Big Time Rush:

Unthinkable

Kendall had been living here at the Palm Woods for a while. He'd gotten to know some of the others who lived here as well, the others who like he and his friends were striving to be famous. He'd met Tyler who doesn't actually want to be an actor and constantly hides from his mother. He's met the three Jennifers who can sing, dance, and act but have their noses so high up in the air it's a wonder no birds every accidently fly inside. He met Camille who is a crazy method who constantly uses the four of them to rehearse her scenes without telling them about it either. Kendall has met Guitar Dude who always has his guitar with him and likes to turn anything he hears into a song whether or not it sounds good.

Kendall has also met Jo Taylor. She's the one that sticks out in his mind the most when he thinks of the Palm Woods. She's from North Carolina and has a boyfriend. Her costar on her TV show Jett Stetson. Kendall has never been able to put his finger on it but there's something he just can't stand about that guy and he prays it's not just because he's with Jo. Kendall has a crush on Jo. Ever since she found out about it though it's like they're not friends anymore. She avoids him any time she sees him.

If he's sitting out by the pool she'll stay in the lobby, if he comes into the lobby she'll go out by the pool. It keeps happening and every time he tries to talk to her about it she comes up with some lame excuse and leaves. Got to go to an interview, late for a photo shoot, need to talk to Camille, can't got to get home because of my dad, grounded, just can't, I'll see you later, and they just get worse and worse like she's not even trying to come up with a good excuse anymore. He thought they were friends and if she didn't feel the same way all she had to do was tell him that. He could take it. He would understand if she wanted to be with Jett more but what he couldn't understand was her avoidance. Her avoidance was worse than not having her as a girlfriend because now he didn't even have her as a friend.

Was it really so terrible she had to avoid him? Kendall wondered. He hadn't talked to Jo for three weeks straight and this morning when he walked up to her and said hello she mumbled a hello before she just walked away. It had stung. Now she couldn't even be bothered to give some lame excuse. She can't even said being in the same room with him anymore. All of these things were whizzing through Kendall's head as he walked back from Rocque Records. What had he done that was so bad he had scared her off? Did she find him that unappealing?

Kendall heard Jo's voice as he passed by a large bush on his way through Palm Woods Park. He wouldn't have stopped to eavesdrop if he hadn't heard her yelling. Kendall stopped and peered through the bush as best as he could to see what on Earth was going on. From what he could make out it looked like it was Jett and Jo arguing. It was an odd sight. For the most part they seemed happy.

"I'm sick of this Jett!" Jo yelled. Jett roughly grabbed her arm making Kendall flinch. To see better Kendall pushed the branches aside.

"Keep your voice down," Jett said, though it sounded like a threat. "People will hear you."

"Get your hands off of me," Jo said firmly. "I'm sick you of and I'm sick of your threats. I'm done with you. I'm done with this relationship. I don't care who knows or if I'm yelling!"

"You're not going anywhere." Jett said. "Our publicist wants us together for the public and that's what we're going to give them."

"No!" Jo said. "This is it. You're awful."

"No one will believe you," Jett taunted roughly releasing her. "Not a soul and you'll never work again if you fake break up with me."

Kendall couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I don't care. I won't take another minute of this crap." Jo said. "I won't take another minute you!"

In a split second everything changed. Kendall almost couldn't believe his eyes as he watched Jett swing at Jo. In a split second was all it took for everything to turn to chaos. Without thinking Kendall moved around the bush in a blind haze. All he knew was that Jett had hit a girl. He had hit someone. It didn't matter that it was someone he cared about, all he knew was that it was wrong and Jett would pay.

The minute Jett was in view again Kendall tackled him to the ground and that was it. The next thing Kendall could remember after that was Jo pulling him off of Jett. Everything no matter how hard he tried was a haze. Everything in between was completely gone. He couldn't tell you when he had broken Jett's nose or given him two black eyes but he knew for sure he had. His knuckles were torn, sore, and covered in blood. At first he didn't have the slightest idea whether it was his own or Jett's later he found it was all Jett's. Kendall come to realize soon enough he didn't have a scratch on him and according to Jo there was no chance for Jett to even fight back.

Once he was back in his right mind he knew there was a crowd around them and that no one knew why he had suddenly started trying to beat Jett senseless. He honestly didn't care what people thought. Jo was hurt though. He turned to look at her. She was smiling softly despite her swollen cheek and busted lip.

"Should I call you my hero or an idiot?" Jo asked.

"I'm sorry," Kendall apologized. "I… I just saw him hit you and I lost it."

"Wait he hit you?" Carlos asked. He and the other two guys had just pushed through the crowd. They had seen Kendall suddenly turn on Jett and they figured he had a good reason so they had gone to help by the time they had gotten there he didn't need it. Jo nodded in response to the question.

"Not the first time either." Jo admitted. "I was trying to get him to stop by having a fight in public; I was hoping someone might see him lose his temper. If I threaten to reveal it to the public I can get out of this fake relationship with him."

Jo turned to Kendall with a small smile. "I wasn't expecting someone to attack him."

"Sorry," Kendall said though he didn't sound very apologetic. "Now what?"

Two weeks had passed since what everyone had started calling 'the incident' and things were starting to return to some semblance of normal. Jo had informed her publicist what happened with everyone from the Palm Woods collaborating with her on what had transpired. Jett was sent away for a while to get some help since he obviously needed it. New Town High offered Jo money in case she needed a therapist or any other kind of treatment. Jo wanted to never be forced into another relationship again and made her publicist swear on it as well as sign a contract.

Jo talked about what had happened with Camille and Kendall mostly. She also asked Kendall on a date. She had explained that Jett may have hurt him if she had gotten too close and the minute she found out he felt the same way she did was when she started trying to coax Jett into making a public scene. She explained he had given her something to fight for because prior to it everything had seemed so hopeless.

Kendall seemed to make it his mission to give Jo everything she could have ever wanted in a boyfriend and then some. She had never felt quite as safe with anyone as she did with him. There was nothing like it and she never wanted anything else. Kendall was just glad he hadn't scared her away but instead had made her stronger. He promised himself she would never have to deal with anything like ever again. Even if they weren't together he'd still be there for her no matter what.

After all that's what friends are for and he planned to have her in his life one way or another forever.

A.N. This is for Love Struck Teenagers! I hope you liked it! Keep reviewing and requesting! You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for all the great feedback and cool ideas to work with. Keep it up and there's plenty more on the way.

Whoo, and thank goodness I haven't lost power yet. For those that I have I hope they're okay as well as everyone else who had to get through Sandy!