~Chapter Ten~

~Jade's POV~

I had a bad feeling we'd be in here for a while. This was going to be so much fun, not. I looked at Kendall, and he looked really uncomfortable. I sighed and kneeled in front of him.

"I'm sorry, but this is gonna hurt." I pulled the tape off his mouth as fast as I could. He let out a yelp as I did. "I'm sorry."

"I can't feel my hands, can you untie them."

"Can you turn around?"

"There's not much room in here, but I can try."

He tried turning around, but he just ended up sitting on my lap. Not really where I had wanted him.

"Okay that's not going to work." I sighed as he sat back on the floor. "I'm gonna see if I can find the light switch. So please keep your eyes off my ass."

"Well good thing it's dark." I knew he was grinning. I'm so glad he was finding this funny, because I sure as hell wasn't.

I rolled my eyes and slowly stood up. I turned and faced the door again. I felt up and down the wall until I hit the light switch. A very dim light turned on, but it was enough that I could see to untie Kendall.

"Okay, I'm gonna have to lean behind you to untie your hands." I got back down on my knees and next to him.

I spent the next twenty minutes trying to untie Kendall. I was practically lying in his lap. This was just getting worse and worse.

"I am going to strangle who ever tied these damn knots."

"Gracie did the knots."

I pulled back from him.

"And why couldn't you have told me that twenty minutes ago?"

"I don't know! I figured you'd know how to untie them."

"God if that piece of shit wasn't dead already, I would so kill him." I ran my fingers through my hair. "He just had to teach her those damn knots."

"I do have a knife in my pocket."

"Ya know I think I'll just leave your hands tied." I sat back against the door, as far away from him as I could get. I was not touching him more than I really had to.

"Yeah, well I still can't feel my hands."

"You don't need your hands to sing."

"I need them to hold the mic." He just gave me one of those looks. "And I need them to play the guitar that you love so much."

"Fine." I gritted my teeth and moved back closer to him. "Which pocket is it in?"

"Front right." He got up on his knees so I could reach his pocket.

I bit my lip and reached my hand into his front pocket. I tried as hard as I could not to touch him, but he kept moving, making it that much harder.

"If you don't stop moving, I'm going to hurt you."

He stopped moving and I pulled the knife out of his pocket.

"Sit back on your knees and hold your hands away from your back." He did as I asked and once again I was lying across his lap.

I could feel why he was moving around so much, while my hand was in his pocket. I quickly cut the ropes and then moved away from Kendall. I did not need to know how happy he was to have me lying in his lap.

I sat there and watched him rub his wrist but his hands weren't working right. I sighed and took his wrist into my mine and started to rub small circles trying to get the blood flowing again.

"Thanks."

I just nodded.

"Have I told you how sorry I am?"

I looked up at him and I could see how sorry he was, but there comes a time that sorry isn't enough anymore.

"I know sorry isn't going to make up for all I've said and done." He pulled his hands away. "I just want you to know that I really mean it."

"I can't go through what I went through with Todd again."

"I know. I never meant to hurt you. I was just frustrated and angry." He ran his fingers through his hair. "I was hurt that you kept pushing me away. It was like the closer we got the more you pushed me away. I'm not making excuses; I'm just trying to explain how I was feeling. We were fine with the physical stuff, but I wanted and still want more than that."

"I just can't do this again." I sighed. "We tried and it didn't work."

"That's bull shit and you know it. We weren't even together for a month and then you break it off because of a misunderstanding. A big one at that."

"I caught you kissing another girl." I was getting mad. "How is that a misunderstanding?"

"One she kissed me and two I don't even like her like that." I just flipped his knife around. "Can I have my knife back, please?"

"No." I wasn't giving back the only thing that made me feel safe from him. Not that he'd hurt me, but you never know what stupid idea he'd come up with.

"Jade, please."

"Do I make you nervous?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"You know you do." He swallowed hard when I tossed the knife back and forth between my hands.

"In what way?"

"In every way. You know all this." I opened the blade and tested the sharpness of it with my thumb. "What's going on inside that head of yours?"

"I'm not ready to share yet." And I wasn't sure I would ever be ready to share.

"When will you?"

I just shrugged and closed the knife.

"Mommy, are you in there." I heard through the door.

"You know I am Gracie."

"Is Kendall still alive?"

