A/N: Hey guys, new chapter time! I've finished all my exams so hopefully I'll be updating a heap more now :) also, I'm gonna upload one of my bromance one shots, so if you want you can go and check that out :)
Chapter 7: Scared
"I guess we'd better call James' parents," Logan said with a sigh as he, Carlos and Katie watched Mrs Knight talking to the receptionist. "get them here to see him,"
"Both of them?" Carlos asked "But they can't stand to be near each other,"
"Yeah, but if this is serious, then his parents'll need to sign for the doctors to operate on him if they need to." Logan explained.
"What?" Carlos turned, horror struck, to face his best friend.
"Well, if his injuries are serious, the doctors'll need his parents' permission to help him," Logan told him, and Carlos looked at him, wide eyed as Mrs Knight approached.
"I'm afraid we can't visit James until the morning," she informed them "the hospital staff are still keeping an eye on him-"
"Are they really gonna operate on him, Mama Knight?" Carlos asked, his brown eyes wide "Please tell me Logan's lying!"
"I honestly don't know sweetheart," Mrs Knight said "the doctors will have to wait until he wakes up to see if he's in any pain, and then they'll see if he needs an operation,"
"Oh my god," Carlos said in a small voice, fiddling with his hoodie strings.
"Look sweetie," the woman put a comforting hand on Carlos' shoulder "there's no point in worrying yourself up about it now. Come on," she said to the kids "lets go home and get some rest."
The drive back to the Palm Woods wasn't long and the party of four was walking through the lobby, only to be confronted with a very flustered Jo.
"Guys! Mrs Knight! Katie!" Jo cried "I was just up knocking on your apartment door, Kendall and I had a date and I-" she took a quick glance around the group to find that it was missing two members "where is he? Where's James?" she saw Carlos' face fall, and tears form in his eyes, and Logan put a comforting arm around his shoulders as the smaller boy sniffled "Was it something I said?" she asked, and Logan shook his head,
"Kendall and James are in the hospital," he explained to a shocked Jo "Kendall's being treated for mild cuts on his head and shock, and James is comatose, they're waiting for him to come to before they get a diagnosis," Jo was silent as she took in Logan's words,
"So, they crashed the-?" Logan nodded wordlessly and Jo gasped, her hands over her mouth as tears formed in her eyes.
"Oh Jo, sweetie!" Mrs Knight gushed, opening her arms and pulling the petite blonde into a hug, stroking her hair as she sobbed "It's OK, everything's gonna be fine," Jo pulled away from Mrs Knight, wiping at her tears.
"I guess I'll let you head home, I'll see you later,"
"Alright, sweetie," Mrs Knight said gently "and Jo, you're more than welcome to come to the hospital tomorrow and see the boys,"
"Thanks, Mrs Knight," Jo gave a half smile leaving the Knights, Carlos and Logan to head back up to the empty apartment. Mrs Knight and Katie bid the boys goodnight, even though it was only 7pm, and shut themselves in their rooms.
"You tired yet?" Logan turned to Carlos, who had put his beloved helmet on and was fiddling with the straps.
"I don't know," he said in a small voice.
"Me neither," Logan replied, and the two wordlessly sat down on the orange couch, the silence thick in the room and both boys absorbed in their own thoughts. Soon, however the silence was scaring Carlos, and he looked to Logan.
"Logie?" he asked timidly, his hands on his helmet strap, twisting anxiously.
"Yeah, bud?" Logan turned to the shorter boy, trying to smile.
"I, uh, I think I'm gonna go to bed," he told him, and Logan nodded.
"OK," secretly, Logan was glad Carlos was going to bed, he figured anything would be better than this hell of a reality right now, even dreams. The two boys bid each other goodnight and shut themselves in their bedrooms, and Logan sighed as he pulled on his pajamas; he prayed that he'd be able to sleep tonight, but he highly doubted it, he knew he wouldn't be able to stop thinking about Kendall's attack, and James, lying in that hospital bed, unconscious, maybe even inwardly bleeding to death, without anyone knowing. Logan shuddered as he rolled over in bed, and he looked up as he heard a knock on his door. Light seeped through as the door opened just wide enough to allow the shadow of Carlos' head to poke its way into Logan's room.
"Logan?" he asked in a whisper "Are you awake?"
"Yeah," Logan responded, sitting up "what's the matter Carlitos?"
"I, uh, I can't sleep in there without James," he sniffled "I'm scared without him,"
"Oh Carlos," Logan sighed "me neither, I miss Kendall too, do you want to sleep in here? I'm sure Kendall won't mind if you sleep in his bed,"
"Thanks Logan," Carlos said, letting himself in and crawling into Kendall's bed. "Good night,"
"Night Carlos," Logan said, lying back down. A few minute of silence passed, during which Logan stared blankly up at the roof.
"Logie?" came Carlos' tentative voice, and Logan let out a sigh of relief,
"Come here," he said, moving over. He felt the bed depress slightly with Carlos' weight, and soon the smaller boy was curled up in his arms, breathing calmly. "Better?" the genius asked.
"Yeah," Carlos nodded "sorry, this is probably weird,"
"No," Logan replied "it's nice to know I'm not alone,"
"Me too," Carlos replied "night Logie,"
"Night Carlos," Logan said, and so the two fell into a calm sleep, safe with each other.
A/N: Naw! Poor Carlitos! Anyway if you guys wouldn't mind reviewing, that'd be amazing, and I shall now hesitantly upload my one shot and pray you guys don't think it's crap :)
