Title: Picture Perfect Memories With BTR

Summary: Well, it's the most cliched thing to do...but I'm doing it. Do you want a one-shot with one of the BTR boys? Then it's your lucky day! *Sign up sheet and whatnot inside*

Genre: Friendship, Romance

Rating: T, just in case

Silent Knight: Hey all! =) See? I can update things a lot...er, sometimes, anyway. I do realize that I've got some stories that I haven't updated, yet I am favouring others and even adding more stories, which I know is irritating some of you guys, and I know it's not fair and all but...I'm sorry! *winces* Sometimes I loose interest for a while, or my plot bunny vanishes, or I get writer's block, yada, yada, yada. Authors out there should know how it is and all that junk. But, ANYWAY, onto THIS story, huh? Hope you guys enjoy!

Oh, and remember, I only own these oneshots and basically the all-around plot for these oneshots. OCs and BTR are NOT MINE, obviously.

Picture Perfect Memories With BTR

6. GrassyBTRKariluv: Lean On Me

Summary for "Lean On Me" - Logan has known Kendall for a long time, but he has known Karina Minley (OC) for even longer. All he could think was this: why would someone break up with such a bright girl? Logan/Karina friendship, some Kendall/Karina.

Deep breaths, Logan. It's not too bad. You can do this, you can do this. You've known her for so long, so why should this phase you?

...oh, right. Because one of your friends was the one who broke her heart, dummy, not just some random jerk she did a project with or met up with in a coffee shop or something else that was as ordinary as that!

What should I do, then? I don't want to damper things with Kendall, but I don't want to damper things with Karina, either!

Logan groaned, mulling what he should say to her the moment he saw her over and over...and over and over and over. He knew she was in her room, crying, probably waiting for him to show up. He also knew that Kendall wasn't in such a great mood either; though he had been the one to break up with her, Logan knew that Kendall didn't wish ill upon her, not at all. Kendall Knight wasn't that type of guy, but his best friend, Karina Minley, probably thought so. For now, anyway; Karina was a great girl, she'd get over this and bounce back.

But Logan knew that things would never be the same between Kendall and Karina ever again, even ten years from now, probably. They'd still look back to this moment, when they had been boyfriend and girlfriend and unexpectedly broke up because obviously their relationship was going nowhere and they had no idea how their romantic relationship was different from their friendship.

Sighing, he finally managed to build up enough courage to knock, he raised his hand and knocked two times in a row, then put down his shaky hand, waiting for the door to the apartment to open.

It finally did, and a worried-looking Madelina Minley was the one to do so. She had a frown in her face, and the light was gone from her eyes, but when her eyes landed on Logan, they brightened hopefully. Logan couldn't help but wince inwardly at this; Madelina always enjoyed having Logan around, even when he had been very young, only two years old. She thought that he'd know exactly what to say to Karina, which he didn't, but he tried his best to keep a brave face and smiled at Madelina.

"Mrs. Minley." Logan said politely.

Mrs. Minley rolled her eyes. "No need for that, Logan - I already told you; Madelina is just fine. Come on in. We've all been expecting you; Karina especially." Worry came back in her eyes, and Logan couldn't help but give Madelina a hug before entering the apartment, looking over to where Karina's bedroom was. Karina's mother led the way to him, and obediently, he followed, heart pounding and brain swimming.

What should I say to her when I see her? Should I hug her? Say hi first? Say nothing at all and just sit next to her? Listen to her sob? Ask if she's fine? Ask her what happened even though Kendall already told me what happened? Hmm...maybe I should ask her - y'know, to get her side of the story. But what if she doesn't want to talk about it, and since I asked her, this causes her to cry even more?

Gah! I'm the worst best friend ever!

Madelina slowly opened the door to Karina's room, and there she sat, on her bed, crying softly into her brother, Jon Minley's shoulder. The boy looked angered, as if he wanted to bash something in - Logan had no doubt that that "something" was Kendall's face. Though Jon made fun of Karina a lot, it was obvious that the boy cared deeply for his little sister.

Jon looked up when the door opened, and he smiled at his mother and sister's best friend.

"Karina," He whispered to his sister, "Look who's come to see you, dude."

Karina looked up, and her clear brown eyes sorrowfully looked up at him. Her almond-shaped eyes were clouded with tears, most of them turning into watery droplets and falling down her pale cheeks like crystal shards. It was painful to watch, but Logan put up a brave front like he had before, with Karina's mother, and smiled as softly and tenderly as he could at her.

This only caused her to burst into more tears.

Logan immediately went to her side, and Jon allowed Karina to be transferred into his long and awkward arms instead, Karina hugging his lanky frame rather than clutching onto her brother's muscular one instead. Jon got up, clapped Logan on the shoulder once, and then left the room. Madelina stood there for a while longer, just staring sadly at the scene in front of her, and Logan realized that she no doubt felt as helpless as Logan himself was feeling right about now.

"Um...Madelina? Would you mind making Karina's favourite?" Chicken Alfredo, Karina's favourite food to eat. It was also, strangely, her comfort food as well. Not ice cream like most girls, but Chicken Alfredo. When she had once admitted this to him, the brainiac couldn't help have laughed, but now that he had watched as she ate her comfort food more times than he could count, it was simply nothing to laugh about anymore, just one teensy, interesting little fact about her.

