A/N: Hey, guys, so I was reading some of your comments at lunch today, and you all seemed really excited, so I thought I'd update just for you :)
Chapter 16: "If I told you something..."
"Where's Jo?" Kendall asked for what must have been at least the tenth time "She's been gone all day!"
"Maybe she just needed some time to herself," Logan said "remember when my dad died?" Logan's father had been in a car accident when he was 13 years old, about to start middle school. The other guys had been all excited about the first day back, but Logan had been quiet and closed up for the whole week. James, Carlos and Kendall learned later that, that night, Logan and his mother had gone to visit him in the hospital, to find that the doctors predicted he wouldn't make it through the night. The next morning when they got the call, Logan had stayed home taking care of his mum all day.
"And mine," Kendall muttered, and Logan nodded silently; no one had mentioned Kendall's dad, or his passing, since James had suggested his as a baby name over a year ago; Kendall was so close to his dad, and none of the guys could bear to upset him by talking about it, so they just let Kendall open up to them whenever he wanted to.
"Is there gonna be a funeral?" Carlos asked suddenly from the couch.
"Carlos!" James and Logan scolded him, hitting him in the chest from either side.
"No, he's right, guys," Kendall mused "I should ask Jo what she wants." there was a few moments of silence, while Kendall paused in his pacing, staring at a spot on the floor, thinking "If I told you something," he said slowly "would you help me with it, and not make fun of me?"
"Dude," James smiled "we're your best friends, we're gonna make fun of you, anyway, so shoot," Kendall sighed.
"I wanna propose to Jo," he heard Logan gasp and choke as James thumped his back.
"Propose to her?" Carlos repeated.
"Yeah," Kendall said "I want us to get married," he glanced at Logan, who was wearing a disapproving glare, and he folded his arms as Kendall turned to talk to him. "I know it's sudden, but I really wanna show her that, even though she's lost her her freedom, her childhood, and now her dad, that she'll always have me, that I'll never leave her for as long as she'll have me."
"You're only nineteen!" Logan protested, standing up.
"I know," Kendall told him "but I'm almost twenty, so is Jo, and Lacey's getting older; I want her to grow up knowing that her parents weren't just two people who made a mistake-"
"She won't think that! You-" Logan interrupted.
"I know, but this way she'll know we're a real family." he continued and Logan sat back down on the couch.
"So, when are you planning to drop this bombshell on her?" Logan asked, and Kendall sighed.
"Logan, please don't be mad! I know you don't approve, but I really need you, all of you," he looked at the other two "on my side."
"Fine!" Logan huffed.
"Thanks, man!" Kendall smiled "I wanna do it tomorrow," he told them.
"OK," James clapped his hands and rubbed them together, standing up "then we gotta get you a ring!" he grabbed Kendall's arm and began to drag him out of the apartment "you two coming?" he called back.
"Someone's gotta take care of Lacey," Logan replied, raising and eyebrow at Kendall.
"Oh, right! Sorry!" he called "Thanks, guys! So," he turned to James "where to first?"
"Lucy," he proceeded to stride down the hallway to the elevators "she'll know what to get, and I haven't seen her all day," he winked, and Kendall chuckled as James stepped out of the elevator, striding up to the girls' apartment and knocking on the door "Hey!" he greeted Camille as she opened the door "Is Lucy in?"
"Sure," she replied, turning to call into the apartment "Lucy! James is here! You know Jo's here, right?" she told Kendall "you wanna see her?"
"He'll see her soon," James cut Kendall off as he opened his mouth to speak "Lucy!" James smiled as his girlfriend emerged from the apartment "Could we borrow you for a couple hours?"
"Uh, yeah, sure," she gave Camille an uncertain look as she pecked James' cheek. "Where are we going?" she hissed to Kendall, who shrugged as James bid Camille goodbye and led the way down the hall and into a deserted corridor.
"Kendall wants to propose to Jo tomorrow," James said frankly, and Kendall felt himself go red "so; we need your help picking a ring?"
