"So this is The Palm Woods Hotel. Home to the future famous. Every year kids and parents come here seeking fame in movies, T.V. And music." Kelly said as a women was with red hair was tugging a young looking boy up the stairs by the arm.
"Oh hey! It's that funny kid from the juice box commercials!" Curt said as the women tugged him by.
"I JUST WANT MY CHILDHOOD BACK" The red headed little boy said as they walked past the group of people. The women kept her head down, seemingly embarrassed.
"Tyler, lets go" The women muttered. The two walked off with the women yanking the poor child. Kelly smiled nervously as they kept walking.
"Okay! You guys are going to love it here. The rooms are clean. Your close to the studio oh there is an amazing pool-" The four boys ran in the direction of the pool as Kelly was left standing there with a nodding in disbelief Ms. Knight and an eye rolling Katie Knight. Over by the pool, Curt Knight, James Diamond, Logan Mitchell, and Carlos Garcia lounged in lounge chairs. Curt smiled fondly as he propped his feet up on the lounge chair.
"We are so not in Wisconsin anymore." James said. Logan smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Wissy- who now?" Logan asked completely disrespecting Wisconsin. Curt sat up with a smile on his face.
"What can I say? You guys were right" Curt said as he was tugged back and slapped by a girl with curly brown hair that was tied back and she had a purple dress on.
"HOW DARE YOU! What we had was real! But you threw it all away for Trish. TRISH! My sworn enemy! I never wanna see you again Troy. NEVER!" The girl said walking away screaming and crying dramatically leaving a confused Curt who also had a sore cheek. In fact all four boys were stunned, slightly shocked, and confused beyond belief. That girl belong in Hollywood and on TV.
"What just happened?" Curt asked in shock. The other three guys shrugged their shoulder in an 'As if I know' fashion just as the green trash can beside them began to talk.
"You new guys just met Camille. The Palm Woods method actress queen." The trash can said as the guys looked around confused as to where the talking was exactly coming from. Curt reached out to the green trash can and took the top off. As he did the boy from earlier popped up, scaring them all.
"The names Tyler. You may have seen me acting in various juice box commercials." Tyler said as Curt smiled and James nodded his head in realization as Tyler continued, "Only, I don't want to be an actor. I wanna be a kid" Tyler said dragging the word kid out. The boys nodded as they heard a women say in a sing song voice call out 'Tyler' Tyler's eyes widened.
"Hide me" he shrieked as he ducked down in the green trash bin. Curt hurried and place the green top on the bin and turned around quickly blocking the trash can, trying to look natural as possible while hiding a child who didn't want to be found.
"Have you seen my child? Adorable, red hair, born to be a star." She took a quick breath. "WE HAVE" AN AUDITION!" The women shrieked frantically. This women proved herself to be he epitome of stage moms. Curt, Carlos, Logan, and James all simultaneously pointed towards the door as said.
"He went that way!" they said together. The women nodded frantically and said 'Tyler' and ran in the direction the four boys had pointed in.
"She's gone" They said together in perfect harmony as Tyler popped up again sending the lid flying.
"So is everyone here an actor?" Logan asked. Tyler shook his head no.
"No, That's guitar dude. He' a 'song writer'" Tyler said putting air quotes around 'Song writer'. Carlos pointed at him signaling a hi. Guitar dude pointed back with a 'Whats up' but then he jumped up and began strumming his guitar in a vigorous motion.
"Whats up? Whats up? Whats UP!" Guitar dude sang. He snapped then pointed and said back down. James scrunched his face up approvingly and threw up the peace sign as a dog barked at him. The same dog wearing sun glasses and sitting perched up on a lounge chair.
"Ohp! That's, uh, Lightning the TV Wonder Dog" Tyler said as Lightning waved a paw at them. Like actually waved a freaking paw at them like a person would.
"He's good" Curt said nodding approvingly while Carlos did the same thing.
"And then there are the Jennifer's. Three girls of the same name who sing, dance, and act."Tyler pointed to three girls walking side by side in slow motion while Tyler blew a fan in heir face that just happened to magically appear out of no where. The four guy's jaws dropped as they watched the girls pass them in slow motion as if that was normal anywhere else beside Hollywood.
"HEY!" James yelled at the girls who stopped and turned around and took off their designer sun glasses. When they did James cocked his head at them and said. "We're in a band." he said as the three girls pretended to be amaze when 'Oh! Really's and 'Oh my God's. The guys were smiling until the Jennifer's faces dropped.
"And we're actresses who don't care." The Jennifer with long brown hair said. Curt's, James' and Logan's faces fell as the girls made it pain shatteringly obvious that they weren't interested.
"Wanna go to the movies?" Carlos asked with the biggest grin on his face. The blond on answered him.
