There's kind of like eight different story lines in here, but it works, kind of, maybe. Enjoy!
It had been an hour since his mom left and Riley had moved into apartment 2J. Although, it wasn't really "moving in" he just grabbed the few boxes he had and put them next to the couch. Riley decided that he would take things out of the boxes when he needed them. He sat on the couch watching T.V. with Kendall. Carlos was at the pool doing some stupid stunt, James was down in the lobby hitting on girls and Logan was in his room reading a book. Riley wasn't really paying attention to what he was watching, he was mostly thinking about how this was where he was going to live. When he was chosen as the new member of Big Time Rush, everything he knew changed before he could even comprehend what had just happened. Now, once he had finally gotten settled, everything was going to change for him again.
He looked up and noticed that a new episode of "New Town High" was going to be on next, but Kendall changed the channel.
"Dude!" Riley yelled, "I wanted to watch that! I gotta see if Drake and Rachel can repair their relationship after Maria started that rumor about how Drake was cheating and Rachel was an alien sent to wipe out the human race!"
"They repair their relationship," Kendall said with a sad face and sighed, "then they make out for three pages."
"Okay, one: spoiler alert! Two: how did you know that? And three: SPOILER ALERT!" Riley said angrily to Kendall.
"I was there when they recorded it," Kendall said, not taking his eyes off the shampoo commercial.
"Okay then, but I still haven't seen it!" Riley said, "Change the channel back!"
Before Kendall could argue against it, his girlfriend, Jo, walked into the apartment.
"Hey Jo!" Riley called, "Can you convince your boyfriend that he should let me watch the new episode of New Town High?"
"The one where Maria starts the rumor that my character is an alien, but it turns out that she's the alien and Drake and I save the world from the evil alien overlord?" Jo asked as she sat down on the couch.
"That's the one," Kendall said as he tried to find something else to watch.
"Oh my god! You guys are awful!" Riley screamed, covering his ears so he wouldn't hear any more spoilers.
"Just let him watch it," Jo said, "what's the worst that could happen?"
"I have to watch you and Jet make out for the millionth time," Kendall mumbled, crossing his arms.
"I told you," Jo said, "it's Rachel and Drake, not me and Jet. Now just go back to New Town High."
"Well, I don't want to watch it now that you guys spoiled the entire thing for me," Riley complained.
"Heh, sorry," Jo said as she grinned apologetically. Kendall didn't care.
Ms. Knight and Katie walked through the door fighting about something.
"First thing tomorrow you're apologizing to Bitters!" Ms. Knight demanded.
"What? No! I didn't do anything wrong!" Katie defended herself.
"You pushed him into the pool!" Ms. Knight exclaimed.
"Well HE wouldn't let me open my snow cone stand back up!" Katie responded, "Plus he was being really annoying! He got what he deserved." Ms. Knight sighed and turned towards the three teenagers watching the argument.
"Hey Jo!" she said waving, then turned to Riley, "Riley, did you get yourself settled?"
"I guess," Riley said, looking at the boxes he carelessly stacked in the corner of the living room.
"Ugh!" Katie exclaimed, "I can't believe I'm forced to live with yet ANOTHER teenage boy!" She then stormed into her room.
"Hey!" Kendall called from the couch, "What's wrong with teenage boys!" but Katie ignored him and slammed her door.
"She doesn't mean that," Ms. Knight explained, "she's just been having a rough day."
"Thanks..." Riley said awkwardly. Logan then walked out of his room and turned to the people on the couch and said, "I'm gonna go meet Camille down at the pool, do you guys want to come with?"
"Sure," Jo and Kendall said as they got up from the couch then turned around to look at Riley.
"Are you coming?" Kendall asked.
"I don't think so," Riley replied, "sitting by the pool while everyone else swims in it is only so fun."
"Y'know," Logan said, "one day you'll have to show us your penis," referencing to the scar on Riley's torso.
"I know! But not today!" Riley called as Ms. Knight and Jo looked shocked and confused.
"It's a long story," Riley said as he glared at Logan for bringing it up.
"Okay then, I'm going to the grocery store, and usually I would take Katie, but she's in a bad mood, so can you just keep an eye on her until I get back?" Ms. Knight asked Riley.
