hey errybody! now you can all figure out what i did with the cliff hanger in the last chapter.(: haha. anywaaaays, as always, enjoy. and i want to say thank you for reading... dont think ive done that yet with this story! thanks! :D please review, tell me what you think! :D

-xoxo, haley marie

"oh my god…" I say, my mouth falling open.

At first, ari doesn't see what im staring at because its hidden from her point of view. "what are you 'oh my god'ing? Whats wrong?" she adds after a couple seconds of me not answering. I get out of the car, and my family does the same. The all go to where im standing, and see Kacey all over logan. "oh…" ari says, her eyes narrowing.

Kaylie sees them too, and raises her eyebrows. She starts to walk over to where they are. "oh HELL no!" she mutters as she walks past. I grab her wrist though. "really? Youre going to let that little-" she starts to say, but I interrupt her.

"number one, watch your mouth. Cassies right there. Number two, youre not going to handle this, I am." I say, letting go of her wrist and walking towards my cheating boyfriend.

"so. Was it really your birthday, or was that just an excuse for logan to come out to see you?" I ask, walking up. At first, they don't realize im talking to them, until they hear logans name, and logan pulls away.

"oh shit, uhm, Sage, its not what it looks like." he tries to say, pushing kacey off his lap, causing her to curse.

"logan, don't even try that with me. I just say that. Im not an idiot. Answer my question." I say, putting my hands on my hips.

He just looks at me with wide eyes. "I-it really is her birthday, but I didn't go there for that reason…. Her birthday is actually tomorrow, and her gift was to come spend it with me." he says nervously, glancing between me and Kacey. "I just wanted to go hang out with her, and well… I don't know…" he says, hanging his head and scratching the back of his neck.

"look, don't go blaming logan. I was all over him, not the other way." Kacey says, talking for the first time directly to me. I turn to look at her.

"oh, you'll both be getting the blame. You, for going for a guy with a girlfriend, and then having the guts to come back and meet me? I envy your confidence. But, I don't envy your skanky ways." I say, shrugging. "but logan… well, I definitely didn't expect this. But hey, I guess since I just found out your secret, you can hear mine. I kissed carlos. And honestly, I don't feel bad anymore. I don't regret it. So, I guess both secrets are out." I say, turning. "I hope youre happy together." I call over my shoulder.

"sage…" I hear logan say, probably standing up to follow me.

I spin around, and see logan taking a step towards me. "logan." I say evenly.

"im really sorry, I really like you, but kacey and I just have something… special." he says, trying to make up for his actions.

"im really not sorry. that's the thing. I was, but now that I see this… I regret nothing. Carlos was always better to me anyway. He dropped everything to help me. You didn't do that. I don't hate you. Like I said, I could never hate you. Youre too sweet. Well, right now, that's what I keep telling myself, but I really don't hate you. I wasn't being sarcastic or trying to be rude when I said I hope youre happy together. don't get me wrong, Im pissed, but I really don't have the right. I cheated on you too. And im sorry that you found out like this, but I really was going to tell you. Im just done with this relationship. I hope we can be friends, but im glad that's all we'll be." I say, turning again, and walking back to my family.

They all look at me, and even cassie can tell something happened. "are you okay?" kaylie says, talking first.

"yeah. Were done, and I hope him and Kacey are happy together. Our relationship wasn't always the best anyway. Ill be fine. Can we just go eat?" I ask, glancing over my shoulder, and see logan looking sadly at me. I turn away and sigh.

"Yeah, definitely." ari say, looping her arm through mine. "did you tell him about carlos?" she whispers.

"mhmm. I told him I hope him and her are happy together, and that I don't hate him, and never could. Im pissed, but I have no right, I mean, I cheated on him too. But hey. Whats done is done. Now maybe I can actually start a legit relationship with carlos. I have to talk to him.." I sigh.

"well, at least now you don't have to feel bad." she says, giving me a hug.

"true…"

I don't say much as we eat, but everyone else keeps talking. At one point, cassie looks up. "when can we see carlos again?" she asks, looking up at me with big eyes.

I look at ari. She shrugs, as if to say 'its your choice.' I sigh. "im not sure, kiddo. Soon I hope… I need to talk to him anyway. Maybe ill see if he can hang out this after noon. What do you say about that?"

"okay." cassie grins, going back to eating her pizza.

We finish eating, and as we walk out, kaylie walks next to me. "you were cheating on logan, weren't you?" she asks, her brown eyes staring at me.

"not really cheating… well, kind of. It wasn't intentional. It happened once, for about 2 minutes. I kissed carlos, and you were right. It was last night, right before we came in after the premiere. Ari caught us, and chewed us out for a couple seconds." I say shrugging for about the 7th time in 20 minutes.

"why did you cheat on him?"

