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"I have a boyfriend." I whispered. "I have a boyfriend."

It was six in the morning, I got up like 10 minutes ago and this was the first thing that came to my mind as I sat on the edge of my bed.

"I have a boyfriend..." I whispered again, trying to get used to this phrase. "I'm somebody's girlfriend." I frowned, thinking I was only dreaming the whole scene at midnight, but the bouquet and the chocolate on my nightstand were clear proof. Jake really did ask me to be his girlfriend. And I really did say yes.

I fell back on my bed, grinning like an idiot.

"I have a boyfriend!" I laughed in disbelief, this time at a normal volume.

"You have a what?!" I heard Max say. I immediately pushed myself up, my heart racing. He was standing in the doorway, staring at me in shock.

"Umm... I... uhh..." I tried to come up with some kind of an excuse but then I figured whatever. "It's true. Jake asked me to be his girlfriend."

Max just kept staring at me.

"And you said yes." He said, scarily calm. I nodded slowly, refusing to meet his eyes.

"Yeah, I did."

Max leaned against the door post, closing his eyes for a few seconds. I assume he was counting to ten, it's usually what he does when he tries to calm down. Even though this time it seemed like he needed to count much further.

"Did you guys kiss?" He asked an eternity later, finally opening his eyes. I shook my head.

"No, but we've talked about it... he said I set the limits and he's not gonna cross them unless I want him to."

Max raised an eyebrow.

"He said that?"

"He did." I replied, smiling smally.

"I didn't expect him to be like that." He admitted, briefly stroking his scruff. Then he sighed. "Listen, Ciara... I don't have a say in this. Although I'm not in love with the idea of you being some guy's girlfriend... I trust you. But as your friend and temporary guardian, I wanna lay down some basic rules."

I nodded, smiling in relief.

"First." He started. "You guys are not allowed to be alone in this house. Like I said. I trust you. But I'm not sure I completely trust him. Second. Same goes for Jake's house. Do not let him invite you in when there's nobody home, agreed?"

I nodded.

"Are we clear?" He asked again.

"Clear." I answered. "Is that it?"

Max smiled lightly.

"There's really no need for me to say anything else. You're a smart girl, you know how to set limits. Just keep those two rules and you'll be fine."

I ran over to him for a hug, burying my face into his chest.

"Thank you Max."

He kissed my head as we pulled away and smoothed my hair down.

"I trust you, okay?" He assured me once again, setting his hands on my shoulders. "Make sure it stays that way."

I rubbed his arms, smiling up at him.

"I will."

Smiling one more time, he patted my head and left.

"See you after work!" He yelled.

"See ya!" I shouted back. Just a few seconds later I heard him shut the door and drive away. How am I gonna tell Jaxon about this? Or the guys? Oh my gosh.

I quickly took a shower and put on my clothes, then I headed to the kitchen. Surprisingly, Jaxon was up. He was sitting at the table eating breakfast.

"You're up early." I told him, messing up his hair. He sent me a death glare, making me chuckle.

"Hey, umm... anyway..." I started. "I need to tell you something."

He stared at me as I nervously played with my hair, trying to figure out how to begin.

"If it's what you and Max were talking about..." He said quietly, his face emotionless. "I heard everything."

"Oh." I replied, looking down. Jaxon went back to eating his cereal, not making this situation any easier.

"And... what do you... I mean... you know..."

"What do I think?" He asked me.

"Well... yep." I answered, biting my lip. Jaxon thought a bit, then shrugged.

"Same as Max. As long as you set the limits there shouldn't be any problem."

I smiled, leaning against the counter.

"And I hope you don't forget me now that you have a boyfriend." He joked, half serious. I smiled.

"I'd never forget you, Jax" I told him, walking up to him and hugging him around the neck from behind. "You're my number one guy, you know that, right? I love you more than anyone."

Jaxon looked up at me, sticking out his lower lip.

"Do you love your number one guy enough to take over his chores and do the dishes for him?" He asked me hopefully. I laughed, giving him a kiss on the forehead.

"Not a chance, I'm going to work. You have fun though." I winked at him, grabbing the sandwich I made yesterday night and put it in my mouth, then stepped out the door.

I ate the sandwich on my way to the set. When I arrived, there was a huge commotion. The stylists immediately sent me to my dressing room to change. We were finishing an episode called "Big Time Pranks". When everybody was ready, we began to shoot. Another long but fun day started.

"Who about you?" Kendall asked the guys who were sitting in the lobby with the other Palmwoods kids. They got pranked and were out of the game, leaving me and Kendall to battle with each other. We were nearly done filming for today.

