Okay, so here's the next chapter. This would have been up ages ago but I stopped writing for a while because I felt that everything I was writing sucked and judging by the response - or lack of - on other things I've written, other people thought so too. So, I'm sorry if this chapter sucks too :\

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When Logan woke up the next morning, he frowned at his unfamiliar surroundings. He rubbed at his tired eyes and then realised that he had someone's arm slung over his waist. Logan immediately smiled and turned his head, sighing as he saw Kendall still sleeping soundly beside him. He was worried that it had all been a dream

Logan couldn't believe that they were back together again. He couldn't believe that he'd run away, yet again, to escape from his controlling parents. He was dreading hearing from them; they'd be so mad. Logan had turned his phone off to avoid any phone calls that they might attempt. But what could they possibly do? Logan was eighteen now, he could do what he wished and he didn't have the fear of being cut off anymore. But Logan didn't want to worry about that just now; he was back with Kendall. He just wanted to enjoy being with him.

Logan carefully turned in Kendall's arms so that he could look at the boy's sleeping face. He smiled lovingly and gently stroked his fingers down his boyfriend's cheek, careful not to wake him. Logan felt so lucky having someone as beautiful and loving as Kendall in his life; he didn't know what he'd done to deserve him.

Logan just stayed in bed and admired Kendall and enjoyed the warmth radiating from him until the blonde finally woke up. A sleepy smile appeared on Kendall's face as soon as he saw Logan and he tightened his grip around Logan's waist.

"Hey, you."

Logan grinned and rested his hand on Kendall's chest, "Good morning."

Kendall leant forward and brushed his lips against Logan's. Logan sighed and softly kissed back, their lips moving together slowly. Kendall's hand moved from Logan's lower back and gently cupped Logan's bare ass.

"Kendall," Logan chuckled against his lips.

"What?" Kendall smirked, nuzzling his nose against the boy's cheek.

"Don't get too carried away."

"Why not? I'm making up for lost time."

Logan giggled as he was pushed onto his back and Kendall straddled his hips. He grinned up at the blonde and linked his arms around Kendall's neck. Kendall leant down and scattered kisses across Logan's face, causing him to scrunch his face up and laugh lightly.

"You're so adorable," Kendall sighed.

Logan opened his eyes and his cheeks blushed pink. He bit back a smile and played with the hair at the nape of Kendall's neck.

"I love you, Kendall," Logan said quietly. "I'm so glad that I'm here with you."

Kendall smiled widely, "I'm really glad too. I've missed you so much."

"I have no idea what I'm going to do with my life now but as long as I have you in it, then I think I'll be okay."

"You'll always have me."

Logan sighed and pulled Kendall down against him so that he could hug him tightly. Kendall hugged him back, slightly worried, and he stroked Logan's hair.

"Are you okay?"

Logan nodded hesitantly, burying his face in Kendall's chest, "Just a bit scared."

"Oh no, what's scaring you?"

"B-Being alone. I can't go back home any time soon, I don't want to face them. But what do I do now? I have nowhere to go."

"You're here with me."

Logan glanced up at his boyfriend, "But I can't stay here forever. It's not fair on your mom."

Kendall sighed and soothingly stroked Logan's back, "Don't worry, okay? Everything will work out right. I'll make sure of it."

Logan hugged Kendall tighter and sighed heavily, "Thank you."

Kendall kissed the top of Logan's head and held him close, wanting him to feel safe.

They stayed in bed for a short while longer until Logan spoke up, saying that he really needed a shower. Kendall gave him a smile and then grabbed a towel from his chest of drawers while Logan pulled on his boxers and t-shirt. Kendall then pointed Logan down the hall to the bathroom, giving him a kiss before he left.

Kendall returned to bed and sighed happily as he collapsed back on it. He couldn't believe that Logan was actually here. The last week had been awful and he'd felt so down, thinking that he'd lost Logan forever. But now the boy was here, safe with him, and Kendall wasn't planning on letting him go any time soon.

Logan came back into the room, body still damp and the towel wrapped around his waist. Kendall pushed himself up by his elbows and his eyes gazed over Logan's body as the boy walked over to his duffel bag, needing to find some clothes to wear.

Logan smirked at him over his shoulder and rolled his eyes, "Go and shower, Kendall."

