Disclaimer: Unfortunately i don't own Big Time Rush. That would be completely amazing if i did. Elle is however mine.
Here's Chapter One of my first story. I hope you guys like it.(:
Chapter One:
"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to our new student, Eleanor Wolff." Okay, freeze, maybe I should back up a bit.
My name's Elle. My mom just recently Got a new job forcing me and my family to move to Carlton, Minnesota from Chicago. Yup, me, my step dad Darin, and my 6 other siblings were forced to move to another state all because my mom's stupid job decided they needed someone else working as vice president in Minnesota.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy my mom got the promotion, I just wish it had been in Chicago, not in a whole different state. I swear when I find out who this Brooke Diamond chick is and I find her, I'm going to ruin her life for making my mom move. Yea, my mom works for Brooke Diamond Cosmetics, only downside to it is that their products burn and I hate their eyeliner and eyeshadow and stuff. I think I may be the only girl in the mid-west that thinks that but, I honestly don't care.
Anyways, today's my first day at Carlton High, and of course, every class the teachers decided that they had to make me stand up in front of the class and introduce me and completely ruin my chances of being ignored like I wanted, but then again, since when is the new girl that transfers in the middle of the school year every just ignored and left alone, but anyways, lets get this show on the road and start from the beginning.
3 Weeks Earlier
"MOM! I'M HOME!" I said as i walked into the house
"That's great Hun." My mom said as she hurried down the stairs putting on one earring. "Elle I need you to do me a favor, I have to go to a meeting in a couple minutes and I need you to pick up your brothers and sisters from school for me. Jason and Layla get out of daycare at 4, Kyle and Wesley are going to their friends houses after school, pick them up at 5, Ray Jay gets back from his field trip at 6, so you have to pick him up then, and Leigh has detention and won't be getting out until 4:30, make sure you pick her up and don't let her go anywhere she's grounded. Oh and I need you to pick up dinner, tonight too, Darin is going to be working late tonight so he wont be home either."
"Okay mom, whatever, but I have good news! I–"
"Honey can this wait? I'm running late already and I really have to go." She said pulling on her jacket. "We'll talk later, I promise." she said kissing the top of my head. "Love you."
"Implied." I said as she walked out the door. "Well isn't this wonderful, I have the biggest hockey game of the year, that could possible get me a four year scholarship to Boston University, and I have to call my coach and tell her that I can't go because I have to babysit my brothers and sister, right after she made me captain too!" I muttered to myself as I threw my bags on the couch. "Are you trying to ruin my chances of getting into my dream college!" I yelled at the door, knowing full well she was already gone and didn't hear me.
Don't get me wrong, I love my mom, but lately, I've been in charge of everything, from picking up my brothers and sisters from school, to making dinner, getting everyone ready for bed, cleaning my room and everyone else's rooms and the rest of the house, taking care of the dog, and even bringing everyone to school or friends houses in the morning so they can get to school on time. I'm pretty sure that's a lot for a 16 year old girl on top of high school, having a job, being captain of the varsity hockey team, and trying to get a scholarship to the school of my dreams.
I sighed as I sat down on the couch and pulled my phone out of my bag. I quickly dialed Coach's number. It rang a couple times before he picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Coach it's Elle."
"Hey Champ, what's up?" he asked
"I can't make it to the game tonight." I said hesitantly.
"What do you mean you can't make it, you're our star player, we need you to beat Glenview tonight!" he exclaimed.
"My parents are working late tonight, and I have to watch my brothers and sisters for them." I explained.
"Elle scouts from BU are going to be here to watch YOU play tonight. And this is the last game before states that decides if your team goes or not. Is there any way you could get a babysitter?"
"What babysitter is going to want to watch 6 insane kids on such short notice?"
"What about bringing them with you?" he asked.
"Not an option. I can barely fit five people in my car, let alone four kids who can't get along to save their lives, two 3 year olds with their car seats, and me."
