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Chapter 15: Family Portrait
Kendall was sitting in the living room with Logan and his dads. They were sitting in a tense silence. It had been two hours since Kendall and Logan had arrived to find the two men here. Logan had explained everything to everyone, separately. He started with Kendall. Sebastian and James, who Logan had called over, kept David and Jonathan busy.
Logan had told Kendall that David and Jonathan had raised him, but he had a mother because neither of them could get pregnant. David was his biological dad, but Jonathan was just as much his father as David was and Logan loved him just as much. They never lied to Logan about who his birth mother was. She had been David's friend, Joanna, and she offered to be the egg donor and carry the baby. Logan had gotten to know her at a young age and he called her mom. David and Jonathan didn't mind, they liked that Logan had a positive female role in his life.
However, as Logan got older he grew apart from his fathers and closer to Joanna. He rebelled against them and Joanna was the one who had given Logan the money to move to L.A. with James after he turned eighteen. David and Jonathan hadn't been happy about that. Logan in a vain attempt to get his their approval bought the big house after his fame took off. He had spent his whole life trying to impress David and Jonathan, but everything he did they didn't bat an eye at.
David was a doctor and Jonathan was a lawyer and they liked big things, at least when they bought them. Logan could've had a huge house made on a private island and David and Jonathan wouldn't bat an eye. Hell they'd probably ask if there was more or if that was it. They'd want a bigger island if possible. Joanna was just the complete opposite of them. She was a real estate agent. She was caring and supportive of Logan and his dream. He had always told him to shoot for the stars, he might miss sometimes but that was part of life. She told him to go for it and not sit back and wonder what might've been. She hadn't like the house Logan had bought, but understood why he did.
After that Logan had then gone off to talk to his dads telling Kendall to wait for him to come get him. He had to sort some things out with them. Kendall had agreed and sat in the kitchen with Sebastian and James. From what Kendall heard from the yelling Logan told them that he had met Kendall after he broke up with his ex Dustin, and things got a little out of control. David started yelling saying that he had raised Logan better than that. Jonathan however seemed a bit more calm. He didn't yell as much. He was just that Logan had knocked Kendall up already and hadn't told them. Logan also had to explain that he and Kendall weren't engaged, jut moving in together. That seemed to set David off and James explained things a bit to Kendall why they were angry and how they'd be just as angry if they were engaged and not to take it personal.
That then led to the four of them sitting in the living room together. James had left after he got a phone call. He had apologized to Logan and left in a hurry. No one was talking and Kendall wasn't sure what to say. He was uncomfortable. David and Jonathan didn't seem happy that he was pregnant.
"So," Logan said drawing the word out as he looked at his dads. "How long are you in town for?" he asked.
"Probably just the night," David said.
"Oh come on dad, you can't be that mad," Logan said looking at Jonathan for help. When he didn't say anything Logan sighed. "I just wanted to figure things out before I told you. I mean we didn't expect things to go this fast. We just wanted to figure out where this was going and before we knew it Kendall told me he was pregnant and things just got a bit out of control and Kelly was upset and wanted us to keep this under wraps for as long as we could," he explained.
"Yet, you told Joanna," David said.
"Look I was going to tell you, but I was trying to find away to keep you guys from getting too mad," Logan admitted, "besides Joanna is better at keeping secrets than you two. I mean the world knows who my dads are and if they were bragging about being grandparents and with me being your only kid they'd eventually put two and two together," he said.
"So lying to us for months is what you do," David snapped. Kendall flinched slightly at the tone, but Logan remained unmoving. He seemed to be used to this.
"I didn't lie, I just didn't tell you everything that was going on in my life," Logan sighed rubbing his temples. Kendall could tell he was getting a headache. He was starting to get one himself.
"Call it what you will it's still lying and we taught you better than that," Jonathan said.
"Does the fact that you're going to be grandfathers really upset you when just a few years ago you were asking me when I was going to make you grandparents?" Logan asked annoyed. Then something seemed to click for David and Jonathan. They looked at one another with a smile. Logan grinned and saw the confused look Kendall had. He leaned over to the blonde. "They've always wanted grandkids, I guess it didn't click until now. I think they were focusing on the lying part," Logan said.
