A/N: Aaand my back to school was just as hectic as I expected, sorry about that.

And technically I don't have time this weekend as I'm stuck translating for a team of Doctors Without Borders in my country and...yeah, I won't have any time to write at all this weekend.

Which is why I'm glad I had this almost ready to go, and now it is finished indeed.

I shall not have my shout outs section because of the time but, know that if you reviewed, YOU were my main inspiration and YOU are the reason this is out here at all.

That said, if you didn't hate me last chapter, you probably will after this one so...

Enjoy! (Lol. aren't I evil?)

Cheers

Franshes

PS. Special message for OuToFmYmInDbAcKiN5MiNuTeS- No fair! Your last PM left me hanging! You have no right to do that...only I can do that! Lol. Kidding, great job w/ "Aftermath" and can't wait for more...

Ch. 35: Big Time Blackmail

Kendall remained edgy and moody the rest of the week.

His friends and co-workers all noticed the change in his attitude and couldn't help wondering what was wrong with him.

"Kendall what's going on?" James asked him softly, after the blonde had snapped at a couple of girl scouts for attempting to sell them cookies.

"Why? What do you mean by that?" Kendall asked, not meeting his boyfriend's eyes.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about, Knight," James said firmly "You've been crabby all week, you've hardly touched your food, you won't talk to Carlos and Logan and when you do, you're mean to them. I mean, what's the matter with you? You made poor 'Los cry the other day!"

"I did?" Kendall asked softly, his heart shattering at the thought of having hurt his sweet and innocent Latino friend.

"Yeah, you did," James huffed angrily, crossing his arms over his chest "Now, spill…what's going on?"

"Nothing's going on James," Kendall said "I've just had…a lot on my mind lately…a lot of things to think through…and I've been really stressed about just wrapping up this whole thing and going back home…this trip has been exhausting!"

"I agree, but there's more to it than that, I know you Kendall and you'd never be this mean over work-related issues," James said "I mean…you just yelled at those poor girl scouts and they were, what, eight? Nine, maybe? The point is that, that was totally uncalled for, Kendall, and you know that. So tell me baby…what is it that's really troubling you?"

"You-you wouldn't understand," Kendall whispered, mortified.

"Try me," James said simply before narrowing his eyes in suspicion "Kendall, you're not having second thoughts about our wedding are you?"

"N-no! What makes you say that?" Kendall asked, a bit panicked at James' having brought up the very subject he wanted to avoid.

James shrugged.

"I don't know," he answered "It's just…I can't figure out anything else in particular that would be making you this nervous…"

"No James, I am NOT having second thoughts about our wedding," Kendall said firmly, feeling a bit guilty about not being entirely truthful to James.

"Then what is it?" James pressed on.

Kendall sighed.

"James," he said "What if I screwed up? What if I made a huge and stupid mistake that I regret like you have no idea …a mistake that could, like, totally change your perception of me. Would you be able to forgive me?"

"Of course," James said immediately, looking at Kendall strangely "No matter what you did, Kendall, it can't be anything THAT bad really…and I forgive you, wholeheartedly, for whatever you did, I love you babe, nothing will ever change that…why'd you ask? What did you do?"

Kendall bit his lip worriedly; still unsure of whether or not he ought to tell his boyfriend what had happened between him and Jo.

After all, James was probably right. He was probably making this seem WAY worse than it was…it had just been a kiss, right? Nothing else…and it hadn't meant anything to him at all…or at least that's what Kendall wanted to believe right now.

"I…" Kendall said, feeling incredibly self-conscious and not daring to meet his boyfriend's eyes "I, um, accidentally…I, uh, I might've been talking to Jo and then I…I- I let it slip that I thought you were the girl in this relationship…" Kendall said the last bit in a hurry, hating himself for once again lying to James. Especially when he'd been so close to telling him the truth...

"Oh," James said, seeming surprised "That's all? Kendall…that's what you've been so worried about?"

