"Hey, Logaine!" Someone greeted. Kendall walked through the grating d oor into the hospital room, finding his friend laying on his bed, staring into space deep into his thoughts. "Logan!"
"What?" Logan shook his head, returning to reality. Kendall was standing in front of his bed, with an odd, goofy smile on his face. He seemed amused, but there was something in his eyes that didn't go with his face. They were just so...
"How are you feeling bud?" Kendall asked, walking to seat besides the bed.
"Better." Logan gave a faint smile, and stared into space again sinking into his thoughts.
"Loge?" Kendall said, "Logan!"
Kendall shouted, obliging Logan to jump out of his thoughts once more.
"What!" Logan jumped in his spot. "Sorry... I was distracted."
"I can tell." Kendall rolled his eyes. "May I know why?"
"It's nothing." Logan shrugged. It clearly was something, but he knew he couldn't tell/accuse Kendall of anything... not yet.
"Well, guess what!" Kendall said, "When I was coming here, I asked a nurse about your status."
"What did she say?" Logan asked, not really sure if he should worry.
"She said you would be discharged later." Kendall smiled brightly. "which means you can see Carlos!"
"Really?" Logan was greatly surprised, but it still wasn't enough. "When?"
"She said later someone will come to take the IV lines from your arms." Kendall explained, "That you didn't have anemia at all, just low nutrient levels or something like that."
"Well, that kind of makes sense." Logan shrugged.
"Why aren't you happy?" Kendall asked, frowning.
"I am." Logan faked a smile, "I'm just thinking."
"About..." Kendall inquired.
"It's nothing." Logan lied.
"Oh... Well." Kendall raised an eyebrow. "Is this bitch hiding something?" He thought. "Where's James?"
"He left with Jason." Logan revealed.
"Oh..." Kendall rolled his eyes again, "Well, that's odd, I think."
"Yeah..." Logan imitated Kendall's eyebrow, "He seemed a little agitated. Do you know why?"
"Who knows." Kendall stared away, "I'm don't really know him that much now."
"Sure..." Logan sarcastically said, "But Jason said he was with you."
"Yeah..." Kendall admitted, "What with that?"
"I'm just asking if something happened that could have agitated him that way." Logan said.
"Are you accusing me of something, Mitchell?" Kendall was serious now and his eyes seemed to throw daggers against Logan. Logan was instantly alert at him.
"N-No." Logan denied, "I was just wondering."
"Well, you better be cautious about what are you wondering." Kendall narrowed his eyes.
"I'm sorry?" Logan tried to apologize but it came more like if he didn't know what to say.
"Whatever." Kendall sighed. After a few seconds of awkward, stressful silence, Kendall's phone vibrated in his pocket signaling him that he had either got a text, or someone was calling him. He pulled the device out of his pocket and stared at the screen realizing it was a call. He pushed the send button and pressed the phone against his ear.
"Hello?" Kendall greeted.
"Yeah... I'm with him" He paused, "Room 3BJ." Another pause. "Okay."
With that, he hung up the phone and returned his gaze to Logan who seemed to be either nervous or he just had seen a ghost.
"My mom is coming." Kendall started, "James called her and she called me. That's why I'm here."
"Well..." Logan rubbed his face, "Thanks for coming."
"Of course." Kendall rolled his gaze. Once more, they both sank into a heavy silence until the door opened revealing Mrs. Harlow thin body walking inside. She greeted both boys with a smile.
"Hey." She said, and her smile faded when she saw the awkward faces on the boys.
"Hey Mrs. Harlow." Logan greeted, forcing a smile.
"Hi sweetie. How are you feeling?" She said, walking past Kendall and closer to Logan's side.
"Good, I think." Logan responded, "I feel better than before."
"That's good." She smiled, "What happened to you?"
"Lack of nutrition for what I know." Logan said, "Almost anemia but thankfully it wasn't."
"Thanks goodness." Mrs. Harlow sighed. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart."
"It's okay." Logan shrugged, "Kendall said I will be released later, hopefully."
"What do you know about Carlos?" She asked. Logan's face fell and his eyes darkened.
"Nothing yet." He sighed, "Who knows when will he wake up."
"He will be okay, I'm sure." Mrs Harlow reassured, smiling.
"Yeah." Logan swallowed hard, "I hope so."
"Logan?" Kendall spoke up, "Are you alright?"
"Fine." Logan smiled, "I'm just really tired.
"Do you want us to go so you can sleep?" Mrs. Harlow asked, "I can go wait out in the lobby. I'll be right here when you wake up."
"Thanks." Logan replied, laying back on the bed.
"Let's go sweetie." Mrs. Harlow said to Kendall, "We will let Logan get some rest."
Kendall followed his mom out of the room, and into the lobby. They walked significant amount from Logan's room, so that he would not hear them talk and then Mrs. Harlow stopped Kendall.
