A/N: Hey people! So...none of you got what's going to happen in this chapter right, lol. I told you guys to think before you answered the question, didn't I? And c'mon, you guys know me, would I really name something so obviously...well, maybe...but not in this case, sorry.
Anyways NO, this is NOT the Jendall kiss chapter...that chapter will come, and soon, don't you guys fret about it, I know you're all wanting to see how that goes, lol. ;)
This chapter is rather...serious, so be prepared to have mixed up feelings by the end of this one! I'm pretty sure you'll all love me BUT remember, I'm never as predictable as I may seem...
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-annabellex2: Hmm...well, Jo's not CENTRAL to the drama, no, so sorry. She DOES trigger the drama but...no, I'd still say she isn't CENTRAL to the drama, but good guess though, this chapter will tell you what the drama's all about, enjoy and thanks for reviewing!
-AkireAlev: Eeh...no, it's not the Jendall kiss, sorry. But nice try, and hey! Everybody thought the same so you aren't the only one! Granted Jo stirs some of the drama but its unintentional and definitely not central to the whole plot of this chapter. Still, you'll soon see what all the fuss is about . Thanks for reviewing and hope you'll like the chapter!
-luke rusherboy: Aww, sorry the last couple of chapters haven't really been your thing...but I DID have to work to meet everybody's tastes. Still, I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain that you'll like this chapter. I hope I'm right, even though who knows what may arise from this situation in the future? Thanks for reviewing and enjoy the chapter!
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-LoveSparkle: Who knows? I'll probably will, seeing as I had a lot of fun writing the OT4 these last chapters but for now I think I have another main concern going on, you'll see what I mean in this chapter. But I'm definitely enthusiastic about writing another OT4 so, who knows? Umm...no, it's not the Jendall kissing scene yet, so, guess you'll have to read to find out what the drama's all about! That rhymed, lol. Anyways, enjoy and thanks for reviewing!
-Madarao the Authoress: You'll be pleased to hear, I expect, that you were indeed wrong. This isn't the Jendall kiss scene, that'll come up eventually, just not now. As for 1D...oh well, whatever, they're just another boy-band...talentless in my opinion but I guess you're right, as Rushers we shouldn't hate. Speaking about BTR though, now that the Summer Tour's over and the TV show is over as well, what ARE our guys up to right now anyways? Do you know? This chapter's very dramatic, I hope you enjoy and thanks for reviewing!
-simpLEEreading: It's NOT the Jendall kiss scene but good guess. I'm glad you liked the OT4, it's weird how everybody seemed to like it and it was, very honestly, my first try and I was blushing and giggling through half of it, lol. BUT, I'm getting off-topic here, I hope you enjoy this hell of a dramatic chapter and thanks for the review!
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-ChocoChocoBloo: You'll love me, I'm sure of it. Read on and I'm positive that you'll love me, which is great since I won't have to dodge scissors or any other sharp objects for this chapter, lol. Prepare for some major drama which I hope you'll like and thanks for reviewing!
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Chapter 19: Epic Eiffel Tower Kiss
The boys woke up, tangled in the sheets with one another. They soon realized what had made them wake up was an incessant knock on the door.
"We're coming! We're coming!" Kendall called out.
The door opened anyways.
"Hey Carlos, Logan do you guys know where Kendall and James are? Gustavo sent me to-" Katie entered the room, not expecting what she'd find inside. Her eyes widened in shock at what she saw.
Kendall and the guys gasped, horrified, immediately dashing under the bed sheets to cover most of their naked bodies from her view.
"Katie!" Kendall hissed "Get out! Now! We're not presentable right now! Especially for a fourteen-year old girl!"
"I'm not even going to ask what happened here, 'cause I'd MUCH rather not know…" Katie said, still wide eyed.
"Yeah, yeah and DON'T you dare tell mom about-this," Kendall said, gesturing to all of them, who were all blushing, well past crimson at this point.
"Relax, I won't tell her about this little reunion in here, alright!" Katie said with a roll of her eyes "I know she loves y'all and that she's accepting of you guys and all that…but I think this is just WAY too gay for her…and me."
"Out. Now!" Kendall said.
