Kendall, James and Logan were playing videogames when Carlos burst into the apartment and exclaimed: "I just heard the most amazing pickup line. Jett was thrown into the pool for it. It was great! Guys, listen. Are you that beautiful or do you remind me of myself?" He laughed loudly, just thinking about it again. The other three stared at their friend and then started to chuckle. The image of Jett's attitude and the pickup line together was just too funny.
Finally Kendall said: "I'm just happy that pickup lines don't work with him. I've never seen anybody who can make them work other than you, James." "Yeah, that's right. I tried to use one last week with Mandy, or Sandy, and they just huffed and went away." James cringed when he heard that. "Carlos, what did you say?" "If I followed you home, would you keep me?" Logan, Kendall and James once again stared at the boy. And then all four boys burst into laughter.
"Oh god. No wonder that didn't work might as well have used one with the comparison of an angel." Gasped James. "Nonono. I once used Would you touch me so that I can tell everyone that I've been touched by an angel? and Camille slapped me but also blushed and smiled all day. "Logan told the others. But Carlos shook his head. "Camille is strange, she doesn't count. I bet she would have found it great even if you had used the oldest one possible." "Was your father a thief? Because someone stole the stars from the sky and put them into your eyes. Did you mean that?" asked Kendall but Carlos answered: "No. I meant the other one. Your legs must be tired because you've been running through my mind all day." This started another round of laughter.
The four boys were thinking about cheesy pickup lines for another half hour. There was an endless amount of these and to the utter horror of Kendall, Logan and Carlos; James could tell them many that had worked for him. They couldn't believe that he got away with some of these. Logan laughed with his friends but also was a little intimidated. How could he expect to make an impression on his best friend when he was so experienced? And if he could get girls with these lines he sure as hell wouldn't want a plain boy. But it had been sure from the beginning that it wasn't an easy task to make James notice the smart one of his best friends. He just needed to try harder.
At night, when everybody had retired to their rooms, James was sitting on the couch, zapping through TV channels and was kind of bored. The program on TV was getting worse and worse. That's when he heard someone come up behind him. The person leaned over the back of the couch, tilted his head so that his mouth was exactly at James' ear and whispered: "I have another pickup line. Wanna hear?" Then Logan propped himself up, came around the couch and plopped right next to his friend. James cocked his head. "Out with it."
Logan grinned at him and then looked at the couch. Then he tilted his head so that he was looking up at James though his eyelashes. "I had a pickup line ready but then …" Now he looked at the ground, blushed and shyly looked up. "…then I looked at you and I forgot because you are so beautiful." He bit his lip and directed his gaze once again at the ground. To his amazement James also blushed. They sat there for a second in an awkward silence, then Logan looked up and their eyes locked. The moment was over and they both started laughing loudly. Finally James gasped for air and told his smaller friend: "I think you rocked that line. Dude, this was awesome. I really need to remember it. You had me falling for that for a second. Awesome!" Logan grinned. "I know. It's great, but you gotta deliver it right. That's why I think you can't use it. Overly cocky people can't use it, sorry!"
The pretty boy boxed his friend slightly on the arm for that but didn't argue. He knew that he couldn't make it as believable as Logan. Wow, for one moment he had thought Logan was meaning it. If the smart one kept this flirty behaviour up it might get awkward really fast. The pretty boy could understand that Logan needed some training but … No, that needed to stop. Tomorrow he would insist on Logan flirting with girls.
Logan, however, was exhilarated at the reaction he got from James. Never had he thought that this line would work that well. It had looked like his best friend had believed him for a moment. Wow. Finally there was some progress. He just needed to keep that flirty behaviour around James and maybe this could lead to something. Oh, hopefully, James would see him in a new light.