A/N: I've said it before, and I'll say it again; there's a method to my madness. I know Logan going to Mercedes seems extremely random, but…well, you shall soon see that it's not as random as you originally thought. It plays into what I have planned.

Disclaimer: See any of the other chapter's disclaimers, or just believe me when I say I don't own Big Time Rush. Oh, will you look at that? I guess you can look at this disclaimer after all.

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

Missing

Carlos' POV

I looked over at the alarm clock and groaned. It read 7:00 in bright red numbers. I hadn't been able to sleep a wink at all last night. I just couldn't get comfortable. I kept tossing and turning. Besides, how could I possibly sleep when I wasn't even sure if I'd see one of my best friends ever again?

Usually, I didn't wake up this early unless it was to watch Saturday morning cartoons. There weren't any cartoons on now, and it definitely wasn't Saturday morning. I doubted anyone else was even awake right now. You don't want to mess with Mrs. Knight if she hasn't gotten at least eight hours of sleep. James insisted on getting enough beauty sleep. Kendall and Katie usually didn't get up until their mom was up, because then she would wake them up. She waked all of us up really.

I threw the covers off me, and dangled my feet over the side of the bed. When my bare feet touched the floor, I was surprised by how cold it was. I thought about telling Kendall and James what was going on with Logan. I just didn't know if they would believe me or not. After all, they hadn't taken me seriously so far about the whole Logan being a vampire thing.

I could show them the letter Logan left for me. Surely after reading that, they would have to believe me. The letter was written in his neat, cursive handwriting. In his letter, Logan explained everything.

I made my way out to the kitchen before taking a seat at the kitchen table. I knew that I should probably eat some breakfast, but I wasn't really hungry. How could I eat when I didn't even know where Logan was? How could I eat when I didn't even know if Logan was okay? How could I go on with my life without Logan? Was I supposed to pretend like he never even existed? I couldn't do that. I wouldn't do that.

"You're up early," a really groggy looking Kendall said, as he took a seat beside me at the kitchen table.

"I couldn't sleep," I said.

"Really? Why not? Are you sick?" Kendall asked before reaching over and feeling my forehead with his hand. "You don't feel sick. What's wrong, buddy?"

To tell him or not to tell him? That was the question.

"Logan didn't come home last night," I blurted out.

Kendall arched his eyebrows in confusion.

"Are you sure? That doesn't sound like Logan at all. He never breaks curfew. Maybe you just didn't hear him come in." Kendall said.

"I was awake all night! If he came home, I would have heard him!" I exclaimed.

"Maybe you dozed off. Maybe he came home then."

Kendall and I both got up out of our chairs, and went to see if Logan was in his bed. It wasn't much of a surprise when we found his bed empty.

"See? I told you! That bed wasn't slept in last night!" I remarked.

"This doesn't really prove anything, Carlos. Logan always makes his bed. He's the only one who does. Maybe he got up early to go somewhere, and made his bed before he left," Kendall replied.

"Haven't you been listening to me? I was awake all night! If Logan got up and left, I would have heard him! But he didn't because he never came home in the first place!"

"Will you two keep it down? Some of us are trying to get our beauty sleep!" James said angrily even though his eyes were still closed.

Kendall gestured with his head towards the door, and we left so James could sleep. We walked back out to the kitchen and took our previous seats at the kitchen table. I was getting a little annoyed with Kendall. Why didn't he believe me?

"Look Carlos, I'm sure there's a logical explanation for all of this," he commented.

I decided rather than argue with Kendall some more, I'd just go and get the letter and show it to him. On my way to the bedroom, I ran right into James. The two of us bumped heads, and as I was falling backwards, I felt a pair of strong arms catch me.

"I'm sorry, Carlos. Are you okay? I guess I wasn't watching where I was going," James said, before yawning.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I thought you wanted to get your beauty sleep?" I asked as James pulled me to my feet.

"I couldn't go back to sleep now that I was awake. Besides, I wanted to know what you and Kendall were talking about."

I kind of ignored James. I thought it would be easier to show him rather than tell him. I walked over to my desk, and opened up the top drawer. After rummaging through the contents a bit, I found Logan's letter.

"What's that?" James asked, confused.

"Come on. I'll show you," I said.

He followed me out to the kitchen, and took a seat next to Kendall. I set the letter down on the table in front of them.

"What is this?" Kendall asked.

"Read it," I told him.

James slid his chair over closer to Kendall's, and the two of them silently read Logan's letter. I saw that they reacted to it in different ways. Even though it was in front of him in black and white, well it was written in red ink, but I don't think that's how the saying goes. Anyways, even though all the evidence was right in front of him, Kendall still looked doubtful. James, on the other hand, looked surprised, and even…sad.

"Well?" I asked once they had finished reading.

"That is Logan's handwriting," James pointed out.

Both James and I turned towards our leader. He shook his head.

"I don't believe this. Logan's not a vampire, and he didn't leave us. He wouldn't do such a thing. We've been friends way too long for him to just throw our friendship away like that. This is probably just some joke he's playing on all of us, and you two are falling for it," Kendall remarked.

