Heyyy! Well this was a really hard chapter to write I don't know why. I'm kind of suffering from writers block but don't worry! I sort of know where I'm going.
Chapter 9
The girls had come back with the food from the restaurant downstairs. They all wanted to eat so, they gently moved Logan's head onto a pillow so Carlos could eat without waking him. They finished it quickly and sat around talking quietly.
Without warning, Logan started to tremble while he was sleeping.
"What's happening?" ,Camille asked in a panic, the first one to notice Logan's shaking body.
"Something's wrong with him…I'm waking him up" ,Kendall said firmly and began to gently shake his friend awake, "Logie? Come on Logan wake up."
Logan's eyes snapped open and he sighed in relief at the sight of his friends. "Hi guys" ,Logan said faintly.
"Logan are you okay?" , James asked him worriedly, "You were shaking in your sleep."
"J-Just memories…I'm fine" , Logan stuttered. His friends immediately knew what he was dreaming about. His father.
"Do you want to talk about it?" ,Carlos asked, "It does really help."
"I was just reliving the time where they caught my dad…I was just six then" ,Logan said his voice shaking. Carlos started hugging him again, he hated to see Logan in pain, which Logan did have plenty of. Physical and mental pain. Camille approached Logan and Carlos let go, letting the couple have their moment together.
"Logan?" , Camille said quietly, "I'm so sorry."
Logan smiled at her obviously accepting her apology, "Does this mean we're dating again?" Camille smiled back at him.
"Only if you want to."
"Of course I do" ,Logan answered. Camille smiled at him. She gently kissed him on the lips, not wanting to hurt him any further.
"Okay lovebirds, break it up, the doctor said we shouldn't excite him" ,Kendall said laughing as he did. Camille and Logan's relationship was always dramatic, never a dull moment.
"Fine " ,Camille said breaking the kiss several seconds later, smiling as she did.
Doctor Walsh entered the room. "Logan and James, your parents are here."
Logan looked up. He was so used to seeing his foster parents come in whenever somebody said his parents were there. Now, James's parents were his parents, it was a strange concept. His new adopted parents entered the room.
"Hello boys" ,James's father said. He was just given a report from Dr. Walsh how Logan was doing and was upbeat at the prospect that Logan was going to be okay.
James's mother ran over to the boys and hugged them all. She began fussing over Logan, making sure that he was completely comfortable. This was completely new to Logan, he had never had an adult care so much about him before. He let Mrs. Diamond fret over him but had a bewildered look on his face. James watched as his father hugged him, Logan was his brother now and that made James the happiest person on the planet.
A week passed and Logan progressed everyday. He had gone through surgery, but it was successful and he recovered from it quickly. James's parents had convinced Doctor Walsh to put Logan into a larger room. One that could fit four beds. The boys stayed with Logan every night, and the girls visited Logan everyday. James and Logan's parents stayed in a hotel five minutes away.
Logan's room displayed all four boys' interests. On a small table there were hockey magazines on top of multiple Pop Tiger magazines. On the same table there were comic books and a very thick scary looking medical book. On the door, hung a sigh that said 'Logan's room' attached to a picture of Logan, one that Logan didn't know was being taken at the time so he had a funny expression on his face. The boys hung out there most of the days, not wanting to leave Logan.
Dr. Walsh walked through the halls. The police were coming at 11:00 to interview Logan about his father. When he had told the boys they had acted like it was no big deal, but Dr. Walsh knew better. Logan still hadn't told them the entire story because they didn't want to bring it up. Dr. Walsh had been in patient's rooms where they had to be interrogated. It could get very emotional while reliving the past.
He checked his watch, it was 10:54. He entered the hospital lobby where he greeted the three police officers. He showed them to Logan's room, one officer chuckled at the random picture of Logan on the door. It did make Logan look like a spaz.
When the officers stepped into the room, James was still sleeping, Carlos and Kendall were playing a video game against each other, and Logan was reading one of his medical books on his bed.
"Boys, did you forget the police were coming today to interview Logan?" , Doctor Walsh asked sternly when the boys looked at them in surprise.
"No, it just escaped our minds" ,Kendall said as innocently as he could.
Doctor Walsh sighed. He had told them the night before but, they must have not been listening. "Well wake James up, Logan's going to need all of you during his interview."
