Title: Picture Perfect Memories With BTR
Summary: Well, it's the most cliched thing to do...but I'm doing it. Do you want a one-shot with one of the BTR boys? Then it's your lucky day! *Sign up sheet and whatnot inside*
Genre: Friendship, Romance
Rating: T, just in case
Picture Perfect Memories With BTR
5. seventyeightviolet: Sweet Dreams
Summary for "Sweet Dreams" - Kendall has a girlfriend; Jo. She makes him happy. She is wonderful, beautiful. She is everything he needs - and more. So...why can't he get Scarlett Chambers (OC) out of his mind? Kendall/Scarlett, some Kendall/Jo.
He pushed her against the wall forcefully, but it was obvious to see that she didn't mind. In an instant, his mouth was on hers, and he found himself foretting everything - that he had a girlfriend, that she had a boyfriend, that they obviously were cheating on their boyfriend and girlfriend with one another. As they passionately kissed, all of his sorrows, his worries, his life...it all vanished. All he could think about was her. All he could feel was her. All he wanted, needed was her.
In his mind, his girlfriend, Jo, didn't exsist. In his mind, her boyfriend, Darrell, didn't exsist.
His hands came up to touch her beautiful locks, and he twisted the light brown strands that looked like melted chocolate in his hands. He tugged them back playfully, and she laughed against his lips. It was hard right now to imagine how harsh and blunt she could be at times towards not only him, but others as well.
He whispered her name against her ear, and was satisfied to see that she shuddered, her lips trembling against his.
Slowly, he used his tongue to pry her lips open, and then his tongue went into the moist cavern of her mouth. Her body trembled; her hands came up to his hair, and her fingers tangled themselves into his dirty blond locks, her back arching...
Kendall jerked up in bed, sweat marking his brow as he panted loudly, looking wildly about the room. That dream...it had been occurring for many nights, ever since the day he had seen her, Scarlett Chambers - or "Cello," as she wanted to be called for some reason unknown. Apparently, she had come from Texas, though this was rather obvious since her accent was, obviously, Southern.
The minute he had laid eyes on her, he had been deeply attracted. But, of course, someone as pretty as her had to have a boyfriend, and said boyfriend was a boy named Darrell Thomas. He was huge, and taller than Kendall by a few inches. Obviously - Kendall was scared of him.
But it wasn't only Darrell that kept Kendall away from Scarlett, it was also Jo who kept him away. Jo...Kendall's girlfriend.
Now, don't get him wrong, Kendall liked Jo. She made him happy. She was wonderful, beautiful. She was everything he needed - and more. But Scarlett...she pulled her towards him - not physically, of course. But, still, there was something that drew him towards her. Something in her shocking gold eyes that Kendall couldn't help but respond to.
And so, the dreams started the night after he had seen her.
The dreams weren't exactly the same, but rather identical. He was always kissing her. She was always kissing him. He always made the first move. She was never submissive. These dreams shaked Kendall to the bone...but he didn't seem to mind.
Idly, he wondered if Scarlett felt the same way he did. Maybe...maybe not. After all, she did seem happy with her boyfriend, Darrell. Yet she was always throwing him some dark, meaningful glances. It seriously threw him off-kilter, and made him wonder if she actually perfered Darrell over himself. He wasn't sure if he perfered Jo over Scarlett, and this wasn't a good thing.
Feeling attracted to someone who wasn't your girlfriend was bad. After all, Jo gave him everything he wanted, everything he needed. She was sweet, and nice, and wonderful, and never treated him as harshly as Scarlett sometimes did. So...why did he have these weird dreams of himself and Scarlett getting together behind their respective boyfriend/girlfriend's backs?
Kendall didn't understand - and part of him didn't want to.
She was staring at him again. In same intense way she always did. The intense way that made his toes curl, his back straighten, his eyes narrow. But then she turned, smiled at Darrell, and kissed him soundly on the lips. Kendall's hands fisted themselves at his sides, and his tall frame shook. He forced himself to look away, towards Jo, and simply smile when she asked him if he was feeling fine.
"Yeah, Jo. I'm feeling alright." He leaned down and pecked her lips.
He felt Scarlett's eyes bore into his face. He could feel her anger and jealousy, and couldn't stop himself from smirking. Jo never noticed, though; she never truly noticed. Darrell didn't, either. Simply laughed and teased about the PDA Kendall and Jo always seemed to have.
Kendall laughed and teased him about the PDA Scarlett and Darrell always seemed to have, and saying how he wanted to throw up whenever they did so.
He wasn't joking.
"Why are you always teasing me...?" He whispered in her ear, nibbling the lobe.
