A/N: Boom! New story right here. Another good thing about this story, I have some chapters done and I'm thinking about updating every Sunday. I know there have been people expecting this story for a while and I promise you that I won't disappoint. I hope you all like this new story as well as the other one I'll be posting later on today.
Kendall's POV
Kendall get a job, she says. Kendall clean up the house, she says. Kendall stop playing the video game all day, she says. Even Katie is starting to get on my nerves now. My mom has been constantly nagging me to do something with my life ever since I graduated from high school. She wants me to go to college like Logan and Carlos, my two best friends who had moved on with their lives. They come back to visit me some times though and we still talk to each other. Logan was studying to become a Doctor while Carlos was trying to become a professional Hockey player. I had no doubt that both of them will become very successful. But for me? Yeah, I really don't know.
When I was in high school, I was loved by everyone and was having the time of my life. I was all 'living for the moment'. Little did I know that living for the moment meant not planning for my future. Everyone else did though. I distinctively remember Logan telling me I needed to do something in the future before it was too late. I would always tell him that I'd get to it. Well, look at me now. Listen to me? I sound like some depressed fat slob. I'm nowhere near that. I just don't have a job. I have a nice body and is nowhere near fat. I looked around my room and shrugged. I may be a bit of a slob but I can always clean it up later.
I hated days like this.
Ones where I think about how much time I've wasted. I also hate when my mother nags me, especially when Katie wants to join in. She thinks she's so grown now that she wears bras and has a boyfriend. At least she wasn't dressing all slutty. I only had to get on her about her outfit once. She told me I wasn't her father but she still listened to me. I ran my fingers through my hair before I returned to my game. About an hour later, I heard a little dinging, signaling I got another platinum trophy for my game. I went to go check and see how many I had. I sighed when I realized that the number was in double digits while the rest of my friends only had a few.
That meant two things; I have too much time on my hands and Katie and my mom were right. I guess I should've noticed this since most of my friends on here sound like they're about to celebrate hitting double digits in age. I turned off my game and decided to clean up my room, a little.
Okay, a little was an understatement. My floor was spotless and all of my clothes were in their proper place. My bed was completely clean of food stains and other things that I have no idea where they came from. I changed the sheets and comforter and organized underneath it. It wasn't an easy task but I got it done. I even organized my Tv stand. I ended up breaking a sweat and by the time I was finished, I was drenched. I was just about to flop onto my bed but decided to shower before. I headed into the bathroom and threw my clothes into the dirty clothes hamper which was rather full before taking my shower.
Once I was out of the shower, I fixed my hair and headed into my room to put on my clean clothes. I gathered all of my dirty clothes and separated the lights and the darks before washing them. I was walking past Katie's room and I couldn't help but stop and look. She had her walls covered in posters of James Diamond. He's like the hottest pop star out now. She has all of his CDs which I would secretly steal to put on my iPhone. I continued to the laundry room, remembering that time she almost screamed her head off when she got concert tickets. Her and her friends wouldn't shut up about it, talking about how it would be awesome if they met him or something. I don't remember much because I was focused on my game then. I threw the clothes in the washer before adding detergent and starting it. When I walked up the stairs, I saw Katie coming into the house.
"Hey, Katie."
"Hi." She said, flatly before heading to her room. Isn't she wonderful? I went back into my room and the second I laid on my bed, I heard his music. James' new single, Show Me, was number one on iTunes and was currently being blasted from Katie's room. The music video was basically sex with music playing. I secretly loved it.
"Katie! Turn the music down!" I heard my mom yell which meant she was home from work. I got up and made my way down the hallway.
"Hey, mom." I said, giving her a hug.
"Hey, Kendall."
I helped her with her grocery bags and put them in their proper place before Katie came out of her room, talking on the phone. She was talking about something that happened to James Diamond last week. The last thing that was in the grocery bags was a newspaper. I just threw it in the living room, on the coffee table. Once all the groceries were away, I helped my mom with dinner.
"You seemed to have changed." My mom said as I cut up the vegetables.
"Why do you say that?"