"Sure thing," Riley said, as he decided to watch New Town High despite the spoilers. It wasn't until Ms. Knight left when he realized that he was told to babysit Katie, who had just declared that she hated the fact he was living here. Riley continued to watch the last half of New Town High, but declared it pointless since he knew what was going to happen. He decided he should al least confront Katie and apologize for... being a teenage boy? He walked up to her door and knocked.
"Who is it?" Katie yelled from the other side of the door.
"It's Riley," he answered.
"Well go away!" she yelled back.
"Look, I just wanted to talk to you!" Riley said. He heard a sigh and the door swung open and Katie walked back to her computer. Riley walked into the girl's room, it had light pink walls with Christmas LED lights hanging around the ceiling, the bed had bright floral sheets and there were posters of puppies, kittens and Dak Zevon on the walls. It looked like a normal eleven year old girl's room.
"What do want to talk about?" she asked, not looking up from her computer.
"Umm, I just wanted to apologize for being a teenage boy?" Riley weakly said.
"I know it's not your fault you're living here," Katie said, turning around, "I'm not even that angry about it, I've just had an awful day."
"Because Bitters wouldn't let you sell snow cones?" Riley questioned.
"No, it's not that, it's just... ah, forget it!" Katie said as she turned back to her computer.
"C'mon, tell me," Riley said in a high voice while poking Katie's shoulder.
"Okay okay!" she yelled as she turned around again and sighed, "Kyle doesn't want to go out with me again because he says I'm too butch." she looked down.
"Wait," Riley said, confused, "is Kyle the guy I saw you talking to in the park this morning?"
"Yeah," she said, still looking down, "he said that he likes playing video games with be, but he'll always think of me as a 'bro'" Riley thought for a minute and then finally declared, "Well, that guy's hair looks dumb, so who even cares?" Katie looked up at him with a "do you even hear yourself?" look.
"I mean, that hair is totally from the 90's and totally out of style," Katie still looked at him confused. Riley then remembered that Katie is eleven, and it was 2011, therefore making her not even born in the 90's.
"Okay, disregard that," Riley said, "but you're definitely not butch, I mean, look at this room."
"But my best friends are my older brother and his friends, and I've never really had a close friend who's a girl, and this new girl my age moved into the Palmwoods, and she's like, super girly and does this annoying giggly thing and everyone loves her!"
"That blonde chick?" Riley asked, Katie nodded and he continued, "She's friggen annoying! She always walks around the pool like she's so hot and I just wanna be like 'You're eleven, calm your non-existant tits and go play with your toys.'" Katie cracked up.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't say things like in front of impressionable young minds," Riley muttered. "especially when they're about eleven year old girls."
"No, that was hilarious!" Katie said, still laughing.
"Why thank you. You can ad 'being hilarious' to the list of things I'm awesome at," Riley said, "but in all seriousness, don't tell her I said that."
"I won't, I won't" Katie replied.
"Okay," Riley said, "but you shouldn't care about what people think of you, I mean, you're awesome. So what if a guy with dumb hair thinks differently?"
"Thanks Riley," Katie said.
"No problem," Riley responded as he walked out and closed the door. After a while, Ms. Knight came back with the groceries, Carlos, James, Kendall and Logan showed up just in time for dinner. They all played table hockey for a while, Carlos, James and Riley played a few violent video games, Logan studied his medical books, Katie planned a new way to take over the town and Kendall texted Jo for a while. It was 10:00 and everyone was sent to bed. Riley slowly made his makeshift bed on the couch while everyone was sleeping, turned off the GT Xpress 101 infomercial, got ready for bed and went to sleep for the first time in his new home.
-Next Morning-
Ms. Knight woke up at 8:00 to the sound of someone going through the kitchen. She considered a few things that could cause the noses she heard: Carlos had a craving for a quesadilla dipped in peanut butter, James hid one of Logan's medical books somewhere in the kitchen and he was now frantically looking for it, or there was a robber/murderer/rapist in the apartment. Her maternal instincts kicked into gear as she grabbed one of her shoes as a weapon and slowly walked out into the kitchen, where she saw none of the scenarios she assumed. In front of her, was an energetic Riley, completely dressed and presentable looking, trying his best to poach eggs. He turned around and noticed he woman holding a shoe, looking confused.
"Oh hey there Ms. Knight! Did I wake you up?" Riley said in a perky voice.
"Um, what are you doing up this early?" Ms. Knight asked tiredly.
