Alice: Sorry it's been so long! I was gone for a week on vacation without Internet.
Emily: Then when I came back, I had to make up a ton of work.
Alice: So here's the next chapter of Big Time Confusion. Enjoy!
Morning 15
James, Carlos, Jo, Camille, and Lucy patiently waited outside of the crib. No one dared to eavesdrop or suggest it. Though every fiber in their bodies wanted to, they didn't. This was a conversation between the two lovers and not them. Gulping, James turned to the rest of them and wondered if he could start a conversation somehow. Anger still boiled in his skin, but he focused on his concern for Kendall and Logan instead. "So…" Carlos coughed, gaining everyone's attention. He must have felt the tension as well which was so unlike Carlos.
"How long are you staying here Lucy?" James directed his attention to his former crush. If he could even call his old feelings that.
"I'm moving back in," Lucy insisted. "You idiots need someone like me to take care of you."
She's worried about them, they all silently thought. Camille's eyes softened. She wondered if Carlos and James were jealous of the three of them knowing before they did. Probably not, she decided. They were more concerned… or angry, in James' case. All of them subtly glanced toward the door.
What were they talking about in there?
After Logan cried himself to sleep, Kendall soon followed. Kendall's plans of vengeance and anger disappeared with the peaceful darkness. His arms were wrapped around Logan's much thinner frame. Has he been eating, Kendall briefly wondered before falling asleep.
Noises awoke both boys. Kendall woke up in a slow slur, opening his eyes halfway and groaning. That made James and Carlos snicker. Logan's reaction was completely different. Normally he would wake up with a tiny laugh and ask if it was morning already. He was always a morning person. Instead he jumped, gasped with fear, and stood up, stuttering out an apology. That completely woke Kendall up. He reached out, softly taking Logan's hand, soothing him.
Logan flushed, realizing his friends where staring at him strangely. "Um…" Logan bit his lip. "M-morning."
"Hey?" James raised an eyebrow. Carlos opened his mouth to ask what that was about James detected this and quickly elbowed him, sending him a glare as a message. Carlos' eyes widened, and he clamped his mouth shut.
Logan's eyes went wide with fear. "Oh no," he visibly paled. "I never… oh God. Alex is going to be furious!"
"What?" James frowned. "Logie, I thought you were moving back in with us."
James' eyes diverted to Kendall's, and he nodded. Kendall stood up slowly and gave Logan a calming smile that had little to no affect. "He is," Kendall said confidently. At Logan's protesting expression, Kendall continued. "Logan we are not going to let you go back there. Not if he's been… we're not letting you go back."
Logan's heart leaped at the idea but at the same time his mind filled with dread. Alex wouldn't care where he lived. He would somehow manage to hurt him or one of his friends. But at the stubborn looks he received from his three best friends, it looks like it wasn't going to happen. Before anyone could add to the conversation, Katie ran into the room and grinned. "You two are back together!"
"H-huh?" Logan and Kendall blushed.
Katie snickered. "I saw you two cuddling! Logan finally dumped Alex and you two are back together. I knew it! Everyone will be so happy and-"
"Katie," Logan interrupted with a cautious voice as though he didn't want to hurt her. "Kendall and I… we're not back together."
"What?" Katie laughed hesitantly. "Of course you are. You guys were cuddling and sleeping and-"
"I was… upset," Logan chose his words carefully. "And Kendall helped me out. We just fell asleep. I'm sorry Katie."
At Katie's devastated look, Logan quickly gave her a forced smile. "But I'm moving back in apparently." He shot a small glance at the three boys. Katie's smile brightened. Logan beamed in result. "I can make you and the guys' breakfast?"
"I can help," Katie offered, grabbing his hand and dragging him towards the kitchen. Only the boys noticed his cringe at the touch. Carlos frowned. He didn't do that with Kendall yesterday… right? A hand quickly yanked his arm, forcing him to turn. Kendall had both him and James by their shirts and was dragging them into their room. Once he closed the door, he turned to them.
"What are we going to do?" was the immediate response. James nearly laughed. Of course Kendall was being their natural leader again.
"Kill Alex of course!" James hissed, not wanting to alert anyone else. He briefly heard Kendall's mother gasp in surprise, saying Logan. "We can't let him get away with this! He hurt our friend, so we have to hurt him!"
"We can't hurt him," Carlos shook his head. "At least not by hitting or kicking him. We could alert the police or something! Doing that to Logan isn't legal, so he'll get in trouble! We will never have to see him again."
"Or we could do both," James argued.
"But he could use the bruises as an excuse for something else." Carlos turned to Kendall, silently pleading. James turned to him as well, a stubborn glint in his eyes along with fury. Kendall wanted to agree with both of them. He wanted to kill Alex as much as James did, and he wanted to press charges along with Carlos. But…
"We can't," Kendall sighed, hating himself for saying it. James and Carlos instantly argued, saying they couldn't just let Alex go. Kendall tried to control his own anger towards the situation. Right now he had to think about Logan and what he wanted. "Logan doesn't want to press charges. He doesn't want the attention. If the media found out about this, it'd be all over the front cover of magazines. Logan doesn't want that."
"Can't we just press charges in… secret?" Carlos finished lamely.
"Carlos I can't even go to the zoo in secret," Kendall sighed in annoyance. "We have to think of Logan and what he wants. I want to hurt Alex as much as you two, but will that make us better than him? We do what Logan wants us to do… as long as it's not a danger to himself."
"We should be hunting him down," James hissed. Kendall shook his head, his green eyes showing how he already made up his mind. Kendall was stubborn, and James knew he wouldn't win their support with hurting Alex. "Fine." James glared at them. "Do what you want."
With that, he angrily walked out, slamming the door behind him. Carlos could hear a yelp from Logan at the noise. Carlos turned to their leader. "So now what are we going to do?"
"I'm going to go to Alex," Kendall answered calmly.
"What? But I thought-" Carlos protested.
"I'm not going to hurt him unless I need to," Kendall reassured. "But I need to get Logan's stuff back. No way am I going to let him live there anymore."
"Should I come with you?"
Kendall stared down at him and immediately noticed the fear in his eyes. Carlos had met Alex one time in the apartment, Kendall remembered Carlos mentioning. Was Carlos scared of him too? He shook his head, smiling reassuringly. "I'll be fine."
At the nod from Carlos, Kendall walked out of the room, prepared to go to Alex and get Logan's stuff back.
Kendall hoped he could hold his anger back when he saw Alex.
Alice: I like that Jo and Lucy are now friends in the show.
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