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Day 16

Gustavo furiously pounded his fist onto the front desk of the Palm Woods. Mr. Bitters glared back, refusing to show his fear for the red faced man before him. The morning was perfect until Gustavo and Kelly stormed into the Palm Woods demanding he kick out one of his residents. They offered him vast amounts of cash, but he couldn't just kick the boy out. Not only would that cost him more money, but it would badly reflect the building and cause less people and less money to come in. "Give me one good reason why I should kick him out," Mr. Bitters frowned, glad his voice wasn't trembling.

"He has violent tendencies," Kelly clenched her fists with saddened eyes. "Very violent…"

"And do you have any proof of this?" he sighed. He was very aware of the situation with Alex, Logan, and Kendall. Everyone loved Kendall and Logan together and supported them wholeheartedly. Heck, he even liked them together. When they broke up, everyone was shocked. Then Logan got together with Alex. His theory was Kelly and Gustavo wanted Logan and Kendall back together so kicking out Alex was the only way.

But unlike them Mr. Bitters did not get involved with teenage drama.

"I'll call down Alex," Mr. Bitters glared at them. Ignoring their reluctant expressions, he walked into a different room to make the phone call just in case Gustavo decided to randomly grab the phone and talk for him.

"This is going to be harder than we thought," Kelly grumbled.

"Why won't he just take the money?" Gustavo hissed in anger. He currently wore a suit and attempted to look professional. He figured Mr. Bitters would take him more seriously if he did.

"Because Alex might be staying here for a year or two," Kelly glared at the ground. "That's more money coming in monthly than what we're offering… what we can offer."

They stood in silence for a couple moments, contemplating on what to do next. Gustavo, much like Kendall, acted on impulse and instinct. Kelly, on the other hand, thought things through and waited to act. The only reason Gustavo didn't brutally attack Mr. Bitters was because of Kelly's reassuring words.

"Gustavo? Kelly?"

Both froze. All the members of Big Time Rush stood before them with confused expressions. James titled his head to the side. "Do we have practice today? Because you said we had the day off," he narrowed his eyes. They noticed how each boy leaned closer to Logan and understood why. The boy was still injured. It was a miracle he came to practice in the first place.

"Um…" Kelly bit her lip. Did Kendall's mother not tell them that they knew? That she told them? That only left two options if they didn't know. Lie or tell the truth. Gustavo appeared to be thinking the same thing.

"Logan hurt his ankle," Kendall lied. Normally Kendall's lies were flawless and both were ashamed to admit they would have fallen for that if they didn't already know the truth. "So we can't dance if that's what you're here for."

Logan shifted under the pitiful gazes of Gustavo and Kelly. Before they could even begin to explain what they were doing there, Mr. Bitters walked out and sighed. "Alex is coming down so we can talk about the violent tendencies he has," his voice was sarcastic.

Kelly hesitantly nodded, ignoring the gasps from the boys. "Thank you."

"What?" Logan hissed. The boys, Gustavo, Kelly, and Mr. Bitters turned to the shocked and angry boy. Kendall, James, and Carlos just froze in shock. "What did you just say?"

"These two came to talk about your boyfriend's violent history," Mr. Bitters spoke as if the concept was ridiculous. But it was to him. Alex was a nice, sweet boy who helped him out and didn't cause him stress like Big Time Rush. Did he like him with Logan? No, he did prefer Kendall and Logan but it made no difference.

"Ex-boyfriend," Kendall barked out rather possessively.

"Why would you tell him that?" Logan demanded. "You should have asked my permission! How do you even know?"

Mr. Bitters blinked. Logan was agreeing with these terms? He just didn't want people to know? What was going on? All questions remained in his mind as Alex walked towards the group with a supposedly lovely smile. Logan instinctively inclined towards Kendall. "What's going on?" Alex frowned once he spotted the boys. "I was called down for something…?"

"Yes," Mr. Bitters tried to sound professional. Like he knew what was going on. "We have received complaints that you are violent and a danger to our residents at the Palm Woods."

Alex's gaze snapped to Logan, who flinched. Mr. Bitters frowned as he took a closer look at the boys. Alex had some bruises on him and was heavily glaring at the terrified Logan. Kendall, along with James, stood possessively in front of him. Kendall more so than the others. Carlos also stared at Alex with fear. "Where would you hear a story like that?" Alex faced Mr. Bitters. "I'm not violent."

"Yeah right," Kendall snorted. Alex's lips were pressed in a thin line. Annoyance settled on his features.

