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Chapter 4: Big Time Recording pt. 1
"Well, it's been fun while it lasted."
"Yeah…" My two best friends sigh at once. We stand there silently for a second until Tess blurts out.
"Are you sure you can't come back with us?" Nick asks hopefully. Since he was already in college, he didn't need to go back for a while and was going to stay at Tess' place, since she has A LOT of room.
"My parents said it'd be best to save money if I stayed in LA by myself for a week and a half and then they come up for the rest of the time."
"But that's so stupid to leave you by yourself."
"Actually…" I say mischievously.
"What?" Nick asks in a suspicious tone.
"I'm staying at the Ritz-Carlton as an apology from my parents for their absence for the next several days."
"You're WHAT?" They both exclaim loud enough to attract the eyes of innocent bystanders.
"Yeah, I know, it kind of got me off guard as well."
"Lucky!" Tess said. We all laughed at how weird it was and at Tess' frustration. Then it got silent again and we were all looking at each other. We all drop whatever we were holding, in Nick and Tess' cases their luggage and have a group hug.
"I'm going to miss you guys so much!" I say as I feel I'm already about to cry. I let go of them and then quickly drag them both into the hug. We stay like that for a while until there's a loudspeaker saying that the plane was departing soon and that all passengers should be boarded by now.
"Well, this is goodbye for now." Tess says as she messes up my hair.
"Gosh I hope you're still around Boston by the time I get back from vacation with the family."
"I'll try my best, I mean it's only school after all I have to worry about." We all chuckle at Nick's remark and hug one more time. Tess and Nick grab their bags and they hand the tickets to the flight attendant by the counter and they head through the doors. I sigh as I wipe the tears that weren't falling yet but were begging to and I walked away.
I dig my phone out of my back pocket and call the cab service to pick me up from the airport and bring me back to the Double Tree so I could pick up my stuff and then pack in the trunk and head to the Ritz.
It was noon around the time I left the airport and I finally crashed on my comfy new bed in my apartment at 1:30. I arrived at the Ritz at 1 and then they said my room wasn't ready so I had to wait around and then got escorted to my new room. It was comfy but nothing special, I mean just the fact that I'm at the Ritz is crazy enough, I didn't expect for my parents to go full out crazy with the room. But it had it's perked, a nice television, big bathroom, and a mini fridge, which I remember was off limits since my parents said it'll cost them more than it did the room.
I stare up at the ceiling and sigh to myself. The next week and a half is going to be lonesome all by myself. But the staff here seems nice and they said if I needed anything all I had to do was call. I feel a rumble in my back pocket. I readjust myself so that I can grab my phone and now I'm laying on my stomach staring at a text message.
Hey, how's everything? Hope you're not too sad after saying goodbye to everyone. Anyway, what are you doing today?
I giggle to myself as I finished reading the text message. I got all the guys' numbers on my phone now since Kendall was so kind to distribute it. I stare at the text illuminating my screen and ponder for a moment. I didn't have anything planned, not to mention I haven't seen the guys since the party last Monday, and it was Sunday, almost a full week. I click on the reply button and type,
Hey, I'm okay, sort of lonely, but I'm guessing if I say no to your last question that you're going to change that.
It doesn't take very long to get a cheerful reply from Carlos.
Awesome! Wanna come meet up at the studios? We're going over the plans for the music video.
Oh yeah! I totally forgot, since I 'won' the contest, I get to be in their music video.
All right, I'll take a cab to Rocque Records right now. I send as I hop off my bed and change into something else. I was in sweats before when I said goodbye to my buds. So I decided to throw on some bleached stained jeans, converse, and a nice top. Why not dress to impress when meeting hot shot producers, right? I get another rumbling feeling on my backside as I receive another text. I get my phone out and click the button to see the screen.
No need, you're staying at the Ritz right? Carlos texted me back. I raise an eyebrow at how he remembered that and before I could even begin to question his motives I hear a knock on the door. I turn to the door and look back at the text message.
"No way…" I mumble to myself as I head towards the door. I open it up and Voila! I'm greeted with four boys standing by the door.
"Surprise!" They chime.
"No need to call a stinky cab now." Carlos says as I give them a round of hugs.
"Oh come on, not all cabs are stinky…" I say as I let go of Carlos, who was last in line on the line of hugs. I let go and they're giving me a look of disbelief. "Okay maybe they are. But anyway thanks for coming to pick me us. Isn't the Ritz really out of the way though?" I ask feeling slightly guilty and slightly special they made the trip out here to get me.
"Well, it wasn't too out of the way…" James explains.
"And besides, we found ways to entertain ourselves." Kendall says smirking as he and the boys did the same.
"What do you mean by that?" I question obviously not getting what they were implying with their little smirks.
"You'll see." Logan says as he leans in slightly.
"Okay then…" I say with a raised eyebrow.
"So you ready or not?" Carlos asks.
"Yeah let me just grab my bag and we'll hit the road." I say as I go back into my room and flop onto my bed and grab the bag that was sitting on the nightstand. I sit up only to be tackled by four boys rushing to my bed. They pile on the bed and I'm squished between Carlos and Logan.
"What was that for?"
"You made it look so much fun we wanted to try it!" Carlos says cheerfully as he starts bouncing in his lying down position making the bed rock. I laugh at his childish behavior and I pull myself out of the way as the boys then proceed to get up and test the bed's bounciness.
"You guys, stop it! You're going to break it!"
"Are you calling us fat?" James asked very hurt and insulted as he and the other boys stop bouncing.
"No, but I think the bed can only hold two people and you're doubling the amount of weight."
"Relax, we're professionals at bed jumping." Kendall says as he and boys continue to bounce but then there's a loud crack heard from underneath them and they stop and freeze in spot but then they all fall down on top of each other as the bed underbelly caves in and the bed breaks. Once the boys stop whining, I step forward and start helping them out of their predicament.
"Great, now that's coming straight out of my wallet. How am I going to explain this to my parents when they see the bill?"
"We'll pay for it." Logan suggests.
"Oh yeah, and with who's money?"
"Ours together of course."
"Right, like you knuckle heads have enough money to pay for a broken bed."
"Well, let's see." Kendall says as he and the boys dig through their jean pockets and pull out their wallets. They put everything on the other bed that was in my room and once they're done they count everything up.
"Okay, so we have, $87 dollars." Logan says.
"Really? That's it? Ay…"
"Oh come on we're sorry." James says.