"So have you two thought about names yet?" David asked.
"Not yet, we were waiting until we found out the gender, but now that we're having twins we've got two names we need to come up with," Logan said.
The door bell rang and Sebastian answered it. Logan and Kendall both excused themselves from the room while David and Jonathan chattered excitedly about the babies. Neither of them seemed to notice that Kendall and Logan left. They both walked out to the hallway where Sebastian was talking to someone. Logan smiled and ran up to her.
"Mom," he said smiling at her.
"Logan," Joanna said hugging him back just a tight. Kendall stood back and let them interact while Sebastian excused himself with a smile to Joanna.
"Mom this is Kendall," Logan said turning to the blonde. Kendall smiled slightly and waved at her. "Kendall this it my mother Joanna Henderson," Logan said. He walked over to the blonde and pulled him over to Joanna.
"It's nice to meet you," Kendall said politely.
"I saw your press conference, am I too late?" Joanna asked.
"They're here, but I talked them down don't worry," Logan said waving his hand.
"You should've told them from the beginning," Joanna said shaking her head.
"Please, they'd find something wrong with it. They always do," Logan muttered. "They're in the living room," he added.
"How are they now?" Joanna asked.
"Better, I mean once I reminded them that they were finally getting grandbabies they got excited," Logan said shrugging.
"Well that's good," Joanna said.
"Come on dad will want to see you, but pa might be mad that you knew and didn't tell them," Logan sighed.
"You told them that I knew?" Joanna asked.
"Might've slipped out," Logan mumbled looking anywhere but at Joanna. Joanna just shook her head with a small smile tugging at her lips. The three of them made their way to the living room where David and Jonathan were talking. David looked up as they walked into the room.
"Joanna," David said standing up.
"David," Joanna greeted him with a smile. Jonathan looked up at her as well. "Jonathan," she said in greeting.
"So Logan's told you we're going to be grandparents," Jonathan said smiling at her.
"Yeah, and I would've told you but he said he was gonna do it," Joanna said sending Logan a small glare.
"I was gonna tell them eventually," Logan said shrugging. Joanna shot Logan a look and he closed his mouth.
Joanna started talking to David and Jonathan who were in a significantly better mood. Kendall was thankful for that. It made the atmosphere lighter and it was easier to breathe. Logan and Kendall sat down on the couch while the other three continued to talk.
"Any names at all?" Joanna asked looking at Kendall and Logan.
"We haven't really talked about them yet, we were waiting to see what we were going to have and then talk names, but now we're having ad boy and a girl," Logan said. Kendall just nodded his head. They hadn't really thought of any names.
Sebastian walked into the room and looked at Kendall. "Sir, your friend Carlos is here with two women who want to see you. They are claiming to be your mother and sister," he said. Kendall jumped up and ran from the room. He reached the door and saw his mother Jennifer and his sister Katie standing there with Carlos right behind them.
"Mom, Katie," Kendall said smiling at them. He threw his arms around his mother as Logan walked down the hallway to them.
"We were coming for a visit and we arrived at your apartment and Carlos said you were in the process of moving out," Katie said. Kendall let go of his mother and nodded his head as he gave Katie a hug as well. It had been awhile since he had seen them both.
"Yeah, Logan and I are moving in together," Kendall said.
"Logan?" Jennifer asked.
"That would be me," Logan said making himself known to her. Jennifer looked at him.
"Mom, Katie this is-" Kendall started.
"Logan Mitchell?" Katie asked her eyes wide. Kendall smile and nodded his head. She was a teen after all and in love with Big Time Rush like Carlos had been before all of this started.
"Yeah, Carlos talked me into auditioning for them to be their guitarist and things just happened," Kendall said looking at his best friend who was grinning.
"So you're really pregnant, this isn't a joke?" Jennifer asked looking at Kendall.
"Yeah mom I'm pregnant with twins," Kendall said nodding his head.
"I'm going to be an auntie for reals?" Katie asked excitedly.
"For reals," Kendall said laughing.
"Well, you three are welcome to stay for a bit, I mean my parents are here too and we're just talking about the babies," Logan said politely.
