"Ok guys. This is it! Are you ready?" James said as he looked at the sheet of paper on the door in front of them.

"Who wants to go first?" Kendall said as he looked between them.

Carlos took a step back. "Not me! I don't want to know just yet."

"You can go first Kendall." James said patting him on the back and Logan nodded in agreement.

"…Ok. Fine, I'll look first." Kendall turned from them and walked up to the sheet on the door. He scanned the grades and saw about 6 F's out of 25. His heart began to pound in his chest. He looked at the numbers on the left side of the sheet and used his finger to find the four last numbers of his SSN.

When he found hit he paused, then dragged his fingertip across the sheet to the one letter that meant so much to them all in this moment. He let out the breath that he was holding to the point of pain when he saw a big P next to his name. He double, then triple checked to make sure he wasn't looking at the wrong person.

He turned with the biggest smile spread across his face that he has had in a while.

"Me next!" James almost screamed as he used his fist to push past Kendall. He had Kendall's shirt balled in his fist when he looked at him shock covering his face. "I passed!"

He pulled Kendall into a hug that he soon returned after the shock. They were both laughing until Carlos said "This isn't over yet, lovebirds!" James and Kendall stepped apart both blushing as Carlos and Logan went up to the sheet together and at the same time they turned around and leaned against the wall and sighed. "We passed! Let's see how many people didn't!"

"Is that necessary? I would hate to be one of those F's" Logan said slapping Carlos' shoulder.

"Yes, because it will make me feel better about myself." Logan rolled his eyes as he directed his attention back to James and Kendall. "Well, now that we know how we did I am happy to say that we can go back to our beds! And I want a shower."

They all nodded. As they were walking out they saw a group of guys coming into the door. They all looked just as nervous as they had been just minutes before. James smiled at them and Logan said "Good luck." Not that they needed luck at this point.

An hour later they were all ready for bed though lights wouldn't go out until about another 45 minutes. Carlos and Logan sat on Logan's bed while James and Kendall sat on Kendall's. They were talking and reading letters that they had received from their families that day.

James was going through the three envelopes in his hand when he gasped. "Kendall, she sent me one! I got a letter from Erin!" He ripped it open with excitement. "Maybe you were right about me just not getting the other one." Kendall smiled as James pulled the paper out of the envelope and began to read it, his smile soon faded and his brow began to furrow. He shook his head as he started to say "What, what? Kendall." Kendall leaned forward now becoming very concerned. He already had an idea of what had happened, though he didn't want it to be true. The one thing that Kendall hated more than anything was his friends and family being hurt.

"James." Kendall said in a strained voice hoping that James wouldn't do anything unpredictable. James jumped up from the bed and began to pace. He threw the paper in Kendall's lap and said "Yeah, read that. Tell me what you think!"

Jamie,

You know that I love you more than anything. I we have spent 3 long years together and nothing has ever come between us, but I think that this just may be too much. We gave each other everything and I understand that you are going to be hurt but I need to do this before this gets out of hand. I am so proud of you and I support your decision of going into the marines but I can't take the distance. I have met someone. He is here with me and you're not. I'm sorry James, but we can't be together anymore.

I love you so much and always will

Erin

Kendall stood leaving the sheet of paper on the bed and stood in front of James stopping him from pacing. "James, I'm so sorry. I wasn't expecting this. At all." Kendall reached out and put his hand on James' shoulder. "How about you read what your mom had to say. Yeah?" James nodded before they both went back to Kendall's bed.

They looked at Logan and Carlos who were watching James intently. "I'm sorry dude" Carlos said as he looked back down at what he was reading. Logan looked away to not knowing what to say to his friend being so broken up.

James took the piece of paper and put it back in the envelope leaving it on the bed.

That night after the lights had gone out Kendall tried to sleep though he was so worried about James. The look on his face had been of hurt and fear. He was worried about the brunette. He thought back to the letter and how it had said they had been together for three years. 'That is a hell of a long time!' Kendall thought to himself. He had been in a few relationships himself but the longest last one had only been six months. He couldn't imagine breaking up after 6 YEARS.

About a half an hour had gone by since lights were out and everything had gone silent until Kendall heard a soft sob coming from his right. He rolled onto his side and saw James in a ball facing away from him. Kendall could see his body shaking from the light that came from the bathroom. Kendall stood and noticed that once he made a sound James went still, almost as if he were holding his breath. Kendall pushed his bed to James' and got some protest at the sound the bed made moving across the tile floor. Once their beds were together Kendall climbed back in and laid on his right side facing James who then turned onto his back and looked at Kendall.

"What are you doing?" He asked trying to make his voice steady but Kendall could still tell it wasn't strong. He could see the tears that were still stained on the boys' skin.

"James you were crying." Kendall whispered to him. At this James broke again and he rolled onto his left side facing Kendall. He reached across their beds and grabbed one of Kendall's hands and began to sob uncontrollably. Kendall scooted closer to him and whispered "James, it's going to be ok. We are here for you. Me, Logan, and Carlos. We all love you." The words didn't seem to faze James at all. Kendall didn't know what to say or do so he let the boy cry. He watched him and stroked the back of his hand with his thumb. After five minutes or so James calmed down and looked at Kendall and said "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be acting so fucking pathetic. You have nothing to do with this and you're the one here with me." James quickly wiped the tears from his face with his free hand. "Thank you."

"Hey, don't mention it. That what friends are for right? To support each other." Kendall said with a small smile. James nodded. "Good night buddy." Kendall said before closing his eyes. And with that they fell asleep.

Alrighty guys! Another chapter down! Please tell me what you think! It means a lot to me!