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Kendall had his hands buried deep in his jean pockets as he walked up to the school building on his first day back. He didn't really want to be back here but he would be graduating soon, so he just had to put up with it for a few more weeks. He could do that.

Kendall was just about to close his locker when he heard his name being shouted from further down the corridor. He smiled and then turned around just in time for a small Latino boy to fling himself at him, wrapping his arms around him.

"Hey Carlos," he laughed.

"You're back!" Carlos grinned, pulling away and staring up at his best friend with joy.

Kendall nodded, "Yep. Here I am." Kendall looked over Carlos' shoulder and saw James' making his way over, taking his time instead of sprinting over like he guessed Carlos had done, "Hey James."

"Hey man," James smiled, holding out his hand to pull the blonde in for a manly hug. "Good to have you back."

"We missed you," Carlos added.

"I missed you guys too."

"How was LA?" James asked in excitement. "I saw the photos on Facebook, it looked amazing. I'm so jealous!"

Kendall laughed softly, knowing James' plan to move out to LA as soon as possible to start his music career, "It was amazing. The weather was just great—"

"I still can't believe you didn't let us come with you," James pouted.

Kendall sighed, "I said I'm sorry, man. But I needed to be alone."

James' eyebrow rose, "You let that boy go with you though…"

Kendall shrugged, trying to act nonchalant and he shut his locker, "That was different."

"How?" Carlos asked with a small frown.

"I met Logan out there…I could talk to him about everything."

Carlos and James both crossed their arms over their chest and looked offended.

"We're you're best friends!" James told him.

"You're supposed to be able to tell us everything!" Carlos added.

Kendall sighed and rolled his eyes, "Guys. You're still my best friends. It's just…it's hard to explain, okay?"

Carlos and James were both frowning slightly as the three of them walked to their first class; Kendall felt slightly bad.

"Next time," Kendall said with a smile. "We'll all go. It'll be a boy's holiday. It'll be great!"

That put a smile on the pouting boys' faces and they immediately started planning everything that they'd get up to together, making Kendall roll his eyes in amusement at their enthusiasm.

Carlos and James both invited themselves to spend the night and Kendall's that night, despite the fact that they had school again the following day. But Kendall had been away far too long for their liking and it wasn't the first time they'd stayed at each other's on a school night.

Mrs Knight was happy to see the boys as well. She'd missed having a full house over the last month. The three boys kissed her on the cheek as they arrived back at Kendall's after school – a bit later than usual since they'd stopped at James' and Carlos' to grab their overnight bags.

"I've missed you boys, and I've got no problem with you staying tonight. Just, make sure you don't stay up too late. I don't want another call from school, telling me that you've all fallen asleep in class again, okay?"

They all nodded with small smiles on their faces.

"Mama Knight, can we have pizza tonight, please?" Carlos asked hopefully, James and Kendall's expressions suddenly matching their friend's.

Mrs Knight smiled at them, "Okay, boys. We'll order in. Saves me a job."

The boys thanked the older woman and then made their way up to Kendall's bedroom, throwing their bags in the corner of the room. Carlos and James raced towards Kendall's double bed and spread themselves out on it. Kendall laughed lightly and sat on his desk chair, watching as his friends bugged each other, saying that they needed more space.

Carlos stuck his foot out and kicked James in the shin, "Move your stupid legs, this is my side."

"My legs aren't stupid!" James protested. "You're just jealous that they're nicer than yours."

Carlos just rolled his eyes and kicked James again, a playful smirk on his face.

Kendall just let them fight, he was used to them acting like this and, to be honest, he'd missed it. He knew that it was just playful banter and it never turned into anything serious.

Kendall grabbed his phone out of his pocket and decided to send Logan a text since his friends were currently distracted.

'Hey Logie. Missing you x'

It wasn't long before his phone was vibrating, signalling a reply. However, Kendall's face fell when he opened the message and it simply said:

'I'm not talking to you…:|'

'What? Why? What did I do?' Kendall panicked, replying quickly.

'Check Facebook…'

Kendall frowned and quickly span around in his chair to face his laptop that was sitting on his desk. James and Carlos' attention was drawn to him as the laptop started up and they both sat up on the bed.