"Who do you think?" James and Carlos asked at the same time, gesturing towards the entrance. I came in, smiling in pride and carrying a soda siphon.

"Still think I can't handle ye day of pranks, Big Brother?"

Kendall smiled at me, holding two water guns as he walked a bit closer.

"Lord Prankerton would be very proud of you, Baby Sister." I thanked him by tilting my head, but my smile quickly faded as he pointed his water guns at me. "But this battle's not over."

"Yes it is!" Anthony (Mr. Bitters) stated, holding a sign against his chest. We frowned, turning towards him but keeping an eye on each other still. "Because if either of you make another mess, I will pull off the ultimate prank." He turned the sign. It said "pool closed". "I will close the pool for two weeks."

Outraged gasps were heard.

"The war is over. Put down your weapons..." We sighed in frustration and obeyed. "And once again, I win and you are all losers!" He yelled, laughing evilly. Kendall and I looked at each other. He smiled, raising and eyebrow. I catched the sign, nodding. We attacked Bitters.

The Palmwoods kids cheered, watching in amusement as the hotel manager desperately tried to duck but couldn't. Eventually he gave up and ran into his office, making the people cheer even louder. I walked up to Kendall, playfully bumping into his side as he smiled down at me.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" Carlos shushed, quieting everybody. "Who wins?"

Kendall and I looked at each other, shrugging.

"CUT!" Scott yelled. "Amazing, guys! Onto our next scene."

The staff set up the scenery and we all got changed in literally five minutes.

"And... action!"

Katelyn, who was dressed like prince Leiah placed half of the crown on Kendall's head, winking at him before she placed the other half on mine. Me and Kendall turned towards each other, held our pinter fingers flat against our noses and bowed.

"A tie!" Erin called. "Nice!"

We walked down the few steps of stairs, high fiving the people cheering next to us - Kendall with the boys, me with the girls.

"We'll get him next year." Logan and James said as the crowd clapped.

Kendall and I walked a bit further until we were stopped by the fence the staff pulled over the pool, the sings on them saying "pool closed."

"It was worth it." I told Kendall.

"Yeah." He agreed. We turned back to the crowd, Kendall clapping for them as well.

"CUT!" Scott yelled. The crew started hooting and clapping. "Everyone's released. Get some rest, you all deserve it!"

We all went back to our dressing rooms and changed. After cleaning up a bit, I threw myself on the couch, looking around in the room. My eyes stopped at one of the drawers. Plastic wrap... why's there plastic wrap on my drawer? Then a thought hit me and I grinned at the memories. This plastic wrap was the reason I got grounded a few months ago. The day Kendall and I wrapped Mr. Shalfoy's car. Those were the days.

~ Flashback

"Sir, will you please repeat that sentence?" I asked.

Kendall and I were sitting in Geography class, equally bored. Though I was trying to pay attention and take notes, Mr. Shalfoy was dictating so fast I couldn't help but fell behind.

Mr. Shalfoy rolled his eyes, sighing deeply.

"Looks like we're gonna have to go extra slow for you, don't we?" He snickered. I looked into his eyes, trying to kill him by staring but didn't say anything.

"You know what? You'll copy someone's sketch, I don't have time for this." He turned back to the board and continued his speech. Kendall lightly patted my arm.

"Here, give me that." He whispered, taking my notebook and pen. "I'll write for you. This moron's impossible to keep up with."

"Are you sure?" I smiled graciously.

"Of course." He winked at me. "You get some rest."

I sighed in relief and rested my head in my hands, listening to Mr. Shalfoy talk. I'm not the kind of person to hate anybody, but this person was one of the very few people I thoroughly disliked. But not just me, everybody else in this school too. He's a jerk. And I'm being really nice saying that.

"What are you doing?" Mr. Shalfoy pointed at Kendall. My TV brother looked up.

"Taking notes." Kendall answered like isn't it obvious.

"Because poor little Ciara can't take notes for herself. I'm gonna cry, this is so touching." He scoffed. "Give her the notebook back and get out of my class."

Kendall looked at me. I stared back at him sadly as I reached for my notebook but Kendall didn't let me take it.

"No." He simply told the teacher. No explanation, just this one little word. No. The whole class was quiet. Mr. Shalfoy was so surprised that someone actually dared to talk back to him that he didn't even know what to say for a few seconds.

"I said get out!" He yelled, and a little vein on his forehead started pulsing. Not a good sign.

"I said no." Kendall replied calmly. Mr. Shalfoy was in hysterics. "I'm not the student of this school, you don't have the right to tell me what to do."

And just like that, Kendall's first fangirls were born.

