Title: Permission Ch 9
Main characters:Logan Mitchell, Carlos Garcia, Blonde Jennifer
Side characters: Katie, Kendall, James, the other two Jennifers (Some are only mentioned)
Warning: Slash Jagan
Summary: Reunion with Carlos, and Jennifer.
A/N: Woow, this 'Permission' fic is legitimately the longest story I've ever written! It surprised me because I'm still kinda new to Jagan, and this is only the first Jagan fic I wrote, yet it has beaten my longest Kyumin fic in length, hahaha! I'm soooo in love with BTR right now *excited* :)
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Anon: Another awesome chapter as usual. They are getting very close meeting again!
Fanmin: Thanks! Haha, then they're getting even closer here! xD Thank you for reading and reviewing~!
AureaSE: I LOVE THIS STORY! I don't know as I have not seen it before. I want that James know that Logan is alive! Update soon please :)
Fanmin: James is going to know, I promise :) Here's the update, sorry can't be sooner cause I write very very slowly Dx Thank you for reading, loving, and reviewing!
Kendall had explained everything to Carlos and Jennifer before Logan and Katie arrived, so the reunion was smooth and simple: Carlos had gone rushing at Logan as soon as his eyes scanned him in the corridor, almost knocking the taller down. "Oh, wow. Carlos... Long time no see you."
"Very long time, Logan. I miss you!"
"I see that you're still as childish as ever, although you've become a daddy now."
"And I see that you're still as geeky as ever, Mr. Doctor!"
"Not graduated yet. Not yet a doctor."
"Like I care!"
Kendall, after a moment of gaping and his eyes dilating in disbelief, came to join them too. "Logan... God, Logan I miss you so much!"
"Hey there, Buddy. Miss you too here."
Katie was close to tears seeing Kendall, Carlos, and Logan were engulfed in big group hug. They missed one James though, but if things went great, the quartet would be alive again. BTR would continue to live.
"So James is..."
"...asleep. We will tell him as soon as he's awake," Katie answered. "You have time, don't you Logan? Stay until tonight?"
"Yep. Can I... see him through that glass, at least?" Logan pointed at the square glass on the door.
"Duh, you really need to ask?"
Logan took a deep breath before he peeked in. Finally, after so long, he got to see the man he always loved again.
However, what he saw made him frown. James was a lot skinnier than he remembered. His defined abs weren't showing like they used to. His face was pale. James used to look peaceful in his sleep, with his lips often forming a smile while he slept soundly. But now he slept like he hadn't woken up for years. And his hair! His perfect sandy coloured hair was gone. Logan's heart constricted painfully. Katie was right, this James was far different from whom Logan last knew. This was only about look. How about the other? James used to be a cheerful lively boy. Logan wasn't prepared to see him as lifeless as Katie had described.
"You don't like what you see, do you?" Logan looked away from James to see Katie was already standing next to her. "But that is James now. You're not going to tell me that you stop loving James now you know what he looks like, right?"
"Of course not. I can't stop loving him. I can't even try to. No matter how he looked, no matter what he did."
"Logan...?"
"Yes, Katie?"
Katie's eyes pleaded to him, more intense than her words did, "You're going to be a doctor. So, please, heal James. He's sick, and you can fix him. Alright?"
Logan understood what kind of 'sick' she was referring to, therefore he couldn't promise anything. Despite what James said on the recorder, Logan wasn't so sure the broken boy would accept him again in his life that easily. Or to love him again like he used to. Heck, Logan wasn't even sure James would let himself believe Logan had been alive all this time.
At these times, Logan wished he had Kendall's optimism.
"Alright." He didn't know why he gave her that answer when in truth he still questioned himself. But then seeing the chaste smile growing on the girl's lips, Logan knew he had no choice. He had to believe that he was indeed James's cure, and everything would turn alright. Every wrong thing would be fixed. Every misunderstanding would be straightened. And every broken heart would be healed.
Katie and Kendall went inside the room, waiting until James woke up. So Logan, Carlos, and Jennifer who was holding sleeping Ronald decided to chitchat a little outside.
"So, how did you end up together, exactly?" The question had been in Logan's mind ever since Katie told him the story. He was curious. Because, the last Logan knew, the three Jennifers still treated Carlos like he was a hopeless admirer, no matter how famous BTR had been. Especially the blonde one. Wasn't she the most heartless one out of the three?
