Chapter One

In 5 months Aria's world changed completely. She suddenly had a #1 single and an album in Billboard's Hot 100 and she seemed to have fans everywhere. Her entire life had changed. It seemed like everyone knew who she was. She couldn't have been more grateful and blessed for this. Although all this stuff was nice she still thought that the best thing that had happened to her since she moved to Hollywood was Kendall. Everything was perfect with him.

Aria walked through the stage door into the rehearsal space Gustavo had set up for her and the boys to rehearse in. She looked around. It was so big and open. She saw the boys sitting in the middle of the room, on the floor, having a conversation about only God knows what. She walked over to the stage and sat on it. The boys stopped talking.

"I know you're there." Kendall said without turning around to face her.

"I know. I just didn't want to interrupt your conversation." She said as Kendall got up and made his way over to her.

"Hi." He said smiling at her and giving her a quick kiss. She smiled. Kendall hopped up on the stage and grabbed her hand.

"Aria, you're late." A booming voice said from the corner of the room. She looked over and saw Gustavo standing there.

"I know! But I have good reason." She claimed giving him an innocent smile.

"And that would be?" he asked.

"Well, first I stopped at Starbucks and get everyone drinks and then as I was leaving a group of fans wanted autographs and pictures. So I am late because I was doing something nice and tending to my fans?" she said hoping Gustavo would take that as a suitable excuse. Kendall squeezed her hand a bit to show that it was a good excuse for being late.

"You're in the clear. This time." He said. "Dogs! Stage. Now." He said.

Aria hopped off the stage and found herself a chair to sit in while the boys performed. Kelly sat down next to her.

"So, are you nervous about your first tour date in 2 days?" Kelly asked.

"A little bit." Aria said still watching the boys as they performed "Boyfriend".

"Well don't be. I remember when BTR performed for the first time and Carlos nearly puked before going on stage. Just remember that all the people in the crow are there to see you. They'll love you no matter what you do."

Aria was still really nervous. She didn't know what to expect. What if they didn't like her? She sat pondering this while the boys performed. She laughed every time Kendall made a silly face or gesture towards her until Gustavo kicked her out. She waited for their lunch break so she could eat with Kendall.

"Hello Beautiful." Kendall said opening the door.

"Oh I can come back in now?" she asked glaring at him.

Kendall laughed. "Yeah." Aria didn't look impressed. "Come on, he made you stand out here so two songs. Besides you love when a pelvic thrust at you on stage." He joked.

"Oh yeah, I love when people made obscene gestures at me while performing." She laughed.

Kendall grabbed her hand and lead her back into the room. They sat at a table across from the boys. Kendall had his arm around Aria. They ate their lunches quickly. Aria had rehearsal after lunch. She had become comfortable performing in front of people where as back on Ontario, she wouldn't be caught dead on a stage.

Kendall interrupted her thoughts. "Wanna get out of here for the rest of our break?" he whispered in her ear.

"We don't have enough time to go anywhere." She whispered back.

"I know where we can go."

Kendall grabbed Aria's hand and got up. The other boys were so into their conversation that they didn't notice. Aria followed close behind him still holding this hand. He walked over to a door and went in. Aria found herself in a small stairwell. She looked at Kendall with a very confused look.

"You're taking me to a stairwell?" she ask.

"haha very funny. Go up the stairs." He said.

"Why what's up there?" she said hesitantly.

"You'll see when we get there." He said starting up the stairs.

Aria followed. She figured she trusted Kendall enough to know that we most certainly would not lead her into a death trap.

After climbing 3 flights of stairs, Kendall opened a door and lead Aria onto a massive open space of the roof.

Aria walked through the door and stared at it in awe.

"How'd you find this place?" she asked.

"Well, this isn't the first time we've rehearsed here and the first time I went exploring and found the roof. I like it here. It's pretty peaceful." Kendall shrugged. "Wanna sit?" he asked gesturing to the ground that was shaded by a nearby high skylight. Aria looked through the skylight before looking down. She could see Logan, James and Carlos still deep in conversation. She sat on the gravel and scooted close to Kendall. Kendall pulled her on to his lap.

"So are you looking forward to the tour?" he asked wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Yeah. I'm just a bit nervous about it." She said grabbing his hand to hold it. "But I'll be fine because you'll be there."

"The fact that you'll be there this time makes me feel a lot better about this tour." He said putting his head on her shoulder.

"Why? Because you got lonely on the last tour?" she joked.

"Exactly." Kendall laughed tickling her stomach.

Aria was sent into a giggling fit. She fell off Kendall's lap, onto the pavement, still giggling like crazy. Kendall leaned over her. His arm was next to her head but other than that the only thing holding him up was his knees. "Ah ha! So I've found your weakness." He said.

Aria kicked one of his knees causing him to fall on top of her. "And I've found yours." She said.

Kendall managed to prop himself back up. "That hurt." He said pouting.

"Aw, I'm sorry." Aria said as she grasped the back of his neck pulling him into a kiss. Kendall placed his hand on her back. He pulled her up so they were both sitting. They were interrupted by Aria's cell phone ringing. She checked it to see what it was. It was a text from Logan. It read, Hey! Break's over you and Kendall might want to get back before Gustavo realizes you're gone and goes crazy.

"It's Logan. He says we should get back." Aria said a little bit disappointed.

Kendall could hear the disappointment in her voice. "Don't worry." He said "there will be many more of these moments this tour." He said kissing her on the forehead and taking her hand to lead her back downstairs.

They arrive back downstairs and Gustavo was just calling Aria to rehearse. She sang her entire set list, practiced her dance moves and in her opinion put on a pretty good show. It was getting late by the time she had finished.

Gustavo didn't have anything negative to say today so she figured she had done fine.

"Okay, that was our last rehearsal. Everybody be packed, ready and on the tour bus outside of the Palmwoods by 8:30 SHARP. We have our first show tomorrow so get a good night's sleep." Gustavo said.

The boys and Aria all rode together back to the Palmwoods. Kendall walked her to her apartment and kissed her good night. Aria flopped down on her bed. She needed a good rest. Her first concert on her first tour was tomorrow. She could already tell that this was going to be crazy.