DISCLAIMER - Like I've said before, I don't own Big Time Rush. It would be pretty kick-ass if I did...but never mind that.

Chapter 3

The Duet

Third Person Perspective

"Ella has an amazing smile...Have I ever told you that?" Kendall floated in the pool on an inflatable lounge chair, staring dreamily up at the sky. "Her eyes are really beautiful, too. Seriously. Seriously beautiful. Yeah..I like that one..." He gave a small laugh, then continued to stare up at the sky. He was high on life...He hadn't even been sarcastic in days!

"Whatever you say, man. But Justine's mine." James was reading some hair care magazine, sitting on one of the lounge chairs. "I'm gonna ask her out today."

Kendall shot up so fast that he fell over. "That's what I need to do!" He resurfaced quickly, and climbed out, grabbing a towel from the rack. "I need to ask Ella out!"

"Just make sure that you don't freak her out..." James replied nonchalantly, looking extremely interested in the article on holding mousse that he was reading. He wasn't nervous at all; he was the smooth ladies man, the one that always got the girl. Kendall could be as smooth as James if he wanted to be, he was just scared as hell of rejection. "Don't go too fast."

"Are you sure? Because you give me crap advice." Kendall was starting to pace around the pool, thinking of ways that he could get this to work out.

"Positive. Chicks don't dig the whole, 'wow, I'm totally in love with you, if I don't date you, I'll die' stuff." James rolled his eyes and laughed nervously. He was starting to feel that way when he was with Justine, but not the whole 'die' thing. He loved to be around her, mostly because she didn't make fun of him for freaking out about his hair all the time. Lots of people got tired of it quickly; James had cemented it into his mind that they were jealous.

"You just used the words 'chick' and 'dig' in the same sentence. I don't know whether to believe you or give you a disco ball for your next birthday." Kendall rolled his eyes. "Maybe I'll just buy her some flowers..."

"What if she's allergic to flowers?" James suggested.

"Chocolate?"

"What if she hates it? And, she could be allergic to that, too."

"Casually fit it in?"

"She'll think it's passive, and that you don't care."

"Climb up to her balcony, and-"

"NO." James put his magazine down and stood up. "NO." He slapped the back of Kendall's head. "I may not know much about anything else, but I'm damn sure I know about girls. NO."

"DOGS!" They heard a dreaded voice yell from the lobby. "Where are you?!"

"RUN!" Logan screamed, running into a tent. Gustavo grabbed him by the collar. "Don't eat me!" Logan squeaked, shutting his eyes.

"Studio! Now!" He pushed all of them out the doors.

"There they are now!" Kelly said once she saw the limo pull up in front of the building.

"How's my hair?" All four of the girls asked. "Good." They all nodded, looking each other over. They had no idea why there were here, let alone that the guys were coming.

"Uhm...hi, Ella..." Kendall said awkwardly, clasping his hands behind his back. He didn't like the way that he got nervous around her; it made it super-uncomfortable to talk.

"Hi, Kendall." She used the same tone and looked up at him. He was a seemed quite a bit taller than her; her head would fit perfectly right under his chin, and if he bent down, sh could rest his forehead on his.

"You're all probably wondering why you're here." Gustavo walked around the room. They all felt a lecture coming on. "Well, you're two of the best bands. Griffin wants you to collaborate on something."

Everyone's faces flushed.

"So I've decided on a duet for you all to sing."

"We're all singing the same thing?" Camelot raised one of her eyebrows quizzically.

"No questions!" He snapped. "You'll be singing some corny song from that TV show, Happy, or something like that..."

"You mean Glee?" Kendall furrowed his brow. James gave him a funny look. "My sister watches it!"

"Yeah, whatever. Griffin's daughter wants you to cover of their version of Endless Love."

Everyone's faces turned a deeper shade of red.

"You're being assigned partners, according to your vocal category." Gustavo handed them all sheet music. "Kendall with Delaney."

"Logan with Camelot."

"Carlos with Jayden."

"And James with Justine."

All of them were pretty sure that this was the first time in their lives that they would actually appreciate something that Gustavo did.

Hope it's better than that crappy last chapter. And it would be awesome if you listened to the Glee version of Endless Love. Leave a review telling me what you thought, your favorite guy from BTR, and why. :) Mine's Kendall. Because he's just totally awesome. haha