CHAPTER 10: BE SAFE

"He'll be fine, sweetheart. He just, needs a lot of rest and he can't do anything strenuous for the next few days."

I then smile at dad and James and hug them. Tears of joy fall from my eyes as I thank the doctor.

"But he needs to sing!" James informs, patting my back.

"It'll be a miracle for him to be better by then, but for now. Bed rest is very much needed."

"He doesn't really have a family to turn to." James tells me,

"Can I stay by his place first?" I ask dad, he then nods and I hug him.

An hour passes by and I was finally permitted to enter Kendall's hospital room, his eyes are shut and I hold his hands softly. He holds it tighter and pulls me near him, I take a seat beside him and he opens his perfect eyes.

"Hey." He says,

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I guess so. I can leave by tomorrow for band rehearsals."

"Slow down, big boy. You can't do that right now." I say, and as Carlos, James and Logan enter the room, Logan comes in worried.

"What's Logan doing here?" I ask in disgust, Logan suddenly looks down as he was ashamed of my question.

"We called him up." James says, pinching my hand. I glare at James and look back to Kendall.

"Yo bro, you alright?" Logan asks, bro fisting Kendall.

"Someone will HAVE to cover for you during the fair." Carlos says

"I want Tay to cover for me first."Kendall suggests.

"No! I will NOT sing our song. Look, if Kendall can't perform, I'll sing backup, but if he can, I'm going guitar, after that oh no." I say, brushing Kendall's hair and I pat James' back and leave the hospital room.

I then sit by the waiting area in front of the room and Logan comes out.

"You mad or something? You know, at me?" He asks, sitting beside me. "I mean, you HAVE been ignoring me in Lunch, I don't see you in the closet anymore. I don't walk you home anymore. We don't usually talk in the diner. Rehearsals aren't as I expected as well."

"No, not at all." I say, giving off a little frown looking down. "You don't really need to care."

"You're crying again, aren't you?" He says, holding my hand.

"YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE SYMPATHY!" I scream while tears fall from my eyes, scooting away from him and just crying by the door.

"Is it something I did?" Logan asks, looking around with guilty eyes as he bites his lips.

"I thought you'd like me, I thought you'd help me fit in! But NO you still chose Camille, You know, you shouldn't have let me hope on you! I SAW how you acted with Camille, how you slowly even forgot about me! You don't think I know? You don't think I didn't even see you back there? I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, LOGAN!" I scream as I slap his chest in anger.

"I liked you too, Tay! But, it's just that, I loved Camille more! I only tried making you hope for me because I thought Camille would never want me again, but she did! Look, I'm sorry for anything wrong I did."

"So I'm a back up now? I'm only being noticed when Camille isn't around? Seriously, Logan? YOU'D ONLY REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU NEED ME OR WHEN CAMILLE ISN'T HERE!"

"I'm sorry, Tay." Logan says grimly, he looks down about to cry.

I then run up to him and hug him, crying. I couldn't stop weeping on his shoulder as he keeps apologizing to me. Until he lifts my chin up and locks his lips with mine.

I then pull away and run away from him as soon as possible, wishing nobody has ever seen that. Wishing that I never even did that! I thought I didn't like Logan anymore! I end up back at home, alone with all the police interviewing Jo. I come up to Jo and say sorry, the police hold her back and we hand shake.

"Hey, I'm sorry, Tay." Jo says, looking down.

"It's alright, though you put Kendall's life in danger, we just need to put justice." I say, patting her back.

She then smiles saying, "Actually. I've been planning to move to LA to go study at the Palm Woods. I've been wanting to have a show or maybe even a movie there to pursue my dreams!"

"You go, Jo. I hope you'd be happy there! As long as, well you're out of jail." I say, laughing.

She giggles as the police by her left and right raise her to the air and bring her to the cops' car.

The police then leave and at last, I'm home alone, I make mac and cheese for myself and eat by myself in my room, crying. Until I finally fall asleep on my bed with my plate covered in cheese on the floor.

The next day, I wake up with missed calls on my phone from Logan and Dad. I just ignore these and go out of my room to find everyone eating breakfast; Kendall is sleeping by the couch, Carlos is carrying Katie as she fell asleep as well and Logan's preparing breakfast as dad and James are reading the daily paper.

"Why didn't you knock on my door, or something?" I ask, running my hands through my bed hair which I didn't bother to fix at all. "I mean, you could've told me you came from the hospital last night."

"Honey, we were in the hospital for three days. You slept straight for three whole days." Dad mentions as he pats my back and leads me to the table set up for our morning serving of food.

"How could that be even possible?" I say, as I shrug away dad's hands planted on my shoulder, not wanting to take my seat at the table yet.