"I just thought I'd say thank you for being so nice and letting me into your home by making an amazing breakfast for everyone!" Riley answered, "I first decided to make some eggs benedict because I have a recipe for some pretty mean hollandaise sauce, but then I remembered that Kendall doesn't like eggs, so I made French toast and bacon, but then I remembered that James is on a low carb and low fat diet, so I made some grilled turkey sausage with scrambled egg whites, then I thought, 'Oh... Carlos' so I also made some chocolate chip pancakes with a whipped cream smily face."
"Wow! How long did this take you?" Ms. Knight asked as Riley put some eggs benedict in front of her.
"Not that long, I woke up at 6:00, so I had plenty of time," Riley said, "I had to take a trip to the store, but I love cooking, so it wasn't a chore at all." Just then, Katie, Logan and Kendall were drawn out of their rooms by the smell of bacon.
"Dude!" Kendall exclaimed as he grabbed some French Toast and Bacon, just as Riley had expected, "This looks delicious!"
"Yeah," Logan said as Riley handed him a plate of eggs benedict, "you didn't have to do this."
"But I'm super glad you did!" Kate said as she tried to decide on what to eat. Carlos, also lured by the smell of bacon, walked out of his room.
"Is James awake?" Ms. Knight asked Carlos.
"Yeah, he's just combing his hair," the boy in the helmet answered as he stared at the array of food in front of him, his face was neutral until he noticed the chocolate chip pancakes at the end of the counter.
"IT'S PANCAKE MAN!" the excited boy screamed as he grabbed all the pancakes he could fit on one plate. James then walked out, with perfect hair or course, and grabbed a plate of scrambled egg whites and an English muffin.
"Riley, did you do all this?" James asked.
"Yep," Riley said proudly, "I just wanted to thank you all."
"It's fricken amazing!" Kendall exclaimed with French toast in his mouth.
"Why thank you," Riley responded, "you can add 'cooking' to the list of things I'm awesome at!"
"Dude," Carlos said as he looked at the scrambled egg whites and English muffin on James' plate, "why would you eat that crap when there's pancake man?" He motioned to the small stack of chocolate chip pancakes left.
"I'm on a diet, remember?" James answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "and pancake man is full of empty carbs."
"But... Pancake man is delicious," Carlos replied.
"And that's the problem," James said as he took a bite of his English muffin. Eventually though, the tall brunette caved and had half of a pancake.
When everyone was done with their delicious breakfasts, it was time for them to leave for Roque Records. The five boys all piled into Riley's car and drove away practicing the song they memorized.
"Did you know I have a solo in this song?" Riley asked as they all got out of the car.
"Yeah," James said, "we all learned the song and we all have solos"
"I know," Riley answered, "I'm just really excited, I've never had a solo before!"
They made their way up to Gustavo's floor, recorded and rerecorded the song. They stayed pretty on task this time, unlike the last time they recorded. Riley needed a little help with his part, but he eventually got it perfect.
"Good dogs," Gustavo said as they stepped out of the recording booth, "be here tomorrow for the dance moves to go with this song," he handed them each a new piece of paper and CD, "memorize this song by next week." Each band member looked over their parts. Riley stopped and put his hand up saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa... Whoa, whoa whoa,"
"What is it now?" Gustavo said, clearly annoyed.
"It says here that I'm doing the bridge," Riley said, pointing at his paper, "I can't do the bridge, the bridge is not for me." Gustavo turned to him and calmly said, "If I say you're doing the bridge, THEN YOU'RE DOING THE BRIDGE!" Riley leaned away from the scary man in his face.
"It's just... Carlos is always the best at doing the bridges," Riley muttered as Carlos started to form a huge smile, "I don't want to take that away from him."
"I think he's right Gustavo," Carlos jumped in, "not many people can pull it off as well as I can."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up," Gustavo said, "you do what I tell you to do, and that is that." He then slammed the door of his office.
"Well," Kendall said as he put his hand on Riley's shoulder, "it looks like you're doing the bridge."
"I would seem like it, wouldn't it?" Riley worriedly said.
"Let's go home," James said. The five guys got back to the Palmwoods and started learning their new song.
I'm not a huge fan of how this turned out, mostly because nothing really happens in this one. But eventually, things will pick up again. Big Time. (get it?)