"like I said, it wasn't intentional. Like, I wasn't thinking oh hey, im going to kiss carlos. He actually kissed me, and I just didn't stop him. He felt bad, but I don't think he will when he hears that logan was cheating on me too. It sounds like logans been with kacey for about 5 days. So, carlos is going to be pissed. He always looks out for me…" I say, smiling as I think of Carlos's deep brown eyes. "but really, I don't want to make logan feel bad. He really did like me…"

"oh, that explains why he cheated on you…" she says, looking at me pointedly.

"I never said it was romantically. Hes a great guy, but I don't think he was ever completely into our relationship."

"well, at least now you wont worry about him, right?"

"hopefully not.. Now I need to talk to carlos…" I say, glancing at my phone to see the time. Hes supposed to be filming figure it out until 1, and its about 12:45 now, so ill call him at about 1:30 I decide.

"hes got a girlfriend though… what kind of twisted love triangle are you in?" kaylie says, laughing a bit.

I giggle a bit at that. "he does, but theres a story behind that. I cant say much more, but it is pretty twisted…"

"huh… glad I don't have to deal with Hollywood dating.." she says, sticking out her tongue at me, and then walking back over by the rest of our family who are sitting around a picnic table.

I smile at her comment, thinking about how shes right. I go back by them, and suggest we go shopping. Theyre going to be amazed by the stores here, rather than the ones in Georgia. They agree, and we go. About halfway through all mine and aris favorite stores, we decide to stop and get ice cream. As we walk into the shop, ari squeals and jumps on the back of a blonde guy standing by the counter. I hear his familiar chuckle, and smile. Ari and kendall have been dating for about a week now, and theyre really happy together.

"hey beautiful." he chuckles, turning his head to kiss her cheek.

Cassie, being the 7 year old she is, walks over to kendall and pokes him. He looks down at her and smiles.

"who are you?" she asks. She must be getting her confidence from kaylie.

"Im kendall… who are you?" he asks, a hint of confusion in his eyes. Ari giggles.

"im cassie." cassie states, matter of factly.

"well its nice to meet you cassie." kendall says, reaching out and shaking her hand, causing her to laugh.

"shes my little half sister." ari says to kendall, "they came to visit. Remember I said that I was having my family fly out?"

He takes a couple seconds to think, then his eyes lose the confusion. "oh yeah! For the premiere. Speaking of which, how was it? Did the movie turn out amazing? I bet it did. Too bad logan didn't make it…" he says, and then waits for a reply.

I exchange a look with ari. "well, uhm, actually, about that. Logan is back… but he didn't come alone… he brought Kacey, and I saw them kissing. I broke up with him…" I say, biting my lip.

Kendall raises his eyebrows. "he was cheating on you? What a jerk…"

I laugh nervously. "again about that… I kind of cheated on him too… but only for like 5 minutes! Carlos kissed me, and I didn't stop him…"

"well that's a bit messed up…" kendall says after giving me a funny look.

"yeah, it is…" I sigh.

"anyway, kendall, this is my mom, Kaylie, Jackson, and Cassie, who you already met." ari says, after a couple seconds of awkward silence. She points the them each in turn as she says their names. "guys, this is kendall, my boyfriend. Hes really close friends with logan and carlos. Theyre in the same band. Theres another guy named james, but I actually havent seen him in a while…" she says looking at kendall.

"hes busy. He got a small role on some other tv show, so hes been filming some scenes for that." he shrugs.

"oh.. Well good for him!" I say.

We all get some ice cream, and then spend some time talking. Jackson is basically all over kendall, because hes excited to talk to another guy other than carlos.

"so you really put all of his furniture up on water bottles?" Jackson asks with big eyes, staring at kendall.

"yep. He was pretty surprised." kendall chuckles, finishing the story of how him and the guys were messing with glickman one time. "another time, carlos was really scared after watching paranormal activity 3. It was just his luck that the power went out. James, logan and I hid in a room, and jumped out at him yelling boo. He refused to talk to us for the rest of the day."

I think Jackson just made a new best friend. He loves pranks right now, so its good for him to talk to one of the best pranksters in California.

"that's so funny!" Jackson laughs.

"it was pretty funny." kendall smiles. Ari giggles next to him, loving how nice hes being to her little brother.

"hey kendall, you want to hang out today?" ari asks hopefully.

Kendall gives her a half smile. "wish I could, ar, but I have some tracks and stuff I need to work on… I can hang out tomorrow though!" he says, standing up. "but ill tell you what. If you want, you can stop by the studio later tonight and hear some of my ideas." he says, smiling as he kisses her.

"fine… but only because youre cute.." she says jokingly.

"you know it." he chuckles, winking at her. "it was really nice to meet you guys. Jackson, if you ever come back to California, come over and talk to me, kay bud?" he asks, looking down at Jackson. When Jackson nods, he smiles. "good. Nice talking to you guys. Nice seeing you sage. See you later ari!" he says, waving as he walks out.

"hes cute." kaylie remarks, making us all laugh.

"you've said that about every one of them so far…" I tell her.

"I know… but its true." she says, shrugging.

"true…" I laugh.

We finish our ice cream, and then head back out to do some more shopping.