"Yes, now I want you to let me out of here right now."

"I can't do that Mommy."

"Gracelyn Ann Mitchell, you will let me out right now!"

"NO."

"Gracie." I growled.

This was going too far for her and I did not like it.

"No, I'm not letting you out until you make up with Kendall."

I slammed my head back on the door. It hurt like Hell, but it made me feel better.

"Don't hurt yourself Mommy."

"So all I have to do is say sorry and you'll let us out?"

"And kiss." I heard someone say something else to her, but I couldn't tell who it was or what they were saying. "I have to go Mommy, now be good and make up with Kendall. We'll be back later to check on you."

"You are so grounded young Lady."

No one answered me, they had already walked away.

"Well I now know where her stubbornness comes from." I glared at him. "All we have to do is tell them we kissed and made up. We don't actually have to kiss."

"And who the hell do you think you're trying to fool?" I raised an eyebrow at him. "My child knows all. She'll be able to tell we were lying. And then we'd be in even more trouble than we are now. When she gets an idea stuck in her head, she doesn't let it go."

"Then just kiss me and we can get out of here."

I didn't say anything as I pulled out my phone. I dialed Logan's number. I was not going to kiss him, not if I could help it.

It wasn't' because I didn't want to, I did. But I didn't want a reminder of what I was losing. That would hurt too much.

"Hey Jade. How are you doing?"

"Get me out of this damn closet, before I kill you all." I growled. "And you know I'd do it."

"I can't do that."

"How the hell can one six year old be scarier than me? Explain that one to me because I sure as hell don't get it."

"She just is."

"I have a knife and I will use it."

"I can't let you out Jade." He sighed. "I'm sorry, I made promise."

"Logan Philip Henderson, let us out of this damn closet right now!"

"Sorry Jade. I really am."

He hung up on me. I just threw my phone on the floor and banged my head on the door again.

They were all in for it when I got out of here. Every last one of them. They messed with the wrong Momma Bear.

"You know she just wants you to be happy."

"I am happy, or I was until I was locked in here."

"It's not that bad being locked in a room with me is it?"

"If I wasn't mad, then no."

"If you weren't mad at me, we wouldn't be here."

"I don't like you."

"I can live with that as long as you still love me."

"Who says I loved you in the first place?"

"Your eyes."

I closed my eyes and leaned my head back so I didn't have to look at him anymore. I hated that he could read me like no one else could.

"So you don't deny it."

I just ignored him, I was done talking. All I wanted was to get out of here. And soon, before I did something stupid.

~Kendall's POV

I couldn't take the silence anymore, or Jade ignoring me. It was time to put a stop to it. If she wouldn't talk to me, I'd do all the talking then. Good thing I had a lot to say to her.

"Ya know I really missed you while you were gone. I didn't like it, I missed seeing you every day. Being able to kiss you whenever I wanted and singing you too sleep every night. Even hanging out with you with everyone else was better then not seeing you." Jade was still ignoring me. "I hated that you weren't there to boss us around, making sure we were never late. I hated that you weren't there when I got off stage. I missed you telling me to stop being a guy. I missed seeing Gracie, she always could make any bad day better. I missed kissing you in front of her just to see that face she makes. I really missed the three of us playing the Wii. I missed Gracie beating me without even trying."

Still nothing, fine I'll just keep going.

"When I saw you yesterday, I thought you looked so beautiful, even as angry you were at me. I was happy to see you, but crushed when you broke things off. I hated myself when I saw the pain and confusion in your eyes, pain and confusion that I caused. I wish I never would have gotten caught off guard by Liz. I wish the kiss would have never happened. It was a mistake that I regret." I sighed. "I wish I could put into word what you really mean to me. I wish I could tell you my hopes and dreams, the things I've never told anyone before. If I could I would take the pain of your past away and make you forget all that he did to you. I'd help you bring the walls down around your heart so you could let me in all the way."

I could that she was starting to crack, which was a good sign. Spilling my guts like this was both liberating and absolutely terrifying at the same time. I hope she knows how much this scares me.

