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If you don't learn to laugh at
trouble, you won't have anything
to laugh at when you're old.
-Edgar Watson Howe
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"Hey guys." James and Carlos glance up from their respective magazines to see Lucy and Camille walking towards them.
"Hello ladies." James gives them his patented pretty boy smirk.
Lucy rolls her eyes. Camille giggles. And both girls drop down onto the pool chairs that half of Big Time Rush are currently occupying, sitting near their feet. "So…anyone want to explain what's going on with Kendall and Logan?"
James and Carlos share a look before turning back to face the rocker chick and method actress. "We're not really sure, to be honest." Carlos confesses.
"They've been acting like this for a few days. We've had to call out sick from working on our new album because we never know when they're going to start singing again."
"So this isn't all some big joke?"
The boys both shake their head. "We thought it might be the first time it happened. But even Kendall wouldn't keep a prank like this going for nearly a week. Especially when it seems to be doing nothing but embarrass them and amuse us."
"Yeah." Camille adds, tossing her hair over her shoulder. "I remember the other day, Logan came to hang out and he was just finishing singing a song. And then kept his lips shut for like another ten minutes, almost like he was afraid he would start singing again."
The four friends fall into a thoughtful silence, each one pondering the situation that there other friends are currently in. Finally Lucy breaks the silence. "Do you guys ever get the feeling that they're singing to each other? Or about each other? Or is that just me?"
James and Carlos both shake their head. "Oh no. They're definitely singing to each other."
"That's really weird." The rocker comments.
"Not really." Camille blinks as everyone turns to face her in shock. "What? I mean -if you think about it- Kendall and Logan have always been close. At least, they have been as long as I've known them. I was sort of surprised when I learned they weren't dating, but I didn't mind it because I liked Logan. Plus I remember how defensive Kendall looked that time I first called Logan hot."
"But doesn't this bother you?" Lucy presses on. "I mean you like Logan."
Camille shrugs. "I don't know. I mean, I used to, but this whole on again off again thing is getting old. We were never really on again anyways. It's just what we've been doing for so long that it's become routine." She feels bad, lying to her friends, but she's not going to break her promise. "I wouldn't mind if he and Kendall were dating or whatever. They're my friends. As long as they're happy, I'm happy."
Carlos puts down his magazine. "I'm not even sure if that's what's happening here. I mean, even if they are singing love songs, they're clearly freaked out about it."
"I like Kendall," Lucy confesses, although no one is surprised by this, "and until I hear from Kendall that he doesn't feel that way about me, I'm not backing down. I'm going to talk to Logan. You'll talk to Kendall for me, please Camille?"
The actress shrugs again. "Sure. I just want my friends to be happy, who ever that's with."
The two girls look around the pool. "Where are Kendall and Logan?"
James looks back up from his magazine (he and Carlos had really lost interest in the conversation once Lucy had started talking about her feelings for Kendall-they're both pretty much over their infatuation with the rocker chick, but they're still a little sore at being friend-zoned). "At the library. Logan left about two hours ago to do more research and Kendall insisted he go with him."
Camille raised an eyebrow. "Why aren't you guys helping them?"
"Honestly," Carlos looks up over his magazine too, both boys looking guilty, "we're just really tired of reading books."
The girls shake their heads, only partially amused by the boys' antics. "I guess we can always talk to them tomorrow."
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"I'm beginning to think this is impossible." Kendall sighs and lets his head drop onto the monster of a book that he'd been attempting to read.
Across from him, Logan sighs as well and closes his own book. "I hate to admit it…but I think you might be right. I don't think we're going to be able to find the answers in a book. At least not in this library."
He sighs again, rubbing his forehead. "I just don't get it. Stuff like this doesn't just happen. There has to be a reasonable explanation for it!"
Kendall shakes his head. "Face it, Logie. There is no reasonable explanation for this."
"Then how is this happening? Why is it happening? And how do we make it stop?"
The blonde shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe we're under some sort of magic spell."
The genius chuckles. "There's some witch watching us from her magic cauldron and laughing at our misery."
