A/N: so going back and rereading this I realize that I make Kendall such an ass a lot lol sorry all you Kendall lovers out there but in my mind, James is the sensitive one in their relationship and Kendall's well… the guy lol. But I'm just digressing right now (: but anyway, since my grades have -ahem- declined recently my delightful stepfather has taken it upon himself to only let me use my laptop on weekends to make more "study time". So I can only write in my notebook during the week and update this story every weekend until I can use my laptop whenever again. Sigh. It sucks but what can you do? Anyway, sorry for the lack of upcoming updates :p but enjoy! (:

Chapter Thirteen

"James!" Kendall groaned in slight exasperation. "Will you please stop jumping on the bed and help me finish packing?"

James, who was bouncing happily from bed to bed, flopped down onto his butt and then leaped up to Kendall. The blonde took a surprised step backwards. "Kenny when we get to Minnesota can we go ice skating?" he asked, bouncing up and down on his toes.

"Sure." Kendall said slowly.

"And can we build a snowman?"

"If there's snow."

"OOH! And can we play hockey, and go to the park, and-"

"Wow that extra large ice cream sundae was a bad idea." Kendall cut him off.

"Can we get ice cream in Minnesota too?" James asked, running past Kendall to jump on the bed again.

"We can do all those things and more if we actually get to Minnesota!" Kendall said with a laugh. "Jeeze, when did you turn into Carlos?" he muttered under his breath.

"We should get more ice cream." James said, ignoring what he had said about packing. "Only this time, with SPRINKLES!"

"Yeah, because that's necessary." Kendall rolled his eyes and walked over to the bed, grabbing at James's hyperactive body, causing him to cease his jumping and sit still on the bed. Well as still as he could be; the ice cream had made him quite twitchy. "Just calm down and put your underwear in a suitcase." Kendall told him, holding onto his shoulders so he would remain seated.

James groaned and dropped his head forward, so it was resting on Kendall's shoulder. "Packing is soooooo much work!" he complained. "Can't we just, like, leave it here and buy new stuff?"

"No Jamie, we can't." Kendall said and the brunette boy groaned again. "James, can I ask you something?" Kendall asked, somewhat hesitantly as he mused James's hair.

"Sure." James backed up from Kendall and started jumping again, causing the blonde to roll his eyes. "What did you wanna ask me?" James asked.

"Are you, um, nervous at all… about going to Minnesota?" Kendall asked, his hands twitching nervously.

"Why would I be nervous?" James asked.

"…Cuz of your dad." Kendall muttered. James stopped bouncing immediately and stared at Kendall a moment. His smile was completely gone from his face and that worried Kendall. "Babe, I didn't mean to upset you." Kendall said as James sat down on the bed. "I-I was just wondering, cuz if you were worried or anything, I would be there for you." James didn't say anything, he just stared blankly at Kendall. "James…"

"We're not going." James said simply.

"James, of course we're going." Kendall said slowly.

"No, I don't wanna go anymore." James insisted.

Kendall sighed and took a step forward, placing his hands on James's shoulders. "James, nothing bad is going to happen to you in Minnesota, I promise you." he told him. "I'm gonna make sure nobody hurts you."

"I'm scared." James admitted, lowering his head, embarrassed.

Kendall put one hand on James's chin and gently raised his head. "I know you're scared baby, but it'll be ok."

"But what if he finds us?" James asked, tears blurring his vision.

"Then I'll kick his ass." Kendall said. James managed a weak smile and wiped his teary eyes. "So, you gonna be ok?" the blonde asked him.

"I- I think so." James muttered. Kendall smiled and placed a kiss atop James's head. The brunette boy wrapped his arms around Kendall's waist, pulling him in a tight hug. "I love you." he murmured into Kendall's chest.

"I love you too Jamie." Kendall replied. "Now…" he pushed James away from him gently. "Finish packing your dang bags!" James rolled his eyes, but smiled and nodded.

. . .

Kendall absolutely loathed history class. There was too much memorization and it was boring as anything. But one thing made the class more tolerable; James. The brunette boy sat a few seats ahead of him, writing in his notebook, glancing up periodically to copy more notes. Kendall couldn't help but to find how cute he was when he worked.

A soft whisper shook Kendall out of his thoughts and he turned his head to the side as Logan, who sat next to him, tossed a folded up piece of paper onto his desk. Curiously, Kendall unfolded it and read when Logan had written. If you keep checking James out you're gonna fail history. Kendall's cheeks burned with embarrassment and he turned his head to glare at Logan. The raven-haired boy simply smirked and nodded towards the paper, letting Kendall know there was more to read. Just tell James you love him already.

