Not Alone

Chapter 1: New Girl

Sometimes, all you really need is someone to prove that they will be there for you, no matter what.


Kendall Knight and his three best friends, James Diamond, Logan Mitchell, and Carlos Garcia, arrived back at the Palm Woods late one night, still pumped up on adrenaline, after having just finished their first sold out concert.

"That was SO amazing!" James cheered.

"I will never forget this!" Logan added.

"Best concert EVER!" Kendall agreed with his friends.

"It was definitely a big time rush!" Carlos cheered, while laughing at his own little pun. "See what I did there guys? Huh?" The other three boys rolled their eyes, playfully punched Carlos, and continued walking through the lobby.

"Last one to the pool is a Logan!" Carlos yelled as he ran to the pool. Kendall and James took off right after.

"Hey! I take offense to that! Logan yelled back as he, too, ran off after his crazy friends.

Carlos was the first to reach the pool and immediately jumped in, after giving a triumphant cheer for being the first there, and splashed water everywhere.

Kendall reached the pool next, but suddenly stopped right before he jumped in.

"Dude?" "Why did you stop?" James and Logan yelled at their blonde friend. They followed his gaze to the other side of the pool where their eyes landed on a girl, apparently new to the Palm Woods as they did not recognize her, who was now drenched thanks to Carlos.

"Whoo!" Carlos cheered victoriously again as he resurfaced. He was about to ask who was last when he saw his three best friends just standing there, staring. He followed their gazes across the pool to the girl that was now drenched in water. Oops.

The girl has jumped up off the side of the pool where she had been sitting, shocked and somewhat frustrated by what had happened.

Carlos quickly climbed out of the pool and ran over to the pool, Kendall, James, and Logan close behind.

"I am so sorry! I didn't see you there and now you're soaked and it's all my fault and…sorry." Carlos rambled off quickly.

"It's fine." The mystery girl replied, even though she definitely looked slightly annoyed. "I was about to head up to my apartment anyway. It's getting kind of late."

"I'm still sorry. I'm Carlos, by the way. And these three are Kendall, James, and Logan." Carlos said as he pointed to his friends, who were just standing there, oddly quiet. They noticed that this girl didn't seem to really be giving off a friendly vibe, and her eyes were kind of red, as if she had been crying.

"I'm Natalie. It was nice to meet you guys, but I really need to go. I'm sure I'll see you around." And with that, Natalie waved bye and quickly left the pool.

"Bye!" The four friends called after her.

"Did she seem a little, I don't know, off about something to you guys?" Kendall asked, staring after her.

"Well, I mean, she did just get soaked by Carlos. Anyone would be annoyed by that. She was probably enjoying the quiet when we all came running in." Logan replied.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Kendall replied, even though he had a feeling that wasn't the only thing that bothered her. He quickly shook it off and pushed Logan into the pool, going back to the fun that they had come to the pool to have.


Natalie was sitting by the pool, relaxing after a long day of moving into the Palm Woods. She had just moved there, of course to get into acting, singing, and dancing, but she also had other reasons that she kept to herself as to why she had wanted to come there so badly. More than anything, she had wanted to get away from her home, where everything bad had happened. She decided that none of her "friends" would miss her anyway, so, here she was. At the home of the future famous in LA.

Her apartment was full of boxes that she just really did not feel like unpacking, so she decided to go walk around her new home. She headed downstairs and noticed that the pool was oddly vacant, so she went and sat on the edge, letting her feet dangle in the water.

The peace and quiet was nice. She thought about all that had happened right before she left. She found out her "friends" were all just bashing her behind her back, she found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her with one of these so-called friends, and her parents had gotten a divorce. Life pretty much sucked. She felt alone, and couldn't stop the tears as they started coming.

When voices started coming from the lobby, she snapped out of her daze and quickly wiped her eyes, in case anyone came her way. She didn't want any fake sympathy from one of these Hollywood wannabe's. She listened to what the voices were saying,

"That was SO amazing!" She heard one voice cheer.

"I will never forget it!" "Best concert EVER!" She heard two more guys continue on. Apparently some guys from a band had just arrived back.

"It was definitely a big time rush!" Natalie heard one more person cheer. It got quiet again momentarily until she heard, "Last one to the pool is a Logan!"

At first, Natalie was confused as to what it meant to be a "Logan", but that soon passed as she realized where these guys were headed: right to the pool where she was.

She tried to jump up and get away from the pool quick enough, but before she could get away, one of the guys had jumped in the pool, and she was drenched.

Great. She thought to herself.

Thankfully, the other three guys that were with the crazy cannonball guy had noticed her and stopped before they got her even more wet.

As the first guy resurfaced, he let out a "Whoo!" before seeing his friends and followed their gaze to where Natalie was standing, dripping water.

He quickly climbed out and ran over to her, his friends close behind.

"I am so sorry! I didn't see you there and now you're soaked and it's all my fault and…sorry." The soaked boy rambled off.

"It's fine." Natalie replied, even though she was slightly annoyed. She really just wanted to get out of there without really talking to them. She hoped they couldn't tell she had been crying. "I was about to head up to my apartment anyway. It's getting kind of late."

"I'm still sorry. I'm Carlos, by the way. And these three are Kendall, James, and Logan." The wet boy, who she now knew to be Carlos, told her. His friend gave a quick wave as he said their names.

"I'm Natalie. It was nice to meet you guys, but I really need to go. I'm sure I'll see you around." And with that, she waved bye and quickly left the pool.

"Bye!" The four friends called after her.

Natalie ran up to her apartment, to get away from these guys. They seemed nice, but after all that had happened to her, she didn't want to trust or get close to anyone. Plus, she thought to herself, obviously they are rock stars and probably have girls throwing themselves at the four. Why would they want to care about me? But they were kind of cute, especially the blonde one. Natalie stopped in her tracks. Where had that thought come from? She quickly shook it off, opened the door to her apartment, and went inside. But they did act like they cared, kind of. It was hard to tell though, since I didn't really give them much of a chance to talk. Oh well. I am jealous of the friendship that they seem to have. Like they truly care for each other. Why can't I find that?

And with that thought, Natalie climbed into bed, crying herself to sleep that night.


Well, here is a new story that I wrote. It's been a while since I've written anything, so please review and honestly tell me what you think. It would be grealy appreciated!

Thanks for reading :)