Author's Note: Hey, finally got this chapter done. It just had sort of a block to it, that's why the wait was a little longer than before.
Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush, nor do i own the songs, 'Till i forget about you' or 'Who will I be'. However, I do own Bella Diamond.
Shot in The Dark
Chapter 3:
Bella laughed a bit at their stunned reactions, "Hey guys." She laughed, repeating what she had said before. She looked around, "This place is awesome."
Finally they all snapped to their senses. Kendall was the first to reach her, James only a sceond behind him, Carlos and Logan next. All four of them wrapping her into a big bear hug, and her eyes bulged a bit when they squeezed her.
James pulled back, "When did you get here?" He asked, a little astonished.
Logan added, "More like how did you get here? A ticket from Minnesota to L.A cost more then you could afford." He added in the quizical voice she had missed.
She laughed, "First, I got here about five minutes ago. And second, I flew." They all gave her a look, and she bit the inside of her gums, trying to think up a story, "After Kendall and you guys left, the department store he worked for was trying to get someone to replace him. So, I took the job and saved up to get here." It wasn't a complete lie, she did take over Kendall's old job, but that wasn't the reason she was here.
Carlos looked at her, smilling like the Cheshire cat, "How long are you going to be able to stay?"
Bella rolled her eyes, shrugging, "I have no idea, could be a week, could be longer."
Kendall blurted out, "You look really different."
"Of course she looks different, we havent seen her in nearly a year." Logan replied, slapping Kendall's head lightly.
She laughed, "Yeah, I grew a few more inches, and I invested some money in something called… make up." She said dramatically, and Carlos burst out laughing.
"You still seem different, I mean, I talked to you over video chat just last week and you still seem different from then." Kendall pondered, thinking.
Bella shrugged, "I've got no idea what you're talking about Kendall." Honestly, she had no idea, when they had talked she had looked the same, other than the fact her hair had been pulled up and she was in PJ's.
Stepping forward with a confused expression, James asked, "You guys video chatted?" He looked at Kendall, "Why did you tell me?"
"You were to busy reading your magazine." He replied, then looked at Bella, "You sure you arent any different, I swear there is something…" Kendall trailed off.
Bella picked up a piece of her hair up, examining it, "Nope, still Bella." She confirmed, laughing a bit, "You guys are really different though –I mean, you dress really different. No layers of coats anymore."
Carlos grabbed her wrist, "Come on, you've got to try skateboarding into the pool. It's so fun –expessially when Bitters catches you." He started to pull her to the door.
Taking hold of her other wrist, Logan said, "I was going to show her around. They've got a great library across the street." He started to tug her the other way.
At once, James and Kendall yelled, "Guys, Stop! You're going to hurt her!" Both of them let go, frowning a bit.
Rubbing her wrists, Bella mumbled, "Thanks."
Suddenly the 'Giant Turd Song' started to play through the room. Kendall groaned, "Guestavo!" He flipped out his Ipone, "He must be back – I was hoping for at least a week without him." He answered, "Hey Guestavo."
The other four could all hear him yell, "Dogs, get to the studio, NOW!" All four of them cringed, and sighed. Kendall didn't bother to respond, hanging it up, and shoving it into the pockets of his shorts.
"The one time you come, and Guestavo makes us go to work." James frowned, scowling a bit. He turned to the others, "How mad would he be if we didn't show up?"
Logan took out a caculator, and started to punch in the numers, "Carry the five." He mumbled, and finally looked up, "He'd cause another earthquake." He finally decided.
Bella laughed, "It's fine, go ahead. You guys have to work; besides, I can just hang by the pool. From what Kendall says it's awesome." She added, lounging on the sofa.
Carlos suggested, "How about you come with and we give you a tour of the studio?"
She felt her phone vibrate in the front pocket of her shorts, and she quickly said, "Maybe a little later. I think I'll hunt down Katie and play some poker –the flight here is really long." She added.
