Hey guys! I start college in like a day and I know this summer I was supposed to not only give you this story but update it a lot but the stress from starting college and not having a laptop slowed my process and it's only going to be slower and I feel horrible about it! Sorry! I still love you all tho! And will do my best to write a lot and get chapters out! Bear with me please! Also, this summer has been an emotional wreck with the show ending and the tour ending (which I went to and got to be WWG at my show! BEST EVER!) and the craziness that is saying goodbye to friends and dealing with college things and the stress! I hope you all had a great summer tho! If not, then heres to the Fall! -xoxo Tak
First table read of the season. Everyone had fresh scripts and fresh ideas to make this season the best one yet. There were changes coming in, and everyone could feel it. Scott already told them all that they want to show a slightly more mature side of the show, since demographics were late tweens to early and mid teens.
There were also fresh faces in the normal crowd. One in particular was going to be staying for most of the season if the fans liked him. Kendall was not fond of this new addition. Not the guy himself, but the character that he was going to be playing.
"Here is the face of one Jett Stetson." Scott announced, introducing everyone to David Cade. David said hi to everyone and sat down next to Katelyn. "As everyone has probably already read, Jett is our game changer for this episode, along with a few more surprises here and there. I want you all to treat David better than you treat everyone else. For now."
Everyone laughed. They did a quick icebreaker game to help everyone get to know each other before beginning the read through. Kendall smiled at David, but moped during the read through when he wasn't talking. Jett was going to be the bump in his only way to being with Katelyn. He could feel this was going to be a problem.
After the read through with notes, they took a break to get some lunch. Scott pulled Katelyn aside to talk to her. "I want you to hang out with David for a bit, develop some chemistry to help you both really get into character for this episode. I want the viewers to really feel that Jo and Jett could have a thing."
"I don't know how much I can promise, but I'll definitely get that building." Katelyn told Scott.
"Oh one more thing, don't tell Kendall what I told you." Scott said in a hush tone.
"Why not?" Katelyn asked.
"I need his reactions to be…. genuine." Scott replied. Katelyn nodded. Scott let her go join the others for lunch, where Kendall immediately approached her.
"What'd Scott want?" Kendall asked.
"Nothing, just a few notes for me, not really important." She shrugged off. Kendall eyed her suspiciously, but accepted it.
Instead of walking over to Erin and Ciara like usual, Katelyn walked over to David, who was sitting at a table by himself. Kendall didn't follow, instead watched them with a light glare.
"Hi!" Katelyn greeted David.
"Hey, Katelyn right?" He asked to confirm. She nodded.
"It's nice to meet you. So glad to see a new face around here." She said, sitting down next to him.
"Nice to meet you too. And thanks, glad I have a new face." He joked, making her laugh.
"Funny too!" She added. They talked, trying to get to know each other a bit. She told him what Scott wanted them to do, which David agreed to.
"Oh, and we can't tell Kendall, so if he asks-"
"We're just talking." David finished for her.
"Exactly!" She said with a smirk.
Kendall ate his lunch quietly with the guys, observing Katelyn and David talking animatedly about who knew what. Kendall wasn't going to kid himself and say that this didn't bother him. Yes Katelyn was free to talk to whom ever she wanted, but it hurt Kendall to see her talking to David. Ugh it was always a David that was going to get in the way of him and her. Kendall was beginning to loathe that name.
"Kendall!" James called to the blond boy who was still staring at Katelyn and David.
"Huh?" Kendall responded, breaking his glare.
"Dude the more you stare, the worse it's going to make you feel." Carlos advised.
"I can't help it okay." Kendall said looking down.
"Which is why we're going to take you out tonight and get you a new girl to play with." James said, patting Kendall on the back.
"Funny, Katelyn's been having similar ideas about helping me." Kendall said with a dry chuckle.
The other three boys looked at Kendall with sad glances. They wanted their friend back, the playful, happy one who never let a single thing bring him down this way. They knew that when it came to getting his heart broken, Kendall was the one who'd take it the hardest. They each held a look of dismay for their best friend. Before they could attempt to cheer him up again, they had to get back to the table read. Kendall put on his little façade and went back to work like the professional he was.
Afterwards though, when everyone was heading home for the day and Kendall was alone, he went back to sulking in silence, the only way he wasn't going to be told that he has to get over Katelyn, because frankly, he didn't want to. He was in love with her, he had accepted that fate when he told her, getting over her was just going to prove he never actually was in love. He firmly believed that you only get one true love, and his was Katelyn, no one else.
He was going to let the others do what they needed to come to terms with how he felt, even if it was pretending to fall for another girl. He knew it was the only way the guys and Katelyn would be good again. But here he was making more sacrifices for the sake of his loved ones' happiness. His happiness seemed so inevitable now when the one thing that would make him happy would be happier if he were with someone else.
"Kendall you coming?" Logan asked, finding the boy standing in the middle of his empty dressing room.
"Oh um yeah." Kendall said following Logan out. Where they were headed, only the James knew.
"This will be good for you, trust us." Logan whispered to Kendall while James drove.
Kendall shrugged. "If you say so."