"What's wrong with Logan?" she demanded, putting a hand to Kendall's chest.
"He's almost anemic?" Kendall replied, innocently.
"He was visibly upset when I walked into that room." Mrs. Harlow pointed out, "I want to know why and I want to know now."
"How am I supposed to know?" Kendall shrugged, "He was that way when he woke up."
"I am a mother and I can tell when one of my boys is upset." Mrs. Harlow said, "He might not be my son, biologically, but in my heart he is just as much my son as you are."
"Well, good luck finding out. I would like to know too." Kendall said, shoving his hands inside his pockets.
"Of course." Kendall's mom smile and walked away to take a seat in the lobby.
Kendall smiled back, but inside his nerves grew.Something was bothering Logan, and Kendall knew it could have been anything. Kendall sighed, and shook his head. If Logan continued to cause trouble, Kendall knew he would take care of him like he had so many others.
"Should we go see Carlos?" Kendall spoke, "He had been alone for a while."
"You go." Mrs. Harlow replied, "I want to wait here, in case Logan needs me."
"Of course." Kendall smiled and walked straight to the elevator. He pressed the button for Carlo's floor and as soon as the door closed, he sighed, passing a hand through his face. "Now what?" He whined.
The doors opened on Carlos' floor, and Kendall stepped out of the elevator. He wasn't entirely sure if he should go to Carlos' room or just go home. He pulled his phone from his pocket, and saw that he had no messages. Part of him had been hoping that James would have said something to him after what happened in the janitors closet. He stopped for a second, staring blankly into space. After giving it a second thought, he decided he had nothing to do in that hospital at the moment. He turned on his heels to stare at the elevator once again. He extended his hand to press the little button on the wall next to it. Once opened, he walked in and pressed another button that would take him to the ground floor. The doors closed, and he stood there until it landed on the ground floor. The doors parted again, and Kendall left the hospital without another word.
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The jingling sounds of keys opening the door, echoed through the big foyer of the house as James Diamond, once the door was opened, stepped inside with his son, Jason Diamond, in arms.
"We're home bud." He said to the unamused kid in his right arm as he returned the keys to his pocket and returned his left arm to hold his son.
"Where have you been with my son?" Jo demanded as James stepped inside the door.
"Me, and my son went to visit Logan in the hospital." James responded, "Any problem, mistress?"
"If you leave the house with my son, I expect to be told." Jo snapped, "Otherwise, it's kidnapping."
"If I was a stranger, it would be kidnaping." James corrected, "But he is my son and I have all the rights to take him to wherever I want, whenever I want."
"You could have at least still told me." Jo rolled her eyes, "How is Logan, anyways?"
"He had a breakdown or something." James sighed, "It seems he wasn't nourished properly."
"Wait, Logan is a patient at the hospital?" Jo asked, sounding very concerned.
"Yes." James shrugged, "But he seemed to be okay."
"Now I feel bad for being short with you." Jo frowned, "I'm sorry, I know Logan is very important to you. He is important to me too."
"Yeah..." James sighed again, "I guess it's okay."
"You seem weird." Jo sighed, "What's going on?"
"Me?" James acted like he was confused, "I'm fine. Jason, why don't you go to play in your room?" He said, putting his son on the floor.
"Yes." Jo replied, "What's going on with you?"
"Jason, please go to your room." He commanded, and Jason nodded. As soon as the kid was out of sight, James returned his gaze to his wife.
"There's nothing going on with me," He said, "I'm fine."
"Whatever." Jo rolled her eyes, "I know things are tense between us but are we really not talking anymore? I'm your wife, James. Now, tell me what is going on."
"You're right." James agreed, "Things are really tense between us. Something has to make all this tension stop."
"Something like..." Jo raised an eyebrow.
"Another baby." James suggested quickly, "I know what you're thinking, but I think it's a really good idea for Jason to have a baby brother or sister and maybe loving the baby could help us learn to get along again."
"Excuse me?" Jo was confused, "Why this sudden decision?"
"Because we've been really distant lately." James pointed out, "I think that another baby would bring us closer."
"This is nonsense." Jo exclaimed, "You're acting weird. What is happening, James?"
"Nothing." James gulped, "It's nothing. If you don't want another baby, it's alright."
"Tell me what's going on." Jo demanded.
"I'm sorry." James half-whispered, "I'm so sorry."
"James?" Jo was confused once more, "What's the matter?"
"I cheated on you." James admitted, "With Kendall."
"Come again?" Jo stared blankly at him, his face turning paler than usual.
"I'm sorry." James frowned, "I don't know what happened. One minute we were arguing, and the next we were in a janitors closet."
"What, the fuck. James Diamond, you bastard!" Jo yelled, her face now turning red with anger. "How dared you cheat on me with... with that psycho!"