"I'm not mad you guys, I mean I got a kick out of seeing the look on your faces when you all went tumbling down, so that's payment enough."
"Really?" Carlos says shocked.
"Yeah, not to mention I filmed the whole thing."
"WHAT?" They exclaim.
"I knew eventually if I didn't stop you, you guys would break the bed, so I decided to take the advantage of the situation."
"You're evil you know that?" Kendall says.
"Aw, why thank you." I say pretending to be modest about it. "Now, I'll call maid service or whatever to check this out and then I think we should move before they get here, how's that sound?"
"Okay." They say together.
"Thanks." Kendall says. I turn to look at him and smile at him along with the rest of the boys as I pick up the phone and hit the button to call the main desk. After I make the call, I hang up and grab my purse, which ended up on the floor when the guys decided to jump me.
"Okay, let's go." I say as the all get up from their seats on the second bed, which thankfully didn't break and we head towards the door. The sound of another crack fills the room. I'm afraid to turn around but I do anyway and see the second bed now, collapsed, just like it's double.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me?" I exclaim as I turn around to face the boys who refuse to make eye contact with me. "Ugh, come on." I say as I push past them and open the door, remembering to put the keycard on the stand next the door in my wallet that I stuff in my back pocket. We walk through the door and we see heading out way is some maintenance guys.
"Are you heading to room 411?" I question the two men.
"Yeah, yeah we are." One replies sounding uneasy.
"Well, good luck guys." I say patting one on the shoulder as I walk past them, with the guys not far behind me as we disappear into the elevator as the last sound we hear is
"Holy Sh-" and the door close on us so everything is muffled. The guys and I immediately break down in laughter. We break down so hard that we don't even notice when the elevator opens on the second floor and the people were going to enter but look at us and think twice and let the door close on them.
We step out of the elevator, finally a bit more together than we were before, and we head out of the hotel and I'm stargazed by the sight in front of me.
"Is that ours?" I ask astonished.
"Yup." James says popping the P
"You like it?" Kendall asks.
"And we get to ride in it?" I say gripping his arm like a little would when they're excited, completely ignoring his question as he laughs at my excitement.
"Actually we were going to tell you that we have to strap you on to the roof." I give Logan a funny look and then Carlos comes in and says,
"He's joking! Now come on, you have to check out the sound system, it rocks!"
"This is a dream come true!" I squeal as I run to the huge white limousine.
"Have you never been in a limo before?" James asks me as he holds open the door for me.
"Never…" I say looking at him embarrassed.
"Well," James says. "Then we have to make this an extra special ride then."
"Okay!" I say excitedly as I duck into the limo. I look around and it's the sickest thing ever. "Wow, it's just like on TV!"
"Yeah, but we got it better." Carlos says as he slides in next to me.
"You mean there's more than just the looks?" I say shocked. How could this amazing vehicle possibly have more than what it already has?
"Oh yeah, check this out!" Carlos says as he grabs a remote from the side of the limo and holds in front of him and clicks a button. Something rolls down from the side of the limo and it's a flat screen TV.
"NO, WAY!" I say excitedly.
"I know right? It's so cool! And there's a game console." Carlos says holding out a remote control, which I gladly take.
"There's a mini bar." James says as he opens up a fridge.
"A soda fountain." Logan says grabbing the nozzle and a cup to pour me a beverage. I take the cup saying thanks and take a sip; it was Mountain Dew, yummy.
"And, here's the best part." Kendall says as he presses a button on an armrest in the car and I feel a tingly sensation rush over my body and my muscles relax.
"Ah…" I say as I relax into my seat more. "I love massage chairs." I said as my voice sounds weird since my body is vibrating.
"Well sit back and relax and enjoy the ride, we'll be there in a little under an hour." Logan says.
"Oh I will." I say as I take another shaky sip of my Mountain Dew and relax in my chair. I sigh at how relaxing the ride is and I even end up falling asleep not too far into the ride.
What eventually wakes me up is the quick halt that the driver took when we stopped in front of Rocque Records and I ended up falling and landing in Kendall's lap. I jolt awake after that and look around until my face is less than three inches away from Kendall's face. I immediately blush and say sorry.
"It's okay." He says sounding like he was happy but also keeping a chuckle down, probably because I was probably bright red. I get off of his lap and shimmy my way across the seats and out of the limo, almost hitting my head; I didn't need to be any more dazed than I was already with hitting my head. I stand out of the car and shade my eyes with my hand, the LA sun beating down, and stupid turquoise eyes being sensitive to the sun. My thoughts are interrupted by Kendall's voice coming from behind me.
"As much as I love enjoying looking at your butt, I don't think I asked for a close up of it."
"Oh sorry." I say embarrassed again as I step out of the way. He gets up and stretches his back, probably aching from being cramped in the limo for so long.
"Thanks." He says as he smirks at me. I glare at him and slap his stomach playfully and keep walking. "What was that for?"
"For embarrassing me."
"What did I do?"
"Oh you know what you did…" I say turning back and putting one hand on my hip.
"What, about your butt?" Kendall says a little louder than necessary and the rest of the guys I can hear stopped walking and are probably watching Kendall and I talk, but I didn't want to know that for sure by turning around. I go red again but try to hide it by looking away. "Oh come on," He says coming up to me to then lean over so he can whisper in my ear. "You have a cute little butt."
"Okay!" I exclaim loudly as I step away from him and he laughs at my reaction.
"Chill I'm just messing with you." he says as he casually throws his arm over my shoulders. I look up at him and ridge my eyebrow in his direction.
"Yeah, yeah." I say as I nudge him in the side and he lets go and I walk away from him and off to the front door. Logan, Carlos, and James are staring at me with smiles on their faces and let me go in first.
"You're all such gentlemen aren't you?"
"Yeah." They say in unison and I laugh as I enter the studios and get confronted by an older lady, who asks,
"Are you Amber Riordan?" The woman questions me as she looks up from the notepad she was carrying.
"Yup, that's me." I say confidently.
"Good, I'm Kelly and I'm the assistant to Big Time Rush's producer." She says extending her hand.
"Oh, okay. Nice to meet you Kelly." I say as I take her extended hand and shake it.
"Now, let's take you and the boys to the conference room so we can discuss what's going on with the music video."
"Sounds good to me. Lead the way." I say as I follow her into an elevator along with the guys up to the conference room. We enter the room and immediately our ears are filled with people yelling and arguing over pointless things. Kelly from behind me yells and that gets everyone's attention.
"What is going on in here?"
