HOLY HELL LOOK AT THIS. I know it's been like a month, but I've been through a lot this last month – long story short, I'm back though! I hope this was worth the wait and ya'll didn't give up on me yet!

Updated: 9/27/2014

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"What, I can't come see a friend?"

"No." Kendall just grinned at this; James was tempted to just slam the door in the blonde's smug face. His fingers twitched against the door, but that was all. "Now what do you want?"

"To see you."

"Don't you get enough of that at school?"

"James."

"Kendall."

"Can I come in?"

"Nope. Goodbye." James was about to slam the door when Kendall braced his hand against it.

"You wanna go play some hockey?"

"Not particularly."

"Come on its fun."

"Don't care. I'd rather laze around, thank you very much." Kendall didn't seem convinced though as he wedged his way forward. "This is harassment you know."

"Nah," Kendall said, finally in the doorway, looking pleased with himself. "You could stop me if you really wanted to. Those are some serious muscles you have there big guy. I bet you work out." James shrugged, making Kendall grin.

He wasn't going to make this easy for him.

"I bed you'd be great at hockey. Among other things." James shook his head and placed his hand against the door, getting ready to force Kendall out.

"You're unbelievable."

"Oh you can be sure of that."

"Get out of my house." James began to push him, but Kendall tried one last attempt of persuasion.

"Wanna go shopping?" James actually paused here; he did like shopping…

"Why?" His voice was hesitant, filled with the unease he felt around Kendall's abrupt personality.

"I need clothes. I'll even let you come into the dressing room with me," Kendall said, going from serious to playful in a matter of seconds. James just let his face deadpan and continued to push Kendall away from his house until they were out on the sidewalk.

"Is that all you think about?"

"Eh," Kendall said, shrugging. James rolled his eyes and went back to his house, closing the front door loudly behind him.

Kendall stood there, staring at the house for a minute before turning and walking away.

He could always annoy James another day.

…

James peeked out the window, watching Kendall leave. Why did that blonde nuisance have it out for him? And why was he still thinking about him? Shaking his head with the hopes of clearing it, he went upstairs to crawl into bed, ready to forget about a certain blonde.

With no luck, Kendall invaded his dreams for what would certainly not be the last time.

…

They did this dance for months. Kendall would talk to him in the mornings and at lunch, they would go their separate ways in the afternoon – not for Kendall's lack of trying to get the tall brunette to walk with him to their individual afternoon classes – and then after school Kendall would come and annoy James at home for a few minutes before James pushed him away.

Now, though, November was upon them, as were the Thanksgiving holidays. James was in his room, ignoring his phone, which was blowing up with text messages.

He still didn't know how Kendall had even gotten his phone number in the first place; but he had, and he was constantly texting him it seemed.

"James!" James jumped up from his bed and sprinted into the hallway, where he mom stood, fluffing her hair in front of the hall mirror.

"Mom! What are you doing here? I thought you had to go out of town this week?"

"Change of plans. I leave next week."

"But I thought the whole point of you going now was so you'd be here for Thanksgiving."

"I'm sorry," she said, patting his shoulder and giving him a sad smile, her eyes trailing back to the mirror though. "But you know that I can't not go."

"So I'll be spending Thanksgiving alone?!"

"If you want, I can hire a caterer so you can have the best dinner you've ever had."

"No," James said, turning and shoving his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "Don't worry yourself about it."

"James-"

"I gotta… go do something." He left her standing in the hallway, making sure to slam his door.

He was used to her going out of town – he practically lived on his own, he was alone so much.

But Thanksgiving? It was one of the main family holidays, and she wasn't going to be there! He groaned and rolled over, burrowing himself into his pillow, making sure not to ruffle up his hair too badly. This sucked even more when she missed his last birthday.

"James! I need to go into work. I'll see you later," she said, calling out through the door.

'Doesn't even bother to come in and say goodbye. Why am I not surprised?' he thought, sitting up and patting down his hair. He opened his door, only to hear her heels clack away and the front door to shut. He moved into the living room, plopping down onto the couch and closing his eyes.

Only to hear his phone go off once again.

He wasn't even aware he had had it in his hand. He looked at it to see another message from Kendall.

'Wanna hang out? I'm bored :('James rolled his eyes and was about to set his phone down when he looked around the still, empty house.

'Sure, why the hell not. Come on over.'

'Knew you'd come around eventually ;)' James had to roll his eyes at that and decided to go make himself at least half-presentable.

…

"Where ya going?" Katie asked, looking up from her video game.

"To see James."

"Really?! He actually wants to see you this time?"

"Yup," Kendall said proudly, giving Katie a kiss before he walked out. She followed him to the door and watched as he got into the car.

"Have fun!"

"Always do when I'm with him."

…

"Hiya," Kendall said as James let him, his eyes surveying the large, nicely decorated house. "Wow," Kendall said, letting out a low whistle. "Nice digs."

"Thanks." He followed James into the living room, where the two sat down in uncomfortable silence.

"So, whatcha wanna do?"

"Nothing."

"Then why'd you tell me to come over?"

"I don't know. My mom just told me I'd be spending Thanksgiving alone, and I was bored. So here you are."

"You're spending it alone?" James shrugged and gave Kendall a bored look.

"It happens. Last Christmas and my last birthday I spent alone. I'm used to it. She's never missed Thanksgiving though." Kendall couldn't understand how someone could be okay with being alone, especially like this.

"But it's one of the most family-orientated holidays! How can… how can she let you spend it alone?!"

"It's really not that big of a deal Kendall. Really." Kendall sat there, on the fancy leather couch, staring at the guy that solely occupied his thoughts these last few months. He couldn't just sit by and let him be alone anymore though. No, Kendall couldn't do that; not after hearing this.

"I… I need to go. I'll see you in a few days, okay?"

"Oh…kay," James said, watching Kendall practically run out of his house. With a shrug, he just laid down on the couch and willed himself into a lulled sleep.

…

A few more days passed; James said bye to his mom as she left for her business trip, was annoyed even more by Kendall than he usually was, and now, it was Thursday morning – Thanksgiving Day. He had woken up early out of habit – he usually woke up early to help his mom prepare their dinner.

But not today.

No, the house was still, empty, and silent. For someone who reveled in being alone, he didn't like this.

He made a bowl of cereal and curled up on the couch, about to turn on the TV so he could at least watch the parade.

KNOCK KNOCK

James got up, surprised to hear someone knocking so early in the day; he figured it was a delivery person or something. His mom was always ordering something.

"Morning Sunshine!" Kendall said once the door was swung open. "HAPPY FREAKIN' THANKSGIVING!"

"Happy Thanksgiving," James said, rubbing his forehead. "What… what are you doing here Kendall?"

"Well I came to get you."

"What?"

"I want you to come to my house today. Please?"

"Kendall… I don't know…"

"No one should spend today alone. Come on. My mom makes a mean turkey…" James looked around the empty house and shrugged.

"I guess…. Let me go get dressed and I'll follow you there."

"Awesome!" Kendall said, stepping into the house and grinning at James. James just rolled his eyes and went to his room, quickly getting dressed and fixing his hair. He joined Kendall in the living room and the two of them left the house together.

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This one turned out really long, I know. Sorry if it was tedious and boring.

I hope it wasn't.

Thanks for reading and hope ya'll liked it

-JustMe133