Big Time Rush

Big Time Reason to Stay

Chapter 3:

A Spark Leads to the Flame

Logan/Camille

Don't own Big Time Rush. Not for Profit just for fun to pass the time until new episodes.

Logan woke to find the sun shining in his face. He was still wearing his clothes from the other night. It was unusual for him not to shower and change before bed but it was a late night in the lobby of the Palm Woods talking to Camille after the school dance.

He sat up on his bed and stretched. His cell phone had fallen out of his jeans and he saw that it was 10:22 in the morning. Lucky for him Gustavo hadn't planned any weekend rehearsals. He must have been pleased with their performance Logan thought as he swung his legs to the edge of his bed and stood. After finding a new outfit in his closet, Logan made his way to the bathroom to shower.

At 11am he finally made his way to the kitchen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a maroon t-shirt. His hair was slightly damp from the shower and stuck up a little in the front. Logan noticed, for the first time, that the apartment was silent. He looked around. There was no one there. His cell phone started to ring.

"Hello?" Logan said.

"Logan? Where are you? Get down here. We're all hanging out by the pool," Carlos said.

"Why didn't you guys wake me up?" Logan said.

"Believe me I wanted to, but Kendall stopped me," Carlos said. "Come on get down here."

"I'm going to grab something to eat. I'll be down in a few minutes," Logan said while grabbing a bowl from the cupboard.

"Great. Got to go. Stephanie just got here. You should see the bikini she's wearing dude. Hot!" Carlos said hanging up the phone abruptly.

Logan shook his head as he looked at the cereal options.

Lucky Charms. Carlos's favorite.

Wheaties. James's favorite.

Raisin Bran. Kendall's favorite.

Trix. Katie's favorite.

Logan didn't see the box of Cheerio's he was looking for. Kendall's mom must have finished them he thought as he grabbed the Wheaties.

He started to eat when he saw a note on the counter top.

Went to the gym. See you guys later. James

Logan thought it was kind of weird that James wasn't at the pool with his friends but he didn't have much time to think about it. There was a knock at the door.

He opened it and saw Camille standing there wearing a swim suite with a rubber pool noodle in her hand.

"Ready to go to the pool?" she asked.

"Uhh. Not exactly. I was eating my Wheaties." Logan said.

"You're not even in your swimsuit. Come on Logan, you can eat later," she said stepping inside the apartment and closing the door.

"But breakfast is the most important meal of the day," Logan said trying to get back to his cereal bowl even while Camille led him to his bedroom.

Logan watched in surprise as she started going through his dresser to find his swimsuit. She quickly opened the drawers and started to throw clothes around the room.

"You know I think I can find my swimsuit. If you'll wait in the living room I'll be out in a minute," Logan said, desperately trying to close the drawer that contained his underwear.

Camille left the room and Logan let out a sigh of relief. He was kind of glad just then that he and Camille weren't official. She was back to her crazy self again.

After a few minutes, Logan joined Camille in the living room wearing a pair of black swim trunks with a towel over his shoulder.

"Great! Let's go," Camille said grabbing him by the arm and leading him out of the apartment.

At the Palm Woods pool Logan saw Carlos and Stephanie in the water splashing around, Kendall and Jo were sitting in chairs drinking sodas, and the Jennifer's were sitting on floating rafts trying not to get splashed by Carlos and Stephanie.

Logan followed Camille to the chairs next to Kendall and Jo. They exchanged hellos and sat down.

"So, how's your second day of dating bliss?" Logan asked Kendall and Jo. They each gave him a grin.

"It's great," Kendall said.

"Better than great," Jo said grabbing Kendall's hand and holding it in her own.

"You do know that on Monday we go back to work on the album. Which means 12 hours days again," Logan said.

"Oh Logie, so pessimistic. Why can't you just be in the moment?" Kendall said. Logan frowned at him. He could be in the moment. He just didn't want Kendall to forget that they had a lot of work to do on Monday. Kendall was acting so un-leader like right now and it kind of worried Logan a little.

"You shouldn't worry about Monday. It's only Saturday and besides, the weather is too nice to be worrying about work," Camille said.

"I guess. Maybe I'm just itching to get back in the studio," Logan said.

He saw Kendall shoot up, "Did you actually just say you wanted to get back in the studio with Gustavo?"

"I said I wanted to get back in the studio. Personally, Gustavo could take the day off. I'm sure Kelly could do a fine job producing. She's always there when we record anyway, she should know a good take from a bad one. And she wouldn't yell at us," Logan said.

Logan watched Carlos and Stephanie exit the pool and join the group.

"You guys aren't going swimming?" Carlos said as he shook his hair like a dog.

"I don't have to now," Kendall said.

"What is it with you and flinging water everywhere? Do you do this after you take a shower too?" Logan said.

"Yeah. That's why I always take my shower before you," Carlos said laughing at Logan as he gave him a scowl.

"Does anyone have the time?" Stephanie asked.

"Uhhh, it's almost noon," Logan said looking at his cell phone.

"I have to go to my room. I'm expecting a call about an audition and I left my phone upstairs," Stephanie said.

"I wanted to swim some more," Carlos said.

"That's fine. I'll be down in, like, 10 minutes. I promise," Stephanie said.

"Okay, but what am I supposed to do for fun until you get back?" Carlos asked.

Stephanie whispered something into Carlos's ear and he started to laugh.

"Could I come up with you Stephanie? I need to cool off a little," Jo said.

"Sure," Stephanie said.

"Camille why don't you come with us" Jo said.

Logan saw Camille start to get up "Wait, you dragged me down here and now you're going to leave?" he said.

Camille messed up his hair and said "Yep, and you better be here when I get back."

