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I may use a new Point-of-View in the next chapter, or soon at least. Hmm...

Disclaimer: I own nothing- except for my OC, Jade.

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After Kendall and I got back to the apartment, we went our separate ways and showered.

I just made a fool of myself, kissing him. He never even looked twice at me back in Minnesota, and I just thought of him as my big brother. I just keep on adding gasoline to the fire…

I blow-dried my hair and changed into some black Soffe shorts with a teal tank top.

I checked my phone and it was only 9:30, so I went into the living room.

I glanced at the couch and saw Carlos and James on the couch. I forgot that James was even here...

I smoothly made my way over to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge.

James slowly made his way over to me and sat behind the counter. Carlos walked into what I assumed was his room.

I pulled out my phone and pretended to be texting someone.

"Hey," James said. "We need to talk,"

His voice sounded sorrowful, and I instantly felt guilty; so I decided to hide it.

"What's there to talk about?" I asked, putting on my poker-face.

"You and I," he said. "We can't fight, and mom called and said that you were having a great time,"

"And?" I asked.

"You're obviously not, so why did you have to lie to her?"

"It's not like she would do anything if I told her the truth, she knew that I didn't want to come, but she made me anyway. I'm surprised she even called,"

"You didn't want to come?" he sounded heartbroken.

I took a drink of water, not wanting to answer him.

"Please answer me," he begged.

"No, I didn't want to come. I was planning on never talking to you again, and it sounds harsh but, things have not been okay since you left!" I choked out.

"I thought you said that you were glad that I went?"

"In the sense that I wanted you to follow your dreams, yeah I'm glad. But our family is so broken as it is," I trailed off.

"Mom wasn't around too much, was she?" he asked me. I stared at the ground. "You felt alone, didn't you?"

I nodded and said, "I was alone. But I made it worse by isolating myself from people that care about me,"

"We're here now," he said. "And I haven't spent much time with you, but I don't want you to leave,"

I sniffled a little, holding back my tears. "Mom isn't going to let me stay for long,"

"You're turning 18 in ten months, you can stay wherever you want then," he told me.

"Yeah, but you know how controlling mom is; I can't tell her 'no' even if she wanted me to stay with her,"

"Maybe things will work out for once," he assured, putting his hand on my shoulder.

"I doubt it," I sighed.

At times when I talked about my mom, I sounded so pessimistic. I think I'm quite worthy of thinking that way since everything I love gets taken away.

"I will figure out a way to help you out," he told me. "Oh, and I'm sorry for earlier," he apologized.

"It's fine, let's just get past it and try to spend more time together while we have the chance,"

He gave me a warm smile and I returned it.

"Last time I saw you smile, you had braces,"

"Don't remind me," I laughed.

"You look more like me than ever," he told me.

"Is that I good thing?" I asked.

"That's a great thing," he said. "We are good looking siblings,"

We both laughed and went over to sit on the orange L-shaped couch.

"Can we watch a movie?" I asked him.

"Sure, is Toy Story 3 okay?"

I laughed at his suggestion. "Yeah, that'll work, it's one of my favorites,"

He popped in the dvd player and I went to go make popcorn.

"I smell popcorn!" Carlos said, coming into the kitchen with me.

"Do you wanna watch Toy Story 3 with us?" I asked.

"That's my favorite!" he exclaimed with the biggest smile.

"Mine too, Carlitos, mine too," I said.

Then he poured got a soda out of the fridge and gulped it down. "Did you and James make up?" he asked, whispering so that James couldn't hear.

"Yes, we're going to put this past us and try to make the best of this,"

"That's nice to hear," he nodded. "So how are you?" he said starting up conversation.

"I am great," I said. "Why do you ask?"

"You just seem a little distant- that's all,"

"I'm just trying to get comfortable with the whole situation," I assured.

"I missed you," he told me. "I bet you can still beat me at basketball," he chuckled.

"That's probably true," I giggled. "We might have to play sometime," I told him.

Then the timer went off for the popcorn and I opened it and salted it. It smelled heavenly.

"Carlos, you take the popcorn over to James, and I'll go ask Logan and Kendall if they wanna watch too," I instructed.

"Yes ma'am!" Carlos replied. "First room on the left," he informed me.

I walked to the room and lightly knocked on the door.

"Come in," Logan's voice said.

I did and he was in there reading a novel on his bed. The room was beige and there were two beds with navy comforters on them. I plopped down next to him.

"Do you want to watch Toy Story 3 with me, James, and Carlos?"

