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Behind The Lens
Chapter Thirteen; Sweet And Sour.
The excitement and adrenaline had completely rushed to their heads and before they knew it, a whole smitten and gushy filled week had flown by in the click of a finger. They couldn't even really remember doing anything proper or remotely constructive. They had dinner with Johanna on 2 more occasions, both times were accompanied by more questions on their future together and marriage and possible grandchildren appearing out of thin air.
For Logan, it was literally like going back in time to when he was really little, and pulling that woman he called mom into the present era. It was that freaky for him.
On one occasion, Logan just listened to Carlos and Johanna talk about the models at the company, more specifically Mercedes, and how they were too big for their own boots. It wasn't technically classed as bitching, seeing as Carlos wasn't the type, it was more like idol gossip that Johanna was literally full to the brim on. But each dinner and each word passed between the two most important people in his life now, just filled his entire body with a warm sensation that made him dizzy.
Everything was becoming so perfect.
Logan continued his modelling whilst Carlos continued his photographer job, and when they did meet one time over the week whilst working, they kept it professional, although Andrew instantly made a remark about the sexual tension in the air.
The only real downside to Logan was that, on many occasions, he kept getting a chilling feeling.. As if being followed or watched. Normally, paparazzis did that a lot to him. But this time, it just felt kinda weird. As if, deep down in the genius' stomach, he could sense badness approaching. Everytime the small hairs on his arms stood up and his spine shivered, he could tell it was that person again. He didn't know who or where he was, but it was enough to get him freaked out each and everytime.
A WEEK LATER.
"Logie, come on! Everyone will already be in the lobby!" Carlos called from the door.
He went quite for a moment, listening for the news of Logan rushing towards him. He could hear a few swear words being thrown round, accompanied by some stomping and a can of deodrant being knocked over on the side. The Latino let out a small, breathy laugh as Logan appeared in the doorway to his bedroom, straightening out his clothes.
"Logan, no-one cares what you look like, we're going to a cinema and it's dark.." Carlos teased Logan, raising his eyebrow in a cocky way.
"Screw you," Logan bit back. "Do you think I'm dressed up too much?"
With that word, Logan began spinning on the spot, his arms out wide like an ungraceful ballerina. He was dressed in black skinny jeans, topped off with a smart shirt, tie and sweater vest. Typical Logan clothes, as Carlos would put.
"You look amazing dear," Carlos teased once more. "Now can we go? They'll already be downstairs!"
Logan shot a small death glare, before crossing his arms. "Honestly?"
"Honestly," Carlos nodded. "Now, can we?.."
Logan's little pout and death glare soon melted away as Carlos passed him his forever growing cute grin, his chocolate eyes sparkling. They always melted his heart, so easily in fact. No matter how angry or annoyed or upset he got with the Latino, if the smile of twinkly eyes got put into play, Carlos would get his way.
"Fine, let's go then," Logan moved over to the door. He stopped in front of Carlos, leaning in forward until his hot breath tickled against Carlos' ear. "But don't expect any kissing from me when the lights go out."
Carlos' jaw dropped as he lightly hit Logan on the arm, gaining a pretend squeal of hurt from Logan as they departed the apartment. Logan locked the door, smiling as they made their way downstairs to where the rest of their gang was waiting for them. At some point, and some for strange reason, Carlos decided to dub the group 'The Scooby Gang'. He got a lot of weird looks, although he held a pretty good case as to why they should use the name quite often.
The elevator was a lot more smoother and quicker in Logan's apartment blocks compared to Carlos'. Mainly because of how expensive the place was, but also because Logan could afford a life of luxury, especially since Johanna finally allowed the model to dip into his own money, if only to use it responsibly.
The metallic doors hummed as they parted, exposing the boys to the lobby and their friends.
"About time!" Drew exclaimed, climbing out of his seat and moving over to the group, closely followed by Sabrina.
"Well, they are gay Drew," Sabrina deadpanned. "So obviously they took their time. They're like girls, just without the boobs."
