A.N: Really sorry for the long wait guys. I was out on a vacation with the family for a while. And since I'm writing this, I want to just say something. Thanks for all the great reviews guys! And can people that read this make reviews because I only have six and I really want more. You don't have to; I would really appreciate if you did though, so anyways on with the story, THANKS!!!

Adam's POV:

We all woke up the next morning and finished packing our bags. Last week was wildcard round and the judges picked Matt, Meagan, Anoop, and Jasmine. We all headed downstairs and got into a limo.
"How crazy is this!?" Jasmine and Allison yelled at the same time. Since they were both 16, neither of them could contain their excitement. But who could blame them, we were the top 13!
"What's crazier is the fact that that's the 5th time that you two said something at the same time." Anoop said and we all laughed.
"Can you honestly blame them? I mean come on! We're in Hollywood!" I yelled and gave Michael and Matt Hi-Five.
"True, so, very, true." Meagan said and we turned up the radio. We all laughed for the whole trip, except for Danny, who every minute tried to put his arm around Jade but she thankfully kept taking it off her shoulder. I really wish that that guy would just cut it out! He is really getting on my nerves.

We finally got to the mansion and it was awesome. There really was a bowling alley and swimming pool. Not to mention our rooms were huge, but we still had to share them. We actually got to choose our roommates, and obviously, me and Kris chose each other. But what really bugged me was who Danny picked.
"Hey Jade." Danny yelled while she was talking to me.
"Oh. Hey, Danny." Jade answered in an annoyed tone.
"So, you know how we can choose our roommates and stuff?" she nodded and I raised my eyebrow, "Yeah, well I was hoping that me and you could share one." Danny said and put his arm around her shoulder, and I couldn't just let him talk to her like that.
"Okay, you know what?! You better…" I yelled but Allison cut in when she saw the fight.
"You better find someone else, because Jade is my roommate." Allie said taking his arm of her shoulder and replacing it with hers. But before Danny could open his mouth again, Kris stepped in.
"And Adam is my roommate so we'll all be heading to our room's now and start getting ready for the top 13 party." Kris said and we all ran to our rooms. I had almost forgotten about the party! It slipped my mind once we got into the limo.

Later on that day it was time for us to go. Me, Kris, Anoop, Danny, and basically all the guys in the mansion were all done changing and we were waiting for the girls. Finally, we all heard a few doors open. We looked to the stairs and saw Allison, Meagan, Jasmine, and Jade walking down the stairs. Jade was wearing black skinny jeans, black heals, and a blue halter neck tip. She and Allison both looked pretty casual, unlike the others.

"Somebody's a little bit casual today, don't you think?" I asked to tease the girls, but mainly, to tease Jade.
"Well somebody's a little formal, don't you think?" Jade said in response.
"And sparkly." Allison added referring to my jacket, and I rolled my eyes.
"Well," I turned my head to Jade, "you look… Humph!" I said before being pushed onto the floor by none other than Danny.
"Amazing." He said and looked at me with a smug look on his face; I just shot a death glare at him and stayed on the ground.
"Uhh, wow thanks Danny… Well if you excuse me, I'm just going to, well, you know. Bye!" she said quickly heading to me to help me up.
"Thanks." I said rubbing my back.
"No problem, sorry about Danny."
"No big deal, I mean it's not your fault." I said smiling at her.
"Well c'mon, unless you want Allison to go crazy, we better get to the limo."
"Yeah, I guess. You know, I don't think I'm ever going to get use to the word 'Limo'." I said and she giggled. We both headed to the car and before we knew it, we were all at the party.

