Chapter Three: Interviewing
Pairings: Carlos/James
Disclaimer: I don't own Big Time Rush.
Mrs. Knight set a huge stack of magazines down on the coffee table. She smiled at Carlos and James. "These are all the magazines that have pictures of you and want the inside scoop."
James started going through them. "Person Magazine, USA Weekly, Pop Tiger...that's a lot of magazines that want to talk to us. Plus, we have offers to appear on various talk shows on TV and radio. Who knew revealing our secret would be such hard work?"
There was a knock at the door. Carlos went and answered it. Kelly walked into the room. "Hey. Gustavo wanted to come back early, since there's so much buzz about you and James's relationship. How can so much change in only three days of us being gone?"
Carlos shrugged. He sat down beside James on the couch. "James told me he had a crush on me, and we decided to try dating. The whole guy-on-guy relationship thing eventually worked. The other night, James and I heard a guy on TV say that Big Time Rush was boring without any scandals at all. Then, yesterday at the pool, James saw me checking out the Jennifers and got mad at me. To prove to him that I wasn't ashamed to be dating him, I kissed him. Well, the Jennifers had an interview and a photoshoot by the pool, and the photographer captured some pictures of the kiss. That created the buzz going on right now. I guess we're not so boring anymore."
"Guess not, but Gustavo's furious," said Kelly. "He'd be here right now if it weren't for the new singer we picked up in New York. Is there any way to clear this all up?"
James shrugged. "The only thing I can think of is giving the people what they want; interviews and more pictures of us."
Kelly nodded. "I'll run it by Gustavo. Boys, be at Rocque Records to meet with Gustavo and I at seven tonight. We'll talk it over there."
"Okay. Are we gonna meet the new singer?" asked Carlos.
Kelly shrugged. "I don't think Gustavo will allow it. He's really protective of this one, boys. Just, don't go outside until seven. A limo will be waiting for you at six forty-five."
"Okay. We'll be there," said James.
Kelly turned around and left the apartment. Carlos rested his head on James's shoulder. James touched the side of Carlos's face lightly, brushing it with the tips of his fingers. Carlos sighed. "I didn't know this would be so hard, Jamie."
"Yeah, me neither. We'll get through it though, baby." James lifted Carlos's head up and kissed him gently.
At seven, James and Carlos walked into Gustavo's office. He looked up at them with his fingers laced together. James and Carlos sat down in front of his desk. "James, Carlos, I'm in a good mood, so I'm not going to yell. Now, Kelly already told me how everything happened, so I'm going to tell you what we're going to do. We're going to milk this as much as we can. This could be good for us, even though there will be hundreds of broken-hearted teenage girls."
James smiled at Carlos. They both looked at Gustavo. Carlos rubbed his hands together. "So, who's interviewing us first?"
The next morning, the guys of Big Time Rush walked onto the set of the same entertainment show James and Carlos had watched a few nights ago. The host of the show, a high energy man named Mark Ellison, looked at the camera. "Here we are with Big Time Rush. As you have probably seen in various magazines, Big Time Rush finally has a scandal, no offense, guys. So, James, did you ask Carlos out or did he ask you out?"
"I asked out Carlos. I had a huge crush on him, but I didn't tell him until something that was a little funny happened," answered James.
"Tell me what happened," said Mark.
Carlos crossed his legs and resituated himself. He smiled brightly. "Well, James had woken up really late. We joked around with him about it. I gave him one of my quick one-armed hugs, and he blushed so badly. I talked to James about it later, and he told me that he liked me. After I thought it over, I thought we'd give it a try."
"How do you think this will effect the female fans you have?" asked Mark.
James smiled. "They'll probably still hope that we'll straighten out, but at least we have the support of fellow gay guys everywhere."
"Kendall, Logan, is this situation...strange for you?"
"Not really," said Kendall. "I mean, they're our buds, and we'll stick by them no matter how they choose to live their lives. If they want to be together, we respect that."
Logan nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Big Time Rush isn't going to break up or anything because James and Carlos are together. The band will be together for a really long time."
"Hopefully we will too," said James, looking at Carlos adoringly.
A breakout of "aw" sounded from the audience. Mark looked back at the camera. "There you go. James Diamond and Carlos Garcia of boy band Big Time Rush are indeed together. You heard it here first. I'm Mark Ellison, and this is Ellison Entertainment. Tune in tomorrow for more great entertainment, information, and interviews."
After all the cameras were off, Carlos sat down on James's lap and kissed him. Carlos stared into James's eyes. "Do you really think we'll be together for a long time?"
"I don't think. I know," answered James.