DISCLAIMER: I don't own Big Time Rush, Daniela Parker, Fiorella Gonzalez, or Kaitlyn Fahrendorf. I just own Alex Reid and AJ Byrd.

It's had been almost a year since Skate-gate as it's now referred to by the group. Kaitlyn and Kendall were still going strong , Alex still hated her, AJ and James were still together, Daniela and Fiorella still hung out with everyone. Things seemed to be settling into a pattern…things seemed to familiar. Nothing exciting had happened in quiet awhile, much to everyone's dislike.

As usually, they were hanging around waiting for the bus after school one day. Kaitlyn had booked extra ice time at the rink, so she had already gotten a ride from her mom and was no where to be scene. Fiorella had band after school (she was first chair clarinet, and intended to stay that way), and Daniela had gone shopping for a new warm up outfit; so it was just the six original friends.

Kendall, Carlos, Logan and Alex were all staring at the sprinkler system. The janitor, and elderly man with bad eyes and bad hearing, had left the valve in it; so it could be turned on with a simple turn of the long, black T. Kendall and Carlos were eyeing it like it was precious gold, while Logan and Alex were rolling their eyes and shaking their heads. James and AJ were having an animated conversation about James's latest 'pop star dream.'

"Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime," Kendall said, trying to convince Alex and Logan to help them turn the sprinklers on. "and when they do; you have to grab it, and turn that thing big time!"

Logan and Alex both rolled their eyes again. "Kendall, that is by far the worst idea you've ever had; and that's saying something. I mean, you've had a lot of terrible ideas!" Alex told him.

"Like that time you tried to drive the Zamboni…" Logan began.

"Or the time you wanted to climb that electric fence." Alex said, almost laughing at the memory.

"Oh, what about the time you convinced us to go to Mr. McClure's on Halloween and almost got Alex killed?" AJ added absent-mindedly before turning back to James. Alex glared at him when it was brought up. She had forgiven him, but it still made her mad.

"The point is, turn that thing and I predict a 90% chance of bodily harm; and I'm talking about us, not them." Logan said, pointing at the field hockey girls practicing across the field. Alex nodded in agreement.

"WIMP!" Carlos shouted, putting his hockey helmet on and running at the valve. It tried to turn it…tried being the word. The thing wouldn't budge. "It's stuck!" He said, without turning back to his friends.

"I had my pop star dream again last night…" Alex her James telling AJ. Having known James since she was nine, Alex had gotten good at tuning him out. She didn't listen to him until she heard "What are we doing?"

"Uh, the janitor left the T bar in the sprinkler system. Do you want to help us soak the girls field hockey team?" As if Kendall needed to ask. Alex walked over to AJ. "I can't watch this." She muttered.

Kendall and James walked over to help Carlos, then turned to look at their three friends.

"I gotta get new friends…" Logan said, sitting his book bag down. The four turned expectantly towards the girls.

"Oh no. You all want to play with the sprinklers, that's fine. Leave AJ and me out of it!" Alex said, backing up. AJ just shrugged and joined them, knowing James had hoped she would.

"You sure, Alex?" Carlos asked, motioning to the spot between himself and Logan. It would be a tight squeeze for most, but tiny little Alex would fit in for sure. She crossed her arms and glared, before dropping her bag and muttering "Stupid pear pressure…" The six of them turned the T bar sharply to the right, spraying the girls field hockey team with cold water. The six of them stood there laughing for a minute before there was a shrill scream and Kendall said "And now we run!"

Out of the six of them, AJ, James, and Kendall were the fastest. They were the tallest and they could run farther with their long legs. Alex, being the shortest, was slowest. At one point, the crowd of screaming girls almost had her, but then a long arm reached back and pulled her forward. Alex was now in front of everyone…but she was also slowing the group down. She might be the fastest on the ice, but she was the slowest on concrete. Alex felt a strong pair of arms wrap around her and she was thrown over someone's shoulder.

"PUT ME DOWN! NOW!" She screamed, punching the back of whoever held her.

"Relax, Reid. It's just me." Kendall's voice made it's way to her ears.

"And that's supposed to make me feel better because…?" Alex asked, still punching his back. Once she got over the initial shock of being carried, it was actually sort of fun; though she would never admit it to Kendall. But, Alex stopped hitting him and settled for taunting the running girls…until the reached a dead end.

"Why did we stop?" Alex asked, getting worried. The girls would soon catch up to them and then there would be all hell to pay.