"What is going on is that I QUIT!" Says a man who was holding some paperwork of some sort who throws the paper on the ground angrily and makes a move towards where we were standing.
"You can't quit!" A fat man who looked like he had anger management issues yelled across the room at the guy heading towards the door.
"Oh yeah, try and stop me!" He says as he pushes me, along with everyone else trailing behind me, aside as he leaves the room. I turn around and see the man who was yelling at the guy who left was shaking with frustration and built up anger. Kelly rushes over to him and gets him to calm down by giving him a bag to blow some air into. He finally calms down and looks up and stares right at me and then at the boys behind me.
"Uh, who is this and why is she here?" The man asked rather loudly.
"Gustavo," Kendall says stepping out from behind me to stand next to me protectively, like he was guarding me from the man, Gustavo's, built up anger. "This is Amber, she's the girl who won the contest."
"So?" He asks bluntly.
"And is going to be in our music video." Carlos says stepping forward along with Logan and James.
"Oh yeah." He says more calmly this time. "So, Amber was it?" I nod my head yes as he makes his way over here. "I'm, Gustavo Rocque, the producer and owner of Big Time Rush; but of course you probably already knew that." He says as he picks up a mug and starts casually sipping from it.
"Nope, never heard of you." I say not recalling ever hearing his name. Gustavo's cup shatters to pieces in his hands as I can see him starting to head back to that state of frustration he was in.
"You see…" Carlos gets the courage to step up to the plate and go up against Gustavo, who had the boys quaking in their shoes.
"She doesn't, or well now didn't, know who we were when she entered the contest." James takes up behind Carlos to explain everything.
"And that, in itself, involves a much longer story we don't need to get into, or have time for, right now." Logan finishes for James.
"Okay, okay." Gustavo says wiping his hands clean of the beverage, probably coffee, that was in his cup off his hands. "Let's just, get started on working on the music video."
"How can we?" Came a voice from behind Gustavo. Sitting at the table were people dressed in suits. "The director of the music video just quit on us." OH, so that was the guy that walked out.
"WE don't need him, I can film the video myself."
"You can?"
"Don't you need a license for that sort of thing?"
"Look who's pretending to be smart and know everything about the music business."
"Well actually I do know a lot about it since I was on a summer program dedicated to the life of a celebrity and what you need to know to make in the 'Big Leagues' and I met a friend on the program who wanted to be a director who is now certified to do just that."
"Well…if you have any better ideas as to what we can do without a real director, then I'm going to direct it!"
"How about I just call up my friend? He lives, maybe an hour, tops, away from here?" I ask myself. He was one of the two boys that actually lived in LA that was on the trip.
"Oh, so you're think you're some kind of, problem solver, now don't you?"
"Uh, no, but if I can help I am willing to." Gustavo gives me a look from under his sunglasses that then gives me a nervous feeling. "Or not…" I breathe out slowly.
"Gustavo." A man with gray hair stands up from his seat at the head of the table along with two big men behind him stand up as well. "If you can't find a director for this music video, then I'm pulling the plug on the whole thing. And I like this girl, she's full of spunk, attitude, what's your name again?"
"Amber, Amber Riordan." I say as I give a slight wave.
"Hm, change your name and maybe I'll remember it better." He says.
"Uhm, how about Amber Riley?" I suggest since Riley's my middle name.
"Much better, you sound more important now." He says as he shakes his head in approval as his bodyguards give me two thumbs up. I smile back at them although on the inside I feel rather weird.
"Now, Gustavo, either listen to Ms. Amber Riley, or say goodbye to your opportunity to spiral up to fame."
"I was never NOT listening to her, Griff." Gustavo says in a higher voice than usual that caught me off guard. "I was just questioning if her friend would be suitable and available right when we need him." He turns around and smiles at me creepily, definitely forced.
"Good, and call me 'Griff' again and I'll hire a monkey to take your place as producer. Now I need a new fresh pair of pants, I'm feeling chilly."
"Have a good day Mr. Griffin." Kelly shouts pointlessly out the door, which he and his bodyguards left out of.
"Oh and by the way, I need the video done by the end of next week."
"What?" We all shout at him but it was pointless as well as he quickly makes a getaway so there wasn't any room for fighting back.
"Great. Cut short again." James complains from behind me.
"Geez who is that guy?" I say feeling rather safe to ask questions now. not because that guy, Mr. Griffin or whatever, wasn't around, just the fact that his bodyguards weren't around, they were scary big.
"That's our boss, as well as Gustavo's. He's…" Logan tries phrasing but he just couldn't pick a nice or good word to describe him with.
"Intimidating?" I suggest.
"Yeah…" The guys say at once along with Gustavo and Kelly as well.
"So I see." I say as I sigh in frustration. This week was going to be fun.
"Alright, now that everything is worked out, sort of," Kelly says unsure. "Let's get to work on the music video. Amber, do you think you can call your friend and have him come here so we can discuss."
"Sure, God is he going to be in for a shock." I say as I leave the room to call up Cliff. He was crazy in love with directing films and coming up with new ideas. And by the looks of it, we could really use his input on what's going on.
It takes a while but I finally get through to him, I told him what was going down and that we needed his help and I'm pretty sure he was jumping up and down like a little girl. He was honored and said he'd be here as soon as he could.
"Alright," I say as I walk back into the conference room while putting my phone away. "Cliff said he'd do it."
"Good, now we need an idea, because the director, was also the idea guy, the one who was going to imagine up the whole music video for us." Gustavo says.
"Well, let's get some ideas down." Kelly suggests. We sit there thinking for a bit, it's an eerie silence and I can almost head the gears turning in other people's heads.
"I got it!" Carlos says excitedly.
"If it involves a monkey on a unicycle juggling, then no." Kendall sighs.
"Darn it!" Carlos says rather upset as he pouts in his swivel chair.
"I got it. How about we play it out just the way Amber experienced it." Kelly suggests.
"What do you mean?" Gustavo asks.
"What about me?" I ask concerned why I was being brought up in the conversation so quickly.
"Well you said you didn't know who Big Time Rush was," Kelly explains but is cut off.
"OR me!" Gustavo remarks.
"Right, or Gustavo, how about the music video shows you finding out about them but you don't like them and then the more you listen the more you like it and become a fan, or something like that."
"I like that!" James says excitedly from behind.
"Wait, but what's the song they're singing?" I ask curiously.
"We're doing the music video to Famous." Logan says.
