paisleys story
I walked up to to my hotel room.i had just left kendall in the cab from the ride back from the tv studio
I was looking forward to a shower and some clean clothes.
Amberleigh wasn't in. I checked my iPhone. She had text saying she was going out with some family. And said the news is fucked up. Nothing from Ryan though. I last spoke to him 4 days ago. He must of seen something about all this in the news surely.
Amberleigh was better off out of it all. It felt odd to be alone.
It seemed like so long since I had spent even 5 minutes on my own.
The shower felt good. Cleansing my body of all the horrible things it had seen and heard in the last 2 days.
I was tired. I looked in the mirror as I brushed out my long black hair. I couldn't be bothered to blow dry it. So I put it in a braid, and slumped in to my bed.
I wondered how sheriden and James were.
I hoped kendall would be okay on his own. I can't believe he gave sheriden the drugs.
And kacey. Why, kacey? I wondered where she was now. I thought she was my friend.
I went to bed it was just past midday but my head had had enough of reality. I needed to recharge my batteries.
The door knocked before I could even close my eyes. I looked through the peep hole.
Ryan!
I opened it up. Ryan stood there. He towered over me. Nearing on 6ft3 to my 5ft5 frame.
His face was expressionless.
Ryan is handsome. He is tall dark and very handsome.
His African American skin was clear and smooth. It looked like he needed a shave though.
I hadn't seen him for 3 weeks.
"Did you want to come in?" I asked him.
"Is he here?" was all Ryan said
"Is who here?" I asked, knowing he meant kendall.
"Schmidt" he spat at me.
"No Ry' he isn't here. It's all a misunderstanding"
Ryan walked in to the room.
"Get him here"
"What?" I replied.
"Get him here or I will find out where he is. He is all in the papers, it won't take me long"
I got my phone and rang kendalls number from my call history when he rang me in the club.
"Hi paisley... you ok?" Kendall sounded gruff. I thought maybe he had been crying again.
"Hi... yeah I'm... okay. Listen something has come up, and I was wondering if you could come round.
"What is it? You sure your okay?" He sounded exhausted. He could so do with not getting involved in my mess.
I looked at Ryan. This was only going to end with an arguement and me being single even if kendall did explain.
"Kendall... I'm sorry don't worry... try and get some sleep you sound beat"
Ryan looked at me his eyes furious.
"Paisley what's going on?"kendall asked down the phone.
Ryan walked towards me. I Hung up.
"Why did you do that?" Ryan shouted.
"Because he has more important things to deal with Ryan" I kept my voice calm.
"I don't care that his ex killed his kid, and I don't care that she tried to kill herself. I care what went on with him and you. He should be man enough to tell me himself"
"Ryan look I know your angry at me but honestly. Its not how you..." Ryan grabbed my phone and threw it across the room.
It was totalled.
"Paisley we are finished" came the words I didn't want to hear.
"No... ry' please babe. I love you".
"Love me? Love me?... you used me paisley"
"I didn't, it was one mistake" i pleaded
"I gave you everything I could pais. I knew this singing shit would finish us up"
"Singing shit? I wanted to follow my dreams Ryan! It's not shit. Just coz I don't want to spend the rest of my god damn life in reno stuck in that tiny house"
"That tiny house is the only home you have paisley. I hope Schmidt is ready to have a house guest, you ain't welcome back at mine"
"Ryan please, you can't do this I love you... I'm sorry"
The door knocked.
Ryan walked straight over to it and opened it.
Kendall stood there.
"Oh look pais its your boyfriend" as soon as kendall walked in the door Ryan took a swing at him. Caught him square in the face.
"Ryan! No!" I tried to pull Ryan back. But he pushed me to the floor like a rag doll.
Ryan laughed, and looked at kendall as he tried to wipe blood from his face.
"You can pick ya shit up from my yard pais" Ryan said to me still looking at kendall.
"Ryan please. Don't do this" I started to cry.
"Ryan? Right?" Kendall said
"Fuck off mate. Your not the first to end up like that" Ryan said to kendall, and kendall looked to me.
"Ryan everything that happened was my fault, paisley just got caught up in something" kendall caught his breath from the shock of being hit. He was bent over with one hand on his knee and the other on his face.
Ryan ignored kendall.
"Get ya stuff by Sunday or I'll burn it" Ryan said to me. He walked over to a bacardi bottle that was half full after mine and Amberleighs drunken night in.
He swigged out of the bottle.
"Pais cmon, get dressed. Your coming back to mine" kendall said.
I looked up at him from the floor.
"No" I replied
"Move!" Kendall yelled at me.
I got dressed there and then. This wasn't a time for modesty.
Ryan just sat in a chair looking at us with a smirk on his face and taking gulps of bacardi.
Kendall grabbed what ever he thought may be mine and shoved it in a bag.
We left Ryan in the room. Kendall spoke to reception before we left the hotel.
I presumed he advised security to escort Ryan from the building.
Then he got on his phone and talked to someone about what had just happened in the room with Ryan. Kendall ended the phone chat with "ten minutes".
He lead me by the hand to his car.
