So I know that I just finished my other story today but I have been thinking about this one for a really, really long time and I knew exactly how I was going to start it so I couldn't wait any longer…or else I would forget. I'm not sure how this one is going to go, but I'm basing this loosely around my own life. Yes, I work in a nursing home and at a horse stable (all the names of the animals are the same as the ones that I actually own or work with. I don't own any of the horses.), and I have three messed up best friends, and a brother. Though, I'm going to change genders, ages, and names to fit BTR. Two of my best friends are dating and no I don't have a crush on my other best friend! Just saying. Anyways! I'm sorry if my like is kind of boring. On with the first chapter!

P.S. Kendall's personality is going to be A LOT like me and unfortunately…this is how my mother wakes me up every. Single. Morning!

I felt a harsh poking in my side before unsuccessfully trying to bat the hand away, "Go away!" I growled into my pillow, since I was lying on my stomach.

"Kendall! Wake up, now! It's almost 10:30! Do you have to work today?" My mother's high pitched voice pierced my ears. Still I didn't move, or open my eyes, or respond. I could hear her moving quickly down the hallway away from my room…thank God! Maybe I'll get two or three more minutes of sleep.

Just as I was drifting off to sleep I heard my phone vibrate. It would be one of three people and if it was that important they would call…and call…and call…they didn't call. I'm going back to sleep.

I closed my eyes pulling my blanket closer around me trying to block out the noise of the TV and my mom shuffling around the living room…I hate it when she leaves my door open.

I finally settled back down into my warm blankets, thank you mom for getting me a heating blanket last Christmas! I could feel myself sinking back into a light sleep.

"Kendall! Wake up, someone is here!" No. I don't care. I heard the door open and the dogs began to barking, it's too early for this right now.

"Oh, hey, sweetie. Kendall is in his room." Really, all I wanted was to sleep. I guess that isn't going to happen.

"Thanks, mom." Ugh, James. Is it weird that my friends also call my mom mom? Nah? Ok, great! I listened to James' footsteps get closer to my room and he suddenly flopped over me onto the other side of my bed.

I slowly opened my eyes to see James lying on his side staring at me, "What could you possibly want at 10:30?"

"I woke up super early this morning and I couldn't go back to sleep, I texted you!" he said the last part of this very matter of fact.

"I know." I said closing my eyes again.

"Where is your phone?" James said as he was pulling back my blankets and under my pillows.

"James, I don't know!" I rolled onto my side so my back was towards him. Yes, I'm in a bad mood.

"Oh, found it!" He pulled the blanket back some and went to grab for my phone his hand touching my bare back. I pulled my body away from his touch.

"James, your hands are freezing!" I complained.

"I know it is. It's December in Minnesota." He didn't even need to add the duh.

"James," my mother called.

"Yeah?"

"Make sure that Kendall gets up. He had chores to do before he goes to work."

"Okay!" he called back.

"Mom, I'm awake!"

"Get up!" She screamed, voice going up an octave, obviously getting pissed off. That's how I know I'm doing my job right.

I rolled onto my back and moved closer to James so I could see what the hell he was doing on my phone. He was lying on his back with the phone raised high above our heads reading the messages he had sent to me this morning.

"Why are you going through my messages?"

"Because I want to know what time I was up." I raised an eye brow, "Um….I sent my first text to you at…Ha! 8:42." He said then turned his head to look at me and I looked back. He wasn't smiling. We were so close that I could feel his breath on my lips. I surprisingly kept my threatening blush from my cheeks. Alright, confession time, I have a huge crush on my best friend. Yup, I admit it, but only to myself. Oh, and Carlos, because he caught me staring once. I'm also a horrible liar. I had to resist biting my lip. I locked eyes with him, his hazel eyes looking at me accusingly.

"What?" I asked sitting up before I did something I would regret and also because I hate it when people, especially James, look at me like that.

"How long have you been awake?" He asked sitting up with me and crossing his legs Indian style.

I stood off of my bed stretching, my fingers laced together as I pushed them above my head, arching my back, and standing on the balls of my feet. I relaxed, throwing my hands down so that they smacked against my thighs. "I don't know. Like five minutes before you came over." He nodded and was, was he staring at me? His eyes were locked onto my stomach.

I grabbed a shirt that was folded on my guitar case before turning to my dresser and going through it until I found boxers and a pair of jeans. "Alright, I'm going to take a shower." I went to walk out of my room when I remembered. I turned back to James who was already lying down and covering up in my bed, "Really, now you're gonna sleep, in my bed?" He reached up and grabbed the clicker off of the shelf that made the head board.

"No, I'm going to watch TV and stay warm." He said pressing the power button, the television coming to life. "Is MTV all you watch? It's always on when I come over." Not like that isn't almost every day.

I put a knee on my bed as I laid across him to reach for the box on the floor in the small space between the bed and the wall. I could feel his prominent hips digging into my chest before I lifted off of him. He barely reacted. Was this weird? That we were this comfortable together? Whatever, it doesn't even matter.

"I'm going to take a shower." I announced again, him curling up under my blankets, them pulled all the way to his cheeks, and watching whatever was on MTV. I closed my door behind me as I made my way down the hall way to the bathroom.

I looked around the corner at mom. She was sitting in one of our chairs and watching TV, Probably the Big Bang Theory. I slightly regret ever introducing her to the show. "Oh, there's my little princess." She said with a smile.

"Really mom, is that necessary?" I grumbled though I couldn't hardly help but give into a small smile. I really do love my mom, believe it or not.

