Chapter 1: The Palmwoods
~ At the Palmwoods~
Kendall's P.O.V
We were all lying down on the chairs of the Palmwoods pool.
"Ooh! The Jennifers!" Carlos called out jumping out of his chair.
"Will you go out with me?" he asked the first Jennifer.
"No," she replied. He stepped to the second Jennifer.
"Will you-?" he asked.
"No," she said cutting him off. He stepped towards blond Jennifer.
"Don't even go there," she said rolling her eyes. He scowled and sat back down.
"Man, why can't there be a girl who's really nice and funny?" he scowled again.
"And she's still hot," James added.
"And she's single," I added.
"And she's from like, New York," Logan added also.
"The perfect girl," we murmured. Just as if our wish came true, we saw a reddish brown haired girl who looked perfect that was being shown around by Bitters. She had wavy reddish brown hair that was tied up and on her shoulder, a silver heart locket, a small Greek tattoo on her right shoulder and a small scar over her eye. She muttered something under her breath as Bitters said something but had those bright brown eyes.
"I know it's nothing like New York," Bitters explained.
"Of course not! But it's fine. And I can handle myself now," she laughed putting one hand on her hip. He raised an eyebrow.
"Just don't get near those four boys. They're another word for trouble," he said eyeing us.
"Why? They look so nice!" she exclaimed having a dazzling smile.
"That's to hide it," Bitters muttered and left. What was unusual was that she was skinnier than usual but still pretty and the weirdest thing was the scar over her eye. She walked around the pool for a bit, noticed us, gave a friendly wave and another smile, and left swinging her bag over her shoulder.
"She will be mine!" Carlos declared.
"No, she's gonna be mine!" James argued.
"That's not fair, James always gets the girl," Logan replied.
"Exactly!" I piped in.
"Well, I think we should get to know her at least." Logan said.
"But then, she's going to think we're desperate!" James added.
"Well, maybe we should ask Camille to get some things from her!" Carlos said pointing to Camille.
"Perfect," we all said running to Camille.
"Camille, can you do a favor for us and get some information from the new girl?" I asked her really fast. She nodded and left following her.
"But really, how'd she get that scar over her eye?" I asked wondering out loud.
"I don't know, but it makes her seem even hotter!" James replied.
"That is true," Logan said.
"Ok, now I have the feeling to spy on the new girl, AND Camille," I frowned.
"Let's do it," we all said running. We hid under bushes as Camille just sat down with the new girl.
"Operation New Girl," Carlos grinned.
"We used that a hundred times already!" I told him.
"Just pay attention!" Logan pushed us.
Ariana's P.O.V
I gently touched the permanent Greek Tattoo on my shoulder, before I left; Chiron had added it there to stop the bleeding in case more blood falls. A girl with curly brown hair sat down on a chair beside me.
"Hi, I'm Camille," she said studying my scar. I blinked a few times.
"Doesn't that hurt?" she asked me.
"Kind of," I replied.
"Oh yeah, I didn't catch your name," she said.
"Ariana," I smiled. This girl was so friendly. She nodded.
"So, tell me about yourself," she said listening to me.
"Um… I'm Korean, obviously," I said giving out a small laugh. "My mom is my adoptive mom," I said slowly. This would be the first time I told a friend about it. I felt so comfortable around her though. I only told my past to my adoptive mom Julia and Chiron.
"Really?" Camille exclaimed. I nodded. Suddenly, everything spilled out before I can stop.
"When I was young, my life was perfect, my real parents loved me. Then when I was 6, I was almost kidnapped walking home from kindergarten. Luckily, I got away and my parents were furious at each other. Every night they would yell at each other and they didn't even sleep with each other anymore. They hated each other. I always thought it was my fault. Then when I was 7, my mom left and my dad, just got along with it. He whipped me every night when he came back home from work and wouldn't let me sleep in my room. So one day, I couldn't take it so I ran far away. I slept on the streets but I earned food by trading my dad's watches I stole. Then my adoptive mom, Julia, found me sitting next to a bus station and she became my adoptive mom." I said slowly.
"Wow…" Camille said saying nothing at first.
"But life was better for me, I was a backup singer for some famous singers like R Kelly, Chris Brown, Jay-Z, and yeah. Then I was an extra for a lot of movies because of my amazing dancing skills. Then when I was 13, I had an adoptive dad who was super nice. Then we went Minnesota for a vacation, I was almost hit by a truck but my dad pushed me out of the way and died for me. What's weird is that those four boys I saw today looked like the same ones I stayed for a night at Minnesota since I had nowhere to go. And then I had a boyfriend who was really nice. Then a few weeks ago, he died." I said quietly.
"Oh… How sad…" Camille said. I nodded.
"Well, if you got a new boyfriend, what kind of guy would you want?" Camille asked me.
"Well, of course he should be nice," I laughed at this. "Um… Well I really want a guy that doesn't want to impress me or anything. Like, just is himself not being anything else or anyone else. And, he should understand that I want to spend some time with my friends some time and it would be nice if he had a hint of talent." I finished.
"Would you want smart guys?" she asked me.
"Um… Not the nerdy kind of course!" I laughed. "But, he shouldn't be like geeky or anything cause then I get pissed off and I had real experience with that and it wasn't a happy experience." I laughed again. "But, smart is nice." I nodded.
"I've noticed the scar on your eye. What happened?" she asked me. I said nothing at first. She would never believe me if I told her a Minotaur attacked me.
"Um… I was attacked by an animal?" I asked her. It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the truth either. A Minotaur is an animal after all. Well, half.
"Wow…" Camille said. "Well, um, I gotta go now, bye!" she called running out. I raised an eyebrow but stood up and left.
~Back with Big Time Rush behind the bushes…~
James's P.O.V
We watched Ariana and Camille leave behind the bushes.
"Wow, she suffered a lot." Logan said breaking the silence.
"So true," I replied.
"Maybe we should go easy on her first like, just friends for now." Kendall suggested.
"So true," we all agreed and stood up.
"Well, where do you think went now?" I asked them.
"Pool." We all said together again. We saw her sitting on one of the pool chairs reading a magazine enjoying a pink smoothie.
"Ok, we're just going to be relaxed," Kendall reminded us.
"Can't we even flirt a little bit?" I complained. Kendall rolled his eyes.
"Fine," He agreed.
"Hi, um, we're Big Time Rush? We're a singing group. I'm Kendall, this is James, this is Carlos, and this is Logan," Kendall started us out. Ariana looked up from her magazine and put it down.
"I'm Ariana," she said, giving out one of her gorgeous smiles. Kendall looked like he forgot to breathe.
"Uh-uh- James, didn't you want to say something?" Kendall stuttered. I looked at him.
"Um… Oh yeah, uh, I was wondering, do you want to, um," I said losing my words. She raised an eyebrow at me.
"Hang out sometime?" Carlos finished. She smiled again. This time Carlos looked like he forgot how to speak.
"Sure," she replied. Her eyes were so calm and inviting.
"And now we have to go," Logan said dragging us away waving good bye as Ariana waved back.
"Seriously? You guys ruined the whole thing!" he yelled at us.
"She's too pretty," Carlos muttered.
"Why don't we just go to our rooms and relax for now?" Kendall asked. We nodded and walked back.