The second we got out, there was tons of screaming fans waiting for our arrival. We all mingled with others and just talked to one another. Most of the time our group, which was Kris, Allison, Jade and I stayed together, but were soon separated due to the interviewers.
"So Adam, you might not know this, but there have been a few pictures of you kissing another guy." The interviewer said and my heart stopped. 'How did those pictures come out?' I thought but, didn't want to seem too surprised so played it cool.
"Well, you know what, I am who I am and this is a singing competition. Nothing else." I said and seemed to have impressed her with my answer. As soon as I finished with my interview, I rushed over to Kris the second I saw him.
"Kris! I need to talk to you, it's an emergency!" I said and dragged him away from all the press.
"Okay, so what is it. Let me guess, you lost an earring." He said to tease me, but I wasn't in a joking mood.
"Cut it out! This isn't funny!" I quietly yelled and his eyes shot open. "Sorry. But," I took a deep breath, "this reporter came up to me a few minutes ago. Turns out that someone leaked pictures of me. Kissing. A. Guy." I said and he was incredibly surprised.
"What?! Oh god! I can't believe this!" Kris said in shock.
"I know! I mean, seriously! Why would someone do that? Its bad enough I have Gokey keeping me away from Jade, and now I have to keep her from seeing those pictures!" I panicked.
"Oh, well I wasn't talking about that. I meant I couldn't believe that you took pictures of yourself making out with a guy. I mean really, who does that?" he said and I shot a death glare.
"Pictures of me just got leaked to the entire world and that's all you can think about!" I said making it clear that I was losing my patience.
"Well, no, it's just that…" he said thinking of an excuse, "It's not my fault! Now anyways don't you think your being a little bit over dramatic?" he asked, but then figured out that was a stupid question, considering the fact that I was from the theater's, and therefore, was theatrical, "Never mind. But still, you have to tell her sooner or later, I mean common you didn't think that you could keep that a secret forever, did you?" he asked and I looked to my feet.
"Well, actually, I kind of did…" I said and made him slap his forehead.
"Adam listen to me. You're my friend but you have to know this; you're acting like a complete idiot right now." He said and I didn't even feel offended, I was too worried, and he noticed, "I'm sorry, but I had to point it out. And you shouldn't worry, from what I've seen, she really likes you and I don't think she would reject you even if you are gay." He said finally making me feel happy.
"I guess you're right. Now common there are interviewers probably committing murder to find us." I said and we walked back to the party. I saw Jade talking to a reporter. I got kind of worried, but remembered what Kris said.

Jade's POV:

"Well, it's been kind of tough, but we worked hard and got our reward." I said answering the reporter's question.
"Thanks Jade, now we have one more question to ask you. Is there anyone in the top 13 that you have known for a while and are close friends with."
"Well actually, yeah there is. I'm really close to Allison, who was my roommate in Hollywood week, Adam, who I met in the San Francisco auditions and Kris who I was Adam's roommate in Hollywood week. We've all become so close and it was a relief when we found out we were going to go to the top 13 together."
"Speaking of Adam; did you hear about those pictures of him that got leaked?"
"Uhh, no. What are they?" I asked confused.
"There are pictures of him kiss… Oh sorry, I've got someone on my line. Yes, well okay, bye. Well thank you Jade and we wish you the best. Sorry to leave but we've been asked to go to Matt." The reporter ended my interview and walked away. I looked around the party to find Adam; I haven't seen him all day and was hoping to spend some time with him, but I couldn't help thinking about what she said. 'What pictures?' I thought.

