Once Upon a Fairy Tale (A Kendall Schmidt Fanfic)

Chapter 11...Truth be told....

You know that one time in your life that someone has tried to give you advice and you never wanted to take it? You thought you would never need it; you thought that it was all made up right? Well right now I wish I could go back to those days where I got the advice from the old wise tells. If only I would have listened to my mom or my mom's mom, possibly my dad or maybe his parent's, life wouldn’t be so complicated.

                "Truth?" I ask as I take off my heels and bring my feet up on the chair. He sits across from me on the couch kind of close, but yet leaning away.

"That's all I'm asking for…." I take a deep breath in and clear my head. Now was the chance to get everything off my chest that I've been holding back. I feel like I owe this to Kendall and that's the only reason I'm here and doing this.

"Well…." I don’t know where I should start. I remember I never have told him Isaac's full past and I promised him I would. It may have been a long time ago, but I never want to break a promise to Kendall even though I've kind of already did.

"As I'm sure you know Isaac has had an interesting past…." I start off slow, trying to make what I'm saying possibly a little easier, not for him to understand but for me to. He shakes his head yes.

"….Three years ago, Isaac was listed into an assassin program when the last of his family died in a plane crash. He stayed in it for a while till he met this girl. To protect her he left her. He was afraid of her getting hurt and he evidently went through some sort of depression.  He started asking questions trying to figure a way out. The leave told him he could he could opt out if he was engaged, married or had a kid…."  I drew the kid on a little because to me I would have thought he would have picked that way out but I guess he had a good heart not to. Kendall's face looked drawn in and I believe he was understanding. He shook his head yes, telling me to go on.

"I haven't figured out what happened after that really, but I guess that’s when I came into the picture." He uncrossed his legs and sort of leaned forward.

"Yeah it was about a year and a half ago when you started dating him…. I remember that" He looked away at that moment. I could see how his facial expression changed. Once a loving, concerned face now seems in pain.

"That's when things changed…" I heard him speak. It was quiet but yet out to be heard.

"Yeah…" I kind of breathed out because he was only speaking the truth. He shook his head and brought his eyes back to mine.

"Why didn't you tell me he was hurting you?" I stare for possibly a long time. I don’t know really because time wasn’t my best friend tonight. I close my eyes and turn my head away. As I open them I look down.

"It's the same thing I said before Kendall, I was scared." He doesn’t move for a second, then before he could speak I spoke. I couldn’t control my brain tonight.

"I still am…." Within an instance he leans in and grabs my hands from my knees. I hesitate at first knowing I shouldn’t but then I let him take them.  He just stares at me once again before his voice slowly fades in his response.

"… And that's why you left…" I look away and I feel my face fade into a sad expression. He broke the truth and he knows it. I don’t answer with a verbal response. Instead I use my head. I slowly shake it yes.

"So you lied to me" I throw my head up in response. At first I'm thrown off. I jerk my hands away from him and then I realize what I did. He was stating facts that I didn’t want to face. I didn’t think about lying to Kendall, but then I remember the part where I told him I didn’t want him in my life. That was a lie. I did want Kendall, hell that's all I wanted, but that was just it; I couldn't have him. I look back to him and say the first thing that came into my head.

"I'm sorry… I just wanted to protect you" he gets a small grin on his face.

"You don't have to protect me" His face turned once again. This time his white teeth flash as he smiles.

"It's the guys job to protect the girl, I'm supposed to protect you" he jokes. I laugh. I miss this. I swear I haven’t laughed much at all if any in this last year, so it sure felt good to laugh. I kept my eyes away as I laughed though. His hand comes up to my chin and turns my face back towards him. His eyes show so much emotion that makes that feeling in your stomach explode.

"Can I ask you one more question?" His voice seems anxious and pounding with a different sort of sensation. I shake my head once more…….

 "Do you love me?"