Chapter Three

"Thank you Phoenix! You were AMAZING!" Aria said into her mic before running off stage. She could hear the crowd screaming her name. She was met by some tour crew who helped take off her mic wires and stuff. There was about a ten minute break before Big Time Rush went on stage so the crew could prepare the stage for them. Aria made her way to her dressing room. She stopped at the boy's dressing room. She raised her fist to knock on the door but before she could knock the door opened.

"Oh, Hi Aria." Logan said.

"Hey." She said with a smile.

"You were really great out there." Logan said.

Aria chuckled. "Thanks. I tried my best to be entertaining."

Kendall appeared behind Logan. "Hey you." Kendall said walking past Logan and wrapping his arms around Aria.

"Kendall, I'm all gross and sweaty." Aria groaned into his chest.

"So? What's your point?" he laughed. "You were amazing out there."

Aria smiled and looked up at him. "Thanks."

Kendall leaned down and kissed her. "EEHHEEM." Someone cleared their throat.

"We have a show to put on." James said.

"Come one Lover Boy." Logan said brushing past him. James and Carlos walked by him.

"Break a leg." She said giving him a quick kiss. Kendall started to walk away. The rest of the boys started walking to the stage. Kendall turned back around and scurried back to Aria. "Meet me outside your dressing room after the show?" he said with a wink. Aria giggled and nodded. Kendall kissed her quickly on the cheek and ran after the boys.

Aria walked to her dressing room. There was a TV in her room what hooked up to a camera that showed the stage so she could watch the boys perform. Aria sat down and got comfy on her dressing room couch. There was a knock on her door. She got up and opened the door. "Oh Hey Chris!" she said.

"Hey, uh, I found this after you walked off stage," he said holding out a bracelet "I think you dropped it."

Aria looked at her bare wrist. "Oh! I didn't even notice. I would have been worried sick. Thank you!" she said taking it.

Chris smiled. "Are you going to make a habit of this? Dropping stuff and me picking it up?"

Aria laughed. "I hope not. Are you busy? I kinda have like an hour to kill…"

"Um, I think they can get along without me for a bit." He said entering the room.

Aria and Chris chatted. Aria had found out that Chris lived in L.A. He moved to L.A. to be a musician but he wasn't having any luck and a friend of his had landed the job on the tour and managed to land Chris a job too. He was into the same music as Aria and they had a lot in common.

Aria realized that the boys here on their last song. "Oh gosh. I'm supposed to be ready to go back to the hotel when the boys finish." She said getting up and collecting her things. Chris got up too and helped her collect some stuff. Chris picked up something off the ground and handed to her.

"Always dropping things for me to pick up…" he joked.

Aria laughed. She realized she was pretty close to Chris. He leaned into her to kiss her but before he could Aria stopped him. "Chris…" she said looking away. "I have a boyfriend."

"Oh…" Chris said.

Aria heard the boys saying their good-byes to the crowd on her TV.

"I guess I should go then…" Chris said.

"Uh, yeah." She said.

"I guess I'll see you soon." He said exiting the room.

Aria packed up her stuff, thinking about what had just happened. She had just met Chris. He was really good looking and she really liked him but as friend she had Kendall and she felt like nothing could come between them. She walked out of her room to be greeted by a sweaty Kendall.

"Hey. Somebody was amazing out there." She said to him.

Kendall laughed. "Why thank you." He grabbed her hand and giving her a kiss on the cheek, he made his way to her ear. "I'm thinking you, me, your hotel room, clothing is optional?"

Aria smirked. "I'll think about it."

"Are you all ready to go?" Kendall asked.

"Yup. Are you?" she asked.

"I gotta grab my bag. Come with?" he replied.

"Of course." She said still holding onto his hand.

