A/N: I just updated and I'm already typing up my next chapter. I am really enjoying how this story is going so far and I hope all of you are too. There will be more drama in this chapter but I promise it will get better soon! I have also decided that I am going to throw some Jarlos into the story so I hope all of my readers enjoy that.
I'd also like to give a special thanks to rawbbles for giving me amazing reviews. I do promise you though; I am not trying to kill you.
Chapter Six: A Beginning and An Ending
"He's back"
There was a silence on the other end of the phone for a minute before Joanna spoke up. "What happened?" she was now concerned for all three of the Knights'.
"He showed up and he and I were arguing about how I didn't want him there anymore and then he said he had every right to see his kids. I told him that they weren't his kids ever since he beat Kendall and that's when Kendall walked in." Jennifer said describing what happened.
"Did he hurt Kendall?"
"Yeah" was all Jennifer could make out before crying. "It was happening all in front of me but I was in such shock and I too was scared that I all I did was yell at Kadin to stop until Kendall screamed out in pain from a kick to the ribs."
"Do you want Lucas and me to come over there?"
"No, Kendall had a panic attack and I finally got him to sleep, which he's been missing out on lately. Joanna, I think that he might have a few cracked ribs." Jennifer was still crying.
"Poor thing, when he wakes up you need to take him to the hospital."
"Kendall won't let that happen."
"Jennifer, you're his mother. I know he doesn't want to but it's for his health."
"I know, Joanna, but he's already hurting enough right now I don't want to add to that"
"If anything you'd be helping the hurt by getting him better or at least know that he's ok. You're hurting too by not knowing whether or not Kendall's hurt."
"You're right. I guess he'll just have to suck it up"
"Call me right away if he shows up again and I will have Lucas there immediately."
"Thanks, anyways I got to go. I need to make sure Katie's doing ok."
"Alright Jen, I hope Kendall's alright"
Jennifer sighed at this. "Me too" and with that she hung up and walked out of her office to see a shocked Katie sitting on the couch. Jennifer walked over to her and sat next to her. "I hoped that he wouldn't show up either." She said placing a hand on Katie's knee.
"Why did he want to see me?" was all Katie asked.
"Well you are his daughter but other than that I have no idea." Jennifer wished she knew why Kadin had made such a big deal out of seeing Katie anyways. If anybody was his favorite it was Kendall, but that was because Kendall was his little punching bag.
"How's Kendall?" Katie then remembered her brother and the pain that he was in.
"Not good. I think he might have a few cracked ribs where your father kicked him. He finally fell asleep after having a panic attack," Jennifer said knowing that she couldn't make this sound good.
"Mom, we have to go to the police with this."
"I know, honey. But Kendall has to be ok with that, if not then who knows what will happen." Katie just nodded, knowing that her mother was right.
"I'm going to go do my homework" Katie said walking out of the room.
Jennifer didn't want this to happen to her children again. It was time that they moved, somewhere where Kadin wouldn't find them. Somewhere Kadin couldn't hurt Kendall. Kendall wouldn't want to leave though, because he would miss everything here, especially Logan. Kendall had told Jennifer about his love for Logan shortly after they had stopped being friends and Jennifer knew that to this day Kendall felt the same way for the smart brunette.
Sighing, Jennifer stood up and walked into the kitchen to make dinner.
-Running Back to You-
Kendall was in the corner of the living room crying. He was as far away from as his father that he could get but it wasn't far enough. Kadin was drunk, like he normally was, and taking out all of his frustrations out on Kendall. Kendall, a nine year old boy, was scared and was in pain from all the previous strikes his father had hit him with.
"Look at you, in the corner like a little bitch" Kadin laughed before taking off his belt, getting ready to hit Kendall with it. He got closer to Kendall, who was crying harder now. "I need to beat the man into you" and with that Kadin pulled Kendall out of the corner before hitting him over and over with his belt.
Kendall was screaming for a minute before jolting awake. He looked around his room and wiped the tears that were coming down his face. He then heard a knock on his door before his mother opened it running over to him.
"Kenny, honey, you're alright. It was just a dream" Jennifer said wrapping her arms around him. Kendall couldn't hold back his tears. He pulled his mom closer before sobbing into her shoulder.
"I'm so scared" he finally said after a few minutes.
