Big Time Rush
Big Time Reason to Stay
Chapter 6
The Day Just Keeps Going On
Authors Note: I don't own Big Time Rush and am not profiting by this story. Just for fun. Enjoy.
Previously:
The silence was nice. He felt the dizziness subside a little but his headache seemed to grow. The doors opened on his floor but before he stepped out of the elevator he realized that he couldn't go to the apartment because Ms. Knight would be there.
He stayed in the elevator and tried to think of his next move. Nothing came to him. All he wanted to do was scream. He took a deep breath and prepared to do just that when he felt the elevator move and then stop on the next floor below his. He was getting ready to scream at the top of his lungs when the door opened and he saw Camille standing in front of him.
His angry scream turned into a small sigh as she stood there.
"I'll get the next one," she said.
"It's okay," Logan said rubbing his neck. "Really."
"Are you okay, Logan, you look really pale," she said, genuine concern in her voice.
"I'm fine, just tired," he said. He felt himself lurching forward as everything suddenly went dark.
Logan opened his eyes and saw Camille kneeling next to him. She must have turned him over because he remembered falling forward into the hallway. He blinked for a few minutes and took in her concerned face. Her hair fell perfectly over her shoulders as she started talking to him. His mind didn't' register the words that she was saying for a few moments.
"Logan? Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said, trying to sit up. The wind was knocked out of him and he became dizzy. He returned to his previous position on the floor.
"You shouldn't move yet. My apartments just down the hall, I'm going to get you a glass of water. I'll be right back," Camille said, looking into his brown eyes.
He thought about it for a moment and said "Okay." He heard Camille get up and enter her apartment. There was silence for a moment and Logan felt like he could fall asleep right there, but he knew he had to stay awake.
"I'm back," he heard Camille say as she came down the hall toward him with a glass of water. He tried to sit up again but couldn't take the dizziness that seemed to overtake him. Camille put the glass to his lips and he drank small sips trying not to get any on himself. He didn't want Camille to think he was messy.
After drinking the full glass of water Logan felt a little better and he once again tried to sit up. Camille helped him up and he noted the concern that she showed for him. He wondered if she still had feelings for him. When his head didn't throb in pain Logan stood slowly and walked with Camille to her apartment.
Once inside they sat down on the couch and Logan took a deep breath not knowing what to say. Usually Camille would have a million things to talk about, but she just sat there with him until he finally spoke.
"Thanks for not calling Kendall," he said.
"Sure. You know I'm going to eventually right?" she asked.
"Yeah. By the way, what are you doing skipping class?" Logan asked.
"I'm not skipping. I have a note. I had a doctor's appointment this morning," she said.
"Is everything all right?" Logan asked.
"Everything's fine. It was just a routine physical. Now what are you doing skipping class?" she asked.
Logan told her about yelling at the guys in front of the entire class and about how he didn't know the answers to the math problems and how he couldn't concentrate because he didn't eat breakfast. When he stopped talking he looked at her and noted that she was looking at him with a questioning look.
"What?" he asked.
"Why did you skip breakfast?" she said.
"Come on Camille. Are we going to do this? Are we really going to sit here and act like nothing happened? Like we're just friends?" he said.
He saw that his directness caught her off guard. She looked briefly at her hands and then looked back at him. He could tell that she was trying to find an answer that wouldn't hurt him. He was tired of people not trying to hurt him. He could take it. Or he would learn to deal with it eventually.
Logan stood, "I'm going to go up to my apartment. I'll just tell Ms. Knight I got sick," he said making his way to the door. He opened it and looked at Camille. He was surprised she didn't follow him. She didn't say a word as he walked into the hall and closed the door.
BTR BTR BTR
Logan was lying on his bed looking at his math book when he heard Kendall, Carlos, and James enter the apartment. He continued working on math problems until he heard a knock at the door. Before he could answer Kendall, Carlos, and James stood before him. He glanced at them and surprised himself by not feeling nervous at all.
"So what happened earlier, Logan?" Kendall asked.
Logan noticed that it came out in a harsher tone than Kendall probably intended it and he noticed a worried look briefly cross Carlos's face. Before he could blink though, the smile that normally existed on his face was back and Logan noted that James stood with a blank expression.
"I was tired and hungry and I just snapped. I wasn't feeling well so I came back here and took the day off," he said.
Kendall sat on the bed and Logan moved from lying to sitting so there would be more room. "Okay, I'll buy that," Kendall said.
"Really? That's it? You're not going to give me an 'accept yourself' speech?" Logan said.
"No. But my mom said you didn't show up here until one. So where were you the rest of the time?" Kendall said.
"I know where you were!" Carlos said loudly.
"Where?" Logan asked.
"You were with Camille. You two planned this whole thing," Carlos said.
"Not exactly. We kind of broke up. Or we kind of stopped our flirting, whatever it was that we were doing," Logan said.
"When did that happen?" James asked.
"Yesterday. It's okay though, this will give me more time to focus on the band," Logan said.
"But, and I can't believe I'm going to say this, what about Camille. She's kind of our friend," Kendall said.
"We can still hang out with her. We aren't going to stop being friends with her," Logan said. "I couldn't take it if I never saw her again."
"Cool," Carlos said.
"Are you okay?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Really." Logan said.
He looked at Kendall and saw that he wasn't convinced. He was relieved when Kendall let it go instead of pestering him about it. Kendall could always tell when Logan was done with a conversation and he respected that.
"So, whose up for swimming?" Kendall asked.
James and Carlos nodded and even Logan decided to put the books down and join them.
After they had finished swimming, Logan was sitting in his room listening to music while trying to make his head stop pounding. He hadn't let on earlier but his head was killing him the entire time they were swimming and it only got worse when he saw Camille in the lobby of the Palm Woods rehearsing a new script.
He heard a knock on his door. He opened his eyes and saw Carlos holding a bowl of ice cream.
"Hey, you didn't get any dessert. I thought I'd bring you some," he said.
Logan grabbed the bowl and thanked him. Carlos sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Are you really okay with what happened with Camille?" he asked.
"Why do you ask?" Logan said.
"I'm just curios. I've never been in love before so I don't know what it's like to lose that. It seems like it'd hurt pretty bad," he said.
"I'm not in love with Camille," Logan said trying to avoid Carlos's eyes.
"Right and you weren't staring at her all afternoon either," Carlos said.
"Fine, but it doesn't matter. She told me she doesn't want to date me. So you know… I go back to being geeky Logan. It's okay, I have plenty of homework to do," he said.
Carlos didn't laugh. "If you really like her you should fight for her. How many other Camille's are going to come along? Sure you could find someone almost as good but you and Camille have something special. Even I can see that," Carlos said.
"Thanks Carlos," Logan said. Carlos left his room and Logan took a bite of ice cream. He coughed a little and noticed his throat was scratchy. He didn't think much of it as he put his ice cream bowl down and shut off the light hoping to get a good night sleep.
Throughout the night Logan tossed and turned and woke up sweating. He looked at his clock and saw that it read 2:17. He felt sweaty and got up to get a glass of water. After drinking a few glasses of water he went to the couch and turned on the TV hoping that it would lull him into sleep again. After an hour of watching infomercials Logan went to his room again and fell asleep.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading. I really appreciate everyone who reviews or follows the story. I hope you liked that there was some Camille and some BTR interaction. I'm not quite sure where it's going but hopefully I'll update soon. Thanks again for reading.