Just Getting Started On A Big Night

Jo?

Disclaimer: I don't own BTR

Logan

I walked upstairs to try and apologize to Carlos for walking in on him. Twice. But when I got there, he looked like he was sleeping on his bed.

I sat down at the edge of the bed and instead asked him a question, "So, what did James' mom tell you?"

He told me that James talks about us a lot. Well, duh, we're best friends.

"Anything... Else? Like, who he has a crush on?" I prompted.

"Fine. She told me that James said that he loves you as a best friend but that he thinks he has a crush on Kendall but he's still drawn to me somehow." he said.

Wait, James has a crush on Kendall?

"So he's had a crush on Kendall? I need to go tell him!" I squealed. I'm spending too much time around Camille.

I tried to get up and run out of the door, but Carlos latched onto my collar, pulling me back to the bed.

"Oh no you don't. James can tell Kendall when he's ready." said Carlos.

He was right, but I was still excited so I used my best puppy-dog face and whimpers. He didn't budge.

He swung himself on top of me and suddenly, I felt strange. I looked down to see our lower bodies touching and I wanted to feel more of him. I stopped my antics and he only stared at me before leaning down.

As we kissed, I felt electricity passing through me. I've never felt this way before.

We broke apart as we needed air to keep on living.

Kendall and James came upstairs at that moment and Carlos jumped off of me, landing on the floor.

I gave the boys an excuse as to why he was on the floor and I hoped that they believed me. Once we dropped the topic, they asked if we wanted to watch a movie and we all settled for Ouija for the first one.

By the time we were halfway through the movie, James was snuggled on Kendall's shoulder when the doorbell rang. Carlos got up and said he would answer it.

When I saw who it was, I thought I was hallucinating.

It was Jo. Jo Taylor was at the door. She used to be Kendall's girlfriend until he broke up with her because she moved away and he couldn't handle having a long-distance relationship.

When did she get back? Why is she here? How did she find him here?

Kendall must have seen her too, which meant that I wasn't hallucinating. He dropped his handful of mid-movie popcorn, moved James off of him, and got up to walk over to the door.

"Jo?" he asked.

I can't even imagine what he was feeling. He had finally gotten over her a few months ago, but now here she is again.

Does she even know that he's gay? That we're all gay? I bet she'd be horrified.

James woke up once he heard Kendall's voice, "Kenny?" he looked around and realized he had been asleep. He looked for Kendall and once his hazel eyes had found him, they had also found Jo.

"Oh, Jo's here!" James said cheerfully, still groggy from sleep. Once he said this, his voice dropped an octave. "Oh.

"Jo!" Kendall said, trying to sound happy. "What're you doing here?" his voice sounded strained.

"I thought you'd be happy to see me! I just came back from halfway across the world to see you! I remembered your address and your mom said that you were at the neighbor's house with Logan and James."

At least that answered my question of how she got here.

James seemed fully awake by now. He got up from the couch, went over to Kendall, and kissed him.

Finally! I knew James had liked Kendall for a really long time; he was just too scared and nervous to do anything about it.

Jo looked aghast as she watched them. That's what you get, homophobe.

When the two taller boys broke apart, James put his arms around Kendall's waist as Jo just stared at them. If looks could kill, they'd be dead.

She huffed as she turned around and stalked over to her car. I guessed it was either a rental or she was borrowing it unless she was staying for a long time.

Carlos hurried up and shut the door before turning back around to face the rest of us.

"Um, so... Who was that?" he asked.

"That was Jo, Kendall's ex girlfriend." I explained, not hiding the venom in my voice.

"Well, what's wrong with her? She doesn't seem all that bad." he said.

"Oh no, absolutely not, that girl is bad news." said James.

"Why?" asked Carlos.

"When they started dating, we were all sophomores. Kendall asked her out and a few weeks later, he asked her to be his girlfriend. She, of course, said yes. Soon after that, though, she changed. She would always try to spend as much of her time with him, no matter where he went. It was almost like she wanted to sew herself to his hip. When he noticed that she kept on trying to pry him away from his friends, family, and hockey, he tried to break up with her. He told her that the 'spark' that they had in the beginning wasn't there anymore, but she refused to hear it. She went on a rampage and almost broke a window. After that, she had gotten an acting role to play for a new tv show, but casting was in New Zealand. Once she left, Kendall was a bit sad afterward because she had been in his life for a few years prior to them dating, but he was mostly relieved once she was gone." I looked over at Kendall in confirmation to keep talking. "Ever since then, he's been focusing on hockey and all of us together have been focusing on each other, our friends, and our family."

Kendall spoke up, "I didn't know you felt like that about me too, James."

"Oh please. I've felt like this for a long time, but I didn't know how you would react if I told you, so I just kept quiet." said James.

"Really? he asked.

James nodded. "Well, what about-"

I decided to butt in. "How about we talk about this when the movie's over." I said, pointing to the paused television screen.

They looked at each other, then Carlos, then at me and the tv.

"Sure, okay." they said.

We all walked over to the couch, sitting down. Kendall and James were snuggling on one side of the couch while Carlos and I were sitting side-by-side on the other.
We played the movie and by the time it was over, we had all fallen asleep with each other. I was dimly aware of Carlos moving into my side as he tried to cuddle with me in his sleep.