Hello! :D
Okay, I know, it's almost been a year since this story's been updated /:
But, here it is! The latest chapter :)
POV: Kendall Knight
"Kendall, wait," Destinee said as I was just out of her room.
I turned around and looked at her. I had missed her. She was family, after all, and I'd missed her like hell before she came to LA with more of our family. But after everything that we had been through, I was a little uneasy being around her again. She was still gorgeous, she was still clumsily cute, and she was still the greatest prize that a man could ever have. So that's why I had to protect her. "Yes?"
"Can we talk?"
"Yeah... I'm kinda hungry though. Can we get something to eat?"
"There's some cereal in the pantry. We haven't gone grocery shopping in a while."
I went to the kitchen and fixed us two bowls of Lucky Charms. My stomach growled; I hadn't eaten much of anything for over a month, and the airport didn't have anything very appetizing.
I went back to Dest's room and handed her a bowl before sitting down on her bed across from her. After I sat down, I could finally get a good look at her. Her hair was freshly dyed, but her usually bright blue eyes were dark and nearly lifeless. She didn't look like herself and it scared me a little bit. "Have you been okay, Dest?"
"I'm fine, Kendall. I've just been missing you."
I smiled and stared into my bowl of cereal. It didn't look appetizing, though. I needed to sort things out with Destinee, and I didn't think I could do anything else until I did.
"So you and Jo are friends now?" I asked.
"Yeah, I guess. Apparently she's a singer too and Gustavo had us record a song together. We decided that arguing all the time is pointless and we need to put it all behind us."
"I'm glad you two are friends, now."
"Sure." Destinee put down her bowl on the bedside table and looked me straight in the eyes. "Why did you run away, Kendall?"
I looked back at her. Both of our usually bright eyes were looking dead and the connection that had always been between us was nearly gone. "I had to get over you. I couldn't come back until I knew I was. And I couldn't just stay away from you because whenever I was at the Palmwoods all I could think about was you and Carlos, and I just had to get away from it."
"Yeah. Carlos." My cousin swallowed.
"What happened, Dest?"
"Ken, is it bad that I'm kinda starting to like someone else?"
My first reaction was to defend Carlos and get Destinee to change her mind about this new guy, but I remembered what it's like to be unhappy in a relationship. Back in Minnesota, I had seen a few girls, but none of them satisfied me like I needed them to (and I don't mean that sexually). Inside, I was torn between my cousin's happiness and my best friend's. I had never been in the situation before, and it took me off-guard. "Who's the guy?"
"Lee."
I sighed. Lee was a good guy, and he had a lot on Carlos. From what I had learned about him from talking to him, he liked to stay as far away from drama as he could. He could treat a girl right, and he would go however fast or slow the girl wanted to go. All he wanted was someone to fill him up and make him feel wanted.
Carlos had a short temper. He was explosive and emotional and had too much going on behind his eyes. He had already hurt Destinee too much for her comfort. I could read him like a book, and I knew when he was getting antsy in a relationship. Lee was looking like a better choice. But I couldn't say it out loud in case somebody else was listening.
"I don't know what to tell you, Dest. Lee's a great guy, and I can't blame you for liking him. But what about Carlos?"
Destined looked around on her bed, her eyes unfocused. "Lee makes me feel good inside whenever I'm with him. Carlos does it, too, but Lee does it better."
I reached out my hand and rested a finger on her temple. "Stop thinking with this." I moved my finger and held it right in front of her chest. "And start thinking with this."
Destinee took my bowl from me, put it next to her's on the bedside table and threw her arms around my neck. "Thank you, Kendall."
I was genuinely confused about what she was going to do. I just knew that I didn't directly tell her to go for one or the other. I was safe with Carlos.
"Um... Can I ask you for a favor?" she asked.
"Yes."
"I don't know when I'm going to need this, but will you be there when I break up with Carlos if I do? For support?"
"Of course." I hugged her back for a few seconds, and then released her.
POV: Lee Morgans
I was sitting on my bed strumming some chords on my acoustic when there was a knock on my apartment door. I rested my guitar in my bed and got up to answer the door.
"Des?"
Destinee was standing outside, arms wrapped around herself like she was cold, but it was a nice 65 degrees out, and her arms were covered enough to be comfortable. Her eyebrows were drawn together and her lips were a little pouty. But the brokenness in her eyes is what gave it away.
"What happened to you?" I pulled her inside and sat her on my couch. I made sure she was comfortable before I sat next to her.
She sat with her arms wrapped her arms around her stomach and hunched over. "I... I broke up with Carlos."
My first reaction was an internal celebration, but my sensitive side kicked in and I instantly needed to comfort her. "I'm sorry, sweetheart. What happened with you two?"
"I guess it was just getting old, but I'm confused about it, too." She sniffed and wiped her nose on her arm. "It's just that I've started having feelings for someone else, and I wouldn't be having those feelings if I really loved him."
I put my arms around her and pulled her closer to me. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. It'll all be okay in the end. And if it's not okay, it's not the end."
Destinee looked up at me with those big blue eyes and made me feel like I'd never be able to breathe again - but I was okay with it. She made me feel good inside whenever I was with her and I couldn't hold it back anymore.
"I really like you, Destinee."
She rested her head on my shoulder and snuggled into my chest. "Well, that makes two of us."
I hope it was worth the wait :)