Chapter Ten: Interruptions, and Second Chances

After a long drive through the Californian city, he finally arrived at the mall he loved visiting so much. Carlos entered his favorite bookstore, with a huge grin slapped onto his face as soon as he saw Logan. He took out the little present he had brought for the pale boy, walking proudly towards him with his chest up and his head held high.

"Hi Logan." He greeted, tackling the other boy into a hug from behind. Logan let out a small 'eep' before Carlos pulled away laughing.

"Why are you so happy?"

"Look..I'm sorry for what I did, but it was really important." Carlos replied, pouting a little and looking at the ground.

"Whatever." Logan shot back.

"B-but! I got you this, as an apology. I didn't want to wait two hours for a teddy bear.." the Latino replied, taking out the brand new iPhone from his back pocket. He was expecting Logan to jump for joy, thanking him in the form of a hug..or if he was lucky, a kiss. But instead, the other took the present with an angry sigh. Setting it down away from himself.

"Can I get a hug...or a kiss?" Carlos tried, getting a little nervous from Logan's behavior. He just left him for one night, was it that bad?

"Oh your getting something alright." Logan replied, getting up from his position. Carlos closed his eyes happily, ready for whatever Logan was going to reward him with. A few seconds of waiting turned into at least a minute, before a hand met with his right cheek.

"Ow! Logie what was that for?"

"For doing what you did. Do you think I can be bought Carlos? I'm not like that. I have feelings, and I think it's about time you realized that." Logan replied, sitting back down and telling him to leave. He didn't move however, he wasn't about to loose an argument, or Logan again.

"Look, I had a commitment okay? I couldn't just not go."

"Right, a commitment. Like you could be committedto anyone.."

"I don't understand why you're being so weird about all this, I mean it was just one time!"

"Wow! So you just make-out with whoever you like, then run off to some other person?"

"Wait..what?"

"J-Just go away Carlos."

"No. What are you talking about?" Carlos replied, genuinely confused of the others actions and words.

"Don't act like you don't know Carlos, It's all over the news!"

"What's all over the news?" Before Logan could reply, Kendall walked in with a familiar magazine in hand. Much like the one Sarah showed him a while ago, his eyes
widened as soon as Kendall's face fell upon seeing Carlos. Looking like he was ready to pounce on the boy and kill him.

"What are YOU doing here?" Kendall questioned, pushing Carlos to the wall.

"What is your problem?" Carlos asked, readying his fists for the fight about to come.
Logan got into the middle of things before anything could go wrong, pushing both of them back.

"Enough!"

Kendall cooled down for a while, signaling Logan to let go of him. The pale boy reluctantly did so, backing off and getting beside Carlos. "Have you seen this?" He asked, his rage coming back as he shoved the picture of Carlos and Stephanie at the pale boy's face. Logan didn't really need to read about how good Stephanie felt after kissing her boyfriend, because let's face it. He obviously had hopes of becoming the Latino's boyfriend, which were easily shattered by Hollywood. Typical, typical Hollywood.

"W-What!" Carlos asked, grabbing the picture from the bookstore worker's hands, eyes widening with fear and anger at the same time. When he quickly read through the article, he could understand why Logan was so upset, and things clicked together one by one.

"L-Logan I didn't mean to kiss her, I swear!"

"So this wasn't your 'commitment?' or your one time thing?" Logan replied sarcastically, sitting himself back down. He used his right hand to cover his face, the latter being used to grasp at the thin material of his jacket. Which hung loosely from his desk, almost touching the cold floor.

"No, I left because I had to perform..I-I didn't want to.."

"Oh." Kendall and Logan replied at the same time, looking back up at him.

"Are you mad?" Carlos asked, after Kendall left the room in order to hold the fort for Logan.

"Maybe a little..but not when you put it that way..you really didn't mean to kiss her?"

"No! I-I was drunk and didn't know what I was doing."

"I believe you I guess.."

"So..am I forgiven?" he asked, leaning a little closer to Logan as he spoke.

"Uh..."

The genius let out a shaky breath as Carlos leaned in a lot more, their eyes never separating as the Latino made his advances. Carlos was close enough, that he could feel the others hot breath running against his lip softly. When Logan's mind immediately recognized what he was doing, he leaned in as well. Their lips brushed for a second, the shorter boy brought up his hand to caress Logan's cheek. Before both of them knew it, their lips met in an instant. And the whole world seemed to slow down. (As cliche as it sounded.) Unfortunately, their kiss was cut short by someone barging into the room, passing by them and walking to the back door.

