We Are

This is a sequel to All Over Again, Landslide, and Aftermath. I suggest you at least read Landslide and Aftermath before you read this fic otherswise you might be a little lost.

Chapter 1: Day Damn One

Kendall Knight yawned as he walked into the kitchen with his now one year old daughter Jenny in his arms. He put her in her high chair and grabbed a box of cheerios and gave her a handful. Kendall looked at Jenny as she grabbed a Cheerio and started eating. She was growing up so fast. Kendall wasn't sure if he liked this. His others kids were all practically adults already. Watching Jenny grow up was going to be hard, but he knew it would be worth it in the end.

Kendall had five kids in total and they ranged in age from nineteen to one. His oldest Jake, was married and almost twenty. He was in college and doing fine on his own. Then there was Adam who had a daughter and was eighteen. Next where his twins Kyle and Leora. They were only sixteen and so independent already. Last was Jenny. She had only just turned one and was still dependent on Kendall and his husband James Knight. He would miss these days when she was older.

Kendall and James had been together for almost twenty years now and were still going strong. Kendall loved James more and more as the days passed. Having James by his side kept him sane as their kids grew older. James was his rock, and Kendall wouldn't have it any other way.

"Kendall."

Kendall looked up as James walked into the kitchen. He arched a brow at him in question.

"Have you seen Kyle?" James asked.

"No, I knocked on his door and Leora's to wake them up for school and got no reply from either," Kendall said.

"I just talked to Leora, she up and getting ready," James said. Kendall nodded his head.

"Hey I'm up and I'm going!" Kyle said popping into the kitchen for a moment before taking off.

"Freeze!" Kendall hollered. He walked out to the hallway. Kyle was standing in the middle of the hallway. He turned to face his ad with a weak smile. "You don't have to be at school until quarter to eight and it's only six thirty," Kendall said.

"Yeah I know, I just want to get a head start," Kyle said.

"Where have you been disappearing to these last few weeks?" Kendall asked his son.

"No where, just hanging out with some friends. Do you have to know everything that happens in my life?" Kyle asked annoyed.

"Yes, you are my son and you are only sixteen. Until you turn eighteen, I am entitled to dictate you're life. Now come sit down and eat breakfast before you go," Kendall said pointing to the kitchen.

"Fine," Kyle grumbled. He walked back to the kitchen and tossed his bag into an empty chair. "You know I can't wait until I turn eighteen and I can move out," he mumbled as he started making himself a bowl of cereal.

"Love you too Kyle," Kendall said.

"What's wrong?" James asked looking from where he had been helping Jenny with her cheerios.

"Dads a dictator," Kyle said sending Kendall a glare.

"Enough with the attitude, otherwise you'll be grounded," Kendall warned his son. Kyle just glared at his cereal. He sat down at the table as Leora walked into the kitchen with a smile on her face.

"Morning Le," James greeted his oldest daughter.

"Morning pops, dad," Leora greeted her parents. She then looked at Kyle confused. "I thought you were leaving and I had to catch a ride with Lilly," she said.

"Dad is a dictator," Kyle mumbled around a mouthful of cereal.

"I'm serious Kyle, I don't know what's gotten into you lately," Kendall said.

"Nothing," Kyle mumbled.

The four sat in silence. Leora had he nose buried in her phone texting and James was paying attention to Jenny. Kendall looked at Kyle. Lately Kyle had grown distant.

"So Kyle who are these friends of yours?" Kendall asked casually.

"Just friends from school. I do have other friends other than Miles, Lucas, and Caleb you know," Kyle said annoyed.

"I'm just asking," Kendall started.

"I don't know why you've taken a sudden interest in my life and not Leora's! You let her get away with everything! I step one toe over the line and I'm toast," Kyle snapped angrily.

"Kyle," Kendall said slowly.

"No I'm sick of being watched 24/7 while Leora gets away with breaking curfew or not doing chores," Kyle snapped jumping to his feet. He grabbed his backpack and left.

Kendall sat there confused. He wasn't sure what had happened. Leora excused herself and said she'd ask Lilly for a ride to school. Once she left James sat down next to Kendall.

"He's in that stage," James said.

"I know, but am I really harder on him?" Kendall asked looking at James.

"A bit," James admitted.

Kendall frowned at that. He had never meant to play favorites with his kids. It seemed he had somehow though. He was going to have to make this up to Kyle.

"Don't worry Kendall it's a phase and he'll get over it. Jake and Adam did, even Leora is over her phase of not liking you too much," James said soothingly.

"Why am I always the bad guy?" Kendall asked looking helplessly at James. A small handful of cheerios landed in his lap. Kendall looked over at Jenny with a smile. Jenny was grinning like she knew what she did was wrong, and she didn't care. She was just a year old and still young and innocent.

