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Chapter 2: Hold Me
Kendall was having such a good time dancing and laughing, he didn't even notice when Logan and Jason disappeared into the next room. But he did notice about an hour later when he decided to take a break from dancing and he walked over to the refreshment table where he'd last seen Logan. He didn't see him by the table and his scan of the room turned up nothing. That was odd; Logan wasn't one to just wander off. As he scanned the room again, his eyes fell upon a slightly-opened door in the corner. He seemed drawn to it for some reason. He walked forward and stepped inside the room. He proceeded cautiously, a little uneasy from the spooky feel of this huge, darkened room.
"Logan?" he called, his voice echoing a little.
He received no answer. But he proceeded forward, seeming drawn by something. As he proceeded further into the room, he came upon a mattress laying on the floor. There were two ropes laying at one end, and a small puddle of white-ish fluid and what looked like blood stained the middle. What had happened here?
"Logan, are you in here?" Kendall called, getting a little worried.
This time, he received an answer.
"K-Kendall?" he heard a small voice call.
The voice seemed broken and racked with tears. Kendall walked toward the voice and came upon its source when he rounded a stack of crates toward the back of the room. He saw a small form crouched on the floor in an upright fetal position.
"Logan?" Kendall asked.
The person lifted their head, and Kendall's fears were confirmed. This crying person crouched there on the floor was his precious Logan. At the sight of Logan's face, Kendall felt his heart still for a split second. He'd never seen Logan like this. His eyes were red and puffy and his cheeks were stained with glistening tears. He had an utterly broken look on his face.
"Logan!" Kendall gasped, rushing forward to kneel in front of him.
He reached out and placed his hands gently on Logan's shoulders.
"Baby, what happened?" he asked, wide-eyed.
Logan was crying too hard to answer. He simply re-buried his face in his knees as if he were ashamed to be seen.
"Logie-baby, you have to talk to me." Kendall said gently, "What happened?"
He heard Logan say something, but his voice was muffled by his knees and he couldn't understand him. Kendall placed his hands on either side of Logan's face and gently forced his head up so he could look into his eyes.
"What happened?" he asked, very worried by now.
"I w-was r-raped." Logan cried.
Kendall's heart stilled for a second. Had he just heard what he thought he heard?
"What?" he asked in shock.
"Please don't make me say it again." Logan cried, more hot tears spilling down his reddened cheeks.
"Oh, baby..." Kendall said, pulling Logan into his arms.
Logan latched onto him and cried into his shoulder. Kendall's heart broke and he, too, fought the urge to cry. How could someone do this? How could anyone be so cruel as to hurt someone like Logan? Logan was so loving and kind and selfless. He had done nothing to deserve this.
"It hurt, Kendall." Logan sobbed, "It hurt so much."
"I know, baby." Kendall said softly, cradling Logan's trembling form gently, "It's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay."
Kendall knew he had to get Logan out of here. If the guy who did this was still around, they could possibly be in danger.
"Logan," he whispered into Logan's ear, "I need to get you out of here."
"Please." Logan sniffled.
"Is it okay if I pick you up?" Kendall asked, not wanting to lift Logan up or touch him in anyway that might possibly trigger a flashback or scare him.
Logan sniffled and nodded against his shoulder. Kendall gently switched his hold on Logan and gently lifted his small frame into his arms. He headed for the door across the room with the red-illuminated 'Exit' sign above it. He didn't want to go back through the other room and draw unwanted attention from all the other people. Exiting the building, he walked around to the front where their car was parked and he opened the back door on the passenger side. He very gently sat Logan down on the edge of the seat, facing the open door.
"I'll be right back." he said, walking around and opening the trunk.
He retrieved a blanket from the trunk and walked back around to Logan. After carefully wrapping the blanket around Logan's shivering, naked form, he bent down so he was eye-level with him.
"I'm gonna go inside and get James and Carlos, okay?" he said.
Logan nodded and pulled the blanket tighter around himself. With that, Kendall walked back into the building and made his way through the dense, dancing crowd over to where James and Carlos were dancing(and looking like complete idiots).
"Guys! We have to go!" he called over the music.
"Aw, come on Kendall, we just got here!" James called back.
"Guys, this is serious! We have to go now!" Kendall said.
"Why?" Carlos asked.
"Come over here and I'll tell you!" Kendall called.
Dragging James and Carlos behind him, he pulled them over to the door.
"Kendall, what's going on?" James asked, sounding irritated.
"It's Logan." Kendall said in a hushed voice, "Someone raped him."
The irritated look on their faces instantly vanished into one of shock. They exchanged a surprised glance before they spoke again.
"Are you serious?" Carlos asked.