Karina's mother nodded her head, grateful to be able to do something for her daughter, and promptly left the room to prepare the dish.

And then, the two best friends were left alone on the bed; one crying, the other trying their best to be as helpful as they could be, but epically failing to do so at all. After all, the brainiac was simply that; a brainiac. Logan wasn't one to console people, and was very socially awkward, especially when it came to such personal times as this.

"You...h-how you holding up?" Logan asked nervously, clutching onto her back tighter.

She had stopped crying by then, sniffling and sighing. "Terrible, truthfully. I-I mean, I knew Kendall and I would break up one day and all, but...it came so suddenly and then, the tears wouldn't stop falling, and I couldn't look him in the eye anymore. It was so embarrassing, crying in front of him like some little weakling." At the height of 5'3, and weighing roughly 110 pounds, Karina Minley was someone you'd think was a weakling, but she wasn't.

Karina was a socially awkward person like Logan, yes, but she was smart like him as well. She was loving and caring and beautiful and always valued family and friends before all the rest, even before her own physical welfare. She was always there when you needed her, and when you said nothing and tried your best to silently suffer, it didn't matter, for she somehow already knew, as if she was a mind reader or something. Karina always looked out for others, always cared and cherished and never tried to be selfish.

To see her in such pain...it sometimes made Logan's heart hurt, to see someone as caring and giving as her to be so broken and fragile in moments like these. And, though Logan wanted to be mad at Kendall, he couldn't. Kendall was his friend, and he cared for Karina too, yes, and he didn't want her to be as hurt as she had been; this Logan knew very well. But Kendall couldn't have tried to console her, for Karina had bolted from the scene, and Jon hadn't allowed him to see her when he came to her apartment because he was very protective of her, and never really liked Kendall to start with.

"Do you...do you...hate him?" He asked softly, wishing the answer would be no, because how weird would it be, being friends with someone whom your best friend hated, and for a good reason too, at that?

"No," She whispered against his t-shirt, "I mean...he cares for me, I know that. You know I'm not that trusting, and at first I don't let people in, but Kendall, just like Carlos and James, fought to try and find a place in my heart, and I guess...I had mistaken that for love or something. Kendall probably did, too. And...a-and we g-got together," Tears gathered in her eyes at this point, threatening to spill over, "...w-without knowing that we weren't...m-meant to be, as corny as that may sound."

He sighed heavily, leaning back so she could lean comfortably against his body. "No, Karina. That doesn't sound corny at all." He told her quietly, frowning sadly as he thought about Kendall and Karina, laughing with one another, joking with one another, teasing one another. They always had had a great friendship: perhaps they had mistaken that for love. It happened to the best of them, Logan supposed.

"Don't worry, Karina - he'll always be your friend, no matter what. You guys might not be the same, but...that's life. Sometimes, you need to take risks, even if that might mean getting hurt in the end: that's what shapes you into what you'll be in the future, what will shape you into the person people will look up to and admire. Maybe, though it seems stupid, getting hurt is exactly what you need, though it might not seem like it to start with; 'cause, if you get hurt, you'll look back and understand what went wrong, what you did wrong, and that's how people learn from their mistakes." He whispered to her.

Karina looked up at him in wonder, drying her eyes, and gave him a soft smile. "...y-yeah, Logie. You just might be right about that." She told him.

Logan grinned. "Just? Oh, Karina - you wound me!" She began giggling, and smiled against his shoulder as she leaned onto him again, and Logan felt himself relaxing, realizing that he had said the right things, done what he should have, and that, being a best friend wasn't as hard as it seemed like, especially when he had such a great best friend like Karina by his side always there for him. And if she was always there for him, then he would be there for her, too. After all - one day, he'll need someone to lean on, and Karina would be there for him, no doubt.

For that's what best friends do. That's what Karina and him do.

After a while, Madelina poked her head in, and smiled when he saw a smiling and giggling Karina talking with a grinning and chuckling Logan. "Hey, guys. I got you two some Chicken Alfredo."

Karina's eyes brightened considerably, making her mother laugh as she handed them their plates. With a soft smile, she turned around to leave when Logan piped up with, "Hey, Madelina? Would you, Jon and Mr. Minley -"

"Arie." Madelina corrected.

"- Arie like to join us in here? I'm thinking Karina's feeling better now, and would like some more company." Karina nodded to confirm Logan's decision, and Madelina's smile turned even wider at this, knowing that her daughter is feeling better than she had beforehand, when her best friend so to speak wasn't around.

"You got it." Madelina left to call her husband and son, feeling the burden on her heart simply drift away.

Silent Knight: I was going to end it at, "That's what Karina and him do," but I felt like making it more...comfort-y, so I decided to have a happy!Karina at the end just for the heck of it. And now, just imagine the Minley family and Logan sitting around in Karina's room eating food and laughing and talking...doesn't that warm you up? Make you smile? Tear up a bit, maybe? Yeah - that's what I was hoping for.

Anywho, GrassyBTRKariluv, hopefully this oneshot was enough to make YOU be all warm and whatnot? Along with other readers out there? Hopefully? *puts on hopeful face*

Well, whatever - hopefully that does happen, and you guys continue to send in requests and reviews to just encourage me, even. That'll be GREATLY appreciated! =)

Until next time!

Silent Knight over and out!