"Okay well can you make it for the second half of the game?" he asked.
"Games doesn't start til 6 and my mom and Darin get home at 6:30, I should be there." I told him.
"Okay, good."he said before hanging up.
I sighed and leaned back on the couch, looking at the clock. 3:45. I groaned and got off the couch.
"Time to pick up the whining crying duo." I sighed, grabbing my car keys and bag and walking to my car.
I finally got home from picking everyone up and getting food for dinner at around 6 o'clock so I decided to make dinner. That's kinda when things went really wrong. I'm not going to go into full detail about what happened, but long story short, I got distracted by Layla and Jason, and Leigh decided to NOT watch the food, so the food, and half the kitchen set on fire.
Mom and Darin got home right after that when all the firemen were leaving the house.
"What happened?" Mom yelled as she got out of her car.
"What happened is I asked Leigh to watch dinner while I was taking care of Jason and Layla, and she didn't, so dinner, and half of the kitchen, set on fire." I said bitterly, glaring at Leigh.
"Sorry if I don't find staring at raw meat that's being cooked fun." she said sarcastically.
"It's not supposed to be fun! You're supposed to make sure this doesn't happen!" I yelled pointing o the house.
"Wellyou could've told me that!"
"You're 14! You're supposed to know this on your own!"
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention in Home Ec! I don't really care about cooking!" She yelled.
"It doesn't matter if you like cooking! It matters that make sure our house doesn't catch on fire!"
"Why do you always make everything my fault!"
"Because this is your fault! Just like it's your fault I'm missing the first game of the season, and probably my only chance to get a scholarship to BU, because you can't keep your ass out of trouble long enough for mom and Darin to trust you to babysit! It's always your fault!" I yelled before storming back into the house.
"Elle!" my mom yelled.
"Ignoring you." I said walking to the stairs.
"Elle!"
"Still ignoring"
"Eleanor Kristalyn Wolff!" I whipped around to face her.
"What?!" I yelled
"What is wrong with you today?" she asked.
"What's wrong?" I asked. "It's kind of obvious what's wrong. That brat ruins everything!" I yelled pointing out the window toward my sister. "She set our kitchen on fire, you guys can't trust her because she's always in trouble and because of that, I missed last year's championship game, i'm missing my game tonight, and she officially ruined my chance of getting a scholarship to Boston Univeristy! And not to mention, you and Darin don't even have time for me anymore! It's all about Jason, Layla, Kyle, Wesley, and Leigh, because Leigh is constantly in trouble in or out of school, Wesley's just flat out Darin's favorite, Kyle's some walking computer that Darin's so proud of because he has perfect grade, and Jason an Layla are 3 years old and can't do anything for themselves and are your freakin' favorite kids! Did you even stop and think that maybe me and Ray Jay need some attention too?
"You didn't even bother to ask what my good news was earlier, you just brushed it off and told me it could wait. I thought you'd be happy to hear that I made captain of the team, or that I have scouts looking at me already, and that one from Boston is especially interested!"
"Elle Hun, if you had said something I would've listened."
"No you wouldn't, I tried to tell you when I got home, but like I said, you just brushed it off like it was no big deal." I said as I walked into my room and grabbed my hockey bag.
"What time is your game?" she asked, trying to make up for ignoring me.
"5th period starts in 20 minutes." I said pushing past her and running downstairs.
"Where are you going?" Darin asked.
"To my game so that maybe, I can still have a chance of getting the scholarship that none of you care about." I said slamming the door behind me.
(After Game)
"Oh good, you're home, sit down." my mother said hastily as I walked into the house and set down my bag.
"Hi Elle, how was your game? Did you talk to that scout? Do you need some aspirin for the head ache you have from the concussion you got? Yea mom, that'd be great thanks for asking." I said pretending to be my mother as I grabbed the bottle of aspirin off the kitchen table
"That's great Hun." she said, completely brushing me off. "Leigh, Wesley, Kyle, Ray Jay, I need you all downstairs, we need to have a family meeting!" She called up the stairs.
"Family meeting?" I asked worriedly. Family meetings were never good. They always meant bad news, or that Leigh was in trouble again. The last family meeting we had, was to tell us that Gran died. Then there was a family meeting when I was 7 and Ray Jay was 9 and they had to tell us that Darin had accidentally backed over our dog and she died. There's also the usual Leigh got in trouble again so mom and Darin had to pay another fine. And then there was the time my bunny 'ran away' when I was 9.
"Who died this time?" Wesley asked as he ran down the stairs.
"I doubt anyone died, Leigh probably got in major trouble again." Ray Jay said. Leigh slapped that back of his head.
"I didn't do anything doofus." Leigh snapped.
"90% of our family meetings are about you getting in trouble Leigh, It's highly possible that this is about you." Kyle told her.
"And seeing as you did just burn down half of our kitchen, who knows what else you did." I added.
"Shut up Elle, you're not perfect either."
"At least I know how to not catch our kitchen on fire."
"I told you, it was an accident!" she yelled.
"You can't accidentally just walk out of a room 20 seconds after I tell you to do something!"
"That doesn't make it my fault!"
"Girls, both of you be quiet!" Darin yelled.
"I have some good news for you guys." mom said hesitantly.
"You're not pregnant again are you?" I asked quickly.
"Oh great, just what we need, another brother or sister." Ray jay sighed.
"I'm not pregnant." Mom laughed.
"Then what?" Wesley asked.
"We're moving." She said happily. "In a week. To Minnesota."
"WHAT!" We all yelled.
"Mom you're kidding!" Leigh yelled.
"We can't move! I have to finish the season HERE to get my scholarship!" Ray Jay yelled.
"Mom, scouts are finally starting to talk to me! I actually got an offer tonight! We can't move!"
"What about finishing the school year!" Kyle asked.
"What about our friends?" Wesley asked
"What about college!" Ray Jay and I asked.
"Now Kids, I know this is a big shock, but it's a great opportunity for all of us, your Darin is going to be training new recruits one city over, and I'm getting a huge promotion. You can make new friends, the school year is just barely halfway over, and there will be other scholarships, and scouts."
"Mom, you don't understand, Elle and I have to finish the season here, there aren't going to be other four year scholarships to Harvard, and I'm this close to getting it!" Ray Jay told our mom.
"Well Ray Jay, since you're 18 you could stay with your aunt, or one of your friends, but Elle, you're going to have to find another scout from Boston University in Minnesota" Mom, this isn't fair!" I yelled.
"Elle, this is a great opportunity, you've always been talking about starting over, this is your chance." Darin said.
"I don't want to start over anymore! I want to finish what I'm starting and get into this college and play college hockey and be the first woman to be in NHL history to play Center for the Bruins!"
"Elle, the house is already up for sale, as soon as they fix the kitchen, they're having an open house and we're moving."
"Did you even stop and think about how we would feel about this before you actually said yes and went behind our backs and put the house up for sale?" I asked.
"I thought that it's be good for all of you. You were all complaining about how much you hated it here." Mom said.
"We don't hate living here, we hate moving all the time! We're constantly moving because of Darin being in the Army and now, because of you working for Brooke Diamond Cosmetics, we're all sick of it!" Leigh told her.
"Kids, this is final. We're moving in one week. I suggest you start packing." Darin said, ending the argument.
"Are we at least aloud to know where in Minnesota we're moving to?" Wesley asked.
"Carlton, it's a small town, about 25 minutes from Duluth, it's a really nice town, you'll love it there." Mom explained.
No one said anything, we all just got up and left.
So basically you can guess the rest. Mom and Darin got the kitchen fixed, and we had the open house, the house sold within 2 days, we packed up all our stuff, had it loaded into the moving vans, said goodbye to our friends, well all of us except Ray Jay, who's living at his friend Ethan's house so he can finish the year here then go to college. Anyways, we moved into our new house a week and a half after Mom told us we were moving.
To say I was mad about starting at my new school is a complete understatement. I had no intentions of 'being pleasant and making friends' as my mother had put it. My friends were my team. In Chicago, not in Minnesota.
When the final bell rings I cant help but jump out of my seat and run for the door. Science is lame, the teacher is boring, and I almost fell asleep.
"Eleanor. Can I talk to you for a moment?" Mr. Saris said, stopping me from leaving. I nodded and walked over to his desk. "I noticed that you seem pretty anxious."
"I'm not anxious. I just don't want to be here." I snapped.
"Well I don't think anyone wants to be in school." he laughed.
"I mean I don't want to be here. In Carlton. " I told him. "If I had my way, I'd still be in Seattle. I would've never moved to Chicago. My mom wouldn't have have gotten the job that made us move here. And I'd still be perfectly happy. But that obviously can't happen so it doesn't matter." I didn't say the last part. But I came pretty close.
"How many times ave you had to move?"
"Why does it matter?" I asked.
"Well–"
"It doesn't, so if you'll excuse me. I have to get home." I said walking out of the classroom. "Definitely dropping that class." I mumbled to myself as I turned a corner.
"You got Saris for Science, I see." Someone said walking up next to me.
"Yea, and he needs to mind his own business." I said looking over to see the person standing next to me. Due to my immense shortness–or their immense tallness, not quite sure at this point-I had to look up (a lot) to make eye contact with the tall blonde standing next to me.
"Oh trust me he won't." The tall blonde said. "And unfortunately, his class is a required one and he's the only teacher at the moment. Believe me I would know, I tried to get out of that class first semester, didn't happen. Only up side is it's an easy class, I slept through it and passed with an A+. " I looked at the blonde skeptically.
"And you are?" I asked.
"Oh right!" he said he said holding out his hand. "I'm Kendall Knight"
"I'm just gonna call you 'Eyebrows' for now." I said as I shook his hand. "I'm Eleanor Wolff. Elle for short though and if you value your life." He laughed. I wonder if he knows I wasn't joking. "Really if you try calling me Eleanor I'll kick your ass." he kept laughing.
"You're tiny though." he laughed, a huge smile across his face. "And I'm just gonna call you Ellie, I like it better than Elle." I shrugged. It wasn't the worst nickname I've ever gotten. I'm not gonna have that thrown around by everyone though.
"I'm not that small." I snapped in my own defense.
"You're like what, 5 feet? At the most?" he laughed. I glared at him.
"I'm 5'1" thank you very much, and if I really wanted to I could kick your ass. I've checked guys bigger than you back in Chicago." I snapped. His eyes lit up when I said that.
"You like hockey?" he said excitedly. I looked at him skeptically.
"Yeah, I play too, is that surprising?"
"Hockey in Minnesota is like football everywhere else, girls hate it because they don't understand it but they love the players." he said. "plus, once more, you're tiny!"
"And violent. Hockey's the only sport I'll watch and the only sport I'll play other than softball. I almost had a full 4 year scholarship to Boston University until I had to move. I was gonna go on and be the first woman to play in the NHL and be the first woman in history to play center for the Bruins." I said. "However my mom's job comes before everything else so that plan is ruined thanks to Brooke Diamond." Kendall's eyes widened as I said the name. "What?" I asked.
"That's my best friend's mom. She's freakishly scarey." He said, pretending to shake as if he got a cold chill.
"Yeah well if I ever meet her she's gonna get a piece of my mind." I said. Kendall looked at me with a horrified face.
"You don't wanna do that. She'll suck out your soul and brain wash you" He said as if he were telling a ghost story. I laughed.
"Ooh I'm sooo scared." I said in mock fear. Wait I laughed?
"You have a cute laugh." he smiled. I lost the smile on my face and bit the inside of my cheek.
