Kendally

(4)Kendall

Kendall's POV

“Alright, that’s the last of it,” James said, patting one of the suitcases that was sitting beside him. We had finally made it to the Palm Woods, and the bus we had just gotten off of was just driving away.
Even though we had made it to our destination at last, and I should be excited…I wasn’t. No matter what I did, or how hard I tried not to think about Ally…I couldn’t stop. Thinking about her this much was driving me crazy.
“Come on, bud!” James exclaimed; a little too perky for me. “We’re back home! The Palm Woods! Aren’t you excited?” I just let out a deep, depressing sigh, and stared blankly at the sidewalk in front of me.
James shook his head slowly, not saying anything, now. Then, in a few swift movements, he grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and began to text rapidly. Then, he flipped it shut and looked at me again.
“Logan and Carlos should be here any second…I just told them that we’re here.” I nodded slowly, and let out another big, dramatic sigh.
James looked up at the sky and shivered a little. “I don’t remember it ever being so cold in LA, do you?” But suddenly, our two other best friends appeared.
“Hey guys!” Logan greeted excitedly, and Carlos beamed excitedly. “It’s been so boring without you guys!” he said quickly, and Logan shot him a somewhat offended look. “What? No offense!” Carlos said, shrugging.
Laughing, James said, “So, how were the interviews with that magazine?” Logan shrugged. “They were alright, I think, but it felt weird without you guys.” James smiled. “We did the same interviews a week ago. It was your guys’ turn.”
It was then that Logan and Carlos noticed my depressed-state, and they all shot me strange looks. “What up with Kendall?” Carlos asked, and James let out a slightly-annoyed sigh. “He’s lovesick. Come on, let’s get into the warm Palm Woods and we’ll tell you what happened. Or, well, I will, depending on Kendall’s mood.”
They all agreed, and I silently grabbed my suitcases to follow them inside. I wonder what Ally is doing right now, I thought to myself, and I shuffled in behind Logan.
“Now this is warm,” James grinned as we entered. “Home sweet Palm Woods,” Carlos agreed. The first person that seemed to notice us was Mr. Bitters, and immediately after he acknowledged our presence, he groaned. “Oh, perfect…the hockey heads are reunited again.”
James rolled his eyes. “Yeah, great to see you again, too, Mr. Bitters.” All of the guys laughed, except for me, whom was only barely paying attention to what was going on around me. I just kept following them, wherever they turned.
Almost instantly after we pushed the “up” button by the elevator, the doors opened, and the four of us filed in. “So, Kendall…” Logan began noticing my reservedness. “You’re in love, huh?” I looked up at him, this being the first time in a long time that I’d made eye contact with anyone. But I said nothing, and quickly returned my gaze to the floor.
“I have never seen him like this,” Carlos said, almost worriedly. “There hasn’t been a real girl in his life since Jo…but even then, he was never all mopey.”
“Maybe because I know for a fact that I would definitely see her again, after the first day,” I groaned, surprising everyone by talking.
“Um…what?” Logan asked, confused, as the elevator doors opened. “He ran over a girl at the airport,” James quickly explained. “Not like with a car or anything…he was running and he knocked her over…but as soon as they collided, it was love at first sight.”
Logan and Carlos “ooohed” and “awed”, and I sighed. “It sounds crazy…but James is actually kind of right. She was so beautiful…and I loved her attitude.”
We arrived at our old apartment, 2J, and we immediately placed our stuff in the living room area, beside the orange couch. “So…uh…why are you…depressed?” Logan asked, continuing the conversation. “I’m no expert on girls…but shouldn’t you be happy about it?”
“Ah, you’d think,” James nodded. “But there’s one slight problem. He doesn’t know much about her…and he didn’t get her number or an address.”
“Ohh,” Logan nodded, now understanding my dilemma. “So, you are thinking that you probably won’t see her ever again?”
“How could he?” Carlos laughed. “He met her in an airport!” Both Logan and James whipped their heads around to glare at him. “Carlos!!”
I whimpered and fell back on the couch dead-like. The others took seats around me. Even though what Carlos had said hurt, it was pretty true.
“I explained to Kendall that it wasn’t a concrete fact that the girl was leaving LA,” James said to Logan. “She wasn’t at one of those boarding gates. She was just in the terminal.”
Logan raised his eyebrows and looked at me. “He’s right, you know. You can’t be absolutely sure she’s gone for good. She could very easily still be in LA as we speak.”
I shook my head disapprovingly. “Just the same, LA is huge. It could take months before we find her.” James looked at them helplessly. “See how negative he’s being? I had to deal with this the entire drive here.” Carlos laughed into his arm, and all three of us stared at him.
Logan turned back to look at me. “It’s not often that you seem to fall in love, Kendall…so I do hope you know that we’re all in this together. If this were James, it would be another story though…with him always seeming to ‘fall in love’…”
James shot him a look causing all of us to laugh. I sighed but managed to smile. “Thanks guys…seriously. You don’t have to help me…but you don’t know how much I appreciate this.” Each of my best friends reached out a hand to pat my back.
“Alright…it’s going on 9:00 right now…so we can start the girl-hunting either tonight or tomorrow…but I vote that we wait until tomorrow,” Carlos said, chuckling. We all agreed with him, and even I began to feel a little better. These guys really knew how to cheer people up. I just hoped that everything would work out for me to find Ally and all.