The Encounter

Chapter 3

Logan's POV:

I was sitting at the table in my apartment. The lost cell phone was on the table in front of me and Sargent was by my side, his tongue hanging down from the side of his mouth. The room was quiet except for the slight ticking of the clock on the living room wall.

Tick, tick, tick. A sense of curiosity came over me like a bad hangover. Should I search through the phone? No, it wasn't right. It wasn't mine to look through. With one hand I began to run my fingers through Sargents hair while with the other, I brought the phone closer.

On the front screen, there was a picture of a group of friends, maybe they were a family. Didn't give me much idea about who the phone belonged to though. But, one quick look couldn't hurt right? I picked up the phone and held it in my hands securely, if I dropped it then I would be in deep shit. I was about to unlock the screen when the phone went off.

It began to ring and vibrate in my palms. I put the phone back on the table and watched it dance around, the ring tone playing loudly. I let it ring and ring and ring. It must have rang 3 more times until I decided to answer. I heard someone answer.

"Hello?"

"Hello?" I said. My heart was jumping inside my body.

"Hi, do you have my phone? I left it at 'The Ivy' by accident." He said.

"Uh, yeah. I found it while I was cleaning up."

"Do you work there?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm a waiter."

"Oh great." His voice rose. "Can you leave it somewhere so that I could go and pick it up?"

"Well, thing is I'm not at work anymore. I'm at home." I said. By then, my heart began to beat at the normal rate.

"Are you busy right now?"

"No." I knew what he was going to ask next.

"Can you meet me somewhere so that I can pick it up?" He asked.

"Yeah, sure. Do you know where 'The Bamboo Café' is?"

"Yeah."

"Do you want to meet up there?"

"Yeah, that'll be great."

"Okay, bye."

We hung up and looked at Sargent, giving off a sigh. I was still in my work uniform and felt dirty after a long day so I took a quick shower to clean off. By the time I got out of the shower, it was nearly time to leave. Quickly after getting dressed, I went outside to head for my car but realized that I was missing something, the cell phone. I got the phone and drove out to meet the owner.

Pulling up to the Café, I didn't know what to expect. I walked inside the dimly lit building and looked around. No one in there looked like they were waiting for anyone. Everyone was either with a friend or on their laptop.

I walked deeper into the establishment and decided to get a cup of coffee while I waited.

"Can I get a regular coffee, please?" I asked the woman behind the counter.

I took my wallet from my back pocket and slid out fifteen dollars. A little pricey for coffee, I think. After I handed the money over, I was left to wait for my drink. I looked around the place and noticed a small rack of magazines to my right. It had "Auto Digest" to "Vogue" all kept neatly.

There was one in particular that caught my eye though. The small headline read: "Check out where we caught Kendall Knight and Jo Taylor acting very cuddly!"

I smiled to myself when I saw the small picture of Kendall on the magazine corner. It was a little hard to believe that that was the man I had recently waited on. My coffee was handed to me and I took a seat near the back of the place.

The small bell rang, signaling the entrance of a customer. I looked over and saw a man wearing a blue running jacket, blue jeans, and sunglasses that hung down from his shirt collar. It was Kendall and I figured it was him who lost the phone since he stood at the entrance looking around the place. I signaled him over with a wave and he made his way through the maze of tables.

"Hey. Did I talk to you earlier about my phone?" He asked with a warm smile.

"Yeah." I smiled back.

"Great, thanks for being able to meet me. I didn't know if you were busy with something so..."

Kendall took off his jacket and placed it on the back of the chair. I could see that his arms and chest were very well shaped by the way his shirt clung to his body. Kendall sat down on the opposite side of me and placed his glasses on the table.

"You were our waiter, right? At the restaurant? Logan." He asked. His big green eyes looked at me. For a moment I went weak at the knees.

I reached down and took the iPhone out of my pocket and slid it across the short table.

"Oh yes, thanks a lot!" A big smile crawled onto his face. Once he had the phone, he started to look through it.

"Don't worry, I didn't steal any of your numbers or anything like that." I joked.

"No, I know. I trust you." He smiled at me again. Every time he smiled, his eyes would narrow slightly and his lips would curl upward, revealing his dimples. It's the most pleasant thing anyone could witness.

"You're not reading this are you?" He asked while his hand reached for the open magazine on the table. The page was set to his and Jo's picture.

"Oh yeah. I was flipping through it."

"What are they saying now? Did we break up again?" We both laughed at his comment.

"No, just talked about you and her at a basketball game. It's weird" I said.

"What?"

"There are millions of people in that same stadium doing the same exact thing you and her are doing, watching the game. Yet, it's somehow more important or exciting when celebrities do it."

"Yeah, that's Hollywood. People want to constantly know what you're doing and who you're doing it with." Kendall explained.

"Yeah." There was a silence between us.

"So, are you working on anything now? Like, movie wise?"

"Uh.."

"Can I ask or is that top secret stuff?" I joked.

"No, its okay. I'm not doing anything now but sometime soon I'm gonna be filming a remake of the movie "Red Dawn."

"Let me guess, its about the military or something?"

"Yeah, well, a World War III invasion of America type of deal. How'd you know?"

"I think I remember watching the original movie"

"Are you into, like, war movies at all?" He asked.

"Not really. I'm the more independent, unknown, offbeat movie kind of guy."

"I don't mean to sound arrogant or into myself but have you seen any of my films?"

"I don't think so" I said.

