Chapter One

Past

Emily's parents separated when she was four, and ever since then she had only visited her father a few times in Los Angeles. However, now her mother decided that she needed a break from raising her daughter and gave her father a shot. She was nervous about moving to a big city since she was from a small town in Maine.

She couldn't believe that her mother would dump her off to her father at the start of a major transition in her life. High school. She was now forced to go to a completely new school, in a completely new area that was nothing close to anything that she was used to. However, she felt that she lucked out. On her first day of school she met someone that would be a huge part of her life, Kendall Schmidt. You could say that them meeting was just luck.

Emily walked in to her new high school, and could not believe that a school could be this big. She guesses that there had to be thousands of kids here. Way different from the 600 kids that she was used to at her old school. She went to the main office to get her schedule and to hand in her transfer papers. She was glad to see that the halls looked empty which meant that there was class so there wouldn't be so many people around. The main office was empty except for and old lady and a guy that was putting away files. The old lady greeted her

"Good morning sweetheart, can I help you?"

"Hello, yes.. Um my name is Emily and I am new. I was told to come here and I have these papers for you." The women took the papers from her hand and then turned to guy at the filing cabinet.

"Kendall can you put this file in there please" He turned around and took the file and looked over and smiled at Emily before turning back and continuing his work. Emily couldn't believe how good looking her was. He was tall with green eyes and hair that just look so soft, she thought to herself that if this is how the guys look here then she was in luck and maybe the move wasn't all that bad.

The old women started typing away and Emily just stood there awkwardly hoping that this wasn't going to take much longer. "So Emily where did you move her from" The old women asked as she worked. "I moved here from Freeport Maine" She replied. "Oh really, los Angeles is going to be big change from there, how are you liking it so far" Emily looked back at Kendall who was working right away "Well so far I like it, the weather is nice" "Yes the weather is to die for I think, I am just going to print your schedule and then give you your locker number and you will be on your way" The women replied. "Okay thank you" Emily smiled at her.

The women got up and left the room and Emily just stood there while Kendall still worked, wondering if she should say something or not. She deiced that she might as well not make a fool of herself with the first guy she meets so she just stood there and waited. The women came back a few minutes later with a few papers in hand. "Kendall, can you take Emily to her locker and give her a quick tour of the place, you have done enough work this morning" Kendall turned around "Okay, see you tomorrow morning Mrs.H" He walked over to Emily and she got a little nervous "Hello, I am Kendall Schmidt it's nice to meet you, and welcome to California." He reached out and shook her hand. Emily took it and smiled "Nice to meet you Kendall, my name is Emily Brooks."

"You can just follow me and I will show you what is what, first we should go to your locker so you don't have to carry your stuff everywhere. Can I see your papers" He reached out and she handed them to him. "Oh you have the best locker ever! And I know right where it is." she looked up at him and smiled "How do you know that it's the best locker?" she asked as she followed him down the empty hallways. "Well here is your locker, try the combo so I know that you know how to open it. And to answer your question this is the best locker ever because I am your locker buddy, this is my locker right here" He smiled and pointed to the on right next to Emily's "Looks like we are going to become the best of friends over these next four years" he smiled and put his arm around her and she just let it happen "Now let's show you where all your classes are."

And that's exactly what happened, Kendall and Emily became the best of friends, he was the go to guy when she needed help with anything. Emily was so happy that she met him; the four years of high school were some of the best years of her life because she had her best friend Kendall by her side. His friends James, Logan, and Carlos also accepted her into their close group and became her close friends to. Kendall was there for her through everything. He helped her through many project and many heartbreaks and let Emily cry on his shoulder and she was there for him whenever he was having troubles, with girls or life. He was also Emily's date to prom because they both thought that going together would be the best choice because they were best friends. High school came and went and Emily and Kendall went off to the same college together. However, that didn't last long when James got all of the guys to audition for a show called Big time rush. They obviously were picked and their career as pop stars took off while Emily continued to attend college to major in business.

Even though they were apart Kendall made sure to call or Skype with Emily every day. He wanted to know all about her college adventures, and he was there for her when she called him upset about a date, test, or anything that was going on in her life. Emily loved Kendall more than anything and she was so happy that she met him. Once she graduated from college with a degree in business she celebrated. The boys took a break from touring and whatever was in their busy schedules to see her get her degree. She was so happy that they were there. Emily knew that she had to do something in Los Angeles with her degree because she needed to be with her best friend. To her he was her family, he dad turned out to not care what she did so she decided to move in to Kendall house that he bought and be his roommate.

Present day

Emily moved into a nice apartment not too far from Kendall's house. She felt she needed a place of her own so that she could start having more responsibilities, Kendall didn't like it but he let her go and made sure she did get a place close because he said "I can't be without my best friend."