"I remember the first time I ever saw you, you stop me in my tracks. You looked like the angel of my dreams. There was something about you that just drew me in and wouldn't let go. I was hooked and I didn't even know your name. Then I heard you speak and I was done for. The other said I was asking for trouble, but if that trouble was you then I'd take whatever you'd give me." I laughed. "And then there was the truth or dare game. One of James' best ideas, I'd have to say. Everyone knew I was crushing on you, big time. And then Cassie dared you to kiss me. I really thought I had died and gone to heaven. No one thought you'd actually do it, least of all me. God it was some kiss though. One I'll never, ever forget."

I closed my eyes and grinned to myself.

"I didn't care how different we are, it's what makes us work the way we do. I thank God every day for brining you into my life. You made me realize that love wasn't just some fairy tale that Mom's told their kids. For the first time in my life you made me want to be a better person. You didn't want me for what I could do for you; you wanted to be with me because you liked me for who I really was." My smile grew. "And seeing you with Gracie is something all together different. With everything you've been through, you've handled her with such care and love. You really are super Mom. She's amazing now, but will only get better as she grows older. She's so lucky to have a Mom like you; I hope she knows just how lucky she is. And you are so lucky to have her. She loves you so much and only wants you to be happy. I mean she did lock us in a closet together just so we could make up because she knew it would make you happy if we were talking again. And she has a way of getting into people's head without them even knowing. She gets that all from you."

I looked at her and I could tell she was crying. I wasn't sure it was a good thing or not.

Without any warning, she lunched herself at me and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her back with all I had.

She pulled away breathlessly. I stroked her cheek, wiping away the tears.

"Please tell me you didn't kiss me just to get us out of here."

"No, no I didn't." She smiled at me. "There are people I've known my whole life who don't know me as well as you do. How is it you can see so deep inside me?"

"The same way you get me like no one else does. We were made for each other." She kissed me again. I pulled away laughing. "I feel better getting all that off my chest."

"It kinda hurt to hear it all, but I'm glad you told me."

"I am too. I needed to say it." She leaned her head on my shoulder as I wrapped my arms back around her waist.

"So where does this leave us?"

"I don't know." She mumbled. "Where do you want it to leave us?"

"Where we were before the fight."

"I'd like that. But can we promise to never fight like that again?"

"I agree no more fights like that."

"That's settled then." She grinned. "What are we going to do about the others, we can't let them get away with this."

"I'm sure you have an idea or two."

"Are you willing to play along?"

"What do you have in mind?"

"Text Logan and let him know we kissed and when they let us out we act like we're still fighting."

"They will just keep trying until they win."

"I know, damn, do you have a better idea?"

"Admit your six year old bested us." I shrugged.

"That's no fun."

"She just did it for you."

"I hate when you're right."

"I know." I kissed her nose.

She slid off my lap and picked up her phone from where she had dropped it.

"We should call James."

"Why?"

"He's the most afraid of me." She had that evil glint in her eye.

"God I love your evil mind."

"Why thank you. Shall I put it on speaker?"

"Yes."

She dialed James's number and while it was ringing she put it on speaker phone.

"Hello Jade."

"Hello James."

"What can I do for you?"

"You know what I want and you're gonna give it to me."

"I can't do that."

"You let me out of this damn closet; I'll agree to move out to LA with Cassie." She grinned at me and winked. "If you don't, then I will drag her back to Michigan faster than you can say BTR."

"I call your bluff."

"I'm not bluffing. If Cassie doesn't have a family member over the age of 18 with her, she cannot move to LA. And seeing as I'm her only family, she'll be coming back to Michigan with me." I was biting my lip to keep from laughing. Jade was so evil, I loved it. "So think about that long and hard."

She hung up on him and sat back in my lap.

"God that was fun." She giggled. "Too bad they don't know I already told them we'd move out there."

"So it was an empty threat?"

"Pretty much." She kissed my chin. "They don't need to know that though."

"I know where Gracie gets it from."

"Mmmhmm."

I leaned down and kissed her, when someone knocked on the door.

"Yes." Jade answered.

"Slid the knife under the door and we'll let you out."

Jade slid the knife under the door and then stood up. I just stayed on the floor.

The door swung open blinding us for a few seconds.

"Green room now." Jade growled at them.

They didn't' say anything, they just took off running towards the green room.

Jade turned back to me and helped me up.

"I don't think I've ever seen them run that fast before."

"It's good to know that I still got it."

"I love you." I kissed her one more time before I pulled away and headed towards the green room.