Just A Kiss Chapter 11: Rocque Records and My Dad
Kendall's POV:
Today we had to go record some music for the new album at Rocque Records. James invited Lilly to come with us to see if Gustavo would sign her but we were kind of doubtful.
When we got there we showed Lilly around and she looked pretty surprised at how big it was.
I was suspicious about James though, because he was holding Lilly's hand and Lilly didn't seem to mind. "Is there something going on that I don't know about?" I thought wanting to say it out loud.
When we got to the studio Gustavo didn't look to happy with us and he asked us a lot of questions.
"Dogs! Where have you been? And who is that?" He asked.
"Gustavo," I started, "This is my cousin, Lilly Winchester. She's come to LA to follow her dream of being a singer and wants to see if you'll sign her." I finished still noticing James was holding Lilly's hand.
"I don't just sign anyone Kendall! Does she have talent?" Gustavo asked me but before I could answer he looked at Lilly and said, "You! Sing me something."
Lilly nodded with a nervous look and started to sing a song by Adele.
Gustavo must of thought Lilly was really good because he actually signed her!
The guys and I gave her a grin meaning we were happy for her.
"I'm so happy for you Lilly, you did it. I had no idea you could sing like that either." I said smiling.
"8 AM huh? Gustavo is going to have you beat by the end of the day." Carlos looked at Lilly.
"Am I really going to be that tired after my first meeting tomorrow?" Lilly asked me.
"With Gustavo as your producer, heck ya!" I replied.
She sighed and I knew she wasn't going to be to happy with that.
*~The next day~*
Lilly got back from her first rehearsel agsausted.
"How was it?" I asked her.
"Agsausting! I'm going to take a shower than go to the park." She responded.
"Ok." I said back.
After Lilly went to the park James asked where she was so I told him and I guess that's where he went.
I was with the guys and Taylor when we saw Lilly and James come back. They were holding hands again so I made it obvious that I knew they were holding hands with a weird look on my face and they broke apart. "Something is going on here..." I thought in my head again till I was interupted by Lilly.
"Hey Kendall, Who's this?" She asked me.
"Lilly, this is my girlfriend Taylor. She's in town for awhile visiting me." I told her.
"Oh. I didn't know you had a girlfriend dearest cousin." She said and Taylor laughed. "I'm Lilly Winchester.
Taylor smiled and said, "Nice to meet you Lilly. I'm Taylor Dotson, Kendall's girlfriend as you heard."
~*At Dinner*~
Taylor's POV:
At dinner I was starting to get to know Lilly.
"So how did you and Kendall meet?" Lilly asked me.
"We met at a Big Time Rush concert in San Diego my home town. I was working backstage with my Uncle Chris, who is a body guard for bands, and I saw Kendall and he saw me, we started talking. We got each other's numbers and started texting each other and a little later we started dating." I told Lilly smiling.
"How are you related to Kendall if you don't mind me asking?" I asked her.
She smiled. "His mom and my dad are brother and sister. But, they haven't gotten along at all. Ever. So, Aunt Emma moved to Minnesota, met Uncle Keenan, they got married, and Kendall was born." She said shrugging.
Here was my chance to ask her about Kendall's dad. "Kendall never talks about his dad. Do you kow why?" I asked.
She did. "Uncle Keenan was driving home from work late one night and a drunk driver hit him dead on, causing him to die on impact. We stayed with them for awhile. Kendall and I had grown really close he relied on me for support." She told me and it was so sad I was about to cry.
"Oh my goodness." I whispered.
After dinner Kendall came over to my apartment to chill.
We were laying down on my bed talking to each other when I asked him.
"Kendall..." I started.
"Yes?" He got up and looked at me.
"Why haven't you ever told me about what happen to your dad?" I asked.
For once in his life Kendall didn't stay strong he let the tears flow out and he cried into my shirt.
"I'm sorry for bringing it up kenny." I said comforting and reassuring.
He didn't respond and he didn't calm down. It was like he was holding in his whole life and now just let it all out. It was like I broke his heart just bringing it up.
"I'm so sorry Kenny." I said tears filling my eyes now because of how sad the story actually was.
Kendall calmed down and finally talked to me, but still had tears in his eyes.
"I haven't been asked that in a long time..." He said with a little laugh. "My dad died when I turned 7 and Katie was only and baby. I was devestated I don't know how I got to the point of being paralyzed by it, one day I stopped everything, stopped crying, stopped feeling bad he was gone, I turned my life around and became the leader, the man of the house." He finished.
"Kendall, you have been holding this in from me all this time." I said concerned.
"I never thought I would have to talk about it again, it hurt me so much I never knew I would get over it. All these years I've forgotten about him... I forgot about my dad Taylor!" He broke down again. "It was like he never was there for me! I blammed him for leaving us I was mad at him my whole life! I regret it so much... It wasn't his fault. EVER. It was my fault all these years, I never looked back I just kept going." He said.
He was killing himself, blamming himself, doing everything to himself, just because of something that happened 11 years ago!
"Kendall! Stay strong your 18 years old it happened 11 years ago! Don't blame yourself for anything it's not your fault. You needed to get over what happened, you took his place for the sake of your family. If you wouldn't of done that you would all be fallen apart, you wouldn't be here right now, and you wouldn't of met me! I said trying to make him feel better.
He looked at me still depressed and teary eyed when he kissed me.
It was stopping his pain, his crying, his sadness. That kiss is what helped him get over his fathers death.
He depend the kiss and we sat there lips to lips curing each others pain.
I let go and he looked at me and hugged me.
"Thank you." He whispered in my ear and coming out of the hug to look at me.
"Your welcome." I said smiling and kissing him once more.
We layed back down thinking about what happened that night.
