A/N: So...before we begin I feel obligated to tell you guys that, due to unexpected but completely time-consuming events (both school-related and family issues) I am not sure I shall be able to update next week. I'm not saying I'll be gone indefinitely, I'll most likely update in like 2 weeks but, yeah, it's very unlikely I'll get to update next week. Sorry guys :'(

That said, I have a limited amount of time today and I've kind of rushed through this chapter. I hope you guys enjoy and that you'll forgive me for not having the normal SHOUT OUTS section but it's a bit time consuming and I've literally got no time to spare, sorry.

Know that if you reviewed I appreciate it like you've got no idea and I think you're awesome. This chapter's for you!

Cheers,

Franshes

Ch.29: Kendall's Jealousy Management

They arrived on-set with Kendall carrying Mia in his arms.

The little girl squealed delightedly when she spotted her Uncle Frankie and Jo a little further away.

Kendall carefully set her on the ground and she skipped off towards her uncle who received her in his arms with a wide grin on his face.

"Thanks you guys," he told them gratefully "I appreciate it a lot…she wasn't much of a bother, was she?"

"No, it was no big deal…for the most part," Kendall answered honestly.

"Ready for today's scene James?" Jo asked him.

"No, but I guess I'll do what I can," James said "Are we filming already?"

"Not yet, still missing a couple of guys from production," Jo said, glancing over at Elena who kept looking at her watch nervously every few minutes.

"So…did you have fun on your date last night?" Kendall asked Jo who smiled at him and nodded.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did," she said "Frankie's very romantic…despite everything that happened with his parents, sister and best friend. You'd think that a guy who's gone through so much pain in his life would be cold and bitter about everything. But not Frankie…he's a sweetheart…"

"I'm glad," Kendall said honestly "You deserved someone nice for a change…"

"Oh, you were alright Kendall," Jo said, taking his hand "But we weren't meant to be together as more than just friends….you guys are cute together," and she placed Kendall's hand in James' making him smile at her.

"Oh, the rest of the guys are here…" Jo said, glancing at a relieved-looking Elena "Let's go, it's show-time boys…"

Kendall and James followed her on-set as did Carlos and Logan.

"Alright everybody, we'll be using a blue-screen for the video-chatting effects on this scene!" Elena said "This means that James, Carlos, and Logan, you guys have to be standing right about…here. Not too close to Kendall or anything, James, you'll be sitting down here… while the other two stand around you… and a little side-ways please…no, not too much Carlos, only a little…there." she said, gently guiding the guys to their spots.

"Kendall, you have to be sitting down…here." Elena said "And Jo beside you, there. That's perfect. Alright, let's get this scene rolling everybody!" she called out.

A bell rung.

**Entering Movie World**

"What do you mean you're not coming with us anymore?" Marco cried as his friends looked at him apologetically "You guys said you'd be coming! What happened? I thought your parents had said yes…"

"Our parents DID say yes, Marco," Joshua said silently "And believe me, if it were up to me then we'd be on a plane already on our way to join you guys in Rome…and follow you everywhere, Marco. You're our best friend…"

"Then why aren't you coming?" Marco said as Rachel rubbed his arm soothingly.

"Because we can't…" Tony replied softly "You're our best friend Marco, but so is Andrew and he needs us now more than you do…"

"Why? What's wrong?" Marco said, looking at his friend through the screen "Andrew is everything alright?"

Andrew shook his head.

"You-you remember the girl I've been seeing for some time now? The one I hooked up with at Martin's beach party?" he said quietly, seeming mortified.

"Who? Sally? I thought you'd said it wasn't anything too serious…" Marco said.

"And it wasn't," Andrew said quickly "Well…not until now…Marco, she's pregnant. She's pregnant and it's my kid…"

Marco fell back on his chair. He had NOT seen this coming at all.

"A baby?" Marco repeated stupidly.

Andrew nodded. He looked terribly scared.

"I have to go back home, I have to be with you guys…" Marco said quickly "Andrew, you can't be on your own right now…"

"He's not," Joshua said "Tony and I are with him…we'll help him in every way we can…"

"Go be with Rachel, Marco," Andrew said warily "She's special to you. Don't let my stupid mistake keep you guys apart…I'll be fine, like Joshua said, and…they'll join you, as soon as they can…"

"What about you?" Marco asked.

"Well…" Andrew said, biting his lip apprehensively "Sally's scared, man, and her parents kicked her out when they found out she was pregnant. Mine did the same thing, so now we're all living at Joshua's parents' place…I'll have to get a job for real now, because we can't keep things this way so…I don't know, man, I really don't know anything for now...I'm messed up…"

"Not necessarily…" Rachel said quickly "You finished high school, correct?"

