Chapter 2: Let's make sure they're not crazy!
A/N: Heyyyy guys! Thanks to everyone who has read my story! In just a day, I received 9 story follows, 4 reviews, and 1 story favorite! Ahhh thanks so much! I'm new to fanfic, and can't believe I got all of that! You guys are the best! I'll try to buckle up on my grammar and spelling btw ;) Here's chapter 2!
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Now on to the story ;)
Today was a big day. At least in Kendall's mind. They would be interviewing the people they chose for the music video. He would be meeting BOTH, the guy he couldn't get off his mind, Logan Mitchell, and the girl that was strangely familiar, Katie Bravo. He and James had headed down to Roque Studio early this morning; Gustavo requested the get there extra early to discuss what they'd talk about in the interviews.
"K dogs, here's the scoop. I talked to all the dancer's managers, and they all agreed to do it. Most of them were extremely excited to be working with THE Kendall Knight." Gustavo stated, inhaled then continued.
"The main thing about these interviews is, to make sure they're not crazy."
Both Kendall and James looked at each other, before bursting into a fit of laughter.
"DOGS, IM SERIOUS. I've worked with some lunatics before. They're IMPOSSIBLE to work with. Trust me. It's important to know if they're sane. After a couple minutes of talking, we'll tell them to show us their moves. GOT IT? AND STOP LAUGHING."
Both Kendall and James were still bewildered by Gustavo thinking people were crazy. But not wanting to tick him off even more, they muffled their laughter with coughs, and answered in unison,
"Yes Gustavo. Of course."
"K, the first dancer will be here in twenty minutes. I'll let you guys do whatever you want for ten, AS LONG AS YOUR BACK 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE INTERVIEW." Kelly informed them, stressing on their time limit.
"Thanks, Kel. We promise to be back." Kendall reassured her.
"K, Go. Go be boys."
Kendall and James got out of the seats, and made their way out to Roque Records Lobby.
"So you excited to See that brunette?" James said, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Maybe…" Kendall answered, a blush creeping onto his cheeks.
"It's too bad you can't do anything about it, since your straight and all."
Kendall's face paled. He forgot. HE COULDN'T fall for this guy. It would ruin his career.
"I'm sorry Kendall. I didn't mean to touch a nerve. I'm just trying to prepare you."
He then he half whispered, "This is why I want you to be true to yourself."
Kendall didn't say a word, and just headed towards the office, not saying a word to James.
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Kendall, Gustavo, and James were all sitting in the dance studio, when Kelly brought in the first Dancer.
"Guys, this is Jo Taylor." Kelly stated, as she pointed to Jo.
Kendall immediately smiled. This was perfect. He loved this girl til death, and just her presence made him feel SO much better.
"Hey Jo, how are you?" the blonde asked.
"Fine, Mr. Knight. And you?" a grin playing across the blonde girls face.
"Funny. Don't do the whole Mr. act." He teased right back.
"Well I'm assuming she's sane since you know her" Gustavo but in.
"Just dance for us. Then you may be on your way. Kendall, go. James, turn the music on. Let's do this."
They turned on 'Cover Girl', and began dancing the two completely in sync. After about a minute of dancing, Gustavo shouted to James to shut off the music.
"You're perfect for the role. We will be having a meeting/rehearsal Wednesday, so that gives you two days to rest up! Be here at 11:00 SHARP. Thanks for auditioning." Gustavo said, clearly pleased with Kendall's choice. He had to admit, he was worried about the boys choices. But, this one turned out great.
"Thanks Mr. Roque! See you, Mr. Knight." Jo said with a wink, that was completely aimed at Kendall.
"Bye Ms. Taylor." Kendall laughed.
"Next two dancers will be here in 10 minutes." Kelly informed.
"umm, two?" Kendall questioned.
"yea, they kinda need partners."
"oh yea, right."
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"Guys, this is Carlos and Stephanie."
All three of them waved. Carlos and Stephanie took their seats.
"So Carlos, and Stephanie, what made you sign up for this music video?" Kendall asked.
Carlos answered first. "Well, I love to dance. And music videos seem like so much fun. Plus, I'm a huge fan of your music."
Stephanie then chimed in, "Yea, Music videos are the best. Plus, me and Carlos are dating." As she said that, she grabbed his hand.
"That works, they won't have to fake the chemistry." Gustavo added in.
"K, let's see you two dance."
They popped on the music, and the two danced beautifully together, like they were made to do it.
"That's enough" Gustavo said while turning on the music. "You two are hired."
"YES. Thanks so much Mr. Roque and Mr. Knight!" Stephanie squealed.
"Um, call me Kendall."
"Ok, thanks Kendall!"
"First rehearsal/meeting is Wednesday. HERE. 11:00 SHARP."
"We'll be here! THANKS again!" Carlos added in before leaving.
They walked away, hand in hand.