James and I traded glances with one another. James even snickered a bit. I choked back a laugh of my own even though I had no idea what James thought was so funny.

"Kendall, this is Logan we're talking about here. The same Logan that found some way to prank himself every year we've had our annual Day of Pranks competition. Probably the only person more accident prone than Logan is Jenny Tinkler. Even if this was a joke, there is no way Logan could pull it off!" James commented.

"Which means this isn't a joke," I added.

"You guys are being completely ridiculous! I mean, come on! A vampire? There are no such things as vampires! Logan probably didn't even leave! He's probably at Camille's or Gustavo's or something!" Kendall exclaimed.

I just thought of something that might help convince Kendall that everything Logan said in the letter was the truth. I am a genius!

"Try calling Logan's cell phone then," I told Kendall.

He reluctantly followed my instructions. He pulled out his cell phone, and dialed '1' on his speed dial. It wasn't long before he removed the phone from the side of his face.

"Well?" James asked.

"It went straight to voicemail," Kendall answered.

"See? That's what happened when I tried to call Logan too!" I exclaimed.

"This still doesn't prove anything. So he has his phone off. Big deal!" Kendall commented.

XXXXX

Kendall, James, and I went to rehearsal without Logan. It felt weird. It didn't feel right at all. How could we just move on without Logan? What, were we a trio now? Or were we going to replace Logan? Nobody can replace Logan!

"Dogs, where's Logan?" Gustavo asked in his 'normal' speaking voice, which sounded a lot like yelling…

"He's…" James started to say.

"Logan's…" I said, trying to think on my feet.

"Sick. Yeah, Logan's not feeling well," Kendall answered.

"Is he okay? Does he have the flu or something?" Kelly asked.

James and I looked to Kendall. He always had the answers. We always went to him for solutions. I mean he came up with the Logan being sick excuse after all.

"Yeah, something like that," Kendall said.

So much for Logan being at Gustavo's. If he was, then why would Gustavo ask where Logan was? I guess he could be at Camille's. That just seemed kind of strange. The two of them weren't exactly boyfriend and girlfriend right now. Unless that's what Logan wanted us to believe…

"Well, I guess we'll just have to go on with rehearsal without him then," Gustavo said.

That is exactly what we did too. Every time we got to one of Logan's solos, we would stop. Logan wasn't there to sing them, and we certainly didn't want to take Logan's solos. I mean, they were his!

We were all surprised when Griffin appeared. None of us were more surprised than Kelly and Gustavo though. Gustavo especially looked like he had seen a ghost when he saw Griffin walk into the recording studio.

"Griffin, what are you doing here? Nobody told me you would be dropping by," Gustavo said nervously.

"Nobody ever does. It wouldn't be much of a surprise visit if you knew about it beforehand, now would it?" Griffin replied.

"What can we do for you?" Kelly asked.

"You can start by telling me what Logan's doing at my mansion," Griffin answered.

"What?" Kendall, James, and I asked in unison.

"What?" Gustavo and Kelly replied as one.

"What?" Griffin asked.

I had to hand it to Logan. He pulled a fast one on all of us. Griffin's was the last place any of us expected him to hide out at. That was pretty clever of Logan. Then again, Logan's a pretty clever guy. Then it dawned on me; Logan had lied in his letter.

"Will you excuse us for a minute?" I asked.

Kendall, James, and I left the recording studio, and gathered in the hallway. We know knew where Logan was, but we still didn't know why he was there.

"Unbelievable! He was here the whole time?" James remarked.

"See? He hasn't left us. He probably isn't even a vampire either!" Kendall commented.

"Kendall, think about it; why would Logan leave us? He wouldn't; not unless he really was a vampire," I said.

"For the last time, there are no such things as vampires!" Kendall exclaimed.

Kendall left me and James alone in the hallway while he went back into the recording studio. I still couldn't believe that even now he was a non-believer. I just think it was Kendall's competitive side speaking; he didn't like to admit when he was wrong.

"So, what do we do now?" James asked.

I had no clue why James was asking me that. I wasn't the brains of our outfit like Logan was. I wasn't the leader like Kendall was. All of a sudden, an idea came to me.

"I know what to do!" I remarked. "I say we should let Logan think we think he's missing. We should get Stephanie to help us. We could print out missing person flyers and hang them up everywhere. Once Logan sees them, he'll feel bad and he'll come clean to us about him not really leaving us."

"Like a game of chicken," James said.

"Exactly."

Logan probably thought he got the last laugh, but the joke was on him. Thanks to Griffin, we now knew that he didn't really leave us. He just doesn't know that we know. If all went according to plan, he would come clean to us before we would come clean to him. I really was a genius.

To Be Continued…

A/N: I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter either. Then again, nowadays, I'm doubting myself a lot, so don't mind me. For the one reviewer who asked, Katie will be making an appearance in the next chapter. It will help explain some things too. Before I leave, I want you to remember one thing: math is cool! ;)