"And we've got to find her and melt her with water." Both boys laugh quietly at that. "Oh, maybe we're under some sort of "true loves first kiss spell." The blonde waggles his eyebrows exaggeratedly. The idea of being under that kind of spell doesn't freak the taller boy out as much as he thinks it probably should. But really, he's got more important things to worry about right now.
Logan shakes his head, smiling at his friend's ridiculous antics. "Yeah, that must be it. Except that that's impossible. I mean, how could we possibly be under a spell."
Kendall shrugs again. "I don't know. I'm just saying…"
He's cut off as Logan starts to sing. "The room's hush, hush…"
"And now's our moment."
"Take in, feel it all, and hold it." They sing together and Kendall can't believe this is happening in the library of all places.
"Eyes on you. Eyes on me." Both boys can feel every set of eyes on the first floor of the library watching them and Kendall really hopes that Logan has just sung the last line, because he doesn't really want a bunch of people he doesn't know, but who probably know him, to realize what's going on.
"We're doing this right…"
It turns out that Kendall has the honor of singing the last line today. After he finishes they both trail off into an awkward silence that is only broken by the sound of a throat clearing. They both jump at the sound and turn to see the librarian standing at the end of the table, looking rather unhappy. "You boys are going to have to keep it down. People need peace and quiet here and you can't be disrupting them with singing. Even if you are in band."
Logan's face flushes and he mumbles an apology to the older lady. Kendall brings his book back up and ducks behind it, trying to hide the growing smirk. He knows it's probably his little genius' worst nightmare to get kicked out of the library. This place is like Logan's safe haven. Always has been.
As soon as the librarian walks away, Kendall lowers his book and snickers. The brunette across from him barely even notices this, however, because he's so lost in thought.
"That was strange." He mumbles, more to himself than Kendall.
"What was?"
Logan looks up, meeting his friend's gaze. "That." He gesture's vaguely between himself and the blonde. "That's never happened before."
"Um," Kendall holds back more laughter. "I don't know where you've been, but this has been happening to us for the past six days."
The genius rolls his eyes. "I know that. I meant the song we were singing. It had nothing to do with what we'd been talking about."
The blonde blinks as he realizes that his friend is right. Even if he doesn't necessarily understand the exact message behind the songs they sing, they do usually at least make sense with the situation at hand. This song, though everyone had been looking at them, didn't really feel like it fit. Not the way the others had.
He smirks. "You're right. Otherwise, it probably would have been more like…Do you believe in magic."
Logan shakes his head, but matches his friend's grin. "In a young boy's heart."
"How the music can free him whenever it starts." They sing together. They've got an audience again, but this time Kendall doesn't mind.
"And it's magic."
"If the music is groovy." The blonde holds out a peace sign.
"And makes you feel happy like an old time movie."
There's silence as both boys finish singing, but at least this time it's not awkward. It's broken once again by the librarian clearing her throat, however, and when the boys turn to face her they find her arms crossed over her chest and a frown on her face.
"Out." She tells them, her tone leaving no room for argument.
They do so, not even bothering to put away the large pile of books they'd accumulated during their few hours in the building. They spill out onto the sidewalk, laughing so hard they have to stop and take a minute to compose themselves.
"I can't believe we got kicked out of the library." Kendall gasps as soon as he stops laughing long enough to form a coherent sentence.
"I can't believe I don't care that we got kicked out of the library."
"But it was so worth it!"
And Logan realizes that the blonde is right. It was worth it. Because, for the first time since this whole mess started, he's not freaking out about it. He's thinking about it, he's still trying to find a way to stop it, but it feels good to be able to laugh about it. It makes it feel much less frightening that way.
"Come on, Logie. Let's go home." Kendall slings an arm around the brunette's shoulder and as much as thinks he should probably shrug it off, he doesn't.
He's really going to have to keep working at this whole "not being close to Kendall thing" though.
Here's chapter 11. Hope you guys enjoyed it. And, as always, reviews are greatly appreciated (:
