Hi everyone! This is my first ever Big Time Rush story and this is only like the second story I've every written. So i'm sorry if it sucks but just stick with me because it will get better! I randomly got the idea for this story and thought it might be fun to write. Let me know what you think!

I should probably tell you a little bit about myself before I tell my story. The name's Taylor Wright and I'm 17 years old. I have straight brown hair, blue/green eyes, and i'm short. Really short. I'm only about 4'11, and honestly, I hate being so short. But it has its perks.

A lot of people say I'm loud, and they're 100% correct. I'm loud, outgoing, social. I just like to have a good time. And I know people say Big Time Rush is just a stupid Nickelodeon show for little kids or just a lame band for little kids, but in reality, they're so much more. They're my everything. They always put a smile on my face and taught me so much. If it wasn't for them, I would have never realized my dream of becoming an actress and I would have never gotten through a really tough time in my life. They're amazing.

Anyways, I live in Boston and tonight, I'm going to their concert. I've been waiting for this day for the past 3 months and now its finally here. I've been planning exactly what's going to happen: I'm gonna be sitting in third row, Carlos (who is my favorite member, by the way) will see me and think I'm gorgeous, pull me up on stage, tell me to meet him backstage after the show, and then we'll fall in love and live happily ever after.

Yeah, okay. Like that actually happens in real life to a small town girl with big time dreams. I'm just a normal girl who's trying to enjoy summer before her senior year of high school. And there is nothing special about me at all. Well, in that way at least.

*Concert Time*

My best friend, Jessica, and I sat down in our seats just as the opening acts ended. They were pretty good, but now we just had to wait 5 minutes for Big Time Rush to claim the stage. I had a feeling this would be the longest 5 minutes of my life.

We sat and talked for a while, texted people on our phones. Nothing major.

After the most antagonizing five minutes ever, the first few notes of "Famous" started playing and I jumped out of my seat and screamed as my four inspirations came rushing out onto the stage. I actually couldn't believe I was so close to them.

The boys were amazing. They sounded exactly the same as the way they did on TV. They sang "Big Time Rush" and then "Till I Forget About You." During the song, Carlos came really close and started scanning the crowd with his eyes. Trying to get his attention, and probably looking desparate in the process, I waved like a manaic at him. To my surprise, I managed to catch his eye and he waved back. If I hadn't already felt like I was on cloud nine, I definitely was when he started pointing to me as he was singing, his eyes locked on mine the entire time. It took all of the strength in my body to not start crying, and I succeeded. He winked at me before he ran to the other side of the stage and did the last of the dance moves for "Till I Forget About You" and the song ended.

I finally processed what had happened and was pretty much dying on the inside. I couldn't believe I had actually managed to get Carlos' attention. And he even winked at me. WAIT. He winked at me? He doesn't wink to anyone! Yeah, maybe he blows them a kiss, but I have never seen him wink to someone at a concert before.

I pretty much just shrugged it off though, realizing that he was probably just being nice. As the concert progressed, it was time for them to pick someone out of the audience and serenade them as they sing "Worldwide." I knew I wasn't going to get picked but I jumped out of my seat and desparately tried to get their attention anyways.

All four boys scanned the crowd with their eyes and my eyes met Carlos' yet again. A small smirk appeared on his lips but was soon wiped away when Logan hit his arm, trying to get his attention. Logan then saw me, as did James and Kendall. Kendall raised the microphone back to his mouth and said, "Wanna come up here and join us?" As the four of them pointed to me, the rest of the crowd screaming. I couldn't believe that I had gotten this much attention. The most I thought I would ever get was maybe a little wave. I nodded as a security gaurd led me up to the stage and Carlos reached out his hand to pull me up. There was a shock when our hands touched but we both just played it off and smiled at each other.

Once I was successfully pulled onto the stage, the first thing I did was look out at the crowd. So. Many. People. It was crazy. But I wasn't scared. I have no stage fright whatsoever and I really don't care what people think of me. Well, to a degree anyways.