"Yes." Kendall said, "We have to get him to the hospital."
They both nodded and followed Kendall out to the car, where Logan's tears had mostly subsided. Kendall bent down so he was eye-level with Logan.
"Baby, we're gonna take you to the hospital, okay?" he said gently, placing a hand on Logan's shoulder.
"No." Logan sniffled, "Please, no. I wanna go home."
Kendall, James, and Carlos exchanged nervous glances.
"Logan, I know you're hurting...and I can't begin to imagine the pain you're going through right now." Kendall said, "But we need to take you to the hospital. There could still be...evidence that they could use to catch whoever did this to you. And you need to be checked out for any injuries."
Logan sniffled as he listened to Kendall. He knew he was right, but he didn't want to go to the hospital and have people judge and doubt him just because he's a guy. Guys get raped, too; not just women.
Logan nodded silently and scooted into the back seat. Kendall breathed a sigh of relief and straightened to face James and Carlos.
"Okay, we have to get him to the hospital." he said, "James, you can drive, right?"
"Uhhh...kinda." James said.
"Good enough." Kendall said, "Let's go."
James and Carlos got in the front seats, and Kendall got in the back with Logan. As they pulled out of the small parking lot, Logan lay down and rested his head in Kendall's lap.
"It's gonna be okay, baby." Kendall whispered, lightly stroking Logan's hair.
The ride to the hospital was mostly silent. The only sounds that filled the car were Logan's sniffles and Carlos' occasional driving instructions to James. They reached the hospital in about ten minutes and they pulled around to the emergency entrance. Kendall held Logan gently in his arms as they approached the door, which Carlos held open for them.
"We need some help over here!" James called, running ahead of them.
The room was mostly silent, so his call was immediately heard and responded to. A nurse rushed over and directed them over to one of the curtained-off beds near the nurses' station. Kendall gently lay Logan down on the bed and the nurse moved over beside him to examine Logan.
"What is your name?" she asked, holding a clipboard.
"L-Logan Mitchell." Logan replied.
"And how old are you?" the nurse asked.
"S-sixteen." Logan said.
"And what happened to bring you here tonight?" the nurse asked.
Logan was unable to answer, as more tears threatened to fall. So Kendall answered for him.
"He was raped." Kendall whispered so only the three of them could hear.
At those three words, the nurse froze and looked at him with a look of surprise.
"Excuse me a moment." she said, turning and walking through the curtains.
She returned a few minutes later with a doctor, holding a medium-sized white box.
"Will you come with us, please?" the nurse said.
Kendall gently lifted Logan into his arms again and followed the doctor and the nurse to a nearby room. They entered the room and the nurse pulled the curtains over the windows to give them some privacy.
"Lay him here." the doctor said, stepping over beside an examination table and setting the box down on a nearby table.
"Wh-what are you gonna do?" Logan asked nervously as Kendall lay him down carefully.
"We're going to perform a rape kit on you." the doctor explained, "It's a collection of any evidence that may have been left behind. Now, it may be a little uncomfortable, but I promise it will be over as soon as possible."
A look of fear crossed Logan's face and he swallowed hard.
"Sir, will you please step out of the room." the nurse said, looking at Kendall.
Kendall started to step away, but Logan quickly reached out for him and gripped his hand.
"No! Please, Kendall, don't leave!" he whimpered.
Kendall cast the doctor a questioning look, asking with his eyes if he could stay.
"It's okay." the doctor said, opening the box and sorting its contents out on the table.
Logan seemed slightly at ease now that Kendall could stay with him.
"Now, we shall begin." the doctor said, taking a long Q-tip-like swab out of an envelope.
He walked around to the end of the exam table.
"Wh-what's that for?" Logan asked, looking in fear at the swab.
"This is for collecting any seminal evidence." the doctor explained, "I'm going to insert it into you to collect any evidence that was left behind."
Kendall noticed the scared look on Logan's face, so he gave his hand a comforting squeeze.
"It's okay." he whispered.
Logan sniffled and slowly coaxed his legs apart.
"Now, this may be a little uncomfortable." the doctor warned, "Just relax."
Logan tried to relax, but he couldn't help the small yelp that escaped his lips when the swab was inserted. He tried his hardest to quell the flashback that threatened to come forth. The invading feeling lasted only a few seconds, but it seemed like one painful eternity for Logan. The pain was relieved when the doctor pulled the swab out and placed it in its envelope.
"Sorry about that." the doctor said, "Now, let me see your hands."
"My hands?" Logan asked.
"Yes. I need to take samples of anything that might be under your fingernails." the doctor said.
