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Ch. 2 – Fire and Rain
After a couple of hours, James was back to his apartment. He told his friends that Logan would come to tutor him. They thought he and Logan were there because of their constant fights. James couldn't even believe that was actually happening. He just laid down on the orange sofa looking up to the ceiling until Mrs. Knight came up to him.
"Is something bothering you?" She asked while he moved his body into a sitting position allowing her to sit beside him. "Is it about the tutoring?"
"How do you know?" The pretty boy asked her trying to remember if he'd said anything to her.
"The school called me earlier and told me you'd need a tutor to help with your grades." She started and he hung his head in shame. "Honey, there's no need to be ashamed."
"I'm not ashamed. It's just… The tutor is a bitch and I can't stand to stay close to him." James confessed feeling his temperature rising for remembering the constant fights between him and Logan.
"Oh dear, try to be a little patient. Count until ten. You two may have your conflicts, but that's because you don't know each other well." She tried to comfort him but this wasn't working.
"I think I know Logan Mitchell enough." James affirmed while standing up to answer the door. Mrs. Knight frowned after hearing that name and it brought back her memories.
"Wait, is he the Logan Kendall's always talking about and who never even looked at his face?" She asked and James confirmed by nodding before opening the door. And talking about the devil, there was him much for James disappointment.
"Sorry for being late, but you wrote your address wrong." Logan said handing James the piece of paper he wrote for Logan to get there.
"Damn it. I thought I got rid of you." James answered with the irony sounding clearly in his voice.
"James, patience." Mrs. Knight said walking up to greet Logan, wondering why the guy in front of him ignored her son so much. "I'm Mrs. Knight. I heard a lot about you."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Knight." The smart boy said looking back to James.
"Well, I shall leave you alone. You two must have a lot to study and I don't want to stand in your way. Make yourself at home." She finished going out to hike.
"Let's get over this soon. I don't want to spend any second more than the necessary with you." James said and it kinda scared Logan a little.
"Well, then stop talking and let me take care of this." Logan replied feeling kinda hurt for James being so unkind with a visitor.
They sat in front of the counter of the kitchen as Logan took of all the books he would need for tutoring. James wasn't happy with this situation but decided to give it a try. He noticed how Logan used to bit his lower lip as he thought about where to start. James then shook his head to stop this kind of thinking. It was the same Logan that insults him over a year and despised his best friend.
"Mom! Mom, have you seen my lucky boxers?" Kendall yelled from the hallway coming inside the living room with only a towel around his waist. Logan looked at the blond figure dripping wet and covered his eyes in disbelief. "Logan? What are you doing here?"
"Man, I told you he was going to tutor me. Of course he would come today." James said as he watched the floor getting soaked from the drips falling from Kendall.
"Just a second, honey. I'm gonna dress up now and..." Kendall said to Logan trying to hide the obvious blush in his face.
"Don't talk, just go…" The young tutor told Kendall still covering his eyes. Once Kendall was gone to his room, Logan sighed deeply.
"Sorry for you having to see this. But you gotta admit it was kinda funny." James said hitting his shoulder against Logan and they laughed remembering the scene.
"Yeah it was." Logan admitted and they both suddenly stopped laughing remembering all that they went through. "Well, let's start with Chemistry, shall we?"
"Yeah, sure." James accepted feeling his initial idea about the boy beside him change whereas Logan didn't say anything to insult him.
~BTR~
An hour had passed and Logan was trying hard to keep James' attention on the book, since the pretty boy was so easy to get distracted by simple things. And there was Kendall who would appear every now and then and try to call Logan's attention, by doing push-ups or even offering chocolate. But when Kendall had to pick Katie on the ballet class, Logan could try to work in peace.
"So, if a train leaves the station at 2 PM and at a…" Logan read the math problem but James was too busy attempting to get the butterfly which entered by the window and flew in front of him. "James? C'mon you're not even trying! It's not that difficult. You just have to pay attention."
"I don't care about the train. If I want to know, I'll take one." James answered and Logan sighed. The smart boy reached inside his bag and took of a piece of paper. It had the school logo and it caught the pretty boy's attention. "What's this?"
