Chapter 9: The Beginning
Logan wished he was with Carlos, he always wished he was with Carlos no matter what time of day or where he was, in his home or some foreign country, he always wanted to be with Carlos. This was one of those nights where he desperately wished time would go faster so he could be with the latino watching a movie or two and be able to be close to him and, if he was lucky, be able to cuddle with him too.
The charity event was held in a large ballroom in one of the most fabulous (and richest) hotels in the Midwest. The event was to provide money for schools that don't have enough money in their budget for student's education, art, and sport programs; anybody who was anybody was there to do a worthy cause. Many had their own reasons, some for publicity, others to make business, but the main one was to make profit, whether it was to look good in front of the camera or to make deals with other businessmen. It's profit.
Logan had formal black suit with a blue tie; he was there to represent his company along with a few other representatives as well. He and his best friend James, who also came to represent his mother's company, were sitting in a table close the stage, where a few celebrities sang for entertainment and speakers talked about the cause. The brunette mentally sighed when he looked at his cell phone for the hundredth time that night.
"I know that look," James commented, after the brunette glanced at his phone. The taller male had a gray suit with a black tie and an expensive silver watch on his wrist.
"What look?"
He gave him a 'you know what I mean' expression.
"Is it that obvious?"
"It's obvious you want to be anywhere than here," preferably with Carlos. He said the last part mentally even though Logan knew what he thought.
Logan grabbed his drink and took a sip, "aren't you going to mingle and find someone for the night?" he asked wanting to change the subject.
He shrugged, "maybe, depends."
The brunette raised a brow, ever since James had that encounter with the teen. What was his name? Ken? Kyle? Kendall. He was pretty sure his name was Kendall. James had not been talking about who he was probably going to get with at the charity event, as far as he knew. The taller male had spent more time in his home today and roamed the halls as if he was looking for something or someone before he left, reluctantly, to get ready for the event.
Before he could he could open his mouth to speak another voice beat him to it, "Good evening gentlemen."
Both males turned toward the voice to see a blonde young woman in an almost revealing dress. Her hair was in an elegant ponytail, her face completely and expertly placed with make-up with jewelry in her hair, ears, and neck. She also had a short blood red dress with matching open toe heels; she fluttered her eyes and gave each of them smile at the two as she sat in the empty chair between them.
"Mercedes," Logan greeted with a nod.
"The pleasure is all ours," James said with a smile, showing off his pearly white teeth.
Leave it to James to flirt with women that comes to him, Logan thought.
Mercedes Griffin was the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the corporate world, Arthur Griffin. If there was anything any of the Griffin family wanted they would get it in the snap of their fingers and writing a check. They say that if anyone declined one of the Griffins they were never heard of or spoke to again. He also placed one of his top employer's to organize and host the charity event.
"Have any of you gotten the list of the schools we're helping?" she asked while looking at her manicured nails.
"No we haven't," Logan answered as he took another sip of his drink.
"I'll send one of the waiters to give you one, my father told me he is expecting a meeting with you and some of the other board members to discuss something about stocks and revenues." She said, with a bored tone. Apparently Logan isn't the only one who wanted to be here, everyone knew Mercedes and her outgoing personality. She loved going to clubs and parties and spend a large majority of her father's money on clothes, cars, and luxurious items. Her outings are legendary especially her evenings.
"I'll be looking forward to it."
"This also goes for you and your mother James."
James gave a nod, while staring at his drink, "I'll inform Brooke about it after the event."
"Nice chatting with you two," she suddenly got up and walked to the next table, not letting the two male businessmen say their goodbyes.
"How long is this event again?" James asked not bothering to check the time from his watch and more concentrating on his drink as he quickly finished it.
Logan smirked, "you and I both know she won't go out with you."
"Shut up."
A waiter suddenly appeared with two envelopes on a silver platter and carefully placed it in front of them. "More wine sirs?"
James immediately raised his glass. As the waiter poured his glass Logan opened the envelope and looked at the list of schools they were helping. After the waiter poured wine on Logan's cup he left and James nearly finished his cup in two large sips. He then grabbed the envelope and opened it, as he scanned the paper he held the letter tightly in his hands when he came across one of the schools in the list. He read it multiple times to make sure he wasn't imagining it, but it was there in bold cursive letters, Palmwoods High. The same school Kendall goes to, where he learns, play hockey, and creates his amazing draw-he quickly shook his head before trying to not drown in his thoughts about the teen.