"Look," Alex sighed, "all I know is Kendall came into my apartment and said Logan was moving out and breaking up with me. Kendall starting hitting me! For no reason too."

Mr. Bitters frowned at that statement. Kendall caused trouble but he never caused actual bodily harm… on purpose. "That's not true!" Kendall objected. "He was talking about Logan like…"

He trailed off with a glare in Alex's direction. According to Logan's stunned expression, he didn't know about this. "Like what?" Alex sneered. "I have bruises to prove Kendall hurt me. He probably hurt Logan too. I remember seeing a lot of bruises on him."

"What!?" James and Gustavo exclaimed.

Gustavo growled at the boy. "Kendall would never hurt Logan!"

Mr. Bitters silently agreed with that. Carlos spoke up quietly. "You were the one hurting Logan."

What? Gustavo and Kelly failed to mention that little fact. They just said he was violent. But he was physically hurting Logan? His boyfriend? Well, ex-boyfriend now. He continued to listen, not daring to interrupt the scene playing out before him. Logan shrunk back at Alex's glare. "Is that what you're spreading around now?" he scoffed.

The smaller boy didn't respond.

"It's the truth!" Kelly put out. "Miss Knight confirmed it for us."

"Mama Knight did?" Carlos whispered.

"This is ridiculous!" Alex threw up his hands. "I'm not violent. These guys just want me gone because I'm Logan's ex. They probably just want to make it easier for Kendall to get with him."

"We want you gone because you hit him!" James objected, saying this much louder than needed and catching the attention of some occupants in the lobby.

"How about we ask Logan then?" Alex smirked. He took a step closer to Logan, who grasped Kendall's wrist. "Did I ever hit you Logan?"

He gulped but didn't respond. Instead he kept his head down and tried not to look at him in the eye. This brought up memories for the other three boys. When Alex had Logan pinned to the wall and was asking him questions…

Logan responded exactly how Alex wanted him to. Exactly how Alex manipulated him to answer.

"Did I hit you Logan? Did I hurt you?" Alex narrowed his eyes. He grabbed Logan's wrist and forcibly pulled him forward. "Did I?"

Logan whimpered. It didn't take long for Kendall and James to spring into action. James gripped Alex's hand tightly and ripped it from Logan. Kendall softly pulled on Logan's shirt backward so Logan would step back. Carlos just shivered, still too fearful of Alex to really do anything. He felt pathetic like that. All Alex did was talk him down once, and he already felt fear for him. Logan rubbed his aching wrists.

"See?" Alex turned to the stunned adults. "He's not answering!"

"He looks afraid," Mr. Bitters commented, suspicion in his voice. "And it looked like your grip hurt him."

Alex gaped at him. "You can't be serious! You believe these guys?"

Mr. Bitters hesitated to answer. It was all Alex needed to send him into a fit of rage. Without warning, he turned and bawled his fist, punching Logan in the gut. "Hey!" Gustavo screamed, snatching Alex and pulling him back.

"You little whore," Alex jeered. "You little fucked up slut!"

Gustavo took no time in throwing the boy to the ground, away from his boys. Kelly glared heavily at the boy wishing Gustavo could actually hurt him. Too bad it was mistreatment of a minor and not in self-defense. Mr. Bitters acted very quickly. He typed on the computer, glancing as Alex stood up with furious eyes. "Alex," Mr. Bitters spoke up, "you are hereby kicked out of the Palm Woods. We do not tolerate violent behavior and abuse of our residents. Please exit the building with your stuff in the next two hours and never come back. If your things aren't gone by that time, we will be willing to sell them off."

Alex growled at Big Time Rush but still eyed Gustavo, James, and Kendall eerily. They would not hesitate to hurt him if he tried to attack Logan again. With a sharp nod, he pushed his way past the boys to his apartment to collect his things. Kelly smiled brightly at his retreating figure and turned to Mr. Bitters. "Thank you," she smiled. "How much do you want? We can pay you with cash if you prefer."

"Nothing," Mr. Bitters shook his head. "I don't need money. That was my duty as a manager to kick him out. I don't need money for that."

"Thanks," James grinned. "You're really not all that bad."

Carlos nodded in agreement. Gustavo rolled his eyes before eyeing Logan with concern. That punch didn't look too comfortable. Kendall already was looking over Logan. "Are you okay?" he asked, the question directed towards Logan.

"I'm fine," Logan nodded. "Um… thanks."

"You're welcome," Gustavo nodded. "I don't like it when someone hurts my boys."

Kendall grinned. "I thought we were dogs."

Gustavo laughed warmly. "Yeah well… take off the time you need. I have to talk to Griffin about this but I won't be telling anyone else. I should have asked you before going to Mr. Bitters about this."