"I know honey, I know." Jennifer rubbed his back. "Kendall, I'm going to tell you something but you have to promise that you're not going to freak out."
Kendall couldn't form words at the moment so all he did was nod.
"I am taking you to the hospital to get checked out." Jennifer said before pulling away, looking her son in the eyes. "I think you may have a few cracked ribs and I just want to know that my baby is ok." Kendall didn't respond he just looked at the floor. He knew that he needed to get checked out, but Kendall hated hospitals. He sat next to his grandfather in a hospital and watched his grandpa die.
"Ok, mom" Kendall said.
-Running Back to You-
Logan and Carlos were hanging out at the mall. Logan was going to do his homework but Carlos talked him out of it, like usual. It was only five o'clock on a Friday, so the mall was crowded which Logan didn't like.
"Can we go yet?" Logan hated all the lines that were at all the stores.
"No, not yet. I still have to get some corndogs." Carlos said before seeing James. "Hey, it's James."
"Carlos, just because Kendall and I are friends again doesn't mean that we are automatically friends with his friends." Logan said but Carlos wasn't listening to him. Carlos then dragged Logan over to where James was at, which was at in front of a section of Cuda products.
"Hey James" Carlos said smiling at the pretty brunette.
"Hey Carlos, Logan"
"Hey" Logan waved at James
"So what's up guys?"
"Nothing much, just hanging out. We were bored and then saw you and thought that we would say hi" Carlos said with a small blush.
"That is not what happened" Logan said and Carlos gave him a soft elbow to the ribs.
"Don't listen to him"
"Well, we can go get some food if you want after I buy some things." James said looking at the both of them.
"I don't think I can. I don't like crowds and I'm only being dragged here by Carlos when he knows that I would rather be sitting at home doing my homework."
"Don't be a Debbie Downer." Carlos said giving Logan a small glare. "We would love to go get some food."
"Alright, I'll be like five minutes and then we'll go" James walked away with a basket full of Cuda products in his hand.
"Really, Carlos?" Logan asked the Latino.
"Yes really. He's my lab partner in chemistry and I really like him."
"More like you want to date and fuck him" Logan said earning a punch in the arm from Carlos. "Ow!"
"Shut up, you deserved it. And so what if I want that? You want that with Kendall." Carlos said, earning a glare from Logan. "Speaking of Kendall, I wonder where he is."
"Why don't you ask James when he gets back?"
"I think I will"
It took a few more minutes before James finally returned to the two boys. They had decided to go get some Chinese, well Logan and James did. Carlos went over to the corndog stand and got a few corndogs for himself.
"So James, where's Kendall?" Carlos asked because he knew that Logan wouldn't.
"At home, I think. Why?" James was staring at the Latino curious. James had started to feel something for Carlos and he didn't like it when Kendall was asked about.
"Just curious. You two always come to the mall together."
"Yeah, well he's been out of it recently." This drew Logan's attention. He knew that there was something going on with Kendall but he didn't know what.
"Do you know what's going on?" Logan asked hoping that James knew something.
"He hasn't told me anything, but rumor has it that Kendall's dad was released from jail" something clicked inside Logan's brain. That's who Kadin was, how could he not remember?
"He was in jail for attempted murder, right?" Logan asked and James nodded.
"Yeah, but I don't know if the rumor is true or not" Even though James didn't know, Logan did. That's why his parents have been mentioning Kendall's name a lot. Logan wanted to talk to Kendall about it, but he knew he needed to wait until Kendall came to him.
-Running Back to You-
Jennifer didn't want Kendall going to school today. They had gone to the hospital on Saturday and found out that two of the ribs on his left side were indeed cracked. Ever since then he's been on pain meds and has hardly even moved at all. Kendall was frustrated with the situation because hockey season was going to be starting soon and the team needed their captain, and best player, to be at full health. Kendall was also scared knowing that his dad had gotten stronger and willing to use more force with him.
Ignoring all of his mother's wishes, Kendall decided that he needed to go to school. The only person who could make him feel any better would be Logan. He just needed to hear his laugh, see his smile and to look into those chocolate eyes that he loved so much. If he got that today, then he knew that he would be okay.
Kendall walked out to his car, waiting for Katie when Jennifer walked out to his car.
"Ken, honey, I really don't think you should be going to school." Jennifer was really worried about Kendall.
