I know James likes Harry Potter but for the sake of this story, James DIAMOND doesn't.
i'm so sorry I haven't updated, the wifi was out at my house so no internet for a few days. But I'm back so let's get with the reading!
James excitingly hopped in the car as Logan got in the driver's seat of the BTR mobile. He was going home today and was happy to be out of the depressing building. He clicked his seat belt in and brought his feet up onto the dashboard, resting his hands behind his head. He shut his eyes as he heard Logan insert the keys in the ignition, making the car roar to life. James let out a huge breath.
"I'm guessing whoever brought me here, drove the car here?"
"Yeah, that's what I was told," replied Logan. He backed the car out of the parking space and put the car in forward, leaving the hospital parking lot. James opened his eyes and looked down at the clock, reading 7:32 am. He smiled, remembering Alex has her impression to do on Griffin. But his thought of Alex made him feel different. His smile faded when he remembered her weeping after her break up with Mason, and he didn't feel too proud about it. I caused that, he thought. He pushed away his thoughts on Alex and tried to think of the Palm Woods pool that is waiting for him back home. His smile slowly made it's way back when he reminiscence all the good times they had at that special pool.
He felt a gentle tug on his right and opened his eyes to see Logan turning into a parking lot for a McDonalds. "What are we doing here?" he asked.
"Kendall got hungry and texted me requesting I bring him a cheese burger and Dr. Pepper." James chuckled.
"I'm leaving you in the car. You think you'll be okay by yourself?" joked Logan. James reached over and slugged him in the shoulder.
"Ow!"
"I think I can take care of myself for a few seconds Logie," smiled James as he saw Logan get fumed at his nickname.
"Shut up." He opened his door and got out, slamming it back in its place. He turned around and walked towards the doors leading inside. James watched his friend head on inside and silently thanked him for bringing a new pair of clothes for him to wear. His other clothes were bloodied and torn up, so the hospital threw them away for him. Luckily, Logan brought him his lucky white v-neck, so he felt good so far. Also, he brought him his phone, so he dug it out of his pocket and flipped it open to find a text from Kendall.
He opened it up and read: Hey, text me when you get out.
He pressed the reply button and wrote: I'm out. What's up?
As the text was sending he set it down on his leg and looked up at the sky, watching the clouds drift by fast. He guessed a storm was coming but he didn't mind. He loved the rain and storms made it all the more better.
He felt a vibrating sensation on his leg and immediately grabbed his phone. He opened it and clicked the open button, reading his text from Kendall.
You need to get your ass down to Roque Records fast.
He sent back: Well luckily, Logan is going over there anyway to give you your food.
He shut his phone as it said, 'message sent' and smiled when Logan came out holding a bag and a drink in his hands. He reached the car and switched the bag into his other hand holding the drink, and threw open the driver's side door. He slid in, handing the food to James as he shut the door. He put the gear in reverse, backing out of the parking space, and putting them back in forward, driving out of the parking lot. James set the bag on the floor near his feet as he inserted the drink in the cup hole. He felt his phone vibrate against his leg again and went to grab it. He opened it up reading the text.
Good. I'm starving. I've been here since around 5 this morning with Alex.
His eyes opened wide when he read that. Of course Alex would be there. He mentally slapped himself for forgetting for a quick second. He prayed that he wouldn't run into her there, but with his luck, he just might. He quickly sent back: That's cool.
He shut his phone and stashed it back in his pocket. Logan stopped at the red light and turned to look at James.
"What you thinking about?"
"Albus Dumbledore," James quickly said. He didn't want his friend to know he was thinking about the spunky girl that they all saw crying the day before.
"Albus Dumbledore? Really? The headmaster from Harry Potter?"
"Yeah, what of it?" James replied.
"Nothing, nothing. It's just, you hate Harry Potter."
"Oh do I?"
Logan nodded. "Yes. You said so when I wanted to go see the new one." The light turned green and he continued his driving. James smirked at the memory. Logan wanted to the new Harry Potter movie but everyone he asked was busy that night. Kendall had a date with Jo, Carlos was trying to get with the Jennifer's, Camille was sick, and Katie and Mama Knight were out having their mommy daughter time. So he asked James if he wanted to see it but he blew up.
