I know this update wasn't as quick as usual for this story. But I worked on a little follow up to Thank You, William Shakespeare called Thank You, Logan Mitchell. So anyone who liked TYWS should check that out. :D

Chapter Eleven

Logan got home after work and sat next to James on the couch.

"You seeing your man today?" James asked.

"No. He has to take Mattie to the doctor today. He has to be updated with all his shots and shit."

"Does it ever get boring?" James wanted to know.

"What?"

"Just... The whole life Kendall has. I mean, you do everyday grown up shit with him. Doesn't that get dull?"

"Not really," Logan told him. "I have fun just being with him. Doesn't matter what we do. And what's wrong with being grown up?"

"So much responsibility," James said. "Less fun. There's no room for fuck ups when you're grown up."

"James, you're almost in the real world yourself."

"I know. And that scares the shit out of me. God. How did Kendall do it? Grow up at such a young age?"

Logan shrugged. He wondered that himself sometimes. "He just did what he had to do, I guess. He stepped up."

James let out a breath. "I don't know if I could've done that. You know, put my life aside, my teen years, for a baby. I don't know if I could've grown up that fast."

"Good thing you never had to go through that."

"Yeah," James agreed. "That says a lot about Kendall, though. Shows he's a good guy."

Logan smiled. "He is a good guy. A great guy." He paused for a moment. "I fear he thinks I pity him, though."

James raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Last week when we went to Target, he got kinda mad when I offered to buy Mattie a shirt. Like he felt threatened or something. Maybe insulted? As if he felt I thought he couldn't provide."

"Well, you do offer to buy him and Mattie dinner and stuff all the time."

"But I'm just like that! You know I like giving people things. How many times have I bought you meals and shit?"

"A lot," James admitted. "But Kendall isn't used to your giving ways. He's used to doing things mostly on his own. He doesn't know yet that this is how you are. That's probably why he thinks you feel sorry for him."

"Should I explain it to him?" Logan wondered.

"Only if it comes up again."

"OK. Um. Friday Kendall is gonna spend the night here."

"Should I invest in ear plugs?"

Logan smirked. "Maybe."

"Yuck."

Logan punched James' arm lightly. "I have to put up with hearing a bunch of skanky girls moaning your name."

"Hey. I've banged some classy ladies."

Logan snorted. "Yeah. Sure."

James laughed a little. "I may raise my standards."

"Good. I know I felt better about myself when I started to do that."

"I also kind of find myself wanting something similar to what you and Kendall have. Preferably without a kid."

Logan smiled. He was glad James was starting to grow up.

…

On Thursday, Logan got a call from Kendall before he had to leave for work. "Hello?"

"I need a favor," Kendall said, sounding reluctant.

"What?"

"Um. What time do you get off work?"

"Four."

"OK. So, um. I got asked to work a little longer today, and since I need the money I said I would. Carlos has to do something after work, and so does my mom. So, uh, could you pick Mattie up from daycare and watch him until I get home?"

"Sure I can."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that. So what time will you be home?"

"I'm done at six; you won't be alone with Mattie too long. Ju- No, Mattie, you can't talk to him. Sorry."

Logan laughed. "It's OK."

"Just don't let him talk you into too much. Um. When you're done work, stop by Sherwoods to pick up his car seat. Do you know where the daycare is?"

"Yeah."

"OK. You'll have to sign him out. I'm gonna call there so they know it won't be me getting him. I'll also give you a key to get into my house."

"OK. I can do that."

"Thank you so much, Logan. Mattie! Don't feed Fudge that! I gotta go."

Logan chuckled. "Bye, Kendall."

When Logan finished work that day, he made his way to Sherwoods. He felt a little nervous. He had never really been alone with Mattie before. He hoped he didn't screw up somehow and make Mattie hate him.

Logan parked, got out of his car, and went to the back entrance of Sherwoods. He texted Kendall and waited.

The door opened a few minutes later. Kendall smiled at him. "Thank you so much for this."

Logan followed Kendall to his car. "No problem. Are there any instructions for me?"

Kendall unlocked his car and opened the back door. "Uh... None that I can think of. Just keep him entertained? Um. If he asks for a drink or snack just give it to him." Kendall took the car seat out, shut the door, and locked his car again. Then he followed Logan to Logan's car.