Quickly taking out his phone he touched the screen and went to the internet. He typed in Kendall's school in the search box, after the results showed up he went to 'maps' and clicked 'schools' surrounding the blonde's. A few more results popped out, he grabbed the envelope and made a mental list of the schools closest to the blonde's, there were two middle schools that were on the list and were closest to Kendall's. Saving the information in his phone, he put it away and took out a check book, writing three separate checks to the schools he searched.
Logan watched him with a scrutinized gaze, he's never seen James get into a charity event before, except for the time when they were auctioning off attractive women and when he was being fought over when he participated in one. He was caught off his train in thought by one of his representatives; a young female brunette cleared her throat and placed a check in front of him. "I'm sorry to bother sir, but this needs your signature for the donation."
Logan carefully looked at the check and grabbed a pen from his pocket; he signed the check and gave it back to the representative. She said a small 'thank you' and left the table, Logan watched her as she placed the check in the donation box one of Griffin's employers were walking around with on a silver platter before he turned back to his drink. He had faith in his employees to do a well done job in his corporation, but if it was one thing he learned from his father is to never trust anyone, who works close or has a low status employment. After a few incidents where it involved a few of his father's most faithful employees stealing money from the bank inconspicuously with his name, it became his number one rule.
James was the only other person he trusted other than Carlos, since he knew about the latino, he trusted him with his secret. At the thought of James he turned to see the tall male smiling as he watched another one of Griffin's employer's place a few checks inside a wooden box guessing it was James' check from the grin he had.
"So, any plans for the week?" James asked after he took a sip from his drink, temporarily distracting Logan from his questioning thoughts.
The first thing Kendall did when he got home was place his prizes in his room and the bear he won on Katie's bed. He then went to the kitchen and found a note written by his mom explaining that she and Katie went to a friend's house and will come home late. When he read the part where his mom left food for him, he discarded the letter and dove for the fridge. After microwaving it for a minute or two he ate and contemplated what he will do with Carlos next Saturday. With the money Carlos had they could both go to the zoo or a museum, he'll probably like that since Logan never took him outside, he bet that Carlos know about animals, from the Animal Channel or by reading or-he stopped chewing when a memory popped into his head.
"When does Logan come back?"
He shrugged, "he said he'll be back later although that could be hours."
"What about tomorrow?"
"He said he won't be here tomorrow for the entire day."
"Perfect."
After swallowing his food the blonde moved the bowl and banged his head on the table. He should have talked about that before he dropped off Carlos at Logan's mansion. Moving his head he looked at the clock hanging above the fridge and saw that it was twenty five to nine. Carlos would have gone to bed early tonight especially after his first day outside, at the thought of today's Nerf War he lifted his head off the table and moved his shoulders. He flinched at the sharp pain when his muscles contracted for a moment before they relaxed, after rubbing his right shoulder he finished his meal and then went to his room. After he got a pair of brown pajama pants, and a towel from the closet in the hallway, he made his way to the bathroom.
Kendall placed his stuff near the sink and twisted the knob turning on the water and then stripped and placed the dirty clothes near the door; he placed a hand underneath until it was warm. He went inside and sighed in relief at the hot water hitting his skin relaxing his muscles, after nearly an hour of showering to get the dirt off his arms, face, and neck he changed and grabbed his dirty clothes and went to his room.
He placed them in the hamper near his door, he then went to his small desk and opened his laptop and went online. He went to his email account and typed a message then typed Carlos's email address and clicked 'Send,' after saving his email address he got off online and turned off his laptop before he went to his bed and lifted the covers and comforted himself. He closed his eyes and unconsciously placed his hand near his heart before drifting off to sleep.
After a couple hours of entertainment and a speech or two, Logan and James went into their own limos after bidding each other goodnight. When Logan reached his mansion he quickly went inside and ignored some of the night staff after one of them took his coat and headed straight to Carlos's area. He took the key out of pocket and went inside quietly closing it behind him he went to his room and smiled at the sight of the latino sleeping peacefully in bed. He walked to him, he leaned down and kissed his forehead, "sweet dreams Carlos," he said after he brushed his cheek with his hand. He felt a slight breeze and looked up to see the window open, looking back down he noticed that Carlos was facing it as he slept.