James asked, "You sure?" she nodded, "Alright, we'll see you later though –maybe we could see if we could all go out and see a movie or something." He offered. She noticed how he seemed a little down at the fact he had forgot about his little sister for a year.
"That sounds good. I'll see you boys when you're done then." She agreed.
Giving her one last hug, all four boys walked out the door, casting her one last look. She gave a small wave, hearing the small bleep coming from her phone in the pocket of her shorts. Finally the door closed.
Pulling the Blackberry from her pocket, Bella quickly saw it blinking, reading, 'one missed call.' She clicked onto her voice mail, and heard a familiar voice, "Hey, it's Kelly. Guestavo wants you to come by the studio so we can get the okay from Griffin. So, just head over as soon as you can. Thanks." The message cut off.
Thinking she should have gone with the guys, Bella quickly rushed out the door, sighing as she went.
The walk form the Palm Woods to Rocque Records was only about a block, and she could easily get there. When she got to the building, she couldn't help but feel the excitement bubble inside her.
She stepped in the studio, and Kelly was waiting at the entrance, "Alright, welcome to Rocque Records." She motioned to the pictures on the walls, "You do good, and you could end up on these walls."
Bella frowned a bit, noticing a picture of boys in overalls, she tenitvly asked, "Do I want to be on these walls?"
Laughing, Kelly continued, "Well, those were before. And this is the newest addition." She lead her up to a poster with the four boys, all leaning on each others shoulders, looking like the best friends they are. "And, if we're lucky, you'll be going up here too."
"Alright, so, what does Guestavo have in mind?" She asked quietly. "I mean, it's not like I'm getting famous overnight."
Kelly grabbed something out of her clipboard and handed it to Bella. She immediately noticed the song title, 'Who will I be.' Seeing as it was one of the songs that she had secretly written. "I showed this to Guestavo, and he loved it. He thought it'd be perfect as your first song."
Bella nodded, taking the sheet from her, "Okay, so I just sing the song?" She asked, a little confused.
Nodding, Kelly led her into the production room, where, behind a plexi-glass wall was the boys. She tried to sheild herself from veiw, but all of them were looking down at the lyric sheet. Just then music started playing in the backround, and Kendall started to sing:
Get a call on a random afternoon
I pick it up & I see that it's you
Like my heart, you were breaking the news
You said it's over, it's over, it's over
Heading out, cuz I'm outta my mind
All my friends are gonna see me tonight
Staying here, till the sun start's to rise
& I, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
Dance hard, laugh hard
turn the music up now
Party like a rockstar
Can I get a what now?
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
Jump up, fall down
gonna play it loud now.
Don't care, my head's
spinning all around now.
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
I thought I'd be here on my own
waiting for you to knock on my door
Since you left, I don't by the phone
& I, I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving.
I found a place where I can't lose myself
& just leave your memory on the shelf.
See I'm fine, no I don't need nobody else
Cuz I, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going
To dance hard, laugh hard
turn the music up now
Party like a rockstar
Can I get a what now?
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
Jump up, fall down
gonna play it loud now.
Don't care, my head's
spinning all around now.
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
Giving money like I don't need a thing
I'm going crazy now I don't even think
I'm losing my mind, that's all I can do
till I forget about you
Dance hard, laugh hard
turn the music up now
Party like a rockstar
Can I get a what now?
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
Jump up, fall down
gonna play it loud now.
Don't care, my head's
spinning all around now.
I swear I'll do
anything that I have to
till I forget about you.
Till I forget about you
Till I forget about you
Her mouth dropped open a bit, as she listened. She couldn't help but think this song descirbed Kendall's situation with Jo, and how he tried to forget about her, but couldn't. She even saw a sad look on his face when she peered through the glass, though he didn't look up.
Bella hid into the corner when she saw Guestavo look at her, and then back at the boys. "Dogs, back to the dance studio." When they didn't get up fast enough, he yelled, "NOW!" They all scrambled from the booth, not even seeing Bella in the corner of the room.
