Thank you guys so much for all your reviews throughout the entire story! They were so sweet and amazing even the death threats were ^_^ I'm gonna miss writing this story but I bet I'll like writing my upcoming stories. Any ways here goes the FINAL chapter in "Road to the Rockies" I'm gonna make it long since it's the last so brace yourselves for a super dramatic super exciting and TOTALLY EPIC chapter!
"Boys" Mrs. Knight said as Kendall, James, and Carlos sat at the dinner table that evening "Tomorrow I want you to go to Roque Records, first thing in the morning, and tell Gustavo you can't work until you're grades are up. Then all of you, including you Katie, go to your teacher and ask for extra credit work." She said.
"Alright." They all chorused and kept eating in silence.
Eventually Kendall spoke up. "Maybe we should just be done with the band." Kendall said. Everyone turned their attention to him. "We're not even friends any more. Why should we go on if we hate each other's guts?" he said.
James frowned at him. "Fine. I can start my own solo career without you Kendall."
"Yeah, I don't want to do Big Time Rush without Logan." Carlos said miserably "We're nothing but a mess without him."
"So is that what you boys want?" Mrs. Knight asked. The three of them nodded their heads. "Alrighty then, I guess we'll go back home next week if that's really what you three feel like you have to do."
Logan slowly sat up from the floor feeling a little dazed. "That hurt." He said to himself then looked around to see what hit his head. He saw the box and read what it said boldly in black sharpie pen. "DO NOT OPEN" he read aloud and thought for a minute. He stood up and walked to the garage window. He looked out of it to make sure his parents weren't home then went back to the box. He slowly opened it.
"It's just a bunch of pictures and videos." Logan said. He picked one up and looked closely at it. "Who are these guy…?" he started to say but then suddenly a whole flood of memories came back to him. Everything. The day he met them, their first play date, the time they comforted him when he failed his first test, and the day they took James to that audition. Then more memories came to him. He remembered going to L.A with Kendall, James, and Carlos and being terrified of Gustavo. He remembered the PalmWoods and Guitar Dude, the Jennifers, and Jo and Camille and sadly Bitters.
Then he heard the front door close, his parents were home. He angrily threw down the picture and burst out of the garage. He quickly went to his parents. "YOU!" Logan shouted at them.
After dinner Carlos laid in his bed. He felt empty and incomplete. His friends were so distant now. He didn't even know them anymore. Before their camping trip Kendall would be the one to start a fight he'd be the one to end one. And James wasn't one to normally fight. He was a good natured person when he wasn't talking about his hair or looks. And Logan didn't even remember him. To Carlos it felt like Logan was dead. He could barely recall what Logan voice sounds like. He missed Logan's long pointless lectures about germs or chemistry or reading a book instead of "pestering" him.
Carlos looked across the room and looked at the bare mattress Logan used to sleep on. Mrs. Knight had offered to get rid of the bed completely to make room for other things but Carlos refused to let her. He wanted to keep everything that reminded him of Logan around since he couldn't have the actual Logan around.
Carlos pulled the covers over his head and started to cry. He wanted things to go back to normal.
His mom and dad were shocked at his outburst. "YOU TWO!" he yelled again getting closer to them.
"What is the problem son? You don't need to shout." His dad said.
"YOU TWO ARE THE PROBLEM!" Logan shouted. Both his parents had an idea about why Logan was mad. "Why are we a problem?" Mrs. Mitchel asked testing their theory.
James was sitting on the floor of his room, alone, with his back up against the bed. He was running his hands through his hair, frustrated and about ready to pull it out. His dreams were crushed and his friends were so far away from him. He wanted to fix things but what was the point. Nothing could be fixed without Logan with them.
"Everything's ruined." James started to sob "I don't want things to end like this."
He was sick of the empty feeling he had. He wanted to feel complete with all of his friends around and Kendall not being such a jerk. But Kendall wasn't the same person he was before they went camping. James hated the new person he'd become and didn't want to put up with it any more.
Logan grabbed his dad by the collar of his shirt and thrust him against the wall. "YOU TWO DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT JAMES, CARLOS AND KENDALL AFTER THAT DEER RAN INTO ME! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME! THEY'RE MY BEST FRIENDS AND YOU LET ME FORGET THEM!" Logan shouted. Anger was etched clearly into his face. His teeth were cringing together against each other, his fists were so tight that his knuckles had turned white, and if you looked into his eyes you'd see fire. He wanted to kill his parents so badly.
Kendall was sitting alone at the kitchen table. He was replaying the deer incident in his head. That ear splitting scream Logan let out was the last thing he heard from Logan. He still regretted not pushing him out of the deer's way. If he did none of it would've happened and they could be happily laughing together.
Kendall looked at the front door. He was thinking about going out to the bar, since James and Carlos locked themselves in their rooms and his mom and Katie were getting boxes from the basement, no one would see him leave. He thought about it for a minute but then decided not to go. What was the point? Drinking practically got him into this situation. Maybe if thought things through he wouldn't have gone out drinking at night and he wouldn't be fighting with his friends. He needed Logan there. He was the brains of their little group. Without him they were brainless.
"LET GO OF YOU FATHER RIGHT NOW LOGAN!" Mrs. Mitchel demanded.
"TELL ME WHY YOU TOOK ME FROM MY FRIENDS!"
"THAT KENDALL IS A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOU!" Mr. Mitchel yelled.
"SO MAYBE HE IS BUT HE'S MY BEST FRIEND!" Logan yelled.
"WE ONLY WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR YOU BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU!" Mrs. Mitchel yelled.
"YOU DON'T LOVE ME! YOU ONLY THOUGHT ABOUT YOURSELF WHEN YOU BROUGHT ME BACK HERE! IF YOU LOVED ME THEN YOU'D LET ME GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA WITH MY FRIENDS!" Logan yelled and finally let go of his dad.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel both exchanged looks. "Fine we'll let you go back to Los Angeles…" Mr. Mitchel said.
"…If you pay your own plane ticket." Mrs. Mitchel finished.
"And if I pay for myself I can go back to L.A?" Logan asked. Both of his parents nodded cleverly. Logan quickly went upstairs then returned a minute later gripping a wad of cash.
"Where'd you get that money?" Mrs. Mitchel asked.
"I don't have to tell you." Logan said. "I have 480 bucks here." He said holding up the cash "That's more than enough to get me back to Los Angeles."
His parents looked at him shocked. They didn't expect him to actually have any money.
"You said if I had the money I could go back to my friends." Logan reminded them and glared at his mom "And a lawyer never breaks a promise."
Logan had a point. His parents remained silent. "I'm going to leave in the morning whether you like it or not." Logan said then went back up stairs.
Than night Logan spent all night packing his things and booking the flight. He was mad at his parents but happy to be going back to his friends.
In the morning he was dead tired but didn't care. He was standing by the front door, with his two duffle bags, making sure he didn't forget anything. But he was forgetting something. He forgot to call up the guys in L.A.
When James, Carlos, and Kendall woke up they were immediately sent by Mrs. Knight to Roque Records after breakfast. When they told him he yelled louder than ever and Kelly gave each of them a big hug and wished them the best. Then Kendall's mom drove them back to the PalmWoods to pack up. By lunch they already had their bed rooms packed but there was still a lot more left to do.
At around one Kendall decided to go and find Jo and say good-bye. When he entered the lobby he was surprised by what he saw. He saw, of all people, Logan being kissed to death by Camille.
"LOGAN!" Kendall exclaimed running towards them. Logan broke away from Camille when he saw Kendall.
"Hey Kendall!" he said with a big smile. Next thing he knew he was embraced by Kendall in a tight hug.
"Dude you remembered us!" Kendall said when he let go.
"Yeah a box fell on my head." Logan said.
"How'd you get your parents to let you come back?" Kendall said "Wait tell me later. Let's go tell the oth-"then suddenly there was yelling. They turned around and saw Carlos charging at them.
"LLLLLOOOOOGGGGGAAAAAAANNNNNN!" he shouted just before jumping on top of Logan. They both fell on the floor with a giant thud. "We missed you!" Carlos said excitedly.
"I missed you to Carlos." Logan said laughing. Oh how he loved how crazy Carlos could be. Kendall laughed and left them there and went up to 2J to get James to complete the reunion.
