Chapter 25 Decision

James and Carlos were sitting on the couch when Logan and Kendall walked through the front door. Kendall was chuckling about something when he noticed James and Carlos sitting surprisingly still on the couch. They seemed to be staring at something.

"Hey guys! What's wrong?" James looked up at Kendall and weakly pointed his finger at something lying on the coffee table. Kendall turned to where his finger was pointing. On the table was a small white card. It read:

The MinneShack!

Minnesota's BEST Burgers!

1-123-123-1234

Manager and Proud Owner: Andrew Knight

Kendall quickly snatched up the card holding it to his chest as if it were a lifeline. James saw this. "D-did he come back?" Kendall nodded. "This morning."

"You aren't gonna actually call him are you?" Kendall started to feel the anger coming back. "Of course I am, Carlos." James rose. "You can't be serious! The guy hurt your family!" Kendall clenched his fists. "Look, he explained to me okay? He got out three years ago, and he's been working on getting his life back together so that he could come back. He didn't wanna come back as a failure."

James couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Dude, what if things go wrong? Then what? It was already hard enough the first time. For all of us." Kendall lost it. "YOU THINK I DON'T FUCKIN KNOW THAT? DAMMIT JAMES! YOU DON'T FUCKIN KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN MY HEAD! YOU DON'T GET IT! YOU HAD A DAD! I DIDN'T! YOU REALLY DON'T THINK I KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF I FINALLY LET HIM BACK INTO MY LIFE AND THINGS GO BAD?"

James was taken aback. "Kendall-" Kendall interrupted. "Save it." He stormed out of the apartment and slammed the door. Logan tried to run after him, but the bigger boy was faster. Logan turned around and stared at James. "Look, Kendall just went through a lot. The last thing he needs is for you to be up in his face like that James." Logan left the apartment before James could say anything. Carlos turned to James.

"We're really bad friends." James nodded in shame.

Kendall stormed into the elevator. 'Great, now what?' He wanted someone to talk to. Sure there was Logan, but he was dealing with too much already. He stared at the elevator buttons. Who to go to? 'Fifth floor, Camille? Fourth floor, Guitar Dude? Third floor, Jo? First floor- Adam." Kendall pushed the button without thinking.

Logan ran down the stairs and into the lobby, still in just his sweat pants and shirt. He searched the lobby and spotted a dirty blond head across the lobby. He ran to the blonde and turned them around.

"Whoa! Uh-hey Logan. What's up?" Logan sighed. It wasn't Kendall. 'Great. My boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.' It was Jo, Kendall's "twin". "Sorry Jo. I thought you were Kendall." Jo tensed a little suddenly. "O-oh. What's wrong? Is he okay?" Logan shook his head. "James said some things and Kendall stormed off." Jo nodded. "I-I'm sure he's okay." Logan nodded. They were suddenly interrupted by loud and obnoxious shouting.

"What the hell? You need shoes to be in the lobby! You're stinking up the whole Palm Woods!" Logan turned around and glared incredulously at Bitters. "My feet do NOT smell!" Logan huffed and walked back into the elevator in search of Kendall again.

Adam sighed as he looked into the mirror. He had even darker bags under his eyes today. "Ugh. I hope these things go away." He shrugged at himself and walked to his front door to retrieve the news paper. He opened the door to find the last person he expected to see.

Kendall stood there with his fist raised to knock on the door. "A-Adam. Hey what are you doing up so early?" Adam peered at Kendall suspiciously. "I haven't been sleeping much lately. I could ask the same to you."

Kendall sighed. "Can we talk? I don't know anyone else who could understand right now." Adam raised an eyebrow, but stepped aside for Kendall to come in. Kendall walked inside and Adam closed the door behind him. "Let's go into the kitchen. I'll make some coffee." Kendall followed Adam into the kitchen. It looked similar to his own.

After they both got their coffee Adam sat down across from Kendall. "So what's going on?" Kendall looked up at Adam. "My dad came back." Adam said nothing and continued to sip his coffee. "He told me he had been out of jail for three years. At first I was really angry. He left me his number when I kicked him out. Logan said I should go ahead and give him a chance. I want to, but…James kept reminding me of how things could go wrong. I got so pissed, I stormed out. I guess I was just angry cause James was just telling me exactly what I was afraid of. Logan told me everything would be okay, but he can be pretty naïve sometimes."

Kendall looked up at Adam. "I-I'm sorry, I don't know why I'm pouring all of this out on you. You probably are in a way worse situation with your dad than I am. Here I am complaining about my dad wanting to came back. I'm sorry, I'll go." Kendall began to rise out of his chair, but Adam stopped him.

"No, it's ok. I get it. Don't worry, it's perfectly understandable." Kendall sat back down. "So what do you think I should do?" Adam sighed and put down his coffee. "To be honest with you Kendall, I don't know. This is your decision. It's your risk. Just take everything into consideration. How badly do you want your dad back in your life?"

"Really badly."

"How much has he changed?"

"A lot."

"I guess you have your answer then." Kendall smiled slowly. "You're right. Thanks Adam." Adam chuckled. "Anytime."

There was sudden pounding on the front door. Adam got up and answered the door. "Hey Adam, have you seen Kendall? I can't find him anywhere?" Adam chuckled. "He's here." Kendall came into view. "Hey Logie." Logan hugged Kendall tightly. "Dude! Don't do that! You scared the hell outa me!"

"Aw shucks, Logan chill!" He turned to Adam. "Thanks man. I really needed someone to talk to." Adam shrugged and pushed the two out of his doorway playfully. "No problem dude. I get it. You guys can come by anytime."

Kendall paced back and forth in his room. He held his phone up to his ear waiting for the ringing to pick up. Logan sat on their bed moving his head to follow Kendall. "Relax. It'll be fine, babe."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because. I-"

"Love me. I know I know." Kendall chuckled at his boyfriend. Logan really was the perfect boyfriend. He kept pacing for another few seconds, then stopped in his tracks.

"Hello?"

A/N: Yeah, I know I said I was in the zone, buuuut I'm not too proud of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed this somewhat. I was sooo distracted when I was writing it. Sorry. And yes, we're getting back to Logan's angst in a few chapters no worries. I wouldn't deprive you guys of Logan's suffering. Uhhh….okaayyy.

Well that's it for this chapter. I'm looking forward to writing the next chapter a little more than I was for this one. PLEASE REVIEW! :)