"Ok," Jennifer said nodding her head.
"What about you Carlos," Kendall said turning to his best friend.
"Can't, I was just showing them where to go. My mom and dad are here too, but we'll just head out to dinner tonight and you can visit with them another day," Carlos said. Kendall nodded his head and Carlos left. Kendall led his mother and sister to the living room. He introduce them to the Mitchells and Joanna.
"It's nice to meet you," David said politely to Jennifer.
"Yeah, it's nice to meet you as well," Jennifer said with a small smile. Kendall sat down on the couch while the four adults chatted about becoming grandparents. Soon the four adults were sitting and just talking about boring things that couldn't keep Kendall's attention.
Kendall turned to his baby sister and grabbed her hand and left the room with her sending Logan a look that told him to stay. Once they were in the hallway and walking towards the kitchen Katie spoke.
"Why didn't you tell us that Logan Mitchell was the father of you kids," she asked.
"I wasn't sure how to tell you guys, I mean obviously people think it's a big deal," Kendall said shrugging.
"Yeah it's a bit deal, he's Logan Mitchell one half of Big Time Rush," Katie said throwing her hands up.
"You're not gonna go all fan-girl right now are you?" Kendall asked looking at his baby sister pointedly.
"No," Katie said.
"Carlos is dating James, or was I don't know," Kendall said slowly. He wasn't sure what had happened with the Latino and the pretty boy. They had a big fight and he thought Carlos said something about it being over, but they'd probably talk it out.
"What do you mean was?" Katie asked.
"I think they broke up, but I'm not sure," Kendall said.
"Oh, man I knew I should've come out to L.A. with you guys," Katie sighed.
"You're too young," Kendall said.
"I'm eighteen," Katie argued. They walked into the kitchen which was empty. They both took a seat at the counter and sat down.
"I know that, but this place crushes people and you have to finish high school first and I thought you planned on going to college to keep from giving mom a heart attack cause I didn't do college," Kendall said.
"You seem to be doing fine, I mean you've got Logan Mitchell as your boyfriend things can't be that bad for you, and yes I do plan on college there are schools in California," Katie reasoned.
"I know that, but look at me I knocked up because we moved a little to fast," Kendall said. It wasn't a complete lie, but he couldn't tell his sister the truth. He had to keep up the lie even with his family so he'd be able to say they had no idea if the truth ever came out.
"Ok, I'll give it a few years," Katie sighed.
"Good girl," Kendall said patting her head.
"I'm not a dog," Katie said annoyed. Kendall just laughed at that. The two continued to talk about L.A. and Katie's dreams to come out here.
"Where are you and mom staying?" Kendall asked after a bit.
"Just some hotel near the airport, we'll be fine don't worry," Katie said waving her hand dismissively.
-Better than I Know Myself-
Logan was sitting in the living room with his parents and Kendall's mother. Kendall and Katie had left. Kendall had probably wanted to talk to her alone for a bit. That had been about ten minutes ago. Logan excused himself from the room and went in search of the blonde. He found him in the kitchen laughing with his sister.
"There a reason you left me alone in there?" Logan asked looking at Kendall.
"Yeah, it was boring and I wanted to talk to Katie," Kendall said shrugging. Logan just rolled his eyes, but his smile cancelled the action out.
"Pop star," Katie said getting his attention. Logan looked over at the young girl. "You may be famous but if you hurt my brother or the babies I will kick your ass," she threatened.
"I don't plan on it," Logan assured the younger Knight. Logan saw Kendall smile slightly at that. Logan really didn't plan on hurting Kendall though. He cared about him and wanted him to be happy not sad or upset. Logan was getting in over his head and he knew it. He wondered if Kendall knew it.
He joined the two Knight siblings and started to talk with them. He watched them too. They were close and Logan could tell that Kendall was enjoying his sisters presence. He seemed to be a bit calmer with her around. Katie was just like Kendall, she was easy to get along with, but he could tell she had a temper and was protective of her brother like he was of her.
"So Kendall tells me that he came out here for Carlos is that true? Is he really that selfless," Logan asked after a bit.
