Chapter 3

June walked down the hall from her room to the pool. She was wearing a red and white stripped strapless bikini with matching bottoms. She had white shorts over the bottoms. June grabbed her bag and slid on her Ray-Bans and walked into the pool area. She walked over and slid off her shorts. She kicked off her flip flops and laid down on her lounge chair. June was enjoying the sun when she felt shade. She opened her eyes and saw two figures.

"Hey June." She sat up. It was Kendall and Logan.

"Hey guys! What's up?" She asked. They were both wearing swim trunks and t-shirts.

"Nothing we're just waiting for James and Carlos to show up." Logan said. She felt her heart speed up. James from Sherwood. Could it be James Diamond? She wanted to ask, but she would feel stupid if it wasn't. I need to let it go. she thought. She's been on other dates and had boyfriends, but if he was here, she doesn't know what she would do.

"Oh look here they come." Kendall said. He called them over and June was too afraid to look.

"Okay here is Carlos." Kendall pointed to Carlos. "And-"

"James Diamond." June whispered nervously. It was him. James Diamond. She would know him anywhere. The first man she ever loved and shattered her heart. He had some more muscle and had maybe grown a couple inches. Her heart was pounding now. He looked at her confused. He didn't recognize her. Understandable.

"James? Do you know June?" Kendall asked. James looked back and June and his eyes grew. She slid her shades up on top of her head.

"June Cooper?" He asked. She gave a half smile that didn't reach her eyes and waved her hand. He started to move in to give her a hug but she cut him off.

"Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you since-"

"We broke up." June stated and moved away.

"You two dated?" Logan asked. June nodded.

"When did you guys become friends?" June asked.

"Right when James moved to Sherwood." Kendall answered.

"Well I was dating James the first 6 months he was in Sherwood." June stated emotionless. "You didn't even tell your best friends?" She asked James. He was about to answer, but Carlos spoke first.

"But you started dating Holly a month after you moved to Sherwood." Carlos asked confused. All eyes were on Carlos. June whipped her head back to James.

"You cheated on me for 5 months?" June asked, her voice wavering a little. She thought that James was only cheating for a couple weeks tops, not 5 months.

"No! Well… yes but-" James started.

"No. Just stop." June had dropped her shades back down and grabbed her bag and ran away back to her room.

June shut the door behind her and went straight to her room. She looked out the window and saw the pool. Carlos, Kendall, and Logan were all yelling at James. Seeing James made the flood gates open. There was nothing she could do to stop it. She walked over to her bag and fished out her iPhone. She plugged in the headphones and went through her sister's songs. June wrote almost all of Justine's songs. They were about her own experiences, her friend's experiences, or anything that inspired her.

She found the song she was looking for and hit play. It was the song she wrote right when she got to L.A. She wrote it about James. It was called "White Horse."

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale.

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,

Lead her up the stairwell.

This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,

I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.

Now it's too late for you and your white horse to come around.

She remembered that night exactly. She remembered the phone call. She remembered her rejecting him. She remembered sliding down the wall and crying all night. Just like she was doing now.

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale.

I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well

This is a big world, that was a small town

There in my rear view mirror disappearing now

And it's too late for you and your white horse

And it's too late for you and your white horse to catch me now.

June listened. She remembered back when she was writing this, now in the big city, full of men, and far away from James. She wiped her tears. So what if he was back? That just gave her a chance to show off how much she had changed. Maybe now he'll realize how big his mistake was. June smiled and went to her bathroom to wash the messy make-up off her face.

Break

"Why would you ever cheat on her? She's so pretty and nice!" Carlos exclaimed. James shook his head, coming out of his shock.

"She was not like that back in Minnesota. In Minnesota, she had dark hair that went to her shoulders, big glasses, and braces, and acne, and she didn't have that body. Did you see those abs?!" James exclaimed. He couldn't believe his mistake. He knew that he screwed up when June caught him, but she didn't take him back. Logan hit him on the back of the head.

"Do you only care about looks?" He asked.

"Well, no, but they help." James said. Kendall hit him again.

"You dated June Cooper, sister of Justine Cooper, and you never told us?" Kendall exclaimed. James thought back to all the times when the would go on family vacations with his dad and June's family. Justine was really nice too.

"I never thought much of it. I knew them my whole life. We were neighbors. Justine, June and I were always hanging out. And then June and I dated. When I moved to Sherwood, I just kept dating her and then Holly because she was so pretty and all over me! I couldn't resist!" James said. Carlos came up and hit him.

"Anyone else want to hit me?" James asked. All three boys hit him again.

"Guy I know I screwed up. I called her the night she caught me. She said she still loved me, but she refused to give me another chance. Then like a year later I see Justine in the tabloids as being the next big thing and I realized that June must have moved out her with her sister. There was no way to get her back." James said. All the guys sighed.

"You're a idiot." Carlos said.

"I know." James sighed.