"Are you okay?" I sniffed out through the tears.
"I'm fine" was his reply
"Kendall what's happening in ten minutes?"
"I'm going to have to press charges on Ryan pais'" he glanced at me.
"No you can't. It wasn't him kendall! he isnt really like that" I pushed him as I lost the plot.
"Paisley listen. If I end up with a black eye. Who do you think people will point the finger at"
"Ryan!" I answered
"No not Ryan, Ryan is a nobody. They will think its James"
I thought about what kendall had just said. It did make sense.
"But Ryan..." I started.
"I'm sorry paisley" he finished.
I looked out my window watching the streets go bye. Tears running down my face. If I had my phone I would tell Ryan to run.
We got to kendalls house there where 3 people waiting outside his home.
I hoped they wernt journalists. I got closer, realising one was a cop.
Kendall knew the other two. We went inside and sat down in the living room.
The police man introduced himself, and kendall introduced the two other men. One was Scott bridges his publicist and the other mark Norman. Kendalls lawyer.
Jesus what was going to happen to Ryan.
Kendall looked at me and gave me his everything is fine smile.
A picture was taken of kendalls face and a statement taken from both him and I of what had just happened.
The cop left after he had all the details, saying he will be in contact soon.
Scott and mark stayed.
"Pais you look tired. Did you wanna get ya head down for a bit" kendall hinted for me to leave the room, so I went up the first flight of stairs in to kendalls bedroom.
I stood by the door to try and listen in on kendalls conversation.
"Suing kacey delta for libel will be easy. You have proof of the fact that her statement is lies.
If sheriden Lloyd came on board after recovery you could both finish kacey delta off for good". Came the voice from mark the lawyer.
So kendall wanted revenge on kacey. He was gonna sue her for slander.
"How does it all work then?" I heard kendall ask.
"It will be very straightforward kendall. She will get issued with papers and will have to attend court. That's if court is the way you want to go?"
"Yes it is... I want to make this as public and painful for her as I can". Kendall replied.
the lawyer continued "From the defamation accusation and the financial loss that both you and miss Lloyd would have lost from part ownership in your record company, kacey delta will be ruined."
"What is the standard of compensation for the damages for kendall alone" asked Scott.
"That's for the court to decide, it would be hard to give a figure, but if sheriden Lloyd also made a case against delta after the trauma it has cost her, I expect the figure will be in the millions" the lawyer finished. He sounded smug.
"So what do I need to do now?"
Kendall asked the lawyer.
"Get your paperwork sorted, with proof of the financial loss that will incur from the record label, and you will need to write a statement of the emotional distress from miss lloyds medical emergency that you alone suffered. I will send the final documents out for you to sign, then we can go after kacey delta".
"Thankyou mark. You have been a great help to me". I heard kendall and his guests move. I presumed they were ready to leave.
I got in to kendalls bed. It smelt like him, like his hair. It was nice.
I heard footsteps come up, I closed my eyes pretending to be asleep.
Kendall sat on the edge of his bed.
"I'm so sorry pais" he whispered. Then lay down next to me.
I stayed with my eyes shut. I think kendall must of fallen to sleep.
His cell ringing made us both jump.
He answered it.
"Hey" he answered with.
"Really. Thank god... that's brilliant"
"Why is he?"
"Ok"
"Ok"
"Thanks logan"
"Yeah you too bud... bye"
Kendall looked at me.
"She is awake... Sheridens awake" he smiled.
"That's good to hear, I told you she will be fine" I rubbed the jeans he wore as assurance.
"James is on his way here. He wants to talk to me" the tone in kendalls voice turned from joy to uncertainty.
I rubbed my eyes. What more drama could possibly happen I thought.
james arrived at the town house about 15 minutes after the phonecall from logan.
kendall let him in with out a greeting, unsure of the reason for the visit after the words they had last exchanged at hospital.
"sheriden was awake, but feeling confused at the moment" james started the conversation.
"can i see her please james" kendall replied, his voice low and calm.
"thats why im here. she spoke to logan and got herself worked up because she believes something bad has happened to you. she had to be sedated for her own good"
"what? why does she think somethi..." james interupted kendalls question.
"she cant remember what happened to her... i think that you should be the one to tell her kendall. it was your fault after all" james sounded so up his own arse
"hang on a minute james!" i said
"this has nothing to do with you paisley" james dismissed me as if i was a fly buzzing around his head.
" no james" i was shouting now " you can fuck right off with your accusations, i am sick of all of this shit... kendall has been working so hard to do right by you and sheriden, he never told her to take it. it was sheriden that told him not to. what do you think sheriden is going to say when she can remember everything thats happened huh!"
"pais!" kendall tried to calm me down.
"kendall no. ive had it up to here with all this bull shit. your all as bad as each other. no one is innocent in any of from that poor baby. do you have any idea what kendall has gone through. he saved your girlfriends life james! he has just had his lawyer round here ready to sue kacey for all the shit she has caused him and sheriden. and thats not to mention that mine and amberleighs hopes and dreams have been destroyed by the goings on of what you kendall and sheriden have been up to. i have no home, no family and no job... because of you 3"
i slumped on the sofa crying. kendall sat next to me and put an arm over me, but i shrugged it off.