"Mom, please not this conversation again. I need to go; I don't want to miss out on class." Kendall loved his mother but was getting annoyed with all of her worrying.
"Fine, but I want you to come home right away."
"Don't I always" With that, Jennifer gave her son a kiss on the cheek and walked back into the house.
"Katie!" Kendall called at the house.
"I'm coming!" Katie ran out of the house and got into the car.
The whole ride there Katie was singing along to the radio and Kendall just sat in silence. He didn't have much to say about what happened on the weekend. He knew that he was going to get enough looks at school from the bruise he was still sporting on his jaw. Jennifer, Katie and him agreed to tell everyone that he had gotten into a fight since Kendall didn't want people to know about Kadin. Jennifer thought that Kendall was too scared to tell people about it, but the truth was that Kadin threatened to hurt Katie and Jennifer if anybody ever found out about it. He also threatened to kill anybody that Kendall ever told. For years, all Kendall has done was protect the ones he loved from the monster that was known as Kadin Knight.
It was when they finally arrived when Kendall spoke. "Remember, I got into a fight with one of our cousins who came to visit."
"I know big brother" Katie said reassuring her brother that she knew what to say.
Just as Kendall expected, as soon as people saw the bruise on his face he got a lot of looks. He also heard a few people talking, but Kendall didn't see what the big deal was. People had gotten into fights all the time, even if Kendall's fight wasn't real didn't mean that they knew that. Sighing, Kendall decided to go and sit in the AP Bio classroom and wait for Logan.
When Kendall finally arrived to the classroom he was surprised to find that Logan was already there. People always thought that it was weird that Kendall always showed up before Logan, seeing how people thought of him as the stereotypical jock. Hell, the first day that he walked into that classroom people were shocked, even Logan.
When Kendall sat down Logan was the first to speak.
"Dude, what the hell happened to your face?" Wow, way to sound insensitive. Logan thought about what he just said.
"I got in a fight"
"With who?"
"My cousin who came to visit me this weekend."
"Oh, well what did you fight about?" Kendall then remembered that he hadn't thought about that and he was now mad at himself for not thinking about it in the first place.
"Just some stupid shit"
"I see" Logan couldn't tell what was wrong, but something seemed way off about Kendall. That's why he decided to show up early, hoping to see if he could get Kendall to finally talk about what was up with his father.
"Yeah, it was pretty stupid."
Logan was about to say something until Mr. Williams cut him off with the start of the lesson. Logan hated the days when he would start early.
-Running Back to You-
Logan walked over to the table he normally sits at. Mike, Karen, Camille and Carlos were already there and starting to eat. Logan took his normal seat which was next to Carlos. Today he noticed something a little off about the Latino but he couldn't place his finger on it. It was then that Logan noticed that Carlos was staring at the direction at the table that Kendall was at. At the table was James, the person who Carlos was staring at.
"Quit being so obvious while staring at James" Logan whispered in his ear causing Carlos to look at the plate of food in front of him and blush.
"So Logan, I heard that you're friends with Kendall again" Mike said glaring at Logan. For some reason, Mike believed that Kendall was this awful person just because he was the captain of the hockey team.
"Be nice Mike, they were friends for years before high school"
"Yeah, well high school changes people"
"Why do you hate Kendall?" Logan asked Mike. He had always been curious but never had the guts to ask until now.
"Because its guys like him that cause pain towards people like us. Jocks and nerds don't get along, it just doesn't happen."
"Not all people are the same, and it's not right to judge people based on their stereotypes." Logan slightly snapped at Mike.
"I get where he's coming from though. It's been known for years that jocks bully nerds. Kendall may be different towards you, doesn't mean that he is different towards all of us?"
"Wait, Kendall has bullied you guys?" Carlos asked confused. He never would have expected this.
"No he hasn't, but he doesn't stop it either." Camille said and Logan looked at Kendall who was laughing with his group of friends. Maybe becoming friends with him again was a mistake.
-Running Back to You-
It was the end of the day and Kendall was headed out to his car. Katie had some afterschool program that she was starting so she was going to be here for another hour and his mom was going to pick her up. When Kendall finally reached the parking lot he looked at his car and dropped his keys. There leaning against the car was the person who he hated and was scared by the most, his dad.
Kendall knew he couldn't run because it was his car and Kadin had probably spotted him by now. Kendall grabbed his keys and walked slowly to his car. Kadin just smiled.
