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"Mrs. Knight you really don't need to do this, I can just go home and rest. I don't want to be putting you out," Logan said clearly embarrassed by the whole situation. He hated people fussing over him and this was getting ridiculous.
"Logan you are never putting me out, you will never be a bother," Kelly said as she raided the cupboard looking for the thermometer. "And I will not send you to a home alone while you're sick."
"I'm always home alone, I'm used to it Mrs. Knight," Logan said.
"Hmmmm," Mrs. Knight said clearly not impressed by that, "Okay put this in your mouth." She said and held the thermometer close to his mouth.
Logan looked at it confused for a moment and then took it from her hands and put it under his tongue. Kelly smiled comforting at him, understanding that he must be feeling extremely uncomfortable at the moment.
"You need to relax, the thermometers not going to blow up or anything Logan," Katie laughed at her older brothers friend.
Logan just glared at her, "I know that."
Kelly laughed as she raided the cupboards again to find your basic cold medicine, flannes, dry biscuits and anything else she thought the sick boy would need. She honestly wasn't sure how sick Logan was. He looked horrible and it pained her to see him like this. But she also knew that Logan wasn't going to make this easy, because he was very independent, thanks to his no good father. Kelly really wanted to give that man a piece of her mind for neglecting such a sweet boy like Logan.
The thermometer beeped and Kelly took it from Logan, "101. That is not good Logan."
Logan looked down embarrassed. He wanted to be a doctor when he was older, he knew enough to know that was bad, "Nope."
"Okay so what hurts?" Kelly asked sympathetically and sat down next to Logan putting a comforting hand on his knee which Kelly didn't miss the flinch he returned. Logan looked down avoiding eye contact.
"And the truth please," she asked when he didn't reply straight away.
He sighed, "I have a bad headache, and I feel a little sick. Like I'm going to hurl. But that's about it. It's probably just a cold."
Kelly frowned, "Probably, but I don't want to take chances."
"What do you want with all the blankets mom?" Kendall yelled from the living room.
Mrs. Knight quickly entered the living room leaving Katie and Logan in the kitchen.
"Okay well I figured because you and the boys are so stuck on staying with Logan I thought you could camp out sort of in here until… well I don't know when I'm going to be able to get rid of Carlos and James." She laughed.
"Too true," Kendall smiled.
Kendall and Mrs. Knight ended up setting up the living room so the pull out coach facing the TV was set up for two people to stay on, a mattress was placed on the ground at the bottom of the coach and to the left a bed was set up on a normal coach for Logan so he was slightly separated from the others. But not by much. The room was full with many blankets and pillows, Mrs. Knight had really gone all out. Usually when the boys came over (which was often) she just let them crash wherever they wanted. Kendall's bedroom, the living room. They were teenage boys who she had given up on a long time ago trying to make sleep at a decent hour. Luckily though, Kelly trusted all the boys. They were responsible and sweet, she was grateful everyday all the boys were trust worthy. Sure they cause some mayhem and get into trouble now and then, but she knew she could always trust them too look out for each other and stay safe.
"Okay Logan now it's time to medicate you," Mrs. Knight joked and directed Logan to the kitchen once again.
"So do you think Logan's gonna be able to handle mom?" Katie asked Kendall.
"He handles me James and Carlos doesn't he," Kendall said.
"True, true." Katie agreed.
"And we are back!" Carlos yelled as he and James bombarded the house.
"Three minutes to spare!" James hi-5 Carlos.
"Boys!" Mama Knight yelled from the kitchen with Logan.
"Sorry Mama Knight." Carlos and James said in union.
"Did you get it all?" Kendall asked.
"Yep, we went to Logans and packed a bag for him. Then we went to mine and James. We just needed sweats though." Carlos said.
"Thanks guys," Logan said and took his bag from the guys.
"Dude did you get hit by a bus?" Carlos asked Logan after seeing how bad he looked.
"Ha. Ha," Logan laughed clearly not amused and went to the bathroom to change.
"What's the conclusion Mama Knight?" James asked when Logan was out of ear shot.
"I'm not sure. Defiantly sick, not sure how bad. Sicker than he is leading on though. So keep a close eye on him, he will slip up," Kelly said.
"Slip up?" Kendall asked.
"Yes slip up, and when he does I will have no reason not to mollycoddle him." Mrs. Knight grinned.
The boys laughed, "Mom I think you're enjoying this too much."
"I don't want him to be sick. But he needs someone to take care of him," She said easily.
Kendall rolled his eyes. "Don't worry Mama Knight, we feel the same way." James agreed.
"We'll keep an eye on him," Carlos said.
