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Chapter two. "I can explain."

Recap: On the cover was a picture of James, my James, kissing another girl.

I stared at the magazine in silence. I couldn't believe it. Why would James do something like that?

"I'm sure there's an explanation." Emma said, comfortingly, putting her hand on my shoulder. I quickly flipped to the page with the full article on it. The title read, "Is Bri Waller James Diamond's new girl?" I pointed to the title and held it up to Emma's face, but she just shook her head and pushed the magazine away.

I started reading the article:

Bri Waller, the overnight singing sensation, has been seen hanging around the boys of Big time Rush a lot lately, but it seems she has been spending extra time with James Diamond. -

I was interrupted when Emma stole the magazine from my hands. "What? Let me finish." I protested.

"No. It will just make you upset over nothing. Why don't you call James first?" She offered, rationally.

"I left my cell at the dorm. Can I use yours?"

"Mine is getting the diamonds glued back on." Emma told me. Yes. She had diamonds glued to her phone. "When we get back to the dorm, we'll call the guys and hear the story from them. Not some trashy gossip magazine that prints mostly lies, anyway."

"But what if James really is-" I started.

"No. Kay, you can't start jumping to conclusions with only part of the information."

"But-"

"No." Emma insisted on putting the magazine back, and when you have mastered the fine art of getting everything you want (even if you don't like it), the skill comes in handy in situations like this. I didn't stand a chance.

"Fine." I pouted. We headed back to the dorm and, I have to admit, I walked a little faster than normal.

When we finally got to the dorm, I raced over to my nightstand and unplugged the charger from my cell. I quickly dialed James's cell phone number and waited impatiently as it rang.

After a series of long rings, I heard James's voice on the other end, "Hey, it's James."

"James, you would not believe-" I started, but was quickly cut off.

"I can't come to the phone right now-" I slammed my cell shut. It was his answering machine. I plopped down on my bed and looked at Emma who had just finished placing her various shopping bags beside her desk.

"He didn't answer my call!" I complained, slightly angry. "Can I jump to conclusions now?" I let myself fall on my back on the fluffy comforter of my bed. I couldn't believe how stupid I had been. James had millions of fans dying to meet him back in the states, while I was all the way in London. I should have known our long distance relationship was too good to be true.

"Maybe…" By the tone of her voice, I could tell Emma was thinking. "Kendall!" She suddenly shouted. I propped myself up on my elbows and gave her a confused look. "Call Kendall!" I considered that, and picked my phone back up. "I mean, he has to answer your call, right? You're his little sister." The tone of her voice just screamed, "I'm a genius."

I tried to laugh, but noticed that tears had started to form. I pulled my legs close to my chest and felt a hot tear slowly roll down my cheek. I felt so stupid. Emma came to sit next to me on my bed as we waited for Kendall to answer. She put her arm around my shoulders, comfortingly.

"Hey, Monkey!" Kendall's cheery voice startled me. "Hello?"

"Please don't say 'I told you so'." I could hear my voice crack.

Kendall's voice was full of concern as he asked, "What's wrong?"

I took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "I just saw a picture of James kissing another girl on the cover of a magazine."

"I can't believe him." Kendall muttered, and I realized it must have been true. The tears came faster now. "James!" I heard Kendall yell, then, not talking into the phone he asked, "You didn't warn her?" Their voices faded so that I couldn't hear them.

"Wait." I said into the phone, wanting to know what was going on, "Warn me about what?"

"Ladybug, this is just a misunderstanding." It was James. "I can explain." I sure hoped he had a good excuse.

"So explain." I said, a little harsher than I had meant to be.

"It was for the music video for our new song "Stuck". The director wanted to end it with a kiss. We kissed once for the video and that was the end of it. Nothing more. I promise."

"You kissed her?" I asked, well… screamed.

"No! Well, yes… but it wasn't like that!" James frustrated tone changed to a softer one. "Ladybug, I love you. You know that. I would never do anything to hurt you. I only kissed her because I had to, and it was only once. I haven't even seen her since the shoot."

"And your sure that's all?"

"Yes. Don't you trust me?"

"Of course, I trust you." Then muttered under my breath, "It's Bri Waller I don't trust."

"Are you okay, now?"

"Yeah, sorry." I wiped away the last of my tears. "I was just shocked when I saw the picture. I should have know it wasn't anything."

"Alright, I love you."

"Love you, too. Bye." With that I hung up. I let out a sigh of relief I didn't even know I was holding.

"So?" Emma asked, turning me to face her. I forgot she could only hear one side of the conversation.

"Music video." I said with a slight laugh.

"I told you!" Emma went to sit on her own bed. "You got yourself all worked up over nothing." She took out her journal and started writing in it with a particularly fluffy pen, while I got out my notebook and started my homework.

As I was working my mind started to drift. Back to last summer. Back to James kissing me goodbye in the airport. Back to the guys singing Worldwide to me at the recording studio. Back to the rink where James had spun me in circles. Back to the fair. The concert. Our first kiss. The home video. James…

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