"Is it that weird, Logie?" Carlos giggled. His arm wrapped his wife's shoulders lovingly. "Katie might have told you, I got a job as a TV Show producer. The three Jennifers were in the show too. I somehow made friends easily with the curly haired and brunette Jennifers, but like cat and dog with her."
Logan smiled seeing the obvious love shares between them two. He felt a little envy inside, but it was minor compared to happiness knowing his best friend was happy. "So you fell in love because you hated each other too much?"
"He never hates me. I did him. But it was one night, we were having a celebration, we got drunk, Carlos kissed me, and I kissed him back, and alcohol got me realized it was no longer hatred what I felt toward him," Jennifer spoke too.
"Yep. I thought it was only one time I got to kiss a Jennifer. But she began this jealousy every time I talked closely to girls other than her. Eventhough we hadn't exactly dated."
"I thought you thought that too. That's why I was broken hearted, actually."
"She started to avoid me. That's when I realized I disliked it very much. I could stand it if the other Jennifers stopped talking to me, but her... I missed the way she shoved me away when I flirted with her. It's better than being ignored. I realized I didn't only like her because she was a pretty and famous Jennifer. I loved her the way she was."
"Actually, I wasn't ignoring him. I didn't give up easily, because I never wanted to be dumped. James dumped me one time though, but that's not real. I just wanted Carlos to fall with me so I tried to change. I tried to be nicer. I stopped insulting people like I had always done. And I stopped putting up a fight with Carlos."
"Jennifer's change to be a better person made me fall even deeper for her. So one time I confessed to her, for real this time, not just for a dance or anything like I used to ask her for. And only her, not to the three consecutively."
"I said yes."
"And our happiness lasted until today. Hopefully will continue till forever." Carlos's smile grew even wider. "You know what, Logan? You are going to be happy. Maybe six years of pain swooped in the middle of your happiness, but it will come together. Someday you will work it again. Today, James is going to know everything and you'll be back in each other's arms again. Isn't this great? This is your someday!"
Logan grinned, remembering clearly the lyric of one of his favourite BTR songs. "I thought you're the one who's not changing. The way you ran and hugged me earlier, I thought you were as childish and destructive as ever. Guess you've matured, in a very good way."
"It's thanks to you too."
"Why me?"
"If only you knew, Logan, dating Carlos gave me headache everyday. He was too childish, too silly, too active, too irresponsible," Jennifer spoke again, adding the points. "I put up with him because I loved him. Even after we got married. Sadly, my stress went straight to Ronald..."
"Our Ronald was born prematurely. I was at work when James called me in the hospital, telling she was bleeding and she needed surgery. My happy world crashed at that moment. I was so afraid. I thought God was punishing me when James also came to tell how bad your condition was. I prayed to God so hard, pleaded Him not to take my baby, my wife, and my best friend away. I would go crazy if I lost my favourite persons in the world," Carlos's eyes softened as he remembered that moment. "I lost you. I thought I lost you. I was supposed to be your best friend but actually when was the last time we met? The last time we talked? It was when you, James, and Kendall were going back to Minnesota, when I bid you three goodbyes. James was the last one who saw you. Kendall was the last one who heard your voice in phone call. But me? I only heard their stories about what happened between you and your parents. Logan, I regretted not caring as much as I'm supposed to do. I decided to be a better person. I started to take care of my family more. I lessened my playfulness. Now I knew when to be serious and when to be comical. So, thanks to you."
Logan blushed slightly, feeling weird to be thanked for. "You realize you're thanking me because I had an accident and 'died'?" He made the quotation mark gestures on the last word.
Carlos laughed. "Accidents do bring few good outcomes, Dude. Your father gave you permission to marry James. I became wiser."
"But more bad outcomes. It inflicted pain on everyone, mostly James...and Katie. I hope you're right, Carlos. I hope someday James can be cured and this is our someday."
Jennifer nodded in agreement. Carlos had his other hand patted Logan's shoulder. "Good luck, Bro."
"Thanks. Thank you too, Jennifer. It's great talking to you when you're nice and not arrogant like I remembered you as. You look even more beautiful with a smile."
She smiled even wider. "You're welcome, Logan."
"Oh, can I hold Ronald? I haven't really met him." Logan requested when he saw the kid actually had woken up and was looking at him curiously.
"Of course!" Jennifer kissed her son's cheek and softly said, "Ronald, meet Uncle Logan." Then she brought him to Logan's waiting arms.