"You're normally playing the game right now."
"Well, today, I got another platinum trophy and it hit me that I have no life." Her eyes widened at my bluntness.
"Honey, you have a life, it's just a bad time for you."
"That's not what you said the other day."
"What?"
"You said that I haven't done anything with my life while everyone else is going to college or chasing their dreams and stuff like that."
"I did?" I nodded my head as I put the vegetables in the pot.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
"Well, either way, you were right. So, I'm going to look for a job and stuff. Maybe try to live with Carlos and Logan, if they let me."
"Really? Oh thank god." Katie said, walking in the kitchen.
"Katie!"
"It's fine, mom. She's going to miss me when I'm gone."
"Yeah, right." Katie said, sucking her teeth and leaving.
"Isn't she adorable?" I asked sarcastically, making my mom laugh. We continued to cook dinner together while my mom told me about her day. Being a nurse sounds exhausting but fun. I definitely don't want to look into it but it doesn't seem bad. Once dinner was done, I set the table and called Katie. My mom brought out the food and put it on our plates.
"Well at least you're good for something." Katie said as she looked down at the food.
"I'm good at a lot of things, if you were sweeter you would know that."
"Yeah, whatever." She said before we all began to eat. When dinner was over, I put the dishes in the dishwasher before going in the living room. I sat down next to my mom while she watched the food network channel.
"Honey, if you're going to start looking for a job, why don't you look in the paper right there?"
"Mom, this is the 21st century."
"Just look in the paper, you never know."
"Fine." I said, grabbing the paper.
"Where do I even look?"
"Look in the metro section." After dropping most of the papers and searching through them on the coffee table, I finally found the metro section.
"I'm so lost."
"I swear, you search for two seconds." My mom said before she took the paper and flipped it over, showing me where the job section was. I saw one for a bartender and stopped reading the description when it said I had to be okay with nudity. No way will I be naked in front of strangers while serving drinks. The next one was for a stripper. No.
"Fortune Teller Assistant?" I read out loud.
"That sounds shady."
"Yeah."
"What about...nevermind." I said as I read the description for the job. Seriously, do people think someone will go 'Oh yeah, that's the job for me' with these descriptions. I was slowly getting bored and slightly uncomfortable reading these jobs.
"Hey mom, what's an Undertaker?"
"No."
"But-"
"Kendall, you will not spend the rest of your life cremating people."
"Okay, fine." I went through about half the page before I found one that seemed kind of interesting.
"Hey, mom, what about a bodyguard?"
"Of who?"
"I don't know, it says to call if interested."
"Well that might be dangerous."
"Mom, everything is dangerous." I told her as Katie walked past us. I got up and ran over to her and picked her up.
"Kendall! Put me down!"
"See mom, I can totally do it."
"She's a child." I sat Katie down and she pushed past me.
"Mom, I have the muscle power for it."
"Oh, please. You have the muscle power of a newborn baby." Katie said as she walked past us with a cookie she got from the kitchen.
"And you have the IQ of a walnut." I retorted and she gasped.
"I'm smarter than you. I know what I'm doing with my life."
"Low blow!" I yelled as she went into her room.
"Don't care." She said before the door slammed.
"You kids are going to drive me crazy." My mom said as she got up from the couch.
"Hey, I'm a man." I told her.
"Right, honey, all man." She said as she walked past me, giving me a goodnight kiss on my cheek. "See you in the morning."
I need to show her. I need to show them. I went back over to the coffee table and grabbed the newspaper. I'm calling this number first thing in the morning. I headed into my room and sat down. Playing the game for a few hours won't hurt. A few hours turned into 3am and I mentally cursed myself before I turned the game off.
Okay, maybe I won't be calling that number first thing in the morning.
