Jane expected her male body to return now. Kendall even said that he was falling for her, so in theory, that would have done it, right? Wrong. Nothing happened. She immediately went to go see Logan, who was back at the apartment with Carlos. They had another situation to deal with.
"Maybe she's cool with it," Carlos suggested.
"Did it seem like she was cool with it?" Logan hissed. He paced across the floor of his bedroom with his hands stiffly in his pockets.
"Uhhh. Not really. No."
"What are we gonna do? Seems like she doesn't want to talk to us. What if she tells…"
"Kendall would've said something about it," said Carlos. "Soooo I guess if she would tell, he would have let us know by now, right?"
"Yeah, that's true," Logan said, calming down slightly. He pressed his eyes closed and sighed heavily. "Maybe we should stop hiding it."
"Up to you," Carlos said. "I dunno if it's a good idea or not."
Before they could continue their discussion, Jane burst in through the bedroom door. "WHAT THE FUCK!" she yelled.
"What happened now?" Logan asked. Jane ran up to him and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Kendall eventold me he's falling for me, but I'm still a woman!" she shouted.
"Hold on, hold on," Logan interrupted. "Chill out and think for a minute. Or, well, chill out at least." Jane bit her lower lip and focused on the boy. "When you first made that wish, did you turn into a woman right away?" Logan asked.
"No…I woke up the next…aahhh."
"See? There you go."
"But! But! I'm sleeping in the same bed as Camille! I can't wake up as a dude. As James the dude. That'll be totally messed up."
"You're right. Hmmm."
"How'd you get Kendall to fall for you so fast?" Carlos asked.
"I dunno," Jane admitted honestly. "He says some crap about feeling like he's known me forever, and stuff."
"Awww," Logan cooed. "You know, it almost feels wrong to do this."
"Why?" Carlos and Jane both asked at the same time.
"'Cause if it works out right, Jane's gonna go back to being James. And then Kendall will lose this girl he's supposedly fallen for."
"Ehh, that's right," Carlos said. He made a weird face.
"I can't keep being a woman! Augh! This is stupid!" Jane shrieked. "Okay, it's gonna be fine. I'll probably wake up as my old, handsome self again and we can put it all behind us."
"Just stay here tonight," Logan said.
"Should I tell Camille?"
"Don't tell her that you're here; she'll think you're with Kendall. But let her know you won't be back for the night. Then it won't be as weird when you are gone."
"Okay…"
So Jane headed out to find Camille and let her know. Of course, Carlos and Logan forgot to let Jane know about the earlier incident, so when she did find her roommate, it worried her.
"What's up, Camille?" Jane asked. Camille was sitting in her room, staring blankly at the wall. "Hellooo?"
"I…I don't know."
"What happened?"
"Jane, can you keep a secret?"
"Um. Sure." Jane felt a little nervous. What did she find out?
"I saw something weird today."
"What's that?" Jane stepped over to Camille and sat next to her on the bed. Her eyes were red and she looked like she had seen a ghost.
"I…" Camille began, but the words choked her throat. "What do you know about Carlos and Logan?"
"Not a lot," Jane lied. "They're cool. Why?"
"They're…" Camille looked at Jane suddenly and made a strange face. She stared with her eyes wide open, but also resembled a pout. Her voice dipped down into a whisper as she said, "they're gay."
"Oh," Jane inhaled at once. How did this happen? Did Kendall know? "Why's uh, why's that upset you?"
"Did you know?"
"Nope."
"I just, I always considered them good friends. I'm not upset because they're gay, but mostly that they didn't tell me. Why didn't they tell me?"
"I don't know. Maybe because they're afraid they'll be scrutinized? Maybe they don't want Kendall to know, because it could hurt the band's reputation."
Camille narrowed her eyes at Jane. She seemed to be concentrating very deeply, and that made Jane nervous. "What," Jane said.
"You're keeping something from me, too," Camille said, in a tone that made Jane almost scared. "Something funny about you. You aren't…you aren't who you say you are."
Jane grimaced and moved back slightly. Her heart began to race. Was she really that transparent? "Don't know what you're talking about," Jane said quickly.
"Who are you?"
"Uhh."
"You're…" Camille kept inching closer to Jane's face, studying her moves. Then suddenly, she stopped. Her face became less angry and more surprised. A small smile curved at the edges of her mouth. "Can I ask you something, that might sound crazy?" Camille asked.
"Maybe," Jane said, hesitantly.
"Are you James?"
Everything fell silent at that last word. Neither of them spoke for a moment. Only the sounds of their heavy, nervous breathing filled the tidy little bedroom. Jane's mouth fell open and she continued to stare at Camille, unable to talk.
"You…are, aren't you?" Camille verified.
"Don't hate me," Jane finally whispered.
"You are James."
"Y-yeah."
"How did this happen?" Camille asked. She didn't seem upset.
"It's complex, Camille," Jane said. She grimaced. "See, ugh, well, this is a lot for you, 'cause of Carlos and Logan and all, but see, ugh, I've always been really into Kendall."
"Obviously."
"Yeah, thanks. Well, I made this weird wish thing, and apparently it turned me into a girl. I didn't want to be a girl! I just wanted Kendall to fall in love with me."
"You're a nut, James."
"Pleeeeeeaaase call me Jane. I don't want Kendall to find out! I think I'll be turning back into a man tomorrow, anyway."
"How come?"