"Well..." Mr. Shalfoy whispered, leaning on his desk. "As you're not the student of this school, you also don't have the right to be at this school. So get the hell out of my class before I call the police."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Kendall frowned, too, but we both knew he was crazy enough to actually call the police. Kendall stood up, sending me an encouraging look before murmering "idiot" and left the class. Mr. Shalfoy muttered something very nasty but continued the lesson.

About 10 minutes later, he announced he forgot to bring in one of the maps from his car. He took his car keys, looking at the class.

"Ciara!" He smiled at me mockingly. "Would you be kind enough to grab it for me? At least you'll be absent for a little while."

I clenched my teeth and stood up, taking the keys from him without saying a word. Then I left the class. Kendall was sitting on a bench in the hallway, looking up surprised when I closed the door behind me.

"You got sent out too?" He grinned.

"Nah." I smiled. "He wants me to grab a map from his car."

"Ciara, let me ask you something." Kendall told me as he stood up. I looked up at him curiously. "How much do you hate this man?"

I thought a bit.

"I don't think there's anyone I dislike more than him."

Kendall nodded, his green eyes shining as he gave me an evil grin.

"You wanna get revenge on him?"

I frowned, confused.

"Well..." I shrugged. "Sure, but I don't think it's a good idea."

Kendall smiled down at me.

"It's your last day of school, what can he do to you? Besides, I'll take the blame. I was a bit bored after that asshole sent me out and opened a few drawers over here." He pointed to the end of the hallway. "And I found some plastic wrap. I don't know what about you but I've always wanted to wrap someone's car with plastic wrap."

I looked at Kendall in disbelief. This is not how I imagined him to be. Not that I didn't like the idea it's just...

"What kind of a big brother are you?" I chuckled, making him laugh as well.

"The coolest one." He winked again. "So, you wanna do it? It's the last class of the day and we'll drive off as soon as the bell rings."

I thought a bit, then smiled.

"Let's do it!"

Kendall grinned even more and we went to get the plastic wrap. There were lots of them. After managing to get through the halls without anyone noticing, we had to cross the kitchen. No one was there beside the kitchen ladies, but they never asked anything. As we went through the mess hall, a bottle of mustard caught my attention. I grabbed it.

"Can I borrow this?" I asked one of the kitchen ladies.

"Sure, dear." She smiled at me, going back to work. Kendall grabbed my hand as we ran through the yard, dragging me with him.

"What's the mustard for?" He asked. I grinned.

"I wanna make sure he knows who did this."

We ran into the parking lot.

"So..." Kendall paused. "Which one is his car?"

I pointed to a small grey compact car in the corner.

"That one."

"Alrighty." Kendall walked up to the car and opened it with the key. I took the map and placed it gently on the ground before slamming down the trunk lid.

"You ready?" My TV brother smiled, handing me one of the plastic wraps. I nodded mischeviously.

"Ready."

We got to work and about 15 minutes later, the car was completely wrapped. We stepped back, admiring our opus. Kendall grinned down at me and raised his hand. I high fived him and he hugged me to his side, sighing contently.

"I think we're done here."

"Not yet." I told him. I took the mustard and wrote a nice, big "C" on the windshield. "Now we're ready."

Kendall chuckled and wrapped an arm around me as we walked back.

"Like brother like sister."

I looped my arm around his waist, smiling back at him.

"Like brother like sister."

~ End of flashback

Just then, I heard a knock on the door. Sighing, I got up and walked up to the door. My eyes widened as I opened it.

"Details." Carlos, James, Logan and Kendall said at the same time before invading my dressing room, hopping on the couch.

"Right now." James added.

Kendall and Logan were watching me with great interest. I sat down on the coffee table opposite them, nervously fiddling with the sleeves of my shirt. I've been thinking a lot about what to tell them and what to... well... smother up. Kind of. 'Cause I'll tell them everything if they ask, but... I'd rather just keep some stuff to myself if they don't specifically ask.

"What do you guys wanna know?" I asked. They looked at me as if I had just grown three heads.

"Everything, obviously!" Logan stated. "What happened at the movies?"

I looked at Kendall, who was unusually quiet. He was staring at me with a thoughtful expression, not knowing what to expect.

"Jake paid for my ticket and both for the popcorn and soda."

James raised an eyebrow.

"One soda with two straws?"

I looked down, refusing to meet his eyes.

"Yes."

"Shame on you." He replied, but his tone was more flat than angry and as I looked at him I could tell he was supressing a smile.

"And then?" Kendall asked.

"We watched "Into You"." I continued, skipping the date part of the story. "It was really good, exactly the type of movie I like. And then we walked home and later..." This time I skipped the part of him creeping up to our house at midnight. I took a deep breath. "He asked me to be his girlfriend."