"Oh right, that song you sung at…" I start saying as I remember them performing at the club but the guys give me looks that say I shouldn't say what happened that night. But since I start I just improvise, "You sung to me when I asked you to." Gustavo and Kelly ridge their eyebrows but I ignore them and pretend like that was nothing but the truth.
"But, what does that have to do with the song? The song's meaning should have to do with how the music video is produced."
"Right, like the meaning has to do with music videos these days." Gustavo says laughing at the comment I made.
"Well if you want people to really understand and relate to the band more than it should." I state with my arms crossed.
"Alright, how about you let the creative people get to work and you and the dogs can just go to the rehearsing studio and wait for us or something." I get frustrated at his remark and start to get up and leave but Gustavo's voice has me turn around when he adds, "Or actually, can you be more useful and get me a coffee?" I want to go back to him and punch him in the face and it is clearly shown on my face that I do, but the guys get up from their seats quickly and push me back as they push me through the door and close the door behind him.
"Ugh can you believe him!" I yell as I throw my arms up in the air. "How do you put up with, with, that, everyday?"
"We've gotten used to it by now." Kendall says.
"Well I don't see how that's even possible. He's so infuriating." I sigh.
"You know what, how about we take your mind off of him and show you around the studio." James suggests.
"Yeah, there's some really cool stuff here!" Carlos says as he puts an arm around me and gives me a goofy grin. I can't help but smile back as I put my arm around him and say,
"Alright, show me what this place has to offer." I sigh as he leads the way with the boys behind him.
"So here is where we dance and get taught new choreography by our choreographer, X." Kendall explains as we enter a dance room.
"X?" I ask.
"Yeah well that's what we call him, and he has x-issues." Logan says as he crosses his hands in the shape of an "X".
"So he does that a lot?" I ask as I imitate what Logan just did.
"Yup." James says.
"Wow, well I guess that's Hollywood for you."
"It sure is." Kendall sighs. I laugh lightheartedly as we move on to another room, probably my favorite room.
"Cool, so this is where you guys record?" I say as I move towards the panel that controls how a person sounds when they're singing.
"Yeah, we spend a good amount of time in here." James says from behind me as I still look around the room and the peer my head through the glass at the room where the music actually get played in.
"Mind if I just venture in there?" I almost beg.
"Sure, you're welcome to do as you please." Carlos muses.
"As long as you don't break anything." Logan warns.
"I'll try not to." I say as I laugh while opening the door to look at the instruments lined along the sides of the wall. I walk along the instruments for a bit until my eyes land on a guitar that reminds me of the one I have at home. I go over to it and I pick it up and gingerly put the strap on my shoulders. I mess around with a few chords until I get lost in what I'm playing as I remember a song I wrote once.
I start humming along to the tune when I get startled when I turn around as I'm playing and the guys are just watching me.
"Sorry." I say as I start to take the guitar off my shoulders but Kendall comes up and stops me.
"No, you're good, what song was that?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah it was really catchy." Carlos adds.
"I, uh, actually made it up." I confess.
"You did, just now?" Logan asks shocked.
"No, I made it up a while ago." I recall.
"Very cool, you're more talented than we thought." James says and I blush slight at the compliment.
"Thanks. But I have a long, LONG, way to go." I admit.
"Maybe not." Kendall says as he gets an idea. He leaves the room with the boys following after him and he closes the door behind him. He goes over to the controls and pushes a button and I can hear his voice now.
"Do you wanna try just playing a little something?" He asks.
"You sure I'm allowed to do this?" I ask suspiciously.
"Probably not." Logan says as he takes the mike.
"But we won't tell if you won't." James says afterwards.
"Well alright then." I shrug off as I readjust the guitar.
"Kay, whenever you're ready." I nod at him, signaling I'm ready and he pushes a button that lights up a light on the inside of the room I'm in and I start strumming on the guitar until the lyrics I made up long way back come in.
Believe, it's worth saving
And to get lost, lost in a day dream
So why hesitate, take me to another place
So far, far away, so I can get out of the dark
High speed, like I'm racing
Just like lightning, sky is blazing
But you've lost your way, you've been lead astray
Are there better days for my fallen dreamer
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
You don't believe no more
(You don't even sleep no more)
Dream no more
(You don't even dream no more)
Dreamer
(Dreamer)
Why don't you just dream again?
Believe in you
You got something to prove
You're a star, watch you shine bright
On your way to the limelight, finish line
The sweat and tears
You can channel all of your fears
Open your eyes, your eyes
Indeed it will be all right
All of a sudden, one by one, the guys enter the booth I was singing in and they start doing background stuff that flowed perfectly with the song. So without hesitating I let them join in and keep it going.
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
You don't believe no more
(You don't even sleep no more)
Dream no more
(You don't even dream no more)
Dreamer
(Dreamer)
Why don't you just dream again?
This the part of the song that I always had trouble with by myself. It was always a little weird to sing, but now that Big Time Rush, my newly found friends are here, they can definitely help it sound better. So we start of quietly harmonizing and then as the lines keep repeating we get louder.
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer
Finally when we're at our peak of the last line and in volume, we spring right back into the chorus and the guys are just going along with so well it was unreal.
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
Calling a dreamer
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
(A dreamer, a, a, a, a dreamer)
You don't believe no more
(You don't even sleep no more)
Dream no more
(You don't even dream no more)
Dreamer
(Dreamer)
Why don't you just dream again?
Once I finished strumming the last notes of the song, the guys came up to me and gave me a big hug.
"Wow, and you wrote that yourself?"
"Yeah, well I had some help from my dad, since he's an author and he said what I wanted to write was almost like a story."
"Well it definitely was like a story, how did you get inspired to write that?"
"Well I wrote the song for Tess actually, to lift her spirits up a bit."
"Can we ask why?"
"Sure, I don't think it's really a private matter. You see she sprained her knee from dancing one day and so she was on crutches for a while. But after she got off her crutches, she was just really nervous to really do any kind of dance again, and she had a recital coming up, so she was under a lot of pressure from her parents, her coach, and herself adding more pressure.
"And so I hated seeing her like that, and also having her give up on a dream that she loved was just something as a best friend I couldn't let happen. So I wrote this song to help her feel better and she did, and she danced and her knee supported her throughout the whole recital."
"Wow, to be able to do that is real talent."
"And I couldn't agree more." Came a booming voice from behind me. I turned around and saw Gustavo and Kelly standing behind the glass window. Kelly was smiling and Gustavo, well he didn't look angry and he didn't look pleased either but it was change that was positive.