"Principal Griffin told me to write a report everyday telling about the tutoring and the grade you'd get if it was a real test. So, constant lack of attention. Complete absence of interest and… the grade: F." Logan said to himself while writing on the paper.
"Oh no, you won't give it to Griffin!" James said taking the paper from Logan's hand.
"Hey, give it back!" Logan ordered while standing up and tying the best to reach out and grab the report. But since James was taller than him, it was a little difficult. The pretty boy dodged Logan's attempts by placing it behind his back, surrounding Logan's body and then ending back at above their heads. That was when they realized how close their faces were. They stood there feeling each other's breath and without knowing why, they started pulling their heads closer with their lips almost touching when someone entered the apartment.
"Guys? Everything alright?" Mrs. Knight said closing the door behind her.
"Thank you so much!" Logan said after taking back the report when James was distracted.
"You're so mean! I don't know why you always do this!" James yelled after getting back to reality. At that moment, Kendall and Carlos entered the apartment with Katie between them.
"Try to keep your eyes on the book next time." Logan fired back and the fight started.
"Ha-ha! This is much better than cable TV." Katie commented enjoying herself with the insults coming from the boys.
"You should get a job as an executioner 'coz I've never seen someone so mean as you!" James yelled watching Logan put the books back inside his bag.
"And you could at least be in Math as you are in soccer." Logan threw the bag over his shoulder, trying to have the last word in this fight.
"So you're admitting I'm good in soccer? Is that what you said, bitch?"
"No, I did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"That's enough!" Mrs. Knight said trying to end with the fight. They both stopped yelling and Logan took this opportunity to leave.
"I'm done for today." The smart boy walked towards the door still feeling the heat of the fight.
"Bye Logan." Kendall took this opportunity and said goodbye to his frustrated crush.
"You are cruel! Hey, don't walk away when I'm still talking! I'm not done with you! Logan!" James yelled through the hallway but Logan was already gone. He slammed the door shut and groaned while going to the orange sofa.
"I gotta tell Bitters. He'll go crazy!" Katie said opening the door and going to the reception. Kendall and Mrs. Knight went back to their lives while Carlos went closer to James and sat beside him.
"Hey, are you ok bud?" The Latino asked putting his hand over James' strong shoulder.
"You saw the way he is. He loves to make me mad." The pretty boy told his friend while running his hand through his hair.
"You know, you'll probably hate me for saying this. But you pretty much started this fight. And…" Carlos started with James' glaring right above him. "You gotta apologize with him. Don't kill me please!"
"Apologize? No way!" James said looking to his friend covering his head with both his arms.
"Dude, you need him to get into college. Tomorrow, you're gonna say you're sorry and you have to mean it." Carlos said a little more confident but still afraid of what James could do to him. "Just think about it…"
~BTR~
At night, James was in his bed and couldn't sleep. Mostly because of the snoring coming from Kendall. But still because of what Carlos had told him.
'…you're gonna say you're sorry and you have to mean it…' James heard Carlos' voice echoing inside his head as the image of Logan's lips coming closer kept on coming back into his mind. Their relationship, as if he could call it that way was pretty much as fire and rain. It had its highs and lows, and even that way it was kinda strange how much energy they spent just to fight.
"Oh, fuck this." James said to himself getting up and throwing one pillow over Kendall as an attempt to make him stop snoring. The tall soccer player walked to the kitchen to drink a glass of milk. He opened the refrigerator and took off the milk carton before grabbing a glass hanging on the dish rack. He looked up at the kitchen clock to see what time it was while pouring the milk in the glass. The milk ended up falling on the floor because the glass was upside down, soaking his hand and his toes. "Damn it!"
He put the milk carton and the glass over the sink and grabbed a towel before knelling down and drying the milk mess. But then something called his attention. A tiny book on the floor and underneath the counter. He grabbed it and took a good look. It had nothing written on the book cover. It was just a green book and since it was something with words, James didn't dare to open it. He just took it with himself and placed inside the drawer of his nightstand.
He just wanted to forget everything and try to sleep a little…
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