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Chapter 1

"James, wake up, you're going to be late for work." Kendall nudged. He looked at James, his soft brunette hair covering his eyes, casting long mysterious shadows on his beautiful tan face. Kendall wanted nothing more than to touch him and feel the softness of his skin against my fingers and then kiss his swollen lips awake. No! You can't think that!

"Mnnn.." James buried his face further into his pillow, covering his face completely from Kendall. "Five more minutes..." He mumbled.

Kendall let out a little smile, even after all these years, James still acted like a baby when he was half asleep. "Jamie, you are going to be late, don't you have a board of director's meeting at 8:00am?" Kendall asked. He looked at the clock and it was 6:45am, a genius idea shit him and he liked messing with James, so why not? "It's 7:45, NOW!" Kendall yelled into James ear

James shot up. His, normally styled hair was pointing in all directions. The grogginess he felt seconds ago was replaced with a surge of adrenaline. He shot out of bed and ran to the bathroom; Kendall watched his mischief unravel before him. James put his toothbrush into his mouth and then run back into his room, taking his black business suit out, with his dark blue, silk black tie and a white button up shirt. He started to hap-hazardly dress, with his left arm in his white shirt and his pyjama bottoms on the floor, with his feet trying to put on his suit pants. He was frantic and I know that was mean, but if you could see this, it would be so worth it.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kendall couldn't help it, the laugh wouldn't stay in! "HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA"!

"Why are you laughing? Why the hell didn't you get me up sooner?! I am going to be so late! KENDALL!" James screamed at Kendall's craziness, trying to bring him back to reality, where he was probably going to scream at him more.

Kendall couldn't speak and he felt the air quickly being knocked out of his lungs…Oh God! Not now….His lungs started closing up and his throat swelled. His hand went to my throat, trying to claw at it, hoping that it would open James' eyes on Kendall panicking, not registering what was going on.

"C….cann…..n't bre…..reat…." Kendall managed and James went flying to his drawer and pulled out one of the many inhalers he had hidden around the house. He brought the inhaler to Kendall's mouth and hugged his waist, trying to get to calm Kendall down. Kendall took in a long deep breath with his inhaler, feeling the air coming back into lungs. His eyes were dilated with shock, his inhaler was still at his lips, and finally his breathing was beginning to come back. James let out a sigh and held on to him. He hugged Kendall and held on tight. Giving him sweet words of encouragement and cooing that everything was going to be alright.

"Kenny, are you okay?" He asked with hazel eyes full of concern.

Kendall nodded and rested his head on James' shoulder, trying to live in the moment. I loved him against me. It felt good, so good. His heat on my body…No! You can't! Stop it!

"I guess I should call in and say I'm going to be late." James said, sighing, running a hand through his hair, while the other still clutched onto Kendall's back.

Kendall gave James a sad look and eyes almost filled with tears he looked up at James, who was still worried about how he was feeling. "Sorry, I lied. It's not 7:00am yet. You still have time to get ready."

James gave Kendall an angry look, his eyes popping out in disbelief and then came the scary part, his eyes turned calm, too calm. "Not cool." He said. He took a deep breath and continued dressing. Once he was fully dressed he went back into the bathroom, leaving Kendall in his room to wait. It was never a good thing when James Diamond left the room, slightly angry. IT's always calm before a storm.

He came back in, shaved, brushed and ready for the day. He fixed his hair, which he always had to have perfect and stood in front of Kendall, towering him. "That was stupid, not only did you make me think that I was going to be late for work, but you also caused yourself to have an asthma attack!

Kendall looked down at his feet and played with his inhaler. "I'm sorry Jamie…I wanted you to wake up…" he whispered in his cutest baby voice, not meeting James' eyes.

"There are easier ways to wake me up, without giving yourself an asthma attack." He said, calming down a little. The tone of his voice suggested that he wasn't going to rage for much longer.

Kendall's POV

I finally looked up to him, giving him my best puppy dog eyes, I had been training with Katie on those and she got everything with those eyes, they actually do work on James.

He blew a sigh. "Don't look at me like that. You know I worry." He said. He cupped my face and looked into my green orbs. I love it when he does this.

"I know." I whispered

"Okay." He said and started walking towards the door, expecting me to follow. I did.

We got down to the kitchen and Katie was already there, along with Sebastian, our butler, but honestly, he was more like a replacement dad. I took a seat next to Katie on the counter and James sat next to me.

"Good morning Sirs." Said Sebastian.

"Good morning." We said in unison.

"Morning Big brothers." Said Katie

"Morning" we said, again, in unison.

Sebastian made pancakes for breakfast and I helped myself to two and gave James four. I've lived with the guy for eight years; I know how he likes his breakfast.