"You're not always the bad guy, kids are just rebellious and you're more of an authority figure," James replied, "not that I can't be a hard ass either," he added quickly. Kendall chuckled at that.

"Jenny never grow up it's a trap," Kendall said looking at his youngest daughter.

"Dada!" Jenny babbled.

"Knock it off," James chuckled.

The two fell into silence. Kendall wondered how he had become the bad guy. His kids always seemed to rebel against him more, he hadn't wanted it this way. Kendall looked at James and saw he was deep in thought as well.

"Have you heard...?" Kendall asked trailing off. He couldn't quite complete his thought.

"Not yet, I'm starting to get worried," James said slowly knowing where Kendall was going with his question.

-We Are-

Leora laughed as she followed Lilly into the school building. It was their first day back after summer break. Lilly was sharing a story from her summer in Minnesota. They had gone to visit her grandparents and they had been introduced to Miles and Lucas. It had been very heart warming until Miles and Lucas became family. They got into so much trouble messing with people.

"Wow," Leora said, "Are they making up for lost time?" She asked.

"I believe so," Lilly said as they made them way to their lockers.

"My summer was rather boring compared to yours," Leora said waving her hand.

"Really?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah you, Miles, Lucas, and Caleb were gone, and Kyle's seeing someone so he's been MIA a lot, so it's just been me and Rion," Leora said.

"Kyle's seeing someone?" Lilly asked her smile faltering.

"Oh I'm sorry Lil," Leora said realizing her mistake.

"I'm over it, it's been a whole summer, I'm mean we're still teenagers he's allowed to date someone else and so am I," Lilly said forcing a smile.

"Are you sure you're over it?" Leora asked slowly.

"Not fully, but I will be," Lilly said nodding her head.

"Let's not talk about my idiot brother, they are probably not even that good looking," Leora said.

"Thanks Le," Lilly said smiling at her friend.

"Ladies!"

Leora and Lilly turned around and saw Caleb, Jayda, and Sora walking towards them. Leora smiled and greeted Caleb with a peck on the cheek.

"Hey," Lilly said smiling.

"Finally back Mitchell? How was Minnesota?" Jayda asked.

"Fun, Miles and Lucas fit right in nicely," Lilly said.

"Those two are quite a pair," Caleb said, "I can barely tell them apart sometimes," he said.

"None of us can, but Kyle," Jayda said.

"I'm getting better at it," Lilly said trying to ignore the mention of Kyle.

"Better at what?"

Lilly looked up and saw her brothers standing a few feet away. They were standing the same way and dressed similarly. They even had their hair spiked up in opposite directions.

"Telling you two apart," Lilly replied.

"It's luck," Lucas replied.

"Yeah you guess and hope for the best," Miles said.

"No I really think I'm starting to get the hang of it," Lilly replied.

"Sure you are," Lucas said.

"Excuse me, I'm new here, think you can help me?"

Miles whipped around with a smile on his face. Rion was standing behind him with a smirk.

"When did this happen? I thought you were homeschooled?" Miles said confused.

"That was while I was sick, I'm in remission," Rion said proudly. Miles threw his arms around her in a quick hug. Rion laughed and pushed him off.

-We Are-

Layla followed Millie down the hallway. They were freshmen in high school finally. They had to get used to a new school and new teachers and some old friends and new classmates. It was a big school, but Lilly was here along with the others. Layla was sure if it came down to it, they'd help her.

"About time, middle school was getting boring," Millie said.

"By boring you mean all the teacher knew you and your habits and could stop you before you could cause trouble," Layla said grinning at her best friend.

"Well duh," Millie said with a matching grin.

"Layla! Millie!"

Layla turned smiled. She grinned as Erika ran up to them with a big smile as well she hugged Millie and then turned to Layla. She hugged her and pecked her on the cheek. Last school year, Layla had come out as a lesbian and started dating Erika. They had been going strong ever since. Layla grinned, she hadn't seen Erika for almost a whole summer. It sucked, but they texted and called and face timed. It wasn't the same as seeing her in person though.

"I missed you," Erika said once she let go.

"Me too," Layla said with a smile. The three started the search for their homeroom.

-We Are-

Kyle parked his car in the school parking lot with only a few minutes to spare. He quickly ran inside and to his homeroom. He spotted Miles already there with Lucas. They had their hair styled up going in opposite directions of each other. To a stranger they'd look the same, but to Kyle he knew which was which.

"Hey guys," Kyle said as he slid into his seat as the bell rang. He saw Leora sitting a few seats away on her phone.

"Cutting it a little close there eh Knight?" Lucas asked.

