I watched out my window at the rain fell from the darkened sky.

A crack of thunder made me jump out of my seat.

"Whoa babe, you okay?" my boyfriend, Justin, asked turning from my computer.

I nodded lightly still a little shaken up from the thunder.

Lightning flashed through the sky and I smiled storms are my favorite.

I dressed in my Palm Woods uniform and got ready to go to work.

My boyfriend was fixing my computer and he left when I did.

"Have a good night at work babe." He said kissing me and stepping into his car and driving away.

I got into my car and drove to the Palm Woods, I parked my car and stepped out into the rain and ran to the door and entered.

My boss, Mr. Bitter's was standing behind the front desk he looked up and saw me,

"Natalie." He said giving me a nod.

"Hey Bitters!" I said smiling at him.

"So, how are you today?" I asked smiling.

"I'm good but those boys in 2J are up to no good again." He said motioning towards the elevators.

I giggled and stepped behind the desk,

"So, have a good night and I will see you in the morning." I said smiling at him.

He nodded and walked out the front doors.

I started working on paper work when the four boys mentioned earlier came running into the lobby and stopped at the front desk.

"NATALIE! Where have you been?" James asked.

"I had the past few days off." I said.

"Oh well I missed you." He said motioning his eyebrows up.

"Boyfriend James." I said not looking up from my paperwork.

"So, Nat, we just had a prom!" Carlos said.

I looked up at the young Mexican boy, "Oh yeah?" I asked.

Carlos bit his lip and nodded.

"It was fun but James got himself into a tight spot and ended up wearing a dress and then won queen." Kendall butted in.

I laughed the situations that these boys got into always made me laugh.

"But all in all it was a good night?" I asked setting my elbows on the desk and putting my head into it.

"No! Jo ended up getting in trouble because I snuck her out of her apartment, Carlos got beat up by the Jennifer's and Logan won king." Kendall continued.

"Oh so you where James, I mean, Jamie's date?" I asked laughing.

"Shut up." He said angry.

I laughed again.

"Oh it's okay Logie!" I said ruffling his hair.

He stared me down with his brown eyes I gave him a look and he cracked a smile.

"Why didn't you go with Camille?" I asked. His face turned angry again,

"She's got a boyfriend, Steve." Carlos said.

Logan huffed, "I'm sorry Logster." I said giving him a pouty face.

"It's all good." He said shrugging.

"Aww! I missed you guys!" I said coming from around the desk and hugging each of them.

"I still think that you should go on a date with me!" James said smiling.

I gave him a look and his smile faded, "Yeah, yeah I know… Boyfriend." He said rolling his eyes at the last part.

James jumped up and sat on the desk so did Logan and I sat in a chair in the lobby; the lobby was empty except for the 5 of us.

Kendall sat across from me and Carlos sat on the same chair with me and placed his head on my shoulder.

I looked at my four best friends and smiled after I had dropped out of high school a year ago due to family reasons I got my GED and moved to LA from Texas and after living with my aunt I finally got a job and have ben working at the Palm Woods almost 9 months and the boys have been my friends since James hit on me for the first time it was all downhill from there.

I got my own place and a boyfriend and work nights at the Palm Woods which is where I see my boys.

I looked down at my watch it read, 7:32

. I smiled knowing I had my boys all night seeing as tomorrow was Sunday. "Nat, so why did you drop out of school? "Logan asked.

I sighed and looked from Logan to Kendall to Carlos to James.

"My mom passed away and I was sent to live with my dad and he treated me badly so did his new wife so was emancipated and moved here." I said.

The boys sat quietly, "Well you know you can always go back." Kendall said.

"No, I can't I got my GED and well, here I am!" I said smiling at my four friends.

Suddenly the doors opened and a dark figure entered the lobby they removed their hood to reveal Justin my boyfriend.

"JUSTIN! What are you doing here?" I asked kissing my boyfriend.

"Came to say hey and we need to talk." He said he looked up and saw the four teenage boys and took me off to the side.

"Nat, who are they?" he asked with a look of anger on his face.

"Those are my friends." I said turning around and smiling at my boys.

"Well I don't want you hanging with them!" he said his eyes filled with rage.

"Do NOT tell me who I can and can't hang out with those are my friends!" I said narrowing my eyes at my jealous boyfriend.

All of a sudden I felt a hand across my face and then when I came back to it, James, Logan, Carlos and Kendall had tackled Justin to the floor and James had his fist raised to hit him.

I was in shock. James and Kendall looked at me and brought Justin to a standing position.

"Don't you DARE hit her EVER again!" James said fist still clenched and cocked back.

"IT'S OVER!" I said still holding my face and looking at him.

He was angry, "I want your shit out by tomorrow!" he said.

The apartment that I was living in was owned by his family he walked out the double doors and I stood in shock in the lobby my hand still on my face.

My four friends appeared at my side instantly.

"Nat are you okay?" Logan asked as Kendall removed my hand from my face and looking.

"It's really red Nat-Nat but besides that, it looks okay." James said.

I started to cry, "What's wrong Natalie?" Carlos asked wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"I don't know what I'm going to do! I have nowhere to go" I said hot tears streaming down my cheek.

All four boys exchanged glances and shrugged they were at a loss for words also.

But then a smile came over Kendall's face and he disappeared out of the lobby leaving the other four of us standing and pondering what he was doing.