Texas. On november of 2008 , two friends wanted to get an apartment, but they couldnt. They needed a cosigner. I agreed to be a cosigner and when i went to the apartment complex to sign the papers, i was told i couldnt be a cosigner, that i had to be a guarantor, because i made more money than they did. So my name was also put on the lease along with theirs, but i wasnt staying in the apartment. They moved in and one of them decided to go on vacation to Mexico and the friend that had stayed behind gave me a call telling me that the friend that went on vacation wasnt planning to come back. And the lease was broken, there was nothing i could do about it. Come to find out the friend that went on vacation comes back. So i went to the apartment complex to set up a payment plan so both of them would pay what was owed, which was about $4,000. I told them i would collect the money from them and go pay it for them at the apartment complex, so i was sure the money did get paid. The first payment was to be due on Feb 10 2009, but when it came time to pay they refused. What can i do? Do i file a small claims? Do i have to have them sign paperwork stating that they are the only ones at fault and not me?