"The Palm Woods," the boys sighed standing in front of their beloved LA home. They had just returned from a three month tour and were excited to get back to their friends and…
"Pool!" Carlos squealed ready to run into the lobby and then to the pool area.
The other three boys followed him to the crowded outdoor area.
As soon as he stepped outside the lobby a heavy force knocked Logan down and began kissing him feverishly all over his face.
"I missed you, too, Camille," he greeted his girlfriend.
"How was the tour?" She asked not bothering to climb off Logan. He managed to sit up and leave her in his lap.
"Great," Kendall answered distracted.
"Gustavo brought his purple rocket everywhere," James said.
"He kissed it every night before we went on stage," Logan said.
"I think he might have slept with it, too," Carlos added.
"He would not let that thing out of his sight," Logan said.
"Yeah," Kendall added looking up and down the rows of lawn chairs.
"Kendall," Camille spoke up, "she's not here."
Kendall sighed. "We haven't seen each other in three months! You don't know what it's like being away from your girlfriend for that long!"
Camille kissed Logan's cheek. "I think I do."
"James got to see Lucy for a week in July," James smiled at the mention of the girl he had been trying to make his girlfriend for something like two and half years, "and Alexa popped in all the time with her spy stuff." Kendall scrunched his face.
"Hey, it's not our fault your girlfriend is a working actress and mine's," Carlos grinned, "mine!" He repeated. "I have a girlfriend! Anyway, don't get mad at us because your girlfriend isn't as cool as mine and can visit me whenever she wants," he paused. "Okay, maybe not whenever she wants, but a heck of a lot more than Jo."
"I'm not mad. I'm not mad. I'm just—"
"Jealous!" Carlos exclaimed jumping around. "Kendall is jealous of me!" He shouted out to the entirety of the pool area like he'd just won the lottery.
After taking one more glance around the pool area, Kendall spoke, "I'm going to head up to the apartment." He remembered the luggage they had left in front of the long-term stay hotel.
Carlos's eyes lit up when he realized what this meant.
"Swirly!" He exclaimed upon entering 2J. After having ran all the way from the pool, forgetting his luggage, and almost deciding on taking the stairs instead of the elevator, he patted his helmet, climbed the ladder, and…
"Woo-hoo!" He slid down head first landing on his stomach at the bottom of his favorite yellow slide.
"No, no, we don't need any help," Kendall grumbled as the other three slowly stepped into the room trying not to drop suitcases and duffel bags.
James dropped his bags and joined his Hispanic friend, going down feet first and kicking him in the butt.
"Oof!" Carlos released.
"Boys!" Mrs. Knight stepped into the room.
"Mama Knight!" Carlos and James jumped up from the slide.
"How was the tour?" She squeezed the boys into a five person hug. "We missed you so much."
"Looks like someone didn't do too much missing, Baby Sis." Kendall nodded his head in the direction of the brunette on the orange couch quickly typing away on her cell phone.
"Yeah, yeah, welcome home," she replied nonchalantly.
"It's all your fault," Mrs. Knight said. "She and Austin exchanged numbers at the party and she's been texting him non-stop ever since."
"You're not stalking him, are you?" Kendall asked at the same time as James and Carlos started singing "Katie and Austin sitting in a tree…"
"No." A slight blush spread across her cheeks.
Before he could respond, Kendall's phone beeped. He quickly pulled it out of his front pocket and read the message hoping it was a clue as to where Jo was.
"Dogs, Griffin wants to see you at the studio bright and early tomorrow morning. Don't be late! – Gustavo"
James and Carlos groaned.
"We just returned home. Don't we deserve a break?" Logan whined.
That's how the boys found themselves back in Rocque Records the next morning standing in front of Gustavo, Kelly, and Griffin, two of whom they'd just got done taking a three month tour with.
"Welcome home, boys," Griffin greeted them. "You've just returned from a very successful tour making me lots of money. You won a purple rocket at the Tween Choice Awards. Your third album has gone double platinum. I have become the greatest CEO in the world."
Kendall sighed audibly. Was this why they were brought to the studio? To hear Griffin brag about all their and his achievements over the past few months? He'd much rather be sitting at the Palm Woods pool reintroducing himself with his girlfriend, Jo, whom he had not seen hide nor hair of the day before.
"What was that, Kendall?" Gustavo barked.
"Nothing," Kendall muttered.
"He misses his girlfriend," Carlos stated.
"You'll get all the time to spend with your girlfriend," Griffin said causing the boys to share a look. "I'm giving you all a well-earned break. I recently bought a cabin in the Colorado Mountains and you boys will be the first occupants. Get away from the hectic rush of Los Angeles and take this time to recuperate so you can come back and make daddy more money." He nodded at them and walked out of the room.
"Dogs, Griffin is being incredibly generous here so DON'T MESS THIS UP!" Gustavo bellowed. He pulled the rocket out of his hoodie pocket and kissed it. "This isn't just some weekend in the Rockies. Griffin wants you dogs to rest until the end of the year."
"The end of the year?" Kelly asked. Apparently this was news to her, too.
"Yes, the end of the year. When we return we will start working on your fourth album."