A/N: Long awaited chapter 3! On with the story!

Big Time Rush was sitting on the deck chairs at the Palm Woods pool. They had a hard day at Roque Records, so now was their relaxing time. All was calm, well as calm as it can be with Big Time Rush around, when around the corner came not 3, but 4 girls. The boys' heads all snapped up and turned in the direction of the girls. They stood up and watched in amazement as the girls walked towards them. Kendall, James and Logan knew that it was the girls, but to Carlos they looked like the Jennifers with one more member.

All the girls (Jo, Rachael, Camille) were dressed in knee-length strap dresses, same style, and shoes with a bit of a heel, diamond jewellery, and clutch handbags, each in a different colour. (Jo= green, Camille= pink, Rachael= Yellow/gold) But Stephanie, she was different. She had on a dark blue mini-strapless dress on, with dark blue stilettos, matching jewellery, and a matching clutch handbag. Her hair was long and straightened, and she had mascara, eyeliner, eye-shadow, lip-gloss and dark blue nail-polish on. Carlos' jaw dropped in amazement. The other boys smiled as the girls approached them and took each of their girlfriends' hands and took them to the tables. Carlos was left staring at Stephanie.

"Err, hi Carlos!" Stephanie said to him and moved her hand around his face to snap him out of his trance. Carlos realised he was still staring at her and shook his head.

"Huh, what? Oh hi – hey hi how's it going?" Carlos asked very nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. 'Whoa when did Stephanie get so hot? Wait—dude, what's wrong with you! You don't like her that way... do you?' He thought.

"Good... how are you?" Stephanie said. 'Oh no, I look so ugly he can't even talk to me! Maybe my hair is frizzy or something...' she thought as she quickly ran a hand over her hair to check. Nope, still good.

"Uh I'm good... do you err... wanna go for ice-cream or something...?" Carlos asked very nervously as he looked down at his feet. 'That was horrible! Way to ask a girl out, Carlitos!' he thought to himself as he waited nervously for a reply.

'I think he just asked me out! Yes it worked!' Stephanie thought to herself.

"Sure, I'd love to!" Stephanie replied with enthusiasm. From her right she heard lots of cheers and claps. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the rest of Big Time Rush and the girls cheering and giving her thumbs up.

"Well, let's go!" Carlos exclaimed as he bolted to the lobby, Stephanie close behind him, although it was hard to run in heels. 'Finally, my first date with Carlos! I think he likes me!' Stephanie thought as she walked towards the ice-cream shop with a smile on her face.

Carlos and Stephanie walked into the ice-cream shop.

"What ice-cream flavour do you want?" Carlos asked Stephanie.

"Strawberry!" she replied.

"That's my favourite flavour too!" Carlos grinned as he asked the shop assistant behind the counter for the ice-creams. Stephanie sat down at a table and waited for Carlos to come back with the ice-creams. She was staring into space when an ice-cream sundae was placed in front of her. She looked up and saw Carlos sitting down opposite her.

"Thanks" she said as she picked up her spoon and started to eat her ice-cream. 'C'mon, Steph, make some conversation! You've been waiting for a date with him ever since the dance!' Stephanie thought as she racked her brains for topic Carlos would like to talk about.

"So how is your horror film thingy going?" Carlos asked.

"Good, I recently finished a film, now I'm working on a new one" Stephanie replied.

"Cool" Carlos said as he took another spoonful of ice-cream. Stephanie smiled and continued to eat her ice-cream.

"How is recording with crazy Gustavo Roque going?" Stephanie asked Carlos. 'This date isn't going as I hoped...' she thought to herself.

"Yeah, it's fun, but sometimes we get in trouble and he screams the whole place down! It's so funny! One time..." Carlos continued to ramble on as Stephanie listened with her eyes and ears. '...Or maybe it is!'She thought as Carlos was finishing his sentence. He took in a long, much-needed deep breath. Stephanie chuckled.

They finished eating their ice-creams, payed and walked out of the shop.

"Well, that was nice! We should do that again sometime" Stephanie said to Carlos.

"Yeah, totally!" Carlos said. 'Should I kiss her or not? Nah, too soon. We need to go on another date for THAT to happen. Do I even like her that much? Yes. No. Maybe. I dunno! A couple of days ago, I was in love with the Jennifers! What's going on?' Carlos debated with himself in his head, as he stared into space, not concentrating on where he was walking. He didn't realise Stephanie was gazing at him with a dreamy look.

'He's so cute! I wonder what he's thinking about. I hope he likes me now. That date was really nice & sweet! Oh, we're back at the Palm Woods now.' She thought as they walked back into the Palm Woods lobby. Carlos, still debating with himself and not looking where he was going, kept walking towards the pool.

"Well, see ya Carlos! Carlos? Watch out!" Stephanie said as she watched him go closer to the edge of the pool, unaware. Carlos heard a voice and realised what she said. Too late! He spun round to say goodbye, but he was already at the edge. He lost his balance with the turn, and SPLASH! He landed in the pool. Stephanie tried to hold in her giggle, but couldn't as she burst out laughing. Carlos reached the surface, and coughed out the water he almost swallowed. He shook his head to get his hair dryer, but it didn't work.

"Are you- are you ok?" Stephanie asked in between giggles.

"Ppppffff! Yeah, I'm fine. I'm such a klutz!" He said as he got out of the pool and shook himself like a dog. Stephanie handed him a towel.

"Thanks" Carlos said as he dried himself off. They heard a hip-hop beat coming from Stephanie's handbag.

"Oh, sorry that's my phone" she said as she reached into her bag and took out her phone.

"Hello? Oh hi. Yeah good! Alright. Ok I'm coming. Cya soon" she talked into the phone and then hung up.

"That was my dad. He's wondering when I'm coming home" Stephanie said as she gathered her bag and got up.

"Oh ok. Well, bye!" Carlos said. He gave her a warm smile.

"Bye!" She smiled back as she turned around and walked a few steps.

"Oh, wait! Stephanie!" Carlos exclaimed as she turned back to look at him.

"Yeah?" Stephanie asked.

"Uuuuh, do you- are you doing anything on Friday night?" he said as she looked at him. She smiled.

"No, do you want do something?" She replied.

"Um, yeah ok, how about dinner? I'll pick you up say around 7ish?" He said.

"Sure, sounds great!" Stephanie said as she turned around and went to the lobby. Carlos smiled. Their first proper official date.

A/N: Well how was it? I hope it was good! Review! Next chapter out... sometime!