"Knew I could trust you boys." Kelly smiled and gave each boy a kiss on the head.
"Okay… so what now?" Logan came out of the bathroom, dressed in a white V-neck t-shirt and black sweat pants. He looked extremely pale and clammy. It pained the boys to see their best friend who was always so smart and independent so sick and fragile.
"Okay you on the coach," Kelly said as she steered Logan towards the coach, "I have that set up for you. There's a bucket on the ground in case you feel sick. If you need anything at all wake me up."
She gave Logan a kiss in the forehead which he was very not ready for. She then turned to the boys, "Get in your Pjs, put on a movie, relax and be good."
"When are we not good Mrs. K?" Carlos asked innocently.
She laughed, "Be quiet. And look after him," She added when she kissed Kendall goodnight.
"Goodnight," She said, "Katie you too." She added and went upstairs to bed.
"Okay, get better Logan. Night guys. Good luck." Katie said and too left.
15 minutes latter each boy was dressed for bed. James and Kendall shared the pull out coach, Carlos the mattress on the floor and Logan the coach with the bucket. James had decided to choose the movie and they were now watching Jurassic Park one of his favorite movies.
20 minutes into the movie the boys were starting to slowly drift in and out of sleep, which was weird for all of them considering they usually stay up to all hours of the night. However Logan was starting to feel a little… weird, was probably the best way to phrase it.
"Umm, guys…" Logan said sitting up.
"What's wrong Logan?" Kendall asked getting out of his bed and approached Logan cautiously.
Logan paled and Kendall handled him the bucket his mum had left out for him, within seconds Logan had his head in the bucket spewing his guts out.
"Ugh, that is disgusting," Carlos stated. Carlos had moved from his mattress on the floor to James and Kendall's bed as to keep away from the vomit.
James punched Carlos arm lightly, "You good buddy?" He asked Logan.
Logan continued to have his head in the bucket but when he had finished replied, "Does it look like it?"
James and Carlos cringed, "Stupid question." James muttered.
Kendall stood next to Logan and started to rub circles on his back, "James go get mom."
James nodded and quickly rushed out of the room coming back within seconds with Mama Knight who was tying her dressing gown around herself. "Oh Logan honey are you okay?"
Logan looked up and smiled embarrassed, this was a lot worse then he thought.
Kelly looked at him sympathetically, he must be so embarrassed, "Come on sweetie, we'll get you cleaned up."
Mama Knight took Logan's hand and led him to the kitchen but not before shouting, "Boys, do not touch the bucket I'll clean that up in a minute."
"Yea, because that was my first thought. Touch the bucket that Logan hurled in," Carlos said and Kendall slapped him across the head.
There was silence for a few minutes when James asked, "Why didn't Logan tell us he was this sick?"
Kendall just shrugged. "What if playing hockey made it worse? What if we made him really sick? What if he dies and its because of us!" Carlos asked getting a little hysterical.
"Carlos. Chill," Kendall said, "Logan is not going to die."
James agreed, "No Logan is not going to die, but he is an idiot."
Carlos and Kendall laughed and went back to their respected beds. Logan came back in with Mrs. Knight, looking a lot better than he did when he left and she helped him back into his 'bed'. She handed him a new bucket and took the old one to go clean.
"Okay boys, be good. Logan remember, call me if you need anything," She smiled warmly at them and left the room.
"So you okay Logie?" Kendall asked.
"Better now, Mrs. Knight gave me something to settle my stomach. So now I might be able to sleep," Logan said.
"Well that's always good, I think we'll just turn the movie off. Get some rest," James said.
"Agreed," Came Carlos voice from the floor.
The boys sat in silence for a while before Logan spoke up, "Oh Kendall?"
"Yep?"
"No matter if I'm sick, dying, or hurling my guts out. My name is and never will be Logie."
Kendall laughed, "Noted… Logie."
The next morning Logan woke up with his head hurting and a sore throat. He looked around to find it was only 4:30am. Fantastic he thought.
He looked over at his friends, Carlos had for some reason fallen asleep with his helmet on (Logan couldn't remember if he had been wearing it when they went to bed) had his right leg hanging off the mattress and was slightly drooling. James was to the far left of the pull out couch he shared with Kendall, curled up in a small ball and Kendall was lying on his stomach mouth slightly apart. He had to admit, his friends looked very peaceful, and he really didn't want to wake them.
So quietly Logan got up from the coach and went to the kitchen to get some water to try and settle his stomach, however took his bucket with him as he was pretty sure the medication Mrs. Knight gave him last night has worn off. He got a glass of water and sat at the table.
