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A tall, tan, beautiful woman picked up the phone of her large mansion. It had been ringing for the past hour but she had been too busy to attend to any calls other than those on her personal business line. "Hello?"

"Brooke?"

"This is she."

"Thank goodness. I've been trying to reach you for a while now."

"Why? Is something wrong? Is James ok?"

"He's fine but…"

Jen explained to her friend the situation as of late knowing the other mother wouldn't be happy. "He completely defied my orders by walking out that door. I'm his guardian. He's supposed to listen to me but he didn't."

Brooke was furious. She couldn't believe her son had acted to rudely. She'd raised him better than that! "Figures he'd act like his father when it comes to woman!" She hissed. "And he didn't even get my approval of this girl. He knows how I feel about this!"

"Will you talk to him?"

"Oh…I'll do better than that."

"I'm just afraid he'll break her heart. So many girls have gone around teary eyed and even started nasty rumors about him. I'm starting to believe they aren't rumors."

"The girl will be fine but he won't. Not when I'm through with him."

"No more heartbreak?"

"No more heartbreak."

~Oddfrog~

I quickly raced down the street to the agreed meeting place as I worried over her reaction. Would she be mad? Does she think I stood her up? Will I even find her or did she leave?

That last thought had me hurrying up. If she was on the verge of leaving then maybe I could catch her. Dear lord please don't let me be late.

I looked around for her everywhere. I searched every crevice of the place. But she was nowhere in sight. I closed my eyes tightly as I felt my heart sink it to my stomach. I was too late. And she…was gone.

"And my mighty Diamond shows up at last." A sweet voice behind me spoke. I whirled around as a delighted grin formed upon my face.

"I was scared you left." She smiled. "I couldn't find you anywhere."

"I was just in the girls' bathroom. You know…that one place you're not allowed to look for me?" She giggled causing me to laugh as well.

"You're not usually this way." I commented. "What's up?"

"Feeling a little…different. I don't know why but I am. My friends seem to think this relationship won't last. They think you're a player like half the other guys I've dated."

"Well in all honesty I am."

"But I've asked you to act that way. I created who you are and for that I'm sorry."

"You've known me since we were little. We didn't know what love or dating was but even then you wanted me. And deep down I knew I wanted you. I knew we'd be together forever even when you moved away."

"It was because I was moving that we created the other side of you; the vain side. I wanted to make sure I could keep you to myself forever and the plan has been successful. You love no other. But now your own friends don't think we'll last."

She sighed and even looked a little teary eyed. "Because of me they're mad at you; distrusting of who you really are. We finally decided to tell them the truth about us and they won't even listen. They only think of you as a heartbreaker. Doesn't it hurt?"

"It does but I don't care about what they think right now. I only care about you and after all we've been through…I won't lose you."

She gave a watery smile before I brought her into my embrace. "We'll get through this small obstacle. I promise."

When we pulled apart I smirked. "I remember the whole reason we kept this a secret in the first place was because we were scared Carlos would kill me. When we were finally old enough to date I was already a huge player. In fact, I'm still scared he will kill me if he finds out I'm dating his cousin. He thinks I'm a total slut now. There's no way I'll survive."

"I'm sorry." She said with sorrow deeply laced in her voice.

"Please… don't be. I love you no matter what happens."

"Isn't the motto bro's before ho's?"

"If that motto was true at the moment my friends would be sticking by me and I wouldn't have to worry about dying at the hands of Carlos. Can you believe I just said that? He's a total jokester but he can be serious about men coming near his female family members."

Her smiled was grim. I stopped her before she could apologize again. "You're not the only one apart of this scheme. I entered it knowing the consequences and risks. So please stop apologizing. It's not your fault."

"Ok." She then tilted her head a little in confusion. "What did Carlos do to protect his female family members from men?"

I grimaced. "The last guy who even tried to touch one of his sisters the wrong way ended up with a helmet size welt on his stomach. He broke a few ribs ramming into them like that. The ones who were just trying to flirt ended up running with their tails between their legs in less than a heartbeat."

She gasped. "Oh Carlos." But the last of what I said had her giggling. "Yep, I definitely remember why we're hiding now."

Her expression turned serious in a second flat. "We'll have to tell them sometime though. We can't hide this forever especially now that they seem to be on a mission to break us up."

I agreed even though it pained me. "They trying to prevent my new 'victim' from heartbreak but can't they see that what they're doing might be breaking mine?"

She laid her hand on my arm, since she couldn't quite reach my shoulder, and squeezed reassuringly. "Well get through to them. We will. We have to. For us."

"For us."