"You have a talent, something that you can really use to pursue a career with." Gustavo says as Kelly opens the door and he walks into the booth. "I mean you have your work cut out for you, but you'll get there, it's just a matter of time."
"You think so?" I say baffled by his kind words.
"I mean if I could I would sign you myself, but I'm too preoccupied with the dogs to take on another challenge.
"But who knows, maybe in the future when the dogs aren't as big of a pain as they are now, although they'll probably always be dogs, maybe, just maybe, I'll remember you and give you a chance."
"Wow, thank you, and I mean it. Thank you." I say feeling rather honored.
"Oh there's no room for that nice stuff in the 'Big Leagues', now your friend Clifford."
"It's actually just Cliff." I say, also I wanted to clarify that because Cliff gets really mad when people think that's just his nickname. He even brought a copy of his birth certificate on the trip I remember in the first week just to prove it.
"Whatever." Gustavo huffs.
"He's here and ready to get to work on some ideas he came up on the way over here." Kelly says.
"Just like him to be getting ideas." I sigh as I put my hands on my hips.
"Now put down the guitar and let's get a move on." Gustavo orders.
"Sure thing." I say pleased with how today was turning for the better. I take the guitar off my shoulders and rest it back on the stand and follow the boys out of the studio and back to the conference room.
"Hey Cliff." I say as I see him standing at the far end of the room. I go over to him and I take his hand and do a little hand shake with him and give him a bro hug (is that what it's called?), if you looked at him, he doesn't look like he would want to direct films or in this case music videos because he looks like such a bro.
"How it's hanging?" He asks as we part.
"Nothing much has changed since I last saw you this morning. Sorry for having to make you drive out here, you've probably have had enough hanging around the same area, right?"
"Nah, it's a'yte. As long as I get some filming done that's fine, it looks betta on the college write ups." He says and we laugh. I hear a slight cough from the other side of the room and see the boys along with Gustavo and Kelly standing there.
"Oh, I'm being awfully rude. Cliff, this is Gustavo Rocque, his assistant Kelly, and these are the boys of Big Time Rush."
"What's up?" He says as he goes over and gives everyone a shake.
"So what are these great ideas I was hearing so much about?" I say as I make my way over to where he is with everyone.
"Well actually my own assistants helped me out on the ride over here." He says smirking a bit, boasting as always.
"You have assistants?" I asked. That was not to my knowledge.
"As of today, yes. Yo sis! Bring 'em out!" He says as he calls out to whomever it was outside in the hallway.
"Lydia's here?" I said smiling. I didn't get to say goodbye to her this morning, just last night. So I was excited to see her walk through the door. There walking through the door was Lydia, and behind her were two other people, two awfully familiar people, who walk into the room.
"OMG! Tess? Nick? AH!" I scream as I rush over to them, shoving anyone out of my way back as I run and give them a huge chocking hug.
"Nice to see you too!" Tess says struggling under my grasp.
"What are you doing here?" I ask letting go of them. "I saw you guys leave on the plane earlier today, and Lydia I thought you so excited to get home?"
"Well we tricked you." Tess teased.
"We weren't ever going home. We just got on the tube heading into the plane and waited 'til you were out of sight to get off and head over to Lydia and Cliff's house."
"They were upset and slightly worried how you were going to be all by yourself for the next few weeks until your family got here, so they called their parents and they all said it was okay for them to stay with us until your parents at least got here or even come home with you and your family." Lydia finished explaining.
"Really? Is that why you guys did this?" I say almost feeling like crying over how sweet my friends were being.
"NO actually we just wanted to hit more of the clubs." Nick says sarcastically.
"Of course we did this for you!" Tess exclaims.
"Aw, you guys…" I say as I give the two of them huge hugs. "You rock, or did you not know that already?"
"No we did." And we all laugh.
"And thank you Lydia and Cliff for letting them stick with you guys." I say as I look to Lydia and back at Cliff.
"No problem-O." Lydia says as I give her a quick hug.
"Alright enough of this!" Tess says. "You're killing me with the sweetness, we get it, we're awesome, not to boast or anything. Now let's introduce you to our awesome idea for the music video."
"Finally! Someone who gets to the point around here!" Gustavo cheers as we all take our seats around the conference table, well everyone except for my four buds who were standing up in front to present their ideas.
"Well, we got our ideas from listening to the song repeatedly in the car on the way here. So what we have so far are three options. But first we wanted to know for sure how big of a role Amber will be playing in the music video." Cliff wonders.
"As if she's a major role." Kelly explains.
"Alright, good, that's what we thought, so our ideas work. Phew." Nick sighs.
"Okay." Tess starts as she takes over the conversation. "So One option involves our sweet little Amber wanting to try to make it big in Hollywood but she's just not getting there yet because something is preventing her. Like parents or something and so the song would be expressing what she was feeling inside about her dreams of being famous and what she wants.
"Our second idea," Lydia takes over now to explain the second option, "is basically having Amber hear about the band and has to check it out or something by simply going to one of your guys' concerts and although she didn't want to go in the first place because she doesn't know you, she's blown away by the meaning in your music and how good you guys are."
"Our last and final option," Nick takes the lead in leading the discussion. "Is one that's like a dream, it starts off with Amber listening to band's music, preferably this song, late one night but it gets to the point when it's so late she just crashes and goes to sleep and has a dream about her being famous and the guys are there in her dream singing about it as she rises to stardom but then at the end of the song she wakes up and is inspired to follow her dream."
"Hm, interesting ideas. All very doable." Gustavo muses as he's thinking deeply about both of the options that were presented.
"Especially doable with me directing it." Cliff boasts. Both Tess and Lydia who were next to him slap his chest, which I give two thumbs up to since he really needs to learn to stop boasting.
"I like the second one." Kelly muses.
"Yeah, of course you do, it's the one that relates to what you thought of." Gustavo sighs.
"Yeah well I think if two people thought it up then it must be good." Kelly retorts, and I guess that did make sense.
"I honestly like the third one." I pipe up.
"Yes!" Nick says. Obviously since he brought up the idea he's happy that I like it.
"Now don't get a big head too Nick." I say as I wave a finger at him. "I think it would be interesting and meaningful, just the way I suggested it before, because it shows that in a way that the guys' music can be inspiring to other people and have their dreams come true and more people will probably be willing to buy it."
"And it involves you the most right?" Tess teases.
"No, that's not why…I mean I'm honored I even get a spot in the music video but I always get a little nervous in front of cameras."