"Well, yeah," Kendall said, through gritted teeth "I mean, it IS kind of an insult to you…and I didn't mean it, not at all, I just wasn't thinking about what I was -saying…"

"Hey, that's okay, man," James said with a shrug "I don't even care that much, it's not that big of a deal really…"

"It is!" Kendall insisted, feeling anxious on the inside "I totally disrespected you in- saying that- behind your back…and I shouldn't have done it, I'm sorry…"

"Kendall, you're overreacting," an oblivious James said with a laugh "I mean, c'mon it's not as if you cheated on me or something…."

"Yeah," Kendall said, forcing a laugh "You're right, I guess, I must be overreacting…"

"Totally," James agreed naïvely "Now cheer up, Kenny, you and Jett have your final fighting scene before Jett-ahem-Drake decides to leave so…I daresay it'll be fun for you, you don't want to mess it up with a gloomy mood, do you?"

"No, no, you're right, I wouldn't want to mess it up at all," Kendall said "Especially since I actually get to win this time and not fall off a window…"

James laughed alongside him.

"Right," he said "Shall we then?" and he gallantly offered his hand for Kendall to take it.

Feeling a slight pang of guilt and a twinge of regret, Kendall took his boyfriend's hand and let him lead the way into the set…

At the Set...

Of course, Jett wasn't going to make things any easier on him right now, as Kendall should've already guessed from knowing Jett all these years…

"Hey Knight," he greeted Kendall with a taunting voice as James left him to go talk to Carlos and Logan "Ready to get your ass kicked?"

"Ready for a repeat of last time?" Kendall fired back "And with the week I've been having…letting off some steam on you will be hilarious…just don't go crying to Elena if you end up with a broken bone or something…"

"Oh please," Jett scoffed "You couldn't hit me that hard even if your life depended on it…'sides, I'd also be having a pretty lousy week if I'd made some God-awful mistake that…say, could ruin my relationship with my pretty and clueless fiancé…"

"What?!" Kendall exclaimed, taken aback by Jett's comment.

"I'm only saying that, if I were you, I'd be nicer to the only guy who's got the power to break you and your little boyfriend up…" he said "That kiss with Jo was not at all innocent after all…I'll bet James would have something to say on the matter…you know, if he somehow found out…"

"What?!" Kendall repeated, now outraged at Jett's subtle threat.

Jett's smug smirk was unbearable.

"I saw you and Jo," he said, still smiling unpleasantly at Kendall "You guys should really be more careful if you're going to be cheating on your respective others or whatever…however, now you've got a bigger problem, Knight. Me. What's to keep me from going and telling your precious Jamie that his blondie here was making out with another blonde chick only a week ago? I'll bet he'd even be so devastated he'd let me have comfort sex with him you know? Seeing as he's so easy to win over…"

"You little fucker!" Kendall whispered at him furiously "You-you piece of shit, you-"

"No, no, Kendall," Jett said in a sing-song voice "If you want me to stay quiet about all this, you're going to have to start being nicer to me…"

Kendall huffed, annoyed, but desperate for Jett to keep his mouth shut about his and Jo's little incident.

"Fine," Kendall exclaimed "What's it going to take, then, for you to keep quiet? Name your price."

Jett appeared to be thoughtful for a minute.

"Hmm…" he said, grinning evilly at Kendall who felt his stomach twist into an unpleasant knot.

"Quit playing around Jett, and tell me what you want," Kendall said, attempting for his voice to sound threatening.

"Very well," Jett said, looking amused at the whole situation "I'll keep quiet about your little secret alright…if you agree to…go on a date with me?"

Silence.

Kendall remained where he was standing, dumbstruck, completely sure he'd heard Jett wrong.

