Back Stage Rush was perfect, was it not? I'm sure there are some of you who haven't seen it yet so if you haven't don't read my A/N at the end of the chapter cuz I will be talking about my favorite parts and other stuff about the episode. So unless you want it to be spoiled… don't read the A/N =) enjoy this chapter!
The night was probably the hardest one they ever had since coming home. Not only was the horrifying thoughts of Logan's arm getting chopped off lingering in their minds all night, plaguing them with nightmares, Carlos also woke up around 5:00 from a bad case of chills. James was startled awake by his sudden shivering and teeth chattering. After warming Carlos up, with Kendall's help, and stopping his shivering, Carlos' temperature was taken. The thermometer read 102.5 degrees. That puzzled them. The antibiotics were supposed to help lower his temperature. It occurred to them that Carlos went the whole day without his medicine the doctor prescribed. Their day was spent at the hospital worrying their butts off about Logan. Medicine was completely spaced out as the least of their worries. Before going back to bed James gave the antibiotics to Carlos. The medicine knocked him out quickly allowing James to go back to sleep, but Kendall decided to stay up. He wasn't tired anymore. Thirty minutes of sleep was good enough.
Three hours later the phone rang. Katie, who already woke up and made breakfast, picked it up. It was Mrs. Knight calling from the hospital, telling them Logan was accepting visitors. Katie spread the news through the apartment after hanging up with her mom.
James and Carlos were up quickly and dressed. Before forgetting James gave Carlos his medicine and bundled the sick boy up in a coat and scarf. Always the protective one.
They all met Mrs. Knight in the private waiting room. She was talking to the doctor who did the operation and introduced them to him. None of them really cared who did it, they just wanted to see Logan. Mrs. Knight gave them the room Logan was in, but the doctor warned them no more than a few people. Katie graciously let her big brothers go first and stayed back with her mom. The boys each gave Katie a kiss then headed down the hallway.
Logan's new room was in 211. It was far bigger than his last hospital room. Not as much machinery was attached to Logan as before, which was mostly why the room seemed bigger. The room was also big enough for a couch pushed up against the wall just below the windows. A bed was positioned in the middle of the room with get well gifts surrounding it. They saw a lump on the bed and assumed it was Logan sleeping.
"Should we wake him?" James whispered to Kendall.
"I don't know. Maybe we should come back la-"
"LOGAN! PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD!"" Kendall was cut off by Carlos' frantic screaming. Every boy in the room jumped at least three feet in the air, including Logan.
"What's going on?" Logan shrieked upon waking up. The blanket covering his body fell to his lap, revealing a bandaged nub where his arm used to be. The other three boys gasped and stared at Logan as if he was dead.
The doctors cut Logan's arm just above where his elbow used to be. His arm was seriously gone. For good. There was no growing a new one or having one donated to him. His left arm was gone forever.
"Logan…." Carlos whimpered, breaking the silence. James pulled Carlos back and held him against his broad chest protectively.
Logan's heart broke seeing his friends. They were acting like he was a monster. He was still the same Logan, just with one arm.
"What are you staring at?" Logan asked. As if he didn't already know. "Stop it,"
"Logan," Kendall was the bravest to speak up "Your arm is really gone,"
"You think I don't know that?" Logan asked coldly. He rolled his eyes and pulled the blankets over his shoulders with his hand. His back was turned to his friends. Looking at them was making him emotional. He heard Carlos' familiar whines and whimpers.
"Wh-why'd they take your arm away, Logie," he asked sadly.
Logan turned around and looked Carlos in the eyes. He could see tears falling down his little friend's face. "The cut in my arm was too deep and got infected, Carlos. It hurt like hell if I wasn't on any morphine and I can't be on morphine forever! My left arm was turning purple and black for God's sake!" he hissed. "They took my arm away because the infection would spread through my body if they didn't! It was either this or die, guys!"
The boys starred at Logan, dumbfounded by his sudden moodiness. It wasn't like him to snap like that, especially at Carlos. Logan babied Carlos almost as much as James did. He was the one usually telling others not to snap at Carlos. Something was way off about Logan, besides the lost arm.
"If this," Logan waved his nubby, bandaged arm in the air angrily for emphasis "was the only thing that would save me, then so be it. And if any of you have a problem with it you might as well leave the room right now."
Carlos choked on a violent sob and broke free from James' grasp. James ran after him, down the hall, and reluctantly Kendall followed. "Hope you feel better, Logan," Kendall said quietly before leaving the room and shutting the door softly behind him.
Logan was left alone in the hospital room. He felt horrible about snapping, but at the same time he was beyond mad. Not exactly mad at the guys, just mad at the world in general. He starred down at what was left of his left arm and felt madder. He'd never see the world the same again because of this.
Kendall and James chased Carlos out to the private waiting room Mrs. Knight and Katie were in. Kendall grabbed Carlos by his arms and pulled the crying boy over to the couch. Carlos snuggled into Kendall's side and bawled shamelessly. James sat on the other side of Carlos and rubbed his back affectionately.
"What happened here?" Mrs. Knight asked the boys.
"Logan's in such a bad mood!" James said, near tears himself "As if getting his arm amputated wasn't scary enough! He doesn't have to be so irritable!"
"You guys have to remember Logan just got out of surgery. He's just as scared as you three are." Mrs. Knight warned. "I'll go talk to him and try to make him feel better. I want you three to stay right in here while Katie and I go down the hall. Try to feel better soon." She said giving them each kisses on the cheeks before she left with Katie. Mrs. Knight's kisses always made them feel at least a little better.
"I-I'm so scared," Carlos cried into Kendall's shirt.
"Of what?" James asked.
"Logan only has one arm now. What if he turns out like one those people who hates everything because they're handicapped forever? I remember going to see my Granddad at his retirement home and there was this really mean war veteran that was paralyzed and had an eye patch. Mami told me not to look at him too much because he'd get mad, then Papi told me he hated the world because he couldn't walk. He didn't believe in God either because he was paralyzed and only had one eye. I don't want Logan to be like that 'cause he'll be miserable." Carlos cried.
"Well, if I know Logie, I know he won't be like that. Logan's tougher than he leads on." Kendall assured him.
"Yeah, I know…. I'm just scared," Carlos said quietly.
James sighed and put a hand on Carlos' back. "Carlos, I promise you that when Logan comes out of the hospital he'll be the same exact guy he was a month ago. He's just a little shaken up from everything. We're all a little shook up but I promise Logan won't be like that mean old man."
"I hope so…" Carlos murmured quietly into Kendall's side.
The waiting room became silent. Carlos fell asleep against Kendall not long after crying. Kendall and James sat in a comfortable silence, waiting from Mrs. Knight and Katie to get back. After they finished seeing Logan they would go back to their apartment. Time alone was what they wanted to give Logan. Time for themselves couldn't hurt either.
A/N: Lovely chapter in my opinion =) so Logan's arm is gone and he's bummed. But it's okay cuz in reality he does have both arms!
OMG… I missed doing this so much….
I just finished watching Back Stage Rush and I loved it to pieces. I kept yelling at the trampoline not to break and for the boys not to jump on it =D THEY SURVIVED! AND BROKE THE RECORD! They're awesome ^_^ and apparently, Carlos is allergic to bees ;) hehehe I'll have to use that (evil laugh here)
And once again, Logan's smart-ness saves the day again! AND HE HAS BOTH ARMS! =)