"SHOOT. Logan Mitchell got stuck in traffic. He's gonna be late. And our other dancer is already here." Kelly shook her head, clearly worried about Gustavo's reaction.
Kendall's heart stopped. Was he no longer interested? Wait, he shouldn't care. Logan would just make it MORE complicated, AND harder for him to concentrate on the video.
"Fine. We'll just have Kendall or James dance with her." Gustavo answered. "Easy as that."
"Ok, I'm gonna bring her in now." Kelly notified them.
She walked back out, and then came back with a girl following close behind her.
"Guys, This is Camille Roberts. She would be dancing with Logan."
Kendall felt a twinge of jealousy. NO, he thought to himself. I shouldn't care. At all.
But, he knew that was a COMPLETE lie. He couldn't stop thinking about this brunette… he was the only thing on his mind…well except for that other girl. He snapped out of it as soon as Camille started talking.
"OMG, YOU'RE KENDALL KNIGHT!" Camille screamed.
"I LOVE YOU. I HAVE 20 POSTERS OF YOU AT HOME ON MY WALLS."
"umm, thank you?" Kendall replied, not exactly sure what to say. Gustavo was right, there were some lunatics out there.
"Sorry, Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I'm JUST so excited to be given the opportunity to work with you. It's been my dream since, who knows when! I've followed you from day one!" She exclaims, a huge smile plastered on her face.
"ohh, thanks." Kendall' was almost terrified of the girl.
"Um, so let's start the dancing?" Gustavo awkwardly interrupted, not sure what was going on.
"Your partner isn't here, so you'll be dancing with either Kendall or James" Kelly informed her.
"Um, you'll be dancing with me little lady" James cut in, before she had said Kendall's name. Then he gave his famous James Diamond smile.
"I'm doing the same dance with you with a different girl."
"um, ok." Camille was clearly disappointed, but hey, what could she do about it? James was pretty attractive, so, why be upset? She grabbed him and dragged him onto the dance floor.
Gustavo Cued the music, and they started to dance. Kendall had to admit, Camille was AMAZING. How could he not hire here? She was so good! Even if she was crazy.
"STOP, that's enough! Gustavo yelled to Kelly, who shut off the music.
"Well, Camille, you are really, really good. But, I'm afrai-" Gustavo managed to say before Kendall but it,
"You're hired! See you Wednesday, 11:00 SHARP! Bye!"
"OMG YAYYYYY! I CAN'T BELIVE IT! I GOTTA GO TELL EVERYONE! THANK YOU SOSOSO MUCH KENDALL!" Camille squealed before running out of the room.
Gustavo shook his head.
"She's insane. Could you not tell?" Gustavo scolded.
"But amazing." Kendall argued.
"It's only fair. She deserved the spot."
"Yea, she was really good" James chimed in.
"Fine, have fun dealing with her." Gustavo said, his voice oozing with sarcasm.
"Guys, shut up. Logan's here. I don't want to hear the bickering. Understand me?" Kelly sternly stated. All of their nodded in agreement, not wanted to tick the women off. She was scary when angry, even if she didn't look it.
"Good." She walked off to call in Logan.
She soon returned, with the handsome boy following behind.
"Gentlemen, this is Logan Mitchell. He will be soloing since he doesn't have a partner."
As soon as he saw Logan, Kendall stood up. The boys eyes locked, neither one saying a thing. It seemed as if they shared a special bond, even though they had never met. It was like they were in an entirely different universe; them the only two on the planet. They seemed to be communicating without saying a word, their eyes speaking for them. This lasted a good minute, before Gustavo pulled Kendall by his shirt and yelled at him to sit down. At that point, Kendall was brought back into reality. He realized what had just happened, and looked down, a huge blush creeping upon his face. Logan face turned a bright red, and he looked down onto the floor. No one said a word. An uncomfortable silence filled the room; it almost felt like it was affecting their ability to speak. Finally, Gustavo mustered up the courage to speak, and invited Logan to sit down. He walked to the desk and sat down obediently.
"erm, so…why did you sign up for the video?"
Logan squirmed in his chair, trying to recover from the awkwardness. He tried to say something, and then closed his mouth. He tried again, but nothing came out. But finally took a large breath before saying,
"I love to dance. I mostly do hip hop, and faster beat music, but thought it would be fun to try some ballroom style dancing. At first, I wasn't sure if I was going to try out, once I found out it to slower music. Don't get me wrong, I love the song, I'm just not used to dancing to it." But then quickly added in, "but I'm willing to try. It looks like fun."
"Ok Logan. We're actually gonna have you dance with Kelly." Gustavo said with a smug look.
"Excuse me?" Kelly exclaimed. "I don't dance" (A/N: high school musical anyone?… sorry. I'm nerdy. I'll continue with the story).
"So this will be even more challenging for you, Logan." Gustavo said, clearly enjoying this more than he should.