"Yep, he's the kindest person I know," Katie said.
"Yeah I thought so," Logan said nodding his head.
"What wrong with worrying about others? I mean Carlos needed someone out here with him who knew him. Otherwise he'd never stay focused or have a steady roommate," Kendall said.
"He doesn't have a roommate anymore," Katie pointed out.
"You know what I meant," Kendall said glaring at his sister. Katie just laughed and nodded her head.
"There's nothing wring with caring about others, but if you don't care about yourself over others this town will crush you," Logan said.
"Who ever said I wanted to be a part of this town?" Kendall asked.
"You did when you agreed to be our guitarist," Logan said. Kendall opened his mouth and closed it.
"Carlos talked me into it," Kendall said shrugging.
"You had to have wanted it on some level if he was able to talk you into it," Logan stated.
"I love music," Kendall said nodding his head.
"He does all throughout high school he was writing songs with his boyfriend before he left for L.A. before Kendall did," Katie said.
"Ex boyfriend and I haven't heard from him in years," Kendall said.
"Whatever they had all these sappy love songs about falling in love and all that," Katie said laughing and moving away from Kendall as he tried to swat her upside the head.
"You're a song writer too?" Logan asked.
"He's a triple threat," Katie said.
"Triple?" Logan asked.
"He can sing, play guitar, and write songs, the only thing he can't do is dance," Katie said.
"Shut up," Kendall said his cheeks going red as he glared at his sister even harder than before. Katie just laughed at that.
"I could never learn the guitar, my dads made me take piano lessons when I was younger. I think they wanted me to play classical music but you can see how well that turned out," Logan said grinning. Katie nodded her head. "I'm decent on the drums, but I only took a few lessons to piss my dads off," he added.
"I have no musical ability that all went to Kendall," Katie said.
"But she'd a good little actor, she's gotten me into trouble with her acting. She can play the perfect innocent victim and get off the hook," Kendall said.
"Well you know better than to cross me big brother," Katie said crossing her arms over her chest. Kendall just leaned over and ruffled her hair. Katie's smirk fell and it was her turn to glare.
The three of them eventually made their way back out to the living room where their parents were still talking and getting to know one another. The three sat down and joined in the conversation.
"I've got a question," Kendall said looking over at David, Jonathan, and Joanna. They all gave him a nod to show that they were listening. "What was Logan like as a kid. I mean I want to know what I am in store for with these two," he said looking down at his stomach.
"He was a brat," Joanna said.
"I couldn't agree more," Jonathan said smiling at Joanna.
"He was not, he was just a bit high stung," David said.
"He was a brat, he learned to say no from James and that was his favorite word and we couldn't break him of the habit until he got older," Jonathan said. Kendall laughed at that.
"Ok we don't need to talk about this," Logan said his cheeks red.
"I need to know so I can prepare myself to deal with your kids," Kendall said teasingly. Logan turned to Jennifer.
"Well then it's only fair that I ask what Kendall was like," Logan said.
"He was my wild child," Jennifer said.
"Really now?" Logan asked looking over at Kendall.
"Yep, by the time he was two he was climbing into everything and making messes everywhere he went," Jennifer said.
"Ok you're making that up," Kendall said.
"I am not, if Sylvia was here she'd say the same thing cause Carlos was the same way and your partner in crime," Jennifer said looking at her son.
"Ok so I was a bit wild but I grew out of it," Kendall said.
"Yeah, then it was sneaking out of the house every weekend to go to a party," Jennifer said.
"Not every weekend," Kendall said crossing his arm over his chest.
"Logan and James were the same way, they'd leave Saturday morning and not get back until almost six sometimes seven in the morning the next day," David said.
"Well, yeah all the cool parties lasted all night," Logan said defending himself. Kendall laughed and nodded his head.
-Better than I Know Myself-
Kendall followed Logan up the stairs. His mother and sister had left a while ago and Logan had set his parents up in the two guest rooms down stairs. He didn't want them all driving home this late at night. They were all welcome to stay a few nights if they wanted.
"Well this night has been interesting," Kendall said.
"It's about to get a little more interesting," Logan said.
"What?" Kendall asked looking over at the brunette.
