Okay so I've decided that I am SICK of all my one-shots being separate stories. So now all my one-shots will be in this story. I feel it will motivate me to write more and keep them far more organized. I have no idea how often I will update but the more people read the more I will. They will be all kinds of stories, some might be more than one-shots, some might be past stories, and some set now. They will all be very all over the place and depending on my mood will probably always be different. I'm actually quite excited to start this :P

Also I will need requests! Lots of them! Seriously just go request a story and if I don't do it, just request again and again and I promise I will get around to it. I will ALWAYS try to get to it

This one isn't too good, I just really wanted to get the ball rolling and am in a mass James phase at the moment so this came out. I hope it's not too much of a disappointing start.

Also first and only time I do not own Big Time Rush, because if I did James would just stand there and smile. ALL THE TIME! Because his smile is so freaking contagious.

Thunder.

The source of all things evil. Whose idea was thunder anyway? It was loud, and noisy and pointless. If there is no lightning what exactly does thunder do? Just make big, crashing sounds that scared the crap out of people? Thunder literally has no meaning. Rain produces water that falls from the sky. Lightning spits sparks from the sky the kill people. Even bloody cyclones have a purpose.

But thunder has no purpose. It's just there…

James shivered and pulled the blanket tighter over his head. James Diamond hated thunder with a passion. He hated the noise. The way it shook the house. The way trembling sounds vibrated through the walls. But most of all, he hated the way it affected him so much.

James wasn't a person who was frightened easily. If anything James was the most courageous of his friends. He could conquer heights as if they were hills, stood on spiders like it was nobody business and could find anything and everything in the dark. James considered himself to be a brave person, he had to be when he had friends like his.

He was always there to remove any kind of bug or reptile that had made Carlos scream like a girl. He would hold Logan's hand and guide him as the smaller boy shook unintentionally when there was an absence of light. And on the odd occasion when Kendall broke down James was always there to hold him. James loved his friends, they were his family. But nobody knew about his irrational fear of thunder. Because it was an irrational fear. It was stupid. At least Carlos had a reason to be afraid of bugs, they were creepy and can bite.

Logan had a fear of the dark and when asked would just answer 'due to the inherit absence of light'. Which may seem stupid but after all he was right. The dark was the unknown, Logan was motivated by structure and logic. The unknown terrified him.

The only thing James knew that Kendall didn't like (not fear, because if you used the word fear and Kendall in the same sentence, he would probably back hand you) was hospitals. Due to his father dying of cancer, James assumed it was a pretty rational 'dislike'.

But thunder, man it was just stupid. James hated it.

James had retreated early for the night, claiming he didn't want to watch TV with the guys anymore because he was tired. Truth was as soon as he heard the thunder he knew it wouldn't be long until he started shaking. So instead of being a good friend and manning up to his problem, he said goodnight and hurried to the room he shared with Carlos.

So now he sat in his bed, the covers pulled up over his head and silent sobs escaping his mouth. Being afraid of thunder was irrational, he tried to tell himself. You don't even have a reason to be scared of it!

A loud crash caused James to jump and remember why he was terrified. He hated the noise.

Groaning he pulled the blanket up over his head and curled into himself.

-/-/-

"Okay guys, I'm going to bed," Carlos said after a very intention game of COD.

Logan smirked, "You're only going to bed because you suck at this game," neither Kendall nor Logan bothered taking their eyes off the TV.

Carlos rolled his eyes and playfully threw a pillow at Logan's head, "Goodnight."

Kendall and Logan just nodded and continued attacking each other's characters.

Carlos walked into his and James room to find it completely dark. With the thunder outside and the eerie darkness in the room, he was honestly a little creped out. Besides it was weird for James to sleep in complete darkness, usually he slept with the door open a crack.

"Man James, what are you trying to do? Make it unnaturally creepy to freak me out and then beat me over the head with a bat?" Carlos joked and switched on the light.

When the room was full of light he looked over to James's bed. The brunette was curled up in his comforter, back towards the room.

"James you alright?" Carlos asked a little worried. Usually James slept on his stomach, facing the door. This was odd.