Flashback
"I hate Harry Potter!" yelled James.
"What? How in the world can you hate Harry Potter?"
"Because I think it's stupid and the girls aren't even hot!"
"Is that all you care about in a movie?"
"Pretty much."
"You know what, I think YOU'RE stupid," Logan retorted.
End of flashback
He stared at the road in front of them, grabbing his phone out of his pocket when he felt it vibrate again. He quickly opened it and read: Yeah, but she's starting to get antsy. Her and Mr. X just got done rehearsing her dance moves and she's now getting a make over. She's throwing a tantrum! Haha! She doesn't want to wear some shirt that reveals everything and doesn't want to wear the shorts that reveal everything this is too funny
James rolled his eyes at his friend's remarks and shut his phone closed. He didn't even know what to text back to that. He slid his phone back into his pocket and snickered.
"What's so funny?" questioned Logan, who stopped at a red light.
"You'll see when we get to Roque Records," replied James. Logan shrugged and the light turned green. He stepped on the pedal and sped off, but Logan's version of sped off is barely reaching the 60 speed limit. James looked over to the right, watching the buildings and other cars fly by. He felt his phone vibrate again but figured Kendall wanted him to text him back. He ignored it and watched some car driving past them. The driver glanced at him, turning her attention back to the road, then did a double take. Her mouth opened wide and mouthed, James Diamond. James laughed at this and waved, causing the driver to squeal. He chuckled and looked back at the road ahead , realizing Logan was turning into the Roque Records parking lot. As soon as the car stopped in a parking space, James grabbed Kendall's drink out of the cup holder, and food off the floor, racing out of the car into the building. He said a quick hello to the security guard at the door and raced towards the elevator. He punched the up button and the doors opened, stomping inside. He pressed the top button, and when the doors closed, he realized, why am I rushing?
He waited there in the elevator for a couple minutes and when the elevator doors dinged open, he slowly set his foot out, looking from side to side. The coast was clear, so he walked out, slowly making his way towards the studio. He walked inside the big performance studio next to the sound booth, and froze when he saw a girl standing there. He was staring at a beautiful girl with long curly brown hair, wearing jean shorts and a white t-shirt hanging off of her shoulder. She was wearing gladiator sandals and had her face turned the other way. With her hands in her back pocket, she slowly turned her head and locked eyes with James. He let out a gasp as he realized it was Alex. Kendall was right. It is revealing everything. Wearing black eyeliner all around her eyes, brown eye shadow, and nude lip gloss, he could barely breathe. She looked so different that her usual self. He didn't notice the scowl on her face as he looked her over, which made her scowl even more. She scoffed and bellowed, "Wow. Every guy is the same. Gustavo! I hate this outfit!"
The big man turned around and stared at her. With eyebrows raised she continued, "It's not me. And the song says that I wouldn't want to be anybody else. And it's true. I don't think fans of your music would want your singer to be lying to them. Am I right?"
"So?"
"So you'd rather lose listeners?" He opened his mouth and closed it like a fish, not really knowing what to say. Alex raised her eyebrows and smiled.
"So it's a deal. I can wear what I want to wear and you say nothing about it?"
"FINE!" Gustavo yelled. Alex smiled and replied, "I'm glad you see it my way boss." She hurriedly walked past James, not looking him in the eye. He shook himself out of his trance and watched her leave, part of him sad she's going to go change and the other part of him shocked that she got Gustavo to listen to her. He turned back to his manager and held up the food in his hand when he saw Kendall pop his head out behind him.
"James! You're here with my food! Where's Logan?" And as if right on cue, walked in Logan who had a lost look in his eyes.
"H-hey guys," he said.
"You saw Alex didn't you?" asked James.
"That was Alex?"
"Yeah."
"I'm a horrible person." He slapped his hand up to his forehead and noticed Kendall, Gustavo and Kelly.
"Oh hey guys."
"What are you all doing here?" asked Kelly.