Keeping the blanket held around himself, Logan sat up and let the doctor carefully scrape underneath his fingernails. All throughout the procedures of the rape kit, Logan forced himself to stay in check emotionally. Outwardly, he seemed blank, but inwardly, he was screaming and crying. All this was so humiliating. The worst part was when he had to stand in the middle of the room, naked while the doctor scanned a UV light over his entire body to see if there were any fluids on him. Combined with the humiliation was the fact that he felt so dirty seeing all the places Jason's cum had touched him. And, to make things worse, Kendall had to see it, too. The two questions constantly running through Logan's mind were,
What does he think of me? Does he think I'm dirty?
It was all he could do to quell the tears that threatened to pour forth at the though of Kendall not loving him anymore.
"It's okay. We're almost finished." the doctor said, taking a swab of semen from Logan's inner thigh.
Meanwhile, Kendall, too, was fighting off tears. It broke his heart to see his precious Logan in such a broken state. How could someone do this? he constantly thought. Logan had always been so happy and bright and loving. What if all that was taken away? He'd kept his emotions in check, but he nearly lost it when he saw the fluid and blood marking Logan's legs. That really made it real for him.
Meanwhile, out in the lobby, Mrs. Knight had just arrived, rushing in through the glass door.
"What's happened?" she asked immediately to James and Carlos, who were sitting in two chairs near the door, "Please don't tell me one of you got drunk."
James, who had called her, hadn't told her exactly what had happened.
"Mrs. Knight, no one got drunk." he said, standing, "It's...it's Logan."
"What happened?" Mrs. Knight asked.
"Someone raped him." James said in a hushed voice.
Her jaw dropped and she had to sit down to avoid her legs giving out.
"Oh, my God." she whispered in shock.
She always thought of James, Carlos, and Logan as sons to her. She loved them like sons, and always did her best to look after them while they were in LA. And to learn that one of them had been hurt like this was heartbreaking. She was glad Katie hadn't come with her(she was spending the night with a friend at the Palm Woods).
"Where are he and Kendall?" she asked when she could find her voice.
"They're in there and the doctor is examining Logan." Carlos said, pointing to the nearby room, "They've been in there for hours."
"Well, that about does it." the doctor said, turning the over-head light back on(they had to have it off in order for the UV light to work).
Logan let out the breath he hadn't realized he had been holding, and he reached for the blanket to cover himself quickly. He walked over and seated himself on the exam table again.
"N-now what?" he asked nervously.
"You're free to go home, but I would recommend that you stay with us overnight for observation." the doctor explained.
There was a short silence.
"What do you want to do?" Kendall asked gently.
"I just wanna go home." Logan said, his voice shaky from crying.
"Then that's what we'll do." Kendall said.
Logan was relieved. All he wanted to do was go back to the apartment and crawl under the covers and sleep forever.
"Okay. I'll be back in a moment. I'll get something for you to wear home." the doctor said, walking out of the room.
The nurse collected the various envelopes and Polaroid photos from the rape kit and she organized them neatly in order in the box, then walked out of the room. The doctor returned a couple minutes later holding a plain, white t-shirt and a pair of unused scrub pants.
"Here. I hope these are your size." he said, handing them to Logan, "I'll leave you to dress in peace. Now, the police have been notified of this, and they'll be stopping by your apartment sometime tomorrow to get a statement."
Logan nodded, dreading having to recount his story to complete strangers who would most likely judge and doubt him because he's a guy. The doctor walked out of the room, and Kendall turned his back as Logan dressed himself in silence. Once he was dressed, the two of them walked out of the room into the lobby where everyone was waiting.
"Oh, my God, are you guys okay?" Mrs. Knight gasped, rushing over and pulling them into a hug.
"We're fine, mom." Kendall said, "Logan wants to go home."
"Are you sure, honey? I mean, you don't want to stay here overnight just to be safe?" Mrs. Knight asked.
Logan shook his head and wiped at his reddened eyes. With that, they all made their way to the car and drove in silence back to the Palm Woods. Logan stayed glued to Kendall's side the whole time, refusing to let him go. They arrived at the Palm Woods, and everyone made their way to the apartment. Once inside, Kendall walked Logan to the room they shared. Without saying a word, Logan walked over to his bed and crawled under the covers. Kendall knelt down beside the bed and reached out to gently stroke Logan's hair.
"You need anything?" he asked softly, "You thirsty or anything?"
Logan shook his head, "No. I'm okay. I just wanna sleep."
Kendall nodded and placed a light kiss to Logan's forehead.
"If you need anything, just call me, okay?" he said.
Logan nodded. Kendall offered him a tender smile before he stood and exited the room to let him sleep in peace.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who left me those AWESOME reviews on the first chapter! :D I hope you like this one just as much! :D PLEASE R&R! :D