Chapter 8

"Ready?" Kendall suddenly whispered to the others. James nodded, and Carlos just shrugged, unsure if he could go in or not. Kendall got out of the car with no hesitation, and James followed after. Carlos glanced at the two older boys before following their actions, too. The three walked in quietly, not knowing what to say. They were scared. Scared for Logan and themselves.

Kendall opened the door for the other two, and the three finally arrived in the waiting room. A nice looking nurse with "Amber" on her nametag came to assist them. "May I help you?" She asked quietly.

James froze when he heard the nurse's words. Logan always told them to say "may I" instead of "can I". When James asked for anything, Logan had always replied, "Can you?"

"Logan Mitchell." James told Amber when he snapped out of his trance. The nurse didn't look fazed one bit. She probably had seen hundreds of people like this daily. Amber nodded and told the boys to follow her.

Kendall stared at the ground, his eyes staring into the white tile floor. He focused on all the different designs on the tiles, thinking hard about each one. Anything to get his mind off of Logan.

James stared at the nurse, not knowing where else to look. If they were in a different situation, James would have flirted with Amber. But with Logan in the hospital, James didn't dare do anything to make himself happy.

Carlos looked around the small hallway, looking at all the door numbers. He wondered what Logan's number would be. When they finally stopped in front of a brown wooden door, Carlos saw the numbers "227". 227. 227.

"Here you go, boys." Amber said sympathetically, opening the door and then walking away. James took a deep breath and walked in. He took one step into the room, and saw Logan. Logan just laying there. Like nothing was wrong.

"Logan?" James whispered hopefully. But Logan didn't open his eyes. He didn't respond. James wanted to shake Logan until he woke up. Shake him until Logan woke up from whatever deep sleep he was in. James couldn't believe Logan hadn't told them. Logan hadn't told him that he knew something was wrong. That made James angry. Did Logan not trust them after more than 10 years of friendship?

"Boys. I see you've come to see Logan." The three spun around to see a doctor standing right behind them. The doctor smiled, but it wasn't a happy one.

Kendall nodded. "What's wrong with him?" He demanded. The doctor didn't looked taken aback at all. He was trained to deal with people who were so concerned they were aggressive.

"Boys, I believe I have some bad news about Logan. We, as in the doctors, ran some test, and found that they all lead to the same thing. I'm sorry boys, but Logan Mitchell has rabies."

Kendall closed his eyes and took a deep breath. This was his fault. He should've known there was something bothering Logan. He should've asked about it. Kendall was expecting this, because he had a feeling that all the symptoms Logan were having matched the disease. Rabies. Stinking rabies. But he didn't expect it to be true. It was confusing, but Kendall wished he was just overreacting when he thought Logan had rabies. But he wasn't.

James clenched his fists into balls. How could Logan have rabies and not know about it? James hated rabies now, and he suddenly had a hatred for animals. He couldn't remember what animal had bitten Logan. But maybe that was another of Logan's many hidden secrets. Logan hadn't told them something was bothering him. He was way too... well, James couldn't explain it. He didn't want them to worry, right? James thought that was stupid. Logan was stupid to think he'd get away with it, and that they wouldn't care about what bothered him.

Carlos stared at the doctor in shock and grief. Rabies? Carlos wasn't the smartest guy in the group, but he knew that rabies was a horrible disease. People died from it. Carlos couldn't imagine what they would do if Logan died. What he would do. Kendall would obviously join a hockey team, James would be a model or actor or singer, but what would he do? Logan couldn't die. Carlos wouldn't be able to live happily again if he knew that Logan died because of rabies.

"R-rabies?" Carlos whispered, his voice full of hurt and fear. His eyes watered, and he ran out of the room. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, away from the doctor. Away from Logan. Away from Room 227.

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Kendall and James sighed sadly as they watched Carlos run out of the room. They had expected something like that to happen. Kendall turned to the doctor, asking for more information.

"Will he live?" It was the first question that popped into his mind.

"Rabies is a very rare disease to have in America. Usually, people all have been vaccinated. But it appears that Logan hasn't. People who are diagnosed with rabies have a 10% chance of survival. I'm sorry to say, but Logan's no exception." The doctor explained. Kendall stood agape. Ten percent chance of living? That was like, nothing. Logan was surely going to die. But that couldn't be true. This couldn't be happening.