"I'm on time," Kyle replied waving his hand.

"Where were you?" Miles asked.

"I took a quick drive my dad was being a major dictator this morning and I needed to clear my head," Kyle said.

"Ah, I see," Miles said.

"So how was your summer?" Lucas asked.

"Boring! You guys left he hanging," Kyle said.

"Hey I didn't know we'd be heading straight from San Francisco to Minnesota," Miles said.

"Yeah, but it was nice meeting our family," Lucas cut in, "I have never felt so welcomed anywhere before in my life before I met Papi Garcia and Abuela," Lucas said to Kyle.

"Already calling them that like you've been there you're whole life," Kyle asked.

"Yeah it's so easy to feel like they are family," Lucas said nodding his head

"Yeah and Grandma Jo and Grandpa David are cool too," Miles piped in.

"At least you two had fun all I did all summer was hang around the palm woods with the guys," Kyle said.

"Your dad finally letting you hang around with the guys again?" Miles asked arching an eyebrow.

"No, but what he don't know won't hurt. It's nothing like that either," Kyle said shaking his head.

"Sure," Miles said.

"I'm over it, he's over it we are just friends," Kyle said.

"So I hear you're dating someone, at least that's what Leora thinks," Lucas said looking up toward the blonde girl who had her nose buried in a book.

"For the record I am not dating anyone right now and I am not looking too either. I've got a lot to deal with right now and I am just gonna enjoy being single," Kyle said loud enough for Leora to hear. She just waved him off.

"And we're supposed to believe that crap?" Miles asked disbelievingly.

"It's not crap, I am not dating anyone," Kyle said matter-of-factly.

-We Are-

Carlos fidgeted as he sat on the couch. Today was one of his rare days off since shooting for his show's second season had started a week ago. Carlos knew getting a day off would be rare, so he'd take one when he could get it. Save Rock and Roll was a popular show and people wanted more. They had been uped to twenty four episodes for the second season from the eighteen episodes they did for season one.

Carlos was home alone since the kids were all back in school and he had nothing to do. He jumped up and made his way to the kitchen. He'd make himself a snack and maybe go see if James was home after. Carlos opened the freezer and found it relatively empty. He them opened the fridge and found it the same. He didn't want to look in the cupboard. It was probably bare of anything that didn't need to be cooked first.

Carlos pulled out his cell phone and called Logan. He wanted to know what happened to all the food since they had only been home a week and he had just gone shopping.

"Hello?"

"Logan, I'm looking for a snack and there's nothing, what happened to all the food I just bought?" Carlos asked.

"We have teenagers in the house Carlos, we have at least two boys in the house at all times, either Miles, Kyle, or Lucas. They are disposable garbages they'll eat anything they can get their hands on," Logan said with a chuckle.

"Well it looks like I'm going shopping," Carlos muttered. "Do you want anything since I'm going," he asked.

"Nah, just make sure you account for the boys," Logan said.

"I will, maybe I'll talk James into coming along. He's got teenage boys," Carlos said slowly.

"You do that, I'll see you tonight," Logan said with another laugh.

"Ok, bye Logie, I love you," Carlos said.

"Love you too," Logan replied before hanging up.

Carlos set the phone down and grabbed his car keys from the dish. Headed out the door and made his way down the street to the Knight's house. He saw James's car in the driveway so he knew he was home.

Carlos walked up to the house and inside. He didn't need to knock. He was practically family.

"James?" Carlos called out. James walked out of the living room with Jenny toddling behind him.

"Hey man what's up," James asked.

"Ca!" Jenny said walking over to him

"Hey Jenny," Carlos said picking the girl up. He turned to James. "I need you're help. How do you shop for food for teenage boys who eat everything?"

James laughed and shook his head. "It's a challenge, and sometimes it seems like they never stop eating, but I can go shopping with you," James said.

"Thank you, Miles eats everything and Lucas has been over almost every day since we got back from Minnesota, and he eats a lot too. I mean he's practically family," Carlos said.

"They are your sons," James said, "They both eats just like you did at that age," he added.

"I wasn't that bad," Carlos said.

"Call Jennifer, I'm sure she'll have to disagree," James replied with a laugh. Carlos just stuck his tongue out at James.

-We Are-

Jake Saunders sighed as he fell into his bed. He had had a long day of classes and deserved a nap. His husband, Damien, would be home soon and then Jake would have to make supper for them.

Damein had just returned from a summer abroad and he was on cloud nine. He was taking more classes to help him get along in his chosen career of being a French teacher. Along with that he was always telling Jake about his time in Paris or showing him what he learned to cook over there. What confused Jake was that Damien had come back without mentioning wanting to spend a semester abroad. That was what Jake had feared what would happen.

