A/N: I know what you guys are probably thinking...yep, another late update.

To be fair, I AM including this week's shout outs though, plus, school's hectic what with the end of the year only 9 days away...

Anyways, since I'm short on time I'm only including last week's reviews...if you only favd and/or alerted I still thank you but...srry, no shout outs this time.

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Despite all the chaos going on in my life right now, you guys are the reason I keep writing at all, you're awesome you guys!

Cheers,

Franshes

Ch. 40: Big Time Shooting

Kendall woke up feeling cold, tired, miserable, and wet for he'd cried himself to sleep, his pillow a sad evidence for it.

He got up at and walked, dragging his feet, forcing himself to move forwards towards the bathroom, fighting the ache in his chest.

He splashed some water in his face and that's when he took a proper look at himself in the mirror.

His eyes were puffy and red from crying. His nose was pink and his hair all tussled and messed up.

He looked terrible.

'Look at me' Kendall thought 'I'm hideous, it's no wonder someone as gorgeous as James doesn't want me'

Fighting back more tears and his anxiety, he managed to throw on some clothes and head out, trying to look as unaffected as possible.

"Morning!" Logan greeted with a smile.

Kendall smiled weakly at him.

"So what are our plans for today?" he asked him "Where are Carlos and-and James?"

"They went out to get our breakfasts since Mama Knight and Katie had to leave early for San Diego and James told us not to wake you up- that you were very tired 'cause you'd gone to bed late last night- how come? You came up the apartment LONG before Carlos and I did and we didn't see you for the rest of the night…"

Kendall sighed and decided to be honest with Logan.

"James and I broke up last night…" he said.

"What?" Logan exclaimed "Oh Kendall…I'm sorry…"

"I'm going to be okay," Kendall said "And maybe James is right…maybe this IS for the best,"

"If you say so," Logan said, smiling sympathetically at his friend "Are you guys going to announce your break up today while shooting the commercial or on the Pop Tiger interview later today?"

"No," said Kendall, shaking his head "Too much drama in too little time…we'll just let our fans think we're still together, at least for some time, before announcing the break up…"

"And you both agree with this?" Logan asked, eyebrows raised.

"Well…James and I haven't really talked since the whole…break up deal but…I'm sure he'll agree with me once I explain things to him,"

"You might want to talk with him now," said Logan, looking at his phone "'Cause Carlos just texted me they're in the Lobby right now…"

Kendall tried to ignore the nervous butterflies in his stomach as he thought about the possibility of seeing James again, even if he wasn't his now.

As if on cue, Carlos and James entered the apartment carrying bags that smelled suspiciously of doughnuts and coffee.

"Thanks babe, you're a life saver," Logan said, taking his breakfast from Carlos and pulling him in for a quick kiss.

"Thanks James," Kendall said, smiling weakly at his ex-boyfriend.

"Hey, no problem," James said softly "Still friends right?"

"Right…" Kendall repeated, fighting the urge to cry "Speaking of which…we really shouldn't let the media find out about our break up…you heard Griffin, we don't need any more drama for a while…I say we just pretend-for the camera's sake…"

"So…we fake-date for the press?" James asked "Alright, if it's what you want, although I can't say I'm thrilled by that idea Kendall. Lies…they only get you in more trouble in the end…we both should've learned that by now…"

"Let's not talk about that okay?" Kendall said, avoiding James' gaze because he was sure if he saw James' heartbroken expression he'd break down as well and he couldn't…he wouldn't…he was the leader. He had to stay strong.

"Guys? Commercial? Let's talk about this later shall we? For now, we have to hurry!" Carlos said, gulping down his breakfast. The other three quickly copied him and hurried to a nearby Plaza where the commercial would be filmed.

They arrived at the scene and were amazed to see almost everything was ready. Lights were placed everywhere. Extras were in their places and everything was set.

Kelly hurried the guys into their positions.

"Okay, so remember your lines, we're advertising Griffin's new green-cups got it? Katie got it into his head to make all his products eco-friendly so now we have to advertise his whole line of eco-friendly products, starting with the cups now smile…"

"Um…who are they?" Logan asked, looking strangely at a group of people all holding posters and banners and staring at the four guys as though they were some sort of disease, with expressions of the utmost loathing.

Kelly seemed rather nervous by this question.

"Just-don't mind them…" she said.

"Homos are Satan's spawn!" a man yelled "They're the cause of society's degeneration!"

The four guys' expressions turned into equal masks of hurt upon hearing what the man shouted.

"Don't mind him," Kelly kept saying "Just ignore him. All of them. They'll go away eventually…"

"Fags ought to be burned alive!" another one shouted "The world would be a better place without them!"

"Why are they so mean?" Carlos whispered, taking Logan's hand, his eyes sparkling with tears "We haven't done anything to them…"

"Kelly's right…" said Logan, giving Carlos' hand a reassuring squeeze "We shouldn't mind them, c'mon…"

"God created man and woman, being gay isn't normal," a woman said coldly "And this is what our children see every day? What they'll imitate!"

The guys did their best to ignore the crowd raging insults at them and continued with the commercial. They were half-way done when everything went wrong.

Horribly wrong.

From the crowd, a hooded man pushed his way to the front shouting enraged

"Take this you faggots, sons of Lucifer!" and he pulled out a gun from underneath his cloak and pulled the trigger pointing it at the guys.

James had only seconds to react before he pushed Kendall out of the way, the bullet penetrating him instead, right through his chest.

"JAMES!" Kendall yelled anguished as James fell, injured. Kendall managed to catch him before he hit the ground.

Kelly and Gustavo screamed for help and police officers immediately intervened at the scene, making the situation that much more chaotic and yet Kendall didn't notice any of that.

He could only see James' shirt which had previously been white turn darker shades of red as James continued to bleed out.

"No James," Kendall said, tears running down his face "No, don't this to me, don't die on me James, hold on, please, help is on the way, hold on, please, hold on…"

"Ken-dall," James managed to rasp out and Kendall was horrified to see blood coming out of James' mouth as well.

"Shh, shh, don't talk, you're going to be okay, you're going to be alright..." he said, caressing James' hair.

Weakly, James managed to shake his head a little.

"Don't be stupid Jamie, of course you'll be alright, don't give up!" Kendall said, growing more agitated as the seconds ticked by, James became paler, and his breathing shallower and still no help arrived.

"Love you," James managed to whisper out "I'm sorry," before he allowed darkness to overcome him.

"No James! Don't do this to me! Don't die!" Kendall cried anguished "Don't die James! Don't die love! I love you! Please, don't leave me, please!"

But James didn't answer him...

A/N: So...bet that if you guys didn't ALREADY hate me for the break-up you hate me now? No? Yes? Lol. The answer's probably yes. Anyways review and let me know what you think...I'm thinking about next chapter being the last chapter 'cause I feel people have sort of lost interest in this fic 'cause it's so long but if you guys want me to keep going I will, just let me know.

Anyways, review!

See you all next weekend (NOTE: I no longer say Friday 'cause of school...I'm never sure if I'll actually be able to update on Friday but definitely by next weekend...)

Cheers,

Franshes