When he didn't answer Carlos just shrugged assuming he was asleep. Within five minutes the Latino had put on his sweats and was about to get into his own bed when he heard a noise.

It was a weird noise, like a grunt, or whine. Or a sob?

Carlos heard it again and turned on the light, "James?" Carlos asked uncertain.

It sounded like somebody was crying, or trying not to cry. But James never cried…let's just say Carlos was very confused right now.

"James?" He repeated more confidently this time.

"Um, yea?" James replied. His voice was hoarse and soft, he didn't bother turning to face Carlos. He couldn't bear to face him.

"Are you okay?" Carlos asked softly, slowly approaching the taller boy. Carlos had never in his entire friendship with James been in a situation like this before. Honestly he had only seen James cry a handful of times. This was definitely new.

"I'm fine," James said unconvincingly, still not looking at Carlos. He continued to face the wall and wrapped his blanket tighter around him.

Despite popular belief Carlos was not in fact an idiot. He was very smart. But James, the James Diamond was sitting in his bed, curled up, sobbing. This was Carlos's best friend. He had no idea what to do, so he did what any rational person would do in this situation.

"KENDALL!" Carlos yelled very loudly.

When in doubt, call Kendall.

"What! No!" James yelled sitting up, struggling to free himself from the blanket he had confined himself in. When he was fully up Carlos could see James eyes were puffy and red. He gave Carlos his best 'what the hell' look however it was contradicted by the tears on his face. He just looked confused and lost.

"Yea Carlos?" Kendall asked as he entered the room, Logan behind him.

Carlos didn't answer, just continued to stare at James. Kendall's eyes followed him and quickly everyone was staring at the pretty boy confused.

"James?" Kendall asked.

"Are you…crying?" Logan asked uncertain.

"What?" James yelled defensively and shot up out of bed startling the boys, "Of course I wasn't crying."

Kendall and Logan shared a confused look, "Your eyes are puffy," Logan stated.

"And you voice is really unsteady, are you sure your fine?" Kendall asked going to put his hand on James shoulder. However when Kendall went to reach out another crash of thunder shook the house causing James to jump.

"This is ridiculous, I-I'm fine," James said and stormed out of the room.

"Did he just jump away from my touch…?" Kendall asked, stumped.

"Or was it due to the thunder?" Logan contemplated.

"How did you find him?" Kendall asked, turning to Carlos.

Carlos shrugged, "It was weird, I came in here and everything was dark as and he had his back turned to me sleeping on his side,"

"That's weird," Logan said.

"Yea, usually he sleeps on his stomach." Kendall stated. Was it weird they all knew that?

Carlos nodded, "Then I went to go to bed and all of the sudden I heard this weird noise. I think it was James crying."

Kendall and Logan looked gob smacked, "James crying?" Kendall asked.

"James doesn't cry." Logan said.

Carlos just nodded, "What's wrong with him?"

Kendall just shrugged. He didn't know, but he would for sure find out.

They boys entered the living room and found James sitting on the couch staring intensely at the TV, as if trying to block out the rest of the room.

Kendall and Logan approached him carefully, nobody being quite sure of what to make of an upset James. Well, upset really wasn't the right word. Countless times they had dealt with James while he was upset. But usually James didn't get crying upset. He would go into denial and then get mad. Like when Big Time Rush had been ended because Griffin was going to make children books, James didn't get upset when his dream was shattered. He was in denial for a few days, and then refused to believe it was happening. James was just like that, he didn't get upset. He denied and experienced anger.

"James?" Kendall asked slowly and sat down next to the boy. He sighed in relief when James didn't get off the couch, but frowned when the boy i wrapped his arms around his middle.

"Are you okay?" Logan sat on the other side of the boy and rested his hand on James's shoulder. Kendall wasn't sure if it was there for comfort or to make sure he didn't try to run off.

Carlos sat on the floor and stared intensely at the pretty boy. Almost like a pre schooler waiting for their teacher to read a story.

James squirmed under his friends gaze's, the last thing he wanted to do was tell them he was afraid.

"James," Logan repeated.

James sighed and tightened his arms around his middle, "What?" He asked avoiding there stares.

Kendall and Logan shared a look, this really was bad.

