Author's note: I don't own any of the characters or anything. Blah, blah, blah. It's crap, I know. But I wrote this in like…under 2 hours, so…I just think that Kendall and James are so cute together! Anyway, this idea randomly popped into my head. I was originally supposed to make it really cutesy but…it turned out like this…either way, enjoy!

A Perfect Misunderstanding

I stared at him, like I did every day when he wasn't looking. When nobody was looking. During those times, I couldn't tear my eyes away from his beauty. The only time I wrenched my eyes away from the blonde was when he started turning my way. He was laughing at something Carlos had said. Not that I would know what that was since I had been too busy staring to listen to what was going on. As he looked at me, his smiling face turned worried as he cocked it slightly to the side. It should be against the law to be that cute. "James? Is something wrong? You seem out of it."

I blinked innocently and stared into his green eyes. Those beautiful green eyes that I had always loved. "Really? I'm just fine. Nothing wrong here!" Everything was wrong. I hadn't been able to pay attention to anything for a couple weeks now, ever since I realized that how I felt about Kendall. That I was in love with my best friend. Who is a guy. Yeah, everything was wrong. I wouldn't be able to act like myself again until I told him that. "But, while I have your attention, can I talk to you for a bit? Alone?" I looked quickly at Carlos and Logan, who were sitting on the orange couch, staring at me with curiosity and confusion. Kendall, who had already been standing with the same look on his face, nodded and walked toward me as I led him into our shared bedroom.

My heart was full of fear as I shut the door and turned toward him, looking toward the ground. "James, what's up? Is something wrong?" It wasn't hard to hear the worry in his voice. I felt ashamed with myself for worrying him over something so stupid. "Seriously, whatever's wrong, tell me. You're my best friend. Talk to me."

"Kendall…I…I've needed to say this for a while. I have been a bit out of it lately. The thing is, I…I love you, Kendall." I kept my eyes trained on the ground, too scared to look up at him. My instincts were screaming at me to run away. That's what I wanted to do, but I knew I couldn't.

"That's it? That's why you've been out of it?" I grimaced as Kendall laughed. I love his laugh and all, but this was too serious for him to be laughing at me. After all, I just confessed my deepest secret to him. "I love you too, James. After all, you're like my brother!" My head snapped up as my eyes widened in shock, staring at the slightly shorter blonde in front of me. This wasn't right. I was in love with him, and he thought I was telling him I loved him as a friend! This wasn't how it was supposed to be! "I don't know why you had to get me alone to tell me that…but then again, since we're both guys, it would've been a bit awkward to say in front of Carlos and Logan…"

I couldn't take it anymore. This was just a big misunderstanding. I never should've told him. Anger and shame filling my heart, I pushed quickly past him and walked out the door to the bedroom, slamming the door behind me before storming through the living room and out of the apartment, slamming that door also. I have no clue what happened between the other three guys since I walked straight down to the lobby, only then noticing that I had been crying, probably since I had stormed out of the bedroom. I hurriedly wiped away my tears and sighed, slumping into a chair and closing my eyes.

"You're crying." I jumped with a yell (it was actually a squeak, but I will never admit that.) as I felt a small hand pat my shoulder. I sighed in relief as Katie walked in front of me and sat in the chair across from mine. She stared up at me and I suddenly felt very vulnerable under her piercing stare. "What happened? Something with Kendall? What, did he reject your feelings for him or something?"

I gasped and covered my mouth in shock. "H-How did you know? I never told anyone and…"

"I may only be 11, but I'm still a girl. I can see how your eyes change whenever you look at him. You're head over heels in love with my big brother." I couldn't help but notice the smirk on her face.

"I can't lie to you. Yeah, I love Kendall." I looked down in shame, tears refilling my eyes and pouring over the edges. "But…we're best friends. That's all he sees me as. All he'll ever see me as."

"I'm not so sure about that…"

"What makes you say that?" I spun in my seat as she pointed behind me with a small smile. What I saw there made me gasp. "K-Kendall…" There he stood, staring at me with wide eyes and panting, with a black eye. "What are you…how much of that did you hear?" I stood suddenly, causing my chair to fall to the floor. I turned toward where Katie had been sitting, planning on asking if she had planned this, but she was gone. I grimaced as Kendall grabbed my arm and spun me back around to face him.

"I heard all of it, James." I looked at the ground, biting my bottom lip. "I messed up in our room, I'm sorry. I…I thought you only meant it as a friend. That's why I said what I said. Im so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, let alone make you cry. I just didn't think it was possible that somebody as amazing as you could love somebody like me in that way."

Tears fell down my face again as those words hit me deep inside my heart. "Kendall…I should be saying that to you!" My laughter filled the air as I continued. "You're an idiot. But, you're an idiot that I love. So that makes it okay! You've got the awesome and beautiful me loving you!"

"I love you too. I'm in love with you, you arrogant knucklehead." My eyes widened in shock again as he pulled me into a tight hug and kissed me gently on the lips. "But, you were right about you being awesome and beautiful."

"Hey! No kissing or hugging in my lobby!" Kendall and I both jumped as Bitters walked up to us and yanked us apart before walking off muttering under his breath. We looked at each other for a minute before bursting out laughing as Kendall took my hand in his and took me back up to the apartment, opening the door and dragging me inside. Carlos and Logan stared at us for a moment before Carlos grabbed his helmet, stuck it on his head, and tackled me to the ground, yelling 'congrats' over and over as Logan smiled softly and looked away, muttering a single word under his breath.

"Finally."