"Elaina, you don't have any clothes for warm weather, do you?" Kimberly asked, sipping from her iced tea "Nope" Elaina shook her head. "Katie!" Kimberly yelled, the small girl emerged and raised an eyebrow "What?".

Kimberly smiled "How would you like to go shopping with Elaina, get to know her?" she asked "Yeah!" Katie nodded, smiling. "Great, I'll drop you girls off at the mall" Kimberly beamed "Do you have a cell phone, Elaina?" she asked "Yeah" Elaina nodded "You girls can call me when your ready and I'll pick you up, sound good?" both girls nodded and smiled.

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"Call me when you're ready!" Kimberly called, waving to Elaina and Katie. The two girls started inside the mall and Elaina stared in awe at every store. "This place is awesome" Elaina breathed "What?" Katie asked "This place is awesome" Elaina smiled, Katie chuckled and grabbed Elaina's hand, leading her in to one of the stores.

"So you and Kendall used to be, like, best friends?" Katie asked "Yeah, your mom keeps telling me all these stories about the two of us" Elaina nodded "You don't remember them?" Katie asked, raising an eyebrow "It's complicated" Elaina shrugged. Katie stopped in her tracks and crossed her arms "Complicated?".

Elaina sighed and stopped as well "When I was seven, my parents died and I had to move to Michigan with my dad's parents" she began "So your grandparents?" Katie interjected "They were nothing like that. I hated being there, so I kinda blocked out that part of my life. I really don't remember that much" Elaina explained. Katie simply nodded and began to walk again, before erupting in laughter.

"What?" Elaina asked "I can only imagine what Kendall was like" Katie giggled, Elaina smiled and grabbed the smaller girls arm, pulling her in to another store.

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After finally buying enough warm weather clothes, and buying a soft pretzel to share with Katie, Elaina called Mrs. Knight to come and pick her and Katie up. As Mrs. Knight pulled in to the parking lot, Elaina and Katie both jumped in to the van, smiling. "Did you girls get everything you needed?" Mrs. Knight asked, beginning to drive down the road. "Yes, and I had some money left over so Katie and I shared a soft pretzel and I got Katie something" Elaina replied, grinning.

Kimberly beamed and continued driving "Did you have a good time, Katie?" she asked "Yes!" Katie smiled.

Arriving at the Palmwoods where Elaina brought her things to the apartment, Katie agreed for Elaina to share a room with her. "I've got to hang out with my friend Tyler, see you later Elaina" Katie waved as she walked out of the room. Elaina smiled and waved, slowly sitting down on her bed.

The bedroom door opened and Kendall entered, grinning. "Elaina Jane" he smiled as he sat down on the bed next to Elaina "What do you want?" Elaina teased, shoving Kendall's shoulder. "I want you to come to the studio with the guys and I" Kendall replied "Really?" Elaina raised an eyebrow "Yeah" Kendall nodded "Just let me change, and I'll go" Elaina agreed, standing up. Kendall beamed and his eyes shined in exitement.

Coming out of the bathroom, now dressed in complete "California Clothes", Elaina smiled and placed a DC on her head. "I'm ready" Elaina twirled in a circle and Kendall chuckled, dragging the smaller girl out of the room and to the kitchen.

Elaina followed the boys to the lobby where a woman waited at the door, clutching a clipboard to her chest and holding a coffee. "Guys, who is this?" the woman asked, raising an eyebrow "Kelly, this is my Cousin. Elaina" Kendall smiled, lightly pushing Elaina forward. A smile came to the woman's face and she held out her hand "I'm Kelly Wainright, Gustavo Rocque's assistant". Elaina slowly took her hand, gently shaking it "Elaina Carter".

"Come on guys, and Elaina, let's go" Kelly held out her hand and led the teens to her car. "Um, guys? We could have a problem" Kelly stopped in her tracks "What's the problem?" Logan asked "My car seats five, and we have six people who need to be seated" Kelly replied. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but Elaina. Sit on somebody's lap".

Kendall immediatly jumped in to the passenger seat, smirking. "Come on Elaina, you can sit on my lap" Carlos shrugged, hopping in the back seat. "Okay" Elaina shrugged, waiting for James and Logan to get in the back seat as well. "Come on!" Carlos chuckled as he patted his lap, Elaina rolled her eyes and hesitantly climbed over James, slowly sitting on Carlos' lap. Kendall spun around in his seat and burst in to laughter at the stiffness of his cousin.

"Never again" Elaina shook her head, causing the boys to chuckle and Kelly even cracked a smile. "Don't laugh!" Elaina pouted, soon breaking down in to giggles.

Upon arriving at Rocque Records, the guys immediatly jumped out of the car. All except Carlos. Stepping out of the car, Elaina pointed a finger at Carlos "We never speak of this". The small latino simply chuckled and pulled Elaina in to the studio.

"Gustavo, the boys have someone they want you to meet" Kelly explained. Entering the studio, a large man whearing bug eyed glasses stood before Elaina. "Who is this?" the man yelled. Kendall watched Elaina protectively, but was shocked to see Elaina not even flinch.