"What'cha doing?" James asked curiously.

"I just have to check something," Kendall mumbled, worried about what could possibly have happened for Logan to be ignoring him.

One of Kendall's over-sized eyebrows rose slowly as he got on Facebook and noticed that he had a handful of notifications. Kendall couldn't help letting out a laugh when he realised why Logan was acting that way; the comments were all on a picture of Logan, shirtless on the beach.

'Are you mad because of the beach photos? xD' Kendall sent with a smile.

'Girls from school are commenting saying how hot I am!'

Kendall couldn't stop himself laughing and James and Carlos both looked at him in confusion before looking back at each other.

'But Logie, you are hot!'

Kendall jumped when he noticed James and Carlos coming up behind him and he quickly placed his phone on his lap. He scrolled through the comments, smirking at some of the things Logan's classmates were saying.

Wow. Wasn't expecting this…Nice one, Logan.

Sure this isn't photoshopped?

Ur pretty hot. Shame that ur gay ;)

"He's gay?" James exclaimed in shock.

Kendall's head shot around to face his friends who had surprised looks on their faces; Kendall should've known they would be reading over his shoulder. He sighed and then shrugged his shoulders.

"Yeah…So?"

"Why didn't you tell us?" James asked, Carlos nodding along.

Kendall frowned and stood up, feeling more comfortable being at James' level instead of having the brunette tower over him.

"Because it's none of your business."

James frowned and Carlos awkwardly looked between the two boys who were currently glaring at each other.

"Was it weird?" Carlos asked.

Kendall pulled his gaze away from James and focused on Carlos, "What?"

Carlos shrugged nervously, "Like, wasn't it awkward travelling with him, knowing that he…likes guys and you're a guy?"

"I don't know why it would be…There's nothing wrong with being gay," Kendall noticed James pull a face and he shot him a glare. "I don't see what the big deal is."

"Wait…" James said, his expression turning slightly more disgusted. "He phoned me one night…"

"Yeah…So?"

"He said you were in a field…in your underwear."

Carlos' eyes went wide in surprise, "Really?"

Kendall's cheeks blushed pink; he remembered that night very well, "Oh, uh, yeah. Well, you know what I'm like when I'm drunk…"

"But what if he was, like, perving on you? Did he try anything?" James questioned.

Kendall groaned out loud and his fists clenched, "James, just shut up. Okay? I've had enough of this. Yes, Logan's gay. Doesn't mean he wants every guy that he sees. He's a fucking great guy, so don't you dare judge him before you even get to know him."

James was taken back and promptly shut his mouth. Kendall's expression turned smug and he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Now, can we stop talking about this and have some fun? I missed my best friends."

Carlos' face turned bright with a smile again and James gave a small smile as well and nodded his head.

"Yeah, okay. I'm sorry, man."

Kendall just shrugged and turned to shut the laptop off, "Let's just forget about it, okay? I'm gonna kick both your asses at Mario Kart."

Carlos and James both turned defensive and the shorter of the two pulled on his helmet, getting prepared.

"You know you can't beat me," James smirked, grabbing a controller and sitting in front of the TV.

"Yeah, Kendall," Carlos agree, sitting beside James. "You suck at this."

"Do not!"

James and Carlos chuckled, "Yeah, you do."

"Fine, I'll just have to show you that you're wrong."

Kendall lost every game.

James and Carlos soon forgot about the previous conversation but Kendall couldn't. It worried him. He desperately wanted to tell them about him and Logan, they're his best friends and he tells them everything. But their reactions earlier…Kendall knew that he wouldn't be able to handle it if they reacted the same way towards him. He didn't want to lose them.

The thought of losing his best friends kept Kendall awake that night. It got to the early hours of the morning and Kendall sighed as he grabbed his phone. He hadn't checked it since James and Carlos found out about Logan and Kendall groaned when he saw that he had a couple of texts from Logan that had been sent a few hours ago, in response to his previous texts.

'I can't believe you put those photos online though. I'm gonna get you back somehow… x'

'Kendall, you there? X'

The second text came through around forty-five minutes after the first and Kendall felt guilty for ignoring him. He hadn't meant to.

'Hey, you awake? X' he replied, praying that he'd get a response.