We talked while we ate, Sebastian gossiping with us, he knew a lot about our lives, it's not like we hide anything from him… only the things that shouldn't be said… and we laughed, a lot, until the clock struck 7:15 am. I know we are fast eaters.

"Do you guys need a lift to school?" asked James.

I looked at Katie, she shook her hear 'no.' I didn't mind driving, but I hadn't seen James in two weeks…I missed him. DO you not see how wrong that is?!

"No, it's fine. I'll drive." I said, slumping my shoulders slightly and reaching for my bag that I had put in the kitchen when I got up. I was sad, sue me! I wanted to spend time with James before he had to fly off to another country or come back home with another girlfriend and ignore me!

"Okay, I'll see you guys later. Kendall, good luck during your game! Katie, kick the other candidates ass for class president's and Sebastian, are you sure I can't make you not leave us?" he asked.

"Sorry sir. I am getting old and I have already found you a replacement butler and I think Miss Katie and Mister Kendall will suit to him very well." He assured James and continued cleaning the kitchen.

James let out a sigh. I knew how he was feeling; again, another part of our family would be leaving us. "Well, okay. I'll see you later then. Bye guys, have a good day." He said and turned his back and headed for the door.

"You too." The three of us chirped in and that was that.

Katie and I said our goodbyes to Sebastian and told him what time we would be back. He told us that the new Housekeeper/Butler was starting today, so we shouldn't be alarmed if there was someone new.

Katie and I got into my car and headed off to school.

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"You know…" She started, taking her eyes off the road and looking at me. "It's obvious that you are in love with him."

WHAT? I hit the brakes and thank god we lived in secluded area in California and thank god there were no other cars around. The car came to an abrupt stop. My hands tightly gripped the stirring wheel and slowly, I turned to my 16 year old step sister, mouth gaping like a fish. My heart was pounding out of my chest…

"KATIE!" I yelled.

"I'm just saying…and…ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?" She said, holding on to the dash board for dear life. She was panting slightly, trying to regain her breath.

"Ho….w.w. did you know?" I could feel the familiar compression in my chest…

"I've known since…you know…You were there, no matter how many times James cussed at you or insulted you or shoved away, you kept going back. I'm his real sister and I was terrified of him. I see the way you look at him, Kendall. I know you love him…more than a step-brother should." She said, searching for my eyes, which I fastened to my hands.

"Yeah…that's the thing, we are step-brothers. We aren't meant to have that kind of relationship…and he treats me like nothing more than a brother…"I whispered

"You know he's dense, you have to spell out that you love him or else he's clueless. And…technically you are still Kendall Francis Knight. You didn't change your name…and neither my father nor your mother is here…so you guys aren't family." She explained.

"That's the thing. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't family. If I was just a friend and those events happened and I lost my mother and you lost your father… he wouldn't have even batted an eye at me. If I wasn't family he wouldn't care about me! Katie, if I wasn't part of this family I would have nowhere else to go. I don't want James to hate me and I don't want to leave this family…yet."

"What do you mean YET?" She screamed. Tears were swelling in her eyes. WOAH. Katie never cried, never. The only time she did was when we lost…. I reached over to hug my baby sister and kissed her forehead.

"Awe Katie, don't cry…you know it's going to happen."

"Why'd you want to leave us?"

A pang of tightness shot up my chest. "No, no! I didn't mean it like that! I'd never leave you! You're my precious baby sister…it's just…."

"So you are just going to sit there and watch him fall in love with someone else, while you try and deal with your broken heart?" she looked up at me and glared. The tears in her eyes still visible, but substantially reduced.

"Yeah, that sounds about right." I said, giving her one more kiss and put the car back into gear. I looked over at Katie, who was still analysing me. "Katie, please don't tell him." I begged

"I know, Sebastian and I were just wondering if you were ever going to confess and I have money riding on this." She said, playfully. Katie's back!

"Se….e..bastian knows? How long and how much?"

"I figured it out first and when Sebastian came to work for us he figured it out too and I have 50 riding on this." She said

"I'm guessing that you want me to confess to him as soon as possible?" I asked "What's Sebastian betting? Never?"

"Well, my bet's on you confessing, Sebastian's bet is on James confessing."

The tightness in my chest increased and there it was, my lungs dried up, my chest burned, another asthma attack, but this time Katie saw the signs and handed me my inhaler, from her bag. You might be wondering why she has one of my inhalers, it's because I have asthma attacks way too often and I tend to forget where I keep my inhalers, so James bought a whole lot and put it around the house, so that whenever I had an attack, I wouldn't have to go back to my room and hunt for my inhaler. He made Katie carry some around too… Only family would do that.