He turned after yelling, "Dogett." He paused, his red face returning to normal, "How well do you dance?"
She merely gave a confused face, "Honestly, I've never done a dance in my life." She smilled weakly, "I just write songs, I didn't even sing before a few days ago –well, unless you count the shower." She said, trying to break the tension.
Kelly raised an eyebrow, "Alright, we'll have you work with Mr.X tomorrow. Right now, we need to work on vocals, because Griffin will be coming to hear you late today or tomorrow-"
"And you better be good!" Guestavo inturrupted, yelling at the top of his lungs.
She just nodded, "Okay, so I just sing?" She asked.
"NO!" He paused, "You have to sing GREAT! Or else you can say goodbye and go back to zero below." Guestavo nealry roared.
Bella flinched a bit, thinking over the Giant Turd lyrics, humming them under her breath. She quickly got into the recording booth, looking at her two new bosses', "So, 'Who will I be?'" She asked.
Kelly leaned into the microphone, "Yeah, we just need to test vocals, and get a preformance ready by the end of the week. And that's the song Mr.X could do a dance for easiest." She explained.
Shrugging, Bella put the large headphones on, and said, "Alright."
The music started, and she started to sing the song, despite the butterflies that were in her stomach she started;
Woah
Yea, yea, yea, yea
How to choose
Who to be
Well lets see
There's so many choices now
Play guitar
Be a movie star
In my head a voice says
Why not
Try everything
Why stop
Reach for any dream
I can rock
Cause it's my life
And now's the time
Who will I be
It's up to me
All the never ending possibilities
That I can see
There's nothing that I can't do
Who will I be
Yes I believe
I get to make the future what I want to be
If I can make up any one and know the choice is up to me
Who will I be
Yea yea
If I decide
I'm the girl to change the world
I can do it anytime
Opportunity right in front of me
And the choices are mine
Why not
Try everything
Why stop
Reach for any dream
I can rock
Cause it's my life
And now's the time
Who will I be
It's up to me
All the never ending possibilities
That I can see
There's nothing that I can't do
Who will I be
Yes I believe
I get to make the future what I want to be
If I can make up any one and know the choice is up to me
Who will I be
I want to find the who I am inside
Who will I be
I want to show the way
The way that I can shine
Yea (Who will I be)
oh yea, yea
Who will I be
It's up to me
All the never ending possibilities
That I can see
There's nothing that I can't do
Who will I be (Who will I be)
Yes I believe
I get to make the future what I want to be
If I can make up any one and know the choice is up to me
Who will I be
Woah
Who will I be
Who will I be
She finished, looking up through her eyelashes for approval. Guestavo had his usual blank face on, while Kelly seemed quite pleased with her singing. She leaned into the microphone, "That was amazing Bella." She approved.
Guestavo's eyebrows scrunched and Bella prepared for him to scream again. But the yell never left his lips, "That was… fine." He finally finished, and she was very surprised to hear something that wasn't negative leave his mouth. That was a compliment coming from Guestavo.
There was a knocking at the door, and finally the four boys toppled the door in and fell to the ground. Bella felt her face fill with color and she looked down.
Kendall was the first to his feet, "Guestavo, who was that?"
James shot up, "They were awesome!"
Once the other two got up, they looked a little hurt from the fall. Carlos even spit out, "They were better than James!" And that earned him a scowl from the tallest boy.
They all looked to Guestavo, and Logan said, "I bet it's that person that he went looking for." And they all nodded in agreement.
Guestavo frowned, "Dogs, you're supposed to be with Mr. X, what are you doing here?" He yelled. All of them cringed back a bit.
Carlos smilled like the Cheshire cat, "Yeah, well he said he needs to go X-home because of X-vomiting." He brightened up, "So, can we meet them? I bet there hot!" He exclaimed.
Bella blushed from under her hair inside the booth listening to them. Guestavo replied, "No, now get out of here. I need to get this one ready for Griffin!"