"Are you guys staring in the movie?" The one with long blond hair asked, clearly not the stereo typical blond with blue eyed bimbo. She knew what she wanted from life.
"No" Carlos said frowning. These girls are harshing their mellow. Like OD.
"Then no." The one with a curly brown bob which ended at the end of her which ended at neck, beginning of her shoulders. She was the like a burnt caramel colored person.
"If that seems harsh, that's because it is and so is this town." she paused for a moment. "So..." The three girls put their shades back on and simultaneously said. "Later" and turned around and curly bobed Jennifer handed Tyler a five dollar bill and then walked off like they owned it.
Carlos smiled and flopped back down on his seat with a dreamy and love sick expression on hi face.
"I am so in love." Carlos said as the light blue padding slid off taking Carlos with it. Curt shook his head and then began talking to the other three boys.
"Okay! Reality check! We have to promise ourselves now that we aren't going to let this singing thing or this town change us. We are four skateboarders from Wisconsin. We can never forget that. Do we all agree?" Curt asked the three of them. They looked backed at Curt and nodded.
"YES!" they said simultaneously while smiling. Curt fell back ward with a grunt and a mindset.
That changed not even ten minutes later...
Curt was on a floating lounging pad sipping a smoothie out of a coconut. Then he goes on to say.
"Once you've sipped out of a real coconut, there's no going back." Curt says as Carlos, James, and Logan float up beside him with matching coconut in their laps.
And then they say this. "So true." And then sip simultaneously from their coconuts.
A while later, the guys are decked out in Hawaiian shorts with shirts. They all walk in front of the three girls who go by the name Jennifer. Curt stops and looks at his three best friends.
"You do realize that there are three of three of them and four of us?" Curt asks them as they ready themselves for another rejection by three pretty people.
"And they blew us off?" Logan interjected. James and Carlos rolled their eyes.
"No. Thy said later." James said pointing out that they did not say that. Carlos nodded in confirmation.
"Yeah. And it's later" Carlos said as Kelly walked up with a black binder looking clip board.
"Okay! Mom's all checked in, and your sister complained that she doesn't know anybody so she let Katie go shopping with her credit card and-" The guys turned back to the Jennifer and left Kelly very confused. "And now it's time to start Gustavo's boy band boot camp." She said.
"Kelly, we're a little busy here." Curt said while Kelly shook her head in utter shock as Curt turned back around too stare at the girls who were reading a script and clearly ignoring them.
"So am I and they won't go for you until you famous so let's roll." Kelly said turning to leave.
"Kelly! Kelly! Clearly you don't understand the power of the" James says doing the 'face' move adding jazz hands while Curt pointed at James and Logan and Carlos nodded. Kelly smirks and turns around with a 'this is gonna be good' face of her own as she pulled her binder clipboard to her chest and looked.
The four of the guys walked over and leaned forward and leaned on each other. Then James spoke.
"Ladies" James began as they all smiled at the Jennifer's. "I don't think we properly introduced-" James got cut off when all three Jennifer's threw their pink smoothies at all three guys shutting all of them down at once.
"- Ourselves" James continued as Curt wiped off his face and patted James' arm.
"Alright. Let's go to boot camp." Curt said as they all agreed instantly.
Meanwhile at Rocque Records, Gustavo Rocque was meditating in his office when he was rudely interrupted by his boss who had a body guard named Abdul and another one who was a women with a clipboard binder like Kelly's except more official looking. Gustavo looked up at him in a flash of a second.
"Hey. Griffin. Hey. I have been meaning to call you." He said. Griffin walked closer to his desk.
"Yes and I've been meaning to teach my pet liger sign language. But I didn't either." Griffin said making weird hand signals. Then Griffin snapped his fingers and sat in the chair on the other side of the desk while Abdul and the other stiff suited women picked up Gustavo's deck and turned it in front of Griffin and Abdul pressed the button under Gustavo's seat to let it down.
"I also did not approve of One million dollars find a boy band. The boy band is dead. Show him the research. What happened to that Kendall kid?" Griffin asked a flustered looking Gustavo who was also fidgeting who also got a heavy ass book thrown at him. Gustavo caught it and fell out of his seat. Gustavo got up off the floor and sat back in his chair and began talking as if the book knocked some confidence and moxie into him.
"Kendall is great but with the boy band, I have a plan. A three month plan. It's going to blow you away.-" Griffin put his hand up silencing Gustavo in the middle of his speaking.