More awkward silence.

"Alright, well, now that you have your phone back. I guess I'm going. I left my dog alone at home and he's probably chewing up the furniture by now." I stood up and got ready to leave.

"Oh cool, you have a dog? What kind?" Kendall asked. His eyes lit up.

"A cocker spaniel. His names Sargent."

"Oh yeah? I have a German Shepherd named Apollo and a Puggle named Boomer."

"A what? Puggle?" I asked confused. I've never heard of a puggle.

"Yeah, it's a new dog breed. They crossed a pug and a beagle and out came a puggle. They're supposedly the "Hollywood dog." I was amazed to hear this quite frankly. They actually had a designer dog? What is the world coming to?

"Wow." That's all I had to say about that.

"Do you ever take your dog to La Cienega park?" Kendall asked.

"No, why. Should I?"

"It's a good place to take any pets you might have." Kendall explained.

"Every weekend they have, like, a special doggy playground where dogs could go and be dogs, you know?"

"Really? That sounds cool."

"You should really check it out this weekend. It's a great place to just go and hang out with your dog."

"I don't know, maybe."

"Well can I give you my number and, if you want, I'll go with you and show you around this weekend." Kendall took out a small card from his wallet and wrote down his number on the back then handed it to me.

"I'm not going to write my name on it cause if someone sees it then I'll be getting calls from random people."

"Are you sure you want to give me that? I mean, you don't really know me." I asked.

"No, I trust you. You didn't steal any of the numbers on my phone, remember."

I took the card and placed it in my pocket.

Soon, Kendall and I split ways. He went his way and I got in my car and headed home.

But, before I drove that extra block home, I stopped by what probably is the last Blockbuster store in LA and walked inside. I went up to the lady in a blue polo shirt with the store logo on her left breast and asked for all the movies they had with Kendall Knight. The list was not fairly long so I picked the all the movies they had. This was going to be an interesting night.

Kendall's POV:

Was I early? Maybe I was late but Logan wasn't here yet. I looked around the room and saw anybody that looked like they were waiting for someone until I noticed a guy sitting by himself near the back. He waved at me and I knew that was who I was looking for. I walked over to him and greeted him with a handshake.

"Hey. Did I talk to you earlier about my phone?" I asked.

"Yeah." He smiled warmly at me.

"Great, thanks for being able to meet me. I didn't know if you were busy with something so..." It was so hot inside the building. I had to take off my jacket or else I'd cook alive.

"You were our waiter, right? At the restaurant? Logan."

Logan reached down and took my phone out from his pocket and placed it in front of me.

"Oh yes, thanks a lot!" I took the phone and unlocked the screen. Had the email from my publicist come in yet? I was waiting to hear if I was cast for an upcoming movie role. There were no new messages in my mailbox.

Next, he told me that he hadn't seen any of my numbers and I believed him. He didn't look like the kind to do something like that. I looked up from the small screen on the phone and saw an open magazine on the table. There was a big picture of my girlfriend Jo and me. We were at the Lakers game, I think. I can really remember. I took the magazine and read some of the article. Probably more rumors about a breakup that never happened. I was sick of reading things that were completely false.

We started to talk about the things that went on in front of the camera lens and what not. I was surprised to hear that Logan wasn't at all the Hollywood type. He didn't understand why celebrities were such fascinating figures out there. I hardly knew myself so I decided not to try and explain.

He asked about future movie roles and I told him about the latest one I was set to do. Somehow, conversation turned to the subject of pets that we owned. Logan let me know about his cocker spaniel. I asked if he'd ever been to La Cienega park. That's a park a like to take my dog, Apollo, for walks and just to play. He'd never been there. Or so he said. I gave him my number in case he wanted to go this upcoming weekend. I know, I know. Probably not the smartest move on my part but there was something about him that made me want to give him my number. He seemed like he was a cool and laid back person and I wanted to hopefully hang out sometime.

Afterwards, Logan left and so did I. I had my phone back. I was so happy that it was in my hands again. I didn't know what I'd do if I ever really lost it. After meeting up with Logan and getting the phone, I went home to tell Katie the good news. I had almost forgotten to call my mom back but luckily I had my phone back so I could call her soon.

"Hello?" My mom answered.

"Hey mom, it's me Kendall."

"Hi honey. How are you?"

"Good."

"Yeah? Everything okay?"

"Everything's fine, mom." My mom constantly needed assurance that everything was good. She did worry a lot about Katie and me but I let her know that everything was great.

"You called and said to call you back. Is something wrong?"

"Well, your uncle is really sick. He's in the hospital right now."

"Are you serious? What's wrong?"

"I don't want you to worry but he had a stroke. He's okay now but the doctor say that he's going to have to spend a few days in the hospital so they can run some test on him and well, I was hoping you and your sister could come up this weekend to see him."

Wow, this was all a shock to me. I wasn't expecting this at all. I knew I had to go, no questions asked.

"Okay, yeah. I'll let Katie know and then we'll get back to you, okay?"

"Okay, let me know soon."

"I will."

"I love you."

"Love you too, mom."

After we hung up, I told Katie what I was told and we decided that the best thing to do was go and see our uncle. It was the least we could do for him since he took care of us when we were younger.

"Oh wait!" I thought to myself. "I told Logan that I'd take him around the park this weekend. Damn."

I couldn't just call my mom and tell her that I wasn't going, that wouldn't be fair. Family is more important. Okay, I knew what I had to do.

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