"I told Logan to get me some food because I was starving and he got James out of the hospital, so he tagged along," explained Kendall. Kelly eyed them suspiciously but replied, "Okay then."
Alex walked back in with a new outfit. Some black skinny jeans, black converse and a purple v-neck, she looked like herself. But she kept the curly hair and makeup she was given before and it still took James' breath away.
"Okay! We have 10 minutes before Griffin gets here so, DOGS! Into the recording studio! LADY DOG! Stand over there! Kelly! Follow me!" ordered Gustavo. He led the dogs and Kelly into the recording studio, sitting down in his seat near the sound board as James felt another vibration coming from his phone in his pocket. He took it out and realized he had 2 text messages from Carlos.
Dude! Katie has a crush on you!
The second one read: This is Katie. CARLOS IS LYING!
He laughed at the text, replying with: Sure he's lying. I've always known you had a crush on me Katie.
He quickly slipped his phone back into his pocket and smiled at everyone. Logan sat down on the ground against the wall and banged his head. Kendall stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked down, avoiding eye contact. Kelly was messing with her phone and Gustavo was scowling at everything. James was standing, using the wall as support as he leaned against it, staring at Alex in the other room through the class. She just stood there, with her hands on her hips, and legs crossed. She was positively bored out of her mind, and wanted nothing more that to make time go by faster. She would if she could, but she can't do magic in front of everyone, else she'll get in trouble. She stared off into space, not realizing James was boring a hole right through her.
They stayed like that for the next ten minutes, until Griffin arrived, announcing, "Gustavo, I hope this young lady you told me about it as good as you say. Or else we'll have a problem." Gustavo jumped out of his seat when he heard the voice of his boss, Arthur Griffin speak He turned to look at his boss who was wearing a suit as always, accompanied by his employer.
"Well, is she as good as she looks bored?"
"uh yes!" He turned to the sound board and pressed a button. He grabbed the mic and said, "LADY DOG! YOU'RE UP!" Alex jumped but regained herself as she readied to perform. She looked inside the recording studio and saw two new guys. One old with gray hair and looked like he was business and a black guy standing next to him. She guessed it was that Griffin guy and thought, I can do this. And if I can't, then I'll use magicâ ¦like always.
Gustavo pressed another button and lights started flashing and the music started playing. Alex took in deep breath and started to sing. James marveled at her voice, at how silky it sounded. Her dancing made all the guys' jaws drop. They were truly amazed at her talent but something was nagging at the back of James mind.
If she get's this big break, then she's going to find someone much better than you.
Shut up voice.
It's the truth. Yeah you may be James Diamond, but you've done so much to her in the past few days. She's single and she'll be looking. Who's to say she won't find another guy.
Just shut the hell up. I don't need this kind of talk. Especially from a stupid voice in my mind, god I'm losing it.
Yeah you are.
SHUT UP!
James shook his head and listened.
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
James listened closely to the words in the song and gave a small smile. He watched the girl closely, inspecting her every move and his eyes lit up. Her hips shaking made it clear she knew how to dance and with that experience mixed up with Mr. X's choreography, it made it all the while better.
He looked over at Griffin, who like always, had his arms crossed showing no emotion on his face. He wanted to so badly know what he was thinking and at that moment, he happened to see a smile starting to form at the corners of the CEO's lips. Gustavo was staring at Alex, watching her perform, and kept glancing over at his boss. He noticed the smile starting to form also and mentally jumped up at down.
Who says
Who says you're not star potential
Who says you're not presidential
Who says you can't be in movies
Listen to me, listen to me
Who says you don't pass the test
Who says you can't be the best
Who said, who said
Won't you tell me who said that
( Yeah, WHO SAID! )
Kendall was nodding his head to the song the entire time. Yeah, who says! He didn't know Gustavo had it in him to write a song about being yourself. Especially when he kept him and the other guys from being themselves when they were interviewed. Logan was smiling at the words of the song, thinking the exact same thing as Kendall, but there was something else he was smiling about. After yesterday, dealing with Alex, he sort of felt he doesn't even know how to explain it. He sort of felt, connected with her for some reason. Like something clicked yesterday. He didn't know what to think of it, but he smiled at the girl. Was he falling for her? He can't. He's with Camille. Wait, nevermind. They were off again because when he got home last night, she wanted some space. Can't she just ever make up her mind? So is he falling for her? Logan shook his head. Nah, James is crushing on her. I can't do that to him.
