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Franshes

Ch. 36: James' Dad & Sad Tale

"Can you believe we're flying in Griffin's own private jet?" Carlos asked excited, once inside the jet "Man, this is awesome!"

The other three looked at each other troubled yet not wanting to ruin the moment for the most innocent member of BTR.

"Sure Carlos," said Logan, faking a smile "It's awesome, and again, it's already good enough Griffin decided NOT to fly over and instead let us go meet him in L.A so, yeah, this is awesome…"

Kendall wasn't paying that much of attention however and neither was James, they were both thinking back to the meeting which had taken place a few moments ago...

Flashback

"I can't believe the month is over," Carlos said, a cute pout on his lips as the four boys waited to board their flight at the airport to take them back to California.

"I can't either, we'll miss you baby, take care," Sylvia García said, hugging her son tightly.

"I'll miss you too, mama, but don't worry, Logie will take good care of me, won't you Logie?" Carlos said, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend.

"Of course I will, Mrs. García, you've got nothing to worry about, your son is safe with me…" Logan said.

"Oh, I know that Logan, you are an amazing young man, I'm sure you and my Carlitos will be just fine…" Sylvia García said, hugging Logan who hugged her back awkwardly.

"Logie-bear!" Joanna Mitchell exclaimed, hugging her son as soon as Sylvia let go "Give your mom one last hug, son, I'll miss you so much!"

"Mom!" Logan complained, his cheeks turning pink "Mom, I love you but this is embarrassing…"

All of his friends laughed at that.

"Take care son," Officer García said, hugging Carlos.

"Will do, dad," Carlos said.

"And try not to get into too much trouble, will you?" the Officer added jokingly.

"I'll try," said Carlos with a shrug.

"Son, goodbye, we'll miss you," Logan's dad said, grasping his son's hand.

"I'll miss you too dad, take care," Logan said, shaking his father's hand.

"James," Brooke said, hugging him "Keep me posted on everything, will you?"

"Yes mom," James said, hugging her back "I'll miss you,"

"I'll miss you too, my boy," Brooke said before turning to Kendall "I trust you'll look after him?" she said.

"Yes Mrs. Diamond," Kendall said, giving her an uncertain smile.

Brooke Diamond let go of James to hug Kendall who hugged her back.

"You're a good boy," she said once she'd let go of him "Yes, you're a very good boy,"

"Thank you Mrs. Diamond, your son's amazing as well," Kendall said, flashing James a smile which he returned.

"Oh I know that," Brooke said "And I'm glad you do too, well, I hope to see you boys soon,"

Both boys smiled at her but James' smile faded as he saw who came behind her.

"Dad?" he asked uncertainly. He hadn't seen his father at all during his visit to Minnesota and only knew his dad knew about his relationship with Kendall thanks to his mom.

"You weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye first, were you?" James' father asked jokingly.

"No," James said shakily and embracing his dad hesitantly.

"Brooke," he said coldly, acknowledging her presence with a nod.

She did not even answer him back.

"I'll leave you with your father now James, remember, take care," she said curtly before walking away.

"Dad?" James asked "What are you doing here? I thought you'd never want to see me again after…"

"After what? After I found out you were gay?" James' father asked "Nonsense, you're still my son and I love you, and I miss you, I'm hoping I can go visit you to Hollywood soon enough…"

"But won't Alexi get mad?" James asked, referring to his step-mother who was 15 years younger than his dad.

"She'll come with me," James' father answered simply, thankfully missing the grimace James did when he received this news.

Choosing it was best to switch the topic and steer clear of something which caused him unavoidable pain, James chose to just go ahead and tell his dad about his current "situation" and see what his father thought about it.

"Uh-dad-there's someone I want you to meet…this is Kendall Knight, my boyfriend…" James said.

Kendall looked at James in surprise for a few seconds before regaining his cool and smiling at James' dad tentatively.

"Oh but of course I remember Kendall, James," his father said, smiling at Kendall who returned his smile wearily "You used to talk about him all the time when you were a boy, remember? Kendall did this, Kendall did that, Kendall's amazing, oh dear Lord you never shut up about him! He's the reason why you joined the school's hockey team at all, wasn't he? Isn't he the one who got you into hockey James? 'Cause he was so good at it and all that other stuff you said about him?" James father said.

"Dad!" James hissed, embarrassed while Kendall laughed "Too much information?"

Kendall laughed and pecked his boyfriend on the lips.

"What's up Jamie? Ashamed to admit how into me you've always been?" he asked jokingly.

"Well, you're into me too aren't you?" James said "'Cause last night you sure as hell didn't shut up about how amazing I was or how fucking good I felt inside you-"

"Okay, pretty boy, I'm sure we all get your point," said Kendall, turning tomato red while the others just laughed.

"Are you sure Knight? 'Cause I can keep going you know?" James asked teasingly.

Kendall covered James' mouth with his hand.

"No, please don't," Kendall said, grinning embarrassedly at the others.

James licked his palm and Kendall was embarrassed when that simple action made him moan and his cock twitch a bit in his jeans.

"James!" he hissed, letting go of the brunette while the others laughed around him.

"Bye James," his dad said, giving his son a hug and Kendall a friendly hand-shake.

"Good bye dad," James said.

"Nice meeting you Kendall, treat my son alright will you?" James' father said.

"Yes sir, of course, always," Kendall said.

"Dad?" James added timidly "Are you sure you're okay with, you know, all this?"

James' dad smiled at his son once more.

"Of course," he said "You're a good kid James. A nice kid. Who you like and date doesn't matter to me, you're still my son, and I'll always love you for that. I'd rather you were with someone who could give me grandkids, I'll give you that, but not if they wouldn't make you happy my boy. I don't want you to make my mistakes, son. I want you to marry someone who makes you truly happy, someone you really and truthfully want to spend the rest of your life with…"

"Like you and Alexi?" James asked with a weary smile.