"James, what's up?" Kendall asked.

"The sky…" James mumbled.

Kendall smirked, trust James to make the worst joke in the history of the world.

"James seriously, something's bothering you. You know you can tell us," Logan said comforting.

James sighed, man was this humiliating. How could this get worse?

Just then a loud crash of thunder hit the apartment and James jumped almost a foot off the couch. Yep….it just got worse.

Kendall, Logan and Carlos sat in silence studying James for a second. Did he just jump? Due to the thunder?

"Um, James…" Kendal started really unsure of where to go with this. While all the boys were scared of something, none of them really talked about it.

They were guys, they didn't talk about their feelings and…stuff.

They made fun of each other playfully about it sometimes and always comforted each other when needed. But they never talked about it. That's weird.

"Are you afraid of thunder?" Logan asked.

"What!" James shouted defensively, "No, what…of course not…what would make you say that?" James laughed nervously.

Logan bit his lip, "It's okay if you are,"

"Well I'm not," James said timidly.

Once again the thunder made a loud crashing noise and James jumped again. He hit his head furiously on the back of the couch, "Why the hell would it thunder in California!"

Carlos looked at James surprised, "You're scared of thunder?"

James glared at him when Carlos almost laughed out loud but he quickly shut his mouth, "its okay. I don't like bugs."

James rolled his eyes annoyed.

"James its okay to be scared of something. Carlos doesn't like bugs, Kendall doesn't like hospitals and I hate the dark. It's perfectly normal to be scared of something you know you shouldn't," Logan reassured rubbing the pretty boys back.

"Ah, no its not." James groaned.

Kendall laughed, "It is James."

"No its not," He said frustrated, "It's stupid. It's just thunder!"

Logan smiled, "Come on James, it's alright to be afraid. You don't have to be fearless all the time."

James looked over to him and smiled. He was glad they understood. Just by the look Logan knew James was thanking him, but at the same time pleading him to help. Logan pulled him into a one arm hug which James took gratefully.

"This is good, I was starting to think you were like rock or something," Carlos said vaguely and laughed.

Kendall grinned, "Yea we all knew pretty boy couldn't be tough all the time." And poked James in the side.

James squirmed and laughed, "Shut up Kendall,"

He let go of Logan and then wrapped his arms around his middle again.

Logan frowned at Kendall, hoping he hadn't offended James to make him hide back into his shell. Which was a place James wasn't very often and the guys didn't like to see him.

"But it's okay, thunders kind of scary," Kendall said trying to make James feel better.

James smiled, "Thanks Kendall."

A crash came again but before he could jump Kendall, Logan and Carlos all had a comforting hand on him. He smiled.

"I have a question, and don't be offended," Carlos added.

James nodded a bit wary, "Alright."

"We've been friends with you most our lives, spent almost every day together, stayed at each other's house for weeks on end and lived in Minnesota where most of the year it snows, rains or thunders. How did we not know you were afraid of thunder?" Carlos asked very confused as to how they could miss something like this.

"I am inclined to agree with him James," Logan said.

James shrugged sheepishly, "Was just good at hiding it I guess,"

Kendall's stomach dropped, he didn't like the thought of James having to deal with this on his own when he was clearly terrified. He couldn't imagine having to deal with hospitals alone.

"Well no more," Kendall said, "Don't hide anything like this from us again. Alright?"

James smirked at Kendall's leader voice. This was his 'clearly I'm right and you're wrong and if you argue with me I'll backhand you' voice. James rolled his eyes at his best friend.

"Dude, I'm serious. If I find out you have some other fear you haven't told us about, or there is another thunder storm and you're not within distance of us straight away I will hunt you don't and kick your ass," Kendall stated.

James smiled, when Kendall said kick your ass it really means I love you and I don't like to see you get hurt.

"Alright captain," He said.

Kendall smiled, "Good."

Another crash of thunder came and for once James didn't jump in the air. The noise still scared the crap out of him. But he knew his friends wouldn't let him feel alone.

They may kick his ass, but they'd always protect him. The only question was who would protect him from them?

So reading it back it's really not that great. But I think I've got something going here so bare with me?

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