She shuddered, arched her back. Didn't answer. He knew that she wouldn't answer this question - ever. It never stopped him from asking, though. In these dreams, she never said anything, even though he did.
"Minx..." He whispered once more, his fingers coming under her shirt and gently grazing the skin there. Once more, she shuddered, arched her back. A hiss left her lips, and she kissed his neck. He bit his lip, fisting the fabric of her skirt and pulling -
Scarlett and Kendall were lounging near the pool; for the first time in a long time alone. No Darrell or Jo in sight. In fact, Kendall's friends - Logan, Carlos and James - weren't around either; they were still sleeping in the apartment. It was dark out, and no one was around. Kendall didn't fully remember through his sleepy haze when Scarlett had joined him.
He had woken up from another of his dreams - one that had almost gotten very explicit - and walked downstairs and into the pool area, and sometime later, Scarlett had shown up. He never said anything to her; she never said anything to him.
The two simply sat in blissful silence, simply staring up at the stars from their respective lawn chairs...until Scarlett got off of hers and laid down on top of him. Out of instinct, Kendall wrapped his arms around her waist, and they went back to star-gazing in complete silence.
It was weird how natural this whole thing seemed; like they were a couple, like they had done this before, like there was nothing wrong with him being so intimately together this way; her on top of him, him holding her close to his chest. It was very wrong - something that they shouldn't be doing, but Kendall wished they could've been doing something more than just him holding her on top of him.
Kendall wished they were kissing; Kendall wished they were together; Kendall wished that Darrell and Jo were completely out of the picture.
Of course, one never always got their way.
"You know, I think I may just love you." He told her seriously.
She said nothing, only smiled up at him, as if she was silently telling him that she had known this little secret all along, but simply never wanted to tell him - or she simply couldn't. This frustrated him greatly, and so he leaned over and kissed her passionately.
Of course, like always, she responded. Kissed him back equally as passionately, if not more.
He fisted her hair, and dipped her down low, keeping his lips attached with hers; not wanting to ever let her go.
...it sucked how he could only have her properly in his dreams...
Kendall couldn't help himself when he saw them - Scarlett and Darrell - kissing; he turned his face away and glared down at his hands. And Logan, being Logan, caught this action almost immediately.
"Dude - don't tell me." He said in a horrified voice, as if Scarlett was his sister twice removed or something. James and Carlos stopped bickering and turned over to look at them - wow; out of all the times to stop fighting, they chose a moment such as this one? Kendall was glad that Jo wasn't around to hear what just might happen between him and his three friends next.
"What are you talking about, Logan?" Asked James, raising an eyebrow.
Logan barely glanced over at him. "Don't tell me that you actually like Scarlett! You both have significant others, Kendall - you do know that, right? Plus, Jo is much better than Scarlett. I mean, Scarlett's a nice girl an' all, but she's just as scary as Camille at times!" He cautioned him. Kendall's knuckles turned white, and for the first time, he seriously wanted to punch Logan's face in.
"Don't talk about Scarlett that way, Logan. She's not all that bad, y'know. And I realize that we have "significant others," Logan, which is why I'm trying my best to stay away from her." Kendall said to his friend in a low voice. James and Carlos were shocked at what Logan had just said, and all they did was stare at the bickering friends with eyes wide open and mouths agape. Apparently, they all didn't really like Scarlett too much. Why? Kendall had absolutely no idea.
But he didn't care.
He got up and, not even listening to his friends, walked away from them. He felt her eyes on him the whole time, and quite frankly, for some reason, this angered him greatly. It was like she knew what was going on, but could care less.
"I love baseball." She told him one night, when they were lounging on a lawn chair at night time. No one was around, and she was sitting atop him like usual. Every night this happened; he'd get up from a dream and come down to the Palm Woods' pool, lay down in a lawn chair and soon enough, Scarlett would show up and sit right on him, and he'd wrap his arms securely around her.
"Yeah?" He murmured. She nodded her head, almost smacking him in the face. Kendall let out a chuckle.
"Yeah. It's really...exhilarating. I love baseball, though I don't play much of it. It's still fun to watch and play, though," She giggled then, "And stealing bases is pretty tricky, but completely worth it." He laughed with her, though they both knew that wasn't really that funny.
"I love hockey." He whispered in her ear, and smiled when she shivered.
"Yeah?" Scarlett murmured in amusement.
"Yeah. Just like baseball is exhilarating for you, it's exhilarating for me. I love it. Playing is better than watching, though. And body slams, while not tricky, are still fun. Though when you yourself get body slammed...it hurts like a mother." They both laughed at that, and Kendall felt his heart soar, knowing that she was laughing at something he had said.