"Hey Adam!" I yelled while waving my hand at him when I saw him talking to Kris. He looked over at me and gave a small wave along with a smile. He looked worried. I walked over to him and when I got there he looked even more worried.
"Hi!" he yelled even though he was right in front of me and I noticed Kris slowly walking away.
"Uhh, Adam, I'm right over here. You don't have to yell." There was a pause between us. He didn't say anything and I was waiting for a response.
"Hi!" He repeated and I looked at him dumbfounded.
"Yeah, you already said that." And with that I snapped my fingers in front of his face. Thankfully, he shook his head and noticed that he looked like a complete idiot.
"Oh. Yeah. Sorry about that. I'm just… kind of surprised."
"Well why are you so surprised." I asked and he looked like he saw a ghost.
"Well, this reporter came up to me and told me that…" he said but for some reason kept on gulping.
"Told you what?"
"Uhh, well, she told me that… she wanted to know how I fixed my eyeliner. Umm, well that was kind of a secret of mine and I told her by mistake. So yeah, nothing really weird." He responded still sounding upset.
"Uhh… Yeah, I'll pretend that I actually believe you for now. Anyways, I'm having some reporter question trouble too." I said and he raised his eyebrow. He obviously got his perky mood back.
"What is it? Tell Dr. Adam all about it."
"I don't need a doctor's help Adam I'm not mentally ill you know. Okay, well this reporter came up to me and asked me if I heard of these pictures that came out of you." His face turned pale and he suddenly went back to his worried look. "Adam are you alright?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Now let's go back to your problem. What kind of pictures?" he asked.
"Well, actually. That's the problem, I have no idea. The reporter left to interview Matt before she could tell me what they were."
"Oh, well that's a relief!" he said and I looked at him confused. "I mean. That's a relief that she got to interview Matt. Well, those pictures are actually, of me."
"Uhh, yeah I already got that part."
"Well… they are of me with blonde hair. I'm an original strawberry blonde, but I colored my hair to make it look like a rock stars hair style."
"Okay, since were at that party, and were supposed to have fun. I'll let those lame excuses slide for the rest of the day."

Finally the day was over and we headed to the mansion. All I could think of was how much fun I had, all the people I met, and the interviews that I had. And then it hit me. I had almost forgot about what the interviewer said about Adam, how he gave me lame excuses, and the fact that he had been trying extra hard to prevent me from finding out about his secret, whatever it was. By the time I remembered we were at our mansion all in our rooms. Allison had fallen asleep already and so did Jasmine. All I could think about is what the pictures could be… that, and the fact that Adam is originally a blonde. I lay on my bed daydreaming until I thought of something. If Adam wouldn't tell me, then maybe, just maybe, Kris will. I did see Adam talking to him while in panic mode. I ran out of the room and headed to the boys.

Adam's POV:

"She found out about the pictures during the party." I said to Kris.
"Well what did you tell her?" he asked anxiously.
"She told me that a reporter came up to her and asked her if she knew about the pictures of me. But the reporter didn't mention what the picture was, so when she asked me, I told her it was a picture of me with blonde hair."
"Do you really think that she will believe you? I mean, c'mon, you and blonde would never match." He said laughing.
"Well actually, I did have blonde hair. Why is that so hard to believe?" I said and before Kris could respond, there was a knock on the door.
"Knock, knock." Jade said peaking in our door.
"Oh hey Jade." Kris said while tuning his guitar.
"Hey. Umm, listen can I talk to you in private." she said rubbing the back of her head. This could have either been bad, or a start of a relationship.
"Sure. Will you please excuse us Kris." I said.
"Well, actually. I was talking to Kris." She said, but unlike most guys, I wasn't jealous at all. Kris was one of my closest friends and I knew if anything romantic would happen he would prevent it. I could trust him. Well actually, he had a wife, so I had no choice but to trust him. They headed out the door and I couldn't help but ease drop on their conversation.

"Kris, I tried asking Adam this, but he wouldn't tell me the truth, so I was hoping that you would tell me what those pictures were. You do know about the pictures right." She asked. I really hoped Kris wouldn't mess this up for me.
"Oh right yeah. I heard of them. Their…" he said but saw me at our door pointing to my hair and gold necklace I had on. "Well, they are pictures of Adam with… blonde hair. It really surprised me and a lot of people because well, who would have known."
"Oh, well then I guess he was telling the truth, well never mind then. Good night." She said and walked away.

Kris walked into the room and I hugged his legs. I was so happy that he didn't ruin this for me!
"Thanks Kris! You're the best! I owe you one!" I said still hugging his legs.
"Uh, you're welcome Adam. Can you let go of me now?" he asked.
"Oh right sorry. But seriously I do owe you one." I said now sitting on my bed.
"And I will definitely use that against you one day. Now let's go to bed!" Kris said and closed the lights to go to bed. Like always it took me a while to sleep but I couldn't help but feel guilty. I had lied to Jade for the first time ever! I never thought I would have to. A part of me kept saying that I should tell her the truth, it might have been hard for her to take, but at least I would be honest. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep. I had made my decision to tell her when the time was right.