James shook his head slowly back and forth. No. No. No. He couldn't listen to anymore of this. "I'm going to find Carlos." He said quickly, and jogged out of the room. Out of Room 227.

Kendall sighed. "Is there anything you can do?" Kendall turned back to the doctor. The doctor sighed.

"We'll try our best. If Logan's strong enough, he can live through this. It also depends on how long these symptoms have been going on." The doctor said. Kendall thought for a minute. They had just found out that Logan had been afraid of water for some reason. But Carlos told them it happened days ago.

"Almost a week." Kendall replied, clenching his jaw. Was that good or bad? Was that good for Logan's survival?

"Well, that's a pretty long time. But not too long. You guys sent him here at the right time."

Kendall nodded thankfully. "Logan's been hallucinating, and he's afraid of water now for some reason. Today was the first time he'd choked, or whatever he was doing." Kendall told the doctor. The doctor nodded.

"Definitely rabies. I'm sorry, Kendall." He replied sadly. These boys were too young to be suffering these types of pain. Knowing that their friend was probably going to die wasn't something anyone wanted to experience. "I'm so sorry." He repeated.

Kendall bit his lip. "Being sorry won't solve anything. Just because you're sorry, doesn't mean Logan will survive!" He yelled, not caring if he woke anyone up in that hospital. He felt sudden anger and remorse towards the world.

"I know, Kendall. I know." The doctor replied calmly. Kendall calmed down, too, and sighed.

"I'm sorry, doctor. It's just so hard, you know?" The doctor nodded and pulled Kendall into a hug. He didn't reply because he had didn't know. He didn't know at all how it felt for your best friend to be dying.

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James ran out of the room, and down the hallway. "Carlos!" He cried out, worried about where his youngest friend was. "Carlos! Where are you?" James was getting even more worried now. Carlos was nowhere to be seen. Where could he have gone?

James checked all the waiting rooms, and all the bathrooms. He even went on the roof, but Carlos wasn't in any of those places. James checked with the nurses, and asked them if they'd seen anyone like Carlos. None of the nurses said anything helpful.

The hospital was huge, and James didn't think he could walk through all of it. There were 12 levels, and each level had about 100 rooms. How could he know where Carlos was? He could be anywhere in this building, in any of the 12 levels. In any of the hundreds of hallways.

"Carlos, where are you, buddy?" James whispered to himself, hoping Carlos would answer him. But of course, Carlos didn't. James kept on wandering every hall he could find, but Carlos was nowhere to be seen. But James kept on going. He wouldn't give up.

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Carlos ran and ran and ran, not caring where he was going. Logan was dying, and he could do nothing to stop it. Logan had rabies. Where an animal bit you and you went crazy. Sometimes forever. Carlos didn't want to think about what would happen if Logan went crazy.

Carlos got on the elevator, and pressed a random button. When he arrived, he sprinted out and kept on running. It was then that he remembered that he had no clue what button he'd pressed. And for some reason, he'd forgotten Logan's room number. Was it 113? 223? 777? He had no idea. He had no clue where he was. That was when Carlos suddenly felt scared to death.

Where was he? He walked through the maze of hallways, and found he was one level 10. But which level was Logan's? He had completely forgotten. Carlos slapped himself mentally. He was so stupid. How could he forget Logan room number and the level he was on? He was so stupid. So stupid. He knew no one who could be as oblivious and dumb as he was right now.

He reached into his pocket to get out his phone, and sighed when he found it wasn't there. He was really forgetful; he always forgot his phone, and this was no exception. He promised himself that he'd start bringing it from now on, in case of an emergency like right now or when Logan started choking. Carlos shuddered at the horrible and disgusting memory.

Carlos had no idea where all the nurses went. They were probably all taking care of people. The hallway Carlos walked down didn't have any patients in it. Carlos wondered why, but he knew it wasn't important.

"Guys, please come find me." Carlos whispered into the dim lit hallways. He felt tears in his eyes after all that had happened. He felt fear because he had no clue where he was, concerned and worry over Logan, who could die easily, and confusion. He had no idea what was happening. All he knew was that he was lost in some halls, with no clue as to where to go.

A/N- RABIES! Some of ya guessed it, and some of ya didn't! Well, who cares, cuz you all know what's wrong with Logie now! And as for the facts, I try to Google them online, so some of them may be incorrect. And you guys could kindly point them to me... if ya want to! Thanks!

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