"Thanks." I said quickly, then turned and started walking. No way am I going to let tall, blonde, and eyebrows start hitting on me.
"So are you gonna be joining the hockey team here?" he asked as he walked next to me down the hall.
"Don't think so. It took a lot to get me on the team back in Chicago, there's no point trying to get me on the team here when there's only a few games left. Plus most likely I'll end up getting on the team and then have to move again so i'm done with it." I said simply.
"Well that's lame, it's be fun to have a newbie on the team." he smiled. I looked at him curiously and he automatically answered my question. "I'm captain of the hockey team here. I'd make it real easy for you to get on the team. If you wanted to that is." I gave him a half smile as we walked out the front doors of the school.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Like I said i'm probably just going to end up moving again so there's really no point." I said. His shoulders sank as I spoke but he nodded.
"I understand that. It sounds like you move a lot." he said.
"You have noo idea. I've lived all over the mid west. This is my second time living in Minnesota, I move on average two or three times a year and the longest I've stayed in one place was Chicago and I got to stay for my entire sophomore year and a quarter of this year and wow I'm spilling my guts out to a complete stranger. I'm sorry. You probably don't want to hear about all my stories of moving."i said. He just shook his head and smiled.
"It's fine, I don't mind." He laughed. "So what are you doing now?" he asked curiously.
"I'm getting picked up my Darin, my step dad, then I get to go babysit my brothers and sisters." I said simply.
"So you're not an only child?"
"Unfortunately no. Second oldest. My older brother Ray Jay is 18, he's still in Chicago the lucky bastard. Then there's Leigh, she's 14, then Kyle who's 9 and Wesley who's 6 Jason and Layla, they're twins and they're almost three."
"Big family." he said, sounding impressed.
"Oh yeah. That's just my mom and my step dad. There's also my step dad's two kids, and my dad's kids with my step mom and then my step mom's 3 kids." I said, the irritation in my voice was clearly evident.
"Sounds like you hate having that big of a family." I shrugged.
"It's not that bad I guess, my dad walked out when I was four, haven't seen him since, all we get from him is Christmas and birthday card and we don't ever see Darin's kids so that makes the family way smaller."
"I know how the dad thing feels, mine did the same when I was four. It's just me, my twin sister Ashlynn, though she's at some fancy private school right now, my sister Katie, and my mom."
"Yeah dads kinda suck." I said with a shrug as I pulled my cardigan tighter around my middle. Of course it's freakishly cold on my first day when I decide not to wear a jacket.
"You cold or something?" he asked with a small laugh.
"I forgot it was colder here than in Chicago." I said simply.
"Yeah doesn't seem like it but we're much farther north than them." he said, as he slipped out of jacket. "Here" he said handing it to me.
"I'm fine really, my step dad's gonna be here soon." I said. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket so I pulled it out.
'Elle, can't get out for lunch. You're gonna have to manage on your own. Sorry. ~Darin'
I rolled my eyes and shoved my phone back in my pocket.
"Something's telling me there was a change in plans." Kendall said. I sighed.
"Yep. Looks like I'm walking now." I said as I pursed my lips.
"How 'bout this, take my jacket and I'll walk you home." he offered with a hopeful smile.
"Fine." I said with a roll of my eyes and a slight smile as I took his jacket. "Let me know if you get cold. I'll give you your jacket back." I said.
"I'll be fine. I only bring it because of my mom. I don't get cold easily." he said. "So where do you live?"
"Birch Ave? Hopefully that's not too out of the way of your house." he shook his head.
"I live on the same street." he laughed.
"Yo Kendall!" Kendall and I both turned to face the boy, or rather three, who yelled his name. "Who's the hot girl?" he asked as he wicked at me.
"I really hope for your sake you had dust in your eye." I snapped at the hazel eyed pretty boy. He smirked.
"Whoa she's really short!" the Latino boy said, looking at me standing next to Kendall.
