"You guys wanna hang out tonight?" James asked Kendall and Carlos at lunch.

Carlos gave Kendall a strange look and Kendall looked awkwardly at James. "Sorry dude, Carlos and I have to work on a project for history tonight…" Logan sat down next to Carlos and Kendall smirked. "You should hang out with Logan tonight."

Carlos and Logan grew wide eyed. They're so weird…, James thought to himself. "Um, I, uh can't tonight, I have work tonight." Logan stuttered.

James looked at him skeptically. "You don't seem to have work when you hang out with Carlos almost every day."

James was somewhat hurt. Is there something wrong with me..? Even the ex-nerd doesn't want to hang out with me. He waited for Logan to reply. Logan glanced at Carlos and Carlos shrugged. Kendall and James looked confused at the two boys' silent conversation. James was annoyed by them, We're a pack, not two pairs of duos.

"You're right. I'm just… shy?"

James stopped himself from saying something mean and snippy to Logan. "Oh. Well then, you'll just have to be less shy. I'll be over your house after I eat dinner, is that cool?"

Logan broke out into a nervous sweat. "Um, well actually…"

James cut him off. "Awesome. I'll see you there." He got up to clear his tray.

Logan is so weird. Camille walked up to James, bagged lunch in hand and kissed him on the cheek. James was happy to see her, he wanted to hang out with her tonight, but she had drama club stuff to do.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked.

James dumped the remainder of his lunch in the trash and stacked his tray with the others. He sighed. "I have to hang out with Logan tonight. Did I mention he's kind of an asshole?"

"I'm sure it'll be fine. I wish I could hang out with you, but I'm the lead in the play and I can't mess this up."

James nodded. "I understand. I just wish you weren't such a devoted actress."

Camille chuckled. "I just wish you were less emotional."

James smiled at her. "Says you! Your acting makes you look bipolar!"

"I better go eat lunch though. Good luck with Logan!"

Camille kissed him on the cheek again and ran to go sit with Jo. I'll need luck…


James had gotten directions to Logan's house from Carlos; Carlos seemed pretty hesitant to give James the directions though, he'd been acting strange when it came to Logan. James managed to coax the address and route out of him eventually. Logan's house was small, but not as small as Carlos' house. James got out of his car and went to the door. He was about to knock when Logan whipped it open.

"Hi." Logan greeted, almost angrily.

"Hey Loganator!" James said, trying to be friendly.

Logan looked annoyed. "What do you wanna do?"

Why is he so sassy with me? He was a nobody a month or two ago and now he thinks he's better than me? James tried to think of something for the two boys to do… Hockey? A movie? The diner…? Shopping carts? What does Logan like to do? James shrugged.

Logan sighed. "What do you usually do with your friends?"

James grabbed Logan's arm, pulled him to his car, and threw him in the passenger's seat. "My friends aren't as tight-assed as you. I think it's time for you to lighten up Logan!" James slammed the car door.

"James, listen, I don't have much time. I have to…"

James cut him off as he got into the car. "Logan! This is exactly what I'm talking about. You need to calm down! We're going out, we're gonna have a good time, and we'll get back late. It's gonna be a big night!"

James started to pull out of the driveway and Logan looked horrified. "I can't stay out late!"

James shook his head. "Yes, yes you can. You choose not to."

"I can't! I honestly can't!"

James rolled his eyes. "Why Logan? Why 'can't' you?"

"I… uh… have a strict curfew?"

James laughed at him. "Curfew… You're hilarious."

James kept on driving, ignoring Logan's complaining and begging. After a while of hearing the annoying nagging beside him, it finally stopped. Logan must have noticed that I'm not paying attention…


Logan's a really cool guy… The boys had been hanging out for hours now. They had gone all over town, hanging out, laughing, and basically just having a good time. He's definitely not a tight-ass anymore. At around midnight they were ready to go home and started walking down the street to James' car; Logan began to look oddly nervous when he looked at his watch.

"You okay…?" James asked.

"No! No! No! It's midnight! Shit! Shit! Shit! I have to go!" He began sprinting toward the car.

"Dude! Calm down." James ran after him.

Logan was pulling on the door handle, trying to open the locked car door. "It's going to happen! I need to get home!"

James quickly unlocked the door for Logan, in fear of his breakdown. "Logan! Calm down, what's wrong?"

"Just get in the car and drive dammit!"

James did what he was told, but he was completely confused. They sat there in silence for a while, James being somewhat afraid of Logan. He wanted to ask what was going on, but Logan was glaring out the window. He looked over to Logan, opening his mouth to speak when he saw a burst of flames explode on his dashboard. He screamed.

"What the hell was that!"

Logan looked over at the dashboard wide eyed and stared at the envelope the flames had left. James panicked and the car was swerving like crazy. James continued to scream and Logan was trying to calm him down.

"Just pull over, James! Pull over!"

James once again did what he was told. After he pulled over he grabbed the envelope on the dashboard. "What the hell is this!"

Logan snatched it out of his hand. "Don't!"

"Do you know what it is…?"

Logan sighed. "James, promise me you won't run away after I tell you this."

"I promise."

James was looking at Logan wide-eyed and wondering. What could he possibly tell me? I mean, what the hell just happened? What the hell is happening!

"I tend to be… Death."

James smirked. "What?"

"I'm the… the.. Grim Reaper." Logan was cringing at his own confession.

James burst out into a fit of laughter. "What?"

Logan held up the envelope. "You want me to try to give a more reasonable explanation for this?"

James stopped laughing. "Touché."

"At least you're calmer than Carlos."

James smiled. "No, I'm probably not. I'm about to shit my pants right now to be honest. But you know, you're my friend and I trust you not to suck my soul out of my body."

Logan put his hand on James' shoulder and James screamed. "I can't just kill people at random. I get these." He held up the black envelope.

"Well, that makes me feel slightly better."

The boys laughed at the insanity of the situation. James hadn't fully grasped what Logan had just told him, but he was willing to accept it. If Carlos can trust him, I can too.