There's not really much to say about this. It kind of just speaks for itself.


Gustavo was furious. He stared at the five boys in the recording booth with an anger no one had ever felt before. His stare was so intense, the boys could feel it through the sound-proof glass. At the moment, they were supposed to be recording an acoustic version of "Worldwide" it was the last song they had to do on their special acoustic album, but the boys started to get stir crazy and went a little insane. Gustavo tried his best to get them under control, he even sent Freight Train in to settle everyone down, but the five just laughed and everything they saw.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Gustavo!" James yelled into the microphone while snickering.

"What, James?" Gustavo said, massaging his temples.

"Did you know, that a nickname for Gustavo," James snickered some more, "is 'Gus'" The four other boys cracked up like it was the funniest thing they'd ever heard.

"Hey Gus!" Riley yelled, "How do you like being called Gus?"

"I'm sure Gus loves being called Gus," Kendall said, "don't you Gus?"

"Hey Gus!" Carlos said, "Can you get me a corndog?" when Carlos got stir crazy, he got hungry, and the only thing he cared about at the moment was getting a corndog.

"EVERYBODY STOP!" Gustavo yelled as he banged his fists on the table. The boys looked scared for a second, but then started laughing even harder than ever. Carlos even ended up on the floor, he was literally ROFL.

"Okay, that's it!" Gustavo yelled as he busted into the recording booth, "everyone out! I won't need you for two weeks! Go annoy someone else!" He pushed each hysterical band member out of the building, making sure they wouldn't come back.

"Hey guys," Riley said, trying to put on a straight face, "I think we made him angry."

"You think?" Kendall said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Well, what if he decides to drop us?" Riley said, looking concerned.

"He won't," Logan said, "this happens every time we finish up an album."

"Plus, we get two weeks off!" James said excitedly.

"Okay then, let's go," Riley said as he took out the keys to his car, "wait, where's Carlos?" Almost on cue, Carlos showed up with five corndogs.

"Oh, that's nice Carlos! You got a corndog for everyone!" Logan said with his teacher voice, trying to teach the Latino how to share.

"... no I dndnt," Carlos said with a mouthful of corndog. Logan put his head down in defeat.

"I don't care," Riley said, "just don't get anything on my leather seats." The five got into the car and made their way back to the Palmwoods.

-Two weeks later-

Kendall woke up to the sound of tweetling from his phone. He groggily picked it up and read his new text message. Gustavo wanted them to show up to the studio at 8:00. Kendall loved the break, but he know this day would come. He stood up and looked at his roommate, Logan, who was sprawled out on his bed. Kendall could have just woken him up and told him about what Gustavo said, but he didn't have time for that. Kendall threw one of his spare pillows right at Logan's face and walked out of the room. Logan, startled by the pillow, jolted up. He looked around and noticed that no one else was in his room. He quickly shrugged it off and walked out into the kitchen.

"Oh, good, you're up," Kendall said as he made some toast.

"...Yeah..." Logan responded, still confused about who threw the pillow at him.

"Can you wake up James and Carlos?" Kendall continued, "Gustavo said we need to be at the studio at 8:00"

"It's been two weeks already?" Logan asked as he turned the stereo on and turned the volume up all the way. While waking up Logan and Kendall was easy, the other two boys required a little more effort to get out of bed. Once the stereo was blaring, Logan busted into James' and Carlos' room and pulled their covers off. Carlos was the first one to jerk awake, when he was conscience enough understand what was happening, he looked up and gave Logan a "what gives?" look.

"Gustavo wants us in the studio today," Logan responded.

"It's been two weeks already?" James asked as he combed his hair. He never got out of bed without combing his hair first.

"Apparently," Logan said as he walked out of the room.

In a matter of minutes, they four boys were dressed and ready to go.

"Do you guys need me to drive you there?" Ms. Knight asked.

"Whoa," James said, "this face can't be seen getting out of a minivan," he pointed to his face.

Kendall sighed, "We'll see if Riley can drive us."

"Okay, have fun!" Ms. Knight cheerily called after them.

Carlos was just about to knock on Riley's door when they heard a huge crash and Riley scream, "You can't do this to me!"

"Don't throw things!" his mom yelled back, "And yes I can do this! I've been working toward this all my life! This is my dream! They need me!"

"But what about MY dream!" Riley screamed back, "How come you never care about me! You only want to save the world!"

"You know that's not true!" Mrs. Nichols responded, "And this isn't your only dream! You are capable of being anything you want to be! Don't you want to be a lawyer and follow in mine and your dad's footsteps?"

Meanwhile, outside the door, the four boys looked puzzled and worried.

"Ummmm..." Carlos said, "What do we do?"

"Let's just knock and tell him that he needs to be at Roque Records," Logan responded as he knocked on the door.

"WHAT!" Riley screamed as he swung open the door. The four boys on the other side stepped back a few feet.

"Gustavo needs us in the studio..." Kendall said awkwardly.

"Well tell him I'll be a little late!" Riley sassed back and slammed the door where the screaming continued.

"Aww man!" James lamented.

