Hey guys. I know it's been forever since I posted the first chapter, and I'm really, really sorry. A lot of stuff has come up, and I've been really busy. Not to mention, my sister passed away suddenly, so I really haven't been in the "writing fanfiction mood". But I wanted to pick it back up again, so here's the second chapter. I know its super short, but it's a start. Thank you all for reading this story and sticking to it even though it hasn't been updated regularly. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter though. I'm trying to pick it back up, and I'm going to have to take baby steps. Thanks so much for your dedication (if you do happen to read this chapter…and the one's to come…) and I hope ya'll enjoy!

"Dude, are you ready for the best vacation of your entire life?" James asked the others.

"You know it!" Carlos responded! Kendall and Logan followed behind the two excited band members, dragging all of their luggage with them. "Kendall, we're gonna go check in." Kendall grunted a "yes" as he dropped a suitcase. Carlos and James ran ahead, super pumped to start their cruise vacation! It was definitely going to be a wonderful week

The cruise had set sail hours ago, yet none of the members of Big Time Rush had left their cabins. "Looooooogaaaaaaaan, let's go doooo somethinggggg" Carlos whined.

"Carlos, we have to wait for security, you know that. Besides, what is more relaxing that sitting and reading a book?" Logan replied, lifting his novel closer to his nose. When he saw that Carlos was not letting up, he sighed. "Why don't you go visit Kendall and James, hmm? I'm sure you could walk down the hall without security."Carlos groaned and pushed himself off his bed and reached for the door. "Carlos, don't do anything stupid," Logan warned. Carlos nodded before turning the door knob and making his way into the hallway.

"Miranda, c'mon. We can go to the sky deck, or the show room, or the game room, or anywhere but our cabin," Caroline coaxed.

"I told you, I don't want to go anywhere right now. I'm tired. And I mean, there's a whole week to do stuff." Miranda knew she didn't want to go on this cruise. But she also knew that disappointing Caroline wouldn't go over well.

"Miranda, please! At least come get food with me!" Caroline begged. Miranda nodded before sitting up. She reached a hand out for Caroline to grab, pulling her up. "Oh, this is going to be so much FUN! I can feel it!" Miranda sighed as she allowed Caroline to drag her out of the room and into the hall. "Ok, so do you want to go to the sky deck? Oh, there's a gift shop, we could get some matching sunglasses and"—

"Shhhhhhhhhh," Miranda whispered as she covered Caroline's mouth. "Did you hear that?" Caroline shook her head as she looked around. Just then, she saw a shadow move down the hall.

"What in the world was that?" Caroline asked. Miranda shook her head, her eyes wide with terror. Then, the shadow started to giggle. Caroline removed herself from Miranda's grasp and moved closer to the figure. She inched closer and closer until she saw the shape of a human take appearance. "Oh," she gasped when she saw who it was. "You're, you're Carlos from—eeeeeehhh!"

"Shhhhhhhh!" Carlos whispered. He knew he shouldn't have taken the long way to Kendall and James' room. But he couldn't help it. He was soooo bored. "Yeah, uh it's me…" Carlos said, wincing as Caroline's squeals got higher in pitch. Miranda was not standing by Caroline, staring intently as the boy. She wasn't one for the boy-band-appeal, but something about him oozed charm and she couldn't quite place her finger on what it was. She watched tacitly as Carlos tried to calm her best friend down. Since he wasn't having much success, she decided to intervene.

"Caroline, c'mon. People are going to come out and stare at us," she whispered. It was then that
Carlos noticed that there was another girl standing there. And quite the girl she was. Her dark, purple tinted eyes were indescribable, and her short stature and petite figure made her appear cute and, in a sense, vulnerable. He snapped out of his trance as soon as the squealing in the background stopped. The girl, Caroline he assumed, was now just staring at him, her eyes wide with excitement.

"I can't believe it's really you. Miranda, this is Carlos from Big Time Rush, you know, the one's I saw in concert in November? Yeah, oh my gosh, if you're here, that means the rest of them are here, oh my gosh Miranda. Aren't you glad we came on this cruise or what?! Carlos, how would you like to come to our Cabin. Hm? Or maybe, if you don't want to take such a giant step, we could just go to the sky deck. I mean, since girls are probably going to be all over you, I would assume you might want somewhere more personable, I mean, it must be tiring having all those girls all over you all the time, huh?"

"You know what," Carlos started. He hated letting his fans down, and he was beyond bored just sitting in his cabin. Besides, he wanted to talk to the girl with the majestic eyes. "I would love to hang out with you guys. Let's go get a smoothie." And with that, the three were off towards the smoothie bar. Carlos had one of the attendants lead them into a private room where they could talk without everyone else interrupting. "Alright, so, we all know I'm Carlos, but what are you guys' names?"

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Logan called as he walked to the door.

"Hey Loges," Kendall said. James followed behind with a smile.

"Hey guys, where's Carlos?"

"Whaddya mean where's Carlos? This is his cabin…" James said, confused.

"Well yeah, but he left about an hour ago to go to you guys' cabin because he was so bored."

"Well, he never showed up…" Kendall said, his heart staring to race. "We need to go look for him!" And with that, Kendall turned and started down the hall, Logan and James close behind him, all frantically searching for their best friend.