"You added Sleeping Drops to your food. There's an opening packaging of these drops in the kitchen." James explains as he still focuses on the newspaper.

"We didn't want to disturb your sleep." Logan says, putting down some French toast in our round glass table. "Let's have breakfast, then."

We all then gather around the table and we dine on breakfast made by Logan. Carlos really didn't help, he was still sleeping with Katie when I came out and he only stood up after Logan called for the morning meal. I drag myself to the table and Logan pulls the chair for me. I smile and I take my seat, he sits beside me. We all sit together awkwardly without Kendall.

"What about Kendall?" I ask, turning around in concern for him.

Logan then pats my shoulder saying,

"Why are you so worried about Kendall? We're here. Don't mind him."

"No! Look, I'll try to wake him up and feed him. He might be hungry." I insist, I take my toast and leave for Kendall's side. I wake him up, he smiles at me and we kiss for a second and I feed him the toast. I then turn around to see Logan looking down, I see him look away quickly as I catch his eye looking at me and Kendall.

As I take a focus at Logan, he sighs and takes his plates and leave for the kitchen sink. I look down at Kendall and I smile. I just wonder. I thought he didn't like me? I thought he was with Camille, now he feels bad I'm with Kendall? I don't get it, but as I sit beside Kendall. I overhear Carlos saying,

"Did he really feel bad after Camille was stabbed that night?"

"I think I'm guessing it's Jo who stabbed Camille to death that night right before Jo came to our place. Though there's no evidence, I'm guessing it IS Jo." Dad replies with a frown and takes his and Carlos' plate.

"Kendall, Kendall can you hear me?" I ask, shrugging him awake.

"What's wrong, Tay? Are you alright?" He asks in concern.

Tears then start rushing from my eyes, and Kendall wipes them.

"I.. I… I think, I think Jo stabbed Camille to death." I say, crying.

Kendall then stands up and fixes himself; he fixes his bandage over his stomach and takes a sip of orange juice. As he fixes me up, Carlos, James, Dad and Logan come out.

"Hey, where you guys going? I can drive you." Logan says, looking at me.

"Oh, nowhere. We, just need to get fresh air." I say, trying to make an excuse.

"TAY." Dad says with a loud booming voice. I then turn back slowly,

"Dad, I want to know more about what happened to Camille." I say, sadly.

"Why? There's nothing else to know, she was stabbed to death. That's it." Logan says, he was about to leave but I hold his hand saying,

"PLEASE Logan, I need to know. I want to give justice."

He then gives a small smirk and gets his leather jacket and car keys,

"I'll drive you there."

"I'm bringing Kendall." I say, with Logan's arm around me. He then lets go of his arm around me and I run to my room and take a quick bath.

I scrub myself quickly and I come out the comfort room to change into a pale floral tube top dress with my denim jacket and brown wedges. I Dutch braid my hair briefly and run to Kendall's arms. Logan looks down a bit, and we enter his car. He opens the front door for me but I continue getting hold of Kendall's hand.

"C'mon Tay, We need to hang out more." He says, opening the door for me.

I smile a bit and look at Kendall, he nods slowly and I open the back door for him, he lays down gently and I sit beside Logan in the front seat. Kendall dozes off to a nap and Logan looks at Kendall, his eyes then suddenly set upon my braided hair and reaches for my hand.

"I thought you didn't like me…" I say silently.

"That's before..." He replies, but I cut him off by saying,

"Before you found out Camille was dead?" I say in anger, I put my head down and get my phone. I then call James to pick me up at the nearest bus stop near us.

"Stop the car." I say

"No."

"STOP THE CAR!" I scream

"WHY SHOULD I?" Logan screams back.

"BECAUSE YOU'RE HURTING ME!" I scream in tears.

I then lie back with my arms crossed. I then hear Kendall struggling to wake up. I ignore all of this and look down to my dress, weeping. Logan then opens the pocket in my denim jacket and takes out his checkered handkerchief and wipes my tears.

"I'm sorry, Tay. I feel like I'm using you just because Camille is gone and here you are. I really do love you, Tay. First time I met you, I might have still liked Camille. But you were always there for me, you stayed with me every lunch. I love you, Tay. And I don't care if you won't like me back, I just need you to be with me, please." He says this but as he lets go of the wheel, we suddenly lose control of the car and we then start approaching the presence of speeding truck. But before I let out a shocking scream in terror, he shuts me up with a long kiss.

Everything was blurred so quickly. I only remember myself being covered by Logan's arms when the truck hit our car. Next thing I see is me in the Emergency room again, Not for Kendall's check up or anything, But because I'm in deep pain.