Andrew nodded.

"Well…I don't make any promises, but my father could, maybe, find a job for you…you know, once we're back in the U.S…but would Sally mind coming all the way over here? It'd a whole different world from then on…"

"I'd have to talk to her…see if she's willing," Andrew said "For now, I'm really sorry Marco…"

"No, don't be," Marco said quickly "It's your kid. You should be happy. You're going to be a father…"

"It's scary, actually," Andrew confessed "I'll probably mess up like always…"

"No you won't," Tony assured him, briefly squeezing his shoulder comfortingly.

"We have to go now, my parents are calling us down to dinner," Joshua said, glancing over his shoulder "But we'll talk some more soon, alright?"

Rachel and Marco both nodded before signing off.

**End of Movie World**

"And CUT!" Elena said "Okay guys, that was a good take, everyone take five minutes to relax…"

"Urgh…finally!" Logan exclaimed "We had to do 8 takes in that scene…"

"That's 'cause Carlos kept cracking up in the middle of the scene!" Kendall exclaimed, glaring at the Latino.

"Hey, you stuttered a couple of times too!" Carlos said indignantly "Plus there was that time Jo fell off the chair…"

The guys all smiled, remembering how flustered the actress had been and how she'd unconsciously turned to Frankie, as if fearing she'd offended him through her clumsiness.

All too soon however, it was time to go back on-set and film the next scene…and it was one that would truly test Kendall's patience and anger-management.

"Alright guys, we'll try to have the least takes of next scene, so I'll need all of you to cooperate with me…" Elena said "Are we all set?"

James took a deep breath, briefly squeezing Kendall's hand comfortingly.

"It's all going to be okay?" he whispered to the blonde "Remember…none of it is real…"

Kendall tried to fight off the nausea as he watched his boyfriend walk on-set, already popping a couple of buttons on his shirt, so it'd be easier to take off… revealing some his toned chest which was attracting quite a few amount of stares from both male and female crew members much to Kendall's growing annoyance.

"So, how exactly does this work?" Kendall asked Elena softly, forcing himself to stay civil.

"Well, it's nothing out of this world, Kendall, don't worry…" she said "Besides, it's a teens' show, we won't get too carried away…basically, James will be shirtless and in shorts…just in case with all the moving around a bit of his legs are exposed…Natasha will have shorts as well and will have a skin-colored bra which will be invisible to the audience after we modify these images in the computer…"she finished.

Kendall sighed, he still didn't like this at all, even though he knew deep in his heart that it was just acting.

Distantly, he heard Elena shout 'action!' the scene following her yell completely trapping Kendall's attention.

Much as he'd rather NOT watch this at all, he couldn't tear his eyes from what was going on on-set.

His heart plummeted as he watched James and super-hot Natasha get under the bedcovers and begin to make out heavily on the bed. Even worse, seeing as Natasha pushed James onto the bed before straddling him. James then rolled her gently so that he'd be on top of her while never breaking the kiss. Meanwhile she gasped and, despite knowing they were perfectly clothed and acting, Kendall couldn't help but grit his teeth at how real it all looked.

It only got worse when Natasha pulled off James' shirt, revealing more of his toned chest and delicious abs and sculpted back which generated several cat calls from the crew and made Kendall ball his hands into fists.

Next, James gently took off Natasha's own blouse before pulling on the bedcovers so that their lower halves wouldn't be exposed on camera and the "hoax" wouldn't be discovered.

His eyes stung with unshed tears at James' pleasured look and at Natasha's moans and Kendall suddenly couldn't help wondering if they were ONLY acting or if they were actually grinding under the bedcovers.

Try as he might he was reminded of the time he'd caught James and Sean sleeping together and couldn't help but feel the same pain he'd felt then. Except now, it was probably ten times worse because it wasn't something Kendall could hope to compete in and win.

Scenes like this HAD to happen and there was nothing he'd be able to do about them, not now, and not in the future either if James decided to pursue a serious acting career.

He also couldn't help wondering whether James still wished for any of it.

He knew James had never really been intimate with a girl before, only with guys, and so he couldn't help wondering if this scene was making James wish he'd experienced both sides-like Kendall had.

After an eternity, or so it seemed to Kendall, the bell rung, signaling the end of the damned scene and shaking Kendall out of his troubled thoughts.

However, that still didn't appease Kendall's conflicted emotions and he could suddenly understand James a little better. If it hurt him to see James make out with a complete stranger, it must've been doubly hard on James to have to watch his boyfriend make out with his ex-girlfriend.

To make matters worse, James got up and off of Natasha before helping her up and then the two of them remained talking for a while, laughing quite a few times even before James FINALLY made his way over to the guys, a wide smile on his face.