Logan watched Kendall put the car seat in. "OK. Any rules with the dog?"

Kendall finished with the car seat. "Let him outside when you get back and fill his food and water bowls." He took his house key off his set of keys and handed it to Logan. "Carlos will be at the front desk, so you don't have to worry about my mom."

Logan was grateful for that. "OK. So... I'll see you later."

Kendall kissed him. "Good luck."

Logan smiled. "Thanks."

Logan drove to the daycare. He took a deep breath before getting out of the car. He went inside and was glad to see that Carlos was indeed at the front desk. "Hey, Carlos."

"Hi, Logan. This is your first time babysitting Mattie?"

"Yeah..."

Carlos chuckled. "You'll do fine." He pointed to the sign in book. "Find Mattie's name, sign your name, and put down the time."

"OK." Logan did so and looked around. "This place is nice."

"Yeah. Mrs. Knight and her sisters did a good job. Mattie! Go get your things!"

Logan looked over to where Mattie was. He was stacking blocks with Emmy. He looked up, saw Logan, and smiled. He got up, and ran over to get his backpack and Professor Bear. Then Mattie charged in Logan's direction.

"Oh god." Logan managed to catch the speeding Mattie. He picked him up. "Hey, Big Guy!"

"Hi," Mattie said with a big smile. "You gonna come play at my house with me?"

"Yup," Logan told him. He felt eyes on him then saw that Mrs. Knight was staring angrily at him. "Let's get going."

"OK. Bye, Uncle Carlos!"

Logan quickly got Mattie in the car and drove off. He asked Mattie about his day and listened carefully. Mattie told him about how he played with some of the babies, and talked about something he drew.

They got to Kendall's house. Logan took Mattie out of the car seat, then got the car seat out of the car. They went inside. Logan set the car seat down, and Mattie let Fudge out of his cage.

"Let's give Fudge some food and water," Logan said.

"I can get the food!" Mattie ran off to the kitchen.

Logan smiled and followed. He pilled up the water bowl as Mattie put food in the other.

Mattie watched Fudge eat for a bit then looked up at Logan. "Cn I have some pretzels?"

"Sure," Logan said and went into the pantry.

"You can have a bag too."

"I think I will." Logan grabbed two bags.

They sat at the kitchen table and ate. Mattie talked about all the things they could do.

"Wanna play outside?" Mattie asked when they were done eating.

"Yeah." Logan had forgotten to let Fudge out when they got home, so now the dog would get out.

Logan hadn't been in the backyard much. It wasn't big, but had a sandbox and small play set. The play set had two swings, a little fort-like thing that a person could get to by walking up some steps, and a slide that was attached to the fort.

They swung for awhile. Mattie wanted to see who could swing the highest. Naturally, Logan let Mattie win. That kid really knew how to boast. Then they played war. Logan and Fudge vs. Mattie and Professor Bear. Logan had to try to steal the fort from Mattie, while Mattie had to try to steal the sandbox from Logan.

Logan brought Fudge into the sandbox with him. "Fudge, you watch this sandbox and defend it with your life." Fudge just tilted his head at Logan. "I'm gonna try and take over the fort." Logan looked toward the fort and saw Mattie duck down. Then he whispered to Professor Bear and looked at Logan. Logan looked back to Fudge and pointed at him. "Stay." Logan stood up and dramatically snuck to the fort.

Mattie stood. He yelled, "Defend us, Professor Bear!" and threw the bear at Logan.

Logan caught the bear and pretended to fall down. He acted like Professor Bear was attacking him and rolled around screaming, "NO!"

Mattie giggled and went down the slide. He ran over to Logan and sat on his chest. He grabbed Professor Bear and threw him into the sandbox, making fudge run off. "We win!" Mattie cried victoriously.

Logan laughed. "You sure did. I have a question to ask you."

Mattie poked Logan's cheeks. "OK."

"Is it alright if Daddy sleeps over at my house tomorrow night?"

Mattie bit his lower lip. "You promise he'll come back after?"

Logan held up his pinky. "I pinky swear."

Mattie smiled a little and wrapped his tiny pinky around Logan's. "OK. Daddy can spend the night at your house."

Logan pulled Mattie's head down and kissed his forehead. "I'll take good care of Daddy."

