Sorry it's been such a slow update. I got to this chapter and was undecided about where it was going and how I was going to finish the episode. But please enjoy and thanks to those who have stayed dedicated!

Jade's POV

We'd been back in the USA for a week now. We were touring the country before finishing back in New Jersey. It'd been about a fortnight since we left London and I'm on partial speaking terms with Nick, though things are still really awkward, I don't want to talk to him and neither Joe nor Kevin trust us alone in a room together.

But we'd be home soon.

Neither my parents knew I had anything going on with Nick; they both had enough to cope with the divorce, and moving to New York in my Dad's case. And Joe had mentioned something about going on vacation to LA and inviting everyone along, so if 'everyone' includes me, then I'll try to get out of Mom's hair till school starts again.

I've finished making the DVD now. It's complete, with extras of the guys wondering round London and most other cities we visited. Half of it was Joe goofing off, which isn't a surprise really.

It is Joe.

The other half was Kevin being cool and Nick being moody. Mainly Kevin being cool.

Well, I was told to put exciting things on the DVD.

Nick being moody isn't exciting.

Though I did chop out the bit of Nick dedicating a song to me, for obvious reasons.

We're in New York. Dad had told me he would take me to go see his new flat while I was here, I quickly agreed.

You see, I love my Mom, but there's a Father-Daughter connection me and my Dad have that lacks in me and my Mom (and not because she isn't my father, I'm talking Mother-Daughter relationship okay?). Depending on whether I liked the flat, and if my Dad invited me, I'd consider going to live with him.

Mom wouldn't mind as long as I went back to New Jersey every holiday to go visit her. She said she was trying for a baby with her new fiancée anyway. I don't want to be a part of that.

Also, even my Dad's job is more exciting than Mom's; he's in advertising, he designs cartoons and logo's and stuff for adverts. Before all the fighting, he'd let me help with all the drawings and sometimes, when he was allowed to produce the television adverts, on those really special days, he'd let me take the pictures for the paper and magazine adverts and his boss would pay me!

As I said, only on those really special days.

The more I think about it, the more I want to go live with him. We'd had a really long conversation about it before I left to jet off round the world with my boyfr… Jonas.

He'd told me I'd grow up a better life here with Mom, and I was creating a beautiful career here with Jonas, and he'd even noticed the 'beautiful' relationship I'd started with Nick (yes, my father was also informed of the breakdown of that 'beautiful' relationship). I was alright with staying with Mom, but when he told me to forget him I wouldn't take no for an answer. I promised I would think of him every day and come visit him whenever I got the opportunity.

But maybe I could change that. Mom would understand if I didn't want to make a new family with Mark. Wouldn't she?

Then again there's the court case I have to attend in a few months over child custody and all that; well I'm still a minor at 15.

On the second show in New York, I was approached by Joe, Kevin and Frankie backstage between halves of the show.

"Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaade…" Kevin stretched out my name.

"Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeevin," I stretched out his name.

"You know you're going to see your Dad tomorrow?" Joe asked, getting straight to the point.

"Yes." I smiled and straightened up.

"Please don't move in with him!" Frankie blurted out, throwing his arms around my middle. My face fell and I hugged him back; I can't leave. Nick may be a jerk but Frankie, Joe, Kevin, Stella and Macy are some of the best friends I've ever had.

"I-I won't, sweetie, don't worry." That wasn't a promise I was sure I could keep though…

Joe could tell I was uncertain though Frankie did seem to be remotely reassured.

Frankie skipped off to find Sandy as he did for every show, and I was left facing Joe, Kevin and my uncertainty.

"You wouldn't leave? Would you Jade?" Kevin asked.

"I can't can I?

"Why's that?" Joe asked.

"Well for one, I just told Frankie I wouldn't."

"And for two?" Joe seemed to be taking charge right now...

"I don't have a 'for two'." I muttered.

"Frankie would understand Jade. He'd want you to do what's best for you."

"Yeah but what's best for me is running away." I paused. "I would say and never see Nick again but that's hard considering your faces are everywhere." I emphasised. Kevin enveloped me in one of his huge bear hugs.

"Nick asks us about you, every night, he'll ask us how you are and what you've said. He's glad you're going to see your Dad." Joe told me.

"Yeah, well," I probably shouldn't have said that unless I was actually going to say something else...

"Please just forget the way he acted; it's not Nick! None of us know why he'd suddenly want to kiss Macy, not even him!" Kevin emphasised. Joe slapped Kevin; none of us had actually mentioned the incident since it'd happened. Even Joe was still kind of frosty with Nick when I was around! Joe had adopted the older brother position around me, and I was glad, because I needed someone to talk to.

I can't talk to my Mom; she was unaware anything was even going on with Nick, so telling her how I feel about the break up would only bring on 'I'm your Mom why didn't you tell me?'.

Let's not go there.