Kalen's POV

I was shocked. I could tell by the look on Callie's face and the noise from the phone Logan had just yelled at her. She handed me the phone "Wants you." Was all she said before she collapsed on the couch and folded into a ball "He's so fmd ta mph…what was I timphin? Mph bif I blow it? I jmst med to swer…Omph mee gaf…" She mumbled of at least that's what I heard. I had a feeling it was something along the lines of 'He's so mad at me…what was I thinking? Why did I blow it? I just had to swear…oh my god.' After that it was all to muffled to hear.

I put the phone to my ear "Hello?" I asked thinking it was Logan wanting to know what Callie was so mad about

"KALEN! IS THAT REALY YOU!" I couldn't believe it. It was James.

"Oh. Hi James." I said. I didn't mean to sound as sad as I did.

"Yea. It's me…why do you sound so disappointed…It's me your big brother! You know the guy who sits with you when your sick and sings you personalized birthday songs!" He sounded like he was panicking.

"Sorry." I said.

"I don't want you to be sorry I want you to be happy."

"Then why did you leave to go to L.A. without telling me. How come that for the last Two years while I've been here I haven't heard from you? How come whenever I tried to call all I got was your voicemail?" I had tiers welling up in my eyes. I remembered the six months after I left. It wasn't that bad at first but after a few weeks communications got shorter and with more distance in between. After a while I gave up.

"Kalen…Please I never meant for this to happen. Just come out here for the summer like mom and dad planned and give me another chance! I will do anything."

"I gave you a second chance and a third when I cam back last summer and the summer before any you were to busy to pay any attention to me. It's like I don't even exist anymore James! I'm going to live with mom and dad for the summer.

"But Kalen!"

"NO! I'm not coming."

"Kalen mom and dad are getting worse. You know it to. Last time you visited they were worse than the time before. Please I wont be there to protect you."

"I can take care of myself James."

"Please… Kalen don't do this!"

I hung up. I didn't want him to change my mind.

"Kalen." I shot up. Christopher was right behind me.

"I'm not going to him." I said. I looked at him. He was the tallest out of the four of us but not as tall as James. When I first met him I had found him kind of intimidating. But he was just another lanky teen who's trying to get through his growth spurt.

"Kalen he's your brother." He looked at me and narrowed his eyes. Even though I knew he wouldn't hurt a fly I still felt myself squirm under his intimidating gaze.

"You don't understand." I mumbled.

"Just give him a chance." He said. I looked over to ware Callie had been sitting hoping she would take over. Her persuasion was yelling without logic so she was easier to ignore than Christopher. She wasn't there. "Ty took her into his room to calm her down."

I looked back up at him. "I can't just forgive him."

"You don't have to. You can try again and see if he grows on you at least then you have some kind of relationship with him. It's better than none. Trust me." He said.

That ticked me off. "HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S BETER? YOU HATE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY'S GUTS! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF YOUR BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN YEARS! SO DON'T YOU GO GIVING ME ADVICE ON HOW TO BOND WITH MY BROTHER!" I immediately regretted it. Christopher's eyes darkened in a way that made my heart skip about ten beats. "Christopher…I…I'm sorry." My eyes filled with tiers. "I…I didn't mean." Why had I said that? His family was off limits. We all knew that. I had just said the worst possible thing anyone can say to Christopher. "Please…I…I didn't mean-"

"Shut up." He mumbled.

"Chri-"

"I SAID SHUT UP! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID! I WAS TRYING TO HELP! I DIDN'T WANT YOUR FAMILY TO END UP LIKE MINE BUT IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANNA ******* TALK ABOUT THEN GO THE **** AHEAD! JUST COUNT ME OUT!" at this point he had tears in his eyes. And his voice had taken on a hostile tone I had never heard before. It made me want to hide and curl up and cry and die all at the same time. I looked at him fear obviously written across my face. I heard a door open. Christopher turned around to see Tyler and Callie standing there. He stomped passes them and into his room.

Kendall's POV

I couldn't believe it. What had happened that caused Kalen to be this mad at James. I thought back to a few years ago when Kalen and Logan's little sister Callie (I know confusing right?) left to go to this fancy international boarding school.

Flashback~

Me, Katie, James and Logan all walked to James's and Logan's adjoining back yards (One of the reason Kalen and Callie had become fast friends). Carlos was gone visiting family so that's why he still had no idea about Kalen.

"JAMIE YOU MADE IT!" Kalen ran over and Tackle/hugged James. She was the only one aloud to call him Jamie and live. Same with Callie and her nickname for Logan (Logie).

