Chapter 16
"Hey Kendall." June said to Kendall as she passed him in the lobby.
"Can't talk, I have to make Gustavo angry and normal." Kendall said as he ran past her. June started as his spot in confusion. She shook her head and kept walking down to the lobby. She passed Carlos.
"Hey Carlos." She said.
"I only have 24 hours to live! I love you June." Carlos said and gave her a bear hug. He picked her up and shook her around. He finally set her down and ran off. She opened her mouth to talk, but she had nothing to say. She kept walking to the pool and she past Logan. He was wearing skinny jeans, a leather jacket, and aviator sunglasses.
"Hey Logan." June said to Logan.
"Sup shorty-shorts." Logan said. June crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows. He slid his shades down and winked at her and walked away.
"What is going on?" June said to herself.
"Well," James said from behind her. June jumped up and turned around. She sighed.
"Jesus James, you gave me a heart attack." June said and slapped him arm. James smiled.
"That was like your catchphrase as a kid. You always said that." James said. June showed a slight smile.
"That's cause you always scared me." June said. They both laughed, thinking of the times when they were kids and did everything together. Then they realized that they're not supposed to be laughing together like this. There supposed to practically hate each other. They both stopped laughing.
"So do you want to know why everyone's acting weird?" James asked.
"Sure, I have nothing to do today." June said. James sighed.
"Well Gustavo said that Logan needs to have more swag, and he said that we," he pulled out his mirror and looked at himself. "need to stop being so conceited. And he said that Kendall needs to stop talking back and then Kendall said that Gustavo needs to take a chill pill so he got angry at us and chased us home, where Budda Bob gave him this pinch to make him calm down and so now he's really calm and Kendall is trying fix him." James said. June sighed.
"It's always something with you four. He's not wrong though. Did you see Logan, he looks good." June said as she glanced over at him and James stuck out his tongue at her while her head was turned. She turned back and James went back to his normal face. She took the mirror out of his hand. "And you need to let go of this mirror. No wonder you don't have a girlfriend." She said and threw the mirror behind her into the pool. James gave her a look and pouted.
"That's not why I don't have a girlfriend, I could get girl I want." James said as he pulled another mirror out of his pocket.
"You can't get me." June said smugly and crossed her arms. James looked back at her.
"I said any girl I want, I don't want you." James said. June put her arms down.
"Well good." She said
"I know." James said and he fixed his hair and put the mirror away. "Now. Let's go fix Logan." James said. June raised an eyebrow.
"Both of us?" June asked. James nodded.
"Well yeah. Do you want a calm Gustavo and that swaggy Logan?" James asked. June looked over at Logan who was covered in girls and acting like a big hot shot. June sighed.
"I guess not." June said. James smiled.
"Good, cause I can't do this alone. Now what are we going to do?" James asked. June sighed.
"I don't know." June said. James coughed. Then he gasped.
"He's taking my swag!" James exclaimed. June scoffed.
"What swag?" June said. James shot her a look and she just smiled.
"Hurry and think of a plan!" James said. June sighed. James grabbed her hand and dragged her back to the lobby. "What's your plan?"
"I don't know yet! This is a weird situation." June said. Katie walked past them, but then walked back.
"Are you two finally dating now?" Katie asked. They both looked at her in confusion. She pointed down. James and June looked down and they noticed they were still holding hands. They quickly retracted hands.
"We are not dating." James said. June nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I even have a song about it." June said, as if that made a huge difference. James and Katie both looked at her, as if waiting for her to explain more.
"It's a work in progress, I only have a couple lines. But I'm working on it!" June said. Katie rolled her eyes.
"It's only a matter of time." Katie said. James and June both scoffed.
"Yeah right." They said at the same time. They glanced at each other and looked back at Katie who was shaking her head, and left. June watched her leave. She turned back and saw James wearing a lab coat with glasses and his hair was gelled to the side. Behind him was a big white board with equations scribbled on it. June pointed at the bored, then at James. She tried to say something, but she was at a loss for words. She sighed.
"If Logan's going to steal my swag, then I'm going to steal is smart brains." James said.
"What does this even mean?" June said looking it over.
"Well Miss. College student. It seems to be a recipe for toast." He studied it and then stood back up. June just looked at him in confusion. After a couple seconds later, she cracked a smile. She took the glasses off him.
"You're such a dork." June said as she ruffed his hair to get it closer to it's original state.
"That was the goal." James said. June smiled and let out a little chuckle. She wiped her hands on the sides of his lab coat. James rolled his eyes. June was about to comment when she was distracted and pushed.
Logan walked through the lobby, followed by a ton of girls and dancers. When the group finally passed, June looked over at James to see he was wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants, and he looked pretty sick. He coughed a couple times.
"He's too powerful. He's taking all my swag." James said and then coughed.
"I'm pretty sure that's impossible." June said. James gave her a look and then coughed again and fell down. "Alright maybe it is. What are we going to do?"
"Okay what if he sees me all sick, then he will want to stop taking my swag." James said. June sighed.
"As stupid as that sounds, it will probably work. Let's go up to your room." June said.
"But I'm so tired." James complained. June sighed.
"Well what do you want me to do? Carry you?" June asked sarcastically. James nodded.
"Yes please." He held out his arms.
"You are so lucky that I work out often." June said. She helped him stand up then she turned around. "Get on my back."
James jumped on her back. June grunted. "Good lord." She jumped a little to reposition him. She held onto his legs which he wrapped around her waist. Then he wrapped his arms around her neck. "Don't choke me." June said. He adjusted his arms. "Thank you."