"Come here, Handsome." Logan gently lifted the baby boy and observed his every feature. "Dark skin, dark hair, black eyes... I know theoretically why but I'm kind of disappointed. He's like a mini you, Carlos. What if he's destructive too?"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? And what's about you theoretically know why?" Carlos demanded, laughingly.
"I'm a doctor-to-be, I learn stuffs like dominant genes, you know? Mendel Law." Logan giggled as Carlos made a puking face at the mentions of Biology. He ignored him and stroked the kid's hair. "Don't be like your father, Ronald. Be a nice good smart boy and make me proud as your uncle."
"Logan. He's my son, if you have forgotten?"
"Hey, don't be mean! You know I can't have a son."
"Oh you can! I'm sure James won't mind if you adopt one." Carlos stood up and pulled Ronald out of Logan's hold, but surprisingly, the kid didn't budge. Ronald chose to attach to Logan, whom he met just today! Even Logan was surprised.
"Ronald? Your Daddy is here!"
Still, the baby didn't move. It made Logan happy of course that Ronald liked him. "Does he attach to Kendall too, Jennifer?"
"Nope. He rarely meets Kendall though, since we live in L.A. while the others are here. Oh, Ronald cries in Katie's arms. I don't know why."
The genius made a thinking face, before jokingly made a hypothesis, "I guess this baby knows who won't accidentally drop him. I mean, Katie never really likes children. Kendall kind of hates children, traumatic since we worked as babysitters years ago. And Carlos is careless. On the other hand I know how to hold kids safely. Really, he's going to be a smart boy, Carlos! Don't waste his brightness!"
"Your words are annoying, Logie, but as a father I'm happy you praising my son. Then again, I am his father so now return him back to his actual parents. I'm serious that you should adopt a baby after you and James get married."
Logan half heartedly returned Ronald to Jennifer, the boy not resisting anymore. "Maybe we will."
"Awesome! They can be buddies. Hope Kendall finds her woman soon and makes a child too, so the three of them can make a new generation of BTR."
The three of them chuckled at the idea Carlos randomly threw. It wasn't bad at all. Logan smiled at the imagination. Sure, bright future waited ahead, if only what mattered the most right now could work as they wished for. James...
"I can't wait anymore. Let's just wake him up and throw the truth. The faster he recovers, the better."
Katie glared at his big brother. "Aren't you supposed to be his best friend? Honestly, you have changed so much. You used to be more caring! This is one of the reasons why I came to hate Jo so much. She took away my best big brother ever."
Kendall flinched at the words. He knew that was the truth, but to hear it from one of the most precious persons in his life directly like that literally hurt. "I know. I'm a jerk now. I've realized that and I want to change."
"Good," she approved Kendall's motivation. Everything changed, and it terrified her, because those who made good changes were only Carlos and her wife. She didn't know about Logan though. But she, Kendall, and James had turned bad. It was really good that the Knight siblings at least had had the motivation to return to the good way.
"Still, it's been... okay, it's only been twenty minutes. But this despairs me big time."
"Me too. But James here is not in his best health, Big Brother. I'm not even sure everything works as smooth as our imagination. There's still a possibility that James refuses to...uh, reconcile? Cause this James isn't who you last knew. You've been too away to recognize how far James has changed."
"Stop being Logan-like, Baby Sister. You said it yourself, that James is ready to...sorry, to dump you right away if Logan comes back."
"Yeah but we were using second conditional, as it was impossible to happen. I don't know how he will react if it turns out to be a fact." Katie sighed. "And don't be sorry. It's the rightest thing. James has to dump me and come to whom he belongs with."
"... So, what if James reacted the way we wouldn't want him to?"
"I'd feel bad for Logan. He told me not to tell him if James refused to accept him back. But I did drag him here so... I don't know. It will break everyone's heart."
Kendall frowned. He certainly couldn't live with that, knowing that their best friends needed each other but even at the end couldn't end up together just because one had gone crazy enough to reject the other. "I'd just send James to mental hospital if he did that―"
"―Kendall!"
Katie almost never addressed the blonde with his name, moreover in yelling tone like that. Of course it took him by surprise. "Hey, I was joking about the mental hospital, can't you tell?"
Instead of answering, she froze, eyes widening and directed at... Kendall gulped. There on the bed, James was lying with his eyes opened. It was obvious that he hadn't just woken up.
-End of Chapter 9-
A/N: Sorry, my friends, Carlos and Jennifer's story has to bug in and yeah, the meeting will be in Ch 10. I promise it's going to be a very long chapter! Ten pages on my Ms. Word! xD