Big Time Rush:
To Be or Not To Be?
They say a solid relationship built with trust, love, and communication can withstand anything. They say love can conquer all. People believe in soul mates. People say everyone is fated to be with one person. They say that person is the one. Some people even say that if two people are meant to be together they will always find their way back to one another. They say it's one soul split between two people. They say those people are destined for each other: Like Lois is to Clark Kent or Juliet to Romeo.
It's repeated over and over again through movies and TV shows starting when you are incredibly young. For example Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, and the Sleeping Beauty have all been fused with the idea of true love conquering all. As you get older the idea gets more cynical in movies and TV shows but it doesn't stop them from ending with someone finding love or falling in love. The idea is always repeated. But the question that always remains is: How do you know?
Only people in love can feel it and they can never seem to describe it or have it described the same way twice. So, the question remains: How do you know? How do it know its forever? How do you know it'll last? How do you know?
You have to find the answer. One way or another.
Some of those same thoughts must have been running through Jo's head the day after she and Kendall decided to take a break. He decided he wanted to go out with a fan he met. They had a nice clean break with no screaming or yelling. They weren't mad at each other. They weren't upset with each other and they weren't planning on ignoring each other. They would continue to live at the Palm Woods and get along with each other. No one understood their break-up everyone thought they were doing well. Everyone thought they were going to get engaged. After all they'd been together for seven years now.
Jo knew no one understood their break-up but it didn't matter what anyone else thought all that mattered was what was going on between her and Kendall. Maybe it wasn't meant to be.
Kendall was sharing similar thoughts maybe they just weren't meant to be together because how do you know if you truly are meant to be someone. You feel it? You just know? If that were really true why do people break-up up? Why do people get divorces? If you feel it, if you know it, why were you with the wrong person at all?
None of the guys understood what happened and Kendall was refusing to talk about it. Aside from his promise that it wouldn't affect him like his break-up with her before when he ended up on the ground every time someone mentioned her name. They also didn't understand why he had agreed to another date so quickly since he had practically refused to flirt with anyone for over a year the last time he broke up with Jo. Kendall didn't answer their questions and they didn't know if they should talk to Jo.
A month later things around the Palm Woods was beyond weird. Kendall had been the girl he had gone on a date with, the fan-girl he had met. Jo had also gotten a new boyfriend. Everyone was just grateful it wasn't Jett. She had begun dating this actor who had guest starred on her show, New Town High. Kendall and Jo were always civil to one another. They talked all the time like nothing had ever happened between them which confused their friends even more.
Everyone was sure the two of them were still in love with each other. Why had the broken up? It made no sense. They could see Kendall nearly have a fit every time he saw Jo with her new beau. Camille swore up and down she thought Jo was going to claw Kendall's new girlfriend's eyes out one day when they saw them hug.
Then one day everything imploded or exploded depending how you want to look at it.
Kendall came out to join the guys by the pool area on a sunny Saturday afternoon with a happy smile on his face. One of the few they've seen when Jo wasn't around. Kendall sat down on one of the lounge chairs and folded his arms behind his head. The smile never leaving his face.
"Dude," James said. "What are you so happy about?"
"I broke up with Jenna." Kendall said simply. "It wasn't going to work out."
All three guys were confused. Kendall looked thrilled about this news and this was the happiest they've seen him in a month.
"Alright," Logan said. "Explain something to me."
"What?" Kendall asked. He sat up.
"I don't get it. What happened with you and Jo a month ago? Why do you look so thrilled that Jenna isn't your girlfriend anymore?"
"I'll let you know tomorrow." Kendall said with a smile before he disappeared into the Palm Woods.
"You broke up with Trent?" Camille asked. "Why?"
"It wasn't going to work out." Jo said simply.
"How do you know that?" Camille asked. "You dumped the guy before you even gave him a chance! How do you know the two of you weren't meant to be together? You can't possibly know that after just one month together!"
Jo shrugged as she rolled over. They were lying on Camille's bed discussing how Jo broke up with Trent her now ex boyfriend. Camille was as lost as the three boys down by the pool. She just didn't realize she had company.
"Okay, you have to give. This past month has made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. And I know it doesn't make any sense to anyone else either." Camille crossed her arms over her chest. "So, what gives? Why did you and Kendall really break up?"
"I'll tell you tomorrow." Jo said softly with a grin.
Camille was hanging out with Logan down by the pool while Carlos and James were having some sort of contest in the pool when Jo and Kendall came outside together, holding hands. Everyone would've been okay if they hadn't held up their hands and announced, "We're getting married."
Carlos sunk beneath the surface of the water until James pulled him back up and smacked him on the back to help get the water out of his lungs. Logan stood up so fast he nearly killed Camille who was sitting on his lap. She was already getting to her feet thankfully when her boyfriend rose that she only stumbled slightly. Everyone else in the pool area and in the lobby yelled in a state of mass confusion. James shook his head and announced that the last month really made no sense anymore.
"We'll explain." Jo and Kendall said.
"We decided a month ago that we wanted to get married." Kendall said softly. "But Jo brought up an interesting point."
"I said that we'd been together for so long that we don't know if it's because we love each other and we're meant to be together or if we're too scared to move on and see what else is out there." Jo continued.
"So, I asked what she suggested." Kendall explained. "And we decided together to take a month apart from each other as boyfriend and girlfriend to try and date other people. We wanted to see if what we felt was real for each other."
"We wanted to put it to the test so to speak." Jo said. "If we still felt the same way after the month came and went then we would get engaged. For example if we still felt as insanely jealous as we were when we were much younger or if we were okay with it."
"We were happy about our break-ups because it meant we really do love each other." Kendall said. "We tried to go out with people we thought we had a chance to fall in love with. But in the last month I know I saw everything she did and compared it to the way I know Jo would react or think or do. I know I'm still in love with her."
"And I'm still in love with him." Jo smiled. "The last month has been extremely boring without Kendall's constant antics to keep me busy." Jo teased nudging Kendall.
Everyone crowded around them asking a million questions at once. They never strayed too far from one another as they continued to explain why they had did this to their friends.
Does it break or shatter when under pressure? Does every fight spell the end? The only way to know is to put it to the test.
A.N. This is for november 2 1990! Hope you liked it! I think was a little different. Not sure, so let me know what you thought about this.
As always review and request! There's no such thing as too many! It may take a little while but I will get to them! You guys are great and thanks so much for all the positive feedback! Though I will say if you don't like something tell me. Negative critisim is just as important as all the good. Anyway, there's more to come! :)
