where to find us." Logan explained, looking James in the eyes, searching for some emotion and waiting for a response.
James looked at Logan for a couple seconds. Finally he sighed. "I don't know, Logan. I mean, aren't our dads supposed to be on, like, a business trip or something?"
Logan nodded, "Well, yeah, but they might have canceled or shortened it, just to find ways to get us or something." James gave Logan a look of disbelief. Logan sighed, "Come on, James, you saw how crazy they were about separating us a few days ago. Your dad hit you. Has he ever really done that before?"
Logan saw something flash in James' eyes before James turned away and looked at the ground. "Logan, it's only a week. After that, we have fall break. We could handle a week." As James talked, Logan's eyes trailed back to his torso. "And," James continued, "I don't want us to do anything that'll mess with your school record." He said, turning to look back at Logan. Logan looked back up at him.
He shook his head slightly to focus. "James, our dads would know we would go back to school, eventually, and they would know where to go to find us." Logan reasoned, gaze starting to drift back to James' well-toned chest.
"So, like, what? Drop out of school?" James asked.
"N-no, just- will you please put your shirt on!" Logan snapped, closing his eyes to focus again. A grin flashed on James' face before he put his shirt on. Logan listened to the rustling of cloths until it stopped before opening one eyes. When all he saw was James sitting there, shirt on, smiling down at him, he opened both eyes and sighed. "All I'm saying is that we should… suspend ourselves from school; not drop out."
James nodded. "For how long?"
Logan shrugged, "I don't know. We can figure that out, but at least for today, maybe even the whole week, we just shouldn't go to school." James nodded again.
"I just hope this doesn't affect your school record too much." James said. Logan smiled at him.
"It might not." Logan shrugged.
James snorted, "Yeah, especially considering the kind of school record you have Mr. Honor Student." Logan laughed at that and stood.
"Okay, come on. I made breakfast and I don't want it to be too cold when we get there." James stood up and followed him to the door.
"Knowing you, you probably made it look like something out of a magazine." James commented, making Logan pause with his hand on the doorknob before he laughed.
"I try." He shrugged. Logan opened the door and was met with Grandma on the other side, about to knock on the door.
"Oh, boys. I have a phone call for you both." She said, smiling and holding the phone out to Logan. James and Logan exchanged curious looks before Logan took the phone.
"Um, thanks, Grandma." Logan said. She smiled and nodded before turning to head back to her room. Logan closed the door again and went to sit back on James' bed, pressing the speaker button. "Hello?" He said into the receiver.
"Hello? Logan, honey, is that you?" The person on the other end said.
He glanced at James, "Y-yeah. Mom?" He asked, a bit nervously.
"Oh, Logan, sweetie how are you? Are you and James doing okay?" She asked. A grin spread across Logan face as he tried not to bounce on the bed like a 5 year old.
"Yeah. We're fine. How are you and James' mom? What about our dads? Any trouble with them?" He asked anxiously.
"Oh, we're good. We miss you both terribly though."
"We miss you both too. So much." Logan said, tears forming in his eyes.
"And as for your fathers…"- Logan's mom sighed. "Look sweet heart, you and James shouldn't go to school for the week."
Logan nodded before realizing she couldn't see him and said instead, "Yeah, James and I have kinda established that. We said we weren't gonna go to school for a couple days, or even the whole week; since after this week we have break anyway."
"Good, good." His mom said relief clear in her voice. This made Logan curious.
"Um, why, mom?"
His mom cleared her throat, "Your dads, they've cut their business trips short and are going to be home in a few hours. They know that you and James would still have to go to school, and they're willing to go there and drag you both out of there and away from each other." Logan looked up at James, worry showing in his brown eyes.
"R-really? They would seriously do that?" He asked casting his gaze to the ground.
"I can hardly believe it either. I'm so sorry." She said.
"N-no, don't worry. We anticipated this, but… hearing just makes it so… so…" Logan trailed off, not knowing how to finish the sentence. Luckily he didn't have to, as his mom knew exactly what he meant.
"Yeah, I know. Our hope is that if they show up at your school and can't find you, they'll give up and… well, I'm not exactly sure, really. But one things for sure; If one or both of them come by your school every day for couple days, or a week even, they'll think that maybe you dropped out or something and quit going there."
"Okay." Logan nodded.
"And don't worry about your school records, Brook and I called the school already and told them you both would be out for the week because you both got sick over the weekend."
Logan smiled, nodding again, "Okay, that's good." He looked over to James, who was smiling down at him, relief written all over his face.
"Yeah. Okay, give James the phone so he can talk to his mom." There was some rustling on the other end as Logan's mom passed the phone to James' mom.
"Hello?" James said, once he got the phone.
"James? Oh gosh sweetie, are you okay? How are you both holding up?"
James nodded, "We're both fine. What about you?"
Logan spaced out as James and his mom talked, a small smile playing on his lips. He let out a content sigh, realizing this is the most relaxed he's been all weekend. After that, he just let his thought run around his mind
(A/N: I'm sorry, but I'm a bit too lazy to make the conversation between James and his mom or the thoughts swimming around Logan's mind.)
After a while, both their moms had to go. James ended the call and turned to Logan with a smile on his face. Logan looked at him and smiled, too.
"I miss them." James said after a moment of silence, looking at the ground, smile faltering a bit.
"Yeah, I do too." He moved to place a reassuring hand on top of James' hand and squeezed it. James looked up at Logan and squeezed back. "We should go and eat breakfast." Logan said.
James chuckled a bit, "Logan, it's probably cold now."
Logan shrugged, "I can always make more." James nodded and got up, walking to the door. Logan followed and they walked to the kitchen together in a comfortable silence.
When they got to the kitchen doorway, they paused. There, in the kitchen were Jay and Tony; Jay eating one plate of eggs and bacon and drinking a glass of juice, and Tony standing at the sink, watching him with raised eyebrows.
Logan held his head in one hand and James rolled his eyes. "Dude, really?" James said, catching Jay and Tony's attention.
Jay looked at James and Logan, confused. "Wha?" He asked around a mouth full of food. Logan gave him a disgusted look for talking with his mouth full. James just rolled his eyes again.
"I told him not to eat it if he didn't know who it was for." Tony said, holding his hands up as if surrendering.
Jay swallowed his food, "Well, there was no one here, and you know how Grandma hates wasting food." Jay defended with a shrug. Tony let out a disappointed sigh, shaking his head. James and Logan looked at each other, seeming to read each other's minds as they walked away from the kitchen and back to their room to get their jackets or hoodies and shoes, so they could head to McDonalds for breakfast instead.
Guys, people, I'm sorry, again. But I've recently had to find out the hard way that I won't have enough time to actually update the way I want to and I'm just… Anyway, I hope you liked this. Any comments or suggestions would be really helpful because in all honesty, I'm sorta half making this up as I go, half planning what I wanna write. Thanks so much the patience and reviews, I appreciate them so much!