"I couldn't miss my little sister's going away party now could I? Not when I'm going to miss her and be unable to talk to her for a whole school year? Are you sure you want to go?"

"Positive. This is our big opportunity to go to any Art school I want on a full ride!" She high fived Callie.

"I so can't wait! Hay Kalen you think there are any cute boys up in Canada?" Callie asked. We had all come I saw James and Logan both pale. I burst out laughing and Kalen rolled her eyes. She still had no interest in boys beyond friendship (To James's utter delight).

"Logan if your sister gets my sister to start liking boys I swear I will kill her."

"Yeah how about you just knock the hormones out of her." He said.

"Works for me."

"Come on guys lets have them open their presents." Katie usurer us over to the table ware a few people had put parting gifts. "This ones from us." Katie handed Kalen her gift. She shook it and listened.

"Just open it." James told her.

"Bet you twenty bucks it has to do with my IPod." She dared him.

"I'll take that bet." He stuck out his hand and they shook. She opened the present and showed him that it was indeed a new case for her IPod.

"Pay up." she stuck out her hand and he dropped the twenty into her palm.

"You got lucky now what do you say."

She turned to Katie and I. "Thank you Kenny-Kun and Kat-Chan!" She pulled us both into a hug.

"Callie this one is yours." Kaitie said. She smiled at her and ripped open the packaging to find a shiny red top and matching skirt.

"OOOHH I LOVE IT!" she yelled.

"How short is it?" Logan grabbed it and held it up to her. The skirt came down to her knees and the shirt covered everything.

"It's OK you can trust us." I assured him. Honestly my mom and Katie had done all the shopping so I hadn't known what to expect.

"I'm kidding." Logan said. I shot a look at Callie who started to laugh.

"He is so not kidding!" She squealed. "Thanks guys."

"Alright this one is from us." Logan's mom handed one box to Callie and another to Logan. They looked at each other obviously confused and they opened the boxes at the same time

"OH MY GOD!" They both yelled. They reached in and pulled out brand new Blackberries. Logan's was white and Callie's was black.

"We thought that you could use international coverage now that Callie will be overseas."

"Thanks Mom, thanks Dad!" they said simultaneously.

"Oh. Kalen I almost forgot!" Kendal reached into his pocked and pulled out a five dollar bill. "Babysitting Money."

"You only owe me two bucks."

"Mom only had a five."

"Pay me back when I visit this summer."

"If your sure."

"Girls." James and Logan called their sisters. They turned to look at them.

"Time for our presents." Logan grabbed Callie and James grabbed Kalen.

"Drum role please!" Katie and I patted our legs with our hands. Kalen and Callie took the gifts and opened them slowly. Reveiling two old yet nearly perfect computers. "Logan and I replaced ours a few months ago and were trying to figure out what to do with the old ones."

"So we wiped the hard drives and reinstalled all the software as well as added on your email and Skype accounts so we can talk more often."

"THANK YOU!" both girls ran forward and tackle/hugged their respective brother.

End Flashback~

"Dude what happened?" I asked him. The girls were suppose to visit each summer for like a month for Junior High and then the full summer for High school. That was two years ago when they were going into seventh and we were going into eighth grade.

"I-I-I don't know…" he confessed.

"I'll tell you what I bet happened." Logan spoke up for the first time since handing over the phone. "You ignored her when they came home for their month after eighth grade. But we both had to since we had that huge tournament coming up for hockey. We both promised to make it up to them and I did the next summer. You didn't."

"What are you talking about I-"

"Hung out with her at night somewhat while throughout the day you were always either with us and the girls hanging out in a group or with your girlfriend at the time who you were obsessed with."

James collapsed on the couch as what Logan told him sunk in and realization hit him. "Oh my god…what have I done?" then he broke down and cried. I looked up at Carlos who seemed dumfounded. James had mentioned his sister before but Carlos had never met her so he had probably forgotten about her. But Logan kept in touch with Callie so he knew about her.

I think it was time for him to get the full story. "Carlos." I called he turned to me. "Come on I'll explain." I lead him into our shared room. "Okay. So you obviously know Katie."

"Yea of course."

"And you know about Callie."

"Yea. Logan's sister who I've never met and never heard anything negative about…you know until…"

"Yea…actually that's the first time I've ever heard him yell at her either. But now I want you to think back to before we left. Do you remember someone by the name of Kalen? James and Logan and Katie would always mention her a lot."

"You mean Katie's Baby sitter…Logan's sister's best friend…and OH I REMEMBER NOW!"