2 Stop Pretending

"So what did he say?" Logan asks. He starts nervously fiddling with the room keys, waiting for an answer.

"He said he's in. But, he also said… He, err, realized that we'd been spending lots of time together."

"I knew it! We can't keep hiding for much longer, Kendall." Logan sighs. "Sooner or later they're gonna figure it out."

"They won't if we give them a good reason to be hanging out more than usual."

"What better reason than the truth? Why are you so evasive even with the idea of telling them?"

"Stop it! I don't like to talk about it, remember?" Kendall yells. Then, a flashback starts.

"These freaks. Why do they show it, do that in front of kids? It's not normal!" A much younger Kendall looks up to his father. What would he father think if he said that he accepted? That love was love, no matter in which way it was shown. He knew what his father would think. He'd think Kendall was just like them. And worse… He'd be right.

Kendall shakes his head. Logan sees that and tries to calm him down, but Kendall won't listen. He walks out of the room and bumps into Carlos.

"Kendall?! Are you okay, man? You look like you just saw a ghost."

"I'm just tired. I'll be in my room in case you guys need me."

Weird, Carlos thinks. But his mind rapidly drifts off to another topic. We can't keep hiding like this forever. James is right… At some point we'll have to stop pretending.