Sheri's story:

"Why is Kendall sitting with paisley petrelli then?" Logan asked me as we sat at the table in the hotel food hall.

This wasn't a subject I wanted to discuss right now seeing as the entire thing was pointless if all evidence of jakes body had been eaten by a fucking animal. I flashed Logan a look saying I would tell him all later. With a shrug I turned to James.

"What did the police say then?" I questioned. "You said yesterday you were worried about other things that happened. You and Logan won't get in to any trouble will you.

James smiled and shook his head. "Nope, the only thing that I admitted to was crashing that truck in to the house to get the door open. Safia and Carlos needed help so that's how we helped them. Fortunately for me..." James said very quietly. "The truck caught fire and burnt pretty much everything out, nothing is left, no blood, no finger prints... no bodies to find." He finished.

I looked at Logan's face as he heard this news. He looked pretty relieved I wasn't sure if I wanted to know what they had done.

"So everything is back to normal?" Safia asked.

"I wish... Carlos I doubt will ever be the same and Kendall and I are..." I said as I looked over my shoulder seeing him comfort paisley. "We are not exactly great." I finished.

"Have you broken up?" Lola asked me.

I shook my head. "No!" I snapped at her. "James said you and Logan were a bit off last night, have you split up? What were you arguing about?... oh that's right it's none of my fucking business, maybe you should remember that too Lola!" I raged on.

I was half expecting Logan to have a go at me but he did nothing apart from look sorry for himself. I caught his eye while we ate the rest of our meal in silence. His look said to me what mine had said to him earlier. "I will tell you later."

I enjoyed my close bond with Logan. I tried my hardest to get along with Lola but I think the age gap and the fact she seemed a lot more intelligent than me came between us. Plus I kind of liked it that they didn't seem over joyed as they sat together right now.

It was a hard sight to see Kendall leave with his hand on the small of paisleys back as he swept her from the food hall. A worry niggled in my mind that if they got on well they might actually want to get it on for real... that thought scared me.

"How are you feeling Safia, I'm so sorry about your mom?" I said to her as she looked pretty glum.

Her eyes welled as she thought of the words to say. "It's just a shock." She eventually said.

"Well you have me if ever James gets too good-looking to have a decent cry on." I said with a smile.

Safia let out a small laugh. "Thanks Sheri, your a good friend.

"I expect your dad will calm down once you get back home anyway... your his only daughter saf, he won't just throw that away." I tried to tell her.

James nodded his head in agreement.

Safia shrugged. "If my mom was still here then I would agree with you but I'm just not sure what to think right now." She said sniffing back the tears.

"Oh!" I heard Logan say in shock as he looked above my head.

I turned and saw a group of familiar people. Logan's mom and James' mom, They were with Aaron Howard who had a stupid smile on his face. James took Safia by the hand and went to greet his mother. It looked so nice. Safia had been a part of James' family for so long and I expected James' mom was about to get some shocking news about her becoming a grandmother. They walked out with James placing an arm around both of his female companions.

Aaron came over to our table with a stern looking Felicity King. "Hey guys, I hope you slept well, Carlos is with his family at the hospital, he is hoping to be discharged later today. Which will mean you can all get a flight back to LA." He said

"That's great, thanks Aaron." Lola said trying to stay calm in logans mother's presence.

"Excellent!" Aaron replied with a clap of his hands. He gave us a nod as a way of saying bye then turned away to leave.

I got up from my chair. "Aaron... sorry. Have you spoken to Kendall? Im not sure if he knows what's going on." I said worried, I didn't want Kendall to miss his flight.

"I saw him just a minute ago actually, he is leaving with miss petrelli... she was in a rush apparently!" He said with a smile.

"Oh... oh okay." I replied a bit taken aback.

Aaron did the nodding thing again and walked away out of the room. I returned to my seat but now found it to be taken by Logan's mom. I sat where James had been.

"I wasn't expecting you to fly all this way mom, we are going home to LA later, what's the point?" Logan said grumpily.

"Well I didn't even know you were in a plane crash Logan, I didn't even know you had left the God damn country! I got a call telling me you were here and I thought you would be pleased to see your mother.

Logan shook his head. "Nothing has changed mom." He said with no feeling.

I looked at Lola, she looked as awkward as I felt.

"You should come home for a while Logan, you have been through a lot... you need to get away from this crazy life you have built yourself." Felicity said doing her best impersonation of a caring mother, even I was almost convinced. "Cass won championships!" She then said, ruining her chances of mother of the year.

I let out a laugh which I could see Logan found uplifting as the corner of his mouth threatened to smile too.

Felicity turned to me. "Ah! Sheri... still loitering around Logan trying to ruin his life I see." She snapped at me.

"In all respect Mrs king I could say the exact same about you... you really think Logan gives a toss about Cassandra winning anything? You need to do what Logan has done... and move on." I sneered at her.

"How dare you talk to me like that!" She hissed. "I heard you finally became the drug addict that you deserve to be... it's a small town we live in Sheri." She smiled. "Logan will soon see he is better off without you as his girlfriend." She added.

"Ermm... Mrs king?" Lola said with her trade mark smile on her face.

Felicity turned and looked at Lola, who was herself a friendly looking vision of beauty.

"Hi, I'm Lola Williams. I'm actually Logan's girlfriend! Him and Sheri are just close friends now... it's nice to meet you finally." She said holding her hand out for a shake that never came.

