When We Were Young

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone from Big Time Rush.

A/N: The following plot was submitted by Falling to Fly.


"A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer." ~Unknown


Chapter Forty Eighty

Jumped

Fifteen year old James Diamond made his way down the empty streets of downtown. He whistled to himself, feeling happier than ever. He had just got off a date with Emily Geller, the girl with the green notebook who had met when he had gotten a new haircut years ago. He and Emily ended up in the same science class at their high school, and hit it off. James and Emily had gotten pizza and at the end of their date, kissed. Emily had gotten picked up by her father, and James was walking home. Their was a spring to a step and a smile on his face.

That's when someone tackled him into an ally. Being as strong as he was, James began to fight back when someone came up from behind him and pinned his wrists. A punch was thrown at his jaw and James felt blood fly out of his mouth. He then felt a knife against his throat, and James saw three people in their twenties looming over him.

"Give us you wallet kid." The man who threw the punch at James said.

"I don't have it on me." James said.

The man punched James in the face again, causing the brunette to cry out in pain. "Now give us your wallet!" The man said.

"I told you already." James said, spitting out some more blood. "I don't have it on me. I just carried my cash in my pocket and I spent it all on my date."

James felt the man pat down his pants. The knife was pressed a little harder into his throat, and James squirmed under pressure of it. The patting continued, and then ended with a punch to James's gut.

"Kid is right. He got nothing on him." The man said.

"Now let me go." James demanded. "I don't have what you want, so let me go."

"No we don't." The man said. James gulped as a crooked smile worked its way onto the man's face.

"What are you going to do?" James whispered.

"Ever seen a stuff animal after a dog chews it apart?" The man asked. James shook his head and the other men joined in with the smiling.

"Well after we are done with you, pretty boy, that's what you're going to look like."


Holly had her head in Kendall's lap. Kendall stroked her blonde hair as they watched the movie playing on the screen. Brooke rested her head on Logan's shoulder while Logan leaned his head on top of her head. A movie played on the television screen, and the lights were dimmed.

The front door of the Knight flung opened, and Carlos rushed in, snow flying in with him. "Is James here?" Carlos asked frantically.

Kendall picked up the remote and paused the movie. "No, why would he?" Kendall questioned. "You and James know that the four of us are having a double date movie night."

"And weren't you guys supposed to meet up at James's house after his date?" Logan asked. Holly and Brooke sat upright, their attention fully on Carlos.

"Well he didn't." Carlos stated. "And that was over an hour ago."

Kendall, Logan, Holly, and Brooke were already up and getting their winter gear on. Logan quickly wrapped Brooke's blue scarf around her neck while she button her white coat. Kendall handed Holly her red hat while he pulled on his coat. Once the four were fully dressed in their gear, they set off in search of James.


"He's not answering." Holly told Kendall, snapping her cell phone shut.

"James!" Kendall screamed for what seemed like the hundredth time at the top of his lungs. Across town, Kendall could hear Carlos screaming for James. One street over, Kendall could hear Logan and Brooke calling out for James.

"Try calling him again." Kendall commanded Holly. Holly quickly opened her phone and dialed James's number. After three rings, James actually picked up.

"Thank god." Holly said. "James where are you?"

"5th Street." James whispered.

"Okay you stay there. We will be there soon." Holly quickly began to text Logan and Carlos James's located. "5th Street." She told Kendall.

Kendall and Holly took off down street. Finally they reached 5th Street, and neither saw James anywhere. Holly took one side of the street while Kendall took the other, both shouting for James.

"Over here." James croaked out. Holly quickly turned down the ally in front of her and gasped at the sight of James.

James was curled up in a ball next to a garbage can, shaking in fear. His clothes were slashes, and cuts were all over his body. His face was covered in bruises, and his brown hair was sticking up all over the place. Almost ever wound in his body bled.

"Kendall!" Holly shouted. She rushed over to James, ripping her scarf off her neck and wrapping it around James's heavily bleeding arm. Kendall came running down the ally, and stopped in his tracks at the sight of James. Holly pulled out her cell phone and began to call for an ambulance as Kendall began to examine James's wounds.

"Help is coming." Holly said as she rejoined Kendall at James's side.

Carlos, Logan, and Brooke came running down the ally, and much like Holly and Kendall had, stopped dead in their tracks at the sight of James. Logan regained his senses more quickly than Brooke and Carlos, and quickly rushed to James's side. Brooke stayed in place while Carlos slammed his hand against a brick wall, angry at himself for not being there when James was attacked.

"James, what happened?" Logan asked.

"It was so awful." James said, stuck in a daze.

"James, Logan asked you a question." Kendall said.

"I mean, they just didn't stop." James continued. "They held the knife in place the entire time. I couldn't even fight back."

"Who's they?" Carlos asked.

"It hurt so much. I didn't think they would stop…"

"James!" Kendall screamed. James looked at Kendall, still shaking. "What happened?"

"These three guys jumped me." James said, shutting his eyes as the memory flashed before his eyes. "They just came out of no where. They wanted my wallet, but I wasn't carrying it on me. So they just beat me till I couldn't even cry anymore."

"Brooke, give me your scarf. Carlos you too." Logan commanded. The two quickly removed their scarves handed them to Logan, who tied them around several of James's wounds. Logan removed his scarf and wrapped it around James's leg. He also removed his hat and placed it over James's head. "No need for hyperthermia."

"James, what did the guys who attacked you looked like?" Logan asked.

James described the men as Logan became to remove items of his clothing and wrapped them around James's wounds. The other too handed some of their clothing, despite the harsh temperatures.

Soon enough, the paramedics were rushing down the ally. They loaded James onto a stretcher and soon enough, James was on his way to the hospital. Cops flooded the ally, and Kendall, Carlos, Logan, Brooke, and Holly each told the cops what James had told them.

Over the next several weeks, James's wounds healed and the men who attacked James were found and linked the several other crimes. With the help of his friends, James moved on from his attack and soon, it became nothing but an unwanted memory.