James was in the bathroom looking at his tired eyes. Dark circles were starting to appear. He hadn't been sleeping much and he felt that he looked hideous. He opened one of the drawers and took out some make-up. As he opened the little container the door burst open and it made him drop it making the container break and make-up got everywhere.
"JAMES! LOGAN IS DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOBBY RIGHT NOW!" Kendall said.
"What are you talking about?" James asked "Are you drunk again?"
"No I'm not drunk! Logan is really downstairs!" Kendall said and grabbed James wrist. He started to drag him out of the bathroom and through the living room, James was trying to get lose but Kendall's grip was too tight.
"Let go of me! You're drunk Kendall!" James shouted. Kendall ignored him and opened the front door. When he opened it they saw Logan coming down the hall with Carlos on his back.
"Carlos you can get off me now." Logan said struggling to carry him on his back and not drop his bags.
"Oh my God it's really you!" James said. Kendall let go of him and James ran to hug him. Carlos jumped down off of Logan and let them then joined their hug, and soon Kendall joined in to complete the group hug.
Later at sun set, after they officially announce to the PalmWoods that Logan was back, the guys and all their friends were sitting around a fire pit singing songs Kendall strumming away on his guitar.
I promise you I'm gonna be there, I wanna be there
No matter what happens, no matter how tragic.Carlos sang his part for "Shot in the Dark"
'Cause the clock is ticking
The world is spinning
Our lives are passing us by. Logan sang.
Then their finale as a band again,
'Cause I don't wanna watch the world keep changing
When I'm not with you my heart keeps shaking
Cover up my eyes and just stop pacing
Take a shot in the dark, to be where you are
Take a shot in the dark...
Everyone clapped for them. "ANY REQUESTS?" Kendall called out. Then he felt someone tugging on his guitar. "Let me try something." James said. Kendall gave him his guitar. "This is for the return of Logan!" James yelled and started to play the guitar and sing.
You could have bowed out gracefully
But you didn't
You knew enough to know to leave well enough alone
But you wouldn't
I drive myself crazy trying to stay out of my own way
The messes that I make but my secrets are so safe
The only one who gets me yeah you get me
It's amazing to me how
Every day
Every day
Every day you save my life
I come around all broken down and crowded out
And your comfort
Sometimes the place I go is so deep and dark and desperate
I don't know I don't know how
Everyday
Everyday
Every day you save my life
Sometimes I swear I don't know if I'm coming or going
But you always say something without even knowing
That I'm hanging on to your words with all of my might
And it's alright, yeah I'm alright for one more night
Every day
Every day
Every day
Every day
Every day
Every day
Every day you save me
You save me
Every day you save my life
Loud clapping and cheering took place when James finished. "Thanks!" James called out and handed Kendall back his guitar. He turned towards Logan; he could see the tears welling up in his eyes.
"That was for me?" he asked with a smile.
"Yeah man. You save us and complete us. Without you we're really nothing but a mess." James said.
"Well if that's the case then we save each other." Logan said smiling. There was a loud "Awwwwww" from all of their friends.
"Logan promise you won't leave again?" Carlos asked.
Logan turned to him. "Yeah I promise." Logan said. Carlos smiled and threw his arms around Logan hugging him. "But let's promise ourselves we'll never go camping again." Logan said to Kendall and James.
"Deal." They said simultaneously.
"Just wondering James." Kendall then asked "When did you learn how to play the guitar?"
"I needed a way to cope. It's better than drinking." James said.
"Kendall how'd you get a hold of alcohol?" Logan asked.
"Let's just put it behind us forever. I won't do it anymore." Kendall said.
"Yeah all that matters now is that we're friends again right?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah let's put the last few months behind us." Kendall said. They all smiled and got into another group hug. It felt good to be whole again.
A/N: and after that everything goes back to normal like a good cliché… HAPPY ENDING! And that was the last chapter *sob* wasn't that so dramatic and awesome thow? I'm gonna miss writing this but I can't wait to get started on my new Carlos story and continue on the 100 Themes challenge. If you haven't already started reading my 100 Themes then you should =)
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Hey in your guys last reveiw I'm just I'd like you guys to tell me
1: What your favorite chapter was
and 2: Tell me if you were expecting the story to end like that. And if you didn't expect it to go like that tell me how you thought It'd end and where it'd end.=)