"Lain, you okay?" Kendall asked, Elaina cocked an eyebrow at him "Why wouldn't I be?". Kendall simply shrugged. "I'm Elaina Carter, Kendall's cousin" Elaina smiled as she held out a hand, the large man ignored it and snorted "I'm Gustavo Rocque". Nodding, Elaina stepped back. "If you're going to stay, you're going to stay quiet!" Gustavo yelled.

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Elaina watched from a window as the guys failed to accomplish a dance that Mr. X was trying to explain. As Mr. X left the room to retrieve Asprin, Elaina entered the studio, scowling. "What are you doing?" Elaina exclaimed "How can you not do that simple dance?" she asked. "It's hard!" James argued "No it isn't!" Elaina retorted "Watch."

Moving perfectly and nailing each step, Elaina performed the dance routine exactly as Mr. X advised. Gustavo and Kelly intensly watched and as Elaina finished, both ran in to the studio. "That was amazing!" Kelly exclaimed, beaming. Elaina looked up and raised an eyebrow "Really?". Kelly and Gustavo both nodded quickly. "Do you think, you would like to be the boys new choreographer?" Kelly asked. Elaina's eyes widened "Are you serious?" she asked "Completely" Kelly nodded.

"Wait, new choreographer?" Kendall asked "Mr. X quit" Gustavo shrugged "So what do you think?" he asked Elaina "Um, sure" Elaina smiled. Kelly beamed and wrote something on her clipboard. "Great, so you can start now!" Gustavo yelled as he walked out of the room, Kelly at his heel.

Elaina slowly turned to face the guys, eyebrow cocked "Wow, never thought that my cousin would be my choreographer" Kendall remarked. "Let's get to dancing!" Carlos exclaimed "Yeah, about that, I can't dance in this!" Elaina stated, referring to her denim shorts.

"Logan! Give Elaina your pants!" Kendall yelled "Excuse me?" Elaina and Logan simotaniously asked "Why me?" Logan questioned "Because you're the smallest!" Kendall replied "Just get her an extra pair of pants!" he yelled "Okay!" Logan yelled. Elaina giggled as she followed Logan through Rocque Records and to a small room where four duffle bags lay on the floor.

"This is where you keep your things?" Elaina asked, gesturing around the small room, Logan chuckled and nodded "It sucks". "Will these be okay?" Logan asked, holding up a pair of red basketball shorts "Sure" Elaina nodded, smiling slightly. "You want a t- shirt?" Logan asked "M' kay" Elaina shrugged. An evil grin came across Logan's face as he turned to another duffle bag.

"It's James'" Logan chuckled as he tossed Elaina a black t-shirt, the smaller girl burst in to laughter as Logan continued to shift through the duffle bag. Pulling things out such as hair combs, brushes, sprays, and tanning spray. "That bag is James'?" Elaina asked through giggles, Logan nodded and continued to laugh even harder as he pulled out a large mirror.

Finally the laughter slowly subsided and Elaina went to quickly change in the bathroom. Returning in clothes she could dance in, Elaina swiped a pair of red and black sneakers from what she assumed to be Kendall's duffle bag and once again followed Logan back to the dance studio.

Upon returning to the studio, Elaina and Logan were greeted by James "Is that my shirt?" he asked, looking Elaina up and down. Logan brought his hand to his mouth to try and contain the laughter, but stopped himself as James smiled and shrugged, walking back to the guys.

"What just happened?" Logan whispered to Elaina "What do you mean?" she asked "I was expecting James to expload" Logan replied "Hm" Elaina cocked an eyebrow and made her way to the center of the room. "Okay guys, Mr. X was trying to teach you a really simple routine. Just do what I do and we'll be golden" Elaina smiled, beggining the routine.

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After an hour of Elaina slowly running through the dance steps, the guys had almost completely acomplished learning it. Kimberly Knight pulled up in front of Rocque Records, Katie imediatly jumping out and running to hug Elaina. Kendall stared in awe at the normally tough ten year old show affection to a girl she had only met that day.

"I call shot gun!" Katie yelled, releasing Elaina and retreating back to the van. The five teens climbed in to the back seats and Elaina beamed "I don't have to sit on Carlos' lap!" she giggled.

Kimberly pulled in to the parking lot of the Palmwoods where everyone quickly hopped out. "Hey Elaina, you want to hang out at the pool?" Katie asked "Kay" Elaina shrugged, following Katie to the apartment to change in to her bathing suit. "I have a date with Jo" Kendall beamed, running off to the Palmwoods park. "I'm going to go and finish my science project" Logan smiled and headed towards the apartment.

"Well what are you two going to do?" Mrs. Knight asked, James and Carlos turned to eachother and shared quick glances before returning their gazes to Mrs. Knight and shrugging. "To the pool!" the two yelled in unison, racing to the in-famous Palmwoods pool.