"It's fine," Logan reassured. "I'm… happy he's gone."

"Aren't we all," Mr. Bitters grumbled.

"We would appreciate it if the media didn't find out about this incident," Kelly turned to Mr. Bitters, who nodded in agreement. Once again, he rejected payment from Kelly for keeping what happened a secret. He said it was his duty as manager. The boys thanked them all.

Things were looking up.

Rumors spread fast. Much like how news of Kendall and Logan's break up spread, Alex hurting Logan spread even faster. Some witnessed Alex punching Logan while others witnessed James shouting that Alex was hurting Logan. Slowly guilt settled into them as they thought over how they bullied Logan while he was already down. The one person who took these rumors into careful consideration was none other than Jett.

Jo's words and concerns filled his head as he listened to the rumors. So Jo's friend wasn't a girl. It was Logan. He never paid attention to the smart one of the group. James was his rival in looks (though it was friendlier than actual rivalry). Kendall was his enemy. At least, that's what he thought before. Always having the biggest crush on Jo, Kendall made him angry when he started to go out with the girl and even convinced her to move away only for her to return and have her heart broken. So he treated Kendall with less respect.

Carlos and Logan were just the other ones.

Now his view on particularly Logan changed. He thought back his friend and how she was due to the abuse. Her self-esteem plummeted along with her self respect and trust. Fear replaced her trust and she drifted more the longer it went on. He wondered if Logan confronted in the other guys yet. After all, most of the Palm Woods didn't know about the rape part of the abuse.

He guessed that's why he was so set on finding Logan. He asked around and no one knew where the boys were until he ran into Lucy. He begged and begged her until she told him they were at the ice rink which he should have been expecting. He immediately set out and began to drive there. When he arrived, he went in to find Kendall, Carlos, and James playing hockey with Logan just skating around and watching.

Shakily putting on his stakes, he went onto the ice with a nervous glance. Not only was he horrendous at skating, but he was nervous about confronting Logan. This could either end up helping the boy or destroying him. He wasn't sure if he was even close enough to him to have this conversation. Still, he skated towards Logan. "Logan," Jett announced lowly. He didn't want to attract the attention of the hockey lovers.

Logan's eyebrows furrowed. "Jett?"

Jett waved. "Hi…"

"Hey?" was the confused reply.

"Um… I need to talk to you about something," Jett nervously bit his lip. "And I can't really skate so…"

Logan frowned at the boy. Part of him really didn't want to talk to Jett. At all. But the lack of arrogance in his voice and the way he admitted he wasn't good at something told him that maybe Jett needed the conversation more than Logan would. With a reluctant nod, Logan skated towards his friends. Jett could hear a brief lie about going to the bathroom. "I'll come with you," Kendall announced making Jett chuckle a bit. The ever oh-so-protective Knight.

Logan reassured him he would be okay and that he couldn't always rely on Kendall. With that, he skated away. Jett slowly followed him. He didn't want his friends to think he was stalking him. That, and he was terrified of skating too fast and falling. He arrived into the empty bathroom. It was a small, one room bathroom without stalls. This would give them more privacy. That could either make things better or worse. "What do you want Jett?" Logan demanded.

"Way to get to the point," Jett grumbled. He coughed awkwardly and began. "Well I had this friend… her name was Yelena. She was really fun and stuff. We were friends for as long as I could remember. But things changed… she changed."

Logan raised an eyebrow but still listened. Jett gulped. "Well she got this boyfriend. His name was Brett. Yelena used to joke how our names rhymed. I thought he was a pretty cool dude. But Yelena started hanging around him more than me and when she was near me, she wasn't the same."

"So?"

"I asked her about it," Jett continued, "and she finally told me the truth. This guy, Brett, was abusing her. Badly."

Logan's eyes widened in horror.

"So naturally I wanted to hurt him," Jett glared at the ground. "But she said no. Something about how he would change or something. But she just got more and more distant. I threatened a bunch of times that I was going to tell someone: an adult, a teacher, someone! I never did. The abuse got worse, Logan. She… well he raped her. After that, she completely changed. A couple weeks after that, she killed herself."

Logan's face was pale with wide eyes. "W-why are you telling me this?"

"Jo told me she had a friend that… went through that too," Jett was careful with his words. "She said the friend was a girl though. I never really connected the dots until I heard about Alex… hurting you this morning."