"OK," Mattie said with a nod and smile. He looked around and Logan saw his face change. Then Mattie let out a loud scream and scrambled off Logan.

Logan got up and saw the problem. Fudge was in the sandbox with Professor Bear. Fudge was chewing on Professor Bear and his arm had been cut open by dog teeth.

"STOP!" Mattie screamed hysterically.

Logan ran over and pried the bear out of Fudge's mouth. He smacked the dog on the nose. "Bad, Fudge!"

Mattie grabbed Professor Bear, tears in his eyes. "W-we put h-him in his c-cage for ten minutes when he's bad."

"OK." Logan picked the dog up and followed Mattie—who was on the verge of a breakdown—into the house. Logan put Fudge in his cage and heard Mattie start to cry. Logan kneeled in front of Mattie. "It's gonna be OK."

"Professor B-Bear is h-h-hurt!"

"We'll fix him."

"H-h-h-how?" The crying was getting worse, and Mattie was getting harder to understand.

Logan got out his phone and checked the times. Kendall was probably still working, so he called Carlos.

"Hello?"

"Carlos. Do you guys have a sewing kit?"

"Yeah On the shelf in the closet by the front door. Is Mattie crying?"

"Fudge hurt Professor Bear."

"Shit."

"Yeah. So, I'm gonna go take care of that." He hung up. "Go sit on the couch with Professor Bear," he told Mattie.

Mattie continued to cry as he went to the couch. Logan quickly went to the closet and found the sewing kit. Logan went to the couch and opened the sewing kit. They didn't have any white thread. "What's Professor Bear's favorite color?"

"B-blue."

Logan grabbed the thread that was the color of the sky. He grabbed the needle, cut some thread, and put some thread through the needle. "Hand him over."

Mattie gave Logan the bear then wiped his nose with the back of his hand. "What are you doing?"

Logan pushed the stuffing back into the bear's arm. "Fixing Professor Bear." He started to sew up the whole, feeling Mattie watch his every move. He finished up and put all the sewing materials back in the box. "All done."

Mattie's crying had stopped. He grabbed the bear and inspected its arm. "I can see where you fixed him."

"That's his scar."

"Scar?"

"Yup." Logan lifted his pant leg and pointed to the light scar on his shin. "Like this. I got it when I fell off my bike once. A doctor had to fix me like I fixed Professor Bear."

"So he's all better now?"

"He is."

Mattie flew into Logan's lap and gave him a hug, "Thank you!"

"What's going on here?" Logan hadn't heard Kendall walk in.

Mattie got off Logan's lap and went up to Kendall. "Fudge hurt Professor Bear, but Logan fixed him. Look!"

Kendall did. "Wow. Good job, Logan. You can sew?"

"My mom taught me," Logan said. "It's a valuable skill."

Kendall smiled and picked Mattie up. "Thanks for fixing Professor Bear," Kendall said. "You know how Mattie loves him. Wanna stay for dinner?"

Logan smiled too. "Sure."

…

"Let Kendall in when you hear the buzzer!" Logan called to James. He was in his room trying to figure out an outfit to wear.

"Already did!" James called back.

"SHIT!" Kendall was early.

"I like what you're wearing now."

Logan jumped. Kendall was standing in his doorway, holding an overnight bag. He smiled at Kendall. "I'm only in my underwear. And socks."

"I dig it." Kendall walked over to the bed, put his bag down, and sat on the bed. "You should wear that shirt." He pointed. "You look good in red."

Logan smiled and grabbed the shirt. "OK. And now I know what pants to wear." He put the shirt on.

"So, where are we going?"

"The nice seafood place."

Kendall sighed. "I bet you're gonna insist on paying for everything."

Logan put his pants on. "That bothers you."

"You only feel like you should pay because I spend a lot of money on Mattie. I don't need you to take pity on me, Logan."

Logan sat across Kendall on the bed. "Let me tell you something about myself. In grade school, I got in trouble all the time for buying my friends ice cream and stuff at lunch. I liked that it made people happy. Then I learned that people only liked me because I bought them food, so that stopped. But I still did stuff like that for James. I love Christmas shopping for other people. I just like giving people things. I don't pay for food and buy Mattie stuff because I feel bad for you. It's just this weird thing I do."

Kendall laughed a little. "You're a strange one, Logan. And you don't have to buy me and Mattie things for us to like you."