Kendall sighed and pulled out a pen and quickly scribbled a reply. Looking up to make sure the teacher wasn't looking, he tossed the paper back on Logan's desk. Logan unfolded the paper and sighed when he read what Kendall had written back; Hell no. Quickly, Logan wrote a reply and tossed the note back to Kendall.

Why not? You've liked him for a LONG time.

Yeah but I had my chance to do something and I didn't so I can't do anything about it now.

You can be honest with him. You never know what could happen.

What do you mean?

Maybe he likes you back.

I doubt that… he loves his stupid boyfriend.

Logan sighed, practically feeling Kendall's hatred rays radiating off of his body. For the past month and a half, James had been in a relationship with a guy from school. Well technically, the relationship only lasted a month before the guy cheated on James. They had recently gotten back together because James was way too forgiving. But Logan knew the only reason James was still going out with that jerk was because he didn't think Kendall would ever date him. Logan shook his head and glanced over at Kendall, whose head was now resting on his desk before writing a reply back to the blonde. He doesn't love him, he's just infatuated with him. He can't be in love with him after he cheated on him and broke his heart… I can't believe he gave him a second chance.

UGH me either! James can be so stupid sometimes! Kendall had written him.

Yeah but that's why you love him.

Logan heard Kendall sigh heavily and watched as he hesitated to write something back. After a few moments he gave the paper back to Logan. The shorted boy could see that Kendall had scribbled out I don't love him and had written You're right instead.

AWH! Logan was smiling so wide you would think Kendall had asked him out.

Shut up!

Logan chuckled, loving how embarrassed he was making Kendall feel right now. I'm sorry but that's so cute! YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM! Logan underlined 'have' several times before giving the note back to Kendall.

What part of HELL NO don't you understand? Kendall angrily threw the note back at Logan. It had landed in his lap and Logan picked it up, rolling his eyes at what Kendall had written, then wrote a reply of his own.

The 'no' part because I know that deep down you really want to tell him.

Kendall sighed and ran his fingers through his blonde hair. He cast another glance at James and then started to write. Ok here's the deal; I really, really, really like James but he's taken and I would never forgive myself if I was the reason why they broke up because that would hurt him too much and that's the last thing I ever want to do.

Logan smiled sadly and wrote back. You're so sweet Kendall. James would be so lucky to be with you.

If only he knew that...

He uh.. kind of does...

Kendall's eyes widened and he turned his head to glare at Logan. What do you mean?

Well I sort of let it slip to him that you like him...

WHY!

Please don't be mad! He needed to know. You guys have been friends for a long time and he really likes you as much as you like him but he's too stupid to realize that you like him and that's why he's still with that jerk face.

And what happened?

He still didn't believe me =P I think he's in denial about it.

Well that's just great. Thanks Logan.

I'm sorry.

I know, and I'm not mad at you, I'm just annoyed.

With what?

I'm annoyed that he's with some jerk who doesn't even care bout him…he probably doesn't care that he's been secretly obsessed with Twilight since the first book came out… he doesn't care that his favorite drink hot chocolate w/ French vanilla… he doesn't care that her favorite thing in the world is singing and he has the voice of an angel… he just doesn't care

Logan's heart melted a little after reading that. And you do? he asked in writing.

Of course. Kendall wrote back immediately.

Logan glanced up at the clock and noticed that class was soon coming to an end. You're a good guy Kendall.

I'm just not good enough I guess. Kendall replied and as the bell rang he threw the paper onto Logan's desk and left class without waiting for James. Logan sighed and folded the note in half. He thought about throwing it out but then an idea came to mind. "Hey James! I gotta show you something!"

. . .

"Hey sleeping beauty." James yawned and rubbed his eyes before rolling over in his seat so his back was to Kendall. "C'mon Jamie boy wakey-wakey."

"No." James mumbled, scrunching himself up in a little ball.

"But we're here." Kendall had said, still shaking him.

James groaned softly and rubbed his eyes, sitting up straight. "We're here?" he asked.

"Yup." Kendall grinned. "Welcome to Minnesota."

. . .

A/N: yes folks we are in Minnesota! Can you say finally? lol (: also sorry if the conversation in the flashback got confusing :p thoughts, reviews? I wanna hear it all (: