A/N: And again, I am back fast because I ADORED all of you guys' reviews! Keep them up guys!
So...it seems like ALL of you enjoyed "Big Time Tests" correct? Lol. I'm sure we all did.
As promised, this chapter will not have much angst in it.
To the people who reviewed, I responded to many of your reviews personally, but for those I didn't...I will do so, here.
SHOUTS OUT!
-Kendaliosis: No, I DON'T like to be a meanie to Kendall, actually. Truth is, I hated it once I'd read it...as a reader...but again, I make this story up as I go, so I surprise myself with what I write. So...yeah. As for your other question...no, I don't think James is in pain...I mean, I'm planning to study medicine, but so far as I've read and what I've been told in my science clases...no, James shouldn't register any pain.
-SuperNeos2: I like you. I really do. Wanna know why? You are one of the few people who can actually stand Jo, actually, who LIKES Jo. I don't know why too many Kames fans hate her...oh well, but I don't blame them either it's just...refreshing to see someone support a character I myself adore (show-verse).
-Samanthateach: Thank you! I know its sad but...it'll get better, hopefully, son enough.
-AkireAlev: Thank you for the compliment and...yes, in a way I love making my readers suffer, it's a trait that, apparently, all my stories share. BUT as is custom with my other stories, I won't make readers suffer...too long.
-JT: I know, I know. In my defense I wasn't going to add the whole Kendall thing but...my muse had other ideas...blame her not me. Okay we're the same person...but still! Lol. Thanks for reviewing :)
-4ever with Kames-:Again, you're a psychic. That's all I'll say. And thanks for the compliment and the review! ;)
-Love Sparkle: I know...but he'll get better...starting this chapter, hopefully. James...well, we'll see about that.
-Cashmeere: Yeah, Scott really did play up the Kames in "Big Time Tests"...but I think that was the idea. As I've said before, my theory is that Scott really has no favorite pairings for he keeps twisting things around. Still, it was nice to see a lot of Kames after the recent wave of Kenlos we'd been having and the Kogan prior to that. Yeah...Jo getting there on time sure was lucky, but don't worry, Kendall won't be a mess for too long. James...well, we'll see about it.
-luke rusherboy: Yes, James WAS indeed hot in his biker outfit in "Big Time Rides" I agree and thanks for the compliment! Well...as I've mentioned before, it's not Jo's primary intention to steal Kendall from James. She does not want to break up Kames. Trouble is, there isn't any Kames right now either...why? Cause James is in a coma he might never wake up out of! That said, it IS true she might still harbor feelings for Kendall and that you might continue to feel like she's making moves on him...but once Kames is back she'll back off, promise. She's not meant to be a villain in this story. About James recovering...we shall see about that. Thanks for reviewing BTW! :)
-Ro-Someone3: Hey! I'm glad you finally have your account! Thats awesome! AND yes, "Big Time Tests" had ME laughing a lot as well. I haven't said James will never wake up...he might...maybe...sometime in the future. Honestly, if you've been trying to like Jo so far...I think you'll hate her now. Hopefully not, though.
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WARNING: Heavy...HEAVY Jendall moments and not much of anyone else...sorry guys, bear with me, I'll reward your patience soon enough.
Ch.5: Lean on Me
At the hotel...
"You can set your bags in that room, son," Jo's father indicated a room to the left at Kendall.
"Yes sir," Kendall replied, moving swiftly to the indicated room and dumping his bags there. His arms were still heavily bandaged, but apart from that, he was fine. He sat on the bed, admiring his new room.
Kendall hated to admit it, but his family and Jo were right. Getting a good night's sleep in this room would be a hundred times easier and less painful than back in his old room, surrounded by James' many headshot pictures which neither his family nor himself had had the heart to put down. A constant reminder of the brunette's absence...
"Kendall!" Jo waved her hand in front of his eyes and he blushed, realizing she'd come in, turned the light on in his room and had, apparently, spoken to him several times and he'd been too far gone to notice her.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Kendall asked softly.
"My dad wants to know if you'd like to go out for pizza..." Jo said, smiling gently at him "What do you say?"
"Pizza sounds great...thanks!" Kendall said.
Jo nodded and turned to leave but he held her back, grabbing her wrist.
"Hey, Jo?" he said quietly "I hadn't been able to say...thanks. For, this, and for...you know...finding me in the apartment..."
"Don't mention it," Jo said, her eyes suddenly gleaming with tears "I'm...just glad...I got there when I did and that nothing really bad happened to you, I don't know what I would've done if something bad HAD happened to you!" and she pulled him in and embraced him tightly, letting a few tears fall.
"Hey, hey, don't cry..." Kendall whispered soothingly "Nothing happened to me. Look at me! I'm still here, I'm fine, and I will be for a long time..."
"Promise me you'll never do something like this again," Jo said, lightly running her hands through his bandaged arms "Promise me,"
"I promise," Kendall said, feeling guilty as hell for hurting her...and his family.
"Okay," Jo said, wiping her eyes and attempting to brighten up "We didn't come here to cry and moan about the past...how about we go out for that pizza!"
"Sounds like fun," Kendall said grinning as he got up from the bed and followed Jo outside...
At the restaurant...
"And then she fell and landed flat on her butt in the middle of the ice rink!" Jo's dad was saying, laughing.
"I did not!" Jo exclaimed, laughing as well "Somebody pushed me!"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, honey..." her dad said smiling as he took a bite of his pizza.
"So that's why you don't like hockey..." Kendall guessed, smiling at Jo as he took a bite of his own vegetarian pizza "Because it brings back bad memories?"
"Well...that and, hockey's never really been my sport...once, when I was playing hockey with my little brother in our backyard I accidentally let go of the hockey stick and it broke the window. Mom was so pissed at me...she grounded me for two full weeks..." Jo said "And another time, I fell while playing hockey in the streets with some neighbors and I broke my wrist..."
"I still can't believe your mom grounded you for breaking a window..." Kendall mused "I mean, the broken bones and the shame I get...but your mom grounding you? Ask MY mom how many windows the guys and I've broken, as well as vases, family pictures, dishes, glasses...you name it. We've broken it."
Both Jo and her dad laughed at this.
"Maybe I could teach you..." Kendall said thoughtfully "Not hockey, obviously, at least not now. But let's begin by mild, ice-skating...you say you haven't gotten on the ice since that incident happened?"
Jo nodded.
Kendall grinned.
"Well then, we'll get you on the ice tomorrow, first thing in the morning..." he said.
"No, Kendall, I don't think that's a good idea-" Jo began but Kendall waved off her concern.
"I won't let you fall. I promise. Now, do you trust me?" he said.
She nodded.
"Then you'll come with me to ice rink tomorrow...you'll see it's a lot of fun!" Kendall said.
"Alright, I'll go," Jo said "IF you promise you'll go bowling with me tomorrow afternoon..."
"Deal" Kendall replied grinning...
The next morning...
Kendall woke up early and with a smile on his face for the first time in 4-almost 5-months since James' accident.
He quickly got his hockey gear and headed out to usher Jo out of her bed.
"Hey Sleeping Beauty," he said playfully, after knocking on her door and receiving the okay to come in "Time to rise! Your Prince Charming has arrived to take you to a land of fun...the land of ice-skating!"
"Don't think any of that is true since that would make YOU my Prince Charming..." Jo said jokingly, nonetheless getting up.
"Hey, I can be him, you know?" Kendall said, poking her playfully.
She rolled her eyes.
"Sometimes I think you're the live reincarnation of my little brother..." she muttered "You sure bug as much as he did!"
"I'm touched..." Kendall said, grinning "I'll wait for you outside, but don't take long!"
"'Kay!" Jo called out, beginning to get things ready for their day ahead...
At the ice rink...
"Okay now...just slide your left foot forward before sliding your right," Kendall said, maintaining a firm grip on Jo's hand that wasn't relying on the wall and her waist.
"I-I can't!" Jo said, panicked.
"Sure you can...just do it like this," Kendall said, briefly letting go of her before demonstrating the technique.
"You make it seem so simple," Jo muttered.
"Because it is," Kendall encouraged her.
She sighed but soon began to imitate his movements and she found to her amazement that she could actually do it.
"I can't believe it!" she exclaimed, delighted "I'm actually skating!"
"Told you so..." Kendall said cockily "I'm an excellent teacher!"
"Or, you're just a Jett Stetson-wannabe," Jo countered.
Kendall feigned to be hurt.
"That is an insult!" he exclaimed before taking both her hands "Now...let's get off this wall and actually skate to the middle alright?"
Jo immediately looked concerned.
"But Kendall," she said "What if I fall?"
"I won't let you fall..." Kendall said "Now come on..."