With a sigh he went toward the window and closed it then went back to Carlos and raised the covers a bit tucking them underneath his chin. He gave him loving gaze before he turned and left quietly closing the door behind him and making sure he locked the door after he left his area. Holding the key tightly in his hand he went to his room for the night, his room was a lot different from the guest rooms; it was larger and had a balcony overlooking the small town the mansion was built in front of. It had dark green walls, with white curtains drawn for the night, dark mahogany furniture, a large canopy bed, and a large bathroom. Logan stripped into his boxers and placed his phone and his key next to each other before he went to bed for the night.
James stared out the window of the city as a plan formed in his mind after he left the charity event. The tall male lived in the outer edge of the city in an area where other businessmen and some high income families live. He lived in a large two story house that was a lot like Logan's mansion, in property size, only it was newer, a bit small and had medium size lawn with beds of flowers, a swimming pool along with a hot tub, and a large garage filled with expensive cars.
When the limo stopped in front of his house, his chauffeur opened his door and tipped his hat as a silent goodbye as he closed the door and went around the limo back to the driver sear. James walked to his house and unlocked the front door; he smiled at the sound of a small bark and looked down to see a familiar Klee Kai puppy wagging his tail.
"Hey Fox," he bent down and picked him up. "How's my buddy doing?"
He barked again and James took it as a happy sign and carried Fox to his room. He opened the door to his room and placed Fox on top of it; it was large and had red walls, a king size bed with black covers, there was a large TV hanging on the wall, a walk in closet, and a large bathroom. While Fox was getting himself comfortable on his bed, James went to his closet and picked out a gray silk long sleeve button up pajama shirt and silk pajama pants. Then he went to his bathroom and took of his clothes off replacing them with the pajama and combed his hair before he left, he got in bed and stared at the ceiling getting lost in his thoughts again.
For the next few weeks James will keep checking his emails to know when the checks he wrote will make their way to the schools he donated to. He made sure to write the checks to those schools and once they were administered he would make a visit and try to find the blonde in his school. He really didn't care about the other schools, but he didn't want to attract any unwanted attention while he tried to look for Kendall. Once he does he'll slowly change him to the point where all the blonde wants is him and only him. To a normal person this would have been the craziest and most disturbing thoughts towards a teenager and start to consider making an appointment with a therapist. But to James it didn't, he never been infatuated with a person before it scared him, but at the same time he couldn't help but smile at the way Kendall's eyes glowed when he grinned or how he blushed when he kissed his hand. He would imagine holding the teen in his arms and pepper him with soft kisses on his skin and lips until they were both left breathless.
He can follow Logan's example and keep him in his house, he will have everything he need and want. Since the blonde likes to draw he would need to buy art supplies and he could make one of his guest rooms into an art studio. James shook his head, he was getting too far ahead of himself he still has to figure out a way to make him disappear from his old life. He would have to figure out his schedule to find the perfect opportunity to take him, once he had him he would have to find a way to keep him here. He bet his lucky comb that Kendall won't come to him so easily, he needed to find his weak spots or black mail him, but that would make the blonde hate him and he didn't want that. Another thought popped into his head, what if he 'mysteriously' loses his memory? If Kendall had no memories of his old life then James could create new ones, ones that would benefit to his favor.
However, being friends with a doctor and CEO of hospital management, he picked up a thing or two about the human brain. It's a complicated area of the human body, the most complex computer on Earth that even scientists and doctors don't know much about it even with modern technology and new ones that are being made every year that is at least five years ahead of James' time. The tall male shook his head again and rubbed his temples, he was starting to think like a sci-fi novel. Still though, there is a, very, slight possibility that getting rid of Kendall's memories might work. He turned to his side and closed his eyes, pushing the thought and his plan away to think about tomorrow. He imagined what it will be like to hold Kendall in his arms in bed, feeling his body warm beside his own, his lips touching his cheek as a goodnight kiss, and his soft breathing lulling him to sleep. For a moment he wished it was reality and made a promise to himself to make sure it will come true in the future.
I don't think this chapter was good, in my opinion. But this is what came into my head and thought it help the story.
Hope you enjoyed it!
IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT: for the next chapter I have a little bit of trouble because I am (almost) having writer's block...again. But I do know where this story is going I just got to put extra stuff to make sense and for it to be good for you guys. Yeah, thought I had to tell you in case you don't see any more updates. Oh! and thank you for those who favorited, alerted, and reviewed, it means a lot to me. Thank you!