"Why, we could help?" Logan added, "Look at how well we turned out."
That's when Guestavo started laughing, "You… you dogs turning out good?" He asked, still laughing, "And Kelly is a great liar." He retorted.
Kendall frowned, "Hey, we're the reason you're here."
"I could find a better band than you dogs-"
Bella had enough, she leaned into the microphone, and raised her voice, "Hey, quit fighting, all of you." She added to Guestavo.
She couldn't see whose jaw dropped farthest out of the boys. James seemed to be the most mystified, Kendall was nearly frozen in shock, Logan's eyes were the size of quarters, and Carlos started smilling again. "Bella?" They all breathed.
Placing the headphones back on the microphone, she stepped out of the booth, giving a small smile, "Hey guys?" she said like a question.
Logan was the first to ask, "Wait, you were the singer that Guestavo found?" She nodded, and the boys exchanged a glance, "We didn't even know that you sang."
Bella grimaced, "I don't really." She paused, "But I really wanted to come and see you guys, and Guestavo was holding auditions. So I just ran there and sang one of the songs that I wrote-"
"You write songs?" Carlos questioned, and she nodded.
"So, he started to say something and I sang him the giant turd song –that really works by the way. And then Kelly asked if I wanted to come to Hollywood and make a demo CD." She finished.
James' eyebrow furrowed, "You know the giant turd song?"
Before she could answer, Kendall said, "I told her it over video chat one day." He paused, and looked back to her, "Huh, good idea… You didn't get escorted out by the police like us, did you?"
She stiffled a laugh, "No. Guestavo just yelled at me and told me not to sing the song ever again." She paused, "Though, seeing how easy he is to work with, I wouldn't immagine it." She said sarcastically, and they all started to laugh.
Guestavo finally stood up, breaking the laughter, "Dogs, back to Mr. X-"
Kendall repeated, "He's sick."
Kelly stepped forward, "Alright, all of you just take the rest of the day off. Boys, come back tomorrow to work with Mr.X. Bella, Guestavo's having Griffin come at the end of the week, so well work on the song and dancing until then."
They all nodded, and as soon as they were out of the room, James bursted out, "How come you didn't tell us that you were the person Guestavo picked?"
She sighed, "One thing –before we get into this, I'm not even sure if this is going to work out." She paused, "Um, I didn't tell you because at first, when I auditioned, I wasn't sure if I would be able to make the cut and didn't want to dissapoint you. And once I got here, I don't know, I just couldn't pluck up the courage to say it." She whispered.
Logan gave her shoulder a small tap, and Carlos rolled his eyes, "Since when has Bella Diamond been afraid of anything?"
Bella laughed, "Since she started singing in front of people." She deadpanned, "So, I'm guessing that Mr.X isnt actually sick." She said, raising an eyebrow.
Kendall shook his head, "No, we told him if we could have the day off that Guestavo would give him a week in his mansion." He perked up a bit, "I still cant believe that he actually bought that. I was going to offer him twenty bucks too."
He showed her the twenty dollar bill, and Carlos snatched it, "Twenty bucks, cool! I can get that new helmet!" He said excitedly.
James snatched that from him, "No way, I need this to get some new hair products." He argued, looking at the money for a moment.
Logan grabbed that from him, "Actually, I need this to get a new textbook, I finished this years and I don't have time to wait."
Bella nearly had to yell, "Guys!" Before any of them even listened to her. She looked back to Kendall, who had taken the bill back from Logan, and pocketed it. "How did you get into the recording studio then?"
James smirked, "Carlos thought his life his helmet in there –turns out it was." He said, smilling, "So, how in the world did you write that song?"
Grimacing, she thought. It had been a while since she wrote that song, and she had to think it over, "I'm fairly sure that I wrote the song describing James, about two months after you guys left." She laughed, "I still think it isnt as good as the Giant Turd song."
Carlos smilled as they headed out the front door of Roque Records. "Oooh, what song did you write for me?" He asked.
