Chapter 18
"Alright is everyone ready?" Kendall shouted. Everyone cheered. The boys got a number one hit, in Kerplankistan, so Griffin said that they could have a beach party at his beach house in Malibu. So, naturally, the boys invited everyone at the Palmwoods. It was a Friday, and June didn't have any classes, so she was able to come too.
"Everyone on the party super fun party bus." James said.
"You said party twice." June said.
"You bet I did." James said. June rolled her eyes and got on the bus. June saved the first couple benches for the boys. June looked out the window and saw Mama Knight with sun block. Then all the boys raced onto the bus and shut the door quickly. Carlos sat down next to June.
"Hey Carlos." June said as she gave Carlos a hug, which he returned. "Thanks for inviting me."
"Oh no problem, you're one of our best friends, of course we are going to invite you." Carlos said. James just looked at them for a second and then sat down in the bench behind June. Kendall sat next to him and Camille and Logan sat in the one across from them.
"Why are you boys so resistant to wear sun block?" June asked. The whole bus gasped.
"Is that even a question?" Kendall asked.
"Well I like to at least put it on my face and neck. Gotta keep myself looking young and beautiful." June said as she patted her face. James gasped.
"That's not true." James said. June nodded.
"Yeah if you wear sunscreen it helps you look younger longer and prevent wrinkles and stuff." June said.
"Do you have any?" James asked. June nodded. She reached in her bag and pulled out a bottle.
"Here." She said and handed it to him.
"How do you know all this stuff?" Carlos asked. June shrugged.
"Well I'm going to college to be a scientist, and my dermatologist told me." June said. James handed her the bottle back and she put it in her bag. "So Kendall. Where is Jo?"
"She has to film, but she's coming later." Kendall said. June nodded.
"Good." June said. June talked to the boys and Camille the rest of the trip. When they got there, they all got off the bus and stared at the beach house in awe. It was huge. They could defiantly get used to this.
"I don't know about you boys, but I have to pee." June said and then ran into the beach house. When she came back out, the house was full of people and their was music playing. It was a real beach party. June said hi to people as she passed through the house and down to the beach. She finally got to the beach and saw Kendall laying down his beach blanket. June walked over to him.
"Hey Kendall." June said. Kendall looked at her.
"Hey June." Kendall said.
"So what's going on?" June asked.
"I'm just setting up my beach blanket for when Jo comes later." Kendall said. June awed.
"You two are so cute." June said. Kendall rolled his eyes, but smiled.
"Thanks." He said. June sighed.
"I wish I had a relationship like yours." June said.
"You could with James." Kendall said, trying to hook up his friend. June laughed.
"James doesn't like me." June said like it was obvious. Kendall opened his mouth to say something, but decided to just leave it. June walked a little ways away and set down her towel. She slipped out of her shorts and put on her sunglasses. She put her hair up in a pony tail. She heard a scream and looked over. She saw a girl say something about being a fan and Kendall took some pictures with her. June laid down on her stomach and undid the think strap of her bikini top. She put in her ear buds and turned on her iPod. She listened to about an hour's worth of her songs when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She groaned and took out her ear buds and redid the back of her top. She sat up.
"What?" June asked. She looked up and saw Kendall.
"Did you see that fan girl?" Kendall asked. June sighed.
"Yes I saw you take a picture with her. You're great with fans." June said in a monotone voice.
"No she's crazy. She keeps calling me her boyfriend and she took my phone and posted photos of us on Scuttlebug and then Jo called to ask me what was up and she took my phone and told Jo that she was my girlfriend now and threw my phone into the pool. Then I got the Jennifers to help me and she did like the same thing and threw Jennifer's phone in the ocean and Jo's really mad at me." Kendall said. June nodded along.
"What's this chick's name?" June asked.
"Sandy." Kendall said.
"Yeah she's defiantly crazy." June said.
"Well what do I do?" Kendall asked.
"I don't know, I'm not a crazy girlfriend." June said.
"Well I need you to help me." Kendall said.
"By doing what?" June asked.
"Pretend to be my jealous girlfriend or something. Jo won't get jealous of you." Kendall said. June sighed.
"You boys are something else. Fine. Come on." June said. She stood up and grabbed her phone. "Let's go up to the house. I'm thirsty." June said. She took Kendall's hand, feeling incredibly awkward.
"This feels awkward for you too, right?" June asked. Kendall nodded.
"Yeah, really awkward." Kendall said. They walked up the steps to the house.
"Okay, I'll be right back." June said as she walked into the building. She walked over to the cooler and got a bottle of water. She over heard James and Camille talking.
"What are you doing? I was about to kiss her!" James said.
"I just remembered. When you kiss a mermaid, you turn into a mermaid!" Camille said. "So are you going to stay with her?" Camille asked.
"Yes. I love her." James said. June dropped her bottle of water, spilling half of it on the floor. She quickly bent down and covered her face so when James and Camille looked over, they wouldn't realize she was listening. 'Well that was a stab in the heart.' She thought.
"Alright, well we have to make sure that you're ready to be a mermaid." Camille said and dragged him off. June grabbed a towel and wiped up the water and took a long drink of what was left.