"Now, to 2J!" James said as he pointed to the elevators. June turned her head to look at him.
"You're really weird, you know that?" June said. James nodded.
"But you love it." James said. June showed a slight smile and shook her head. She started to carry him to the elevator. The got to the elevator and James hit the button. The doors shut.
"How are you so strong?" James asked.
"Have you ever heard of the Insanity workout?" June said.
"Yeah."
"Well I did that for 60 days when I moved to L.A. and then when I finished it, I wanted to keep up that body so I workout everyday and yeah I guess I'm pretty strong." June said.
"But you don't look really muscular." James said. June laughed.
"Well duh. I don't want to look muscular, no girl wants to look like a body builder. I just do certain exercises to make my body look how I want." June said.
"Well you look really good." James said. June turned her head to him and smiled.
"Thanks. You don't look to bad yourself." June said. James smiled at her. Their faces were only a couple inches away. Then the elevator dinged. June turned back forward and carried him to the room.
"How do we open the door?" June asked.
"I think Carlos or Katie is home. Knock." James said. June rolled her eyes.
"My hands aren't exactly available." June said.
"Then don't use your hands." James said. June sighed, then smiled.
"Okay." She turned and hit James against the door and turned back around.
"Ow!" James exclaimed. Then the door opened and Katie answered.
"I knew you were going out! But it's a little weird that you're carrying him." Katie said. "Carlos get out here. It's a pretty good sight!" Kate yelled. Still standing in front of the door so that June and James couldn't get through until Carlos saw. Carlos came out.
"Katie! I can't leave! What if-" He stopped when he saw James and June. "Finally!" Carlos yelled.
"We are not dating! Now can you move so I can set him down. If you haven't noticed, I'm a 5'6" girl carrying a 6'3" guy. It's a little bit of a struggle." June complained. Katie and Carlos moved aside and June carried James over to the couch and threw him down. She stood up straight and sighed.
"Good lord James. I'm never doing that again." June said. James was laying down with his pillow and blanket. He actually looked sick.
"Why were you carrying him?" Carlos asked.
"Well Logan is 'taking his swag'" June used air quotes, "and James thinks that it is making him sick, and he refused to walk up here, he made me carry him." June finished. James coughed.
"Well I think that I deserve it. Remember when we were, like 6, and your family and me and my dad all went down to Disney World and I had to carry you around?" James said. June thought about it for a second and then laughed.
"Oh right. I was tired and my feet hurt from those plastic glass slippers and I made you carry me from Tomorrowland to Cinderella's castle so that I could see the princesses." June said, smiling at the memory.
"Yeah and I carried you so far. So I deserve it to be carried up one floor." James said. June sighed.
"Fine. I guess that's fair." June said.
"So how are you going to get Logan to stop acting like James?" Carlos asked.
"Well June is going to dress like a nurse," James started, June scoffed.
"No way. I hate dressing up." June said. James laughed.
"I know, which is why you're going to do it." James said.
"Not a chance." June said.
"Well anyway, June is going to hook me up to a EKG and then Logan will come in and see that I'm all sick and then he will give up his swag to make me better." James said.
"And where are we going to get an EKG?" June asked.
"Can't you get one from school?" James asked. June sighed and headed for the door.
"I'll be back in 10 minutes." June said and left. Carlos turned.
"You so want each other." Carlos said.
"No we don't." James insisted.
"Yes you do. Why won't she go out with you?" Carlos asked. James looked around to see that Katie was gone.
"Okay, I heard Katie say that June has commitment issues. I don't know where she heard it or what, but it makes sense, she won't commit to me and she keeps saying that she isn't committed to Dak. She also says that she doesn't like me, so I don't even know what to think about her." James said.
"I don't know what you should do, sorry bro." Carlos said. James sighed.
"Neither do I." James said.
Break
Logan walked into the apartment with his shades on, still strutting. He didn't look back at all the girls following him, he just shut the door behind him. He looked forward and saw James lying on the couch with June right next to him. He knew something was defiantly wrong if they were right next to each other and not fighting. He took of his shades.
"What's going on?" Logan asked, his voiced laced with concern.
"Well, uh, James is low on his," June glanced at her hand where she had what she was supposed to say written down, "swag count."
"Is that an EKG?" Logan asked. June nodded.
"Yeah and I better not get in trouble for using it." June grumbled the last part to herself. James coughed.
"As you grow stronger, I grow weaker." James said and then coughed some more. Logan shrugged.
"You can have it." He took off his sunglasses. "I don't like it. People are following me everywhere, people keep singing, and these pants are too tight." He said and slipped his "math is cool' pocket protector on his shirt pocket. The EKG speed up and James jumped up, back in his normal clothes.
"Okay, I'm better now." James said. June looked at the couch and then back at him.
"How do you change that fast?" June asked. James shrugged. He took out his mirror.
"But I do know that we are happy again." He said as he looked in the mirror. June just rolled her eyes.
"Well I'm going to go change out of these pants." Logan said and walked over to his room. James put his mirror down. June turned to him.
"I actually had a lot of fun today James." June said. James smiled.
"Me too. It was just like the good ol days when we were growing up." James said as he wrapped his arm around her and sighed happily. June laughed and pulled his hand off.
"Well maybe we'll do this again next time you boys have a problem." June said. She walked over and grabbed the EKG. "Now I need to bring this back to school. I'll talk to you later." June said and wheeled it away.
"Bye!" She said as she opened the door.
"Bye." James said back as he watched her leave. He really had no clue where to go from here. He had no clue what his feelings were for her. He was at a loss. He pulled out his mirror.
"At least we'll always have each other." He said to the mirror.