Jett stole a glance at Logan. His body was tense and his face was hardened. "So you know…great. That's just fucking fantastic! First I think Camille will be the only one to know Then Jo knows! And of course she has to call over Lucy, who forces me to tell Kendall, James, and Carlos. Oh, and if that's not enough let's just inform Mama Knight and probably Katie while we're at it. But my privacy shouldn't be restricted to just them! No, Gustavo and Kelly clearly need to know!"

"Logan-" Jett tried to intervene.

"But we need to tell Mr. Bitters too because God knows he should be involved," Logan all but growled. "And now because Mr. Bitters can't talk to Alex in private everyone knows. Jett, I don't want everyone to know! The point of me not telling anyone was so no one would know!"

"You shouldn't feel ashamed," Jett raised his voice enough to stop Logan's rant. "You really shouldn't. It wasn't your fault. Yelena used to tell me how it was her fault. Brett's words got to her. She started to believe them, and that's why she killed herself."

"You don't get it," Logan glared at the cracked tile below him.

"No," Jett admitted. "I don't get it. No one really gets what you're going through. But that doesn't mean you should close yourself off from the world. That's exactly what Yelena did and that's exactly why I don't have my best friend anymore."

"But I let him!" Logan squeezed his eyes tightly. "I let him do all that to me!"

"No you didn't," Jett whispered softly. He really wasn't good at this whole comforting thing. But he needed to help Logan. He could not handle another Yelena.

"Yeah I did," Logan sighed. "Sometimes he'd offer… he would say he could beat me or I could… and I'd pick the latter because I don't need any more bruises."

"That doesn't mean you let him," Jett slowly raised his hand. Logan stared at it wearily but understood Jett's unasked question: could he touch him? Logan nodded and Jett placed his hand on his shoulder. "It means you didn't want to get hurt. You feel ashamed. You feel weak and you feel unworthy and all. But that's not true. It's exactly what he wants you to feel. It's how he manipulated you to feel."

"I can't help it," Logan choked out, tears coming to his brown eyes.

"I know you can't," Jett whispered, flashing back to his time with Yelena. "Just… don't act on those feelings. Don't degrade yourself."

"I have thought about killing myself," Logan admitted. "Once or twice while I was living with him."

"Don't!" Jett exclaimed loudly causing the boy to flinch. Without thinking about it, he put both hands on Logan's shoulders and turned him over to face him. "You have way too much to live for! Kendall loves you like crazy. It's kind of scary how much he does. So does James and Carlos and Katie and Miss Knight. Camille, Lucy, and Jo do too. You're way too smart. I bet you're going to make up some cure for cancer. You would devastate us if you were gone."

"I…" Logan began only to be interrupted by the door slamming open, revealing Kendall, James, and Carlos.

"Logan!" Kendall walked in. "Why were you in here for so long? We were worried about… you…"

The three boys blinked at the sight before them. Jett's hands were on Logan's shoulders, gripping them a bit tightly with a fierce expression on his face. Logan was also currently crying while staring up at Jett. Kendall growled, taking a step forward. "Jett," he snarled. "Get. The fuck. Away from him."

Fear overclouded Jett as he quickly parted from the crying boy. "Kendall!" Logan shouted. "It's not what you-"

Carlos sprang in, slamming Jett against the wall. "What the hell were you doing to him?" James shouted.

"Nothing!" Jett put his hands up in surrender.

"Then why is he crying?!" Carlos glared up at the boy.

"Guys!" Logan shouted. "I'm fine!"

"Like hell you are," Kendall snarled. "What was he-"

"He knows about Alex," Logan blurted out. "He was telling me about self-worth and to not give up on life. He didn't want me to commit suicide."

Jett nodded eagerly in agreement. Carlos frowned, his grip on Jett loosening. "But…" Carlos frowned. "Why?"

"He had a friend who had the same thing happen to her," Logan explained. "And she killed herself. He wanted to make sure I was okay. And I am! I told him I wasn't thinking of that at all."

Liar, Jett thought.

"I was crying because of his story with his friend," Logan reassured them. "He wasn't hurting me or anything."

He was crying because he's insecure, Jett wanted to scream. You guys have to help him.

But in the end, they fell for Logan's lies. Kendall possessively hugged Logan, who didn't flinch at the contact. That intrigued Jett. When Yelena was abused, she flinched at all contact including his own. As the four boys exited the bathroom, three of them giving him warning glares, Jett could only smile. Logan wouldn't end up like Yelena. That much he could see.

Because his friends would always be there for him.

Alice: Some Jett and Logan bonding there.

Emily: Sorry it's been almost a month.

Alice: Next chapter has a very jealous Logan because he meets Sarah.

Emily: Enjoy!