Chapter 25: Fucking Poles

James was in a foul mood. A horrible mood. A just plain awful mood. Why? Here's why: He only got four hours of sleep the previous night, he ran out of his Cuda spray and Cuda shower gel, he had no more Honey Nut Cheerios, he had to sit in the middle of the limo ride to Rocque Records; he absolutely hates the middle seat but of course everyone that morning was pissing him off, he was off key in every song they sang, was off beat with each dance Mr. X taught them and he forgot to pack a lunch.

To top it all off, Gustavo has been on his ass ALL day, screaming at him for no apparent reason. Okay, this time Gustavo had a reason, but come on! James was on his last nerve here. He really was. And his friends could see it too; that any minute, he was going to explode and that wouldn't be good. Especially if Gustavo ate the bait and got even more angry which would lead to James being even more angrier and yeah... that wouldn't be good.

"DOG! THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS: IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW, THEN LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL EVERYTHING ON YOU IS WORKING RIGHT. DO YOU HEAR ME?"

Carlos and Logan, who were standing between their tall friend, felt him tense him and the air around him thicken with fury. "Uh..." Logan squeaked out softly while Carlos leaned into Kendall who was standing beside him.

"Oh..." the Latino murmured as he stared at James whose face, like Gustavo's, was getting red. Kendall sighed; he knew it wouldn't last long. James keeping everything in and trying to not snap at everyone. The blonde gave his friend props though. Usually when the brunette had less than 6 hours of sleep, it was hell for everyone every second. But the boy lasted 2 hours, even with Gustavo yelling at him. Kendall was impressed.

But now their boss made James snap and well, hell for everyone has started.

"LISTEN HERE PORKY! I'VE ONLY HAD 4 HOURS OF SLEEP OUT OF 24 HOURS. I'VE MISSED BREAKFAST TO COME SLAVE AWAY HERE WITH YOUR YELLING ASS AND HAVE A RAGING STOMACH ACHE BECAUSE I'M STARVING AND HAVE BEEN DANCING NON STOP THE MOMENT I GOT HERE-" the brunette tugged off his ear phones and threw them on the floor, making his friends wince. "-I'M SO FED UP WITH YOUR STUPID BITCHING SO I'M LEAVING- JUST LIKE YOU WANT ME TO- AND WILL BE BACK WHEN SUPPOSEDLY MY HEAD GETS ON STRAIGHT. WHICH IT AREADY IS!"

With that James angrily stormed out the sound room, slamming the door hard into the wall and storming out of it. Carlos immediately ran after him who was followed closely by Kendall. Logan gave a speechless Gustavo and Kelly an apologetic look before running after his friends. The smart boy caught up to them where they were standing in the hall, James punching the wall while Carlos rubbed his back soothingly.

Logan walked up to hear Kendall asking James if he wanted to go out and get some food since he hadn't eaten anything. The raven haired boy stepped up next to Kendall while staring wearily at a furious James.

"Did you hear him, James? We can go out and eat something if you want." the Latino murmured quietly and earned a curt nod from his tall friend. Kendall nodded too.

"Does Mcdonalds sound nice?"

James heaved a sigh and moved away from the wall. "Yeah. Sorry guys. I'm acting like a baby." his friends walked next to him as they exited the building.

"No, it's understandable." Logan said and Kendall patted James' back.

"Yeah, I mean you only had 4 hours of sleep and you still went to work with Gustavo. Such a soldier." James chuckled at that and Carlos grinned, happy that James was slowly easing out of his angry zone and becoming more like James James. Not yelling James or pissy James.

Outside was sunny and warm, but a cool breeze was moving and the four guys had smiles on their faces. "So." Logan spoke as they crossed the street. "After breakfast, are we going to go back to Rocque Records or... what?"

James sighed and looked at Kendall who met his eyes. The blonde immediately saw that James really didn't want to so he shook his head. "Nah. We'll go back home. Maybe stop by the store and get James some more Cuda shit and then let him have a nap. Carlos, you can call Kelly and let her know what we're doing after we're done eating."

Carlos, who had been looking at Kendall when he was talking, nodded and looked back to the front. Only to see a big pole that James was walking towards without knowing. The brunette was thanking Kendall and turned back around only to smack right into the pole. Carlos had his mouth open to warn his tall friend but it was too late.

Logan and Kendall winced at the sound of James hitting the pole. "James, are you okay?" the smart boy asked timidly, slowly inching towards his friend. James stood there rubbing his forehead looking stunned. Then a nasty scowl had suddenly taken over his gorgeous features and he hissed some curses between his clenched teeth before hitting and kicking the pole. "Fucking pole and them being in my damn way!"

His friends stood there, their turn being stunned as they stared at their friend throwing punches and kicks to the pole. Then Carlos pulled out his helmet that came from no where, plopped it on his head, gave it its famous double slaps before attacking the pole as well. Logan's jaw fell before dropping to the floor when he saw Kendall stride forward and too began hitting the pole.

That poor street light... but his friends poor feet and hands... Logan could hear James still cursing and could see Kendall and Carlos giving the street light all they were worth. The smart boy could also see people staring at them but the three boys didn't seem to care.

Logan sighed before stepping forward between the spot between James and Kendall before giving the pole a hesitant kick. Oh jeez, was he really going to do this? In public?

But he was with his friends and they all had no problem beating the pole with everything they had. Especially James who seemed really into it, curses still streaming out his mouth. Good Lord, the boy'd put sailors to shame. The smart boy sighed, shook his head before beginning to kick and hit at the street light. Might as well join them. 'Sides, they were doing this for James. All the stuff the boy has been through all morning, it was the least they could do.

Since the boys were too focused on their task (including Logan who instantly got into beating the pole) they didn't see some of the people in the crowd take out their phones and record them. They definitely didn't see the two girls known by the names of Lucy Stone and Camille Roberts were in the crowd as well, giggling together about how this was going to be posted on their fan site.

And possibly more.

A/N I swear this sounded way more funny in my head. Oh well. Hope you all liked this anyway. =)

P.S To the people I said I'd give them a shout out: I'm gonna go crazy on all of ya'll (in a good way) on the last chapter. =) For now, thank you all so much for the reviews! -a thousand hearts- They mean a lot to me! =)

-Jaya