I locked the door and turned on the shower, making it extra warm to make up for the cold house, my mother also gets very upset if the house goes above 64 degrees, which is horrible. I just don't understand sometimes.

I grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste making sure that they were in the shower and check under the sink for a towel, half the time I get out of the shower and there aren't any towels, then I get yelled at for there not being any upstairs. Pulling one out of the cabinet and a wash cloth from above the toilet I finally stripped off my boxers, the only thing I had been wearing, and jumped under the warm water. At first it burned then turned into a soothing temperature as my body adjusted.

I went through my routine quickly before turning off the water and stepping into the cold and steamy air. I dried quickly throwing on my clothes before exiting and drying my hair with the towel.

I opened my door to see that James, in fact, did pass on in my bed. I knew he would. I pulled on a pair of socks and looked at the clock. It was already 11:04. I went to the kitchen and noticed that my mom was no longer in the living room, though the television was still on. I grabbed a granola bar and an apple. I'm really not much or a breakfast, or lunch, or whatever person. I returned to my room and put the apple on my dresser that rested to the right of my bed. I pulled the blankets back and slipped under them, back against the head board, shelf thing. James stirred a little though didn't wake up. I watched the TV until I had devoured both my granola bar and apple. I got up and opened the top to my gerbil cage, "Hey, Simon. How are you today buddy?" The small, black rodent came running out, standing on his back legs as I dropped the apple core in with him. I watched him for a moment before shutting the top again.

I heard my mother come back into the house knowing that if I didn't get to it soon I would be getting yelled at for not doing chores fast enough.

I crouched on the bed and shook James, not exactly gently. "Hey, wake up."

He moaned in protest before opening his eyes and looking at me. I smiled and was granted a smile in return. "What are you doing today?"

"Nothin just gotta go up to school and take a test for anatomy, shouldn't take me to long." He said before sitting up and letting the blankets fall to his lap.

"Ok, though I don't understand why you always wait until Saturday to take your tests." I stood and pulled on some socks. "Wanna help me feed the goats before you go?"

"Not really." He said knowing what he was getting himself into if he said yes, "Though, for my favorite person in the entire world I will."

"That did not sound very sincere." I said with a small laugh.

"That's all your gonna get." He answered me, his voice a little lighter as he scooted off the end of the bed and stretched. I couldn't help but stare at his tan stomach as he reached above his head, I looked away just as he was relaxing praying that I wouldn't get caught. And if he did notice he didn't say anything.

Together we walked to the kitchen, finding my mom back in her spot in front of the TV. I went to the garage to grab two watering cans and came back in to fill them with hot water, the goats like that in the winter. As we waited James ate and apple and my mother telling me not to forget this and this like I haven't been doing this for years. My mom got me started in goats and 4-H when I was five, that's where I met my three best friends. Though, we were too old for it now we still spent the entire week there with a camper. My little sister, Katie, was still in it and so was Carlos' brother, Anthony.

Speaking of my sister, "Mom, where's Katie?" She looked at me before replying.

"She went over to Scott and Marie's with Ben." I made a face, Ben is Katie's boyfriend and it really rubs me the wrong way when mom lets my baby sister stay the night at his house or when they all stay at Scott's. I mean seriously, we all know what is happening when they spend the night together, though mom refuses to acknowledge it.

I grabbed the two water jugs that were now full, "Come on James. Can you open the door for me?" I said as I went down the stairs into the mud room.

"Sure." He answered before walking ahead of me to open the door.

I stepped outside taking in a sharp breath as the wind hit me in the face.

"Oh, my God. It is ridiculously cold out here." I said as I turned my face towards the ground trying to fight off the harsh temperatures. I am not looking forward to working at the stable today, yes I loved working with the horses and my boss, Allisia, but still, the cold made it very hard.

"I told you. I finally warmed up and you have me come out here with you." James said as we hurried towards the door to the barn, which he also opened for me.

"Ok, you give feed and I'll go do hay." I told him, he knew the routine as well; he's been around long enough. "I just wanna get this done as soon as possible." I set down the buckets I had been carrying and opened the gate to let out my two bottle babies, BB and Cosa. They both came running out happily. I reached down and petted Cosa, getting a tail wag in return. "How's my little girl today? Kinda cold?" She is like a child to me. We lost her mom in a c-section and her two siblings. I had to feed her with a bottle. She is the world to me, even my friends love her!

She ran to James who was now opening the top of the feed container. I grabbed a bale of hay that I had thrown down the day before and a knife off of the table, as I carried it out of the barn towards the back to where we keep the hay for the goats.

I could hear James talking to Cosa about how she needed to go back in before BB could because he doesn't get grain. It makes him sick.

I rolled my eyes as he continued to talk to them though I was smiling. Yup, he loves my Cosa.

After chores were done we went back to the house where I dropped the now empty water jugs and changed into a different pair of boots for the stable.

I opened the door and said, "Alright mom, were leaving!"

"Ok, boys. You be careful!" Quick pause, "Love you!"

"Ok, love you too!" We both yelled back in unison.

As we walked towards our cars I said, "Dude, why do you say I love you to my mom?"

He gave a huff, "Because I do love her and she is like a second mother to me."

It was true, James was here almost as much as he was at his own house.

"Alright, I'll see you later." I told him as I went to get into my Chevy S-10. I know very masculine right?

"See ya."

And with that, we went our separate ways.

Sorry, another note! Anything that you may recognize in this chapter and in future ones I do not own any part of! Not BTR or MTV. Nothing! Ok, thanks! And review! Let me know what you think!