"I know," Kendall said, "that sounds like a pretty bad fight."

"No, not about that," James said, as if Kendall was speaking a different language, "now we have to take the minivan!"

"You're awful," Logan said to the tall brunette, yet they walked back to their apartment and got a ride with Kendall's mom in her minivan.

When they arrived at Roque Records, Ms. Knight and Katie walked in with them. Gustavo looked at the four band members standing in front of him and got angry.

"Where's the pup?" he yelled, getting frustrated that his dogs couldn't follow one single command.

"He's gonna be a little late," Kendall said, "he and his mom got in a huge fight."

Gustavo sighed and handed them each a piece of paper and a CD.

"This is the first song on your new album, have it engraved in your brains by next week and we'll record it." He said.

"Alright!" Carlos said, "I'm psyched for this new album! It's gonna be awesome!"

Just then, Riley slumped into Gustavo's office and everyone started at him.

"How nice of you to show up," Gustavo said sarcastically, "Memorize this song, you have a solo in it." He handed the sad looking boy a piece of paper and a CD.

"I don't think I should do that," Riley said, handing it back.

"Why the hell not?" Gustavo screamed.

"My mom got a new job in Chicago as the CEO of some lame-ass environment-saving company and the entire family is moving there." Riley looked down at his shoes.

"What?" everyone in the room screamed in unison.

"Why can't you just stay here while the rest of your family moves to Chicago?" Katie asked, "Carlos, Logan and James are here without their families."

"Yeah," Riley said, "but that only works because Ms. Knight it your legal guardian."

"He's right," Logan said in a know-it-all voice, "Riley's a minor and minors can't live without a legal guardian."

"But there HAS to be some way for him to stay here!" Gustavo yelled. Kendall looked at his mom, who nodded approvingly.

"You can live with us," he said.

"What?" Riley asked.

"My mom can be YOUR legal guardian too, and you can live with us." Kendal explained like it was nothing.

"Yes!" Gustavo said, "do that!"

"But six people already live in that apartment, I don't think they'll be enough room for a seventh," Riley said pessimistically.

"We have plenty of room!" Carlos said, "You can sleep in the swirly slide!" he paused for a second, "no, you can sleep in my bed while I sleep in the swirly slide!" Carlos jumped up and down with excitement.

"Alright, NO ONE is sleeping in the swirly slide!" Ms. Knight said, trying to shut down the idea before Carlos got too attached, "Riley, you can sleep on the couch for now until we can find a place to fit another bed." Riley still seemed hesitant.

"What's wrong?" James asked, "It works out perfectly!"

Riley shrugged and said, "I don't know, it's just..." Gustavo interrupted, "You're doing it!"

Riley looked at Gustavo and started to ask, "But what if they-"

"They won't," Gustavo said.

"Okay, I guess I'll do it!" Riley exclaimed. Everybody then commenced into a celebratory jump hug.

"But wait," Ms. Knight interrupted, "we need to make sure it's okay with your mom."

After getting the new song, all the boys made their way back to the Palmwoods. Riley was nervous to walk back into his apartment. He left the scene at the end of a huge fight where he said things he wish he didn't, but he faced his fears and walked in to see him mom packing up all his things into boxes.

"Oh, hey, sweetie," she said, "I'm really sorry it has to turn out this way, but there are no other options." She gave him a hug which he graciously returned.

"Actually," he said, "there is a way I can stay here and you can still move to Chicago."

"How?" she responded, confused.

"You can just sign these papers, making me his legal guardian for now, and he can live with us," Ms. Knight said as she walked into the apartment.

"I don't know," Mrs. Nichols hesitated, "I mean, I never imagined someone else being my only child's legal guardian."

"Umm, don't you have two kids?" Ms. Knight asked.

"I meant only son's," Mrs. Nichols stated.

"Okay then," Ms. Knight said, trying to get back on subject, "don't worry, it's not like I'll be his new mom, he'll just live with us, and this is the only way to make it legal."

"Please mom," Riley pleaded, "you know how important this is for me." Mrs. Nichols thought for a while and finally agreed to let Riley live here.

Riley and his mom packed up all their things, which didn't take that long because they never really finished unpacking. A week later, their lease expired on their crappy apartment. Mrs. Nichols was to drive back up to where the rest of the Nichols family lived and help pack, then leave for Chicago. Riley helped her lug all of her things into her car, and when they were done, it was finally time for his mom to leave.

"I'm gonna miss you," Riley said as he hugged his mom, "I've never lived without you for more than a few nights."

"You'll be fine," Mrs. Nichols said, "just remember to call me every night, okay?"

"I will," Riley said, "say hi to dad for me." Riley's mom then got in her car and drove away. Riley missed his mom already, but then he noticed Logan and Carlos behind him.

"I wasn't about to cry," Riley said quickly as he wiped his eyes.

"We know," Carlos said.

"Let's go upstairs and move you in to our apartment," Logan said as the three shorter boys walked towards the lobby.


What kind of fanfiction writer would I be if I didn't add just a little cheesiness?