"Well, Sabbie, charming as ever." Logan replied sarcastically.
The pair shared a pretend evil look oozing with smugness, before enveloping each other in an embrace, gaining an 'awh' from both Carlos and Drew. The only problem over the last week, was if Logan wasn't modelling or with Carlos, he was sleeping and eating. He had spoke to both Sabrina and Drew over the phone, but this group outing was the first time they had been out in ages.
They soon pulled away. "So, where we meeting the others?" Sabrina asked.
"At the cinema," Carlos smiled, before turning to Logan. "Which we're gonna be late for.."
Logan rolled his eyes as they exited the lobby, Drew and Sabrina linking their hands together in unison with Carlos and Logan, the couples making their way to the cinema. Outside, the foursome climbed into a taxi that Drew had ordered, before driving off. The journey was full of chatting and laughs, mainly between Sabrina and Logan, whilst the men of the relationship spoke about sports and the movie ahead.
The taxi soon came to a halt in the middle of the busy central California, the guy signalling the group in the back to get out. Once Drew had paid for the cab, they moved inside the theatre, noticing the rest of 'The Scooby Gang' sat on the large, red armchairs perched in the coffee area. Kendall and Lucy seemed to be in deep discussion, whilst James quietly sipped at his coffee and watched on.
As they moved forward, though, Logan carefully kept his eyes on James. It wasn't that he didn't trust him. Mentally, Logan hadn't quite decided where James stood yet, but the boy needed proper friends and Carlos seemed to like him enough, so he got invited along to this evening. It was then, that James' eyes glanced to the side and landed on Kendall, that an invisible weight lifted from Logan's shoulders.
"Hey guys!" Carlos beamed, cutting into Kendall and Lucy's deep conversation.
"Hey," Kendall smiled. "Looks like the whole 'Scooby Gang' is here."
Lucy rolled her eyes, climbing out of her seat and elbowing Kendall in the side of his ribs. He made a small yelp as she crossed pass the boys, heading for Sabrina. Instinctively, Sabrina parted with Drew, moving over to hug Lucy. It was funny, really. Lucy and Sabrina were the only girls in the group, yet, they seemed to get on so well. It was actually freaky how well they got on. It was also so freaky how similar they were. Both had a sarcastic streak. Both liked alcohol way too much. Both got easily annoyed with having only male friends.
"Can we please go for the movie now? Pleaseeeeeeee?" Carlos whined.
"Let's go," Logan smiled, squeezing Carlos' hand gently. "You guys coming?"
Without even waiting for a reply, Logan and Carlos moved over to the escalator, closely followed by James, who seemed sort of left out, being the only one not with a partner in crime.
"James, you looking forward to the movie?" Carlos asked, turning to face James.
James' perfect face grew a few wrinkles as he furrowed his eyebrows. "I think? I've never even heard of this movie.."
"How have you not heard of the Hunger Games? You're nuts!" Carlos shouted, just a little too loud seeing as they caught the attention of the people in front of them.
"I'm not into reading, I guess.." James replied quietly, his eyes constantly falling over the escalator and onto the group down below.
Logan gave a soft smile to Carlos, mouthing him to calm down before he gets them kicked out. He then moved his gaze over the side of the escalator, noticing the group now making their way to the escalators themselves. Pulling his eyes back up, his blue ones collided with soft, hazel ones. James smiled softly, a tint of redness tanning his cheeks.
He was making just a bit too obvious. Logan caught on because he was smart and James had practically told him he was pinning over Kendall, and luckily for the poster boy, Carlos wasn't that quick and would never notice. But that didn't count out Drew, Sabrina or Lucy. All had the least bit of intelligence to see James' constant gushing in Kendall's direction. Well, Drew would catch on first. Most likely followed by Lucy. Sabrina, on the other hand, was another matter. Logan wondered if the constant alcohol had soaked up all the brain cells.
Carlos literally dragged Logan the rest of the way. Through the candy counter, collecting popcorn, buying tickets, rushing up the steps in the room to their seat. He was like a little kid hyped up on sugar and adrenaline.
