Logan was coming out of the pool after having spent some time with Carlos and swimming a few laps. When he looked up he saw the naked chest of one of his friends not even a few inches away. Man, James was hot, there was no denying that. Why he called himself The Face and not The Body was beyond Logan's understanding. He was rudely interrupted in his musings by a loud voice who was calling his name, repeatedly. "Logan! Logan! LOGAN!" "Huh?" Finally his gaze settled on the face of his best friend. "Compliment me, Logie." "WHAT?" Once again James could recognize the smaller boy getting red. This was becoming a habit. "Oh, come on, compliment me. Can't be too hard, don't you think?" "Why should I … Nevermind. Your hair looks good today."
The pretty one flicked his hair in a trademark gesture but then scowled at the older one. "That's what I thought. Your compliments are unoriginal. That's what we work on today." "Ok, either you are absolutely crazy or it is no wonder I suck at dating. Man, it's only like the second lesson and I'm feeling completely ridiculous again. My compliments may not be original but they get the point across, don't they?" "Logan, I'm teaching you this because I like you. You told me you wanted your crush to notice you; I'm making sure of that. If you're different from the rest you'll get noticed, easy as that."
Logan contemplated this for a moment and saw the logic behind it. He had realised the last two days that James was a lot smarter than he gave him credit for. It wasn't just instinct, a natural born ladies man. No, there was some theory behind it. And James was aware of this and even could explain and teach it. He thought about the compliments for a moment and then asked: "Ok, when I say Your hair looks good, it's boring. What about … You should call yourself The Body and not The Face?" James grin widened. "Thanks, Logan. And yes, that would be better. I say we train that just by ourselves, come on over there at the desk."
Logan once again was turning red and stood rooted to the spot. He should compliment James the whole afternoon? Not that he would have trouble finding something, but still, this seemed a little too close for comfort. Maybe he would accidentally spill something he wasn't ready for? But the thought alone that he could make James look happy, like with his latest compliment that was a thrilling thought. "Logan, you coming?" James was already sitting at the table over at the other side of the pool. He wondered why Logan kept blushing. This wasn't typical, was it? Had he just never realised it or was it something new?
"So, how do we do this? I mean, you're the competent teacher, after all." Logan complimented again. "I thought, we just watch the other people at the pool and you tell me on what you would compliment them. It's not as embarrassing because I thought going over there and telling them would be too much." "Oh, thank god. You're right, I wouldn't have done that." The next few minutes the two sat there and watched the people on the pool deck. James would point someone out and Logan had to formulate a compliment. It was easy. Coming up with creative things was just like formulating a sentence for an essay. After having learned the basics – find something other than hair and clothes – he easily pleased James with his ideas.
"Wow, Logan. You're a natural at complimenting people." "Well, without your help, I wouldn't even know that one can compliment other things than hair. But you know, with your hair it's just too easy. It always looks perfect. It really begs for compliments." James gave a beaming smile as answer. "You don't look too bad yourself. Even if I would style your hair differently, maybe spike it up more." Logan grinned at him. "If you want you can style my hair tomorrow. I'll even let you use Cuda stuff on me." "No way! Great. That's a deal." Logan was really happy with himself. He hadn't only successful complimented his best friend but also flirted a little with him and got some positive response.
The two friends stayed at their table for some time but had stopped with the teaching, just spending time together. James tried to get Logan to agree to a makeover but the smart one wasn't really into the idea. "I hated the clothes I wore because of the swagger app. It just wasn't me, I feel fine the way I am." He tried to explain to the pretty one. "Ok, compromise, let me do your hair and we'll see if you don't want the matching clothes. Naturally, we would stay true to your style, just in a better way." "I can live with that. I'm hungry, wanna see if Mama K has dinner ready?" "Sure let's go."