Kendall pouted, "But I'm perfectly happy just lying here right now."

"You're not watching me change."

"Why not? I've seen you naked plenty of times now."

Logan rolled his eyes again and sighed as he dropped his towel. A grin broke across Kendall's face and he sat up fully, shamelessly staring at his boyfriend as Logan slowly pulled on some clothes. Logan then walked over to Kendall and stood in between his legs, resting his hands on Kendall's shoulders.

"You should go and shower now."

Kendall held onto Logan's hips and smiled up at him, "We should have showered together; it would have saved time."

"Yeah, but I don't think your mom would approve of that. So, go. I'll still be here when you get back."

Kendall stood up and pecked Logan's lips, "You better be."

Kendall pulled on a pair of boxers before he grabbed another towel and left the room, blowing Logan a kiss before he shut the door behind him. Logan chuckled softly and sat down on the bed to wait for Kendall to finish.

Logan gazed around the room while he waited, taking everything in. His eyes landed on the mirror hanging on the wall, so he walked over to it and started to fix his hair. He hadn't packed any hair product to take with him and he sighed as he ran his fingers through his damp hair, trying to make it stick up on its own.

There was a soft knock on the door and Logan turned around to face it, freezing in place.

"Uh, i-it's open," he called.

The door slowly opened and Mrs Knight poked her head around, eyes glancing over the room. She spotted Logan and then stepped inside, a soft smile on her face.

"Good morning, Logan. Did you sleep okay?"

"Yes, thank you, Mrs Knight," he nodded. "Thank you for letting me stay."

"That's okay, Sweetheart. Where's Kendall?"

"He's just taking a shower. He shouldn't be too long now."

"Oh, alright then. Well, when he's ready, do you think you two could come downstairs to the kitchen? I'd like to talk with you both quickly."

Logan eyes widened slightly and he nervously bit on his bottom lip as he gave a small nod, "Uh, yeah. Of course."

Mrs Knight smiled gratefully and then excused herself from the room, heading back downstairs. Logan couldn't help but feel nervous about the impending talk with Mrs Knight and he started to pace the room, trying to calm down.

Logan jumped when the door opened and Kendall finally walked back in the room, towel drying his hair, with boxers hanging low on his hips.

"Kendall!" Logan gasped, rushing over to him. "Your mom wants to talk to us."

Kendall raised an eyebrow, "She does? What about?"

"I don't know. She just said we have to go and talk to her in the kitchen."

"Oh. Well, don't worry. It's not going to be anything bad. Why would it be?"

Logan took a couple of deep breaths to try and calm down, feeling slightly embarrassed for getting so worked up, "Y-Yeah, I guess. Sorry."

Kendall smiled and squeezed Logan's hand to comfort him, "It'll be fine."

Logan was able to relax slightly while Kendall got dressed and then the blonde grabbed his hand and led him downstairs. They found Mrs Knight in the kitchen, loading up the dishwasher, and Kendall cleared his throat to grab her attention. Her head turned in their direction and she smiled when she spotted them.

"Morning boys," she greeted them.

She closed the dishwasher and turned fully towards them. Her gaze dropped to their entwined hands and she smiled affectionately.

"Would you like some breakfast first?"

Kendall glanced at Logan quickly but then shook his head, knowing that the suspense was making his boyfriend nervous, "We'll get some in a bit. What did you want to talk about?"

"Okay, uh, close the door and take a seat."

Mrs Knight went to sit at the kitchen table while Kendall shut the door and then walked with Logan over to join her. They sat opposite her, hands still joined together under the table, and Logan sat close to Kendall's side.

"Right, okay," Mrs Knight took a breath to prepare herself. "Logan, honey, I am fine with you staying here with us, it's lovely to meet you, but I need to know, do your parents know where you are?"

Logan nervously chewed on his bottom lip, "Um…I think they'd have an idea. But they don't know for sure. I didn't want them to find me."

Mrs Knight sighed, "I still think you should call them and just let them know that you're safe."

"They won't care."

"They will. You're their son and they love you. I don't know exactly what happened, but they'll still want to know that you're safe."

"Mom, they locked him in his room. They forced him to see a shrink. They think there's something wrong with him. Logan can't even go to med school anymore because they cut him off!"