Carlos sat on the very end, Logan right next to him. Next to Logan was Lucy, followed by Sabrina and Drew. Next to Drew was Kendall, with James sat on the end. It was almost perfect, really. The two couples got to sit together, whilst Kendall would be forced to sit there and socialise with James, seeing as Sabrina had a masterplan of having her tongue down Drew's throat throughout the ordeal.
The movie went by, Logan spending the whole movie with his eyes flicking between the screen, to the popcorn, to Carlos and then to James. A small smile peered on his face on many occasions when he saw James and Kendall in hysterics, both doubling over with quiet laughter. Carlos was far too engrossed in the movie to really acknowledge Logan, but he didn't mind. He knew how much this meant to him, plus, Lucy was next to him, trapped by Sabrina and Drew making out constantly.
This gave him the perfect time to get to know Lucy, just one on one.
At one point during the movie, about in the middle, a man walked in. It caught Logan's attention, mainly because the man was dressed head to toe in black and you couldn't even really see his face. It creeped Logan out slightly, but only because of the freakish occurences with a stalker nearing him. He never told Carlos. He couldn't even really prove it. It was just his gut instinct.
"That movie was ah-mazingggg!" Carlos sing-songed as he left the room, closely followed by the group.
"Yes Carlos, the movie was pretty amazing." Logan smiled.
"Amazing? It was out of this freakin' world!" Carlos grinned.
"If he gets happy over this, imagine what he's going to be like when you guys get it on." Sabrina chipped in, winking at Logan as she done a little dirty dance, only to quickly be wrapped up by Drew's large arms.
"Behave you." Drew smirked.
"Yeah Sabbie, behave," Logan teased. "Or else big ole' Drew here will have to take away your alcohol supply."
Sabrina stuck her tongue out as Drew pulled her out of the way. Logan's eyes glanced over to the doors, noticing Kendall and James still in a heated talk. Both were smiling, both seemed to be really happy. Then, it happened. James' flipped his hair. Over the years, James grew a reputation of being extremely flirty. One of his major quirks, was that when he flirted, he had a habit of flipping his hair lightly, to give it a sex appeal look.
Just like now.
He done it again. Logan's jaw dropped slowly as James handed Kendall a piece of paper, which Kendall quickly pocketed with a smile and a brush along the arm. Yep, they were flirting. As per usual, James Diamond can work his magic and get what he wants.
"What do you wanna do now?" Carlos asked, snapping Logan back into reality.
"I dunno.." Logan dragged on. "Your place? Can get a movie and takeaway?"
Carlos moved closer, his arms snaking their way around Logan's hips, pulling the brunette in closer to him until their groins thrusted together, as he raised an eyebrow. "That sounds good to me."
"And me!" Lucy jumped in.
Carlos let out a hushed groan as Logan lightly laughed, turning to Lucy. "You're more than welcome to join us."
"I think I will." Lucy smirked.
The group headed out in 3 different cabs, all heading different ways. Sabrina and Drew were staying over at Drew's house, and Logan had no doubt in his mind what they were going to get up to. Kendall and James decided to carpool, although, Logan had a funny suspicion that they were going somewhere together, they just didn't wanna be vocal about it.
The cab purred as Logan, Carlos and Lucy talked quietly, listening heavily on the radio that the driver had blaring. It was all crackly and was full of static, but Logan made out a few words like 'convict', 'escape' and 'loose'.
Soon, it came to a halt, letting the group climb out. Slowly, they headed towards the building, opening the lobby doors to be smothered by a handful of warm air. It felt nice, compared to the tiny bitterness from the Californian evening chill. It wasn't extremely cold, but you could definitely tell the difference.
Their footsteps echoed against the concrete staircase, a creak being heard as they pushed the door to Carlos and Lucy's floor open. Dim lights blared down, illuminating against the shabby walls and floorboards. It was weird for Logan. He had always seen the hall and apartment block at either daytime or early morning, but never at night. The first time he stayed over, he was too drunk to remember. After that, Logan never saw the hallway and how haunted it looked. A dark figure could be seen in the distance, directly opposite Carlos' door.