"There's a wall. We can't get through." Kendall told her, setting her down.

"Who's brilliant idea was it to lead us to a dead end?" Alex demanded, right as Kendall called a time out.

"Give James the helmet, we've got to protect the face." He said as Carlos handed James his helmet. James put it on and motioned for AJ to stand behind him, which she gladly did. Alex didn't cower behind any of the remaining boys, she chose to take the beating like a man…er, tomboy.

"I love you guys!" James said, looking at his four friends and girlfriend. Kendall shrugged and said "Time in?"

Alex immediately felt herself getting hit by several hockey sticks. One whacked her in the eye, resulting in her screaming "I TOLD YOU IT WAS A BAD IDEA!"

After about ten or twenty minutes of beating up six trouble making kids, the girls field hockey team finally stopped. They didn't even check to see if anyone was hurt too bad, they just walked away; laughing and talking about practice.

All six kids laid there, groaning in pain. About five minutes later, Kendall sat up.

"Everyone okay?" He asked, putting a hand to his knee in pain. Kendall glanced around the group to see if anyone was hurt too bad.

James was the first to get up, followed by AJ. "Uh, I've been better. But, I don't feel to bad. What about you?" He asked, turning to look at AJ.

"Same…thanks for saving me." She said, smiling at James. Carlos, Logan, and Alex groaned.

"Can you please stop going all lovey dovey while we're in pain? It makes me feel worse." Logan muttered, sitting up as well. He had a nasty bruise on his forehead. Carlos and Alex both got up a few seconds later. Alex had her hand over her eye and Carlos was clutching his arm.

"You guys okay?" Kendall asked, noticing them getting up slower than everyone else.

"Do I look okay?" Alex snapped, glaring with one eye at him. He then turned to look at Carlos.

"My arm hurts." He said simply, looking down at it. Logan looked at it, then assured everyone it wasn't broken.

"Just really bruised. We need to get some ice on everyone's injuries though." Logan said, standing up. He offered his arm to Carlos who took it with his not hurt arm. Everyone else got up and began to walk slowly towards Kendall's house, which was closest.

When they arrived, Kendall ushered them into his living room. He then went to get some ice from the kitchen.

"I'll help." Alex said when she saw the guys turning on some channel playing a Pussy Cat Dolls music. Alex wasn't the biggest fan of the PCD, she didn't hate them but she didn't love them either.

Walking into the kitchen, Alex checked her eye in the reflection of the microwave. She hadn't taken her hand off of it since someone hit it, and it stung like twenty bees.

"Ow." She moaned, turning back to the freezer. Kendall had his back turned and had already left a small pile of slowly melting ice on the counter next to him. Alex walked across the kitchen and began to wrap three cubes of ice at a time in paper towels. When they had six bundles, Kendall grabbed one and put it against his knee, hissing at the pain and comfort it brought him. Alex picked one up and placed it against her eye, yelping when the cold touched her tender, bruised skin.

"What 'smatter?" Kendall mumbled, turning to look at her for the first time since she entered the kitchen.

"I got a hockey stick to the eye, that's what's the matter." She said, still mad that they had gotten beaten up. "I told you it was a dumb idea to soak them!" Alex said, glaring at him with her one good eye.

"Well it didn't seem to stupid when you were helping!" He snapped back at her, glaring at her as well.

"I only helped because you practically begged me!" Alex screamed, not caring if the rest of the group heard them.

"Oh I begged you? Yeah right! I just asked you to help!"

"Really? Why'd you pick me up?" She changed the subject.

"Because you were in my way. I would have been trampled if I hadn't! It's not my fault you're so short."

"We can't all be giants y'know!"

"Oh I'm a giant? Really? Danny's like three inches taller than me! You didn't seem to have a problem with HIM!"

"SHUT UP! At least with him I could actually stand being in the same room with him for five minutes at a time!" Alex lost it. She was so mad she didn't even care what she was saying, as long as it made Kendall mad.

"NO ONE'S ASKING YOU TO STAY!" He obviously felt the same way as he gestured to the door. It was that time someone decided to intervene.

"COOL IT, you two!" Logan shouted, making them go silent.

"It's okay Logan. You all don't have to worry about us fighting anymore, I'm out." She said in a voice so quiet it was a little hard to hear. She stomped out the door right as Kendall angrily stomped back into the living room, Logan following suit.