I could see Logan's mothers eyes size up everything that Lola had to offer. I imagined she envisioned her with a smart bun and riding gear on.

"Hello Lola!" She finally replied with a smile on her face. "I do apologise for knowing nothing about you, Logan doesn't tell me anything."

Lola nodded with a smile. "That's okay, the problem is more that Logan does tell me absolutely everything and I know that he has no desire to be in contact with you, so if you would kindly excuse us. it was an... education to meet you." Lola said still wearing her friendly smile. Both her and Logan stood up from the table and walked away.

I stood up, not wanting to sit with a woman who I knew despised me. "Mrs king, a word of advice; if you don't quit going on about horses to him you will lose him forever... Logan is as strong willed as you are. One of you needs to back down, and I don't think it will be him." I said picking my key card up and leaving her alone.

On returning to my room I found a box with a bow on it, I opened it up to find an iPhone with a text message waiting for me.

"Sheri, its Kendall. Im on a midday flight. u can reach me on this number. This is so hard Sheri. I got the bag back tho. I miss you already. Il be waiting for you in LA. Love you so much! X x x x" it read.

A smile spread on my face, I knew how much he loved me. Not even paisley petrelli could turn his head.

"I miss u 2 kendy. Thanks for the phone :) be safe on that plane! Can't wait to see you. Love you millions x x Sheri x x" I replied and pressed send.

It was then that the thought struck me that I actually had to board another plane... get in it and be flown home! An over rated tin can in the sky that was just waiting to fall out of it again. My heart beat fast in my chest.

On entering the airport just gone 6pm the thought that Kendall was already nearly home and so many miles away made me feel upset, but waiting for the flight number to come up so we could board was probably the most anxious I had ever felt in my life.

I sat in a plastic seat with my head in my hands. The mood within our group couldn't of been further from happy, James sat silently with Safia pretending to sleep on his lap, his mother nursed a hot drink next to him. I gathered she now knew about James and Safias baby. She looked lost in thought.

Lola and Logan sat opposite each other, Logan had a similar position to what I had, his head rested in his hands as Lola watched over him. I wondered what was wrong between them. At least his mother wasn't on our flight.

Then there was Carlos. He was sat opposite me with his father and brother Antonio. Carlos was putting up a good fight to act normally, but I could see he was dead inside. His eyes didn't sparkle any more. His face still bloodied and bruised. His father looked broken. He offered words of support and kindness to los but nothing could help him.

There were no words yet discovered that could take away the suffering that Carlos was probably going to have for the rest of his life.

"Are you okay?" Came a voice from just in front of me. I looked to the owner of that voice and saw Carlos' bright sparkly eyes looking back at me. It wasn't Carlos though, it was his younger brother Antonio. They looked pretty similar and it was nice to see the familiarity in those eyes.

"Huh?" I responded to him.

"I asked if you were okay? You look like your gonna hurl." Antonio replied.

Antonio was the same age as me, from what I had heard Carlos talk of him in the past and from what I had seen of him today he was pretty grounded if not a bit big headed, but I liked that. He spoke his mind which sometimes is a good thing. At the moment though it was bad, I could not be bothered to talk to anyone, let alone make polite conversation with someone I didn't really know.

"Not really... I'm worried about the flight." I replied honestly.

"Well they say there's more chance of being hit by a car than crashing in a plane... I think your gonna be safe this time." He said in a comforting way.

I held my head up but hitched my legs up on the chair, tucking my knees under my chin. "So your saying in at high risk of getting hit by a car now?" I questioned with a small grin.

Antonios eyes smiled at me. "You know that's not what I meant."

I looked around at our group, no one else seemed nervous about getting on the plane.

"How is los?" I asked Antonio.

The smile in his eyes evaporated as the harsh reality of life came back to him. He shrugged, but moved across and sat next to me.

"I'm not sure what to say to him." He whispered.

"Im not sure either. I don't want to ignore what happened or ask him about it." I hushed back.

"Same." Antonio replied. "Well it looks like your off the hook for a few hours." he said looking up to the large screen that had flight numbers on it.

"DELAYED" read out the information for our flight.

"Well im actually pleased, I can't see me being on that plane without a struggle." I said to Antonio. "How come your flying back to LA, I thought you would be headed back to Florida?" I questioned.

"Los doesn't want to, he thinks everyone will fuss over him." Antonio replied.

"Do you think he will ever get over it?" I asked.

Antonio ran his hand over his short hair. "To be honest I think he is more upset over Mackenzie wanting out." He said.

"I saw Mackenzie before she left, she looked distraught, maybe she made a mistake. I mean the island and everything that happened on it was a mind fuck. Maybe what happened to Carlos was too much and she needed a bit of time away." I reasoned.

"Should I suggest that? Straight up, that could be true huh?. I mean no one knows what to say to him, she could of just panicked." He said with a smile.

"It's worth a try." I said as my message tone sounded on my new phone. I looked puzzled at the strange number.

"Darling, when is your flight due to land in LAX?" It read.

"Who is this?" I text back, knowing that Kendall never called me something as lame as darling.

"Its Madeleine. I need to see you asap, I have an appointment available tomorrow morning?" Came the return text.

I sighed I didn't really want to have an appointment with that woman.

"My flight is delayed, why do you need to see me?" I asked.

"For the good of Kendall, 11am tomorrow sharp!" Was her final text to me.

What on earth had Kendall and I got mixed up in?