Logan smiled. "I'll try to not do it so much. Would you, uh, like to establish rules?"

"Like what?"

"Like, when we go out for meals, we alternate who pays."

"That's fair," Kendall said. "So you pay this time, I pay next time."

"Deal." Logan stuck out his hand and they shook. "Let's get going."

Now that the whole money thing was no longer up in the air, they were able to have a good time at dinner.

"So you buy stuff for James?" Kendall asked as they waited for dessert.

"Mostly pay for meals, drinks, or movies when we go out."

"Aren't you afraid that he's only your friend because of that?"

Logan shook his head. "No. James hates it. And he always pays me back."

"Hey. Did you ever have a crush on James?" Kendall laughed when Logan's eyes widened. "I'll take that as a yes."

Logan sighed. "It was only for a short time."

Kendall laughed again. "Dear, it's OK. I had a crush on Carlos once."

"What's with us having crushes on our straight friends?"

"We were both sad cases, I guess."

As they walked down the hall to Logan's apartment, Kendall asked, "Is James home?"

"Yup."

"Damn. That means we can't have sex in the living room."

Logan chuckled as he got out his keys. "You really wanna do that?"

"Mostly because James doesn't want us to. Do we have to be quiet?"

Logan unlocked his door. "Fuck no. It's revenge time."

They stepped into the apartment. "So I can be extra loud?"

Logan hung his keys up and smirked at Kendall. "You better be."

They walked to Logan's bedroom. Once the door was shut, Kendall's mouth was on Logan's. Logan moaned as Kendall's tongue slipped into his mouth. He worked open Kendall's shirt and pushed it off.

They stumbled to the bed, clothes coming off along the way. They were down to their underwear when they fell onto the bed. Logan kissed all over Kendall's chest, biting down at one point to leave a mark. Then he made his way down Kendall's stomach until he reached the underwear. He pulled Kendall's underwear off and began to suck Kendall.

"Fuck!" Kendall cried out, his hips moving forward slightly. "Just like that." He whined when Logan stopped. "Why'd you do that?"

Logan kissed the tip of Kendall's nose. "Don't need you coming yet." He removed his underwear. Then he opened his bedside table drawer and got out some lube and a condom.

"We should get tested," Kendall said as Logan applied some lubricant to his fingers.

"Why?" Logan slipped a finger into Kendall.

Kendall groaned. "So... If we know we're both clean, we don't have to use condoms anymore."

Another finger, another groan. "Hmm. I've never had sex without a condom."

"Good," Kendall said. "It's likely you don't have anything."

Logan removed his fingers from Kendall and put the condom on. "So we'll get tested." He put his lips to Kendall's as he entered Kendall. "Don't forget to be loud."

Kendall smirked. "I won't."

Neither of them held back. Names were called, curses were cried, loud moans were let out. The loudest of them all happening when they came.

"Did James slam his door at one point?" Kendall asked.

Logan laughed. "Probably." He used a towel he had left in his room to clean them both off. "Revenge is sweet." He pulled his underwear on.

Kendall did the same, but also put on a T-shirt. His phone rang. "Hello?... Hey, Carlos... Yeah... Hi, kid. You having fun with Uncle Carlos?" He sat on the bed and Logan put his arms around him. "Yes, I am... Um, sure." He held out the phone to Logan. "Mattie wishes to speak with you."

Logan took the phone. "Hello?"

"Is Daddy OK?" Mattie asked.

"Daddy's fine," Logan promised. "I gave him dinner and everything."

"Is he having fun?"

"He is."

"And... he'll come home tomorrow?"

"He will. I swear."

"OK."

"You believe me?"

"Yeah."

"Wanna talk to Daddy again?"

"Uh-huh."

Logan gave the phone back to Kendall.

"Are you off to bed?" Kendall asked Mattie. "Yes. I will be soon... Love you too. Good night... Bye." Kendall hung up. "Why'd he want to talk to you?"

"He wanted to make sure you were OK. And that you'd be coming home tomorrow."

"And he believed you?"

"I think so. You want a drink?"

"Ooh. Yeah. My throat's all dry."

Logan laughed and kissed Kendall's cheek. "Mine too."

So... I don't really have anything to add. I just hope you guys liked this chapter.