My breathing returned to normal and I turned to Katie once again. "Uh…um…why would James confess?" I asked, he didn't have feelings for me! And he was straight as a ruler! I think…

"Well, you saw his last girlfriend, right? Jo Tyler. Well did she remind you of someone?"

I thought for a minute, even tapped my fingers on my chin! "Katelyn Tarver?"

"It's you, you dolt!" Katie snapped, figuring that I would take a life time to figure it out, she wasn't wrong. I refused to believe that James could have those feelings for me…because those are only fairy tales.

"Huh? No! She was so pretty and she looks nothing like me!"

"Let's look at the facts. Was she blonde? Check. Was she sweet, sincere and laughs at all his lame jokes? Check. Did she tolerate his obsession with mirrors? Check. Did she have bushy eyebrows, but not as monstrous as yours? Check. Need I say more, big brother?"

I was simply speechless.

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We arrived at school, Katie ran off with her friends and I made my way to my locker and I found Logan, my best friend there, waiting for me…well he was on the floor, reading one of his huge ass medical books.

"Oh My God, Logan! They know! They know I'm in love with him!"

Logan looked up from his book and his eyes shot open. For some reason, his normal chocolate eyes looked sadder in the past few weeks. "Who's 'they'? And are we talking about him him?"

"'They' as in Katie and Sebastian and yes him him!" I whisper yelled.

Sebastian's POV

"So, you will be staying in this room." I pointed at the second guest room, which was right next to my room, in the extended corridor, above the Kitchen. "Your duties are to make the Sirs and Ms Katie's meals, drive them, if need be, take care of the other workers and the rest of the house cleanings are left to the maids." I explained to the new Butler.

"Okay, is that all?" he asked

I nodded. "I'll be here three more weeks and I teach you everything and please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything or if you are unsure of anything."

"Okay, thank you." He said, looking around the kitchen. "So what are the owners like?" He asked, tracing the counter top, like he was trying to memorize the pebbled design or like he was nostalgic about something. I couldn't put my finger on it. He seemed like an energetic man and solemn.

"Well, I guess, if you are going to be part of their lives, you have to know everything in detail. But, please, don't say anything about it in front of the Sirs. Ms Katie, sure, but not in front of the Sirs.." I said again

He nodded. He signed up for a fat five year contract, so he was going to be involved in their lives, whether they liked it or not and he was a good man. He was also clean… well clean enough to harm this family. As a butler, you learn how to do background checks, to make sure your family isn't in harm's way. I love this family and I do treat them like they were my own, it could be because of all they had been through, but over the few years I have gotten known them, they have really grown on me. I'm getting old and it is time that I spend time with my 'real' family and let others take care of them, lord knows that they need more people in their life.

"Ms Katie and Mr James are siblings and Mr Kendall is their Step-brother. Kendall's mother married James' father, when Kendall was five years old, James was nine and Katie was three. When James was seventeen, Mr and Mrs Diamond were coming home from vacation and they were in an unfortunate car accident. The children weren't with them, so they were alright. All of them were a wreak. They wouldn't talk, eat, anything. That's when I joined. Kendall was the one who first warmed up to me and he was the one to finally get the others through the whole ordeal. Since Kendall was only thirteen at that time and James and Katie still had their mother, Brooke Diamond, she took her children in, but she refused to take in Kendall. They only other option for him was the foster system. It was a hard time for the family and Kendall, at that time, was willing to go, if it meant that James and Katie would be alright.

"But, James wouldn't allow it. He fought his mother about it and was ready to make him stay at her house, no matter what she said. When James finally turned eighteen in filed for legal custody over Kendall, so he was never actually put into the foster system. James and Brook still fight over it, and Brooke was ready to kick James out of the house for defying her. You see, Brooke didn't like Jennifer, she was Kendall's mother and she settled to exert her anger on her through him, so you see why things weren't going very well for Kendall. However, never once did Kendall complain, he just adjusted with is surroundings and for that I admire him.

"Anyway, Brooke was about to kick James out but her company wasn't doing very well and she propositioned that if James started working for her, then she would help James financially and Kendall could stay. James said yes and he got his wish. You see, James always wanted to be a singer, but being the face of Diamond Cosmetics, wasn't bad either, considering he still kept his family and you will notice that Mr Diamond really appreciates himself. He loves his family, but can be a little narcissistic.

"Well, Brooke travels far too often and that was one of the reasons why Jack Diamond, James' father got sole custody of Ms Katie and when James filled for custody over Kendall, he also filled for custody over Katie and they have been living in this house since. James is the current acting CEO of Diamond Cosmetics, he might only be 21, but he knows the business like he knows his hair…you'll understand what I mean once you get to know him and Kendall is a great hockey player. And Katie, she's the smart one. Well, all of them are smart, but Katie, she's something else completely. She's far more mature for her age than any 15 year old I have met. I think you two will get along well."