"I knew I would run into you here" Kadin said before getting close to his son. "How are your ribs?" he whispered in Kendall's ear and then chuckled.
"Broken" Kendall muttered out knowing his dad would want an answer.
"I had a lot of time in jail to become stronger. Now, I want to talk to you, so let's go somewhere private. Let's go to that tree house that you built in the woods." Kendall's eyes widened. How did he know about that? The only person that he ever showed it to was Logan. "Don't be concerned, I followed you there one time when you thought you could sneak out of the house. I was going to punish you, but I thought I would save that for another day."
Kendall was now shaking again. Why did his dad do this to him? What had Kendall done wrong to make his dad hurt him and scare him like this? Kendall got into the driver's seat and Kadin got into the passenger's seat, waiting for the car to start. Kendall started the car, trying his hardest not to cry and headed towards his tree house.
Once they were there Kadin looked at his son and laughed. "I see that you learned your awful driving skills from your mother. Seems she taught you to be a bitch too" he said chuckling again.
"Thank you" Kendall said softly.
"Now, I'm going to talk to you about who knows about our little secret. I know that your mother knows, and I bet that Katie knows too. Am I right?" Kadin asked and Kendall nodded his head. This upset Kadin, so he backhanded Kendall across the face. "Use your words" he demanded.
"Yes" Kendall said in a softer voice then before, not being able to have his voice become any louder.
"Who else knows?" Kadin asked glaring at Kendall.
Without thinking about it, Kendall replied. "Nobody, I made sure that mom and Katie didn't tell anybody"
"You are a good boy; always listen to what you are told." Kadin said now getting out of the car. "Now, I put some things in your trunk and I want you to get them out and bring them over to your tree house." Kadin said before walking along the path to the tree house.
Kendall got out of the car and opened up the trunk, seeing a chainsaw, a sledgehammer and a container of gasoline. Kendall was scared beyond belief about what his father was going to do with all of this stuff. Grabbing all of it, Kendall shut his trunk and headed towards the tree house; going down the same path his father did a minute before.
"I bet you're wondering what I need all that for, aren't you?" Kadin asked once Kendall finally got there.
"Yes"
"I am going to get rid of that tree house." Kadin said grabbing the chainsaw. It took a little while, but Kadin cut down the branched that held the tree house up, causing the entire thing to come crashing to the ground. Kadin then grabbed the sledge hammer and broke apart the entire thing, smashing it to pieces. After that Kadin made sure it was all in one big pile before grabbing the container of gasoline and covering the pieces of the old tree house with it. Once it was covered enough, Kadin took a match and dropped it before he dragged Kendall by his arm away before anything could happen to them.
"Do you want to know why I did that?"
"Yes"
"Now you will have nowhere to run from me. Now you know that I will be able to find you all the time and there is no place you can escape" Kadin said glaring at his son before walking away. It took Kendall a minute to cry over what he just said before he actually remembered that he needed to get away from here.
Kendall went to his car, expecting to get hit for taking so long but he didn't see his father anywhere. Kendall sighed in relief before starting his car. That is when the sobs came. Why was god doing this to him? Kendall couldn't go home, he needed to feel safe and home certainly wasn't that. Kendall didn't really think from then on. He just started driving to Logan's house.
Kendall had reached Logan's house but he hadn't gotten out of his car. He didn't really know why he was here. He lied to protect the people inside and if his father ever found out then Kendall and Logan's parents would be dead and just to hurt Kendall more, Kadin would probably kill Logan too. That thought was the thought that brought Kendall out of his car. He ran up to the Mitchell's door and knocked frantically on the door.
"Ok ok, I'm coming" Logan's voice was music to Kendall's ears. The second that Logan opened up the door Kendall's arms were around him. He began to sob into Logan's neck.
"Ken, what's wrong? Come on" Logan said dragging him into the house and shutting the door behind them. He then looked at Kendall's face, seeing a bruise that wasn't there before. "Ken, what happened?" he asked, running his thumb softly over the new bruise.
"My dad" was all Kendall could say. He repeated it over and over again as he sobbed.
That was when Mr. Mitchell came home. He walked in the door, seeing Kendall and Logan right away. He quickly rushed over to the two, before looking at Kendall in the eyes, noticing that they looked dead. "Ken, what did he do to you?" Lucas asked leading Kendall to the couch, noticing that Logan was right there by Kendall's side.