Kendall's heart clenched tightly and the blonde felt his chest would explode from the pain of having to hold on to so many tears. God, he could still see them in his mind, James slowly moving above her and she gasping in pleasure. She never should've gotten to see that side of James. Only Kendall should be allowed to see that side of James. How he got playful and yet tender during love-making.

Kendall was also angry at himself for letting this get to him so much. Even now, he had a hard time faking a smile at James who was now animatedly telling Carlos and Logan about how hard it had been for him to hold in the giggles during the whole scene.

"Yeah, not cracking up is the tough part…" Kendall said absent-mindedly, his voice trembling only a little and none of the others noticed it.

"Totally true," James said, oblivious to the pain his boyfriend felt "So anyways, like I was saying…"

Kendall tuned out the rest of James' sentence. He needed to get out of here and he needed to get out of here fast, otherwise he was going to make a scene, and he knew that'd be totally unfair on both James and Natasha.

He figured that if he could get through the next couple of hours without doing anything DRASTIC, he would be fine.

"Hey, hey Earth to Kendall!" James said, waving his hand in front of the blonde's eyes, shaking him from his current train of thought.

"Huh?" Kendall said.

"You okay babe?" James asked concernedly.

"Oh, oh yeah…" Kendall lied smoothly "I'm fine, don't worry, just a little-distracted-I guess…"

"Yeah well, the tough part's over now…" James said, pulling Kendall close to him in a tight embrace.

"Yeah, yes it is…" Kendall said, then, deciding to switch the topic to a slightly lighter one he added "So babe, your birthday's in four days…what would you like to do?"

"Mm…I'd love to do you…" James mumbled, nuzzling Kendall's neck.

"Besides that…" Kendall said with a roll of his eyes, even as he tried to fight off the tears as James' mention of sex brought back the still-too vivid images of his scene with Natasha in Kendall's mind.

"Don't know…" James said with a shrug "Dinner together, maybe? Lunch with everybody else?"

"Uh-uh," Logan said, coming up to them "It's a big date, James, you're turning eighteen after all, and apparently production agrees with me 'cause I heard Elena say they're throwing you a big party…"

James groaned good-naturedly.

"They really shouldn't have bothered," he said.

"Of course we should all bother about it, it's your birthday and we're your best friends!" Carlos exclaimed.

"Can I still do you, Kendall?" James asked jokingly.

Kendall sighed, pushing his pain aside for now and smiling at James.

"Of course," he told James "Anything you want babe, you're the birthday boy…but we DO have to look presentable for the party so… at what time did Elena say they were hosting the party Logan? Did you hear?"

"Around 8 o'clock, you guys shouldn't worry about that, you'll have the entire day to yourselves, seeing as Jo DID manage to clear both of your schedules off…" Logan said.

"I'm assuming you guys won't be out of our room the entire day right?" Carlos asked with a knowing smile.

"Your assumption's right…" James said.

"And that you won't want either Carlos or me around, will you?" Logan asked with a roll of his eyes.

"That'd be much appreciated…please? It's my birthday Logan!" James whined with a cute pout.

Carlos, Kendall, and Logan all rolled their eyes at this.

"Sure James," Logan replied, making James beam at him.

"So, you guys want to watch how the scene looks on camera?" Elena asked them, coming up to them.

"NO!" Kendall exclaimed, knowing it would pain him doubly hard to watch something that would seem much more realistic on camera than in real life.

The other three just shook their heads apologetically at Elena who only laughed, said she understood, and walked away.

And so the four guys made their way into their changing rooms to get ready for their next scenes, all of them unaware of the blonde's internal despair and how he just wanted to die right there and then…

A/N: Aww...am I the only one who feels sorry for Kendall? I can't be :p

So, in case you skipped my author's note at the top I AM NOT...I repeat I AM NOT updating next week, srry. Hopefully everything will have settled down by next-next Friday, and if I can get it up sooner than in 2 weeks I most certainly will.

For now, please leave a review!

Who thinks Kendall's more hurt than he lets others see? Who in here thinks he might do something crazy about it all? If so, what are your guesses? Who in here thinks I'm just messing with you all?

Lol.

CARLOS: See you in 2 weeks people!

LOGAN: She says she'll miss you guys and she's honestly sorry that she won't be able to make it by next Friday but, well, college admission exams ARE a little harsh, especially if she's trying to get into Pre-Med School...

ME: Logan! There's a reason I said 'personal' reasons! Now everybody knows!

JAMES: She might feel a bit better if you all review...

KENDALL: Yeah...8-10 are her happy numbers remember? It might, just might lessen my heartbreak!

REVIEW TIME!

Cheers,

Franshes