"I don't know what happened!" James exclaimed, "I'm sorry, Jo! If I could take it back, I would!"
"He's a murderer." Jo stated, showing disbelief in her gestures. "How could you... do things with him? You are gross. You are pathetic."
"He isn't a bad person, he is just sick." James pointed out, "He got help and now he deserves a second chance!"
"A second chance to fuck you?" Jo snapped, "And then fuck your whole life?"
"I'm not going to stand here and listen to this!" James exclaimed, "If you hadn't been acting so distant, and cold, lately I wouldn't have wanted to seek comfort elsewhere!"
He turned around and stormed up the stairs away from Jo.
"I can believe this." Jo shook her head and took a glance to the foyer where she was standing. She sighed and decided what she should and would do and with that, she walked to the door and left the house.
The weather wasn't too bad, and the breeze would have been relaxing so Jo decided to walk to her destination rather than drive. Her footsteps were heavy, and quick as she made her way to were she was going. Her mind was going crazy as she walked. James had cheated on her with the psychopath that had threatened to kill their son. He's so stupid, Jo thought. A few minutes later, she had arrived.
"I'll take care of you, Kendall." Jo sneered as she rang the doorbell.
"Well, hello there." Richard greeted her when the door opened. "What's the motive of this visit?"
"James cheated on me with Kendall!" Jo cried, "I can't believe this!"
"Wait, what?" Richard said, eyes widening. "How the fuck did that happen?"
"I didn't want to find out." Jo groaned, "He said it happened in the Janitors closet. Richard, Kendall is screwing with our lives and I'm afraid he will do something worse this time. He already threatened Jason."
"Come again?" Richard raised an eyebrow, stepping aside to allow Jo walk into the house.
"He threatened Jason after he found out that I came to visit you." Jo admitted.
"That bitch." Richard clenched his fist, "We need, no, we will do something right now."
"It hurts so much." Jo replied, "I understand why Kendall is exciting to James, but I am the one who loves him. Maybe after awhile, my moods became too much for him and he wanted to find someone who didn't get upset so much but I was just afraid that I would lose him and now I think I have."
"I never understood why you two married." Richard stated, "Isn't James gay?"
"I thought he loved me." Jo sighed, "I love him."
"The question is..." Richard paused of a second, staring directly into Jo's eyes. "Does he love you?"
"I don't think he does anymore." Jo felt tears welling in her eyes, "The sad part is, I have no one to blame but myself."
"That's not true at all." Richard said, "Kendall is the only one to blame."
"You have to stop him, Richard." Jo pleaded, "He is evil and dangerous and I know he is out for blood."
"I don't know how." Richard sighed, "He moved from the house."
"Go to his apartment and make sure he understands that we won't be treated this way." Jo demanded, "You're bigger and stronger than me, or I would do it myself. He needs to know that just because he is fooling everyone else, he isn't fooling us."
"I will go right now." Richard decided.
"Thank you." Jo smiled, giving Richard a quick hug, "Call me after and tell me what he says. Until then, I'm going to go do some thinking."
"Keep an eye on James." Richard said, "Or he could have more encounters with Kendall."
"If I can even stand to look at him without vomiting." Jo sighed, "You're right, I should though. I guess it's not James' fault that he is so weak to Kendall."
"Kendall has his ways to manipulate people." Richard told her, "Be patient with James and considerate how traumatizing Kendall had been for him."
"He said he wants another baby." Jo frowned, "Then he told me that he cheated on me."
"I'm sorry." Richard sighed, "I will make sure Kendall pays for everything."
"You're such a good friend." Jo smiled, walking toward the door, "You go show him that we can be just as tough as he is!"
With that, Jo was out of the house and walking back to her own to face her wayward husband.
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"Well, here it is." A sweet, female voice greeted, carrying a rectangular device in her thin arms.
"Thank you Mama K!" Logan took the object with a wide smile.
"How are you feeling, honey?" She asked, giving him a warm smile.
"I'm feeling a lot better." Logan replied, signaling to the IV drip in his arm, "Now, could I have some privacy please?"
"Of course." She said, with a confused, but carefree grin. She gave Logan a little goodbye hug and walked outside the room, leave the smart guy alone with his IV lines and the rectangular device which seemed to be his laptop.
"Alright." Logan sighed once alone, "I'll get to the bottom of this one way or another."
He flipped open the laptop and turned it on. After a couple minutes, he signed in on his user and opened the web browser.
"Alright." He sighed, and started to type something on Google. "Bobby Campos."
Instantly, several news articles for Logan's 13th year appeared that covered the accidental death of Bobby Campos. Logan searched the articles but they mostly said the same thing: Bobby Campos accidental death. Logan frowned, but continued his search. He decided to open the first article which said "13 year old Bobby Campos, found dead under the ice." Logan remembered that newspaper article from when he was 13. Not much was said about Bobby's death, but some people talked about him, including Kendall.