"My wish was for Kendall to fall for me. Kendall seems to be feeling that way now, so I'll probably be a dude again."
"Does anybody else know about this?"
"Carlos and Logan do."
"Wow." Camille looked away and sighed. "I didn't know I had been sleeping with James."
"You haven't been!" Jane barked. "You've been sleeping with Jane. Which is James in a woman's body, but still not exactly James."
"It's weird."
"Sorry. I would have told you, but I really didn't want anybody to know."
"You're a virgin?" Camille asked unexpectedly.
"Huh?"
"You told me you never had a date before. So is that true? James Diamond never had a date? And he's a virgin?"
Jane sighed annoyed. "Is it so horrible?"
"It's kinda funny," Camille chuckled. "I never would have thought."
"I had my first kiss, though."
"Really?"
"With Kendall."
"Awww. But, isn't it sort of unfair to do this? If you go back to being a boy, he'll lose the woman he's in love with."
"I know…I don't know what to do. I'll just hope I'm a guy tomorrow, and figure it out then. Promise not to tell anyone?"
"Promise."
Since Camille seemed alright with everything that was going on, she allowed Jane to still stay in her bed that night. Neither of them slept very well, but once Jane managed to fall asleep, she woke up in the morning instantly. There was a smile on her face, but as soon as she put her hands on her body, it faded. She was still a woman. She turned over and shook Camille awake. "Camille! Camille!" she whispered. "I'm still a chick."
"Huh?"
"I'm still a chick!"
"Ohh…"
"What do I do?"
"I don't know," Camille mumbled sleepily.
"Ohh maaann," Jane whined. She got up and got dressed quickly. If Kendall falling for her wasn't enough to turn her back into a guy, then what was? Maybe nothing would do it. She was probably cursed to walk the earth as a chick until she died. That would be messed up. Everyone would find out. What would his mom think? She'd probably be happy. Either way, Jane slumped off to go find Logan and tell him what happened; maybe he could figure it out. But lo and behold, she ran into Kendall in the hallway.
"Hey Jane," Kendall said happily. "What are you up so early for?"
"I dunno. What about you."
"Gonna go jogging. You wanna come with me?"
"Sure, I guess." She gave up on Logan for the time being and followed Kendall down into the lobby.
"It'll be nice to do this with you," Kendall said. They walked through the entrance of the PalmWoods and out onto the streets of LA. Jane ran her fingers through her hair and looked around. "It's cool, yeah," she said.
"You seem down. What's up?"
"Didn't sleep well."
"Ohh, that sucks." Kendall started to run down the street and signaled for Jane to follow. She picked up the pace and came up behind him. As they ran, Kendall kept talking. "I haven't slept well, either."
"Why?"
"Carlos and Logan were making a lot of noise last night."
"Ohhh. Uhhh."
"I don't know. They were talking a lot, which is weird."
"Why is it weird?"
"They just don't seem like a talkative couple."
"Couple?" Jane suddenly stopped running and dropped down to a walk. Kendall realized she stopped and also did.
"I dunno. They seem sort of like a couple, right?" Kendall said.
"Are they?" Jane pretended to not know.
"I have no idea. But the way they act, I just call them a couple. But don't tell them I said that. They'd get mad."
"Why would they be mad?"
"Because they aren't really gay. And straight guys don't like being called gay."
"Ohhh. I see. Okay. I won't tell them…"
They kept running. Kendall was taking his usual route, but without even thinking about it, Jane went ahead of him and took that path. "How do you know this way?" Kendall asked.
"What?"
"This is the way I go every morning. You're taking it exactly."
"It seems like the best way to go," Jane said quickly. She looked away from Kendall and made a "fuck, I'm stupid" face to herself.
"Hey, let's stop here," Kendall said. He grabbed Jane's arm suddenly and pulled her off of the sidewalk. There was a bus stop there, and a bench. He sat down and tactfully pulled Jane next to him. They were both panting from the run. "We connect real well," Kendall said.
"Yeah."
"It's freaky, almost." He looked over at Jane and smiled. Slowly his hand crept over and slid overtop of hers. Jane flinched, but then a warm shiver was sent through her body. Her eyes met Kendall's gaze, and suddenly she felt really terrible about all of this. She was by no means a genius, but she could definitely tell that Kendall was smitten. If she really loved Kendall, how could she break his heart like that? But then again, how could you solve this and make everyone happy? Maybe it would be best to just come clean and tell him that Jane was really James. But that might REALLY ruin the chances of being a woman again.
"Could I kiss you again?" Kendall asked sweetly.
"Y-yeah," Jane said. She blushed, but leaned into the young man anyway. Their lips met softly and made a quiet pop. Jane moved back as soon as the kiss finished and saw Kendall still there, eyes closed. His mouth was puckered in a still-wanting-more fashion. Jane closed her eyes again and kissed him once more. This time, they held it longer, and Kendall's lips opened wide to suck in Jane's lower lip. Wouldn't it have been so much easier if Kendall had just fallen for James. Wouldn't life be so less complicated now.
Suddenly, the young couples' kiss was broken by a text message sound. Jane jumped up and, without thinking, pulled out her phone. It was from Logan. Where are you?
"Logan wants to talk," Jane said to Kendall. "I'm gonna head back. You can keep running without me, right?"
"Uh, right." Kendall leered at her phone suspiciously. "Go ahead."
Jane put the cell back into her pocket and saw that Kendall was looking at her oddly. She swallowed hard and ran back to the Palmwoods.