"Change your plan. I like Kendall. He fits the description of the teen pop sensation kids are looking for. Kendall is a fifteen year old boy who also happens to be gay. It's gravy. Preteen age to teen aged girls love gay guys because they think they can be the one to change them. He's kind of small so girls can relate to him and guys respect him. He's cute and funny and adorable and sweet and YOUNG! Not already eighteen! But the RCMT- CBT Global Sanyoid Board of directors meeting is in four days. They all fell in love with Kendall and I wonder will they like you little boy band after your last tow bands. Boy Quake and Boys in the attic came to crashing end. Do yo really want to go through that again? I think you should cut your loses and they should bow out gracefully and you should just focus on Kendall. The boy that's actually sighed and big names celebrities are banging down my door to work with him. So this better work. But I need to throw them some red meat which I did with Kendall. Will the boy band be more red meat of just spoiled and out dated? Which in other words you need to show me a tastier dish than Kendall and that isn't at all likely." Griffin said while standing up when a man with a pair of pants on a silver platter who was wearing a black tux walked in.
"Three days?! Your giving me three days?!" Gustavo asked in complete and utter disbelief while Griffin was unzipping his black slacks.
"Yes and I want a look, a name, and a song that will make eleven to fifteen year olds steal their parent's credit cards so they can buy it. Just like Kendall. If not, end it now!" Griffin said while taking his slacks off and took the other pants and put them on.
"This band has to have it all. Just like Kendall. You did good with the little thing. But a boy band who can legal call themselves adults. Huh? I thought you were smarter. Because as you know, I want it all and do they have it all? Mmmmm, warm pants. There is nothing like the feeling of warm pant. Get Gustavo some warm pants." Griffin tells the guy in the monkey penguin suit. Said monkey penguin suite wearing guy exited the office. "Friday. 10 am. And they'd better be goo. As in Kendall good. Go big or go home, right? If not. Your finished and I give Kendall a new and better manager." Griffin said as he walked out with the monkey suit wearing women walked behind him and Abdul followed after shortly with Griffin's old pants on his shoulder while leaving a stunned and shocked ad slightly terrified Gustavo. He feared he'd lose Kendall, his career, and all credit messing with the four dogs from Wisconsin.
Monkey Suit wearing lady closes the door and Griffin stops, stopping the other two and waits.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH!" Gustavo yells as Griffin laughed and walked away passing the four guys and Kelly coming in while he's going out.
"Welcome to Rocque Records! Where you are going to sing and dance, and sweat your butts off if you want to end up on these walls" Kelly said as Curt and the guys looked around at the posters of former bands that either ended badly or bowed out gracefully.
"Do we want to end up on these wall?" Curt asked confused as he saw the poster of Boy Quake.
"Yes." James answered instantaneously as Kelly came out with a Five foot Three inched blond who had sea green emerald eyes, a button noes, an all around cute face and a really cute smile.
"Guys meet Kendall Zevon. Gustavo's latest and greatest project. Kendall this is the newest group Gustavo pick out. They're from Wisconsin." Kelly said as the four boys scurried over to the gorgeous blond. Kendall smiled up at them and nodded.
"Really? Wisconsin? I'm from Kansas. Um, Wichita, to be exact. You live at the palm woods now, right? We should hang out. I'll invite the Jennifer's and Camille and Guitar Dude and Tyler. Did you meet them yet?" Kendall asked the stunned boys, Curt finally shook himself out of it when Kendall said invite the Jennifer's.
"They wouldn't show up. No disrespect but they're kind of stuck up." Curt said. Kendall shook his head. Then he smiled at them.
"Nah. They are really sweet girls. Did you try and ask them out?" Kendall asked. When he got no response he smiled. "Rookie mistake. Didn't Kelly warn you. Didn't you warn them, Kelly?" Kendall asked Kelly who nodded at Kendall who smiled. "Did you do it more than once?" Kendall asked them. No answer again. "Smoothies? Yeah. They aren't that bad once you get to know them." Kendall said.
"The Camille girl slapped Curt in the face." Carlos said as Curt nodded. Kendall giggled in a high pitched way like he knew.
"Oh did she. She was probably in character. She means no harm. She's just in character. She a great actress. Oh and Tyler will ask yo to hide him from his mom a lot. Guitar dude is so chill and mellow. But we really should get together. You guys seem really cool." Kendall said to the four. Then he said turned to Kelly. "Can you tell Gustavo that I finished Oh Yeah and Stuck. But we can't figure out Nothing Even Matters. Thanks." Kendall said about to turn walk away but then Gustavo walked out and over to them.
"Kendall! Hi! How are the songs coming along?" Gustavo asked in a nice and friendly voice that was foreign to the four boys of Wisconsin. Kendall smiled up at Gustavo.
"Great! I finished Oh Yeah and Stuck. But we can't figure out Nothing Even Matters. I don't know but I'll keep trying." Kendall said humbly. Gustavo nodded and smiled warmly at Kendall
"Okay, Kendall. Go on ahead now." Gustavo said thinking over why he wanted to risk not being apart of Kendall's success as Kendall nodded and waved at the six people and sauntered back over to studio three. Gustavo's face tuned stone cold as soon as Kendall left.