Mrs Knight looked to Logan in shock and saw the sadness in his eyes just before he bowed his head. She reached across the table and grabbed his hand.

"Sweetie, I won't make you go back to them, not if you don't want to. You're eighteen, so they can't make you go back. Just let them know that you're okay."

Logan looked up at her and gave a small, but reluctant, nod, "Okay, Mrs Knight. I-I will. I'll do it after breakfast. But I don't know what I'm going to do, where I'm going to stay. I have no money."

"You can stay with us," Kendall told him.

Logan nervously looked to Mrs Knight but she just gave him a soft smile.

"You can stay here as long as you need to."

"Thank you, Mrs Knight. I-I'll get a job or something and I'll help around the house, until I save up enough money to-."

"Logan, stop," Kendall interrupted.

"But—"

"Logan, you are welcome here. Don't worry, alright? But if you're going to be living with us for a while, there has to be some rules, okay?"

Logan and Kendall both nodded nervously.

"Well, Kendall and Katie both have chores, so you're going to have to have you own share of them. I know neither of you have to go to school anymore, but I still want you in bed before midnight and to wake up at a decent hour. Also, I, uh, I have to know…are you two…sexually active?"

Both boys' eyes shot wide open and their faces turned bright red. Logan looked away in embarrassment, avoiding eye contact with anyone.

"Mom!" Kendall gasped, awkwardly clearing his throat.

Mrs Knight's face had also turned red and her hands were fidgeting on top of the table, "Don't worry, I'll still let you share a room. I just, I need to know. Are you?"

Kendall shot a quick look at Logan and saw him nervously biting on his lip and peeking up at Kendall, shyly. Kendall turned back to his mother and awkwardly scratched the back of his neck.

"Uh, um, y-yes."

"Oh." Mrs Knight took a deep breath to calm herself, "Okay then. Well, um, l-like I said, you can still share a room, but no…activities while Katie and I are in the house. And I want you boys to be safe. So, always use protection and—and lubricant. If you…If you ever need anything, just ask me. I just want you to be safe. Do you understand?"

Kendall quickly nodded, "Yes, Mom."

They both looked at Logan, who was still blushing violently, "Y-Yes, Mrs Knight."

She nodded and then pushed her chair back, getting ready to stand up, "Okay, good. I think that's all for now. I'll let you boys get some breakfast."

Kendall watched as his mother quickly left the room and he let out a big sigh. Logan was sitting silently next to him, eyes staring at the table.

"Well…" Kendall breathed.

Logan nodded, eyes flickering over at Kendall.

"That was really awkward."

Logan let out a small laugh, "It really was."

Kendall started to laugh, shaking his head and trying to process what just happened. Logan soon joined in and they both fell into fits of giggles.

"She's right though," Logan said, once he'd calmed down. "About being safe. Last night, that was the second time without a condom."

Kendall laid a gentle hand on Logan's cheek, "I haven't been with anyone else since I met you. But, um, will it make you feel better if we got tested or something?"

Logan nodded in response, giving a small appreciative smile, "Y-Yeah, it would. You don't mind?"

"Of course not. I want you to feel comfortable."

Logan leant forward and softly kissed Kendall lips, "Thank you."

Kendall held onto the back of Logan's head and stopped him from pulling away, wanting to kiss his boyfriend for longer. Logan chuckled against Kendall's lips but didn't complain and continued to kiss the blonde.

Kendall's stomach started to rumble and Logan pulled back with a smirk.

"Someone's hungry."

Kendall quickly shook his head, trying to pull Logan back in for a kiss, "No, I'm fine. I can wait."

"No, come on, I'm hungry too. We've got plenty of time for kissing."

Kendall sighed, "I guess so. I've just missed you."

Logan cupped Kendall's cheek and softly kissed his lips again, "I've missed you too. But we're together again now."

Kendall nodded, a smile spreading across his face. He then got up to start making them some breakfast.

"Waffles or pancakes?"

Logan shrugged, not really minding, "Um, pancakes?"

Kendall smiled and nodded, "Coming right up."

Kendall started to pull out everything that he needed and Logan walked up behind him, settling his hands on the blonde's hips.

"Do you need help with anything?"

Kendall shook his head, "Nope, I'm okay. You can just sit down and relax."

