This chapter isn't very good. It's definitely happier than the other chapters, and it's a little short. However, I hope you will ignore these liabilities and enjoy the chapter!

James had never had many regrets. But now there was guilt eating away at his insides, guilt for letting Kendall take that beating from his father. Kendall didn't deserve it, nobody deserved that pain.

Someday he was going to stop it. Once he figured out a way to do it, he'd make Mr Myers pay for what he'd done.

Right now, however, he had something else on his mind. It was a while since that had happened. He was thinking about Logan. He was determined to try and regain their friendship. He was determined to try, anyway.

So one morning before classes started, James walked right up to Logan, who was standing at his locker, digging around inside for something. "Hey," he greeted, hoping this would suffice for now.

Logan turned to look at him. "Hi." He raised his eyebrows. "I never expected to see you again."

James grimaced. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I understand." He shut his locker, turning to face James. He opened his arms, a faint smile on his lips. "Can't I have a hug from my former best friend?"

James grinned, hugging Logan tightly. Memories suddenly came flooding back to him. Him hugging Logan when his cat had been run over. Them hugging on the first day of middle school. Logan hugging him all night when his mom had passed away . . .

"Are you crying?" Logan pulled back from the hug.

"No," James sniffled, drying his eyes with his sleeve. "I just missed you."

"I missed you too," Logan replied. "I've got all my math club friends, but they're not as much fun as you. Plus, they've never played hockey in their lives."

"What?" James was horrified at this. "I don't know how you survived." He paused. "Sit with me at lunch? Be my best friend again?"

"Sure."

James suddenly spotted someone over Logan's shoulder. Kendall was watching them from down the hallway. He smiled as their eyes met. James beckoned him over. "Hey, Logan, I want you to meet someone."

Logan turned to see who was coming over. "Logan, this is Kendall. He's . . ." He paused. Was he about to lose Logan all over again? "He's my boyfriend."

"Oh." Logan glanced at Kendall, who gave a shy smile. Then he suddenly turned back to James, laughing. "Well, it's about time you came out! I was waiting for this since you got that lucky comb!"

He turned back to Kendall, holding out his hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Logan."

Kendall shook his hand, suddenly looking more confident. "I know. James told me about you."

"Oh yeah? What did he say?"

Kendall chuckled. "You're too smart for your own good."

Logan spun to glare playfully at James who just shrugged. "Well, it's true!"

Logan shrugged too. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

All three boys laughed and made their way down the hallway. James couldn't stop smiling.

Everything finally seemed to be working out. Erica and his dad weren't giving him a hard time anymore, although every now and then they gave him despairing looks. And they still ignored him a lot. But he had good friends, even though he hadn't known them that long. He had a great sister, who had phone the night before to tell him she was coming back to visit soon. He had the most perfect boyfriend in the whole world, and now he had his best friend back.

He could finally see light again.

At lunch, James sat down at a table with Carlos, Jo and Camille. James was practically an official member of this group, he just came and sat here every day. He did what he always did when he got here before Kendall; he watched the door, waiting for his boyfriend to arrive. This didn't happen often; they usually ended up walking to lunch together, or else Kendall got there first.

He saw Kendall walk into the cafeteria and make his way over to them. This wasn't a surprise to James; Kendall always either brought lunch with him, or he just didn't eat. He wondered if Logan would lecture him about his health. He'd done it to James plenty of times. It was annoying, but he meant well.

"Hi," James grinned as Kendall sat next to him. He wrapped his right arm around Kendall's shoulders and gave him a light kiss on the lips. Carlos made a gagging noise. "Seriously, do you have to do that every single day? It's gross!"

"He means cute," Jo cut in, fiddling mindlessly with her drink. "Totally puke-worthy cute, but still cute. He's just not great at putting it into words."

"Carlos, one day you're gonna fall head over heels with someone, and we'll be gagging at you," Camille added.

"I hope that day is soon," Kendall remarked as he rested against James. "You'll be a lot happier." James's smile widened at this.

"Hey." James, Kendall and the other three looked up to see Logan standing there.

"Logan!" James pointed to the spot on his left side of the bench. "Sit."

He did, smiling in greeting at everyone. "Hi. Uh, I'm Logan. James's friend."

Jo and Camille smiled in greeting and introduced themselves. Carlos was staring.

A minute later, he was still staring.

Jo elbowed him in the ribs. "He's Carlos."

"Y-yeah," Carlos finally managed to stutter out. "I'm Carlos."

Camille started laughing. Five puzzled faces turned to look at her. "What's so funny?" Kendall asked.

"N-nothing, really," she giggled. "It's just . . . I think that someday is today."

While James, Kendall and Jo burst into laughter, Carlos was not amused. Logan was just confused.

The only good things I can see about this chapter is that James and Logan are friends again, and the Cargan has started. However, I still don't think it's a good chapter. Please review!