His phone flashed up about ten minutes later and Kendall smiled.

'Yeah, just about. Is everything alright? X'

'I just can't sleep. I'm sorry about earlier. James and Carlos are here, we got a bit distracted x'

'That's okay. You haven't seen them in a while; you've got catching up to do x'

'Yeah. Logie, can I phone you? I really need to hear your voice x"

"Of course you can x'

A small smile spread across Kendall's face and he carefully climbed out of his bed, not wanting to wake his best friends who were sleeping soundly beside him. He then shuffled towards the door and quietly shut it behind him before he sat on the floor in the hallway and dialled Logan's number.

"Hey," answered a tired voice that immediately put a grin on Kendall's face.

"Hey. Sorry, I know it's late…"

"Don't worry about it. It's worth it to talk to you."

Kendall sighed and it was quiet for a moment, each boy just listening to the other's breathing.

"Kendall…" Logan breathed. "Is everything okay?"

"I-I can't do this."

"What do you mean?"

Kendall ran his hand through his hair, "I never thought that being away from you would be this hard. I can't even tell anyone how much I love you because everyone's a fucking asshole."

"Did something happen?"

"James and Carlos. They found out about you being gay…"

"And they don't like it?" Logan laughed shortly.

"They just don't understand," Kendall told him. "I'm sorry."

"You need to stop apologising for things that aren't your fault."

"But I feel terrible about it. You have enough of it at home, I bet."

"Yeah…"

"Everything was so much easier when we were together, wasn't it? I could kiss you in public and no one would even care," Kendall let out a heavy sigh. "Now I can't even kiss you at all."

"I miss you too, Kendall. Hopefully this distance will get easier over time…It really sucks right now though."

"Yeah. Fuck, it's only been a couple of days. It feels like so much longer though. I keep looking at the photos we took…They're great."

"Yes. The photos…" Logan grumbled, not sounding impressed.

Kendall laughed in amusement, "You're not still mad at me posting the beach photos, are you?"

"They're embarrassing!"

"No, they're not! You look great! Everyone else thought so too. I think you should have it as your profile picture."

"What?" Logan exclaimed, causing Kendall to laugh again. "No way!"

"Oh, go on? For me?" Kendall grinned.

"Absolutely not."

"Pleeeeease?" Kendall whined. "If you don't, I will."

"You will do what?" Logan asked hesitantly.

"I'll set it as my profile picture."

"You wouldn't…"

Kendall smirked, "Oh, I would."

"But—"

"Come on, Logie. It'll be funny."

"Oh yes. Hilarious," Logan deadpanned.

Kendall chuckled, "If you really love me, then you would do this."

"Oh, you're gonna try that now, are you?"

"Yep."

"Tell you what, if you change your picture to one of you at the beach…then I may consider changing mine."

"Nope. No considering. You have to."

Kendall heard Logan sigh and he grinned, knowing that he was so close to breaking him.

"Okay, fine. For you."

"Yay! I love you, Logie."

Logan's light laughter was heard down the phone and Kendall smiled, loving the sound. Kendall was about to change the subject and ask Logan how school was going, but he jumped when a door down the hall opened and his mom came shuffling out, rubbing her tired eyes. She looked surprised to see her son sitting outside his bedroom door but gave him a sleepy smile.

"Sweetie, what are you doing up?"

"Uh, I—I couldn't sleep."

Mrs Knight gave him a sympathetic smile as he walked over, "Who are you talking to?"

"Oh, it's just Logan."

Mrs Knight nodded, "I think both of you should try and get some sleep. You've got school tomorrow, remember?"

Kendall sighed, "I know, Mom."

"Okay, well, don't stay up much longer."

Mrs Knight kissed the top of Kendall's head and then walked towards the bathroom. Kendall waited for her to close the door before talking into the phone again.

"Logan, I should go. You're probably really tired."

"I don't mind," Logan replied. "I like talking to you."

"Well, I make sure to phone you tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'll look forward to it."

"Good night, Logie."

"Night, Kendall. I love you."

"I love you too."

Kendall sighed again as he hung up the phone; he could have talked to Logan all night if his mom hadn't interrupted. He got to his feet and quietly re-entered his bedroom. James and Carlos were both still fast asleep in the bed and Kendall carefully climbed back under the covers, careful not to knock Carlos lying next to him.

