New story. It's full of friendship. No slash. It's going to be mainly James POV. Sometimes it might be Kendall's, Logan's, or Carlos's.

Disclaimer: I never will and never had owned BTR. I don't own anything else you might now.

Friday morning, at the auditioning centre

"James Diamond. Please come on stage. James Diamond."

This is it. I can't believe I'm actually auditioning. I know I'm not going to get in but I just wanted to try. Maybe I could get a few tips on how to sing better. I'm not the shallow person everyone thinks I am. I don't want to get in and move away from Minnesota without my friends. I'm auditioning for a spot in a performing arts school. It's not exactly close to where I live but it's pretty close. The whole reason why I'm auditioning is my music teacher. She's pretty much my inspiration. She gives me a lot of tips and said I have a really good voice and that I should try. But I don't want to. I don't want to get in and move away from friends and family.

"What would you like to sing for us?" asked one of the auditioning ladies.

"I won't give up by Jason Mraz."

"Ok, you can start now."

"Well, I won't give up on us. Even if the skies get rough. I'm giving you all my love. I'm still looking up. And when you're needing your space. To do some navigating. I'll be here patiently waiting. To see what you find. 'Cause even the stars they burn. Some even fall to the earth. We've got a lot to learn. God knows we're worth it. No, I won't give up"

"Well done! The results would come by Tuesday,"

Oh, wow. That was nerve wrecking. Now, I have to go to school and think of a lie to tell the guys.

Friday afternoon, at school

"Look, there's James," said Kendall.

"I wonder why he's coming late."

"He is so lucky. He got to miss out on math and science."

"He is not lucky Carlos. Math and Science are important."

"Shh guys. I wonder why he looks nervous."

"Do you think he's been hiding something?"

"Hey James!" Kendall exclaimed

"Oh, hey Kendall. Didn't see you there."

I hate the way they're looking at me. Like I've done something wrong. Like I'm not telling them something. And I have. I'm not telling them about the audition.

"Where were you? You got to miss out on maths and science. You are so lucky."

"No, he's not Carlos. But where were you?"

"Oh, my mum took me to the dentist."

What a great lie. Why would my mum take me to the dentist? She hardly sees me. It's always work. Always, morning James, here's breakfast, see you at dinner, bye James. And when she comes home it's did you have fun today, how was school, goodnight James.

"Oh, your mom took…"

"Yeah, she took the day of. I'm going to go to the toilet."

"He is so lying."

"Shh, Carlos."

Oh, who cares if they are on to me? It's not like I'm going to get in or anything. I splash myself with water trying to calm myself down.

Friday afternoon, at school- music

Alright, the guys have been freaking me out. They keep on staring at me like I'm crazy. They have a right though. I HAVE been lying to them and we vowed to tell all or in my case most of our secrets. The teacher's voice breaks me out of my thoughts. Finally I can relax by singing. As a group. Much better than singing alone.

"Ok, get in to your singing groups."

"Let's go in here guys."

We follow Kendall in to the right practice room. For our assignment we decided to sing Mirrors by Justin Timberlake.

"Ok, James you take the lead."

"Wait, what, no."

"But you always like taking the lead."

"Well, I don't want to."

I could hear my voice rising by the minute. I didn't want to get angry at them. They're my best friends, my brothers.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down, people. If James doesn't want to take the lead, then he doesn't have to."

I hate the way they're looking at me now. It's worse than before. Logan looks worried, Carlos looks hurt and sad and Kendall's just trying to calm everyone down. I hate myself for yelling at them. I hate myself for yelling at Carlos. He's so vulnerable. His feelings are easy to hurt. I decided to apologise and see if they would forgive me.

"Look, guys, I'm sorry for yelling at you. I really am. I've just been having a bad day."

"Don't worry, James. We forgive you, right guys?" said Kendall.

"Yeah."

Logan sounded unsure. Like he didn't know whether to forgive me or not. I wonder what Carlos thinks. Even if he's vulnerable, Carlos always forgives someone easily.

"Yeah, sure we do James. It's not like you're hiding anything from us, right?"

"Yeaaahhh, so you absolutely forgive me?"

"Yeah," the three of them chorused.

"Ok, cool. If you want me to, I'll take the lead."

"It's alright James, you don't have to. We could all sing at the same time or we could just talk."

"Kendall, this is a big part of our mark for music."

"Oh, who cares Logan. We can talk about hockey instead of singing. Oh, it would be a hockey/ music lesson. Maybe we should sing what we have to talk like that goat from Hoodwinked."

"OK, fine Carlos. But we are not going to sing what we have to talk."

Oh, thank god they forgave me. I cannot live with them being angry at me. Let's just hope they're going to forget about it.

"Hey, for the weekend we should have a hockey sleepover."

"Kendall, don't say sleepover. It sounds girly."

"What am I meant to say?"

"I don't know."

"Well, we could watch hockey movies, play ice hockey and normal hockey."

"What about you James, you've been really quiet."

Typical Logan. He's so observant and he worries too much.

"Nothing, I was just thinking"

"Oh, the bell rang, let's go guys."

The bell saved me from Logan asking me questions.

"James, may I talk to you?" asked the teacher.

The guys told me they were going to wait outside while the teacher talked to me in her office.

"James, how did the audition go?"

"Pretty good."

"Do you think you're going to get in?"

"No, not exactly."

"It's alright sweetie. But I have a feeling that you are."

"Oh."

"You can go now. Sorry for keeping you in."

"It's alright."

Meanwhile- Kendall's POV

I wonder what's been going on with James. I know Mrs Diamond. She may be overprotective of her son but it's not like her to miss work. She might miss if it's important like for our hockey final she came and for graduation from primary. But otherwise she never takes the day off. Not even if James has a dentist appointment or a doctor's appointment. His dad normally takes him.

"I wonder what's up with James."

"Me to, Logan. Me to."

"Me three. Maybe he's an alien. Maybe he…"

"Carlos, he definitely isn't."

End of chapter 1. This is probably the quickest I have ever written.

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