When I woke up, I slowly climbed out of my bed despite wanting to sleep more. I have to get use to adult life and if that means waking up early then so be it. I rubbed my eyes before grabbing my phone. I gasped as I read the time. 12:45pm. Okay, I need to set an alarm next time or something. I ran out to the living room to find the paper. I was in the house by myself so I didn't bother to put on something besides underwear. I found the paper and quickly dialed the number. I spoke with a woman about getting the job and she asked how I looked. I told her that I had a six pack and I could hear the doubt in her voice when she said, "Oh really?" She basically flirted with me throughout the phone conversation and I went along with it since it might mean me getting this job.
"So are you single?" She asked me.
"Is that a part of the interview process?"
"Well, no but if you come over here, we can start that process."
"Sounds great." I told her and I could hear the excitement in her voice as she told me the address. I got dressed and grabbed my phone, wallet, and keys and headed out. As I got into my car, I couldn't believe I was even considering this. I typed the address into my GPS and pulled out of the driveway.
When I arrived at the tall building, I parked in the parking garage and headed to the elevators. She told me on the phone that I don't have to stop past the front desk which sounded weird but I just went along with it. She told me which floor her office was on so I pressed the button. I stepped off and there was a security guard standing there.
"You here for Allison?" I nodded my head remembering her name and he told me which way to go.
"Good luck." I nodded back at him before stopping at her door. This seemed sketchy but I still knocked on the door.
"Come in." I opened it to see Allison behind her desk. I walked in and she told me to close the door behind me.
"So you want to be a bodyguard?"
"Yeah, it sounds liberating and I don't know." I told her as I sat down.
"Have you had any training?"
"Well, no not really."
"That's a requirement for this job."
"That wasn't in the paper."
"You found this job in the paper? You really must be desperate for a job."
"Yeah and you seemed really willing to give it to me on the phone."
"Only if you pass this test. Then I can just overlook the whole proper training thing."
"And what would that test be?" I asked, putting on the charm, knowing where this was leading to.
"You're looking at it and I hope you have a nice big pencil to do it with." I ignored her horrible flirting as she walked over to me. She wasn't bad but I could definitely do better. She let her hair down as she straddled my lap. Am I really this desperate for a job? It's either this or spend months doing training and most likely math. At the thought of more math, I grabbed Allison by her thighs and lifted her up on her desk, attacking her neck.
As I got into my car, I had mixed feelings about what I just did. There was a voice in my head scolding me that sounded extremely similar to my mother's. But the idea of telling her that I finally had a job seemed to silence it. I decided not to think about it as I pulled out of the parking garage. She gave me her number and said she was going to call me with my first job. I know that sounds shady but she gave me a written contract after we cleaned up.
At least if she was lying, I could sue her or something. I headed straight home because I felt disgusting even though I left myself a mental note to go to the CVS to get more condoms since I just used the last one. Most of them were used back when I was in high school. That statement alone gave enough reason to do what I did to get this job. I hadn't had sex since high school and this woman, who has very low morals, was just throwing it at me. Yeah, I'm not into girls like that but it was better than my hand. I guess if my mom found out, I could tell her I was safe about it and she won't have to worry about grandchildren yet.
I pulled into the driveway and got out, locking the door. I almost ran into the house, emptying my pockets onto my bed before stripping my clothes off. I grabbed my towel and washcloth and headed into the bathroom. I looked in the mirror at my hair and remembered how the security guard congratulated me on the job as I walked pass him. This obviously wasn't her first time doing this. I stepped into the shower and washed myself of the filth, scrubbing away as I tried to forget everything. When I stepped out of the shower, I felt so refreshed. I headed into my room and dried off before putting on some pajamas and climbing into bed. I'll celebrate my new employment with a nap.
I woke up to the sound of James Diamond's music and I knew Katie was home. I sat up and stretched while yawning. I looked at my phone to see I had one of those annoying requests to join some Facebook game. I ignored it and unlocked my phone. I was tweeting when I received a text message from...Carlos.
"Hey buddy, how's it goin?"
"Everything's going good. I just got a new job."
"Cool, where do you work."
"A bodyguard agency." I sent back before Katie screamed. I got up and made my way to her room. I opened the door and she was sitting on her bed on her laptop. "Kendall, get out!"
"Why were you screaming?"