"We have to share a room, otherwise they might think something is up," Logan said lowly.
Kendall stopped walking for a moment before he nodded his head. Logan was right, if they wanted this charade to work they had to play the part. They had to act like a loving couple for this to work. Tonight had been easy, they had both of their families there and that explained the lack of couple-y affection.
They both continued up the stairs with Logan leading Kendall to his bedroom. Once there Kendall saw his bag already there. Logan had probably told Sebastian to bring it there earlier.
The room was pretty big. The walls were white and had posters of bands and movie posters on the walls. It had a big king sized bed in the center. There was a dresser against the left wall next to a door. The dresser was cluttered with random trinkets and picture frames. There was another door on the right side of the room. Kendall looked around the room and saw a touch that could only be described as Logan here. He could tell Logan put time into making his room a place for him. This was probably the most homey room in the house.
"Bathroom is right there," Logan said pointing to the door on the left side of the room. He then grabbed his bag and entered the bathroom. He changed and walked out and saw Logan sitting on the bed. He took his turn in the bathroom and Kendall took his chance to look around.
Kendall moved around the room looking at the different posters on the walls. Some of the movie posters were Stephanie's movies and others of that nature. Kendall could tell Logan really seemed to like horror movies, but there were a few comedies up here. There was nothing wrong with a good laugh and it meant Logan had a sense of humor. Most of the posters were movies Kendall had seen and loved as well. The band posters were some bands that Kendall liked while some where band he had never heard of.
Kendall then moved over to the dresser and looked at the pictures Logan had there. Two of them in particular caught his eye. One picture was of Logan with Joanna. Logan was smiling a big smile that reached his eyes. Joanna was smiling too as she had her arm around Logan's shoulders. In the background there were trees and people and even a dog. Kendall could tell this was a candid shot of the two. It was something taken on the spot. No planning seemed to be involved. Kendall could tell that both Logan and Joanna were truly happy here. Kendall liked this picture. The other one that caught his attention was of Logan, David, and Jonathan. It was a professionally done picture. Logan was standing behind David and Jonathan. He was smiling, but it was nothing like the other picture. His smile almost seemed forced and faked. David and Jonathan seemed to be oblivious to the forced smile behind them too. The picture just seemed posed.
"That's our family portrait," Logan said. Kendall jumped and turned to face Logan. He set the picture down.
"I'm sorry," Kendall said.
"We look happy there don't we," Logan said walking over to the picture. He picked it up and looked at it. "That was taken about a month before my eighteenth birthday, after they told me they thought me and James coming to L.A. wasn't smart. This picture portrays a happy family, but that's one thing they were good at it. Faking it, make us seem perfect and normal," he said.
"What do you mean?" Kendall asked.
"Were you not listening earlier, nothing I do is good enough for them, but their my dads I can't hate them," Logan said.
"Why don't you just talk to them," Kendall asked.
"I've tried, but they only hear what they want to hear. You saw how mad they got when I lied. I mean they totally pushed out the thought that they were going to be grandparents until I mentioned it," Logan said shaking his head. He the looked at the picture of him and Joanna. "I like this one better, it's more honest," he said picking it up.
"You do look more happy there," Kendall commented as he looked at the picture once more.
"This was taken on my eighteenth birthday. She had told me she believed in me and would help me and James to get up here to L.A.," Logan said.
"Your dads didn't believe in you?" Kendall asked. Logan set the picture down and moved over to his bed and sat down.
"They wanted me to be classically trained," Logan said shaking his head.
"I can't tell you that I know what you're going through my mom has always supported me in everything I did," Kendall said as he sat down beside Logan. He placed his hand on his back. "I do know that things won't change unless you talk to them and let them know how you feel," he said as he rubbed Logan's back lightly.
"They'll never change Kendall," Logan sighed.
"You don't know that, it seemed like they wanted to be a part of your life tonight. I mean they came all the way up here to talk to you, just give them a chance," Kendall said.
Tada another update. I feel like I've been lacking on Kogan so you got a complete chapter for them. I hope you all liked this. I had fun with it and Logan's parents will play a role in the next chapter as well. I really like this and how it turned out.
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