"Ooh..bossy, are you like that in bed with them too, dear brother?" Katie taunted and when the other three blushed harder, her smirk grew.
"I'll bet you are," she finished, this comment making all the guys' mouths drop open that such a thought had even occurred in a fourteen year old's mind.
"Out…" Kendall said, glaring at his younger sister impatiently.
"Later!" Katie called out with a roll of her eyes "By the way, the reason I came in the first place is 'cause Gustavo says we have this day off and mom wants to go see the Eiffel Tower!"
"Yeah, well, tell her we'll be down in a while!" Kendall called out.
"'Kay!"They heard Katie respond absently.
She then exited the room and closed the door behind her.
The guys groaned, covering their faces in embarrassment.
"My sister…" Kendall managed with a shake of his head "Of all the people in the world that could've been…my sister…"
"I think we just scarred her for the rest of her life," Carlos said honestly. The guys just nodded.
"With any luck, she'll forget it or put it in the very back of her mind," Logan reasoned "She DID say it was a little too gay for her…"
"No shit Sherlock," James muttered "Walking in on us all in a bed, naked, and cuddling with one another? It doesn't take a genius to figure out what we were doing last night!"
"Alright, enough…" Kendall said, getting up "Guys, let's just forget that whole scene right there. Let's pretend Katie saw nothing and get up and get ready because we apparently have the day off to go sight-seeing. And trust me, there is NO better place for sight-seeing than Paris…"
"Agreed," James said, extending a hand out to Kendall and pouting at him cutely "Help me up?"
Kendall rolled his eyes before pulling James up to him, stealing a quick kiss from him.
"Good morning, by the way," Kendall said, grinning playfully at James.
"Back at ya," James said, returning his smile.
Logan and Carlos were blushing and doing their best not to look at their friends who were still very much naked.
"Oh guys, c'mon!" James said, noting their awkwardness "We've done worst stuff than this last night! It's not wrong for you guys to want to take a peek…"
Kendall laughed.
"He's right you know?" he told Logan and Carlos who reluctantly uncovered their eyes and tried not to ogle at their friends "C'mon babe, we have to go get ready!"
"There's-uh-towels in the bathroom if you need them…" Logan said helpfully "You guys don't want to walk out of here naked…"
"Weren't planning on it…" Kendall said simply, pointing to the heap of clothes they'd neatly folded the day before in preparation for the night.
"Oh, right," Logan said, mentally slapping himself for being so oblivious.
"Hey that's alright…Kendall and I are known for stunning other people…it's something we're both really good at…" James said. The comment made Carlos and Logan blush some more. Kendall and James quickly pulled on their clothes and departed to their own room in search of a nice, warm shower and a clean set of clothes.
Once they were all ready, they met down by the hotel's Lobby.
"So, um…what do we use to drive us around? Taxi?" Logan questioned. Kendall couldn't help noticing, a bit cheekily, how all of them, except for him, had a slight limp when walking.
"Fair enough," he agreed.
"Hey guys! Wait for us!" a voice called from behind them.
The guys turned around and James had to suppress a groan of frustration. Jo and a couple of other teenaged actors from the set were hurrying up to them.
"Hey," Kendall greeted her with a smile and a brief hug.
"So…production doesn't want all of us scattered around Europe- they want to know we're being safe and responsible at all times so they've had the brilliant idea that we-all of us- are to travel in a single group in a bus provided to us from production…I hope that's okay with you guys?"Jo said "I know production's rules suck but…"
"Yeah, yeah, sure, no problem," Kendall agreed almost immediately.
"Hey, we have to follow their rules right?" said Logan with a smile. Carlos took Logan's hand and smiled at the group.
"Hey, the more…the merrier, right?" he said.
James just nodded sulking.
The whole group of teen actors cheered.
"Then, let's go!" Jo said, instinctively grabbing Kendall's arm and pulling him along to a white bus parked around the corner.
James groaned.
He hated this…
(At night...)
They were now at the top of the Eiffel Tower and it was already night-time. All the teens were relaxing and eating their dinner, exhausted from a day of shopping and visiting museums, like the Louvre (all of them had to admit the Mona Lisa looked larger in pictures than in real life) and other cool places in the city.