"Honestly?" James says.
"You seemed so natural when you were performing in front of us today." Carlos states. I smile at him and was going to say my excuse but then someone from the front speaks up.
"You sang and we missed it?" Lydia whines.
"Sorry, but I would've sang to you if I knew you guys were even here."
"True, true." Tess says.
"So, what are we going to do? Option 1, 2, or 3?" Cliff speaks up getting everyone to focus back on what mattered.
"I would have to agree with Amber on this one."
"You are?" I ask shocked.
"You do?" The guys ask together along with Kelly. My friends give me quizzical looks but I ignore it for now.
"Yeah, I feel like if the video shows people can be inspired by it, then it will indeed sell more. So we should go with that one." Gustavo summarizes.
"You all in on it?" Kelly asks, now directing the band.
"Sure!" The guys say in unison.
"Alright! We have our idea!" Cliff says as he takes out a pad of paper and pen and checks something off.
"What's that?" Kelly asks him.
"Oh, this is a list of everything we have to do for the video. And the first thing on my list was 'Come up with a good idea'. And we have accomplished that, so it gets a check." He says happily.
"I like a guy who's organized and has everything figured out." Gustavo says. "Good, work." He says as he gets up and shakes hands with Cliff. I look back at the guys because their faces just look like they're about to fall off. They were so shocked; I guess I would've been more shocked if I knew Gustavo long enough.
"Alright, we'll get the equipment and everything we need by tomorrow. For now, let's wrap this up, Cliff I want to talk more about what your vision is on the video. Everyone else, scatter!" He says as he waves his hands out in front of him, excusing us from the conference room. Without another word said, we all get out of our chairs and leave the room to have Cliff, Gustavo and Kelly talk things out.
I turn around when I see my buds leave the room and tackle them again in a hug.
"I still can't believe that you're actually here."
"Well that's just the kind of friend we are, you can't shake us off that easily."
"And oh don't I know it!"
"Hey, so now what do we do?"
"Well we were going to head over to the Palm Woods." Kendall says.
"What's that?" I ask curiously. Sounded tropical and interesting.
"It's where we live." Logan explains.
"Along with everyone else who wants to make it here in Hollywood." James adds on.
"Sounds cool, let's check it out." I say.
"Hey, you guys wanna come along too?" Carlos asks my friends; so nice of Carlos to include my friends on the plans.
"Sure, how far is it?" Lydia asks.
"Only about five minutes." Kendall says.
"Sound alright with me." Tess says happily.
"I'm down for that." Nick agrees.
"Cool beans. Let's get a move on." Kendall says as everyone starts following his lead.
"What about my bro?" Lydia asks as she stops mid walk.
"What about your bro?" Came Cliff's voice as he pops out of nowhere.
"Oh there you are, we were going to head over to where Big Time Rush lives, wanna come along?" She asks hopefully.
"Sounds fun, is there a pool?" He asks the guys.
"Of course, the best one actually." James says.
"Well I'm won over, let's go!" He cheers. We all leave Rocque Records excited and we pile into the limo once again, although Cliff is left out because he had to drive the car he brought here to the Palm Woods unless he didn't want a way back home.
So we arrived in our fancy limo in front of a cool looking hotel with the name "Palm Woods" decorating the front. We all squeeze out of the limo and it drives off to who knows where.
"So far so good." I say looking around.
"Wait 'til you see our awesome pad." James says.
"But first, to the pool!" Cliff says as he runs up to where we are and was close enough to hear what we were saying. We all cheer as the guys lead the way into the hotel. We enter a pretty crowded hallway and then we turn right and we're again outside as we see people walking around the fresh smell of chlorine enters the air. We look past the guys, and when they notice they step out of the way to reveal the pool.
"Cool!" I say. It looked awesome. And they could do to the pool everyday.
"Awesome, we should go for a swim." Tess says.
"In our clothes?" Nick questions her.
"NO silly, I'm not ruining my new top." She says like it was obvious. "I still have my stuff in the car and I brought bathing suits just in case we were going to the beach at any point."
"Can I borrow?" Lydia and I ask at the same time, which after we ask we smile and laugh at each other jokingly.
"Of course. Do you guys mind if we do?"
"Well we don't have to go back to the studios, so sure, why not." Kendall declares.
"Do you and Cliff wanna borrow trunks from us?" Logan directs the question towards Nick.
"You sure?" Nick asks.
"Yeah no probs." James says casually.
"Thanks bro." Cliff says doing a little handshake with James.
"Okay, see you guys in a bit." Carlos says.
"Cliff, can I have your car keys so we can get Tess' stuff?" Lydia asks her bro.
"Sure thing baby sis." Cliff says tossing his keys towards Lydia who catches them without difficulty.
"I'm not a baby, we're twins." Lydia points out. Although they look nothing alike, they are indeed twins.
"Yeah but who's the older one?" He says smirking.
"Only by two minutes, and that's only because you were shoving." Lydia complains.
"Was not!" Cliff argues.
"Was to!" Lydia retorts.
"Okay, enough! We don't really want to hear about that stuff. Lets just meet back here in ten." I say breaking the two of them up.
"Kay." Everyone agrees and we all go our separate ways. Me and the girls go out to the front of the hotel back to Cliff's car and got swim suits to wear from Tess' suitcase and we headed back to the hotel to find a bathroom on the ground floor and use it to change. We all just shared one bathroom since it was one of those bathroom that only have one toilet. So we all went in and changed and stuff all our excess clothes into the bag Tess brought with her. I was wearing a purple bikini with a green towel dress on top of it.
"Wait, isn't that my bathing suit?" I say as I turn around to see Tess all done getting changed. She was wearing a bright yellow bikini that complimented her cocoa butter skin tone.
"Is it?" She asks looking down at herself before she was going to put on a green romper.
"Hold on." I say as I turn Tess around and check the tag on the inside of the top part, and indeed it has the initials "AR" written in black sharpie. "Yup that's mine."
"Do you mind if I wear it?" She asks innocently.
"No, not as long as I eventually get it back that is." I say.
"Deal." She says holding her hand out for me to shake, which I do.
"You guys ready now?" Lydia asks. She decided to take a navy colored bikini from Tess with white polka dots.
"We sure are." I say. She puts a long baggy shirt over her body and we all leave the bathroom. We walk through the lobby again and turn left this time to enter the pool area. We see six shirtless guys in front of us talking amongst themselves and we immediately knew that those were our friends.