"What?" he sputtered finally "Oh ha ha, very funny Jett, now c'mon, tell me-"

"I'm serious," Jett interrupted him firmly "Dead serious Knight. I want you to go on a date with me. Do that and I promise I won't bug you about this at all again…don't do it and…James will know all about it in less than an hour…as will the rest of the world…"

And to show Kendall he meant business, he showed Kendall a picture on his phone which clearly showed Kendall and Jo making out in the movie set. Jett had it set up so that it was about to be posted onto his Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts and, Kendall realized with dread, would be up online for all his millions of followers-including James-to see.

"But why?" Kendall croaked weakly, his resolve breaking "Why do you want to go on a date with me? I thought you hated me!"

"No, Kendall, I never hated you, it was always you who hated me. And I've been trying to get you to notice how awesome I am ever since I saw you in the Palm Woods. All those times I kept trying to split you and Jo up? It wasn't because I wanted Jo…I knew that, if I really wanted to, I could have her any time that I wanted. It was you who proved to be much of a challenge. It was you I wanted all along…"Jett said.

To say Kendall was shocked after Jett's big speech would be a BIG understatement. He felt as though his whole world were spinning and on the verge of collapsing.

First Jo, then Lucy, then James, then Carlos, then Logan, and now even Jett! Was the list ever going to stop?

"Anyways," Jett continued "I realize there's nothing I can do to dissuade you from being with Diamond, not now that you two are so close to living your fairy-tale dream of Happily Ever After, not now that you're-getting married," he said with a shudder "But I'm Jett Stetson and I always get what I want so…I want to get to have you, all to myself, if only ever once, before you become unreachable…"

"Hold on," Kendall said, growing alarmed "The date…doesn't go past that. It's just a date. I won't sleep with you Jett, so if that's what you're intending then-"

"Relax Knight, I'm not stupid, I know you'd never sleep with me, 'cause you're too damn noble to cheat on Diamond, even after he was perfectly capable of cheating on you…so I'd never ask you for that. I know my limits. So…do we have a date?"Jett asked.

He extended his hand in order for Kendall to shake it.

Kendall seemed grossed out as he reached out and shook it.

"Guess we do," he said, his voice shaky.

"Great!" Jett said, visibly brightening up.

"When and where?" Kendall croaked, feeling more nauseated by each passing second.

"Tomorrow, while everyone else has dinner at the hotel…" Jett said.

"What am I supposed to tell James and the guys when I don't accompany them to dinner?" Kendall said while glaring at Jett, hating him for forcing him to do this.

Jett shrugged nonchalantly.

"Tell them you'll be hanging out with me…that after today's fight scene, Elena made you promise you'd try to get along with me better or some crap like that…" Jett said "And wear something nice," he added later, with a hint of sexiness in his voice.

Kendall rolled his eyes. God, how he hated this guy!

"Okay, whatever," he said.

Before he could even register what was happening, he felt Jett crash their lips together for some mere seconds.

Too stunned to do anything about it, he just remained stone-still until Jett pulled back.

"And there'll be many more to come tomorrow," he promised with a wink of his eye "Only I'll need you to be a bit more cooperative than that…"

And he walked away from the blonde without saying another word.

James returned just then smiling lovingly at Kendall….so oblivious, for the second time that day.

Kendall threw his head back and groaned in frustration.

Crap. What had he done?

A/N: Okay it's short, I'll give you that. But my free-time has been close to zero since I returned to school...anyways. Ta-da! Now Kendall not only has to keep secret his kiss with Jo but now he must date Jett as well.

Is it getting to be way too many secrets for the blonde to handle?

Then again, I warned some of you to look out for Jett didn't I? Why do you think I did?

Does the drama end here?

Well, that depends on how well you know me, in the meantime...

REVIEW TIME!

*Reviews are the pills that keep me sane and avoid my collapsing under the stress of life* Lol. Tragic as I'm only 16, lol.

Hey BTW, to that anonymous reviewer who kept suggesting fetishes, I just discovered that, ahem, friend, yeah, let's call him that, at school is really talented for fetishes so...I might have something out, I don't know, I'll let you know, okay?

Anyways, to the rest, REVIEW!

Cheers,

Franshes