Emily spends her time working and hangout with the guys when they can, she didn't like it too much though because they all had girlfriends, even Kendall and she always felt like a ninth wheel whenever they went out. However, the guys would not let her decline their request to hang out. She still was loving life and was so happy, Kendall and the guys where always trying to set her up. With people that they approved of. It was Kendall the introduced her to Mike and that's when her life changed.

"Kendall come on not another date with some random guy I don't know! Please I beg you just let me try to find someone on my own!" Emily said to Kendall one day when she was having lunch, just her and the guys.

"Em, I have known mike for a while and he's so cool I know you will like him" Kendall protested "Besides the last guy that you found was a weirdo, you said so yourself that they dates we find you are better!"

"Em… just give it a shot" Logan suggested "What do you have to lose?" "PLUS! He loves a lot of the same things you do!" Carlos added "Yeah, he even loves scuba diving! Which is your favorite thing to do! And I will say that he almost as good looking as I am." James added with a smirk

"How do you all know this guy!? And how do you know so much about him and if he's so great how come you don't hang out with him and I haven't met him?!" Emily yelled

"He's a guy that works at the studio, I think you will really like him… just let me introduce you two at Carlos's party this weekend and you can see from there if I set up a date, how about that, no awkward blind date…" "I guess if I can meet him before and hangout that would be better, blind dates are like death" Emily added and Kendall and guys all perked up "REALLY YOU WILL DO IT! Great, I will invite him to the party later today" Carlos added.

Well looks like I got a somewhat of a date this weekend Emily thought to herself while she sat there thinking to herself. The guys moved on to talk about other things while they finished eating lunch. Kendall just looked over at Emily and smiled at her and she smiled back as she continues to think about things. She sees them with their girlfriends all the time and she was a little excited about this she decided she thought "Look on the bright side if it works out and this guy is a great as they made him out to be then I will finally have a date to bring everywhere."

They finished their meals and Emily drove them all back to the studio before she headed back to work. The car ride went as usually Kendall and her in front while James, Logan, and Carlos sat in the back doing stupid stuff to try and distract Emily from driving as usually, this annoyed her so bad, and did they really want to die. They finally got the the studio and they all got out. James came over to her window "Thank you for the lovely lunch miss Emily" as he took her hand and kissed it making her bust out into laughter "Oh my gosh James you think you are hot shit don't you….. How does Caroline put up with you?!" "It's the bod" he said with a wink and waved and walked towards the studio and Carlos and Logan said good bye and waved and followed behind James. Kendall came around to her window and lean in her ducked down so he could talk to her. "So you really want to meet this guy or did you just say that to make them shut up?" He asked. "Actually I do want to meet him, I mean what do I have to lose ken. If he's as great as you guys say them I think I will have myself a catch." "See I knew you would see things my way" Kendall said with a smirk "I will see you later Hun, got to go talk to you up to your new lover. Oh, Mary wanted to know if you wanted to come to dinner tonight." Kendall said, Mary was Kendall girl friend of 11 months and was a girl that Emily introduced him to and he was happy as ever, which is why he feels the need to return the favor and get her a boyfriend. Emily loved Mary and they were close and it was nice to have a friend that was a girl. "Sure I would love to see my best friend" Emily said to Kendall with a grin "OH NO NO NO… you are my best friend, I love Mary but she is not stealing my best friend from me." He said leaning in and kissing her on the cheek "I will see you later." And he started to walk into the studio and he turns back and yells "DON'T FORGET DINNER… AND IT'S AT 7 SO DON'T BE LATE!" Emily just waved her hand and drove off to work.

The rest of the week went as usual. Emily was actually feeling excited for the weekend to meet Mike. At dinner with Mary and Kendall's place Mary mention that she had met him one day visiting Kendall on set and said that he was a charmer and a hunk, so she was happy that it was finally Saturday and the day of Carlos's party.

Emily got ready for Carlos's party a couple hours before. She was excited and couldn't help it. She showered and then got out the dress that has been in her closet for a couple months. She has been waiting to wear it for whens she went to a party or date. It fit her in all the right areas and just putting it on she felt pretty and just the right amount of sexy. She curled her hair and did her make up to give herself a natural look. She put on her favorite pumps just in time; there was a knock at the door that was Mary, who was coming to take her to the party. She grabbed her cell phone and clutch and head to the door. However, she was surprised to see a very nice dressed Kendall at the door instead of Mary.

"Hey Ken, where is Mary?" Kendall ignored her and just stated "Wow. Y-you…. You look great Em." "Aw thanks Ken, you don't think that it's too much?" she said as she did a twirl "No, no at all you look really good" Kendall told her, forgetting why he was there in the first place. "Aw you are too kind, how about we get going to the party so that I can meet this marvelous mike that everyone knows, except me, and loves?" Emily said while they walked to Kendall's car. They both got in and headed off to Carlos's house. "Oh yeah, you are meeting mike today, is that why you are all dressed to impress?" He said with a grin nudging her. She laughed at Kendall "No, I just... I don't know an excuse to wear this dress. It has been in my closest for forever." "Okay, whatever you say".

