Carlos, Logan, James, and Kendal sat by the pool relaxing when a giant splash soaked them.
"MY HAIR!" James screamed. A little blond boy in the pool just laughed and pointed at him. "You little!"
"Vance," a tall brunette girl in jeans and a tee shirt walked out of the Palm Woods doors to the pool and pulled the little, fully dressed, boy out of the pool. "You know dad doesn't let you swim without someone watching you." She turned to the boys. "Sorry if he splashed you guys." She smiled half heartedly.
"It's okay, kids are kids." Kendal said.
"Aren't you guys Big Time Rush?" she asked.
"Yeah, that's us." Logan replied.
"I'm Lavonne." She smiled.
"And I'm Vance." The little boy said.
"Nice to meet you Vance." Kendal said as he shook the little boys hand.
"I'm Kendal, this is Logan,"
"Hi," Logan said.
"James,"
"That little…" James stared at Vance who was giggling and pointing at James's wet hair.
"And this is Carlos."
Carlos was staring at Lavonne.
"Hi," Lavonne said.
"Love," a girl ran up to Lavonne. "Hunter stole your bags; he's threatening to throw out the window."
"Not again, I'll be there in a minute." The girl ran back into the Palm Woods and Lavonne wrapped her jacket around Vance and picked him up. "I have to go; I guess I'll see you around."
"Bye," they guys said as she walked back in the Palm Woods.
"Carlos," Logan waved his hand in front of Carlos's face.
"I think I'm in love."
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The guys were in the recording booth and surrounded a microphone.
"Here I am
There you are
Why does it seem so far
Next to you is where I should be (where I wanna be)
Something I
Want so bad
Know what's inside your head
Maybe I could see what you see (tell me what you see)
Gotta keep on believing
That everything takes time
I'll make up any reason
To make you mine
If you're staying or leaving
I'll follow your lead
So why keep pretending
Open your eyes
I can be what you need
Any kind of guy you want, girl
That's the guy I'll be
Turn myself upside down (yes I will, yes I will)
Any kind of guy you want, girl
You know I'll agree
Turn your whole world Lavonne." Carlos messed up the lyrics.
"Stop!" Gustavo yelled. "Dogs, what was that?"
"I'm sorry; I just can't get this girl off my mind." Carlos said.
"Dogs, back to the Palm Woods," the guys started out of the booth. "Carlos, you get this girl off your brain by tomorrow or you're taking a trip home until. She leaves. THE PALM WOODS! DO I MAKE MY SELF CLEAR?" Carlos nodded as he shook.
He walked out of the studio and met the guys as they got in a cab back to the Palm Woods.
"Guys, Gustavo said that if I can't stop thinking about Lavonne by tomorrow he's sending me back to Minnesota until she leaves the Palm Woods." He looked like a lost puppy at the thought of leaving LA.
"Dude, you just met her this morning. And she might be leaving in a few days any ways."
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"I'm going to be staying for a couple of months actually." Lavonne said to Kendal.
"Heads up!" someone yelled and a football hit Kendal and pushed him into the pool.
"Hunter, be careful!" Lavonne threw it back really hard and there was the sound of someone in pain. "Sorry about Hunter, he's really hard to control." She helped pull Kendal out of the pool.
"You have a good throw." He said.
"I was the star server for my schools volleyball team." She said.
"Paige, go long!" Hunter, Lavonne's step brother, yelled. And the ball came buzzing through the air again and Kendal ducked.
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Mrs. Knight walked to the door after she heard someone knocking. She opened the door to a tall brunette girl with a small blonde boy.
"Hi, my names Lavonne, my family and I moved in two doors down."
"Oh, hi. I heard there was a new guest at the Palm Woods." Mrs. Knight said.
"I'm Vance." The little boy said.
"We heard that this was the room Big Time Rush was staying in, and Vance and I ran into them this morning and Vance wanted to see James."
"Well, they're not here right now, but if you'd like to come in."
"I can't, I have somewhere to be." Lavonne said.
"Vance could stay and play with my daughter, Katie." A small girl came to attention.
"What?"
"That sounds like fun." Vance said with a heart meltingly cute smile.
"Okay, we're over just two doors if he gets too bad. My sister should be there all day."
"Okay,"
"Bye, Love." Vance said as he walked into the room.
"Bye, Van." She said goodbye to Mrs. Knight and started down the hall.
"Hi, I'm Vance." He said to Katie.
"I'm Katie, what's your motive?" she asked. Vance giggled. Once Mrs. Knight walked out of the room he turned to Katie.
"Deception." He said very seriously.
"How old are you?"
"Four, five in six months."
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Lavonne walked quickly through the lobby and ran into Carlos.
"Oh, hi. Carlos right?"
"Um, yeah, Lavonne…"
"I'd love to talk, but I'm kind of in a hurry. I'll see you around." And she ran out of the hotel.
Carlos sighed and walked to the pool.
"How can I forget about her?" he said as he sat on a chair by his friends. "I mean, she's pretty, and she's nice, and she smells good."
"Man, you've got it bad." James said. "Good thing it's not my problem." The guys looked at James.
"Man, what am I supposed to do?" Carlos said.
"I don't know, get her flowers, bake her cookies." Logan suggested.
"That's it!"
(one hour later)
Carlos knocked on the door of Lavonne's room with a plate of cookies. A short dirty blonde girl with freckles opened the door.
"Hi, is Lavonne here?" he asked.
"No, she's out." She said with a hint of a southern accent.
"Oh, well, could you give these to her when she gets back?"
"Sure." She took the plate and Carlos left. She put it on the counter and Paige walked in from the hallway.
"What are those?"
"Cookies, from a secret admirer, to you." She said. Paige walked over to the counter and read the small pink card on the plate.
Welcome to the Palm Woods,
Carlos
She smiled and took a bite of a cookie.
"Mmm, these are good."
"So, the boy band boy." The girl said.
"Holley, you know I don't date rock stars. He is sweet, and cute, and smells good."
"You've got it bad." Holley said as she bit into a cookie.
"No I don't," she thought for a moment. "Yes I do." She sighed. "But I don't date rock stars."
"Technically they aren't famous yet, and so then they aren't rock stars."
"But I've dated the boy band type, and it never ends well."
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Lavonne was lounging by the pool when Carlos walked out of the Palm Woods.
"Lavonne," he walked over to her.
"Hi, Carlos." She stood up. "Um, thanks for the cookies."
"Lavonne, I was wondering if you would want to go out with me."
"Oh," she bit her lip. "Carlos, I don't date rock stars. I'm sorry."
Carlos looked disappointed, like a little lost puppy.
"HELP!" James came running out of the Palm Woods and hid behind Carlos.
"What's going on?" Paige asked.
"IT'S HIM!" she looked back to the doors and Vance was running out.
"Vance? You're running away from a four year old?"
"He's evil!" James said as he cowered behind Carlos.
"Hi, James." Vance said and smiled his heart meltingly cute smile.
James screamed like a little girl and fell backwards into the pool and accidentally pulled Carlos with him.
"I hope we can still be friends." Lavonne said.
"Hi, James." Vance sad again.