Disclaimer: So I know it's short, but it gives you an intro of what comes ahead. I don't own Big Time Rush (sadly). And just to make clear, Katie and Nicole are both fourteen, James is twenty, Logan and Kendall are nineteen and Carlos is eighteen. Yeah, let's go with that.

Chapter 1

Nicole's POV

I stood on home plate with the bat in my hand. Palm Woods School may be just for the famous, but they do have their own sports teams. It was the big championship against Wakefield. I was so ready. The pitcher threw his best and I swung. The ball flew out of the park. Spectators shrieked from all over the bleachers as I ran.

"Go Nicole!" I looked over and saw my brother and my friends standing in the bleachers and cheering. I smiled and kept running.

Soon the game was over. The score was Palm Woods: 20, Wakefield: 10. We won, again! I high-fived all my teammates and celebrated with them.

"You did awesome!" Jo smiled when I caught up to them.

I smiled. "Thanks!"

"Great job honey," Mrs. Knight hugged me.

"Thanks Mama Knight," I said.

Suddenly I felt myself being lifted off the ground from behind.

"Guys!" I laughed.

James and Carlos had hoisted me up on their shoulders. They all laughed.

"Congrats Nikki,' James said.

"You did great!" Carlos smiled.

I smiled. "Thanks guys."

That night I sat on my bed with Katie. We just finished a celebratory dinner with ice cream sundaes for dessert.

"So how'd it go with Alexis today?" Katie asked.

"She was out sick," I said.

"Good."

"But Lindsey and Bianca weren't," I added.

"I don't get what you did to be their target."

"It's because I didn't want to be one of them."

You see, Alexis used to like me when I first moved here. She wanted me to be a part of her group. But she didn't want Katie to be and she would back fun of Katie behind her back. When I told Alexis, she gave me a choice: being one of them or being friends with Katie. It's obvious what I picked. Right after that, Alexis's favorite top went missing and she accused me of stealing it (as if, it was ugly). That's when I became their target. Now that we're teenagers, it's ten times worse. My brother, Carlos, Logan and Kendall have no idea that all of this is going on. Katie promised not to tell them either. It's not that bad. I can handle it on my own.

"Well, there's one thing we have that the Haters don't," Katie said.

Me and Katie call Alexis's group the Haters, because they hate on everyone, even teachers, and they're just plain unpleasant. We would call them Plastics, but that'd be cliche.

"And what is that?" I asked.

"Straight As."

"No. That's something I have. You have straight Cs."

She playfully shoved me and I laughed.

"Let's just do the homework," I said.

Author;s Note: And there you have it. And I know Palm Woods may never have sports teams, but hey, it's fanfiction.