The group was laughing and admiring the view, several of them taking pictures on their phones. That's when Carlos noticed a VERY familiar face within the group of actors and wondered how he'd managed to miss her the entire day.
"D-Dara?" he asked incredulously "Wow! What are you doing here? It's been such a long time…"
"Yes," Dara said, laughing as she hugged him. Logan tried to not let jealousy get to him as the very-pretty actress hugged his boyfriend in front of him.
"What are you doing here? You should be in America, filming Coco.0!"Carlos said.
"I know, but the show's decided to take a break…and it might be the definite break, you never know," Dara said, a bit sadly.
"What- but- why? Coco.0 is an awesome show!" Carlos defended, taking both of Dara's hands "Who'd cancel an amazing show like that?"
"I don't know Carlos, lately, a lot of channels are cutting the budget on really amazing shows, forcing them to end early. No show, nowadays is lasting for a long time…usually 5 seasons maximum and Coco.0 has 8 already…" Dara said sadly.
"I still say it's unfair, 'cause Coco.0 is awesome! And look at New Town High! They're a T.V show as well…and they're still around!"
"Yeah well, Coco.0 is a kids' show Carlos, and I'm getting a bit too old to be doing a silly kids' show anyway-besides- I want to try new things…" Dara replied.
"Yeah, and New Town High isn't going to last forever, Carlos," Jo intervened "All of us know it…Jett leaving will only speed the show's finale. I'd say we only have this movie and 1 or 2 more seasons to shoot and then New Town High will be over…"
"You don't know that for sure yet, no need to panic," Kendall said, squeezing Jo's shoulder sympathetically. James glowered at them both.
"Off," he said simply, prying Kendall's hand from Jo.
Both looked at him weirdly.
"James? Are you alright?" Jo asked him with an honest look of concern for him on her face.
That did it for James. He exploded with all the anger he'd been bottling up the entire day, heck the entire time since the actress and Kendall had first begun dating.
"No! Not at all!" he fumed "You want to know why? Because all you've been doing, ever since I can remember, is trying to get closer to Kendall! And you know what? Fine! I get it, you're attracted to him! You can't help it, 'cause he's beautiful and smart and talented, and frankly, one of a kind. I also get that you're a very pretty girl, and that you're used to having every single fucking guy in the room ogle at you but, PLEASE, at least please try to accept the fact that, one, Kendall's taken. Two, he's mine. And three, stop trying to freaking take him away from me!" James was out of breath by the end of his rant, still glaring at Jo.
Everyone had hushed during James' rant was looking at the brunette as though he'd gone mad.
Kendall approached him and gently reached for his arm but James pulled it back from him quickly.
"Don't! No…don't you DARE touch me right now, Kendall…" he whispered, his eyes filling up with tears.
"James…" Kendall said softly.
"No! I don't want to hear it, Kendall. You know what? This might sound ridiculous that I'm bringing this up again, especially after such a long time has passed but…I think I know, deep down, why I really cheated on you…"James said.
Everyone gasped. Carlos, Kendall, and Logan out of surprise that he'd brought it up again. The rest of the people because they hadn't known about that particular piece of information.
"James…don't do this here…" Kendall said, shaking his head at his boyfriend, eyes wide and scared.
"No, you need to know. It wasn't because I doubted that you loved me. I mean, I knew that you cared about me Kendall but…it was knowing that you'd never truly be mine. You'd always belong to her…or some other pretty chick…you're Kendall Knight. We're polar opposites, Kendall, and our too-different personalities were going to create an abyss between us…and I knew that once things were over with us you'd run back to her. And I didn't want to be the one left behind, alone, and broken Kendall. I didn't. I still don't. I don't know how I'll handle losing you when you go," James said, looking at his hands.
"You're an idiot," Kendall answered him simply "James, you brat, I love you. You and only you. When will you ever get that? This-this relationship isn't some fling of mine that'll go away with time and I'll eventually recover from it and move on. I love you. In fact, I'm in love with you James, and nothing will ever be able to change that. God, when you were in that coma…I went to you every day James, every day, and I cried myself to sleep every night. I suffered!"
"Not that much…you were with her, remember?" James asked glowering at Jo who only looked down at the ground and fidgeted with her hands uncomfortably.