She held up her hands in fake surrender, "You got me, I havent wrote one yet. But I'll do that as soon as I can, alright." They all smilled and laughed along with her.
Two months later, they were all sitting by the pool. Griffin had loved Bella, telling Guestavo to continue to work on both the boys and her. She had started recording songs for her album, and the boys were working on their second.
All the boys in swim trunks and short sleeved shirts, and Bella still couldn't get used to seeing them without winter coats. She was in a sky blue bikini, with some shorts and a tank top over it.
James pulled his sunglasses over his head, reading this week's Pop Tiger. "Find out what your most attractive trait is." He read aloud.
Carlos grabbed the magazine from him, holding it like it was trash, and then tossed it in the pool, "Try reading something for guys. That's a girl magazine."
Bella took his helmet off his head, and before he could stop her, she tossed it into the pool after the magazine. Carlos jumped in, shirt and all, crying, "My helmet!"
Logan rolled his eyes, "Nice, Carlos is going to kill you." He saw Carlos sitting underwater with his legs crossed. "If he ever comes up for air."
Once he did come out of the pool, he tried to push Logan into it, who knocked into Kendall. Kendall hit James by accident, and he popped up, "My hair!" He yelled. Trying to push him.
They all broke out into a all out battle of trying to push each other into the pool. Carlos was trying to push in Bella, being a bit fragile. But while the boys had been in L.A. she had still been on the hockey team, and had to play with boys.
Carlos ended up trying to push her, but she moved and he fell face first into the pool, splashing them with water.
Kendall was trying to keep from falling off the edge when James pushed him, and Logan was finally able to get James inside the pool, and he yelled angerly, "You did not just push me into a pool!" And he scrambled to get out.
When Bella was nearly bent over laughing, Kendall took the chance to push her lightly forward. She spun around, catching the front of his shirt and pulling him with her. And the water spashed around her.
Coming out of the water and spitting the water from her mouth, she laughed. Kendall popped up beside her, and she sarcastically said, "Thanks Kendall."
Carlos pushed Logan and James both in, and then he ran back, and turned around. Dashing back to pool, he made a huge cannonball, and the waves putting some of the water out of the pool. All of them laughed.
From the lounge chairs, she heard:
Oh you're such a turd
Oh, yeah, a giant turd
And you look like a turd
And you smell like a turd.
Oh you're such a turd
Oh, yeah, a giant turd
And you look like a turd
And you smeeeellll like a turd!
They all scrabled to Kendall's phone. He clicked the speaked button and said, "Hey Guestavo, what up?"
The line crackled, "Dogs… Dogett." He paused, "How many friends do you have at the Palm Woods?" Guestavo asked.
Looking at each other, they shrugged, and Logan replied, "We know about everyone here I think, but most of the girls won't talk to James after the dance…" He trailed off, and James hit him. "What for?"
James added, "Let me guess, a Hollywood party!"
"No, he probably got us a chocolate fountain!" Carlos nearly yelled, smilling.
Guestavo yelled, "Shut it Dogs!"
Bella frowned, "So, if it's not a party or chocolate, what else is there?" She asked, and the others chuckled.
Guestavo paused, and then Kelly came over the phone, "Boys, Bella. We need you to tell all of your friends that Big Time Rush will be preforming in the park tonight at eight, and tell them to tell everyone."
Kendall looked confused, "We havent practiced for a concert. What's the occasion?" He asked.
Kelly resonded, "Well, Bella needs some publicity because her album comes out in a month. And, you boys have a bunch of fans. So, Griffin said that you boys have a concert, sing your usual songs, Bella sings a song, and then you all sing a song together."
Bella nodded along, until the part where they would sing together, "Wait, we're doing a duet?" She asked, a little astonished.
Kelly's voice wavered, "Yes, and… you have to write it…"
Author's Note: Okay, so I just had to get this out there. The boys figured out, and now it's a month later and Guestavo wants them to do a improntu concert. So, Reveiw?