Shaking, but trusting the blonde nonetheless, Jo slowly let go of the wall and began skating towards the center of the ice rink, holding on tightly to Kendall's hand. Half-way though, she felt herself starting to lose her balance. She panicked immediately.
"Kendall- Kendall!" she yelled "I-I'm going to-!"
Kendall stopped and grabbed her waist firmly steadying her in the process. The only problema was that, in stabilizing Jo, he lost his balance himself and fell hard on the ice. Jo brought her hand to her mouth in horror.
"Kendall I'm sorry..." she began but Kendall was laughing.
"See? It's no big deal..." he said, getting up and brushing ice off his clothes "And I told you I wasn't going to allow you to fall. Want to keep going?"
Jo grinned at him and nodded taking his hand once more.
"Thanks for saving me," she said.
"It was nothing...really," Kendall said and before either of them knew it, they were kissing again.
Kendall didn't know who had started it, if it had been Jo or himself, but he did know that it felt nice and he wasn't feeling so lonely anymore.
When they pulled away, Kendall stared longingly into her big brown eyes.
"Jo," he said "I love you. I really do. But I don't want you to feel like you're my rebound for James...you're not. You're just...and this is so..."
"Confusing?" Jo offered. Kendall nodded.
"Look...we should only be friends for now," Kendall said "At least until I know for sure...that I'm not using you or anything, alright?"
"You're much too nice for that, Kendall," Jo said "But I understand that you need your space. Again, I swear that kiss came out of nowhere, I mean, we weren't supposed to-"
"Hey, don't blame yourself," Kendall said "I think it might've been me in this case who started it...but no matter. Like you said, we should give it some time..."
Jo nodded.
"Still want to join me for this afternoon's bowling game?" she asked him softly "Or is it too inappropriate for me to-"
Sighing, Kendall gave her a quick peck on the lips. This time, sure it'd been himself who started it.
When he pulled away, Jo was grinning.
"It'd a date," he said, ignoring his stomach tightening in a knot or the images of James that were flashing before his eyes...
With Carlos and Logan...
"I'm worried, Logie," Carlos said as he and Logan lay together in bed that night "Will Kendall be okay? I mean, I know he called Mama Knight last night and this morning and told her he was fine but...will he really be fine?"
"Let's hope so, 'Los," Logan said, hugging Carlos tightly to him "Besides, it's good for him to be out for the next two weeks...because, you know what's coming up in two weeks right?"
Carlos nodded sadly.
"James will have 5 months in a coma and still no change..." he said sadly "I miss him Logan, I miss the two of them together...Nothing's the same anymore."
"I know 'Los, I know," he said "But there's nothing we can do about that now...Good night baby,"
"Logan?" Carlos asked him softly.
"Yeah?" Logan asked him.
Carlos said nothing and instead began to kiss Logan passionately.
Logan moaned, not having been expecting Carlos' sudden mood change.
Carlos began to toy with Logan's shirt, before beginning to pull if off his body.
That raised big red flags in Logan's mind.
"Carlitos, no..." he said, pushing his boyfriend away.
"Why not?" Carlos asked pouting "We've gone 5 months with absolutely nothing Logie..."
"Because I think that you're doing this just to forget Kendall and James are not here..." Logan said "And if we have sex...I don't want it to be because you're lonely...or because I'm lonely...it's supposed to be about making love Carlos, not just a convenient and willing body that's next to you and feeling just as lost as you..."
Carlos sighed.
He knew Logan was right and that none of them were emotionally stable enough to have a healthy relationship, let alone have sex, but he would've welcomed the release from this cruel world if only for this one time...
"Good night Logie," he murmured quietly, snuggling against his boyfriend.
"'Night 'Los," Logan said, laying a kiss in Carlos' head.
The next two weeks were going to be hell...
A/N: There you go. End of chapter 5. I told you I was going to lay off the angst. I know most of you are mad at me right now for the whole chapter was practically dedicated to Jendall. Again, sorry...But in my defense it's a weird twisted thing between them. They're like, best friends in one, brother and sister in another and a couple too...and that's how things will remain, it seems. Flirty, though not QUITE in love. Why? That's James' place...sorry Jo.
Let me know what you guys thought of the chapter, even if you hated it, which most of you probably did. In Jo's defense...Kendall DID start many of their playful banters.
As an author...I guess I just want to make you guys suffer.
James will come back next chapter as he turns (*sniff sniff*) 5 months in the coma.
And Kendall will return to 2J...something I think all of you will appreciate.
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Franshes