"I'll go calm her down." AJ said, getting up. She was always the one to get Alex to chill, just like James was the one to make Kendall calm down, and Logan made them stop fighting. AJ followed Alex outside and down the street.

"ALEX! Stop!" AJ screamed, running to catch up with her friend. Alex had gotten far in the three minutes she had been walking, but AJ quickly caught up with her.

"Look, he didn't mean it! You know Kendall, he's just like you. You both don't know when to stop being mean." She said when she caught up to her. Alex didn't turn around, instead she kept walking.

"Okay, so that was a little mean. But, come on! Just go back and kiss and make up or whatever." That got Alex's attention. She whorled around to face AJ and glared.

"Why would we kiss? We don't like each other! He HATES me!"

"He doesn't hate you! He just…doesn't like you very much right now. I'm sure he'll be out here any minute begging for forgiveness." AJ assured her.

"Doubt it." Alex sulked. Just then, they saw a car drive by them. This wouldn't be unusual if it were a parent going to pick their kid up from an after school activity, or an adult on the way home from work…but sitting in the car was none other than Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan.

"What are they doing?" Alex asked as the boys screeched to a halt in front of them.

"Need a ride?" Logan asked from driver's side. Behind him was Kendall's elderly neighbor, who looked confused.

"Where to?" AJ asked, smiling at James. Alex would have made a comment about their annoyingness, had she not been confused as to what the boys were up to.

"We'll explain on the way, just get in!" James exclaimed, trying to reach past Carlos to open the door.

"Um, hello? There isn't any room!" Alex said, not as sassily as she would have had she not been both mad at Kendall and confused about their location.

"Duh, our laps!" James said with a smirk. He gestured for AJ to come sit on his with a smirk, making everyone gag.

"No thanks, I'll just stay here." Alex muttered as AJ gladly climbed over Carlos and on to James. Both looked happy and slightly squished.

"Come on, Alex!" AJ shouted, making them jump. She rarely raised her voice, she was always the most soft-spoken of the six. Alex took on look at her face before nodding.

"But, the back will be way to tight. None of us will be able to breath!" Carlos pointed out. Logan pointed out that they would be able to breath, but they wouldn't be able to move very much.

"Just get on Kendall!" James snapped, getting impatient.

"Dude, that sounded SO wrong-" Carlos said, laughing. He was interrupted by both Alex and Kendall shouting NO as loud as they could.

"Look, if we want to make it before five; just get in the car." Logan said, once again stopping them from fighting. Alex sighed, then walked over to the passenger's side door. Kendall opened it and she awkwardly sat down on his lap. Both looked a bit uncomfortable, but Kendall shut the door and Logan drove as fast as legally possible towards their mystery location.

James quickly filled them in on what they were doing and where they were going. AJ was really happy for her boyfriend, he would finally be famous. The kids let their mind wander until they got there. When they arrived at the audition and ran from the car, leaving it parked in the street and Kendall's neighbor still inside.

Running inside, James (with AJ not far behind) arrived first.

"My name's James Diamond, and I wanna be famous!" He shouted, then began to sing some scales. AJ appeared beside him nodding furiously.

"Fill out the rest of this sheet and wait for your number to be called." A petite African-American girl told him, slapping a sticky-pad with a number on it to his chest. She did the same to AJ who shook her head.

"Oh no, I don't sing." She said, trying to take the number off.

"Well, you're pretty. At least consider it." The woman said. AJ smiled and nodded, deciding she might as well.

By then everyone else had ran in and were standing behind James and AJ. They all watched as Jenny Tinkler from their home room was carried out by to huge security guards. She was screaming about how mean the guy was and how she was going to be the next Gwen Stefani. No one paid her much attention.

"You, name?" The talent scout asked, pointing at Logan.

"Who? Me? No, I'm going to be a doctor." Logan said with a smirk.

"Yeah well I'm a desperate talent scout and you have a cute smile and Justin Timberlake made forty-four million dollars last year."

"Hit me."

"I wanna be famous too!" Carlos shouted, then he began to sing like James had. The woman shoved a number on him and he cried YES!

"You! Tall, blonde, and eye brows. You want your dreams to come true today?" She asked, looking up at Kendall.

"Sorry, my dream is to play center for the Minnesota Wild. But I'll also consider the Maple Leaves." He said with a confident smirk.

"Ah." She said, slamming a number on his chest as well. She then turned to Alex.

"Curly hair, you in?" She asked.