"If you really loved me then you'd be grateful for her," Kendall said "She's the only one who kept me from breaking down completely and killing myself James or just losing it altogether…isn't this proof enough?" and he rolled up his shirt's sleeves and showed his wrists, where faints scars were still visible and you could still read the name JAMES on both his arms.
"Even if that were true…you would've left her when I woke up and you didn't-" James objected, not wanting to dwell too much on how those scars had gotten in Kendall's arms.
"Because you didn't remember anything!" Kendall exclaimed, exasperated "How was I supposed to tell you all about us and get back with you when you didn't even remember me? You didn't even remember us! Heck, you didn't even remember you were GAY James!"
James said nothing, just crossed his arms.
"I came back to you, baby, as soon as I could…" Kendall said, wrapping his arms around James "Can't you tell how much I love you?"
"I-I guess I-" James stammered, ashamed now at what he'd done "I'm sorry, Kendall, I overreacted…I got jealous…I'm sorry,"
"James," Jo said softly, coming up to him "You've gotten it all wrong. I won't lie to you, I do love Kendall. But I know he's your boyfriend and I respect that. You make him so happy James, he'd never be truly happy with me. Don't let the movie scenes fool you- he loves you. What we do on-set…it's just acting. Nothing more. I've never tried to take him away from you, all I want is to see him happy, and like I've said before, the only one that makes him truly happy is you…"
"Happy now?" Kendall asked James, eyebrows raised.
"I-yeah-sorry about that…" James apologized to Jo who nodded sympathetically at him.
"In fact," Kendall said "I'm going to make this night memorable for you James…after this, I hope for your sake that you don't ever doubt my love for you again."
"What do you mean?" James asked him, as they all watched Kendall rummage for something in his pocket.
"Well, I was hoping to wait a bit longer for this- at least until we were back in America but, I see fate has other plans…" Kendall said "So James, I've got to ask you a question now…"
"Huh?" James asked, trying to make sense of what Kendall was saying. However, his eyes widened as he saw Kendall drop down on one knee, right in the middle of the Eiffel Tower's restaurant's balcony, in front of all their friends and the twinkling lights of Paris. They widened even more as he saw Kendall pull out a small, black velvet box.
"So, I guess…as relationships go, ours hasn't really been the most stable," Kendall acknowledged "We've been through ups and downs, hell, we've been in a freaking roller-coaster ride of emotions from the minute we started dating. But I figure, what's life without taking a bit of risk? My life wouldn't be half so interesting, nor half as bearable if you weren't in it James. You're the reason I've managed to get up from every blow life has given me. You brighten my day and make me the happiest man on the planet. Now, I promise I'll love you forever, and that I'll never take you for granted. I promise I'll look after you, and make sure to remind you what a great guy you are, every single day of our lives. Just please, please…marry me?" Kendall asked, his voice wavering a bit at the end.
James stared, still in shock, at everything happening in front of him. His eyes filled with unshed tears and he fell on top of Kendall, pinning him to the floor, kissing him passionately.
"Yes," he whispered "Yes. Yes. A million times yes! Of course I'll marry you! Yes!"
The whole group broke into cheers and applause.
Both of the guys got up and brushed themselves off before Kendall briefly pecked James on the lips. Smiling, he slid a simple gold band onto James' finger. James admired the simplicity yet the beauty of the ring. It was simple enough so that no one would call him the 'girl' in their marriage and yet it was beautiful in its own way. It was pure gold, with several small emeralds surrounding it. No flashy diamonds of showy rubies to give away their secret.
James laughed. Emeralds-like the color of Kendall's eyes.
"It's perfect," he whispered before pulling Kendall in for another, longer kiss filled with unrestrained passion…
Life was perfect…
A/N: Or is it? I don't know, I leave it for you guys to consider. So! Wonder how many of you love me right now? All of you? Some of you? Maybe a few of you?
Lol. So Kendall and James are getting married...huh...interesting, well, if anyone's curious as to what their age currently is (in this story) they're seventeen (going on 18) but seventeen nonetheless...
Anyone wondering what Mama Knight, Gustavo and Kelly might say?
Or, Heaven forbid, James' parents anyone?
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