"james like it or not sheriden isnt going to blame kendall for anything, you know that. pushing him away will only make her run to him more" my words where broken but they were true.
james sat down on the opposite sofa. his head in his hands.
"i thought she was going to die" james croaked out
"james she is going to be fine now though" kendall offered .
james looked at kendall then looked to me.
"she will be awake again in the morning. if you could come down then you can see her and explain... i dont have it in me to tell her."
james stood up to leave
"james!" kendall called after him "i will tell her tomorrow, then that will be the last time i will see her. i think its well over due that finally happened" kendalls voice was thick with emotion.
james gave a nod then left. i dont think thats what james wanted.
kendall and i sat in an awkward silence as our heads whirled with thoughts we had no idea what to do with.
"can i borrow your phone?" i asked kendall
"sure" he replied
reluctantly i had to phone my mother and explain everything that had happened. i had no where to stay, and no life to speak of, i had put all my eggs in the same basket. i had nothing left now.
my mother gave me the "i told you so" speach but she agreed i could stay with her untill i found a job and a new place.
"was that your mom?" kendall asked as i handed the phone back.
"yeah she said i can stay with her for a while, im going back to reno tomorrow"
"tomorow? thats quick"
"no need to hang about really is there?"
kendall had a breif think about what i would possibly stay in LA for, no kandy teaze, no record deal, no nothing. he must of came to the same conclusion as i had.
"did you want to see sheriden before you go?" kendall asked
"no...i dont think i will be needed at her bedside kendall"
"okay... would you come to the hospital with me though pais?" kendall re phrased his question
i looked at him. he looked so done in.
"sure, ok" i added.
"how are you getting back to reno?"
"i have no idea at the moment" i smiled at myself for the ridiculous situation all of this had become. ryan was right, all of my dreams were never going to be anything except dreams.
"i will drive you" kendall offered
i laughed at him.
"kendall its an 8 hour drive"
"yeah thats cool, i got time on my hands at the moment" he gave me a forced smile.
"can i stay here tonight?" i asked.
"course" he replied.
we spent the evening watching old nicholas cage movies. we didnt talk about the last few days. we just chatted about anything but.
"so tomorrow i will be back to paisley prince" i laughed
"what do you mean?" kendall looked at me puzzled.
"petrelli isnt my real name, my crazy agent made me take it on, she said it will advertise my italian look before anyone had even seen me" i chuckled at the memory.
"really?" kendall laughed to himself "paisley prince has a good ring to it too" he added
"yeah i preferred prince" i admitted "the things you do for fame huh"
kendall sighed "yup" he shook his head "i wonder where kacey is?"
"i dunno... she was so normal before we came here, it was like she changed overnight" i rolled my eyes at the thought of kacey delta.
"cmon, bed time i think" kendall checked the time then lifted me over his shoulder like a fireman would and carried me up the stairs.
i screamed out a laugh. "put me down" i joked
he did put me down on his bed.
"bathroom is through there if you need it" he pointed to his ensuite with a smile on his face
i just looked at kendall thoughtfully. then he clicked his door shut as he left and i heard his foot steps go down the stairs.
the next morning i woke up and kendall had prepared a massive breakfast. he must of been awake for hours preparing all of it.
"eat up" he said "we have a long drive ahead of us later"
"thanks" i replied. i couldnt rememeber the last time i ate properly.
"how do you feel about seeing sheriden today? you didnt mean what you said yesterday to james did you" i asked.
kendalls face fell
"i think its best if i stay away from her. james is right i dragged all this up, if i hadnt of gotten carried away with my own issues then sheriden would be still at home doing her own thing. instead of stuck in that hospital "
"kendall you cant think like that" i protested his reasons.
"it will be fine" he said with a fake smile.
i knew it wouldnt be. i wish kendall didnt have the feelings he had for sheriden.
we got to the hospital just before 10am, sheriden was still asleep when kendall went in. already his tears had started just looking at her. he had to step out the room .
"i cant do this pais" he sobbed.
"you can, just do what you came to do. i know it looks bad but she is fine. okay" i gave him a smile then urged him back in the room.
i waited out side the room, i could hear voices now so i presumed sheriden was awake, but i couldnt work out what was being said.
after a few minutes the door opened. kendall spoke his last words to sheriden
"i love you. im sorry" .
his tears came so hard, i went to him and held him.
"shhh, cmon everything will be fine" i promised him.
i sat kendall down on a chair and talked him through what was going to happen
"right mister. we are going to get in that car and get on our road trip to reno. we are gonna stop off and get a huge pizza for dinner and find some shitty motel and get totally pissed okay.
kendall wiped his face. he smiled at me.
"thank you pais... for being here"
i just smiled back at him. his eyes looked beautiful even with the purple bruise that now tried to take over his face.
kendall grabbed my hand and kissed it.
i pulled him up.
"cmon, i need to get the rest of my stuff from the hotel and say bye to amberleigh."