"It's an irrelevant movie, but sure," he said with a crooked smile.

"Why do you say it's irrelevant. Toys coming to life when you leave is totally relevant," I joked.

"Whatever you say," he told me, smiling and extending his hand for me to help him get up.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him right onto the ground.

"What book were you reading?" I questioned.

"Lord of the Flies," he told me.

"That's one of my all time favorites," I said.

"That's funny," he said.

"What's so funny?"

"James never picks up anything but a Pop Tiger magazine, but you love to read novels," he shrugged.

"And I bet you expect that I carry a 'lucky comb' in my pocket," I raised an eyebrow.

He chuckled at my statement and we walked out of the room.

We walked into the living room and the other three were already on the couch, including Kendall.

He was clad in charcoal sweatpants, a gray beanie, and an old black t-shirt.

I felt a little nervous that Kendall was there because of what went down between us at the pool.

"Are we ready to watch the movie?" I asked.

They all said simultaneously either yeah, yes, or Carlos' 'let's do this!'.

Logan sat down on the other side of the couch next to Carlos, leaving me a spot between Kendall and James.

I sat between them and the movie started.

…

I must've fallen asleep during the movie because I woke up and everything was dark. My head was resting on something that kept rising up and down.

I looked up and saw blonde hair…

I looked over and saw that Carlos and Logan were gone. Then, I turned my head and saw that James was no longer there either.

Great...

"Kendall?" I whispered.

I tried to move, but his arm was around my waist. How the hell did this happen?

I tried to wiggle out of his grip, but he only mumbled something and pulled me tighter.

Damn. He's so cute when he sleeps…

"Kendall?" I whisper-shouted.

"Huh?" he jumped up scaring the schnikes out of me.

"We fell asleep and the others went to bed," I told him.

"Why can't we just sleep here?" he asked, closing his eyes and pulling my waist tighter against him.

He must be really out of it…

"The guys would come in and see us like this in the morning!" I said trying not to freak out.

"Oh yeah," he laughed. He opened his eyes once again and saw how close we were. "Umm, I'm sorry," he said.

"It's fine," I rolled my eyes.

"You have really pretty eyes," he said moving my bangs out of the way.

"Kendall, are you okay? Are you talking in your sleep?"

"My eyes are open, aren't they?" he said. "Look- I don't regret what happened at the pool. Tell me that this means nothing to you," he said leaning forward.

Holy shit.

I closed my eyes and felt a soft impact crash upon my lips. His lips were soft as butter and moved perfectly in sync with mine. We kissed for about 15 seconds and he pulled away, making me breathless.

I looked into his eyes and felt confused. I felt sparks for sure, but it felt completely wrong. Yet it felt so freaking right…

"Tell me that you didn't feel anything," he stated, raising an eyebrow.

"I can't do this," I said shaking my head

"Tell me that you didn't feel anything, Jade," he repeated himself.

"Kendall, I-I," I started.

I was interrupted by the light turning on in the kitchen. James had his back turned to us and was getting a glass of water. I quickly mouthed 'pretend you're asleep!' in a panic.

We both relaxed our bodies and shut our eyes. The faucet turned off and I could hear footsteps coming towards us.

"Guys," James whispered. Our breathing got faster, but we didn't dare move. "Guys!" he said in a normal voice.

We both opened our eyes and yawned at the same time.

"Oh hey bro," I said with a tired smile. I sat up after Kendall loosened his arms from around me.

"Look at the time," Kendall said looking at his watch. "2:00,"

"You guys should really go to bed," James said walking back to his room.

After we heard the bedroom door shut, we both sighed and gave each other a high-five.

"That was a close one," I said, running my fingers through my hair.

"You never answered my question," he said with a smirk.

"Kendall!" I exclaimed. "Okay, fine- I felt something…but we," I motioned, "we are way to complicated,"

"Easy is boring," he smirked yet again.

"Kendall, I don't even know how long I'll be in L.A.," I said closing my eyes.

"We can try something," he suggested.

"Can we talk about this some other time? I'm still feeling awkward about this all," I said.

"I understand," he said.

"Good," I smiled. "I'm going to bed- and you should too," I said.

"Whatever mom," he said sarcastically.

I lightly chuckled to myself and walked into my room, finally going to bed.

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That was a close one! Haha. Kendall is very straight-forward and fearless, don't you think? :o)

I hate when I fall asleep on people and they just make it harder for you when you want to get up...

Who's POV should the next chapter be in? I'm thinking Kendall...

Please review and I'll be a very happy camper.

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