"I don't sing." Alex deadpanned. She just nodded and stuck a number on her shirt as well. Alex glared and tried to rip it off, but dang those things were sticky!

"Eight ten is next." The talent scout said, walking away. Everyone looked down to see if they were eight hundred and ten. James noticed that was his number so he quickly took it off and switched it with Logan.

"Oh look! You're next." He said smiling. Logan just gave him the 'what-the-heck?' look.

"Dude, you don't sing!" Carlos said.

"Dude, that was the worst pep talk in history! Luckily, I'm a genius. I'll think of something. Kendall?" Logan didn't bother to turn around.

"Beat box."

"Got it." He said before taking his coat off and handing it to Alex. Logan then walked through the doors confidently.

About a minute later, Logan walked out with a terrified look on his face.

"Don't go in there! He's Satan! He's Satan with bug-eyed sun glasses!" He said, curling up into a ball and rocking back and forth. AJ rubbed his back before her own number was called.

"Wish me luck!" She said, walking through the door. Less that thirty seconds later, she was back out; hugging her sides as if in pain.

"He's worse than Satan! At lease Satan would stop screaming after awhile." She muttered, sitting next to Logan.

James switched numbers with Carlos. "All you buddy! Go get 'em."

Carlos looked at Logan and AJ before jumping up and putting his helmet on. He walked out grinning a few seconds later. Everyone looked at him, confused.

"Well I'm not going to Hollywood!" He shouted, obviously happy. Everyone high-fived him, laughing at him being so happy over something so silly.

James was called next and started to change with Kendall, but he put his hand over his number.

"James, this is your dream; not mine. Remember, opportunities like this come once in a life time. Grab onto that dream with both hands, and go big time!" He said, giving James a little shove. James looked uncertainly at Alex, who hadn't gone yet either.

"Don't look at me." She said, putting a hand over her own number. He nodded and walked inside the room. Kendall, Carlos, Logan, Alex, and AJ followed closely. They walked to the middle of the theatre while James walked up on stage. Somehow, Kendall's neighbor was beside them.

They heard James singing and the little old lady leaned over and said "Not bad." Then James's voice cracked.

"Hey, sorry I was a little nervous. Can I start over?" He asked, taking the microphone off the stand.

"Yeah, why don't you walk out then don't walk back in! NEXT!" The 'Satan with the bug-eyed glasses' shouted.

"But I'm good!" James said, obviously upset that he had been nexted.

"I don't need good! I need fire! Okay? I need someone who can knock me out of my seat, okay? And as you can tell, I'M STILL IN MY SEAT! Because you have NO TALENT!"

"NO TALENT?" Kendall shouted, jumping to his feet.

"I'LL KNOCK YOU OUT OF YOUR SEAT!" Alex screamed, looking like she meant it. She had been friends with the boys since Logan moved there, and she thought of most of them as brothers. Alex could make fun of them, but no one else should even try.

"You're the one with no talent! You haven't had a hit in ten years!" Kendall said, stomping up to the front of the room. Alex quickly followed, leaving AJ, Logan, and Carlos to stare at them shocked.

"Hey! Girl to My Heart by Boy Quake was a hit nine years ago!" The man shouted back.

"That song SUCKED!" Alex said, glaring at him with one of her signature glares.

"Girl to My Heart? Uh let me see if I can remember that Rocque classic…" Kendall said before bursting into song. Alex laughed at his crazy moves and soon joined in. When he jumped on the table, she was content staying on the ground. Suddenly, Kendall was being dragged away. Carlos sprang into action, jumping on one of the security guards. James jumped on the other, which made AJ jump into the brawl. Alex looked at Logan, both reluctantly nodded before going over to the massive clump of people.

"I gotta get new friends." Logan muttered before getting grabbed by a guard. Alex jumped on the back of one of them, the one Carlos had previously been on top of. Soon even Kendall's neighbor was hitting a security guard with a stick.

No less than three minutes later, the fight was broken up by the police. The group (plus Kendall's neighbor) were then escorted to Kendall's house, where his mom answered the door.

"Hey mom…Remember that time I saved you from choking? Wow that was close! And I love you!" Kendall said, smiling at his mother. The officers let go of them and let them go inside the Knight's house.

A/N: So, thank you all for the kind reviews! I had a lot of fun with this chapter.

To the girls with the OCs, I'm sorry that your characters weren't in this chapter

(even though they got mentioned). I thought a lot about it, but

I decided that I'd like to have just the original six there.