Sadie and I spend the remainder of September apartment hunting. Thankfully, it wasn't that hard. We were able to find a place no too far from Kendall's that happened to be right in our price range. We had flown out to see the apartment, and fell in love with it. We ended up putting down the deposit that weekend. The beginning of October was spent with a lot of packing. I never realized how much stuff I had until it was sitting in boxes. I still had enough clothes to last until we officially left, but I was starting to feel like whenever I packed one box, I found enough stuff to fit three more. Mom agreed to let me keep some stuff at her house and told me I could get it once we got settled. Me wanting to move hit Mom pretty hard. She knew it was coming, she just didn't know how soon. My older brother had moved out years ago, and my older sister had moved out just last year. I had to remind her that I'd be 21 in a few months, and that most 21 year olds don't still live at home. I was her baby, so I understood why it was hard.

Kendall had told me he went through something similar. He warned me that Kathy came to visit him a lot because she missed him being at home. Kathy could come visit me all she wanted. I knew I was going to be homesick, and Kathy would be the perfect motherly figure to look after me. Plus, I knew Mom would be asking her to look after me anyway; making sure I was eating, making sure we could pay the bills, seeing if I needed anything. Basic mom job stuff.

Tour was finally over, and the boys were up in Canada filming the movie. We still talked everyday, and he would occasionally send me videos from set. I loved seeing him and the guys goofing off, and I couldn't wait to see him. Sadie and I were planning a trip up there, when we received a surprise in the mail. Although we yelled at them for it, we were thankful. Kendall and Carlos had put together an entire trip for us, paid for the plane tickets, and were paying for the hotel. They planned for us to stay two weeks, and we both fought it tooth and nail. We had received the surprise in the mail, and I called Kendall as soon as I got it.

"Kendall, while I appreciate this and am dying to see you, this is just too much."

"No, Soph, it's not. It's not nearly enough."

"It's more than enough. Besides, I can't imagine what this cost you."

"First of all, don't worry about the cost. Carlos paid for half since Sadie is coming. Second, money is not an object and I don't want you to worry about it, ever."

I gnawed on my lip. "Sweetheart, I love this, and I love you for it. But…" I paused, unsure how to continue. After a minute I said, "I don't want you to think that's why I'm with you."

Kendall was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

I rolled my eyes even though he couldn't see it. "Money, Kendall. I don't want you to think I'm with you because you're some big superstar."

He chuckled. "Honey, I know that you're anything but a gold digger. If I felt that way, I would talk to you about it, but I don't. I just wanted to show you how much I appreciate you, and that you don't always have to be the one to spend money so we can be together."

I knew I wasn't going to win this argument, so I let it go. It was nice to know that even with as busy as he was, he still wanted to see me. That was the one thing I loved about Kendall and our relationship. No matter how busy he was, no matter what he was doing, I mattered to him; I was important. All four boys were like that. They were the most down to earth guys I had ever met, and I loved spending time with them.

By mid October, Sadie and I were ready to move. All of our furniture was already in the apartment, some of our boxes were out there, and everything else was going when we got back from Canada. We had debated getting a rental car and moving some stuff next week, but we decided we wanted to spend some time with our boys.

"You know, it feels kind of weird calling Carlos 'my boy.'" Sadie looked at me as we waited to board the plane.

"Why?"

She shrugged. "Well, because technically, he's not. We've hung out a bunch, but we haven't made it official."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "I thought you guys had been together for a month now!"

Sadie shook her head. "Not yet. I want it to be official; I love being with him. But I don't want to be the one to do it. I wanna know that he cares, I want him to ask me."

"I'm sure he will. Maybe that's what this mini vacation is about for him. You know he paid for half of this right?"

"What?!"

I nodded. "Kendall told me that he had mentioned he wanted to see me, and Carlos suggested that he just fly me to Canada. He thought you'd enjoy being there as well, he told Kendall we're practically attached at the hip. They didn't want us to pay for anything, so Kendall is paying for half and Carlos paid the other half." Sadie stared at me, jaw dropped. "He likes you, Sadie. Kendall told me he could tell, and he thinks he was just looking for an excuse to see you again."

I could see the blush forming on her cheeks. We talked about the boys throughout our entire flight, and I could tell Sadie was excited to see Carlos. We had a layover in Denver and our flight ended up getting delayed a few hours. The guys had planned on picking us up at the airport but with the delay, they'd have to send a car to pick us up.

When we finally landed in Vancouver, we were exhausted. Kendall and Carlos weren't able to pick us up, and when I called Kendall to tell him we landed, he sounded upset. "I'm so sorry, babe. I really wanted to be there to pick you up."

"It's okay, sweetie, I understand. I'm kind of worn out anyway so I wanted to take a quick nap and freshen up before you see me. I feel gross."

"Well I'm sure you look amazing. Get some rest, Carlos and I will be over as soon as we can. I love you."

"I love you too. Call before you come over, I'm probably going to fall into a coma."

I heard him laugh before we said goodbye. We headed to the hotel to check in, and when we headed up to the room, I almost called Kendall to yell at him again. They had booked us one of the suites so Sadie and I had separate bedrooms. If I wasn't so tired, I would have headed over to set to kill him. But after the flight delay, the jet lag was starting to sink in. I laid my head on the pillow and instantly fell asleep.

A few hours later I could hear my phone ringing. I still didn't want to get up, but I knew I'd have to. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty. Fell better?" I grunted into my phone, letting him know I wasn't happy he had woken me up. "Well get up and get dressed. Carlos and I are coming to get you guys to go to dinner."

That was all the motivation I needed to get out of bed. I let Sadie know, and she was more than excited to get ready to see Carlos. We got dressed, did our makeup and hair, and were discussing how we were going to make Carlos ask her out when there was a soft knock on the door.

We both jumped up off the couch and ran to answer the door. Kendall and Carlos were standing in the doorway, each of them with a bouquet of flowers in their hands. We put the flowers in our makeshift kitchen and headed out to dinner. They took us to a nice romantic restaurant, and spent some time catching up. I snuck a peek over at Carlos and Sadie, who were not so discreetly holding hands. I figured they'd be a couple before the night was over.

Kendall grabbed my hand and pulled me out of my daze. "I'm so glad you're here."

I smiled at him. "Me too."

He got a smirk on his face, and I knew he was up to something. "You might not be so glad after this weekend."

I raised an eyebrow at him. "And why is that, my darling Kendall?"

"Well… my parents and older brother are coming to visit. I told them maybe they should come later since you're here, and they suggested we all do dinner. We're going out with them Saturday night."

I smacked him in the arm. "Kendall Schmidt how could you not tell me about this before? You're giving me a two day notice that I have to meet and impress your family?"

He smiled at me. "You've already won over Mom, so I'm sure Dad and Kevin will love you. Don't worry about impressing them, just be yourself. Everything will be fine, I promise."

I couldn't stop the giant knot that was forming in my stomach. Kendall was the most important thing to me, what if his family didn't like me? I hoped he was right that I had nothing to worry about. I still wasn't very pleased that he was only giving me two days to prepare. He was definitely going to suffer for that.