CHAPTER 1- MEETING THE DIAMOND

"Holy fuck. Hottie at 9 o'clock!" my best friend Kyra yelled. I laughed and turned to my left.

And in walked none other than James Diamond. Out of all the clubs in LA, he had to come to this one?

"Ugh."

"What crawled up your ass? He's cute!" she told me.

"Because I look at him and see...perfect."

"So go chat him up, girl!" She nudged me and I smiled but shook my head.

"Kyra, he doesn't look at girls like me."

"He seems to now," she grinned. Wait what? I snuck a glance over to him and saw him looking my way. He smirked and joined the throng of bodies out on the dance floor.

"Uh huh. Sure. And see? He's gone-" I snapped, "-just like that."

She shook her head frantically at me and slipped away.

"The fuck?" I whispered. "Kyra!" I felt someone slide into the seat next to me. "There you are! I don't want to lose you in this huge place."

I turned to talk to Kyra and met with gorgeous brown eyes. "Well, I'm flattered," James smirked.

I blushed. "Sorry. I thought my best friend came back."

He smiled. "No problem. What's your name?"

"Kate," I answered simply and went back to nursing my drink. My phone lit up with a message.

Girl. Wut r u doing? Ur in a sexy dress, u look hot! Now, stir that drink and FLIRT!

I smiled. Kyra never ceases to amaze me. I turned back to the handsome brunette. "James, right? Of BTR?"

"Yup."

I followed Kyra's instructions and stirred my drink. He won't notice, but I might as well try. "I love your music."

"Thanks." He smiled. "What do you do?"

"I'm a photographer," I answered.

"Oh cool. What do you take pictures of?"

I smiled. I love talking about my job. "Everything," I gushed. "Nature, people...celebrities." I bit my lip and looked at him. He swallowed and I smirked. Huh, this is fun.

"A-awesome." He stuttered. Kyra sent me another text. Yea girl! That's how u do it!

I texted her back, What kind of a creeper ninja r u?

I heard a laugh and turned to my left. She had only moved down the bar a bit. Wow, I can't believe I didn't notice. She slid over to me. "Sup?"

"This margarita is freakin' amazing." I grinned.

"Ooh, I want one! Caleb, can I get one of whatever your sister's having?"

"Sister?" I heard from my right.

My brother, Caleb, stood up straighter as he made Kyra's margarita. "Yeah, she's my sister," he said in his deepest, most intimidating voice. He's an overprotective pain in the ass, but I love him none the less.

James nodded and returned to his beer. "Kate, wanna introduce your friend?" He smirked at me.

"Oh, uh yeah. James, this is my best friend, Kyra."

She waggled her fingers at him. "Hi, James." He nodded in her direction.

"Dance with Me" came blaring out of the speakers and Kyra oh so subtly said, "Kate, it's your favorite song!"

I rolled my eyes. She thinks I'm helpless when it comes to guys. Ok, well I don't go out by myself much. Or talk to many guys when she's not there. But I can get a date!

I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Dance with me?" James asked.

I snorted. "Wow, great play on words, James," I teased.

"I try, I try. C'mon." He grabbed my hand and led me to the floor. I heard Caleb mumble something to Kyra. Yeah, I'm gonna get one of his What have I told you about...blah blah blah speeches in the car on the way home. But whatever. It's not like I'm going home with James after one song.

He pulled me close to him, right against his chest and wrapped his arm around my waist as we swayed together. He whispered, "I take it your brother doesn't like guys being around you, huh?"

I laughed. "He's a bit, how shall I put it... insanely overprotective."

"That's not very good for me," he murmured. I felt a chill go down my spine at the feeling of his hot breath on my ear. But, he didn't mean that right? James Diamond can get any girl. And I'm just little old plain Kate. But I can play along for one night. I removed my hand from his and wrapped my arms around his neck. "I'd really like to get to know you better...Would you and Kyra like to come hang out at Kendall's tomorrow night?"

"Oh I don't know..."

"Logan's and Carlos' girlfriends will be there," he said to reassure me.

"So you see me as your girlfriend now?" I smirked.

"What? No! I wasn't saying that...I mean," his cool manner returned, "unless you want that."

"Hmm..." I pretended to mull it over. "Maybe."

He smiled. "A maybe isn't a no."

I laughed. "Very true, Mr. Diamond."

The song ended and we returned to the bar, sitting down next to Kyra. Caleb gave me a look and mouthed Did he do anything? I rolled my eyes at him. "Nope," I said, popping the p.

I turned to Kyra. "You wanna go hang with the guys tomorrow night? Or you got something to do?"

"The guys?" she looked at me curiously.

James looked around me and at Kyra. "The guys. Your favorite boy band, girl," he said in a horribly high pitched voice.

She chuckled. "Boy band?"

"Oh uh...man band?"

Kyra laughed. "Sure. But you're going with me, right?" she asked me.

"Yeah, of course. I wouldn't want you to have to deal with them all on your own."

James faked a gasp. "You mean...you don't like me?" he whimpered.

I giggled. "Dory."

He laughed. "Yup! Surprised you got that, though."

"Please," Kyra snorted. "Do you know how many times she's watched that movie?"

I slapped her arm. He doesn't need to know how dorky I am!

James smiled at me. "Who hasn't?"

Oh. Wow. I like this side of James Diamond. The real side.

"I've gotta meet the guys at the studio tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna head out...I'll see you two tomorrow." He got up to leave.

"James, wait!" I called out.

He turned back around. "Yeah?"

"Let me give you my number."

His smile grew wide. "Oh yeah. Awesome." I wrote it down for him and handed it over. "See you tomorrow!" He waved and left.

I walked back to Kyra and Caleb. Caleb grumbled and Kyra squealed, "You just gave James Diamond your number!"