Chapter Two: I Was Paralyzed
"Kendall, I love you." I heard Jo say as the limo drove away. The look on her face will forever be imprinted in my mind. I just stood there, frozen, unable to move from the shock of the moment. Jo loved me? Jo loved me! Jo loved me! I opened my mouth a few times, but nothing came out.
Because I was just now realizing how much I loved her back.
And now she was gone.
"You okay buddy?" Logan's voice brought me out of my trance, and I found myself sitting on the orange couch. Somehow, my legs had taken me back to the apartment without my brain realizing had moved at all. My mind was still in that parking lot. My heart, too.
I opened my mouth to speak, but my words, once again, failed.
"Was it that bad?" Carlos questioned (a little insensitively). Still, I couldn't say a word.
"Hey, what's going on?" James walked in.
"Kendall can't talk." Carlos answered.
"I think the whole saying goodbye thing traumatized him." Logan responded analytically.
"C'mon buddy, you can talk to us." James said.
"She said she loved me." I muttered, slowly regaining my voice.
"What?" They all asked, looking confused.
"Jo. She said she loved me." I said clearly.
"SHE DID WHAT!"
"Well what did you say?" James asked feverishly. All eyes were on me, and I could feel my heart racing with realization at the awful mistake I had made.
"I-I-I didn't say anything." Logan and Carlos gasped, and James raised his eyebrows in disbelief.
"How could you not say anything! SHE JUST SAID SHE LOVED YOU AND NOW SHE'S ON HER WAY TO NEW ZEALAND!" James shouted.
"I-I don't know! She was pulling away when she said it, and I wasn't expecting it, and the balloon poodle's leg popped…."
"Well, do you love her?"
That was the one question I could answer quickly, honestly, completely. I looked James in the eyes and said "Yes, I do."
"Then you need to tell her!"
"We have to get to the airport to tell Jo!" Carlos, James and Logan took off shrieking. I tried to get up to follow them, but my legs had quit working a long time ago, and my voice was still weak, so I couldn't call them back.
"Guys, wait!" Kelly called after them, saving me. "You need Kendall!" They rushed back, still shouting and yelping, helped me up, and practically dragged me through the Palm Woods and to the Big Time Rushmobile-more importantly, to the airport and to Jo. Please don't let it be too late.