A/N: The wedding is here! This chapter is going to be short…. But! The next one will be long!

Chapter Rating: T

Enjoy.

On My Way Down

On the way down I saw you, & you saved me from myself & I won't forget the way you loved me. On the way down almost fell right through but I held onto you.

Chapter Twenty Five – The Way You Look Tonight

You're lovely, with your smile so warm and your cheeks so soft. There is nothing for me, but to love you and the way you look tonight.

Kendall refused to have a bachelor party, so instead of spending hundreds of dollars at a high end strip club, the boys, meaning, Kendall, James, Logan and Carlos, sit around the living room couch in the mansion. They are alone for the night. Mama Knight and Kenneth decided to take up a hotel room so the boys could have their fun if plans changed. The girls were all at Jo's house, who instead of having a bachelorette party were having a sleep over, but really, was it that much different? James is just relieved they decided not to go to that male strip club down town. James doesn't quite know how he would feel if Hailey were in one of those places. He's just glad she's not.

He's trying not to wonder too much about what she and the girls are doing, he's sure that they're just fine. But he misses her, even just for a single night, being away from her has become hard to deal with. He wonders if it's this hard for everyone, if Kendall feels it ten times worse, since he actually loves Jo. Or maybe tonight he doesn't miss her, because he knows that no matter what, tomorrow, she will be walking down the aisle, towards him, in a white dress, promising herself to him for the rest of their lives. It's a really beautiful thing, James wishes them both the best and he will say so in his best man speech tomorrow. They are a beautiful couple, they are beautiful people, inside and out, and they love each other and will for the rest of their lives, it's in the look in their eyes. James can see it; he can feel it when he's around them. He's jealous actually. He really wishes that he could feel it too. Seeing all of their happiness has been making him think, think more about things that he hasn't thought about in a long time. Like, maybe he could fall in love, maybe it could be worth it. Maybe he won't make his parents mistakes. Maybe he can make things work. Maybe he can… maybe with Hailey… Just maybe. But he stops himself there.

"You know, when we were eighteen, twenty-one, I always thought we'd be spending bachelor parties at strip clubs." Carlos says swiveling the beer in his bottle. He half smiles and looks towards Kendall.

Somehow, this feels like an ending. James isn't quite sure of what, but it just feels like things are about to change. Maybe they are. For better or for worse.

Kendall smiles, "Tomorrow is the biggest day of my life."

"Not getting cold feet are you?" It sounds like a comment James would make, but it came from Logan. James is concentrating on the label on his bottle. He's got this weird feeling going on, he can't quite explain it, or name it, but he just keeps seeing Hailey. He pictures her sleeping, smiling, laughing, crying, and looking him in the eyes as they lay together in bed after just waking up. He can hear her voice, speaking softly, the sound as she sings in the car, or in the shower, he can picture her swaying as she walks, her hair hiding her face, the eyes that see straight into his soul. He thinks that maybe he-

"Never. I honestly feel like I've been waiting for this day since I met Jo." Kendall smiles once more.

It's a big night. The boys don't really know what to do with themselves other than reminisce. When silence takes over them, it's comfortable, because they are all smiling thinking of the past and what amazing lives they have been given to lead. It has really been an incredible journey for the boys. It will continue on. But tomorrow, Kendall will be starting an entirely new journey. James will still be with him every step of the way. So will Logan and Carlos, it's what's best friends do.

Jo is incredibly beautiful, Hailey has always known this, she has always seen it, admired it even back when she was on New Town High, yeah, Hailey watched it in high school. She never imagined that she would be sitting and laughing with Jo Taylor on a floor completely filled with pillows and blankets, listening to the different tales of her relationship with Kendall. Hailey never imagined that Camille Roberts would be her go to partner for girl's days. She never thought that the infamous Katie Knight would be trying to convince her to get into some kind of show business, as she had been doing lately. She never thought she would be a bride's maid in Kendall Knight's wedding to Jo Taylor. And she definitely never imagined that her date to that wedding would be the best man, Kendall's best friend, James Diamond. But life is odd that way. You find yourself surrounded by people, and lost in certain places, dealing with situations that you could have never fathomed years before. Hailey has been blessed. It's the only way that she can explain her life.

"It was so funny how they all tried to win me over." Jo laughs. Camille and Katie join her, but Hailey just smiles. She is aware of the story but was not there to witness it.

"When James had his allergic reaction to Cuda!" Camille and Jo and in a fit, rolling around on the ground laughing.

"He was so ridiculous back then." Katie shakes her head.

"He isn't so bad anymore." Jo says smiling slightly.

"Hailey has tamed the beast that once was James Diamond." Camille grins towards her.

Hailey had been well aware of the James Diamond reputation when she met him on the night of the concert. She knew that he was a ladies man, that he was famous for his one night stands. Most people didn't think he was a good person. Not with all the womanizing he did. But when she spoke with him, and when he had volunteered to let Hailey's friend and her sister come to meet the band on the bus, Hailey saw it in him. There is a kindness in the eyes of James Diamond and it's so clearly visible to Hailey. She knows that he denies love, she knows that he doesn't believe that he will ever experience it, but Hailey disagrees. James Diamond has such a kind heart, and she knows that one day, James will fall in love. She doesn't know if it will be with her or with someone else years down the line, but Hailey seriously hopes that it's with her. Because as the days wear on and she spends as many moments as she can with him, she feels like she's falling in love with him. No, she isn't falling in love with him she realizes as she thinks about the man the holds her hand and touches her gently, the man who sings to her sweetly, and looks deep into her eyes; she is in love with him.

She doesn't know exactly how to tell him. She doesn't know what he'll say. Will he run? Would she blame him if he did? Hailey went into this relationship well aware that he had no intention of a long term future with her. To be completely honest, she didn't expect to be with him for very long either. But things changed. She has fallen in love with James Diamond and Hailey has never been so vulnerable in her life. When she and Elliot were together, he first told her that he loved her. But now, James can destroy her in an instant. Hailey wants him to know, but if she tells him, he might just tear her apart.

A/N: Okay! So, I warned you, this would be short. The next one will be longer, I swear. Don't be afraid to bug me about updating! Once again, I'm really sorry this took so long.