JO'S POV

As James was escorting me and Claire out of Rocque Records I heard Kendall shriek, "What?!"

I smiled. "So Claire, you released it?"

She grinned back. "Yes, Jo. He needed a bit more...convincing."

"My thoughts exactly." We walked down the street and parted ways when we reached the Palmwoods.

"I'll let you know what's going on later."

"Thanks, Claire." So it worked. Kendall was going to be mine again.

KENDALL'S POV

"Nononono. Gustavo, you have to do something!"

"Kendall, my hands are tied. What do you want me to do?"

I turned to plead my case to Kelly. "You're amazing with all this publicity stuff! You can fix it! Right? RIGHT?"

She shook her head sadly. "I really can't, Kendall. I'm so sorry."

"But...but-" Wow. I can't believe I didn't to better on my SAT's. "What about Mira? She looks like she's using me. And if I do go to that gala thing, then I'll look like a bad person who used her and then took Jo back."

Logan cringed. "Either way, you're both screwed."

I turned to him and gave him a look. "Well, thank you for that wonderful insight Captain fucking Obvious!" He backed away from me with his hands up in surrender. The guys know I kind of go insane when I'm pissed. Huh, kind of like Mira. We really are made for each other.

Mira put her hand on my shoulder. "Wait a minute. What if we say the girl in the picture was Jo? You can-" she took a deep breath, then finished, "You can FAKE date her...and nobody would know we were ever together."

"I would. And I don't wanna date Jo...I want you to be beside me at that party. Besides, you're a brunette, and Jo's blonde. How would we even pass that off?"

James came forward. "Well...actually you can't really see her hair in the picture. She's facing us, and your back is to the camera."

Mira bit her lip. "Can we try it?"

"Mira, are you sure you're ok with this? With me being with Jo?"

She gave me a small smile. "As long as you're still mine. If this will protect both of our careers...we have to do it."

I gave her a hug. "You're amazing, you know that?"

She smirked. "So I've been told."

MIRA'S POV

I can't believe this is all happening. I told Kendall I'm ok with it, but of course I'm not. Instead of recording, we did some damage control with the press. Kelly called PopTiger and told them that Kendall and I "have no affiliation except for our choice of recording studio". She explained to them that Jo was in the picture and I have never dated Kendall.

I blinked back tears when she said that. Kendall saw my reaction and gave me a tight hug. "It's just for them. You're still mine. Don't forget that, baby girl."

I nodded. "What about Grace and Sarah?"

Kelly hung up the phone and walked up to us. "They're fine because the immediate focus is on you two. Well, was. Now it's on Jo and Kendall again."

That's good. Spotlight's on Kendall...and Jo. But that's good. Oh who was I kidding? I was doing a really sucky job of convincing myself.

"Don't worry, Mira. It'll be over before you know it."

"I hope so, Kendall. I hope so."

*FRIDAY NIGHT*

"Mira? Miiiira..." Grace waved her hand in front of my face.

"What? Oh, sorry." I had been staring at the TV for the past 2 hours since Kendall and Jo had stepped out of the car. He looked amazing. She looked...meh. Well actually she looked pretty nice but I will never admit that out loud. All of the famous couples proceeded inside to the party. Of course the camera panned, but the main focus was on the two of them. Their "reunion" was the big story of the week.

I did get to see Sonia and James, though. I was so proud of my sister. She looked absolutely gorgeous in a classy, one-shoulder, floor length black dress. James was beaming because she was on his arm.

It had taken me a while to convince Sonia to let me go through with this. She was ready to march up to Jo's apartment as soon as I came home and told her. But I let her know that I was alright with it. Somewhat.

"Mira, let's do something. You have to stop sulking at the screen," Sarah told me. Grace, Sarah, and I were all hanging out in the apartment while Callie was out on a date with Ed. I hope he asks her to be his girlfriend soon. They've gone out every night of this week. Thanks to Jo, Sarah and Grace had to turn their guys down for fear of being plastered as users again. But Kelly was right; the attention had gone straight to Jo and Kendall. The press had eaten it up.

I took Sarah and Grace's advice and turned off the TV.

"Thank you!" they shouted together. I smiled at them. I have awesome best friends. The three of us went out to dinner and returned home around 10.

"So guys," I told them as I unlocked the door, "somehow we managed to make it through our first week in Hollywood!"

"Just barely," Grace muttered. "Stupid blonde..."

Callie greeted us from the couch with a huge smile plastered on her face. "Say hi guys!"

"Hi..." we all gave each other funny looks. What the hell is wrong with her?

"YOU JUST SAID HI TO ED SHEERAN'S GIRLFRIEND!"

"Yay! Ohmygosh that's so awesome!" Sarah ran over to give her a hug. Grace and I gave her hugs as well.

I sighed. My boyfriend is out...with someone who isn't me. "I'm gonna head off to bed, guys. See you in the morning."

"Goodnight!" they called out.

I woke up with a start. I heard "Show Me" playing faintly. I reached under my pillow and found my phone. "Who in the hell?" I muttered.

Kendall :) my phone was flashing.

I cleared my throat. "Hello?"

"Mir? I'm outside...I didn't want to ring the doorbell."

"Oh! Ok, I'm coming." I hung up the phone and went to the front door. When I opened it, Kendall was leaning against the door frame, still dressed up. I giggled. "Did you even go home?"

He smiled. "Nah. I wanted to see how my favorite girl was." I smiled and got on my tip-toes to kiss him.

He looked down at his watch. "The guys are gonna be pissed if I go back now...Wow, I didn't think this through."

"Well..." I glanced up at him. "You COULD stay here tonight."

He raised an eyebrow. "Is that right?"

I slapped his chest. "You know what I mean."

"So...couch?"

"Um, it's not a pull-out..."

"So...floor?"

I glanced up at his face. He was teasing me! "You son of a bitch! Just c'mon. But don't wake Grace. She likes her sleep." He laughed and followed me to my room. He peeled his shirt off and I couldn't help but take in his amazing body. We crawled into my bed together.

"Goodnight, my Mira."

I kissed his jaw. "Goodnight."

I sighed and curled into him. Even if everyone else thought he was dating Jo, Kendall was mine. And I don't think anything more can go wrong.