"You're not exactly the tallest person in the world either there helmet head. At least I'm not as tall as a tree." the Latino boy laughed.
"She's funny! I like her!" he said. The raven haired boy next to him rolled his eyes at the Latino.
"I'm Logan Mitchell." he said nicely, holding out his hand. I shook it. "'Helmet Head', as you said, is Carlos Garcia, and pretty boy that you threatened is James Diamond."
"I'm Elle Benett." I said nicely, I then turned to pretty boy. "I'm assuming your mom is Brooke Diamond?" he nodded. "I hate your mother."
"That's nothing new." James shrugged, then he turned to Kendall. "So man, it's Friday night, we still doing pizza and hockey all night?"
"That's not even a question James. We always have pizza and hockey all night at his house." Logan said.
"Well he's got a hot girl with him, I don't know if he's getting laid or not." James said. My eyes narrowed as I glared at him and Kendall just looked shocked.
"Can I hit him? Because I really want to hit him." I said taking a couple steps forward. Kendall grabbed my shoulders and pulled me back. "No let me hit him, I need to hit him right now."
"Jeez you're violent! Where are you from?" James asked. Logan and Carlos were standing behind him snickering.
"James I'm going to duct tape your mouth shut." Kendall said shaking his head. "Yes we're having pizza and hockey night at my house. I'm walking Elle home first. I'll meet up with you guys a little later." he said.
"Go with your friends I'll be fine, I can walk home on my own." I think. Maybe. How hard can it be, this seems like a small enough town.
"I'm not leaving you to fend for yourself on your first day in town." Kendall said putting an arm around my shoulders. I quickly shrugged away.
"I'll be fine really."
"Hey I got an idea!" Carlos said very loudly and very happily. "Elle why don't you come to hockey and pizza night!" James's eyes widened.
"What?" he shouted in a shrill almost girly voice. "Girls can't come to pizza and hockey night! That's guys night! It's against the rules!"
"Actually we don't have any rules against it, we never had any girls to worry about coming." Logan said simply.
"Well there should be!" James pouted.
"So what do you say Elle? Wanna join us for guys night?" Kendall asked.
"I really don't think it's a good idea, I probably have loads of unpacking to do and I'm gonna have to watch my brothers and sisters and–"
"You said you had a 14 year old sister right?" Kendall said as he cut me off. I glared at him as I nodded.
"Yeah? So? And for future notice do NOT cut me off while I'm talking." I snapped.
"Duly noted. And because I have 14 year old sister too. They can just watch your younger siblings together while you get a night out. I'm sure you're sick of them. I only have to deal with Katie and I get sick of her, I can't imagine how you must feel with 5 other siblings to watch." he said as we walked toward a street sign. 'Birch Ave.' I sighed.
"I'll ask my parents about it." I said reluctantly as we walked down toward the end of the street.
"We'll be at your house." Logan said to Kendall as the three other boys walked to the front door of a blue house next door to mine.
"Alright the doors unlocked." he said.
"See ya Elle." the three boys said and waved at me. I gave them a half smile and waved back.
"So, I'm getting the feeling that you don't want to go to guys night." Kendall said. He didn't seem upset though, he almost seemed amused.
"I'm not much of a people person." I said simply.
"I don't think that's the only reason." Kendall said matter of factly. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you getting at Eyebrows." I snapped defensively.
"Nothing." He shrugged. I narrowed my eyes at him and nodded slowly.
"Here." I said as I slipped out of his jacket and handed it to him. He pushed my hand and the jacket away.
"Keep it for now." He said flashing a smile at me. "I'll stop by later to see if you're going to come over."
"Whatever you say." I said flashing a fake smile at him. He laughed as he walked off my porch.
"Still a cute smile." He said as he walked away.
"Go home Kendall." I shouted back as I walked into the house and out of the cold, a smile creeping onto my face.
So I hope you guys liked it, let me know what you guys think with some reviews?(: Next Chapter coming soon!