"Can I not stay here?" Logan asked, resting his chin on Kendall's shoulder.

"Sure," Kendall grinned, turning his head slightly to kiss his boyfriend.

Logan smiled and wrapped his arms around Kendall's middle, watching quietly over his shoulder as Kendall got to work on breakfast.

"They look great, Kendall."

"They're almost done, you wanna go sit down and I'll bring them over?"

Logan smiled and stepped away from Kendall, "Sure."

Kendall quickly grabbed a couple of plates from the cupboard and set them down on the counter. Then he hurried over to the fridge to pull out various toppings.

"I could have done that," Logan told him as Kendall came over with his arms full, standing up to help the blonde as he laid everything out on the table.

"It's fine, Logan," Kendall reassured him, returning to dish up the pancakes.

Logan greeted him back at the table with a kiss and smiled down at his plate of pancakes before he started to coat them in maple syrup.

"You don't want any whipped cream?" Kendall asked, holding up the can with a smirk.

Logan glanced at him and shook his head, "No thank you."

"Oh, okay then. Guess we can use it for something else..."

Logan's eyes widened and he stared at Kendall, the blonde's smirk still present "Excuse me?"

Kendall burst out laughing, "I'm joking." His face then turned serious and he leant forward, "Unless you want to…"

Kendall started to laugh again at Logan's shocked face and he quickly squirted whipped cream onto his finger, wiping it onto Logan's nose.

"Kendall!" Logan gasped.

"Oops. Let me get that…" Kendall grinned, leaning in and swiping his tongue over the tip of Logan's nose.

Logan's face scrunched up and he pushed Kendall away with a laugh, wiping at his nose, "Ew, Kendall! Gross!"

Kendall laughed and put the can down, turning back to his breakfast and started to eat, shooting Logan a smirk.

Logan gave him a playful glare and started to eat his own breakfast, "You're an idiot."

"Yeah, but you love me."

Logan sighed, "I guess…"

"Hey!"

Logan laughed and nudged at Kendall's arm, "Joking. Love you."

"Love you too."

They quietly ate their breakfast and Kendall watched Logan out the corner of his eye, worried about the small frown on the boy's face.

"What ya thinking about?"

Logan looked surprised at hearing Kendall's voice and then he let out a small sigh, "My parents. I-I don't want to speak to them."

Kendall squeezed Logan's knee, "Do you want me to be there when you call?"

Logan appeared to be thinking it over but then he slowly shook his head, "N-No. No, I'll be alright. Just, don't go too far?"

"Of course," Kendall reassured him, pressing a comforting kiss to the side of his head.

Logan smiled thankfully and continued to stay quiet as they finished their breakfast.

Afterwards, Logan started to help Kendall tidy everything away, but the blonde stopped him.

"You don't have to worry about that. Why don't you go and phone your parents?"

Logan sighed and looked at Kendall pleadingly, hoping that he wouldn't have to.

"You said you would, Loges. If you keep putting it off then you just won't do it."

"I know," Logan mumbled.

Kendall grabbed onto Logan's wrists and pulled him close, pressing his lips to the boy's forehead, "I'll be down here if you need me. Just shout."

Logan nodded nervously, taking a deep breath, "Okay."

After another deep breath, Logan turned around and left the kitchen, heading upstairs to Kendall's room so that he could make the phone call in peace. He would have loved to have Kendall here with him to support him while he spoke to them, but then he didn't want Kendall to overhear any horrible things that his parents might say.

Logan sat on the edge of Kendall's bed and turned his phone back on with shaky hands. He bit on his bottom lip as messages started to appear one-by-one and he saw that he also had three voicemail messages. He ignored all the text messages but he hovered over the voicemails; two of them were from his mother and the other was from his father. Deciding that he wanted to get an idea of what mood they were in before he phoned, Logan started to listen to his mother's first message.

"Logan, where on earth are you? This isn't funny. I don't know what you think you're doing, but you better get home right now. Your father is not happy. Come home before this goes too far again."

Logan sighed as the message ended; it was from last night and he saw that the second one from her was received this morning.

"Logan, sweetheart, please…Come home. At least tell me where you are and that you're okay. We're worried about you."