They stopped by the boys' dressing room and walked out to where the car that was taking them back to the hotel for the night was. Everyone was waiting for them. They hopped in the back seat. Aria suddenly felt super tired. She leaned her head on Kendall's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Aria opened her eyes and realized she was in her hotel room. She sat up and looked around. Kendall's clothes were sitting on the floor and the shower was running. She looked at the clock and wondered how long she'd been asleep for. She heard the shower stop. She suddenly didn't know if she should pretend to still be asleep or make it look she was doing something. Instead she just sat there staring at the door. The door started to open and she panicked slightly. Kendall walked out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel. She stared at him in awe. "So you're awake now? He asked.

Aria nodded and kept staring. It has been a long time since the last time her and Kendall had, had a night alone. They were always flying to different states for promotional stuff or concerts or appearances. "What's wrong with you?" Kendall asked staring back at her. "Nothing." She said biting her lip. She eyes were wondering up and down Kendall's body as she fought the urge to tackle him. He walked closer to her. In one swift motion, he pushed Aria down on the bed and was leaning one knee on the bed, he was lying across her body so his arm right by her head was his main support. Their lips were just about to touch.

"So did you think about my earlier proposal?" he asked smugly.

Aria breathed heavily. "Yes." Her hands found the back of Kendall's neck and she pulled herself upwards, smashing her lips against his. Kendall's free hand made its way to Aria's back and up her shirt. One of Aria's hands made its way down Kendall's back. They pulled apart from the kiss. Kendall pressed his forehead to hers. "Kendall…" she breathed. "I love you." Kendall pulled her into a passionate kiss. Aria noticed that Kendall's wandering hands had managed to unclip her bra. Aria tugged on Kendall's towel to get back at him. Kendall pulled away from her. "So I take it you accept my proposal?" he joked. "Ya think?" she said throwing the towel across the room.

Kendall opened his eyes. The light from the window was right in his face. Aria was sound asleep on his chest. He looked down at her. She was cute when she was asleep. He felt her move and closed his eyes and made it look like he was asleep. "I know you're awake…" she said.

"I was hoping it would actually work for once." He laughed.

"What time is it?" she groaned.

Kendall looked at the clock. "It's like 7AM."

"We're supposed to be on the buses by 7:30." Aria groaned into Kendall's chest. "uhg, I just want to sleep right here forever. With you."

"How about we get on a bus, crawl into a bunk and we can stay like that until we hit Utah?" he said.

"I'd like that." she said.

They both got up. Aria began to collect her clothes from various places in the room. She wondered how half her stuff got in those strange places. She opened her bag and pulled out her clean clothes and started putting them on. "Oh shoot." She said.

"What?" Kendall asked. Fully clothed in an outfit he must have gotten from his room while Aria was asleep the previous night.

"I forgot to grab more than one clean shirt from the bus." She said.

"I can fix that." Kendall said walking out of her hotel room into his. He came back a few minutes later with a t-shirt that was visibly too big for Aria. "Sorry, this is all I have…"

Aria took it and put it on. "Thank you." She said wrapping her arms around his waist. She was wearing shorts but you couldn't see them because the shirt was so long. "That's a great look for you." Kendall chuckled. Aria laughed. "shut up." They walked out of the hotel room to see greeted by James, Carlos and Logan. "That's one hell of a walk of shame outfit." Logan joked. "Shut Up Logan." Aria said punching him playfully in he arm as they all loaded into the elevator.

They got to the lobby and walked out to the buses. "I'm going on Aria's bus until we stop." Kendall said to the guys. They nodded and all got onto their buses. Mama Knight and Katie were both already sound asleep. Kendall and Aria both crawled into a bunk. "This is actually smaller than I thought." Aria stated.

"Oh well. I like being close to you." Kendall said.

They both got comfy. Just as they were drifting off to sleep Kendall interrupted. "Hey Aria." He said breaking the silence. "I forgot to tell you something last night…"

"What?" Aria asked curiously.

"I love you."

Aria smiled and closed her eyes. They both drifted off to sleep.