"Who was that?" Curt asked Gustavo and Kelly. Gustavo smirked evilly and Kelly rolled her eyes.
"Your competition."Gustavo said as beautiful angelic music streaming out coming from studio three. Kendall's studio.
"WHAT!" Curt, Carlos, James, and Logan all said simultaneously together. Kelly rolled her eyes again. Gustavo just laughed cynically.
"Yeah. Kendall got signed two weeks ago. Griffin, who is my boss, said that you four need to be as good as him. You need to have a look, a name, and a song that will make eleven to fifteen year olds steal their parent's credit cards so they can buy it. Just like Kendall. Kendall is the complete package. I have no clue why I'm even trying with you four." Gustavo said as the singing continued. Then Gustavo smiled evilly. "Let's go sit in on one of Kendall's songs." Gustavo said as they all walked to studio three. The six people walked in. Kendall singing as soon as he saw Gustavo. The song mixer got up so Gustavo could sit down. Gustavo sat down and pressed the button they used to talk with.
Gustavo spoke into the mic. "Okay, Kendall. I want you to start from the top of Invisible. Okay?" Gustavo asked instead of commanding. He didn't need to when it came to Kendall. He did everything Gustavo asked him to do the first time he asked with no lip. Unlike the four guys. Kendall nodded and put his headphones on as the music began to play in Kendall's head phones. Gustavo turned to the four with a smirk on his chubby fat big face.
"Watch and learn" Gustavo said as Kendall began to sing. Everyone's jaw dropped from the Techs to Gustavo himself.
"Oooh
Do you ever wonder?
When you listen to the thunder,
And your world just feels so small
Put yourself on the line
And time after time
Keep feeling inside
That they don't know you're alive
Are you out of mind or just invisible?
But i won't let you fall,
I'll see you, through them all
And i just wanna let you know
Oh, when the lights go down in the city
You'll be right there shining bright
You're a star and the sky's the limit
And I'll be right by your side
Oh, you know,
You're not invisible to me
Oh, you know,
You're not gonna be invisible
Do you ever think of?
What you're standing at the brink of
Feel like giving up,
But you just can't walk away
And night after night,
Always trying to decide
Are you gonna speak out or get lost in the crowd
Do you take a chance of stay invisible?
But i won't let you fall,
I'll see you, through them all
And i just wanna let you know
Oh, when the lights go down in the city
You'll be right there shining bright
You're a star and the sky's the limit
And I'll be right by your side
Oh, you know,
You're not invisible to me
Oh, you know,
You're not gonna be invisible
Gotta look far,
I'll be where you are
I wish you could see what i see
So don't ask why,
Just look inside
Baby it's all you need
And i don't understand why you won't (you won't)
Take my hand and go
Cause you're so beautiful
And every time that
Oh, when the lights go down in the city
You'll be right there shining bright
You're a star and the sky's the limit
And i'll be right by your side
Oh, you know,
You're not invisible to me
Oh, you know,
You're not gonna be invisible
Oh, when the lights go down in the city
You'll be right there shining bright
You're a star and the sky's the limit
And I'll be right by your side
Oh, you know,
You're not invisible to me
Oh, you know,
You're not gonna be invisible..." As Kendall finished up the song, everyone was shocked into silence and even some of the Techs were crying. Kendall smiled at all of them sweetly. Curt, James, Carlos, and Logan knew that they had some serious competition and that they all might be slightly in love with Kendall.
Nothing good has ever came out of that. But Remember... Nothing is ever as it seems... It's go big or go home, right?...
A/N— Hey! So yeah. BTR as we know it totally never existed. Yeah! Another Mama Knight and an Older Katie. Weird? I know. This is a product of my subconscious mind state. I was reading Kendall Schmidt fun facts and it said he was the last to join BTR as a whole and it had a video link of the unaired Pilot. The funny thing is that I had seen it and just played it off as a parody but it was real. so I spent a good three to eight hours researching BTR before Kendall. I saw multiple videos and pictures and the unaired Pilot. This story has been bugging me for days now so I decided to write it. Hope yo like Chapter One. If you've seen the videos, don't hate Curt. Kendall hadn't even auditioned yet. Kendall auditioned after Logan recommended him. So think about it like this: If Curt was Kendall's replacement four years ago and we were seeing videos with Kendall playing Curt's part after we've seen Curt's face for four years, you'd be weirded out. But Yeah. Kendall Schmidt forever and no one else, Right? Bye lovies.
One Love. Peace To The Middle East.
~Swayzee A. M. Sweetheart~