Logan was surprised; her tone was completely different to the previous message. It had been a long time since he'd been called 'sweetheart'. Logan almost felt bad for making her worry, but she hadn't done anything to stop his father and fully supported him in sending Logan to therapy, so he didn't have too much sympathy for her. But Logan still dialled his home phone number to let them know that he was okay, hoping that they were both at work so that he could just leave a message.

"Hello?"

Logan froze with nerves when he was greeted by the deep voice of his father. He took a deep breath and cleared his throat.

"D-Dad…it's me."

"Logan? Oh, you little shit. Where the fuck are you?"

"I'm—I'm in Minnesota, I—"

"What? I told you that you couldn't go there?"

"Yeah, well, y-you can't control me anymore. I'm old enough to make my own decisions."

"You are not fit to make your own decisions. You still haven't finished therapy, you still need help."

"There is nothing wrong with me!" Logan exclaimed in frustration.

"You're not really a fag. You're just confused. I'm only trying to help you."

"I don't need help. I'm happy with who I am but I-I can't be around you if you can't accept that."

"You'll have to come home eventually; you have no money. Where do you think you're going to stay?"

"I'm…I'm staying with a friend."

"Not that—"

"Yes. I'm staying with Kendall. His family accepts our relationship and his mother is letting me stay with them as long as I need to…"

"No!" his father growled. "You are not staying with them. You come home right now."

"I can't," Logan replied, his voice crackling slightly. "I can't. Not until you learn to accept me…"

"You come home right now!" Mr Mitchell ordered, his temper rising. "If you don't come home now, then you can just forget about ever coming back. You won't be welcome back here anymore. You've caused us enough trouble. This is the final straw, Logan."

"What?" Logan asked meekly, tears building up in his eyes and a lump forming in his throat.

"You heard me. Either you come home at once or never again. What's it gonna be?"

Logan took a deep breath, quickly wiping away the tears that had escaped from his eyes, "Never again."

"Excuse me?"

"Never again!" Logan repeated, practically shouting down the phone and his tears fell freely. "I'm never coming home!"

With that, he quickly ended the call, his hands shaking terribly and his bottom lip trembling. Logan didn't want his father to hear him cry and he couldn't bring himself to listen to anything else that the man had to say; he hurt too much. Logan dropped the phone beside him on the bed and then buried his face in his hands, sobbing into his palms, his whole body shaking.

Logan didn't know how long he sat there crying, but it was long enough for Kendall to begin to worry about him and he made his way upstairs to check on him.

"Logan?" he called quietly, poking his head around the door.

His face fell when he saw the boy crying on the bed. He rushed over to him and pulled him into his arms, holding Logan's head to his chest and letting him cry into his shirt. Logan gripped onto the material and let out broken sobs. Kendall softly stroked his hair and held him until he eventually started to calm down; running out of tears to shed.

"Logan, what happened?" he asked quietly, raising Logan's head and using the sleeve of his shirt to dry the boy's tears.

"Th-They never want to s-see me again," Logan whimpered. "My dad, he…He gave me a choice. If I didn't come home now, then I can never go back."

Kendall's eyebrows rose in shock, his hold on Logan tightening, "What? How…How could he say something like that? That's terrible."

Logan sadly bowed his head, "I thought that maybe they'd eventually come around...That they'd have time to process it while I'm away. But now…Now I'm not going to see them again."

"Logan, I-I'm sure that they'll realise soon what a big mistake they've made. They wouldn't cut you out of their life forever."

"I don't know…"

"You'll see them again."

Logan rested his head on Kendall's shoulder and sighed heavily, closing his eyes and trying to process everything that had just happened. Even though he had been treated badly by them, they were still his parents; they were his family.

"They're the only family I have," Logan said quietly, breaking the silence that had fallen.

Kendall turned to look at him, seeing Logan's eyes open and look at him sadly; he looked so scared and Kendall pressed a kiss to the top of his head, letting out a small and sympathetic sigh.

"You're part of this family now, Logan; you always will be. I'll never leave you."

Logan wrapped his arms tighter around Kendall's middle and buried his face in the crook of Kendall's neck, sighing heavily and breathing shakily.

"Thank you, Kendall," he mumbled quietly against the blonde's neck. "I love you."

"I love you too, Logie," Kendall replied, stroking a soothing hand down his back. "I love you so much; I'll always be here for you, don't worry."

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