"I've got a little sister, Katie," He told her after a moment's pause, "She annoys me at times, but I love her and would do anything for her, along with my mom. We're a rather small family after my dad..." Kendall trailed off, but then continued, "But, nevertheless, we're a close family, and at the end of the day, I'm glad my dad's not around."
Silence. There was complete silence.
Kendall hoped she wouldn't ask about his dad; if he was alive or not, if he left his mom or not. He didn't want to speak about him to anyone, not even Scarlett. It was something only him and his three best friends knew - he wasn't thinking about telling Jo anymore, like he had before. He wanted to tell Scarlett, but perhaps after wards, if they started to grow more closer than this.
"I'm an only child. I've got a mom and dad, Courtney and John. They're rather protective of me, and they don't really like Darrell too much. But I love them a lot, and you know, I think they'd like you a lot if you ever met them properly rather me just telling you about them." He nodded his head, glad that she didn't ask about his dad, but wondering: would he ever meet her parents not as her friend, but as her boyfriend? Would she ever forget about Darrell and just...break up with the guy? Would he break up with Jo for her?
He didn't want to be so mean to Jo, though. Sure, he always thought about kissing Scarlett, holding her intimately. In his dreams, he cheated on Jo without a second thought, his emotions the only thing to guide him, but reality was far more different. He wanted to let her down gently, but also continue to be friends with Jo. After a few months or so, he'd get together with Scarlett (after she, hopefully, would break up with Darrell) and then everything would be fine and dandy. He didn't want guilt to crowd him; never wanted to be the "mean guy" in the story who cheated on his girlfriend with some girl.
"You're lucky that you've got a little sister, you know?" Scarlett giggled, "I always wanted a little sister or brother all my life. It gets lonely when you're an only child."
Kendall laughed, trying to get his mind off of what he had been currently thinking about. "Oh please, Cello. Having a younger sibling isn't all it's cracked up to be. They're annoying, try to get you in trouble, and are always getting into your business uninvited. It's not fun. I'm jealous of you, having no younger brother or sister who bothers you night and day, rain or shine."
The two of them started laughing, and began arguing about whether or not having a younger sibling was a good thing or not.
It was strange how, sometimes, she completely annoyed him, while, other times, like this one right here, he couldn't help but feel drawn to her. Attracted to her when he shouldn't be, because she has a boyfriend and he has a girlfriend and they are very happy with them, yet Kendall - and maybe even Scarlett feels this way - feels something missing when he's with his girlfriend.
And something that was missing is, without a doubt in his mind, Scarlett.
"Don't go into the tall grass." She murmured teasingly in his ear, something she always said, and suddenly, there was tall grass everywhere.
Her laughs seemed to be coming from every single direction, and he looked here and there wildly, trying to find where they were truly coming from. Footsteps came from behind him, and he turned around quickly. There was nothing there.
Frowning, he looked around once more, but found not even a single thing.
"Where are you hiding?" He yelled loudly. His response was a single, teasing laugh. This angered him, and he playfully looked around for her. His blood singed in his veins, his heart thumped in his chest, his breaths came out in short, quick pants that were the only things he could hear now.
And then, suddenly, something tackled him from behind. Not hard enough to make him fall on his face, but hard enough for him to stumble forward a few steps.
"Boo." She whispered into his ear, wrapping her arms around his neck and jumping atop his back, her legs wrapping themselves around his waist. She fit snuggly behind him, and he placed his hands under her knees, walking through the tall grass, feeling contentment washing through him.
In reality, it was like they could never be together. His friends didn't like her; he had Jo; she had Darrell; there were so many things that kept them apart.
In his dreams, however, they were inseparable, free to do whatever they wanted to, whenever they wanted to. Everyone else be damned. In his dreams, everything was wonderful; life was wonderful.
Kendall realized that he wanted to stay here, with Scarlett, in his dreams, forever.
But nobody always got what they wished - well, dreamed in Kendall's case, for. At least he could enjoy this dream for tonight - he'd figure out what to do to make Scarlett his later on in life, in reality.
Silent Knight: *hides behind computer* Sorry for making it so...un-kiddish, guys. This truly went above and beyond K+, did it not? But I tried my best to keep it at T and not escalate it to M. Hopefully you guys don't think it was wrong of me to do so, but Kendall's a teenage boy, so of course he'd have some sort of "fantasy" with Scarlett, right! Right?
Anywho, seventyeightviolet, I hope you enjoyed reading this, and didn't mind that this was so different from my other writing styles. Y'know, the whole choppy scenes, choppy dreams, sort of thing that I did in this one that I didn't do with the others.
Review, request, anything. I'll appreciate it. =)
Until next time!
Silent Knight over and out!