"On Friday he hit me twice and cracked my ribs" Lucas made out of Kendall's sobs. "Then today he just hit me once" Lucas was confused by this. If he only hit Kendall once, why would Kendall be having such a big freak out?
"Kendall, I need to know what else happened." Kendall just sat there and sobbed. "Logan, why don't you two go up to your room?" Logan nodded, not knowing what to say. He had known Kendall for so long and he never knew that Kendall was abused. How could he not know? He was Kendall's best friend for heaven's sake. Logan softly grabbed Kendall's hand and led him up the staircase and to his room. He then made Kendall sit on his bed and afterwards he sat next to Kendall in silence.
"He got rid of it" Kendall finally said once his crying had lessened a little.
"Got rid of what?"
"The tree house" Kendall said before crying harder again. "He made me watch him destroy it. He said that I now would have nowhere to run and to escape from him."
"Oh Kendall," Logan said pulling Kendall in and hugging him. He then let go once Kendall let out a small cry of pain. "I'm so sorry Kendall"
"It's not your fault, you didn't break my ribs" Kendal said softly. He had forgotten about his father for a second when Logan pulled him into a hug. "Logan, can we talk about something important?"
"Anything"
"I want to talk about when we kissed"
Logan was taken aback. He didn't want to have this conversation but he wasn't going to tell Kendall no at a time like this. "Ok" he said slowly, knowing that this was going to end badly and both he and Kendall would be crying tonight.
"Logan, when we kissed that was the only thing that would take my mind away from my father. I don't know how you do it, but when I'm with you I'm not scared." Kendall looked Logan in the eyes. "I don't know why you would think that I would ever hate you, especially since I'm the one who kissed you."
Logan wanted to cry. It wasn't a heat of the moment thing. Kendall really did care about him. "Ken, I need to tell you something and I don't want you to freak out, ok?"
"Logie, you can tell me anything." Kendall said moving a little closer to Logan.
"Kendall, I am in love with you. I have been for years now, that's the real reason I ended our friendship. I knew that you would hate if I ever told" Logan was cut off by Kendall pressing his lips to his. They kissed for a minute before Kendall pulled away.
"I love you too" Kendall said before placing a hand on the back of Logan's head, crashing their lips together again. Kendall pulled Logan closer to him so their bodies were touching. Logan then straddled Kendall while they continued to kiss. It was Logan this time that licked Kendall's bottom lip asking for entrance. Kendall didn't even hesitate; he opened his mouth allowing Logan to shove his tongue in. Both of the boys moaned when their tongues touched and a battle of dominance began. Kendall grabbed Logan's ass, causing Logan to moan and to lose the battle. Kendall loved the taste of Logan, it was just amazing. This was all amazing.
Logan then got an idea in his head and started to grind his hips down, showing Kendall how hard he was. Kendall pulled away from the kiss and groaned. Logan took this moment and started to kiss Kendall's neck and to continue to grind into him.
"Logie" Kendall moaned softly, causing Logan to moan and grind a little harder. As Logan was getting ready to take Kendall's shirt off there was a knock on Logan's door.
"Logan, honey, how's Kendall doing?" Joanna asked from the other side of the door.
"He's doing better" Logan smirked looking at Kendall who was now slightly blushing.
"Okay, well his mother is downstairs and we think that we need to talk about this." Kendall's face went pale. "He's actually sleeping right now, so can we do it later?"
"That's fine honey, let's let him sleep." Joanna said as she walked away.
"Why did you tell her that I was asleep?" Kendall was curious. He was going to suck it up and deal with it but Logan had other plans.
"Because I know that you didn't want to face them right now. Also, you really do look exhausted so I thought that we could take a nap." Logan said pulling Kendall down with him so they were lying against the pillows. Both boys were tired and they could tell when each other yawned.
"Logie?" Kendall asked running his fingers through Logan's hair.
"Yes Kendall?" Logan asked starting to cuddle into Kendall's side.
"I love you" Logan smiled
"I love you too"
"Good, now let's go to sleep." Kendall said and that is exactly what they did.
A/N: I hated writing about Kadin destroying the tree house but I hope you all like that Kendall and Logan finally told each other that they love the other. I will be updating soon, I'm trying to get as many chapters in before I start my next semester of college. Please review and let me know what you think!