Here's chapter seven. I know it was supposed to be up yesterday, but I got stuck at work until about 2:30 am so you're getting it today. Enjoy!

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There's a lot of magic between you
and me, ain't no denying that.
And magic makes forgetting hard.
-Nicholas Sparks
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"How do you think it went?" It's Carlos that finally breaks the silence.

Logan, James, and Carlos are all sitting on the couch of apartment 2J. Kendall is out with his mother and Katie; they're having a Knight Family lunch, something that Mama Knight had insisted upon doing at least once a month ever since they moved to LA. The other three members of Big Time Rush are currently speculating how Kendall's almost-date with Lucy had gone the day before. The blonde had been uncharacteristically quiet ever since he'd returned from the outing and no one can figure out if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

"Maybe he had a horrible time. Lucy can be kind of intimidating." Carlos admits, shrugging casually.

"But she's super hot! How could he have a horrible time with a super hot chick?"

Logan glares at his taller friend. "There's more to a relationship than look, James."

"I know." The pretty boy responds defensively. "I wasn't talking about a relationship though. I was talking about a date. An almost-date at that!"

"Do you think maybe it turned into a real date?" Carlos asks. "Maybe that's why he hasn't said anything."

The boys turn silent once again as James and Carlos continue to try and figure out their blonde friend's odd silence and Logan tries to ignore the unpleasant churning in his gut at the image of Kendall and Lucy on a real date. He wanted this to happen. Had hoped that Kendall would walk in and announce to the group that he was officially dating the resident rocker chick. That didn't make the idea of it hurt any less though.

"Maybe she wanted to keep it a secret." James says. "Maybe one of them thinks we'll be jealous of him or something."

"That's dumb." Carlos retorts. "Kendall knows we'd be happy for him. Besides, it's not like there aren't other girls at the Palms Woods for us."

James nods. "I know. I just can't figure it out."

"Maybe the date was so terrible that he doesn't know to tell us? Maybe he thinks that will make things awkward since we're all friends."

James shrugs. "I don't know about that. Kendall's always told us about all his bad dates before."

Not all of them, Logan thinks, but doesn't say anything out loud. He just listens as his friends continue to discuss their different theories and tries his best to fight the urge to throw up.

"Guys." He says finally, after Carlos's particularly x-rated theory about why maybe Kendall is so quiet because he doesn't have a voice left (James looks rather scared by this theory as well, so Logan doesn't feel so bad for putting a stop to it), "Kendall's our best friend. He probably hasn't said anything to us about it because he doesn't know how he feels about it. Otherwise you know he would have said something."

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense." Carlos admits, looking relieved at the suggestion. "He just needs some time to figure things out."

"Exactly." Logan agrees before standing up and heading towards the front door. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm doing to hang out with Camille."

"Oh? Are you guys on again?" James asks.

The genius shrugs, giving the most noncommittal answer that he can. "She's…showing interest again, I guess."

"You know, Logan," Carlos has that look on his face, the one he gets when the tables are turned and he and James have to act like the parents for either Logan or Kendall, "you don't sound all that interested."

"It's not fair to Camille to lead her on like that if you're not into her." James chides and Logan blinks in shock because his pretty friend almost sounds defensive.

Logan shrugs again because James doesn't actually know the whole story and telling his friends the whole story would involve revealing more than he's sure he wants either of his two best friends to know at this point. Besides, right now he needs a distraction and Camille is a good (and willing) distraction.

"Hey guys!" Kendall walks back into the apartment, followed by his mother and baby sister. "Want to hit the ice rink?"

"No thanks." Logan says, although his whole body is screaming to say "yes," as he moves past him and heads towards the door, "I'm off to hang out with Camille." He does his best to ignore the way Kendall's face falls at both the genius' decline of the invitation and the mention of his ex-girlfriend.

Because without a distraction Logan knows he won't be able to fight this thing. This urge that he's been fighting for nearly four years. And with all the weird stuff that's been happening, he can't afford to give in to the pull to be with Kendall. He just can't.

"Dance hard, laugh more, turn the music up now!" Logan is surprised to hear the familiar words of one of Big Time Rush's songs pouring past his lips. Thankfully the hallway is empty of anyone except the Jennifer's who all turn and eye him oddly. His too focused on moving towards Camille's door to notice them though.

"Party like a rock star. Can I get a 'what now'?"

"Uh, what now?" The Jennifer's all speak in unison as they pass each other, the girls still eyeing him strangely.

"I swear I'll do anything that I have to…" His voice is strong and fierce, full of a kind of determination that is normally absent in the rather meek bookworm. He knocks on Camille's door and is glad to hear the sound of someone shuffling inside.

"'Til I forget about you."

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Kendall stands in front of his two friends, breathing heavily even though the song he'd just sung hadn't required that much energy. He feels like he's just run a marathon though. But it's the kind of strain that's emotional rather than physical. Like his emotions have run the marathon.

Before him, still seated on the couch, Carlos and James both blink in shock. This is the first time that either of them has heard either one of their other two friends sing one of their songs. In all honesty, no one had actually considered the possibility that they may end up singing on of their own songs. It's actually weird to hear the blonde leader burst out randomly into one of their own songs than it was to hear him sing something they only vaguely know.

Mostly because it hadn't been all that odd for any of the four boys to sing random bits and pieces of their own songs on a day to day basis before this whole thing started.

"Uh…" But before James can finish his thought, Kendall's voice, soft and not at all like how the song is supposed to be sung, cuts him off.

"I can't forget about you."

And there's the next chapter. Eight will be up tomorrow!