"Wow." Was all he could say. This family had really been through a lot and I needed someone who would stick by them and she seemed like the right fit. "They've been through a lot. I…I don't know what to say." He said giving me a look of empathy. Tears were in his eyes, like he had lived the experience with them. "I…I'll take care of them. I promise."

That was enough to win me over.

"Um…Is there anything else I should know about them, um… habits, preferences, foods, allergies?" he questioned, wiping his tears away.

"Yes, Ms Katie and Mr James are lactose intolerant, Mr Kendall has asthma and he forgets his inhaler sometimes, so if you look in the drawers, you will find his inhaler. Mr James made it a point that there should be an inhaler in every room in the house, you see when the accident occurred, Kendall got a severe asthma attack and it almost killed him. They couldn't find his inhaler and Mr James had to cut Kendall's throat with instructions from 911. And a few times afterwards, Kendall had misplaced his inhaler. From then onwards, Mr James made sure that everyone in the family carried an inhaler for Mr Kendall."

Carlos chuckled and opened one of the kitchen drawers and she found one of the few dozen inhalers. "Mr James and Mr Kendall are very close, aren't they?" He asked

"They are. Ms Katie and I think that they have feelings for each other, but are too afraid to admit it to each other." He's going to figure this out, even without me telling her, so why not?

"I see." He said simply.=, with a little smile.

"So, you aren't bothered by this revelation?" I asked, if there was going to be a problem, I needed to know now.

"No. They aren't related and I've been in my fair share of taboo relationships, so I get how they feel." He answered.

I gave him a smile, continuing the tour of the house.

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"Sebastian! We're home!" Called Kendall and Katie. They came into the Kitchen, like they always did and took a seat on the counter.

"How was school?" I asked.

"Same ole, same ole" They answered in unison. If I didn't know any better, I'd think that they were the ones that were blood related.

I quirked an eyebrow.

"Okay fine…WE WON!" yelled Kendall "We are going to the championships!"

"Shouldn't you be with your team mates celebrating?"

"Um…about that….they are coming over in an hour." He said, giving me a pleading look help me, please!

"The usual?" I asked

"Pleases?"

"You don't even have to ask." I said giving him a smile.

"Thank you!" He said, giving me a big grin.

"An you , Ms Katie?"

"I'm FRESHMAN CLASS PRESIDENT!" She yelled.

"And I suppose that your friends are also coming over to celebrate?" I questioned.

She gave me her best puppy eyes and pouted.

I sighed and smiled at her, I see why James can never say no to her.

"Do I also have one hour?"

She nodded.

"I guess it's a good thing that it's Friday. Well, that's good. Now, may I introduce you to Carlos Garcia. He will be the new Butler from now on."

Kendall's POV

The new butler, Carlos walked into the kitchen with an apron on. He was young and hot! Not as hot as James, but still hot.

"Hi, I'm Carlos Garcia!" said the young man. He was full of energy and was smiling wide.

"Hi, I'm Kendall." I waved

"I'm Katie." She said, waving to him as well.

"Nice to meet the two of you." Carlos said, extending a hand to Katie first and then to me.

"You too." Said Katie and I together, we do that a lot.

"Now, I'll be training Carlos, please be kind to him…I don't want a repeat of what happened to the last butler." Sebastian said, in a warning tone.

Both Katie and I 'eeped.' Sebastian was a 100 times scarier that James and he knew how to get his revenge, without ever getting into trouble. I looked at Carlos who had an amused smirk on his face.

"What happened to the last butler?" he asked.

"These two shot him with spit balls, then hacked into his social media account, saying the most ridiculous things and then they finally bombed his room with a stick bomb." Sebastian explained.

Instead of looking terrified, Carlos burst out laughing…Why was he finding this so amusing? "What's so funny?" I asked.

"HaHaHa! It's just this family seems kind of like a TV comedy. HaHaHa! I think I am going to enjoy working here. If you guys don't mind, I would love to help you two pull pranks on others." Carlos said, catching his breath.

"Really?" I asked, surprised. He thought that the new butler would be more like Sebastian and discourage this type of behaviour.

"Yeah, why not…I won't get fired, right?" Carlos breathed with a smile, wiping away a tear drop.

"As long as you stick with me, James can't do anything." Answered Katie, taking well to the new guy.

"Awe, I feel to accepted." Carlos said, putting his hands to his heart.

Both Katie and I chuckled, Sebastian seemed happy that we were adapting well to the new guy…now it was all on James.

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