Chapter 7
"Logan? L-Logan?" Logan groaned and blinked his eyes open tiredly, annoyed at whoever had woke him from his deep sleep. When he slept, he didn't have to worry about things. In fact, he had completely forgotten about Kendall in his dreams. Now he had to worry again about Kendall and everything else that he didn't have to worry about in his sleep.
But when he saw the tears streaming down Carlos's face, he forgot all about being irritated. He was immediately awake, letting Carlos sit next to him. "Carlos, buddy, what's wrong?" Carlos buried his face in Logan's shoulder, sniffling and whimpering.
"I h-had a bad d-dream." Carlos choked out, his tiny body trembling.
Logan patted Carlos's head. "Aw, wanna talk about it?" When Carlos woke up from nightmares, it usually helped the most if he told someone what it was about.
Carlos whimpered. "Th-the doctors came out a-and said th-that… that K-Kendall d-died!" He broke down and started sobbing into Logan shoulder. Logan rubbed Carlos's back, hoping to calm him down. Logan would probably be like Carlos too if he'd had a nightmare like that.
"I don't w-want K-Kendall to die, Logan… I-I really d-don't." Carlos sobbed, sobs shaking his body. Logan took Carlos into his lap, hoping to calm him down a little.
"Kendall isn't gonna die, okay Carlos. Don't worry; he isn't dying for another, like, 8 decades." Logan assured Carlos. Carlos only sobbed harder.
"Y-you don't know th-that. I-If he d-d-dies…" Carlos trailed off, crying too hard to continue. Logan sighed. He was trying hard to avoid thinking about what would happen if Kendall… died, but Carlos crying and sobbing about it was making it the only thing he was thinking about now.
What if Kendall died? What would they do then? Big Time Rush would be over, and Logan, James, and Carlos would lose their leader. They're strong rock, the one who held them together. Logan knew that if Kendall died, none of his friends would ever be the same again. Kendall's death would destroy them.
Logan tried to shake the thoughts out of his head. He couldn't think like that. He was always, and still was, pessimistic, but now wasn't the time to be negative. He had to think good thoughts, or he'd be breaking down as well.
Logan put his head on top of Carlos's. "Carlos, it's alright. It's alright. Kendall's gonna be fine. He's not dead yet, and the doctors are gonna come and tell us what's wrong with Kendall soon. And it's probably not something horrible, so don't worry, okay?" Logan wrapped his small arms around Carlos's small body, staying silent until Carlos stopped crying.
"Y-you s-sure?" Carlos asked timidly. Logan smiled gently at him and nodded.
"I'm sure." Honestly, Logan wasn't sure. He wasn't sure at all. But he didn't want little Carlos to worry, and he didn't want James to worry, either. He was the doctor; he could take bad news better than James and Carlos. He wanted to be the first one to hear about Kendall, so maybe he could deliver the news gently to his other friends.
Carlos sniffled. "Logan?"
Logan looked down at his younger friend. "Yeah?"
"Wh-where's James?" Logan froze. He turned towards the spot where James was supposed to be sitting, but found no one there. He looked around the hallways. No sign of James.
Logan widened his eyes as the realization sunk in. James wasn't here. "Carlos, was James here when you woke?"
Carlos looked scared when he shrugged. "I… I was t-too scared to notice, and then I-I thought y-you knew where h-he was." He told Logan. Logan nodded.
"Where could he have gone? Oh, James…" Logan took out his phone and texted James.
"Logan? D-do you think James is okay?" Carlos asked meekly.
Logan shrugged. "He's probably just taking a walk or something around the hospital. This is a lot to handle." Logan pointed out, gesturing to Kendall's closed door. Carlos nodded and shifted his position in Logan's lap.
Logan's phone beeped. Logan checked his texts and saw that James had responded. Before Logan could read the response, Carlos tugged on his sleeve and pointed to the doctor walking toward them. Logan recognized him as the doctor who'd spoken to him when he arrived at the hospital.
"Logan Mitchell?" The doctor asked calmly. Logan stood up. Carlos quickly got off of Logan and cowered behind him, waiting for the doctor's words.
"That's me. Do… do you know if he's gonna be okay?" Logan asked, fearing the answer. The doctor sighed. Logan's stomach dropped. That wasn't a good sign.
