Chapter 26

It was the day after the 'James' accident. James was still unconscious and laying on some white hospital bed. The boys were going to visit him again today. Once again, Mrs. Knight drove them there. Mrs. Diamond was too busy with work, and Mrs. Garcia was even busier. Mr. Knight earned a lot of money from his business, so Mrs. Knight didn't have to work. She could have more time with the kids.

Kendall and Carlos were still ignoring each other. Poor little Logan was stuck in the middle, and he didn't know what to do. He was on neither side, yet he was somehow still on both of their sides. That was really confusing for him to comprehend.

Logan tried to get Kendall and Carlos happier, so he started a conversation with Kendall. Kendall seemed happy to talk to someone he didn't currently hate. The conversation lasted for about 10 minutes. The drive to the hospital was a long way away. Then, Logan talked to Carlos for 10 minutes. After that, the boys grew silent. Logan wondered what his three best friends were feeling right now.

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Kendall stared out the window and sighed. He didn't want to fight with Carlos; but he was so stupid. How could he not know James would drown if he didn't get enough breath. But Kendall knew he was being a big jerk. Carlos was always the youngest, and he treated him like his own little brother. Kendall had never yelled at him like that before.

Kendall would have apologized by now, but he couldn't shake off the fact that Carlos didn't care.

"Fine! It's your loss anyways." Carlos had said. Did he not care that Kendall wasn't friends with him anymore? Kendall was kind of hoping Carlos would come up and beg for him to be friends with him again. But Carlos didn't. He got angry at Kendall instead of forgiving him. And Kendall hated that.

He felt his hand clenching into a fist. He could feel his heart breaking in half. He had lost one of his best friends.

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Carlos looked out the window on the other side of Kendall. He bit his lip, and thought about his first fight ever with Kendall. Actually, the first fight he had ever been in. When the others fought, he usually just stood by and waited for it to be over. He had never thought his first fight would be with Kendall, his loyal friend since the fist day of kindergarten.

Carlos knew he should grow up. But he really didn't know that he was strong enough to hold James down. He didn't know James could die from that. He really didn't know. And Carlos knew he had been stupid to not realize that. But Kendall didn't have to shove it in his face and hurt his feelings.

"You need to start growing up! Stop being a big baby!" Kendall had said angrily. Was that really what everyone thought of him. A big baby who needed to start growing up?

Now that Carlos thought about it, he knew it was true. Kendall was the clever one who could come up with a plan. James was the pretty one who the girls all fell for. Logan was the smart one who could solve a bunch of hard math problems. But what about Carlos? He was just an immature freak who did need to grow up.

It hurt Carlos to think that Kendall really thought that of him. Carlos felt tears in his eyes, but tried to shake them away. He bit his lower lip again as a salty tear fell down his face.

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James Diamond was surrounded in darkness. He tried to pry open his eyes. One eyelid opened up, and he was surrounded in light. He opened his other eye, and found that he was in a hospital. All he could remember was the water... oh, the water.

Did he drown? Was he dead? Probably not, because the hospital looked real. Really real. He remembered a hand pushing him down, how he couldn't breathe. Whenever he breathed, he remembered breathing in water. James shuddered.

He pressed a red button. For some reason, he thought he remembered that the red button got you help from a doctor or something. Logan taught him that, right? Wait, who was Logan? James shook his head, trying to get all the jumbled thought out of his head. As his head cleared, James remembered who Logan, Kendall, and Carlos were. They were his best friends. They were having a breath holding contest. James thinks that's how he drowned.

A nurse rushed in, and asked him how he was doing. "Just a little dizzy," James replied. And it was true. He felt like water was clogging his head.

The nurse gave him a bottle of water and some crackers. James gulped the water down greedily, and ate all the crackers. He had half of the bottle of water down in a minute.

"Oh, and James? You have some visitors." The nurse opened the door and James saw his three best friends and a woman. The nurse walked out, smiled, and closed the door gently. ...Oh! Mrs. Knight. That was Kendall's mom, right? James's head was clearing quickly. Probably because of the water.

"James! How are you doing, buddy!" Kendall greeted. James just nodded. He didn't feel like talking right now. He noticed something about the room. It seemed more tense, and awkward. Like that time when he and Logan got in a fight about which sneakers were better. James had won.

"How did I...end up in this room?" James asked quietly. His voice sounded different. All James remembered was that something happened with him and water. But what happened?

It was Kendall who responded. "Well, we were having a breath holding contest at the pool. Remember that?" James thought for a moment, then quickly nodded. He had a tiny memory of it.

"It was you against me. Logan thought I would win, but helmet boy over here thought you would." Kendall shot a mean glare at Carlos. James was confused. What was happening?

"You were about to lose, so Carlos didn't want to lose the bet he and Logan made. So, he acted like an idiot and pushed your head down. You couldn't come back up, and you passed out in the water. All because of him." Kendall shot another look at Carlos. Carlos just bit his lip and looked down at the ground. He seemed to be doing a lot of that.

James just nodded. So he had drowned, but it was because someone had pushed his head down. Okay... that made more sense. Was it just him, or was Kendall having a fight with Carlos?

"Are you guys... mad at each other?" James asked hesitantly. He didn't want them to take it the wrong way. Logan just looked at James and shrugged, and motioning to him that he wasn't part of the fight. Typical Logan.

Logan told the others to get out for a minute. Logan turned to James and told him the whole fight between Kendall and Carlos. "Aren't you mad at Carlos, though, for almost killing you?" Logan asked quietly. James shrugged. He was mad, yes, but not mad at Carlos. Well, maybe he was a little mad at Carlos. But he was mostly mad at what had happened. He hated water now.

But James thought Kendall was a bit too mean. Carlos couldn't take insults like that. Even when someone didn't mean it, Carlos didn't just shrug it off. It was in his heart forever until the person took it back.

And Logan was just stuck right in the middle. James thought Kendall and Carlos should just solve the problem by themselves. "Just let Kendall and Carlos be alone for awhile, and forgive each other." James suggested. Logan nodded and looked thoughtful.

"We could lock them in a room, and then they'd have no choice but to talk to each other! Perfecto!" Logan said loudly. James grinned like an idiot. He loved action. And he hated it that Kendall and Carlos were in a fight.

A/N- Okay... Big Time Prom was... well, I haven't watched it yet. :( But I'm watching it tonight! It's replaying! I wonder who the Prom King will be! (Don't give it away!) And I reached 100 REVIEWS! Thanks everyone! I love the reviews!

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