"Who's there?" Carlos called out.
Instantly, the hairs raised on Logan's neck. This was getting too freaky. The dark figure didn't respond, only moving forward, the sound of his steps bouncing off of the walls and becoming louder and louder as he got closer and closer. His breath got hitched in his throat, his body stiffening.
Everything was crumbling around in.
Then, the figure spoke.
"Carlos, darling, it's only me."
That voice was extremely annoying, and thankfully, all too familiar. The light illuminated Henry's face, a smirk on his face and his black eye gone. Well, almost gone. It was being covered up by make-up, although a vivid violet still shone.
"Will you just fuck off already." Carlos snarled.
"Oh, but Carlos, I can't just yet." Henry responded far too chirpy for Logan's liking.
"You need to go and die in a hole Henry," Lucy cut in, seething through her teeth. "Nice and slowly."
"Such a charmer Lucy, always were though," Henry rolled his eyes. "And Logan, we meet again."
His dark, sadistic eyes fell onto Logan, who's back lightened but fists clenched. Carlos stepped slightly in front of Logan, as if to protect him. The thing was, Carlos never told Logan about Henry threatening to hurt him. He was going to, but then the whole niceness with Johanna and then the dinner and the happy week.. There never seemed to be a right moment.
"Henry, it's nice to see you," Logan replied sarcastically. "Oh, wearing make-up to hide the bruise I gave you? Make-up really does suit you. I mean, you do look like a girl, so it does make sense."
Lucy chuckled lightly, stepping to the side of Logan and wrapping her hand over his fist. A warmth enveloped it as he released the pressure almost instantly, Lucy making him feel even the slightest bit calm and serene.
"Oh, we so funny.." Henry rolled his eyes again. He gave a nasty smirk as he pulled forth a stack of papers into the light. "See these?"
"What are those?" Carlos asked, a sense of annoyance dripping in his voice.
"Well, Carky sweetie," Henry retorted. "These are the legal papers that my lawyer father wrote up. You see, I really want my property back."
Carlos' eyes widened, Logan and Lucy sharing a puzzled look. "Our property, don't you mean."
Henry let out a dark, raspy laugh that caused Logan to shiver. It sounded so horrible, so mean. This guy was literally born and bred in hell.
"See, that's the funniest thing.. When I got daddy dearest to sign up the papers, I specifically asked him to pretend to put the lease under both of our names, when in reality, I got him to just put my name on the lease, just in case the relationship didn't work out.." Henry said.
"What the fu-" Carlos stammered, before being cut off.
"Yes, Carlos," Henry narrowed his eyes, face turning nasty. "The apartment was never actually yours in the first place. It has and always will be mine. So, these papers are for you.."
With that word, Henry threw the bundle onto the floor, watching the paper spew out into a right mess across the floor.
"It's all a bunch of crap, really, but it basically says you have 48 hours to pack your things and vacate my property. Better get moving Carky, after all, that would just mean me kicking you out.." Henry laughed manically. "Now, I suggest you hurry up."
Henry crossed across the floor, passing a completely stunned and teary eyed Carlos. He gave a dirty look at Lucy, before slamming his shoulder into Logan, causing the model to jolt back slightly before regaining his composure. Lucy gave him a worried look, turning to face Carlos, the Latino dropping to his knees in the middle of the hallway, hastily collecting up the paperwork that left him homeless.
That sneaky James, totally checking out Kendall all the damn time. Yes, Kames is coming people!
Henry. I hope he is evil enough. Don't worry though, have no fear, rescue is on it's way! Karma is coming for Henry oh so quickly. Who is karma though? Well, it's going to be interesting either way.. OH. I don't know if anyone has read the Hunger Games, but I am so psyched the movie is almost here!
And.. Things gonna get dangerous, just warning you