Married life wasn't as hard as Jake had thought it would be. His dads had always warned him that marriage wasn't something to take lightly and to wait for the right person.

Well, at nineteen, almost twenty, Jake had found the right person. He was happier than he had ever been. Damien made Jake feel complete. He made Jake happy and things were going great. Jake was sure it was due to their still relatively new marriage, but hey he was happy. That was all that mattered.

"Jake."

Jake lifted his head as Damien walked into their shared bedroom. He had a smile on his face.

"What up Day," Jake asked sitting up.

"So I ran into Cooper on campus and..." Damien trailed off as Miri toddled into the room.

"You know I don't mind baby sitting," Jake said holding his hands out to Miri. "Hey baby girl," he greeted. Miri toddled over to him with a smile and a laugh. Jake picked her up and placed her in his lap.

"Yeah I told him we'd take her for the night and he could pick her up whenever he was done with his studying," Damien said.

"I don't mind Day, he needs a break," Jake said as he tickled Miri's sides earning some giggles from the girl.

"I also told him if he just went to bed after studying it would be fine," Damien said.

"You hear that Mir, you get to spend the night with uncle Jake and uncle Day," Jake said with a smiling.

"You're ok with that right?" Damien asked slowly.

"More than, Cooper needs a break especially after..." Jake trailed off. He looked down at Miri and she was sucking in her thumb completely oblivious to what was going on around her.

"I know Jake," Damien said, "have you-?" He asked.

"No," Jake said shaking his head. He stood up with Miri and made his way out to the living room. He didn't want to talk about this right now. He just wanted to spend some time with Miri and be happy. He wanted her happy as well.

"Jake," Damien said as he followed Jake.

"No and I don't want to talk about this," Jake said. He turned and handed Miri over to Damien. "Keep Miri busy, while I get supper ready," he said.

"You can't just avoid this Jake," Damien said.

"Watch me," Jake replied walking into the kitchen.

Being married wasn't that easy, but Jake was still happy. Most days with Damien were great, but some were bad. Jake had to take the good with the bad and live with it. He didn't mind, just as long as he got to see Damien everyday he was fine.

-We Are-

Logan made his way into the house after a log day at work. He was tired and wanted nothing more than to go to bed with Carlos. He was sure Carlos would be up and about for another hour or two.

"Logan," Carlos said once he saw his husband. He walked down the hall and pecked him on the lips. "How was work?" He asked.

"Tiring," Logan replied wrapping his arms around his husband.

"Ah poor baby," Carlos teased. Logan stuck his tongue out at Carlos.

"Gross get a room," Lilly muttered as she and Leora passed the couple, with a bowl of chips and a couple sodas, on their way to the living room.

"So the girls are here so that means the boys are over at the Kendall's and James'?" Logan asked. That was how it always was now that Kyle and Lilly had broken up.

"Yeah," Carlos said nodding his head.

"How was your day?" Logan asked pulling the Latino over to the couch and sitting down with him.

"Boring, I got some shopping done and spent time with James and Jenny," Carlos said shrugging.

"Sounds like fun, you back to work tomorrow?" Logan asked.

"Yep and it looks like it'll be a ten hour day," Carlos groaned leaning against Logan. Logan chuckled and wrapped an arm around the Latino.

"You'll survive," Logan said.

"I know and seeing how many people love the show is awesome. I mean just today at the store people were coming up to me and talking to me about the show. It was awesome," Carlos said.

"I'm glad you're happy Los," Logan said.

"I am, and I'm no longer being referred to as that former boy band guy. I'm like a legit actor now," Carlos said proudly.

"Yeah, I'm happy for you Los," Logan said trying to stifle a yawn.

"Tired?" Carlos asked looking over at Logan. Logan nodded his head tiredly.

"After two months off from work, I forgot how tiring it can be," Logan said.

"Go on, go to bed, I'll be up in a minute," Carlos said nudging Logan lightly.

"Kay, don't be too long," Logan said pecking the Latino in the cheek.

"I won't be," Carlos replied.

Logan nodded his head and stood up. He left the room and headed for the stairs. He was tired and hoped Carlos would join him soon.

So this is the start of my new fic in the Landslide series. This is the third in the series, or fourth if you count All Over Again, but that could be read as a separate story. Anyways lots going on all ready. Kendall and James have their hands full with Kyle. Kyle is rebelling, why? The school year is starting, will this year be easier than last? Carlos and Logan are settling back in their lives after a summer away. Jake and Damien are settling into married life, will they work it out?

So much going on, so much to do. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and new beginning of yet another drama filled fic with the Knights and Mitchells. I hope you will follow their journey.

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