When she got to the party it was the same as any party that Carlos had at his house. She walked around and said hi to people and almost everyone was getting wasted. "Great I sure hope mike isn't". Her thoughts where interrupted by two hands on her hips pulling her to dance. she turned around to yell to only see Logan with a grin on his face "Emily you look great tonight, would you like to dance" she laughed cause she could smell the alcohol on his breath "sure thing Logie" and pulled him to the floor. He started right in with her back to his chest slurring into her ear. His hands traveled all over her body and stopped at the hem of her dress. He started to slip his hand up her dress. As she went to say something about it she was interrupted by an angry looking Kendall who smelt of alcohol. "Could you guys not have sex in the middle of the room please" "I can't help it Kendall... Logan slurred….she looks so good" Kendall ignoring Logan and turned to Emily "what are you doing, you know that mike is here and could see you and think that you are some whore" he spit at her "Kendall! What the hell it was just dancing and I am not a whore" "well you can get a little slutty when you drink" as soon he said that Emily was pissed "are you kidding me! I haven't had a sip of a drink tonight. Which is why I was about to stop him until you showed up" "oh it looked like you where stopping him" he said sarcastically "Em do you even want a boyfriend, I am trying to help you but I can only do so much. I'm not going to beg someone to date you if you are just going to slut it up and screw everything up" as soon as he said that he saw the hurt in Emily's eyes and he wanted to take it back "you begged him?" she barely whispered and she turned and walked outside to get away... how could he do that, beg someone to be with me I am not that bad.

Once she was outside she instantly kicked herself for not grabbing a jacket. It was so cold, but all should could do was sit there and try not to cry, she wasn't one to cry. She kept wondering if Kendall was just angry and said that or he actually did beg people to go on dates with her. "Em" she heard from heard an all too familiar voice say from behind her. Kendall. "What do you want Kendall, I am just getting some fresh air. I will be in in a few minutes." Kendall sits down next to her and Emily was right Kendall was pretty drunk. "I... I just wanted to say I am sorry, I didn't mean what I said Em. I was just mad that you were dancing like that with Logan." Emily not forgiving right off like she normally would "Why Kendall, why does it bug you so much, damn, I can do what I want" "I know that, it's not so much that you were dancing that I just don't want mike to see you and think that you are not available… he is such a nice guy em, you will like him. So I just wanted the meeting between you two to go great I am sorry" He said as he put his head down... It was now that Emily forgave him, he looks so sad and she could tell that his heart was in the right place and he was just looking out for her, like always. "Aww Kenny, you always worry about me and do so much for me" she said hugging him "I do appreciate what you are doing and I can't wait to meet mike" "Really you are not pissed at me for calling you a slut and stuff" "No you were just trying to help me, it's okay I love you, you are my best friend. It's all good" She said with a smile, making Kendall smile as he got up and held out his hand. "So now will you come inside and have a great time at this party and let me go call mike and see where he is so you guys can meet?" Emily shook her head "You go ahead ken, I have to make a call and I really did want some fresh air, that house is so crowded and smells of booze and sweat" Kendall just laughed "Fine, I will come get you when I find him okay?" "Okay" and with that Kendall left.

Emily sat there thinking, like always she gets lost in her overthinking. Twenty minutes passed and she realized that it was really cold outside. She started to wonder if Kendall forgot about getting mike, when all of the sudden a voice she didn't know said behind her "Hey, are you okay" She turned and saw a very nice looking guy that was tall with dark hair and blue eyes, "Um, yeah... I was just sitting here enjoying the night sky" "Do you mind if I sit down?" the stranger asked "Not at all" Emily said not wanting this good looking guy to leave her just yet. "So are you a friend of Carlos?" She asked "Yeah, I work with him." He noticed her shivering and took off his jacket "Hey, here wear this, can't let a pretty girl die outside from hypothermia" he said with a cute chuckle "Aw thanks, I was thinking about going inside, though it is super cold out here" She said as they both stood up and started in to the house. She was just about to ask him his name when she saw Kendall running outside looking at his phone.

"Em, I called mike and he said that he was on his way" Kendall said as he looked up and say her with a guy and his face change to shock "Well never mind, you found him first" Emily looked over at the guy "You are mike? Funny" she said blushing "Well its very nice to meet you Emily" mike said as he took her hand, "I have hear so much about you from Kendall" Emily just smiled and thought to herself, they were right he is good looking "Nice to meet you to Mike" Totally ignoring Kendall who stood there with a look on his face like he was some big shot matchmaker. "So Emily would you like to dance and we can get to know each other" Mike asked "I would love that" She said with a smile as they walked into the house.

Kendall watched his best friend in smiles walk in with the guy that he set her up with, having a good feeling that this one was going to work. Which he was right it was going to work out great. But what he didn't know is that he just changed Emily life forever. However, even though she had her prince, she wasn't going to get a happy ending that he wanted for her.