Talking to Logan had calmed Kendall down and it wasn't long before he could close his eyes and easily drift off to sleep.

He was woken the next morning by Carlos shaking him awake and, for a moment, he regretted his late night. He groaned loudly and buried his head under his pillow, not wanting to get up and go to school. Carlos just continued to tug at Kendall's t-shirt, whining at him and telling him to get up. Kendall shot out a hand and slapped it against Carlos' wanting him to go away and leave him to sleep. Kendall never did understand how Carlos had so much energy all of the time.

Carlos ended up sitting on Kendall's back and bouncing slightly, causing the taller boy to groan and complain about his weight. He pushed Carlos back on the bed and rolled onto his back, glaring at his best friend.

"You're a dick."

Carlos just grinned back at him, "You need to get up, or we'll be late."

Kendall rolled his eyes, sitting up and sliding out of bed, "Where's James?"

"Doing his hair in the bathroom."

Kendall nodded with an amused smirk, "Of course he is."

They got to school and Kendall was sorting out the books in his locker. James was checking out his reflection in the mirror that he had attached to the inside of his own locker and Kendall was being forced to listen to him. Carlos was quiet for once, but only because he was indulging in his morning snack before he went to lessons.

"Mm, 'Endall," the Latino suddenly mumbled through a mouthful of food, gaining the blonde's attention.

Kendall turned to him, raising an eyebrow and waiting to see what he had to say. Carlos swallowed and then pointed behind Kendall. The boy glanced over his shoulder and smiled when he saw a pretty, blonde girl heading in his direction.

"Kendall!" she grinned, hugging him once she was close enough.

"Hey, Jo," Kendall replied, gently hugging her. "How have you been?"

"I've been good. Missed you in Spanish class though. How was your trip?"

Kendall's face broke into a grin, "It was amazing."

"Kendall says that the three of us are going to go next time," James told Jo with excitement.

"The four of us," Kendall quickly corrected him. "Logan will come too."

James glanced at Carlos awkwardly but then nodded without a word.

"Who's Logan?" Jo asked.

"I met him on my trip," Kendall said with a smile.

"Oh yeah, I saw the pictures. He looks nice."

"Yeah. Yeah, he is."

They were interrupted by the bell ringing, telling them to get to class. Jo glanced down the hall to where he friends were waiting for her while she talked to Kendall; she then looked back at the tall blonde and gave him another smile.

"You can finish telling me about your trip later in Spanish, okay?"

Kendall nodded, "Okay. See you later, Jo."

"Bye. Bye guys."

She waved quickly at James and Carlos and then hurried to join her friends. Kendall turned to shut his locker and when he turned back, James and Carlos were both grinning at him.

"What?" he frowned as they started to walk to Biology.

"You and Jo, eh?" James smirked.

"We're just friends," Kendall told him.

"Yeah, but she wants you."

"You should ask her out," Carlos added.

Kendall shook his head, "I don't want to."

"Why not?" Carlos frowned. "She's really pretty."

"I know," Kendall agreed. "And she's really nice. But I, I just…"

"You're not still hung up on Hannah, are you? I thought you said you were over her? I thought your trip helped with that?"

"Yeah. It did. I just don't think I want to date anyone else just yet," Kendall shrugged. "It's too soon."

"But she's already going out with Jonny Miller," Carlos said, causing James to glare at him and Kendall's eyebrows shot up.

"S-She is?"

James patted him on the back, "Sorry, man. They've been dating for a couple of weeks."

"Oh," Kendall responded.

He didn't know why the news affected him so much. Kendall had moved on just as fast, he was with Logan now. He'd gotten over his ex. He'd actually honestly forgotten all about her until James mentioned her. But now he realised that he would soon have to see her. The school wasn't that big, he was bound to run into her eventually. Kendall sighed and dreaded it. Kendall's chest felt heavy at the thought of her happy with another guy while he longed to be with his boyfriend, who was so far away.

James tugged on Kendall's sleeve and led him down the corridor until they finally reached their classroom. Kendall was out of it for most of the lesson, mind drifting to Logan and wondering what the boy was up to, he made sure to send him a text once class was over.