God he hated being sick, he was usually such an independent person. He had to learn to be independent thanks to his father. He really missed his dad sometimes, he was always so wrapped up in his work nowadays he barely knew he even had a son. He knew his dad still loved him, its just after the death of his mother his dad couldn't handle it. His way of dealing with her death was to bury himself in work. Logans way was not to trust people. When you started to trust people that's when you really got hurt. The only people he ever really trusted were Kendall, James and Carlos, and sometimes even then he wasn't completely sure. This whole being sick, was not agreeing with his independence. He looked after himself, he had for many years. Having Mrs. Knight and all of his friends see him like this and too top it off look after him was very degrading.
Sure he had seen his friends in similar positions. He had spent a lot of time with Kendall when he had glandular fever and was hurling his guts out. He had helped James when he needed to get his needle and had watched him freak out. And he had been at Carlos's countless times when he had woken up after a nightmare where Logan comforted him. So his friends weren't going to judge him, he knew that. But he still didn't like it.
"Logan, sweetie are you okay?"
Logan jumped when Mrs. Knight came up to him and placed her hand on his forehead. He hadn't even heard her come in.
"Logan? Sweetheart, are you okay?" She repeated concerned. He was warm, that was never good.
Logan blushed he wasn't used to Mrs. Knight gentle touch or affectionate nick names. It thoroughly embarrassed him, "Yea, I'm fine Mrs. Knight." He said avoiding eye contact.
She smiled sympathetically and took his chin in her hand making him look at her, "Honey, It's 4:30 in the morning and you look pretty horrid."
Logan sighed, "Yea well…I don't remember ever being this sick before."
Kelly smiled and pushed his brown hair out of his eyes affectionately, "I know sweetie, this must be hard for you."
Logan blushed and looked away from her.
She sighed, "You know Logan it's alright to be sick. You don't have to act tough in front of me and the boys."
Logan blushed deeper, "I know," he muttered.
"I know you're not used to someone fussing over you but believe me. I don't mind, it's what I do. I'm a mom. So for a little while you're going to have to put up with me and the boys mothering you for a bit," She smiled and he continued to blush.
They sat in silence for a few moments when Logan said, "Thanks Mama Knight. Its good to know you care."
She smiled and kissed his forehead, "As if you were my own son. Now I think its time we make you feel better."
Logan nodded, and Mrs. Knight gave him some cold and flu tablets along with something to settle his stomach. She then proceeded to change the sheets on his coach and then led him back to it, "Okay you relax and I'm going to make some chicken soup."
She turned on the TV, knowing if she didn't do it Logan wouldn't in fear of waking up the boys. She handed him the remote and headed to the kitchen to start the soup.
Logan flicked through the cable eventually settling on the Simpsons. However within the first few minutes had fallen asleep.
James woke up and checked his watch, it was nine in the morning. He looked around the room, Logan was asleep on his coach. However it looked as if he had fallen asleep watching TV because he was sitting up his head hanging down, it looked very uncomfortable. Next to him Kendall was asleep on his stomach, his mouth hanging open slightly and Carlos was asleep barely still on his mattress.
"Oi, Kendall. Wake up!" James nudged his best friend. Kendall slowly started to stir when James gave him another nudge on the shoulder, more forceful this time.
"AH! What!" Kendall sat up disoriented.
"Shush man," James whispered and pointed to Logan who was still asleep.
Kendall nodded and sat up rubbing sleep out of his eyes, "What's the time?"
"Nine," James stated and threw a pillow at Carlos.
"Then why did you wake me!" Kendall asked, "I could still be asleep James."
James just shrugged and threw another pillow at Carlos, "I figured it was time for you to wake up."
Kendall just looked at his friend confused, he would never understand him sometimes.
"Ugh! I'm up!" Carlos jumped up from the mattress confused and another pillow was thrown at him colliding with his face. This time thrown from Kendall.
"Shush Carlos. Logans still asleep," James said.
"Oh okay, then why are we awake?" Carlos asked.
"Because James is an idiot," Kendall rolled his eyes, "What not going to wake Logan as well James?"
"No that would just be cruel his sick."
"Yes it would, now boys keep it down Logan's just been able to get some sleep." Mrs. Knight said as she entered the room.
"What do you mean by just being able to sleep?" Kendall asked.
"He was up early this morning, his having some trouble dealing with us looking after him," She laughed.
"Because his so damn stubborn!" James said annoyed.
Kelly sighed, "Okay who wants pancakes?"
"I do." All the boys agreed leaving Logan asleep in the lounge room.
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Next chapter will include all four boys more, and will be up as soon as possible :)
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Oh and I have no idea what James' favourite movie is, I was just watching Jurassic Park at the time !