"So James, how come you never told us you had a son?" Jo asked with a cynical smile on her face, she and the brunet sitting on the neon orange, L-shaped couch.

James swallowed hard and avoided the blonde's gaze, eyes on Kendall's back as he and Mau pieced Royce's crib back together. The little boy was downing his morning formula, wide hazel-green eyes on Jo.

'Why would I tell you about my son, so you could poison him?' James thought bitterly, tightening his arms around Royce. He pulled on his best smile though, trying to keep his anger in.

"I just wanted to wait for the right moment. It's not easy to tell your friends you're a teenage parent; it's a lot of responsibility, I wanted to concentrate all my time and energy on Royce." He said, pressing a kiss Royce's wild hair.

On the outside Jo was smiling but on the inside, on the inside she was seething. Her dark eyes narrowed as she took Royce in, blood boiling.

'What an ugly little monster. His face, his nose, everything is all wrong. Kendall and I could have done much better than...that.' She thought, making sure her legs were tucked in so that the child wouldn't be able to touch her. Mau was oblivious to the silent glare-down going on behind his back, making sure he read the instructions carefully.

"Okay so this piece goes here, the rest so far looks sturdy." He mumbled out loud, Kendall fiddling with the screwdriver. The dirty blond smiled, wiping light sweat off his forehead.

"That's good news, hear that champ? We almost got your crib ready, you'll bunk with Mami and me!" Royce giggled and clapped his hands, James's face breaking out in a fiery blush. Jo suppressed a scowl.

"Yay, Mami and Daddy!"

...A heavy silence fell over the group at Royce's words, Katie, Carlos, Logan, and Mama Knight looking at each other with wide eyes.

Did Royce just call Kendall "Daddy"?!

"Royce, what did you say?" James and Mau said in unison, the Brooklyn boy white as a sheet while James...James was glowing with hope, curiosity.

If what he thought he heard was really what he heard, then that meant...Royce didn't just like Kendall. He really, really, REALLY liked Kendall.

Royce met his mother's eyes, hazel-green clashing with hazel-green. "I said Daddy, Mami. I have two daddies now: Papa and Daddy. I like Kendall, I want him to be my daddy. Please Mami, can I call him Daddy instead of tio?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.

'You want Kendall as your Daddy?' James thought, heart suddenly exploding in his chest.

'Absolutely not, you leech!' Jo bit her tongue to keep the screech in, smiling in spite of herself.

'Hjio, am I losing you…?' Mau felt his stomach turn inside out, sick turning his face green.

Kendall dropped the screwdriver in his hand and walked over to James, crouching down and scooping up Royce into his arms.

He looked serious for a few minutes, before he grinned and tossed Royce lightly into the air.

Royce squealed and laughed as the dirty blond's strong, warm hands hugged him close, his blunt nose tickling one of his balloon-round cheeks.

"You can call me anything you want, champ. I'll be your tio, Daddy, best friend all in one!" Kendall exclaimed, pressing a light kiss to Royce's button nose before taking a seat beside a very flustered James Diamond.

"You can call me Daddy, little guy. And I'll be right here with Mami, always." He whispered, taking one of James's hands in his. The brunet's face was a bright red, weak tears in his eyes but a big smile on his lips.

"So Daddy Kendall, huh?"

"Kendall, are you crazy? I mean a br-kid is a big responsibility! Plus Royce's REAL father is right here!" Jo said, trying to control her temper as she pulled on her "sweet girl" act together.

Kendall and James's eyes hardened at meeting the blonde's gaze, James taking a deep breath to calm himself down.

"I'm not taking away Mau's right to be here for Royce, Jo. I'm not saying he isn't Royce's biological father either, he is; if Royce wants to call Kendall 'Daddy' instead of tio though, then I'm not going to object. It's what makes my son comfortable, not you. Mau, do you mind this? Royce said he has two daddies now; he's not saying anything mean…."

'Of course I mind! Royce is mi hijo, NUESTRO hijo! Kendall isn't part of my family; what has he done to get Royce to love him like that?! Jo was right, James is a player! A cheater, he wants this blond idiota to take my place as Royce's father!' Inside Mau was angry, furious. He was boiling, seething and close to losing his composure.

"N-no, I don't mind at all! Welcome to the family, amigo!" On the outside though, he had to put on an act.

He couldn't let his growing distaste for Kendall show so easily.

Jo gawked at him, eyebrows arrows over her dark eyes. She was even more surprised at what the Brooklyn boy said next. "You know, mi padres, Malik and Jade are going out to dinner tonight. Why don't you, Royce...Kendall, and Carlos and Logan and Katie and Dona Knight join us? It will be on me, promise, so why not celebrate our big familia? Princesa you can come too if you'd like, be my date."

"Sounds like fun!" Katie chirped with a smirk, wiping her mouth.

"Yeah, it is our day off so we should spend it with familia!" Carlos added.

"I have no plans, so I can make a space for dinner." Logan said, smiling.

Mama Knight blushed but smiled back, also eager. "I'll help pay the final bill, but that does sound like fun."

"Do you want to go, champ?" Kendall asked Royce, one arm going around James's waist. Both Jo and Mau wanted to lash out at the dirty blond for that.

James felt a warm, fuzzy feeling enter his stomach; was this Kendall's way of letting everyone know that they were dating?

Royce bit his soft, lower lip, wondering now if he had done something wrong. "Do I do something wrong, Daddy?"

"No, no son oh no! You didn't do anything wrong; I just want to make sure if you want to go too. You call the shots in this house, champ. If you want to go, we'll go. I mean, you haven't seen your grandparents these last few days…"

James bit his tongue. Part of him wanted to go to this dinner, in order to see Malik and Jade again after so long, but another part didn't. To this day, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds hated the brunet. They still saw him as a heartless, self-centered playboy that, unfortunately, was the mother of their only grandchild. Back when James was still carrying Royce, they cursed and mean slurred the unborn child claiming he was a runt, a bastard child from one of James's many relationships. DNA test results proved that Royce was indeed Mau's child, that didn't mean that they were happy to know that James was carrying their grandchild.

So in short, Royce's grandparents, who were now sweet and loving with him, hated his mother with all their hearts.

"Do you want to go, Mami?" Said brunet was broken out of his train of thought at his son's voice, he meeting that baby doll face. James smiled and kissed his forehead, eyes warm.

"Si tu quieres, carino."

"Yes, yes I want to go!" Mau smiled, though this one was tighter than his usual choice.

"It's a date then, oh wait Jo quieres ir tambien?"

'I'll have the chance to poison the brat, so-'

"Yeah, I'd love to." Jo said, eyes cold. Mau didn't notice though, getting to his feet and packing his toolbox.

"Then I'll meet you all in the lobby at seven tonight, dress casually. I'll text Malik and Jade right now, James, I know they're dying to see you." He replied, whipping out his cell-phone and stepping away from the now put-together crib.

James, still battling with the warm, fuzzy feeling in his stomach and scared shiver now running down his spine, smiled back and rested his head on Kendall's shoulder. The dirty blond responded by pressing a kiss to James's cheek, that surprising everyone, not Royce (surprisingly) though, completely.

'Are they DATING?!' Mau and Jo thought at the same time, stomachs dropping. Mau was able to keep his act together though, while the attractive blonde let out a slight growl.

Kendall and James caught it thankfully, so they tightened their hold on each other and Royce.

"O-okay, sounds like fun." James managed to choke, smiling.

'Oh God, I'm dead.'

Yeah I know, this is a short chapter but it does open up the chance for more trouble! Yay, so hope this is great! What will Jo and Royce do? Will James survive this "family" dinner? And who are Jade and Malik? Stay tuned and I'll see you in the next one, everyone! Thank you once again for the support, reviews, and love! This will be my second year in college, meaning I'll be busy and such but I hope you all will stick with me through it all! Thank you again and stay beautiful! :) Disclaimer: I don't own Big Time Rush! All I own is the plot and the OCs that are Mau and Royce, Mau's parents and the soon-to-be introduced Malik and Jade! :)