I was led to a stool between James and Carlos, Kendall on the other side of Carlos and Logan on the other side of James. "So, are you guys ready?" Logan yelled into the microphone, followed by the screams of everyone else in the crowd. "She's gonna help us out tonight," Carlos began, pointing to me. "So what's your name, beautiful?" He asked, turning to me this time. OH MY GOD CARLOS JUST CALLED ME BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DREAM. I snapped out of my thoughts and figured he was just trying to be nice. "Taylor," I informed him as I was handed a microphone from some random dude. He nodded and said "Well Taylor, you're gonna help us out tonight." I just nodded as the music began playing.

Wait a minute

Before you tell me anything, how was your day?

'Cause I've been missin'

"You by my side, yeah," I chimed in with Kendall. He smiled at me and gave me a thumbs up.

Did I awake you outta your dreams?

I'm sorry but I couldn't sleep

"You calm me down, there's somethin' 'bout the sound of your voice," Kendall and I sang in unison once again.

I-I-I-I'm never, never

(Never as far away as it may seem, no)

Soon we'll be together

We'll pick up right where we left off

As the song went on I was pretty much swooning on the inside from hearing Carlos sing. The night had been amazing so far and I felt like I was supposed to be here with them. Something just fit and I think they felt it too. Even though I'm almost 18 and they're 21, 21, 22, and 22..

At the end of the song, just before I was about to climb off the stage and down to my seat, all four guys hugged me and I thought I was about to faint. When it was time to hug Carlos, he enveloped me into a hug and whispered: "Meet me backstage after the show." I nodded, feeling like I was about to explode. Words couldn't even describe what I was feeling at that very moment in time. I didn't want to let go and it felt like Carlos didn't want to, either.

*AFTER THE SHOW*

Jessica and I lingered around the arena until it was empty and then went to find the backstage entrance. After 10 minutes of searching, we finally found it, but were blocked by two security guards. "'Scuse me, boys," I said, trying to push my way by them. "You can't come back here unless you have a VIP pass, which I can see you don't have," The biggest one told me, staring me down.

"You really don't recognize me? I was pulled up on stage to sing with them. Carlos told me to meet him backstage." Both men looked at me with blank expressions on their faces. Clearly I was failing here. "Okay fine. Can you get Carlos for me and ask him then? THAT will prove it."

They both shook their heads at me, still not giving in. "Fine, if you wannna play it that way, I can deal." I then handed each of them five bucks, and their eyes lit up. What are they, 8? "We'll go get Carlos for you, wait here." The larger one told me. I nodded in satisfaction as I waited for them to get back, my nerves increasing with every minute.

About five minutes later, they re-appeared with the familiar dark-haired boy between them. "Yup, that's her," Carlos told them, his eyes lighting up when he saw me. He opened his arms and gave me a hug. I felt the sparks again. When he released me, he took my hand and told the security guards: "I'll take it from here." He then motioned for Jessica and me to follow him.

"So, what's your name?" He asked Jessica, trying to make conversation as we made our way to the dressing room. "I'm Jessica," she told him. "I'm-" "LEMME GUESS! CARLOS? Or wait, maybe Logan...?" I interrupted him. Carlos and Jessica just laughed. "Please tell me you were joking," Carlos said. "Obviously I was. Don't tell the other guys, but you're my favorite." Carlos chuckled and I seriously thought it was the most adorable thing I had ever heard.

He showed us into his dressing room and we sat on the couch. "Where are the other guys?" I asked him, confused. "Oh, they're in James' dressing room playing video games. I didn't tell them that you were meeting me back here." I just nodded and watched as Jessica texted someone on her phone. "Carlos, I need to ask," I began, about to ask the question that has been on my mind all night. "Why me? Of all the screaming girls in that crowd, why'd you pick me to bring on stage and meet backstage? I'm nothing special."

Carlos awkwardly sat there, clearing his throat. He mouthed to me "I'll tell you in a second," before turning to Jessica. "Hey, why don't you meet the other guys?" He asked, leading her out of the room and into James' dressing room. She loves James, so she was probably so caught up in him that she didn't even notice Carlos left.

He came back in and sat next to me. I waited for him to say something. "Okay, so I didn't wanna say this in front of your friend because its a little awkward, but I thought you were gorgeous and I kinda just wanted to talk to you."

I could feel my cheeks getting as red as tomatoes and he just chuckled awkwardly. "I never thought this would happen to me. I honestly thought you would think I'm ugly or something. I'm not one of those gorgeous, popular girls." Again he chuckled. He really needs to stop doing that. "I hate those snobby bitches!" He told me. "I would much rather have someone who isn't popular at all than date one of those girls!" I just laughed before he started a light conversation.

"So, Taylor," he started. "So, Carlos," I mocked. "How old are you?" I just sat there awkwardly, wanting to lie and tell him I was like 19. We were getting along so well, I didn't want to ruin anything because I'm not 18 yet. "Umm... I'm 17. I turn 18 in a month and a half." I told him. His face fell a little and so did my heart. "Oh, well that's cool. I'll be sure to celebrate your birthday!" He exclaimed.

That's it. I knew nothing would happen. I knew it was too good to be true. I knew he wouldn't want to be romantically linked to me in any way once he realized I wasn't 18. How could I even be so stupid as to think that in the first place? "Hey, we're gonna be here in Boston for the next three months because this was the last show of the tour, and I was just wondering if maybe you'd want to hang out sometime?" He asked me. I couldnt believe CARLOS PENA was asking ME to hang out. ME, of all people. I mean I know he didn't want to be romantically linked to me, but even just to be friends with him would be like a dream. "Sounds like a plan." I nodded.

"Do you wanna meet the rest of the guys?" He asked me, taking my hand and helping me up from the couch. "Um, YES!" Okay, now I was getting really excited. I couldn't believe this was all happening to me. Again, Carlos chuckled. Damn. He really can't do that anymore. It makes me go crazy every time.

He led me across the hallway to James' dressing room, where we found Logan and Kendall facing off in an intense game of Call of Duty while Jessica and James talked and watched them kill each other. Carlos introduced me to the other guys and we all just hung out for a while. After about an hour, I realized that I had never called my Aunt Jen to tell her I would be late and that she was probably freaking out trying to find me. Same goes for Jessica and her family. I quickly texted my aunt, telling her I'd be home A.S.A.P. and that I would explain when I got there.

"Guys, we should get going. We forgot to tell our families we would be late and they probably have a search party going or something." I told the guys, specifically Carlos, as Jess and I stood up to leave. We gathered our stuff and said our goodbyes to James, Logan, and Kendall (who are all just as awesome as I thought they would be, by the way) and then Carlos. He walked us out and Jess got a cab. I was about to climb in, but Carlos grabbed my arm and turned me to face him.

"Hey, I never got your number! We can't hang out if you don't give me your number," He said, a grin on his face. "Oh yeah, lemme see your phone." We traded phones and input our numbers into each other's contacts before Carlos gave me a short but sweet hug and we departed.

This was hands down the best night of my life, and the best thing that has happened to me. I really needed a fun night out to get my mind off of everything that has happened in these past six months. Even if Carlos does want to be just friends because of the almost five year age difference, I would understand. Just getting to spend an hour and a half with him, and my three other inspirations, was enough.

Like I said before: big things like this don't happen to small town girls with big time dreams.

I hope you liked it! I feel like it was a little rushed, but like I said before, it will get better! Please let me know what you think by reviewing, it would really help me and make the story get even better! I'll probably have another chapter up tomorrow or so, depending on if I get reviews or not. So, review please! :)