September 23rd, 2002.
13 year old Bobby Campos, found dead under the ice.
This morning at 7:30, an unnamed local fisherman phoned the Police to report what he suspected to be a human body trapped under ice. Police rushed to the scene to discover that the body found was the body of 13 year old local teenager Robert Campos. Mr. Campos had been previously considered missing for a week, as reported by his parents; Peter and Linda Campos.
A reporter was sent to the high school to gather statements from the friends of Mr. Campos when they heard the news of his tragic death. This is what they had to say.
Bobby was our best friend. From all of sudden, he dissapeared and we all were worried. No one knew this would happen... And its a horrible thought to think how could it have happened. We don't know what happened to him, he never even told us he was going to somewhere near the lake. He just... disappeared.
-Logan Mitchell, local student and Bobby's friend.
I can't believe that Bobby is actually dead. It's just so unbelievable. When I heard that he had been found under the ice it was just such a total surprise. I had absolutely no idea that he would have been found there.
-Kendall Knight, local student, junior hockey captain
Bobby died. It's still unbelievable how sudden it was. No one knew what happened to him until the police found him. I'm still in shock and... It's hard to process all this.
-Carlos Garcia, local student and Bobby's friend.
He was my friend, and I miss him so much. I'm so devastated I can't even think.
-James Diamond, local student, son of Brooke Diamond and Bobby's friend
The death, while ruled an accident is still under investigation by the city detective squad. People are still wondering how Mr. Campos could have fallen through such thick ice, or what he was doing there.
Logan sighed, clearly frustrated for not finding what he wanted. He returned to the search page and found another article that caught his interest.
Details of Bobby Campos death.
September 27th, 2002.
The recent news of Bobby Campos' accident had been a theme of discussion for all the citizens of Saint Paul, Minnesota for several days. Though the case was reported as an accident, the police had made some further investigation and found one peculiar fact in the scene:
Bobby was found wearing a hockey uniform and skates. Investigators assumed he was playing hockey, as a hockey stick and pock were found near the place of the ice rupture. Also, several cracks were found around the spot where the ice broke under Bobby. It was thought that the ice gave up to Bobby's weight, and the case was kept called an accident though the police seemed to be confused by the fact that the ice was too thick to have broken up without aparent reason. Nothing else was found, and the police is still investigating the case.
"The ice." Logan repeated, his eyes wide and his jaw agape, "But how..."
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The light of the small 14 by 14 foot was flipped off but the glow of the digital face the machines provided minimal lighting. It smelled as it was, sterile and blank. The incessant hum of the heart moniter blended with the dripping beads from the IV bag that was suspended by a metal that, a deafening silence hung up in the air. There was a unbereable calm enveloping this peculiar room. A typical hospital room, with white walls and floors where people usually had silent chats, and a boring day watching over sick relatives. But this wasn't the case of this room. It was empty and there were no souls to be seen inside, except of one, lifeless, limp body resting peacefully on the bed in the middle of the room. His body was attached to several machines and IV drips, and these were the only things that signaled that he was alive. No one else thought so. He looked so peaceful, yet fragile at the same time. His bones had been fixed, his wounds dissapeared, leaving only light scars to remember them. Dark bruises had became a normal, tanned skin tone again and what had seemed to be destroyed, was now restored. But that was by the outside. Inside, no one knew what could have happened. No one knew if there was even something left inside, if this body would ever wake up again, or he was just a soulless body, kept alive by the machines hooked up to him.
Despite what everyone thought, the hard work of the doctors seemed to continue with the minimal hope of returning life to this petrified body. But as days passed, hope seemed to fade more, and more, and more.
The lights turned on, and a short, thin and young nurse walked inside the room with some supplies to take care of this patient. She left the supplies on a little table next to the bed and started to work on her labor. She cleaned, changed bandages and IV fluids bags that were already wrinkled by the emptiness inside them. After she replaced the already worn material, she gathered the rest of her stuff and prepared to leave. She walked to the door and placed her thin hand on the doorknob, but suddenly and before any other move, a weird sound called her attention making her turn around to find the source of this noise. A loud moan, more from pain than any pleasure, scaped from the mouth of the lifeless, or not so lifeless body at the middle of the room. This moans became more loud and started to mix with groans. The nurse started to worry and ran to the machines near the bed to check all the vital signs. Everything seemed normal and nothing was wrong with the ciphers. She took another glance to the whining boy next to her and gasped. Next to that, with a loud and deep intake of air, his eyes opened widely and as his lungs departed all the air inside them, one single word was spoken aloud.
"Logan!"
-END OF THE CHAPTER-
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