"Um, ok. Great." Logan shyly stated. Me took Kelly's hand and brought her onto the dance floor. Kelly shot Gustavo a dirty look before setting up.
"Gustavo" Kendall whispered.
"Kelly's an AWFUL dancer. I don't know how someone could be that bad. It's not fair."
"This is a test Kendall. If he can make Kelly look decent…or at least better than she is, he definitely deserves the job; if he can do this, he can make anyone look good." Gustavo answered.
"Ok. You're the director."
James started up the music, and they began to dance. Logan took full control. He swayed with her, turned her, and got their steps in sync, at least to a degree. He would pick her up, swung her around, then dipped her like they do in the romance movies ( A/N: I'm not exactly sure what it's called, where he like lowers her in his arms? Does someone know the term? If you do, PLEASE tell me. I would greatly appreciate it), and ended it with rolling her out while holding her hand, then rolling her back into her arms. He had done it. He had made Kelly LOOK GOOD. She looked better than decent. All the three of the boys were stunned.
Gustavo stood up clapping, yelling "BRAVO, BRAVO".
Kendall and James just stared, their eyes wide open.
"WOW, this guy can REALLY dance" Kelly complimented. "He made me look GOOD".
"Oh, thanks. Hahaha. You weren't that bad Ms. Kelly." Logan complimented back.
"And he's a good suck up." Gustavo joked, which got him a slap in the arm from Kelly.
"Logan you're in. Were meeting her Wednesday, at 11:00 sharp! Be here!"
"Ok, thanks Mr. Roque. Oh, and you too Mr. Knight." Logan said, making eye contact for the first time after that incident.
"Call me Kendall. See you Wednesday." The blonde answered, his voice was airy and dreamy.
Logan left, leaving the four of them alone.
"Well that was a strange interview." Gustavo commented. He wasn't sure what had happened, but decided with better judgment to leave the subject alone.
They all waited in silence for the next dancer.
"She just texted me she arrived. She doesn't know how to get to the office. I'm gonna meet her in the lobby."
Besides Logan, Kendall was anxious to see this girl. They girl had been driving him mad. He couldn't pin point how he knew her/knew of her, but she just looked so familiar. He wasn't sure what seeing her was going to do to him; every time he saw here in either a picture or in his head, he almost wanted to cry. She just reminded him of his sister. His sister's name was also Katie, so that didn't help at all. One side of him hoped it was this girl somehow was her, even though it was impossible. Another side of him hoped it wasn't her, because it was cause him pain. Almost too much for him to bare. The two didn't keep in touch, but it honestly was entirely the girls fault. He snapped out of though as he heard Kelly's voice echo through the studio.
"Guys, this is Katie Bravo."
A girl who was about 5 feet tall entered into the room. Her light brown hair had high lights in them; she wore a tight red fitted t-shirt, tight skinny black jeans, and dark rocker boots.
Kendall just stared at her. He searched her up and down, shocked by what he saw. Katie did the same thing as Kendall, taking in his appearance. Another awkward silence had filled the room, but it wasn't like the one when Logan was there. There seemed to be some sort of connection between them, but it was hanging on by a thread. Kendall's eyes weren't filled with its typical bright green sparkle, instead a dull green that had no light or happiness had replaced it. They were filled with many emotions: sad, confused, hope, and anger, all swirled together in his drooping eyes. Katie's eyes were filled with almost identical emotions, but with little confusion. Instead, it was replaced with fear.
It seemed as if time had stopped. Neither one of them could breathe. Uneasiness filled the air; no one able to exactly explain what was going on. Kendall couldn't take it. This was just too much to handle. One, if this was HIS Katie, it wasn't her. HIS Katie was a sweet girl who was smart and innocent, and nothing like this. BUT WHY did he feel so close to her? Close isn't the right word, more like acquainted. Katie had hurt him to many times to call them 'Close'. This couldn't be HIS Katie. It really bothered him. This girl, Katie Bravo, had first, stirred up all his emotions and delicate memories, and two, disappointed him. This couldn't be his sister. Not in a million years. And it killed him. He felt a lump rise in his throat.
"Excuse me." Kendall mumbled before exiting the studio, running past the girl without even looking at her. He needed to get out of here.
"Kendall…" Katie whispered, but no one could hear it.
"Um, Sorry about that Miss Bravo. He wasn't feeling well. Let's start the audition, ok?"
"Yes Sir." She answered.
SO a cliff hanger! Hope you liked it? Review! Tell me if you hated it, liked it, loved it? Anything! You'll find out more about Kendall's story…I always ended it right before on purpose ;). Wanted to make you wonder what was happening! Hope you enjoyed all the different interviews, imean between Camille, Logan, and Katie; they couldn't be any more different! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE tell me what you thought about it…everythings heating up now! It'll get betterrr! Just stay with me! Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it. Ill update soon if people are interested! THANKS!