Carlos immediately jumped on James's bed, bouncing up and down until he had woken up. They all sat on Logan's bed before Logan and the police started the interview.
"Okay Logan, what happened the morning before the attack?' ,the first officer said.
"I woke up late because we had been working so hard for the last few days. I picked up my phone an it said I had a new message" ,Logan paused , "My father was threatening to kill me on it, he wanted me dead."
Carlos hugged Logan who had pain etched on his face. "It's okay Logan."
"I know" ,Logan said quietly and then continued, "I was trying to tell the guys, but they all got in a fight with me in one way or another." Kendall, James and Carlos looked down, ashamed at their behavior towards Logan that day.
An officer raised an eyebrow in disbelief at the boys, "What could you boys be mad at him for? His father threatens to kill him and you guys get mad at him?"
"They never heard that my father was threatening to kill me, they didn't know" ,Logan interupted before the boys could react to the question, defending his friends to the end.
The officer nodded and let Logan continue.
"I was upset so left the Palm Woods. I went to a local Starbucks and was just sitting there for awhile, and then I-I got another text message. I thought it might have been Kendall or Carlos or maybe even James , so I didn't check the number" ,Logan went silent as his friends stared at him, never hearing this part before, "H-He told me I should start to run now, because he could see me. I panicked and I started running away, which was probably really stupid."
"I would of done the same" ,James assured Logan.
"Thanks James" ,Logan said weakly.
"Please boys we need to get this information" ,the third police officer interrupted.
"Okay" ,Logan said and began to continue again, "Well I was running for quite a while, I thought I might of lost him…I realized that I was in some weird neighborhood. Some lady started screaming at me across the street… I was so tired, I didn't know where to go and then I saw him again. I ran into a few alleys and one lead me into a dead end. By the time I turned around, he was already there."
Kendall was horrified at his friends memory. It sounded like a terrifying experience, one that he could have prevented. Tears swam in his eyes as he remember it was a great deal his fault. He hated to hear that he had failed as a friend to Logan.
"H-He told me that he was going to kill me and that it would be…painful. He hired some thugs and they started to beat me up. They kept throwing me against the wall and then I felt the gunshot…I don't remember anything after that", Logan whispered. All four boys were hugging Logan, surrounding him in comfort as he silently sat there.
"It's never going to happen again Logan, I promise" , James told Logan.
Logan just nodded as he tried to stop his tears. It was a hard experience for him to relive. He had always thought, deep down, that maybe his abuse had been his fault. Carlos read his mind when he asked, "Logan…you don't think that it's your fault right? You're dad is crazy Logan, it's not your fault."
Logan remained silent. Kendall, James and Carlos stared at him in horror. "Logan how could you think that it was your fault?" ,Kendall said.
"I-I…" ,Logan broke down, sobbing, "H-He said it w-was my fault, m-maybe I could have b-been better, then he w-wouldn't of k-killed her…" ,Logan couldn't continue. He just sobbed.
Kendall was confused. Who was Logan talking about? Was it his foster mother? No, it couldn't have been, he didn't care about her that much.
The first officer approached Logan, "Are you talking about your biological mother, Lauren Henderson?"
Logan just nodded and tried to calm himself, leaning on his friends for support as the tears dripped down his face. His body was shaking badly.
"I think we should continue some other time" ,Dr. Walsh said firmly to the police officers. Officer one and two backed off but the third stayed where he was. "Please sir you are greatly distressing him, he wont be able to heal" ,Dr Walsh pleaded.
"We just need him to answer him a few more questions and he won't have to go through this process again" ,the third police officer told Dr. Walsh.
"Tomorrow you can come back, I am not asking you to leave I am ordering it" ,Dr. Walsh said barely raising his voice. The third officer finally exited the room.
"It's okay, it's okay Logan" , Kendall said calming him down. Logan slowly quieted down and then was completely silent.
"I don't even remember her" ,Logan said suddenly, "But, he would always say it was my fault that she died, that I pushed him to kill her, I don't even know how she died."
"He is a really sick person, Logan" , Carlos interrupted, "It was NOT you fault, he was the one who killed her, not you."
"I know…" ,Logan answered feebly, "I know…"
I know, I know. I said there were going to be happy chapters but this was important! Next chapter is going to be happy though. REVIEW PLEASEEEEEE!