"Hey guys." We say as we approach from behind. They turn around casually and then they sort of put on a shocked/pleasant expression.
"H-hi." They all stutter. We girls giggle at their behavior.
"You ready to swim or just stand there all day?" Tess asks.
"We were waiting for you guys."
"Well we're here now, let's go." Lydia says as she removes her top and immediately runs past us and cannonballs into the pool. It splashes up at us and Tess runs behind me as I take the splatter of water that was coming our way, it was cold but I was excited to escape the heat of the sun I didn't mind it too much.
"Typical Lydia, always ready to take the first plunge, literally." I said as I first meant it in figurative terms but then realized it was also in physical terms I meant it too. And what she did just proved that.
Tess and I then remove our cover up and take each other hands and run for the pool. Except I was the only one to end up in the pool and I land quite sloppily in the water. I resurface from the icy water and I could hear several people, Lydia in particular, laughing on my jump. I rub my eyes and look up at her as she smiles at me and then pencil drops into the pool and next to me.
"Thanks for leaving me hanging Tess!" I say as I playfully splash her with water.
"What, you're surprised?" Tess asked jokingly.
"Not really, but I thought you were actually going to jump in with me this one time."
"I don't change that quickly." She says as she can't keep the smile off her lips.
"I guess not." I say as we both laugh at how true that was. Then we're interrupted when a group of voices start yelling out battle cries almost and bodies fly over where we were near the wall and splash into the pool, obviously completely drenching us. Then again we're splashed when another group of people jump into the people. The first people to resurface were Big Time Rush and then Nick and Cliff I guess jumped in together. Lydia, Tess, and I were obviously annoyed that we all now had chlorine stinging our eyes.
"Thanks you guys for temporarily blinding us." I say as I continue to rub my eyes, although that seems to make it worse.
"Yeah, so unnecessary!" Lydia complains.
"You should've seen that coming." I hear Nick say from across the water. Once my vision clears up, slightly, I look over to both my sides and the three of us all have smirks playing on our lips now.
"I don't like that look." Cliff says.
"Same." Nick agrees in fear, which is what I wanted him to be.
"Why?" Carlos asks.
"That's their strategizing look." Nick warns.
"And?" The band asks in unison but they don't get an answer when the girls and I duck under the water and flip upside down. We let our feet out of the water and we start kicking water around. We do that for a while until we can't take the pressure under water anymore and we resurface. I love the look on my friend's faces, one's that were soaked and sad.
"Ha! Take that!" Tess says.
"That's what you get!" Lydia retorts as well.
"Oh, it's on." James says in an almost scary lower tone. That was the only cue needed for a full out splashing war to unleash between us. And although there was double the amount of people on the guy's team than the girl's team, we were still neck and neck and both sides weren't backing down. Well, that wasn't until a loud siren was sounded and killed our ears so badly we all couldn't help but stop and cover our ears.
Finally when it dies down, we look around to see where that noise could've possibly come from, our eyes all land on a chubby but tall man, soaked holding a slice of wet pizza in one hand and a bull horn in the other. He also happened to be wearing a pin that said "Manager". Uh oh.
"Everyone! Out! I have a strict no splashing policy, now you're suspended for the rest of the day." He says grumpily. We all groan and sigh sadly as our war won't have a victor. He walks away mumbling angrily under his tone and he almost falls on the spilt water on the floor. Once he leaves, we all look at each other and laugh and gather our stuff, put on our cover ups, and leave the pool, not seeing as we had a purpose there anymore since we couldn't swim.
"Well that was fun while it lasted." Carlos says.
"Yeah, but I say we won." Cliff says.
"OH no, we so creamed you guys." Lydia of course counters.
"How can you tell who won in a splashing war?" I wonder aloud.
"You have a point there." Kendall says.
"Oh well, we'll call it a draw." James says.
"Yeah, until next time." Tess warns and we all laugh as he all cram into a tight elevator. We go up two floors until the elevator dings and the band steps out, and of course since we had no idea where to go we follow suit and head down a hallway until the guys stop in front of a door marked 2J. They open the door and my friends and I are completely taken back by how awesome their crib looked.
"Is that what I think it is?" Tess asks.
"So you see the swirly slide too?" I ask.
"Anyone oddly tempted to go down it?" Lydia ask and both Tess and I nod our heads along with two more nods from surprising Nick and Cliff. We all smile at each other and we find the stairs to go up to the top of the slide. I'm the first one up there but before I go down I stop suddenly causing a back up and everyone to ram into me.
"It's okay that we go down this right?" I ask. I felt bad that we sort of just jumped at the opportunity and our inner kids just sort of took over.
"It won't break right?" Tess wonders from behind me.
"Well you might as well since you made the journey to go up there." Logan says smiling and the rest of the guys nod. We all smile and I slip down the slide and pop out at the bottom and fall on my bottom since I went down so quickly. I tried getting up from my spot but then get pushed back down to the ground when I find that Tess landed on top of me. Then I felt the weight increase as Lydia lands on me as well. Thankfully Nick and Cliff were smart enough to learn from Tess and Lydia's mistake.
"Any time you want to move…" I say as I gasp for air. I felt like my lungs were going to snap, or something else was definitely going to at least. Tess and Lydia get off of me slowly laughing at my fragile self on the ground and I get picked up and thrown over someone's shoulder. I look around and the only person I don't see looking at me and smiling/laughing at me is Kendall, so that's who I figured lifted me off the ground and was now setting me down on the brightly colored couch.
"Better?" He says dusting his hands off and putting his hands back at his side.
"Yeah, much actually." As I snuggle into the comfy sofa.
"Well as entertaining as all this has been, we gotta bounce."
"What why?"
"Mom texted me saying she wants everyone back for dinner, and it's an hour's drive and almost six."
"Aw man, you have to leave now?" I whine.
"Hey, we'll see you tomorrow no doubt to work more on the video." Lydia comes over and gives me a hug, which of course I return.
"Try not to miss us too much or have too much fun without us, kay?" She says as she makes her way over to me and then proceeds to tackle me in a hug.
"Kay, love you." I say back to her as she lets go and starts walking away.
"Love you too shawty." She says in a funny gangster accent that sounded oddly like an imitation of Cliff.
"I'm taller than you!" I retort.
"Yeah, yeah." She says laughing as she cheekily blows me a kiss. I laugh and pretend to catch it. She laughs back and Nick and Cliff wave a simple bye and everyone walks out the door and it closes behind them and it's quiet again.