"Get out!" She yelled, throwing a pillow at me. I caught it and threw it back at her. It hit her laptop, closing it and she glared at me. I closed her door as she got up. I held the door knob as she tried to open it. When I let it go, the door flew open and she was on the ground.
"You fucking suck!" She yelled kicking the door close.
"I'm telling mom you're cussing."
"I'm telling mom she needs to take you back to the pound where she bought you."
"Love you too, baby sis." I said, chuckling before my phone vibrated.
"Doing what?" Carlos texted.
"I'm going to be a bodyguard. Sounds cool right?"
"Sounds dangerous."
"Yeah but I can take it. I mean, all I'll be doing is holding people back and stuff." I sent before I remembered I was in the process of tweeting. I sent out a few tweets and noticed I had a few more followers. One of them was some up and coming porn star, no pun intended. The other three were James Diamond fans, who I followed back. I went back into my room and cut on my TV, flipping from the game channel to see that E! News was on.
"James Diamond is in some hot water with his girlfriend and actress, Camille Roberts, find out what he did, next." They said before it went on commercial. It was probably something blown out of proportion.
"What if someone tries to stab you?" I shook my head at Carlos' text, only he would think of something like that.
"No one is going to stab me."
"I'm just sayin."
"Lol how's it going with u and Logan?"
"Logan's mad at me."
"Why?"
"Because I was too rough on him last night and he has a test today."
"Wow, ew."
"Lol sorry." Carlos texted back before E! News came back on.
"James Diamond brought a fan on stage and even kissed her. It seems innocent enough before all hell broke loose and his fans started jumping on stage. Luckily, security was fast enough to pull all of the girls, and a few guys, off stage. After that incident, James' team is reportedly buffing up his security. It's also reported Camille Roberts is pissed off at him for kissing the girl." The guy reported.
"Yeah but it was on the cheek." The female reporter commented.
"I guess she's as jealous as everyone says she is."
I cut off my TV after that and got on my laptop. I searched on YouTube to see if there was a video of it. I came across a front row video and it showed him kissing her cheek before all you hear is screaming and then the camera is black. In the related videos there was one from the stands. I watched in shock as he leaned in to kiss the girl before the stage was swarmed with girls and guys. The security team grabbed James and James grabbed the girl before they were pulled backstage. A bunch of security came from the back and everyone started jumping back off the stage. A few people tried to run through security but they were grabbed and carried offstage. I scrolled down to the comments and it was mostly people saying, "omg."
I burst into laughter when I read a comment that said, "This looks like something out of the movie 300." I scrolled back up to the video when the person recording said something about James coming back out. He walked out on stage and the crowd starting screaming. He gestured for them to calm down. I turned up the volume to hear what he was saying.
"Guys, they're telling me to stop the show because it's too dangerous." The crowd awed and he smiled.
"Luckily, I convinced them to let me go back out. But if something like that happens again, I'll have to stop the show. Are we all going to cooperate?" The crowd yelled back one big loud yes and he moved on to the next song. I sighed as I closed my laptop. He's such a good person. My bed is so comfortable. If only he was in my comfortable bed with me. I rolled myself in my blanket and rolled onto the floor.
"What are you doing?" I looked up to see Katie standing there.
"I'm tired but I can't go back to sleep."
"So you wrap yourself in your blanket and get on the floor?"
"What do you want?"
"James Diamond concert tickets."
"Ha! No!"
"What?"
"You talked so much shit not even twenty minutes ago."
"I was kidding you know that."
"No, Katie."
"But- Ugh! Who am I kidding? Your broke ass couldn't afford it anyway." She said, storming out of my room.
"I won't be broke once I get my first pay check!" I yelled.
"Whatever!" She yelled back before she slammed her door. I yawned as I rolled back over to my bed. I don't know how but I felt so comfortable here. Next thing I knew, my eyes were getting heavy.
A/N: I know this chapter was a bit out there but I promise that it only gets weirder before it gets more normal. Oh who am I kidding, this story is about as tame as te rest of my stories and that's what I love about them. Review if you want and it will be greatly appreciated.