The guys just sat there, staring at the ground. I decided not to waste much more time.

"I said yes."

Still no answer. This was the hardest part of what I had to tell, yet I didn't feel any relief because of all the things I was covering up. It seemed like forever before James spoke up.

"Did you guys kiss?"

Seems like this was the only thing that really mattered to them. None of them seemed angry or anything, they were just staring at me curiously, waiting for my answer.

"No." I replied, making all of them sigh in relief. "But we did talk about it." The guys immediately quieted. "He told me that I'm the one who sets the limits and he will not cross them unless I want him to. He said he respects my decisions."

The guys looked at me in disbelief. Logan was the first to react.

"He did not." He declared.

"But he did." I assured, looking him straight in the eye.

The other three boys were still in shock. I endured the silence for a few seconds.

"Are you guys mad?" I finally asked. They still didn't reply. Their hush was killing me.

"Guys-"

"Obviously..." Kendall interrupted. "We're not exactly in love with the thought of you and Jake being... together. I think I can say that in everyone's name." He was quoting Max without knowing it. Logan, James and Carlos nodded in agreement. "But I will say that I'm glad you're happy, and I can promise you that if this kid ever hurts you, we'll all gather up..." He dramatically paused. "And beat your ass."

This was not how I expected this sentence to end. I chuckled.

"My ass?!" I resented. "Why mine?!"

"Because your ass was the one accepting to be his girlfriend knowing his past." He replied. Fair enough. "Not literally of course, we'd never lay a hand on you. But you'll be in big trouble, believe us." He threatened and the other guys nodded seriously, though they were smiling a bit. Kendall was fully serious. "And then we're gonna beat his ass, too, literally. That'll feel good."

"Yeah it will." James agreed. I smiled a bit at them.

"So you guys aren't mad?" I asked again, this time waiting for a straight reply. They looked at each other, shaking their heads.

"Nah." Carlos said and the other guys shook their heads as well. "But we're gonna have to get used to this whole thing for sure. "

I nodded, understading. I still felt guilty for not letting them in completely, but I was happy about how good this all turned out. Jake will probably never be their favourite but they'll tolerate him, they always had. Jake... I couldn't get the midnight scene out of my head. The way he looked at me with his beautiful deep blue eyes, the way he smiled, the way he ran his fingers through his wet hair...

"Awww."

I looked up, staring at Kendall.

"Look at that smile. She's thinking about Jake."

I blushed, not even realizing I was smiling as the guys started laughing.

"Shut up!" I yelled at them, trying not to smile.

"Ciara loves Jake, Ciara loves Jake, Ciara loves Jake, Ciara loves Jake..." They chanted in a sing-song voice. I rolled my eyes. Here we go.

"Does she?" We heard a voice ask. They guys stopped singing, staring at Jake who was standing in the doorway. When did he come in?

"That's good to know." He smiled.

My face turned red as I looked at the guys, shooting them the mother of "I'm gonna do such terrible things to you" glares. However, they didn't pay attention to me since they were busy shooting Jake the same kind of look.

"Jake." Logan asked calmly. "Can we four talk to you for a second? Alone?"

I frowned forebodingly.

"Guys..."

"Chill, we just wanna talk." Kendall told me and Jake sent me an assuring look, looking confident. "Now, will you please leave for a minute?"

I stared at Kendall in shock, then questioningly at the other guys. James nodded.

"Go!"

I laughed in disbelief, standing up.

"Sure." I scoffed as I stepped out the door. "Kick me out of my-" The door slammed behind me. "Dressing room." I finished the sentence, pouting. I sat down on the sofa in the hallway, not even trying to eavesdrop. I always get caught if I do.

About 10 minutes later, I heard laughter coming from the room. What the heck? Then right after, the door opened and the guys stepped out.

"Remember what we talked about." Carlos told Jake, who was still in my dressing room. I walked up to them. Kendall pointed to me, then at Jake.

"You two be good." Kendall said sternly, giving me a kiss on the head before walking off with the guys.

I watched them leave before stepping into my dressing room and closing the door. Jake was sitting on the coffee table, a mischevious grin on his face.

"What was this laughter all about?" I asked him, frowning. His grin widened.

"Nothing."

"Jake." I warned. He shook his head, laughing as he extended his hand towards me.

"Just guy stuff. You don't wanna know." As soon as I gave him my hand, he pulled me closer and gently tugged me onto his lap, hugging me tightly.

"There's my beautiful girlfriend." He whispered with a smile. I smiled too as I hugged him back, inhaling the amazing smell of his parfume. Girlfriend. I'm somebody's girlfriend.

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