Chapter 14

James was still in the hospital room, but this time, only with Kendall, Logan, Carlos and Katie. Mrs. Knight was in 2J, taking some of James' things to bring to the hospital. Joanna Mitchell and Brooke Diamond were in the cafeteria, trying to calm down a little, but ultimately failed.

James was still traumatized. Well, of course he was, cause if he wasn't, he wouldn't have PTSD. He had already apologized to Kendall for punching him, but he still wouldn't let Kendall touch him. James didn't let any of the guys touch him, except Logan. Logan, Katie, Mrs. Knight, Brooke, and Joanna were the only ones who James allowed to touch him, but still not too much. His flashbacks happened quite often, but everyone was there for him for these 3 days in the hospital.

Gustavo and Kelly visited him once, but James was scared of Gustavo, so they had to go. Well, James was scared of every single men, actually. He was also still scared of Kendall and Carlos, but he knew they wouldn't hurt him. But, the blond and the Latino's hearts broke because their friend was like this.

James would be allowed to go home in about 2 more days, although no one knew what would happen after. They knew James wouldn't be playing video games, tanning, flirting or anything in a while. They didn't know if James was going to take a really huge amount of time to heal. Heck, they didn't even know if James was going to heal. For now, all they could do was hope.

The silence was broken when the boys heard a commotion outside the hospital, and didn't notice it was the paparazzi.

"We'll go check what's out there, okay buddy?" Logan said, standing up with Kendall and Carlos.

When James nodded, they walked out, through the halls, into the lobby, and finally, outside.

Camera flashes blinded them, and various voices entered their ears.

"Logan Mitchell! How did you escape the club?"

"Was it true that James Diamond was raped?"

"Where's James Diamond right now?"

"Kendall Knight! Who rescued James Diamond?"

"Logan Mitchell! Do you have mental problems?"

"Carlos Garcia! Is it true James Diamond and Logan Mitchell has PTSD?"

The voices were demanding. The paparazzi were shouting at them, calling them, demanding for them to answer their questions. There were at least 40 people out there, shouting more than a hundred questions.

Carlos was stunned, Kendall was mad, and Logan… no one had to know.

"Shut up!" Kendall yelled.

The paparazzi quieted down and actually thought that Kendall would provide information for them.

"2 of us were, and still are, hurt! And you want to use this for entertainment? How could you?!" Kendall yelled.

"The media deserves to know!" one of the paparazzi yelled.

Kendall clenched his teeth. "No, they don't! It's our private life, and none of you need to know! You think you could just come here and demand to know everything about us? Well, you're wrong! You don't! You can't just-"

"Kendall." Carlos called.

"Not now, Carlos." Kendall replied, softening his tone at him, but raised it again to the paparazzi. "You can't just come and expect us to tell you everything you want to know. You don't need to know! You-"

"Kendall."

"Not now, Carlos!" Kendall said, and then facing the reporters again. "You better just go home, and stay there than waiting here for an answer, cause we aren't giving you one! You-"

"KENDALL!"

"What?" Kendall turned around to face Carlos, and his eyes widened.

Carlos was kneeling down on the floor with Logan in his arms. The brunette was hyperventilating and looking extremely pale. Sweat trickled down his forehead and he was looking really scared. Kendall's and Carlos' attention had been on James, that they've forgotten Logan was also still traumatized, and still scared of men, but not as much as James.

"Logan, hang on, buddy." Kendall said. "Carlos, take him inside, can you do that?"

Carlos nodded. "Come on, Logie. Let's get in." he stood up carefully, and also supporting Logan's body so that he wouldn't fall.

Logan shook his head. "No! Please, please don't hurt me! Please. I wanna go home, please!"

Carlos took a deep breath. "It's okay, Logie. You're safe. It's me, Carlos. Kendall's here, too. Let's get inside, okay Logie?"

This time, Logan nodded, and walked in with Carlos while Kendall turned back towards the reporters. "You see that? It was all because of you! If you hadn't been all nosy and just go away, none of this would happen! How could you? Do you people even have feelings? How can your families stand you? Just go away and leave us alone!"

With that, Kendall turned and walked into the hospital, ignoring the questions being asked.

"What was that all about?" Katie asked when she saw Carlos, Logan, and Kendall walk in the hospital room.

Kendall shook his head. "It was nothing, baby sister. Just a lot of stupid reporters being stupid."

Logan, who was back into being himself again, said, "Um, you said 'stupid' twice."

Kendall was about to reply something sarcastic, but he caught a smile on James' face and decided to crack a small joke, so he said, "You bet I did."

A small laugh was heard, and the three boys and one girl looked at James, who was the source of the sound. He actually laughed. Even if it was a small laugh, at least he laughed. It was something no one heard in quite a while.

That's when it hit them. They hadn't been trying to make James laugh in a while, so they decided to do it again.

Carlos came up with one. "Hey Kendall, have you seen Helmet?"

Everyone understood quickly what Carlos was trying to do, so they played along.

"I don't know, what does Helmet look like?" Logan asked.

"He's black, and looks like a bowling ball with straps."

"Um, is it so important?" Kendall asked.

"Yeah, it's used to protect my head." Carlos replied.

"So you wear a bowling ball on your head? Doesn't it hurt?" Katie asked.

James laughed a little.

Carlos smiled. "It does, but I love my Helmet! Have you seen him?"

"Hmm, a black bowling ball with straps… oh, I found it!" Logan said.

Carlos perked up with fake excitement. "Really? Where?"

Katie rolled her eyes playfully and said, "It's on your head, stupid."

Carlos took his helmet off his head and said, "Oh there you are!"

James laughed again at his friends' silly behaviors, not noticing they faked it for him. "You guys."

"But I'm a girl." Katie said and fake pouted.

"No you're not, you're a baby." Logan said.

"Yeah, my baby sister." Kendall said.

Everyone laughed again, and they enjoyed the small happiness spreading in the air.

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