Chapter One The Meeting

Kiele looked up at Nettie and grinned. She raised her hand and patted her face, like she was trying to tell her everything would be ok.

It had been a month since Kiele's mom and dad had died. Everyone was now living in their mansion in Beverly Hills permanently.

Nettie called everyone into the living room. "Alright everyone, I just learned that my cousin Kelly is living in California as well. She's at work right now and has invited us to come see what she does. She's working at Rocque Records as an assistant to Gustavo Rocque. I vote we go down there and have some fun today."

This got the others excited. They hadn't done much in the whole time they had been living there.

Everyone got ready as quickly as possible, but then had to wait as Nettie got Kiele ready as well.

***two hours later***

"Finally!" Alyss shouted. "I thought we would never get here!"

'Here' was Rocque Records. The traffic had been horrendous. Nettie pulled into a spot and hopped out to get Kiele out of her car seat.

They entered the building and looked around. A sudden high-pitched squeal caught their attention. Nettie handed Kiele to Lissi just in time. Kelly threw herself into Nettie's arms.

"Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod! It's been forever since I've seen you! How are you?"

When Nettie finally had a chance to breathe again, she answered all of Kelly's questions. Kiele started to grab for Nettie's hair. Nettie reached over and took her back from Lissi.

"Well, who is this adorable little girl?"

"This is my niece, Kiele."

"Well, where are her parents? Where's Clara and Max?" Kelly sounded a little desperate.

"Clara and Max were killed a month ago on their way to England."

Kelly opened her mouth to say something, when suddenly "KELLY!!!!" rang throughout the building. She grimaced slightly, then turned towards the noise. "Hold on Gustavo, I'm coming." She looked back at the girls. "Follow me," she said, turning and walking away.

She led them down a hall and into a recording booth. Inside, there were two men. One of them, the average height, balding, big man was introduced as Gustavo Rocque. The other was introduced as Artie, their sound engineer.

Alyss looked through the glass. On the other side were four boys who were just staring at them. She noticed that the one wearing the helmet was looking straight at her.

Lissi looked over at Alyss, then followed her gaze through the window. Her jaw dropped open at the sight of the band.

"OMG, you're Big Time Rush!" She gestured to herself and her friends. "We know every word to your song!"

Her friends gestured for her to shut up, but the damage was done.

"That song has only been out for a day. How do you already know it? And why are you here anyway?" Gustavo demanded.

Kelly stepped up. "Hold on Gustavo. I'm only going to answer all the questions once, so bring the boys in here first. The four boys stepped into the booth.

"Okay, this is my cousin Annette, who goes by Nettie. These are her friends, Alyssandra, or Alyss, Lissianna, or Lissi, and Clarissa, or Issa. And this is Kiele, Nettie's niece."

The guys all said hi.

Kelly turned to the guys. Gesturing to them, she said, "This is Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan."

The girls all blushed and said hello.

"Would you like to listen to our song, and then go on a tour with us?" Kendall asked, looking straight at Nettie.

She glanced at the others. They were all nodding enthusiastically. "That would be amazing," she replied.

"This is a new one, so I hope you like it."

They headed back into the studio.