Logan gave a confused look as the girls laughed and walked into the lobby of the Palm Woods.

"What just happened?" Logan asked his friends who stood over him with evil grins. "What are you guys going to do?" Logan said preparing to flee.

Before he could get up Carlos and Kendall grabbed him and threw him in the pool. He flailed for a bit before surfacing and yelling "I'm getting new friends!"

"Oh come on, it was funny," Carlos said.

"You looked like you needed a little fun," Kendall said.

Logan was swimming to the ladder in the pool when he saw Carlos and Kendall preparing to jump in the pool. As they both landed around him, Logan lost his hold on the ladder and was once again pulled under. He finally made his way back to the surface of the pool and took a deep breath.

"Why did I agree to come to LA with you guys?" Logan asked as his friends laughed around him.

"Because we're fun," Carlos said as he splashed Kendall.

"And we give great advice. Like, Logan, why don't you ask Camille to be your girlfriend already?" Kendall said.

"That was a question," Logan pointed out.

"A good question," Carlos said.

"So? What's holding you up?" Kendall said.

"Nothings holding me up. I'm just not sure I want a girlfriend right now," Logan said.

"If you wait too long someone else is going to start dating her and then you'll be girlfriendless," Carlos said.

"Who else is going to start dating her? James?" Logan said. "Besides, she told me when I asked her out to the dance that no one has asked her out before. I think I'm not the only guy that is intimidated by her," Logan said while he held onto the side of the pool.

"There are guys that aren't as afraid of everything as you. There's got to be some guy that has the guts to ask her out. He may not be here yet but who knows what tomorrow is going to bring? There could be a new guy on his way to LA right now who could be the one to sweep her off her feet and then you're stuck being the friend. Do you want to just be friends? Because I know you like it when she kisses you," Kendall said.

"And we know she likes kissing you, so why not make it official and then you can kiss all the time. Like Stephanie and I do," Carlos said.

"You guys kiss all the time?" Logan asked.

"Yeah. Why do you think James has spent the day at the gym?" Carlos said.

"That's another thing. It doesn't bother him that we're all pretty much paired up in one way or another?" Logan asked.

He watched Kendall and Carlos think about it for a minute as they bobbed in the pool next to him.

"Well…" Kendall began but he was cut off by Carlos.

"The girls are back!"

Logan watched in wonder as Kendall and Carlos jumped out of the pool in a microsecond to rejoin their girlfriends. Camille stood in between Stephanie and Jo as they were each kissed by their respective boyfriend. Logan saw her uncomfortable look, or was it a jealous look? He wasn't too sure. He thought for a second about jumping out of the pool and surprising her with a kiss but instead he just bobbed in the water.

Logan looked at Camille for a second before deciding he needed to clear his head. It was getting too confusing trying to decide if he should ask Camille to be his girlfriend just because there was the off chance that some other guy might do it first and just because his two other friends were dating now. He let go of the pool wall and let himself fall under the water with his eyes closed.

While he was underwater, Logan thought about the times he and Camille had spent together where there was a spark of something more than friendship.

When she first met him and they were trying to get a new apartment she had called him hot but he had brushed it off as a mistake on Camille's part. No girl had called him hot before and he was pretty sure she was just caught up in the moment of the scheme they were trying to throw together.

The next time was when they had first met Jo. They were all in love with her and when Logan was trying to impress her Camille came out of nowhere and kissed him. He couldn't believe that was their first kiss. It seemed so long ago now. At the time he was confused. He had never been kissed by a girl with so much intensity. After he had a couple weeks to process it, he decided he liked it.

The party was when things really moved forward. He had invited Camille but he wasn't prepared for her to be so direct. She completely ruined an entire pan of pizza bagels too! Just when he was ready to spend the evening with Camille, Mercedes showed up and freaked him out. He wasn't sure how to handle two girls at once. He did a poor job but things turned out alright because he still got to spend the night dancing with Camille. She was really cool about it. Logan was expecting her to just tell him off and never speak to him again. That was when he first realized how much she might actually like him. It would take him a couple more weeks of debate with himself to fully accept the reasons why she might like him. He couldn't believe a girl would really be interested in brainy him.

Asking her to the dance was a full day of failure but eventually he got it right and they had enjoyed themselves. Their talk after the dance was when Logan realized that he might be falling for Camille. He couldn't wait to see her and the Wednesday when their paths didn't cross because of their schedules he was disappointed. He had missed seeing her smile.

Logan decided it was time to come up for air. When he resurfaced he was surprised to see Camille floating next to him. She gave him that smile of hers and he felt butterflies in his stomach.

"You were under the water for a little bit. I was worried," Camille said.

"I can hold my breath for a while," Logan said.

"Another thing I didn't know about you," Camille said.

"What's something I don't know about you?" Logan said.

Camille looked away briefly then looked into Logan's brown eyes "I can't do this anymore."

Before Logan could ask her what she meant, Camille was out of the pool and rushing to the Palm Woods lobby. Logan bobbed in the water. The butterflies disappeared.

He didn't move for the next couple of hours. He just stayed there trying to figure out why Camille didn't want him all of a sudden. What had he done wrong? He could feel his skin warming as a sunburn formed on his shoulders and back. The only thought that was on his mind, Why am I not good enough, anymore?

Authors Note: Wow this was a longer one. Thanks for taking the journey to the end. I hope it was worth it. I guess this is a multi chapter fic. now. For the James fans, I'm sorry I let you down on this one. Don't worry he'll be back in the next chapter. I hope to explore him a little as this goes on. I'm not sure where it's going but hopefully everyone likes it. It's now got a little bit of everyone in it. Thanks for reading. I appreciate it!

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