*AN* I start school again in another week, I assume my being able to write will be able to last about 2 weeks more. I hope to finish this story by the time I start school again. I have two stories after this that are at the top of my list. I havent been able to write these adventures in chronological order, it gets tough when I get/have numerous ideas. I'll put the time line info as best I can in the story itself or in the first chapter *AN* summary. I got the basics across in this story so the next few chapters should wrap it up nicely. Many thanks to those who have read this far. As I said, this is a slow paced/no plot story. I just wanted to get this idea crossed off my list.

The next morning was the same, up bright and early. He checked in on the girls, Rachel was asleep and Katie's door was closed. He tapped on the door before opening it slowly just a little bit.
"Katie?" he called out in a whisper. She didn't respond and opened the door enough to peek in. She wasn't in bed and he could hear water running. He looked over to see her bathroom door open a bit and light on. He walked in and called out to her again. She opened the door to look out.
"What?" she said.
"Just checking in, I heard water and figured you were awake. You feeling alright? Better than yesterday?" he asked concerned.
"Fine. Just getting some water, I'm thirsty. Are you heading to the lot?" She explained walking to her bed.
"Yep, I was just on my way out the door." He responded.
"Ok, tell everyone I said 'hi'." She said with a smile.
"I will. See you later." he said as he shut the door.
"Bye, James." she said with a wave before getting into bed.
James was the first to arrive again, although this time, he sat around and waited. The crew members weren't all there yet and the ones that were there, weren't ready. He sat in one of the deck chairs on the Palm Woods pool set and played with his phone. It slowly got busy on set as more people showed up. He didn't notice when Kendall approached.
"Dude, what are you doing?" He asked. James looked up.
"Oh, staff wasn't ready yet. I guess their running a little late." James explained
"Oh. Their ready for us now. Want to come with?" Kendall said
"yeah sure. Give me a sec." he said as he finished what he was doing. He got up and put his phone away and followed Kendall to waiting staff members. Logan came in about 10 minutes later. Once all three were ready, they headed to the set to do a refresh on the dance they learned yesterday, before going for vocal training. Carlos was no where to be found
"Where's Carlos?" Logan questioned.
"He hasn't arrived yet." their manager said. "Have any of you heard from him?" They shook their heads. "See if you can get a hold of him. He might be stuck in traffic or something." Logan got his phone out and scrolled to Carlos' name then hit 'dial'. It rang a few times before he answered.
"What's up Logan?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm pulling into the lot as we speak. I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Ok cool, we are already to start practice. Just waitin' on you."
"Sorry about that, I got a late start. Like I said I'll be there in a second. I'm 2 studios down."
"Hey, no problem. Just head straight to your dressing room, staff members are waiting for you"
"Sure. Thanks."
"Alright see ya soon, buddy." He hung up and put his phone away before turning to the others. "He's on the lot, he'll be here in a couple minutes."
Carlos joined them in about 20 minutes and they all began their dance lesson. They had gotten it near perfect and were sent on their way to vocals where they spent the rest of the morning. They finished a song, landing on a good note and took their regular breather as usual, grabbed some water, talked and the like. Their manager came in and talked with the instructor.
"Ok, guys, great job so far. We have some other stuff to prepare for so you get the afternoon off." Their manager said. The guys each had a look of relief on their face, but it was short lived. "Scratch that, be back by 4pm."
Carlos looked at his phone; it was 11:10am they had about 4 hours to themselves.
"Want to get lunch?" Kendall suggested.
"Sounds good." Logan responded
"Yeah absolutely." James replied.
"Let's go then." Kendall stated
"Where?" Carlos asked
"Depends. Who feels like what?" Kendall surveyed
"Italian" Logan answered
"Chinese" Carlos said
"Subway" Came James' healthy response.
"Buffet Palace it is!" Kendall said turning to exit the room. The others followed him out and headed to their dressing rooms to grab their things.