Kendall was on his way to Spanish class. James and Carlos both had History, so he'd meet back up with them at lunch. Kendall froze when he walked around the corner. His eyes widened at the sight of his ex-girlfriend standing down the hall, laughing with two of her friends. He tried to ignore her and continue walking, but his gaze kept drifting towards her and, as he got closer, Hannah's eyes caught his and her smile faded slightly. Kendall kept his head down and walked a little faster, but he was stopped when a hand grabbed his arm.

"Hey, Kendall," a voice said quietly.

Kendall inhaled deeply and then turned to face her, "Hi."

"How have you been? I haven't seen you in a while."

Kendall shrugged, "I'm fine. I went to LA."

Hannah nodded, tucking her shiny, blonde hair behind her left ear, "I heard. T-That wasn't because of me, was it? Because of what happened?"

"No," Kendall responded, although he knew that it wasn't completely true.

"I am sorry about how it ended, Kendall…"

Kendall nodded, "Yeah, well, it's in the past now. I'm over it."

Hannah raised her eyebrows slightly, "Okay, well, good."

Hannah's eyes suddenly went dark as she stared at something to Kendall's right. Kendall followed her gaze and he smirked slightly as he saw Jo coming towards them.

"Hey Kendall," she grinned, blanking Hannah. "Are you ready to go to Spanish? We're gonna be late." Jo linked her arm through Kendall's and gave him a playful look before turning to Hannah and feigning surprise, "Oh, Hannah. Hello."

"Jo," the other girl replied, her lip curling slightly.

"Yeah, we should probably get going," Kendall agreed, trying to hide his amusement. "See you around, Hannah."

Kendall led Jo away from her and they both laughed lightly. Kendall glanced back and saw the other girl give them a disapproving look before she disappeared from sight.

"Thank you for rescuing me," Kendall said, dropping Jo's arm as they reached the door to their classroom. "It was really awkward."

"I could tell," Jo chuckled.

They took their usual seats and Kendall pulled out his phone when he felt it vibrate in his pocket. He smiled at the text from Logan, complaining about the smell of the teacher whose lesson he was currently in. Jo waited patiently for Kendall to finish his text and then smiled when she saw him stare at his phone wallpaper for a short moment before putting it back in his pocket.

The class started and they were set work to do. Jo took the opportunity to ask Kendall to tell her about his trip and Kendall happily did, describing all the cities that he visited with Logan and all the places they went to. Kendall was surprised about how well she listened; she actually seemed interested.

Kendall waited for Jo at the end of the lesson while she was packing her books away and then they headed for their lockers before going to lunch.

"I'm having a party at my house on Friday night," Jo told him before they split off in different directions. "Do you want to come? James and Carlos can come too, if they want?"

Kendall smiled, "Yeah, that'd be cool. It's been a while since I've partied."

Jo smiled in return and clutched the strap of her bag, "Okay, great. Eight o'clock, my place."

"I'll be there. See you, Jo."

"Bye, Kendall."

They hugged briefly and then Jo turned and headed down the corridor towards her locker. Kendall went in the opposite direction, finding James and Carlos already waiting by his locker.

"Hey buddy," Carlos grinned, giving him a wave.

Kendall gave them a smile and a nod and then put his books away, "We have plans for Friday night."

"We do?" James and Carlos both asked, curiously.

"Yep," Kendall nodded. "Jo invited us to a party at her place."

James smirked, "Really? You sure she didn't just invite you?"

Kendall shot him a glare, "No. She said the three of us."

James shrugged, "Well, I'm not one to turn down a party."

Carlos nodded in agreement with a grin.

Kendall was quiet throughout lunch, thinking about Jo and hoping that she didn't have the wrong idea. He really liked her but he hoped she didn't think that anything would happen between them. He didn't want to hurt her. Sure, she was attractive and a couple of times he'd wondered what they'd be like as a couple, but that's all changed since he got back. Kendall didn't think of her that way anymore. He was with Logan now. Nothing could change that.

Okay, I know there wasn't much Kogan in this chapter - Or Logan in general, tbh - but I promise to make it up to you in the next chapter!

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