Undying Love

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Recap:

"Fuck that, I'm not going," Carlos spat.

Logan dropped his phone right out of his hand. He was silent for a moment, but then he recovered and stepped out into the living room with his keys and phone.

"What do you mean 'you're not going'?" Logan exclaimed. "James-,"

"-means nothing to me," Carlos replied, pure hate in his voice. He looked Logan dead in the eye as he reclined in the orange couch, not moving a muscle. "I couldn't care less what happens to him."

Logan was shocked beyond belief. "Well I'm going. You know why? Because regardless of recent events, James is and has been one of our best friends since we were little. And I actually care whether or not he lives or dies. Honestly, Carlos, I don't know what made you such a giant dick, but you need to realize it before it's too late." Logan put emphasis on 'before it's too late' and walked out the door, not even bothering to look back at Carlos. His only priority was getting to the hospital to make sure James was okay.

Chapter 14 – Wake Up

It was dark out by now, and Logan was forced to turn the radio in his car on to block out Carlos from his mind. What had come over the once extremely happy go-lucky Latino? The one that Logan fell in love with…

As Logan parked in the hospital parking lot, he took a deep breath. With an unconscious friend in the hospital and a jackass-infected boyfriend, he had a lot on his plate.

"James, be alright, James be alright, James…" he chanted softly as he scurried to the front desk of the hospital.

Kendall had been there for at least an hour now. The physicians were able to determine that James did overdose, but he wasn't dead. As far as Kendall was concerned, he was just glad James wasn't leaving him and the guys.

"James, if you can hear me," Kendall squeezed James' hand, which was free from the sheets over his body. "Come back to me buddy. Please…"

"Mr. Knight, another visitor is here to visit Mr. Diamond," informed the nurse.

"How's he doing?" Logan asked, taking off his jacket and laying it neatly across the guest chair and walking over to Kendall's position besides the hospital bed.

"Well, he's alive," Kendall shrugged.

"Thank God," Logan looked over James' unconscious body; the only sounds filling the room were the sounds of the monitor's beep…beep…beep.

"Why would he do this, Logan?" Kendall combed back some of James' voluminous brunette hair, revealing his closed eyes with elegant eyelashes.

"I'm guessing guilt," Logan replied. "He felt as if he was nothing but detrimental to (primarily) us, so he thought it would be best to just eliminate himself."

Kendall stayed silent, and Logan respected the silence. The atmosphere was sullen, and neither boy spoke for a while.

"Where's Carlos?" Kendall asked, finally turning from James and looking up at Logan.

Logan felt a smidge of anger for a quick second but he managed to dissolve it quickly. "I informed him of the situation and he didn't want to come. I just left and came here without him."

Kendall sighed. "But it's been a while; you'd think he would have come around…"

"Whatever the reason he's decided to go into douche mode is on him," Logan snapped. "I don't know; he's not the Carlos I fell for…"

"But you two just got back together…" Kendall added.

"All good things must come to an end eventually, eh?" Logan shrugged.

Kendall's eyes enlarged greatly. "Logan, you're not saying…!"

"I don't know, Kendall, I don't know. All I do know is he better get his act together or we will be reevaluating our relationship."

Kendall was silent for a second. "He'll come around, Logan."

"His ass had better if he knows what's good for him…" Logan rolled his eyes. "But enough about him. We're here for beauty queen here. I'm guessing they already pumped his stomach?"

"Yeah, they found a bunch of different pills in him. They said he was lucky he didn't die from the overdose."

"Overdoses are nothing to play around with," Logan said softly. "They're right. He truly is lucky he didn't leave here. I assume he won't feel lucky, though."

Kendall glanced at him questionably. "By that you mean?"

"Well, it was a suicide attempt, so I can only assume that he wanted to pass away. So when he wakes up, he won't feel lucky at all."

The nurse suddenly entered the room. "Visiting hours are about to end, but if you would like to stay overnight, I can grab something for your comfort," the cheeky nurse offered.

"I'll take it," Kendall insisted. "Logan, you don't have to stay, you can go if you want-,"

"What I want-," Logan began, placing a hand on Kendall's shoulder, "-is to stay here and support my friends. I'm staying right here with you, Kendall."

"Appreciate it, Logan," Kendall smiled.

"I'll grab something for the both of you, then?" the nurse piped up.

"We'd appreciate it, ma'am," Logan thanked politely.

[ THE NEXT MORNING ]

As most people did when they fell asleep in an uncomfortable position, Kendall awoke from his slumber with one heck of a crook in his neck. It honestly hurt like hell.

He hurried out of his seat and checked on James, who was still in the same position as before. Kendall sighed, knowing that James wasn't awake yet. He ran over to Logan, who was also sleeping in an uncomfortable position. He shook him several times before Logan started to stir and awake.

"W-what's going on?" Logan yawned.

"James isn't conscious yet," Kendall said.

"He's not?" Logan squinted. "That's unsatisfactory. Well, I'm starving; do you want to go to the vending machine room with me?"

Kendall shrugged and followed Logan out of James' room down the hallway into a decent-sized room chock full of different vending machines.

Once they both had stocked up with food, Logan started talking.

"Kendall," Logan said to his friend. "Did James ever tell you why he did what he did?"

"Yeah," Kendall replied. "Because you and Carlitos were…a bit noisy…?"

"He told me that too, but now, I'm starting to think that was a bunch of bull. If and when he wakes up, I'm getting his real motive from him."

"Well, what do you think this 'real motive' might be?" Kendall scratched his head.

"I don't exactly know, but I know it wasn't because of the noise. Not all of it, at least. It has to be something much more selfish if it's giving him this much guilt."

"Mr. Knight? Mr. Mitchell?" the cheeky-faced nurse popped her head into the vending room where the two boys were conversing.

"Yes?" Kendall replied, feeling a bit perky.

"Mr. Diamond, he's finally awake," she said with the most heartwarming smile either boy had ever known.

"Incredible!" Logan exclaimed. "Kendall he's awake-,"

He noticed that Kendall was already high-tailing it out of the room back to James' room, and he quickly gathered his food and followed suit.

"James?" Kendall cried when he finally saw James' bright eyes looking back at him. He crushed the freshly-awaken James in a bone-shattering hug and held him close. "I'm so happy you're back. Don't ever do that to me again."

Logan scurried into the room, breathing heavily from going so fast.

"Wait," James hugged him back. "You guys aren't pissed at me for attempting suicide?"

"Oh, no, I'm pissed as hell," Kendall admitted. "I want to break your face in, but I'm too happy that you're conscious again for me to do anything…yet…" Kendall smirked deviously.

"Logan!" James called Logan over. "Thanks you guys for coming and being here for me though."

The door opened and closed, and all three boys peered to see who it was that had entered the premises.

James' mouth dropped. "Carlos?"

To be continued.

Preview for next chapter:

Logan leaped out of his seat into Carlos' face. He started jamming his index finger straight into Carlos' chest. He was pissed as HELL.

"What the hell are you doing here, Carlos? I thought you didn't care. I thought this meant nothing to you. What the hell made you come here?"

"Logan, I'm sorry, but shut up," Carlos ordered, causing Logan's expression to change dramatically. "Can you and Kendall please leave for a sec? I have something important to talk with James about."