"You could say that, yes," James' dad said, squeezing his son's shoulder.

"Goodbye dad," James said again, quietly.

"Goodbye kid," James' dad said, giving his son a fleeting hug "Stay in touch, will you? I don't care what your mother says anymore…I want to be more a part of your life."

"Sure dad," James said before they parted and he took Kendall's hand.

The four guys smiled for the last couple of pictures that flashed around them until Kelly ushered them inside the airport...

End of Flashback

"It really is guys," said Kelly, looking through their act and smiling encouragingly at them "Just 'cause Griffin sent his private jet to get us doesn't mean anything particularly serious or bad is about to happen…it just means he wants to protect you guys,"

"Protect us?" Kendall asked "Protect us from what?"

"Well, since you guys came out, you've received an overall positive feedback from the public, yet there are STILL some psychos out there with homophobia that might…you know…want to hurt you guys…"

Carlos clutched Logan's arm looking terrified.

"Really Logie?" he asked softly "Someone wants to harm us?"

Logan sighed.

"Carlos, don't worry about it, I'm sure Griffin's just being overly cautious with this whole thing…"

"Or he's not," said James softly "I know what he fears and I'm glad we won't have to face it- I won't have to face it- again…"

"What are you talking about Jamie?" Kendall asked, taking his boyfriend's hand "What's wrong?"

James sighed.

"When-when I was thirteen, see I was dating Sean at the time but we were just kids, we didn't really know what we were doing was particularly bad or weird we were just- two boys with a silly crush…"

"Okay, moving on from Sean," Kendall said, a bit impatiently.

James rolled his eyes.

"Anyways," he said "We weren't careful enough, we didn't hide it. Some guys from the football team saw us share a short kiss and hold hands and they-they went nuts. They wouldn't do anything to Sean 'cause- well- you've seen him, he's pretty nicely built, athletic, and a star-hockey player, second-best in the whole team-"

"Again, moving on from Sean…" said Kendall, rolling his eyes.

James just shook his head and bit back a retort. He knew his boyfriend was still pissed over the whole Sean incident and he had a right to be so James shouldn't really complain about it.

"Well," he said with a sigh "I wasn't like Sean. I wasn't protected. Me, the pretty boy, the son of a cosmetics line owner, I was their perfect target. They rounded up on me one day after school. It was a day when Carlos had detention, Logan had to tutor another student, and Kendall, you were at home, sick with flu, so I had to walk home alone. Well, as I said, they rounded up on me and began hitting me. There were four of them and only one of me so they overpowered me easily. They- they did horrible things to me…" James said, his voice shaking. Come to think of it, he was shaking all over.

Kendall placed a comforting hand in his boyfriend's shoulder.

"You don't have to continue if you don't want to," he said, even though he was more than curious to know what had happened.

"No, no you need to hear this," James said "I've kept it in for too long as it is…"

His friends sat back down on the comfortable seats in the jet and prepared to listen to James' story.

"So they held me down…and they pulled my pants down…they-they said that since I liked it in the ass and all-" James broke down crying and was unable to continue for a few minutes while his friends could only stare horrified at him.

"They-they didn't rape you…did they?" asked Logan softly.

James shook his head.

"They didn't rape me, per say," he said, his voice weak and cracking "They- they went and got this-this long piece of- it was a sort of wooden stick- sort of like the ones them band boys use to play the drums- and- and they rammed it up inside me…"

He broke down again and it took several more long moments before he was able to recover.

"They-they kept pushing it in me and it hurt. It hurt like you guys have no idea…then, then they took it out of me and beat me up some more. They left me on the snowy street, sprawled out, bleeding, half-naked because they thought I was dead. As they went away I heard them laughing and saying what a big favor they'd done to the world by ridding it of one more disgusting homo, I finally recovered enough to get up, get dressed and head home. I never told anyone what happened…until now," James finished, his voice shaky.

"Oh James," said Kendall, embracing his boyfriend tightly "Baby I had no idea, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry…"

"Who were they?" Kelly asked "We could still have them arrested, you know? Their crime hasn't expired…"

James shook his head.

"I saw them again when we were back in Minnesota," he said "What's the use now? I've moved on and put all that ugly stuff in the past…"

"Every time I entered you," said Kendall softly and with a shudder "You must have remembered back then, those guys…"

"No Kendall," James said sincerely "Every time you made love to me, all I could think of was how much you loved me, and how careful and loving you were with me, completely opposite of what those jerks did, I love you…"

"Me too baby, come here," said Kendall, wrapping his arms around James and bringing him close to him.

Kelly smiled sadly at them both.

"There you go," she said gently "That's what Griffin wants to avoid, so enjoy the jet you guys!"

"James…" Logan seemed at loss for words "I-I don't know what to say man, I'm sorry, I'm so terribly sorry…"

James shrugged.

"That's okay," he said "It's all in the past now…the important thing is that now I have incredible friends and an amazing boyfriend that make everything worth it…"

"Let's just hope Griffin does not fire us now," Logan said worriedly.

The guys sighed, all troubled.

"Well…whatever happens, we're in this together baby," Kendall said, pulling James closer to him and kissing his forehead.

"Yeah," said James, melting into Kendall's embrace.

Carlos and Logan hugged as well, and moved closer to the other two because, whatever else happened…they were in this together...

A/N: Well there you go, I hope you enjoyed. This ending note will be short also 'cause I'm feeling CRAPPY. Srry...but I'd really appreciate it if you left a review...

See you next Friday guys, cross your fingers and I'll get better throughout the week...I just HATE being sick!

Cheers (Not really),

Franshes