"Ugh damn sunlight...too early" I groaned. I tried to stretch but something-someone-was holding my arm. I turned over.

Kendall grinned at me. "Well good morning, darling." He kissed my nose.

I giggled. "Does um...does anyone know you're here?"

"I think Grace does."

"Oh. Well we've got some explaining to do."

He laughed. We got out of bed and were heading to the kitchen when I stopped.

"Kendall?"

"Hmm?"

"You might wanna put a shirt on."

"Should I?" He grinned.

"I wouldn't mind...but my three best friends live here, too."

"Well, if you insist." He walked back to my room and returned with his shirt on.

"Better?"

"Not really," I pouted. He gave me a kiss and I smiled. "C'mon."

We walked into the kitchen and Grace gave a low whistle. She smirked. "So, Kendall, got home late last night, huh?"

I gave her a look. "He came back at 1, so he slept over."

"Yup," she cackled on her way back to our room, "he SLEPT over."

"You disturbed child!" I shouted. "We were in the same room as you!"

SONIA'S POV

"Sone?"

"Yeah James?"

"You wanna take a walk in the park?"

"Sure...lemme just change really quickly."

"Ugh, Sonia, you look great, c'mon."

I smirked at him. "Says the one who has a Lucky Comb."

He gasped at me in mock annoyance. "You've been talking to Logan!"

I laughed. "Well...maybe."

He put his arm around my waist and pulled me close. "You know," he whispered, "I realized that you've changed me a lot. For the better. And I love you even more for that." He gave me a quick peck on the lips and let me go. "C'mon, let's head to the park."

"But..."

"Nope! You don't need to change. Let's go." He intertwined our fingers and pulled me out of my apartment. I locked the door and we set off for the park.

We strolled along one of the trails and passed the playground. James stood still for a bit, just smiling at the kids. "I can't wait to have our own little girl running around our house one day."

Wait what? "Um...James?"

"Sorry if that was kind of out of the blue. It's just...I'm so happy when I'm with you, Sonia. I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else. Since you came to the Palmwoods...everything's just kind of fallen into place."

"James, I...I don't even know what to say. That was really sweet."

"Just tell me that we'll be together forever. I know it's too early to get married- we're both taking off in our careers. But tell me that you'll always be mine."

I squeezed his hand. "I will. I love you, James."

He leaned down and kissed me. "And I love you, Sonia."

KENDALL'S POV

I can just imagine what the guys are going to say. They're gonna be complete asses about the whole thing and bug me to tell them every little detail. I hung out with Mira in her apartment all morning, after spending the night. God. This does not look good for me. I shook my head as I unlocked the door.

"Well, look Carlos, our little Kenny's home!"

Carlos came out of his and Logan's room laughing. He tried to get serious, but I could see the corners of his mouth twitching. "And just where were you last night, Knight?"

"At Mira's place," I mumbled.

"What?" Logan egged me on. "I can't hear you."

"At Mira's place," I said louder. Logan smirked. "And no, we did not 'do' anything, alright? Her friends were all home and that would just be weird. Plus, she's 18 dude!"

"Hey, you said it, not me..."

"Damn, Logan, you can be a real dick sometimes, you know that?"

"All in good fun!" he called out on his way back to his room.

"Yeah, yeah," I muttered. James came into the apartment then, looking like he had just stepped down from Heaven. "What's up with you, man?"

"I just took a walk in the park with Sonia. And we had a nice long conversation. I'm just happy...really happy." He grabbed an apple, threw it up in the air, and caught it, then flopped down on the couch. He took a huge bite out of it, then asked, "So how's Mira?"

"She's fine...a lot better about this whole fake dating bullshit."

"You spend the night there?"

"Yeah."

"Good. I was worried when you didn't come up with us."

"Nah, I was fine. Just figured we needed some time together, y'know?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I totally get it."

I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and pulled it out.

Mira :)

"Hey, baby girl."

"WHAT IS THIS?"

"Mira? What is what?"

"Damn, she sounds pissed. Good luck, buddy." James patted my shoulder and headed for our room.

"There's a picture! Of us! But it says...it says-"

"What does it say?"

"PopTiger said it must be you and Jo!" She sounded close to tears. She never sounds like that.

"I'm on my way back up."

MIRA'S POV

I opened the door on the first knock. I threw my arms around Kendall and just inhaled his cologne.

"Why are they doing this to us?" My voice sounded so small. LA was wearing me out.

"Show me."

I picked up the magazine from the table and opened to the picture. It was the two of us, poolside, at night, so you couldn't see my face or hair. The caption read Old sweethearts Jo Taylor and Kendall Knight get cozy by the pool!

He held my face in his hands. "Baby...I don't even know. I don't even know how they got this or-"

"I'll tell you how they got it!" I spat. "Jo! Who else? She took the picture and gave it to Claire who submitted it to PopTiger!" I flopped down on the couch.

"But, do you really think she would go this far?"

I nodded. "I guess after we said the first one was the two of you, she decided to toy with the idea. And now she's using our save against us!"

"I'm gonna fix this. Right now." He gave me a quick kiss and ran out of the apartment. What is this boy up to?

*NEXT MORNING*

"Holy shit! Mira, get up! Mira!" Grace yelled for me to get in the kitchen. I jumped up and ran in.

"What? What? What is it?"

She held up that morning's edition of PopTiger.

"Page 17," she said grimly.

I flipped quickly to the page and scanned the article.

"No! No, Kendall WHAT DID YOU DO?!"