Chapter One

James Diamond was dreading going home to Minnesota.

He sighed and sat back in his seat, pushing it back as far as it could go as he tried to block out his friends' chatter from beside and in front of him. He didn't blame them, going back home to Minnesota after being away in LA for so long was going to be great for them. Being able to see everything that was familiar to them, being able to see all of their friends…

Their families…

James shook his head and tried closing his eyes tightly, trying to get the thought out of his head. Going back home to see his family again…he didn't think that it was going to happen anytime soon. He wanted to see his mom, so badly…

But his father he could do without.

He was relieved when he was finally able to get away from his father and his harsh stares, his cruel jokes, his malicious tone when speaking of him. He couldn't stand it that was one of the reasons that he wanted to be famous so badly. So he could get away from his dad and not have to deal with it anymore. Now here he was, going back to the place that he swore that he would never go to again, when his father was there.

James opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling, remembering the way his mother sounded when he finally told her that he was coming home. He put it off for as long as he could, Mrs. Knight had told them that Gustavo and Kelly had given them the next few months off so they could go home three weeks ago, and he only just told his mother that morning. She sounded so excited. James was happy but knew that his mother was going to bring up his father and how happy he was going to be to see him.

Yeah right.

James had tightened his grip on the phone so hard he could hear cracking sounds of the phone's plastic as he held onto it. He kept the rest of the conversation short and said that he would see her soon before hanging up and following his best friends to board the plane.

"James?"

James looked up to see Kendall, Carlos, and Logan staring at him, obviously having asked them a question a few times before. James blinked and sat up straight, adjusting his seat so that it was upright again. "Sorry," he apologized; taking a few swipes of his fingers though his hair. "What was the question?"

"Aren't you happy to be going home?" Logan asked, his grin never faltering. "You've been really quiet the whole way back."

"I'm just tired." James muttered in reply, faking a yawn to look away from him. "Yeah," he replied falsely. "I'm glad to be going back home."

"Everybody fasten your seatbelts, we are now beginning our descent. I hope you have a wonderful day stay in Minnesota."

"Great." James grumbled.

He fastened his seatbelt, leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes, and cursed softly.

A/N: So I was looking over Live and Let Live again and I wondered, what would it be like if I made four stories like this, one for each of the boys? So then I started to think about what I could do for each of the guys, and this was the first idea that I had. I hope that you guys will like it as much as the Kendall story. I may not update this as quickly as I had with Live and Let Live but I'll do my best.

Cheers,

-Riley