THE WHITE ENVELOPE
James woke up next to a messed blonde bush, a buzz echoed across the dark room, inmediatly the body in the other side of the bed moaned, James grabbed his cell phone from the nightstand and touched it, it was another text congratulating him about last night runway. He put his phone back on the nightstand and glared at the body laying on the bed beside him. Kendall used to be wear just a wife-beater and his boxers as PJ, he was sleeping face down, so James only could see his back. Another buzz was heard and James went from the blond boy to his cell phone again, this time Kendall groaned louder making James to get out of their bedroom.
James moved to the living room and there he answered his cell phone. It was his publicist telling him that his collection had been an complete sucess, once James was done with him, he took a minute to embrace how far his life had been through until now. Big Time Rush had splitted officially two years ago after their last tour, Carlos and Logan were traveling around the world, meanwhile James had came out just a little more than a year ago and Kendall had stated in his website that he was bi two years before the separation, once all these news were known all the gossips didn't wait to show up. Being chased by paparazzies during their dates, speculating about if they had been in a relationship while the band was still on, Publishing tabloid headlines wondering about why they moved together to New York. All this mediatic chaos ended just six months ago when they posted a picture of them kissing on Twitter captioned as "Yeah! Kames happens"
Now that they weren't pop stars anymore, their careers went on interesting ways. In the last days of Big Time Rush, James had developed a bigger passion to fashion, he designed the band's fashion line and once the band ended he first started as model, but due to his credentials quickly he became a well-known designer. Kendall, in the other hand, was still in the music business, now as a songwriter and producer, sponsored by the now legend, Gustavo Rocque. James and Kendall agreed that moving to New York was a big step in their professional and personal lifes. They lived now in one of those amazing penthouse apartment with a wonderful view to Central Park and a fully equipped kitchen. Yes, a kitchen because by now James was starving. He went right to the kitchen and made a quick brunch then he poured some orange juice in a glass and grabbed his food to the coffee table in the living room, he ate while he checked his email with his laptop. A couple of hour later James heard the shower.
-"Kendall is that you?"- James yelled
-"Yup"- Kendall yelled him back
James smirked mischievous but his thoughts were broken because the phone on the coffee table rang.
-"Mr. Diamond your mail is here ¿do you want us to send it to your aparment?"- the doorman talked over the phone
-"Yes, thank you"- James replied him gently
A few minutes later a buzz rang in the door and the letters fell through the mail slot. James stood up from the couch and took them. Bills, advertising, a postcard from Carlos and Logan, a white envelope with golden words addressed to Kendall and a letter from Mrs. Knight. James furrowed his eyes while he stared at the mysterious envelope. It ran `To: Mr Kendall Knight and Guest´ James looked at the left corner of the envelope where two interwined rings were printed linked by a heart-shaped lace. Obviously it was a wedding invitation. James thought for a moment if he should read that letter. It was Kendall's mail and that's not something he would do but, in the other hand, who else Kendall could take to the wedding? No one, of course, James was going to be Kendall's plus one, so indirectly that letter was addressed to him too.
James opened the envelope and started to read, a big shocked look showed up at his face when he found out who was getting married.
Miss Josephine Taylor and Mr. Jett Stetson
request the pleasure of your company
in celebrating their union of marriage
on Friday, the sixth of June
at five o'clock in the evening
The Palm Woods Hotel
Los Angeles, California.
Jo and Jett had continued with their acting careers, probably in some point they had touched base again. James felt how the place where his stomach was supposed to be had been replaced by a big hole besides he felt his heart pounding. Jo and Kendall relationship was very confusing. Kendall tried to move on with this Lucy girl but things didn't work, and in one occasion a very drunk Kendall confessed in between tears to his bandmates that Jo was the only girl he had ever really loved. `Chauncey Jackson & the Magic Gallows´ Movies had been a blockbuster and when she came back to USA she tried to make up with Kendall but now she was a very requested movie star and Kendall was a big pop icon, so conflicting schedules killed all their chances even though they never oficially broke up, they just stopped talking and moved on.
James was freaking out, what if this was like one of those movie he usually watches, where the old lover takes back the girl who was the love of his life, making call off the wedding because they remembered the old passion that used to drawn them together? what if Kendall really didn't get over Jo? what if she stole Kendall from James? what if they still had feelings to each other?. James dropped the letter on the coffee table and leaned back on the couch putting his face between his hands. Suddenly he heard the bedroom's door, he looked over his shoulder and he saw Kendall wearing a red plaid and some skin-tight black jeans.
-"Good morning, gorgeous"- Kendall sat next to James on the couch and kissed him on the cheek
-"Hi"- James softly sigh
-"What's going with you?"- Kendall scowled -"Are you ok?"-
-"Yes"- James said with a fake smile -"I was ... just reading the news"- James breathed holding up the laptop
-"Do they say something wrong about your runway?"- Kendall rubbed James' back lightly -"because last night Lady Gaga was really astonished"- Kendall smiled.
James smiled him back, he felt that it wasn't fair to lie to Kendall, specially it wasn't fairt with Kendall's attempts to make him feel better.
-"Look, Kendall the mail just came"- James put the laptop away and motioned to the little pile of paper over the coffee table.
-"Oh, let's see"- Kendall leaned forward a bit and grabbed the letters. -"The credit card bill, one from my mom and, oh, look James, Carlos and Logan are in Japan"- Kendall grinned showing to James the postcard with a big monastery in the landscape and the picture of their friends in the front.
James smiled back holding an anxious expression waiting to Kendall grabbed the infamous white envelope.
-"and .. what is this?"- Kendall sounded excited dragging every word. -"Oh, Jamie, take a look, Jo is getting married with Jett"- Kendall turned his face towards James and the only thing he saw was James puting.
-"Yeah, I think I went to far and I opened it, I know it wasn't addressed to me, sorry". James just said looking down at his hands
Kendall laughed -"and that's why you're so tense?, don't worry, this is gonna be amazing"-.
James stood up abruptly, Kendall just looked at him amazed, -"yeah, I think maybe you should go with your mom or with Katie"- James turned his back on Kendall and stormed out to the kitchen.
-"No, what?"- Kendall stammered. -"C'mon, James, it's going to be fun"- Kendall stood up from the couch following James with his head -"we can dance slow songs and when the minister say all the cheesy things about endless love and unbreakable vows I'm gonna whisper to you that those things are cheesy"-
James sigh deeply -"yeah but ... it's still so far away and I don't feel like going to LA and"- James turned back to Kendall and crossed his arms -"obviously it's selfish from me because clearly you really wanna go so .."-
-"But I wanna go with you"- Kendall sighed -"whatever if you don't wanna go we can stay and I don't know, cook, perhaps"-
-"Don't be silly"- James rolled his eyes -"go with your mom and I stay here"-
-"Nah"- Kendall snapped -"I'm sure she got a invitation too and I repeat you, I want you to be my date"- Kendall grinned
James couldn't fight against Kendall's emotional manipulation, that was so typically him, and after all if anything was going to happen in that wedding maybe it'd be good to James to be around.
-"OK but I choose the tux"- James sighed
-"Yeah, whatever you want"- Kendall ran into James and kissed him on the cheek.