"So, what do you guys do around here for fun?"
"Well, we watch TV, play hockey, play mini hockey," James says pointing over to the little stick controlled game with the plastic hockey players in a plastic dome.
"We also eat a lot, work on music, play video games," Kendall continues.
"Oo, what games you got?" I ask curiously as I sit up straight to face them.
"You play?" Logan asks surprised almost by my curiosity.
"Well I've learned, I have a ten year old brother who's an obsessed gamer and then I babysit boys a lot back home."
"All right, well let's go through our wonderful list of games." Carlos says cheerfully as he goes over to a rack I didn't notice before filled with games. "There's Call of Duty, Man of Warfare, Halo, Tomb Raider…"
"Okay, I'm not even going to ask why you have Tomb Raider, but I think we should definitely play Halo."
"Alright, you're on, but I have to warn you, I'm pretty beast at it."
"Well I've learned a couple tricks myself in the art of gaming."
"This should be interesting." Kendall says.
"I'll make the popcorn." Logan says as he heads over to where the kitchen is.
"What, the rest of you aren't going to play?" I ask curiously not wanting to leave any member of the band out.
"I'll play!" James says cheerfully as he grabs Carlos and I remotes as well as one for him.
"Kendall?" I ask.
"Nah, I'm good, I'm going to join Logan and sit on the sidelines and see what unravels."
"Alright, suit yourself, you're saving yourself from total embarrassment."
"You're quite the confident one aren't you?" Carlos asks.
"Oh yeah…Now, let's do this." I say as Carlos gets up and puts the disc in and we impatiently as it loads. Once we got the game loaded and level, Logan's popcorn was popped and ready for feasting as he and Kendall shared it and watched us play intensely.
After a good half hour, we were so into the game it was insane. We were doing a race; beat the clock sort of thing (I've never played Halo, so I don't know if that's right or not). James was in a close third with me slightly ahead of him as Carlos was flying by, I had to admit he did have game, but I wasn't through yet. I pull out my secret weapon I've been saving for the past five minutes and unleash my wrath on Carlos as he falls dangerously behind as I overtake him and beat the clock just in time for the console to say I was in first.
"How on EARTH did you learn how to do that?" Carlos asks completely astonished. James was too shocked to say anything as Logan and Kendall were still stuffing their faces.
"I know way too many cheats to this game, I learned from the best nine and eleven year olds in Boston."
"God, I never thought I'd say this but I think I've finally met my match."
"And I think I'm in love." James says jokingly although I still feel embarrassed as my cheeks heat up and we all laugh, but two new people entering the room interrupt our laughter. One was an older woman, probably one of the guys' mom, they live with Kendall's mom right? And then a younger girl comes in playing a DS intently. She says hi to the guys and they say hi back and I decide to say hi too, just because I didn't want to be rude. That's when the girl decided to pause her game and look up and she looks directly at me.
"Okay, who found a new girlfriend?"
"I did!" James says jokingly. "And I'm going to marry her since she's the queen of Halo." He says jokingly as he kisses the top of my head. I shrug him off and laugh awkwardly.
"Now that he's done lying." I say as I turn back to the girl that entered the room. "I'm Amber, Amber Riordan."
"Oh so you're Amber." The girl says crossing her arms and nodding her head.
"Wait, you've heard of me?" I ask curiously.
"Oh yeah, you have been a main topic over the past week." She admits casually, like it was obvious.
"Have I?" I question as turn around and stare at the guys. They sort of just look away innocently.
"Well, maybe we brought you up a, few times." Kendall confessed.
"A few?" The younger girls questions rhetorically.
"Katie…" Kendall groans.
"Whatever, I'm Kendall's sister Katie by the way." Katie says coming up to me and I take out my hand she shakes it. "By any chance is your dad the famous book author?"
"Yes, yes he is." I state as a matter of fact.
"And is he visiting any time soon?" She says hopefully.
"Yeah, he's coming up for a while in a little less than two weeks time. I'm guessing you're a fan?" I question already knowing the answer.
"Don't get her started." I hear Kendall say from behind me.
"If she's not playing her DS, she's catching up on his books so she's up to date when the new one comes out." James says. Gosh they all have been together probably for such a long time that they all probably see Katie as a younger sister, that's so cute.
"Yeah, and that's unfortunately the only book she'll actually pick up." Came the mother' voice from the kitchen who just finished unpacking groceries. "I'm Kendall's mom by the way." She says as she comes over to get ready to shake my hand.
"It's nice to meet you Ms. Knight." I say as I shake her hand.
"Well, she's just as you guys said, she's very nice, I officially approve." Ms. Knight says as she walks back over to the counter to go through the cabinets to look for something.
"So I have been brought up more than is lead to believe." I say turning around to stare at the guys quizzically, but of course I can't keep the smile off my face. They give me a look that says 'they're both crazy and they have no idea what they're talking about', but I just rolled my eyes and sat back down on the couch.
"So wanna go another round?" Carlos asks hopefully.
"Sure, let's play-" I start saying but then I hear a loud gurgling noise coming from my stomach. My cheeks turn pink and I cover my stomach sheepishly.
"Was that you stomach?" Logan laughs out loud.
"It sounded more like a lion's roar." Kendall said as he and Logan share a fist bump.
"Or backed up food in the drain." James says as we all kind of grimace at the thought.
"Or even a-" Carlos was going to continue but I cut him off.
"Okay, okay, I get it, my stomach makes weird noises. Can we move on?" I say as I try calming myself down and stop myself from turning another color besides a deeper shade of red.
"You hungry Amber? We're going to have dinner in a few minutes, you're welcome to stay." I hear Ms. Knight call from the sink.
"You sure? I don't want to intrude." I say sheepishly.
"Sure, we'll make room at the table." Ms. Knight says as Katie finally puts down her DS and helps her mom with food.
"Well alright th-" I was going to thank her but then my stomach grumbles again and the boys, Katie, and I all laugh as Ms. Knight says,
"Oh God, I better get to work and quick." She jokes as she prepares dinner.
wow wasn't that long! sorry for the abrupt ending, didn't know what else to write, but i'll think of something for the next chapter i promise, and also REVIEW! i want some notes on how my writing's doing, and i know it might sound cliche for Amber to be hit on by James (maybe?) but i wanted to show that they have a playful silly relationship, so yeah, that's it, GOOD NIGHT! i have an ACT to take bright and early today...tomorrow...whatever...PEACE! ...review...review...okay i'm SERIOUSLY tired..