"Logan, maybe you and your friend should sit down for this one." Logan slowly nodded and pushed Carlos down onto a chair before sitting in the one next to the doctor.
The doctor pulled out a clipboard. "Kendall's in stable condition." Logan sighed in relief. Kendall was still alive and breathing on his own. That was a good sign.
"But… We've found that Kendall has very serious injuries to his head. Can you tell us what happened before you called 911?"
Logan's heart thumped loudly. "I… Kendall slipped on the floor and hit his head on the concrete tile. But he didn't hit his head that hard, it shouldn't have caused him faint." The doctor nodded, jotting down some notes.
"Has Kendall been having headaches or sudden nausea for the past few days?" The doctor asked. Logan thought back. He did notice something kinda off with Kendall these past few days… Guilt filled Logan. He should've asked Kendall about it. Maybe his could have prevented this.
"I… I don't know. But yesterday he fainted after he got checked in hockey. But he wasn't checked that hard, and he said he fainted because he was just having a migraine or something." Looking back on it, thinking Kendall was alright was stupid. He had fainted, for heaven's sake! How could he be okay? But Kendall was so convincing… and there really didn't seem to be anything wrong with him afterwards… so Logan hadn't asked about it again or taken him to a doctor. But maybe he should have.
The doctor nodded thoughtfully to himself, and then looked at Logan. "I'm sorry, Logan, but we think Kendall may have a concussion." Logan furrowed his eyebrows. A concussion? That was it? That was what made Kendall have a seizure? As far as Logan knew, concussions didn't cause permanent damage, and they healed quickly.
"So… wh-what's so bad about that?" Logan asked boldly. Once again, he was afraid of the answer, but he had no choice but to be the one to ask, right? James wasn't here and Carlos looked like he would start crying again.
The doctor looked straight into Logan's eyes. "He had a lot of bleeding in his brain, Logan. And that could have damaged the brain severely. We don't know how much it's affected him, because we don't know how long it's been since the bleeding started."
Logan was more than confused. When the bleeding started? Logan didn't even know Kendall had that bad of a concussion. "Uh… I don't know when his bleeding started. I didn't even know he had bleeding in his brain." It was scary to actually say it out loud. Logan had heard lots of stories about kids who had blood in their brains… bad things happened to them. Bad things.
The doctor looked worried, but also like he'd expected this. Whatever "this" was. "Logan, I think Kendall may have been keeping a few things from you. We predict that his bleeding started almost a week ago. That's a long time, Logan. A really long time." Logan's heart stopped. At least it felt like it did. Almost a week? Oh no, this was bad, this was bad…
Logan felt like he was in Carlos's nightmare. Kendall wasn't dead… but he was in serious trouble. Logan just wanted to wake up from this nightmare… but this was something he couldn't wake up from. This was his life. He couldn't just decide to "wake up" from it. He had to deal with what happened every day and every minute. But Logan didn't think he could deal with this.
Kendall had been keeping something big from them. And Logan had never suspected a thing until Kendall had fainted the day before. Logan was supposed to be the future doctor, the cautious one; he was supposed to notice when his friends weren't feeling alright. But he wasn't able to help Kendall when he needed it most. Kendall had been there for him and his friends every single time. But when Kendall needed his friends this one time, Logan wasn't there for him.
Logan was jerked out of his thoughts when Carlos whimpered and clung on tightly to his shirt. "Wh-what does that mean?" He asked the doctor timidly, fear in his eyes. The doctor stared at both of them sympathetically.
"It means that… this may have affected Kendall. A lot. Bleeding in the brain is nothing to fool around about. If Kendall has actually been suffering headaches, then that was probably pain from the bleeding in his brain. If he's been feeling nauseous or dizzy, it's because of the bleeding in the brain. But we don't if he's been feeling dizzy or weak yet. He's the only one who can tell us when he wakes up." The doctor explained.
Logan was about to thank the doctor, but then stopped. "Wait. What do you mean, when he wakes up? I thought he was already awake." For the third time that day, he didn't want to know the answer to his question. But yet again, he knew he had to know.
The doctor turned back. "It means that Kendall Knight is in a coma."
Logan heard a loud crash.
A/N- So what could the loud crash be? Only I know. Or if you're smart enough to guess it right, then I guess you know too. ;) So you know what's wrong with Kendall… kinda. He has a concussion and bleeding in his brain. That's all you know. And you won't know more til later. Sorry.
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