"I guess James really is over me." June said to herself. She finished the bottle and threw it away. She walked back out on the deck and saw Kendall with Sandy all over her down on the beach. June sighed and walked down there.
"What do you think you're doing?" June said snottily. Sandy looked at her and back at Kendall.
"Hugging my boyfriend." Sandy said smugly.
"No, you're hugging my boyfriend." June said walking closer. Sandy dropped her hands and June quickly ran next to Kendall, who wrapped his arm around her. June reached up and held his hand and wrapped her other hand around his waist.
"I though your ex-girlfriend wasn't here." Sandy said.
"Well as you can see, she's right here." Kendall said.
"So you won't mind if I post a picture of you and your girlfriend." Sandy said and took a picture and posted it quickly. Kendall was about to move, but June stopped him and shook her head.
"Of course I don't mind." Kendall said. A couple seconds later, June's phone went off. She moved her hands off Kendall and looked at her phone.
"Jo's calling." June said. Kendall looked panicked. Sandy stepped forward, but June moved her phone out of reach. "Don't you dare try to touch my phone. I will kill you. Now take two steps back." June threatened. Sandy took a couple steps back. June answered the phone.
"Hey Jo." June said.
"What is going on there? Why does my boyfriend have his arm around you? I thought you were my best friend." Jo asked. She looked really disappointed. June held out a hand to keep Sandy away.
"Don't come near me." June said to Sandy. She turned to Jo. "As you can see Kendall is right here and doesn't have a new girlfriend." June said as she turned the phone up to face Kendall who smiled and waved. "Now-" Sandy took the phone.
"Bye Jo." Sandy said and threw the phone. "I knew it wasn't real."
"You better hope to god that landed in the sand." June said. She turned to Kendall.
"Sorry Kendall, tell it to her straight." June said and ran off to find her phone. She found it and the call had ended. She sighed. She stood back up and saw James and some blonde girl kiss, and then James fall to the ground and jump around and act like a dolphin. She watched the scene in confusion, and a little amusement They he stood back up and Camille joined them and they talked. Then James and the girl kissed again. Guitar Dude ran up to them and said something to them and they all followed him. Then they all ran up to her.
"Hey come on there's a ATV race!" Guitar dude said. June looked at him in confusion.
"With who and why?" June asked.
"Kendall and Taz, Sandy's boyfriend. They're racing over Sandy and if Kendall loses we can never come back." Guitar Dude said. June was even more confused.
"But Kendall doesn't want Sandy." June said. Guitar dude shrugged.
"Fine lets go. Camille come with me to get my stuff, and we need to call Jo." June said and grabbed Camille's arm. She walked a couple feet away to her towel. She put her stuff in the bag and slipped on some shorts and a tank top.
"So we need to call Jo and tell her what happened today because she's really angry at Kendall and me." June said. She explained what happened as the walked over to the race. They stood in the crowd waiting for the race to finish. Camille called Jo and explained everything.
"I swear Jo, I wasn't going after Kendall, I was pretending to be his girlfriend so that Sandy would leave him alone. You're one of my best friends, I would never do that to you." June said. Jo smiled.
"Okay, I believe you. I knew there was something fishy with that girl." Jo said.
"Oh here come the boys." June said. They watched the end of the race and saw Kendall win, everyone cheered.
"Okay Kendall, I'll take you back." Sandy said.
"Look Sandy, you seem like a really nice girl. But I already have a girlfriend that I really like and I don't want to date you." Kendall said.
"Good." Jo said. Kendall turned around.
"I had Camille call her and clear everything up." June said.
"Don't leave that beach, I'll be right there." Jo said. Camille ended the call and Kendall turned back to Sandy.
"I don't think this is going to work out." Sandy said and turned to Taz. Then Katie showed up.
"Hey do you guys want to sing at a beach party?" Katie asked. The guys all nodded and everyone went over to Russel Brand's house. How Katie booked that, no one has any idea, but apparently she's his new manager. The boys sang "Dance, Dance, Dance" originally by the Beach Boys. June and Camille were rocking out to it. Then Jo came up behind them with her beach blanket.
"Yay you're here!" June said and hugged her. Camille hugged her too. Jo turned to Kendall and waved at him. He waved at her as he sang. Logan smiled at Camille while he was singing. Carlos was waving at the Jennifers, who, shockingly, smiled and waved back. James was smiling and waved at the girl that he said he loved from earlier. June looked at them.
All the boys ran jumped into the pool at the end of the song. June watched James and this new girl. He came out of the pool and they were talking. June was having mixed emotions about this. She was a little jealous because, lets face it, she really did have fun with him most of the time.
But she was also kind of happy. It was a sign. Last week when the went on that date, and he ignored her was the first sign. This was the second. He was quick to fall in and out of love. So she was kind of happy that she knew for sure that James didn't like her like that. It almost gave her closure. She could actually get in another relationship without feeling, guilty, for lack of a better word. It was like when she saw him with another girl like that, her feeling just became clear. She was done with James. Ready to move on.