"No, it's OK, Lucy really. It was a dumb idea, forget it," he babbled, but Lucy held up a hand to stop him.
"Shut up," she said bluntly "it's a good idea, now, let's go." she led the way back to the elevators, down to the lobby and out to the parking lot, where James unlocked Mrs Knight's rental car, and they all piled in , Kendall somewhat reluctantly.
"You're gonna need these," she handed James and Kendall a pair of sunglasses and a hat each as they pulled into the shopping centre parking lot. "People are gonna recognize you."
"Who wouldn't recognize the face?" James pulled his signature face, complete with hand gestures, and Lucy smiled.
"I didn't recognize it at first," she said "anyway, we gotta head straight to the jewellery store, get what we what, then get out, we don't want this getting out into the media,"
"But I don't know what I want!" Kendall said.
"Then, you're gonna have to decide quickly, aren't you?" Lucy led the way into the building and straight into the jewellery shop,"OK," she turned to James and Kendall "You two stay here, look at watches or something, and I'll show you different rings, and once you've picked one, Kendall, I'll come over and you hand me the money so I can pay,"
"And what do I do?" James asked.
"You stand here and look pretty," Lucy replied, winking before turning on her heal and marching to the ring shelf.
"Well, I can look pretty," James replied, flipping his hair as Kendall sighed.
"Come on!" Lucy hissed, coming over to Kendall and James "Make up your mind! I must have picked up at least a dozen rings! The chick thinks I'm nuts!"
"I'm sorry!" Kendall whispered "None of them look right! Maybe I should go and look," he pulled his hat firmly in his head, and adjusted the reading glasses Lucy had given him for inside, and made his way to the glass covered shelf, gazing down at the rings.
"Excuse me," he flagged down the shop assistant, "could I take a better look?" the assistant nodded curtly and opened the cabinet, muttering something like, "Let me know when you're done," before stalking back to her desk and disappearing behind her computer screen.
"Pick a winner?" James asked after ten more minuted.
"No!" Kendall sighed "None of them are right! They don't feel perfect, like, you know when you first kissed Lucy, and you knew she was the one?" James nodded "And you felt on top of the world? Like nothing could ever bring you down?" he nodded again "That's what it should feel like, but none of these do,"
"What about this?" James asked, holding up a gold ring with diamonds inlaid in pearl around the band.
"James," Kendall breathed, his stomach doing backflips as he tried to keep his voice steady.
"What? Is it wrong? Oh, sorry man, I'll put it back—"
"No!" Kendall croaked "It's perfect,"
"I know," James smirked "I was just testing you,"
"Yeah, sure," Kendall smiled "now, give it here," James did so, and Kendall felt his stomach pinwheel, and a huge grin spread across his face.
"How do you plan to pay for this?" James asked closing the cabinet.
"With my last pay check," Kendall replied, handing over the ring at the counter, and taking out his wallet.
"Excellent choice," the worker said dully, putting the ring into a box and charging it to Kendall's credit card.
"Have a nice evening!" James called cheerfully to the worker, who rolled her eyes as Kendall smirked.
"Finally!" Lucy said when they found her by some punk-rock clothing shop, looking at ripped leggings. "So, let me see!" she said, and Kendall opened the box, smiling as she gasped. "Kendall, that's amazing! She's gonna love it! Pearl's her birth stone!"
"I know," Kendall smiled sheepishly.
"What do you mean you know?" James asked "I know!" I picked it!"
"Why would you listen to James?" Lucy asked jokingly "he has no sense of style!" James let out a little shriek.
"No sense of style?" he cried "I'll give you no sense of style!" he growled at he advanced upon her, grabbing her around the waist and making her shriek, then instantly put her hand over her mouth, were James kissed it.
"Ugh!" Kendall groaned "Do you two have to do that here?"
"Sorry," James chuckled, taking Lucy's hand and leading her to the car.
A/N: Short chapter, I know, but I gave up homework for this, so be grateful :) Also I feel like I'm kinda going birth, death, marriage if that makes sense so tell me if its shitty, I don't mind :)