"S-Sorry I just got caught in the moment an-"

"Oh..so you didn't meant to?" Logan asked, his voice filled with hurt and rejection.

"N-No I..."

"Logan! Get out here right now!" a voice called out, interrupting his little speech.

"I-I'm sorry Carlos..I have to go." Logan replied, immediately getting off his seat and rushing out the door. Carlos remained seated there, trying to find a way to confess his feelings for Logan without any interruptions. This time, no ideas popped into his head. So he reluctantly got up and left through the staff exit. He saw Kendall and Logan walk away silently, after saying their farewells to Logan's boss.

He was going make Logan his, one way or another.

James walked into the bookstore Carlos had entered a few minutes ago, he arrived late for a number of reasons. One, he wasn't that desperate to meet his best friend's little crush, and Two. Because he was tired, and a little tipsy from the night before. He spotted a very familiar looking blonde, walking out of the little office before him and recognizing the pretty boy right away.

"Hey Kendall."

"James go away, Logan's not going to have sex with you."

"What? I wasn't going to do that...unless, I saw what he looked like first?" James asked, perversely licking his lips.

"No, he's in there with Carlos." Kendall gagged, a little disgusted at James. Was he always this annoyingly horny?

"Oh..he saw the magazine?"

"Yeah, I thought you were supposed to take care of him?" Kendall asked,
rolling his eyes as he pointed in the direction of the 'Fiction' section for someone.

"I'm not good taking care of kids, and Carlos is like a giant kid."

"Probably why you've never been in a commited relationship before right? You can't take care of yourself." Kendall replied sarcastically, laughing at his
little joke as James furrowed his eyebrows. That was low, even for someone as nice as Kendall...well nice in one way or another.

"That's not funny."

"It's pretty funny."

"How about you? You're twenty-two years old, and I don't see you with anyone now do I?"

"Logan isn't in a relationship neither." Kendall replied, a little proud of his response.

"Carlos and him will be together in no time. So they don't count." James smiled victoriously as Kendall found himself at a loss for words.

Was he lying? No. Carlos had been mumbling in his sleep and writing in his little computer journal that he was about to ask Logan on a real date, and he knew how sappy and romantic Carlos could be. So it wouldn't take long for the two shorter boys to get together.

"W-Well..I have a girlfriend. I'm going to meet her for our date tomorrow." Kendall lied, smiling as James dropped his.

"Oh." James replied, feeling a little bad that Kendall was already taken. But as soon as he recalled Kendall telling him he was single, a wolfish grin appeared on his face. "Can I meet her then?

"No!" Kendall replied, a little too quickly.

"What's the matter Kendall? I just want to see what she looks like, that's all."

"You'll gather too much attention. You're a celebrity." Kendall tried. He was running out of excuses to give James, and he was
starting to think James was a little jealous from the way he constantly persisted on seeing his 'girlfriend.'

"That's okay, I can always wear one of my disguises. So, what do you say?" James asked, already seeing Kendall's plan slowly crumble before him. Much to his
disappointment, the blonde agreed and shook his hand as he smiled. The pretty boy walked away from the store, creeping around the mall for something to do.

"Logan! Get out here right now!" he called out, hoping for some support from his best friend.

A few seconds later, a depressed and gloomy looking Logan walked out of the office. Staring at his new found interest, the floor.

"I'm sorry buddy." Kendall replied, assuming Carlos picked Stephanie over him.

"It's no big deal, we weren't even dating."

"Yeah..but I know you liked -and you still like him." Kendall replied, sitting next to Logan on the mall bench as they exited the store. Chloe wouldn't mind giving Logan
the whole day off, for very romantic and emotional reasons. When it came to hard work, Chloe was a tough bitch. But when it came to people breaking up, divorces
or any other problems with relationships. She was as soft as James' hair...wait no. She was softer than that.

"Can we just go home? I want to go to bed."

They arrived at Kendall's black automobile, hopping inside the car and driving away slowly. He could already see what was to come next, Logan hopping into bed for
the next week, not eating or seeing a small ray of sunshine. He always did this whenever he had his heart crushed, or even if he was the one doing the crushing. This
type of behavior could only be described as; LBAID: Logan Being an Idiot Disorder.

I was too lazy to write a good ending to the chapter, which would've increased the word count by a little..but meh. Anyways, REVIEW!