They listened as Alex finished the song and her dancing. As soon as she finished, James, Kendall, and Logan clapped. Gustavo turned to Griffin and waited for the expected.
"She's good, Gustavo. I like her. She's just the girl we need to attract more male listeners. You got yourself a new singer. Don't make me regret this decision." He turned on his heels and walked out, with his employee right behind him. Gustavo turned back to look at Alex, and grabbed the mic, saying in a calm manner, "You're in! Welcome to Roque Records!"
Alex couldn't believe what she was hearing. She made it! Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. A huge grin spread across her face and she jumped up at down. James ran out to of the studio, towards her and swung his arms around her. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he picked her up, swinging her around. He set her down, and stared straight into her brown eyes. He smiled down at her and whispered, "You were amazing."
"I know I was," she whispered back before chuckling. And to think, he didn't want to run into her before. He was glad he ran into her. She made his mood go from eh to amazing. Her arms were still wrapped around his neck when they heard a cough from the glass doors. They both turned their heads in the direction of the cough to see Justin standing there, with his arms crossed. His facial expression didn't hold any anger that Alex saw yesterday. Just plain boredom. His eyes trailed to her arms around James' neck and she followed the gaze, quickly letting go when she realized what he was staring at. She pulled away and stalked up to her brother.
"Justin! They liked me! I'm going to become famous!" A smile spread across his face when he heard the good news and he wrapped his arms around his sister.
"Good job! Now I don't have to deal with you every day back home."
"Hey!" She hit him hard in the back which made him cough. She laughed at her brother's weakness and pulled away.
"We have to tell Mom and Dad! And Max and Harper!"
"But wait, who's going to stay here with you when we go back home?"
"Justin, I'm turning 18 in a month. I don't think I need parental supervision while were here."
Did James here that right? She's going on 18? He stared at Alex in shock. He was only 16. But he's going on 17 this year, so it's not that bad. Either way, she's an older woman, and he's had his share with older woman. Back when he was 14, he dated a 17 year old. He was so popular in the 8th grade because of that. That's why girls have been practically throwing themselves at him because he's so good looking, older girls are attracted to him.
"Still. Come on, let's go back." He grabbed his sister's hand and dragged her out of the room, leaving James to stand there staring after them.
James walked into the Palm Woods lobby after Logan and Kendall, heading straight towards the pool. But he felt a hand tug on his shirt and heard the words, "Nope. Not yet buddy."
"Aww come on Logan. I'm all healed."
"Nope. You have to rest first," Logan diagnosed. He dragged James towards the elevator, and pressed the button. They got in and pressed the button for their floor, letting the doors close. They rose up in silence, and when the doors opened, James led the way back to 2J. He barged through the door, catching Carlos and Katie watching T.V.
"James!" yelled Katie. She rose from her seat on the couch and ran towards the tall boy, jumping up for him to catch her. He caught her with his arms under her knees and neck. She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, shutting her eyes.
"I missed you brother."
"I'm your brother yet you have a crush on me? That's incest!" joked James. Kendall punched him in the other shoulder and yelled, "Shut up! She's only 11!"
"Kendall shut up. I know so much about stuff."
"No big brother ever wants to hear that coming out of his little sister's mouth," squealed Kendall. Katie laughed at her brother's awkwardness and pushed herself away from James, falling to the floor. She got up and dusted her butt, returning to the couch next to Carlos. He rose up from the couch and yelled, "Mi amigo! You feeling better?"
"Sort of," replied James.
"Well you better feel better soon. I have this amazing pool trick for us to try."
"Sounds good." James walked towards the hallway, to his room, when he felt a vibration in his pants. He grabbed his phone and saw a text from an unknown number. He opened it and read: It's Alex. Can you meet me by the pool later?
He texted back: yeah.
He reached his room and swung the door open, throwing his phone on his dresser. He flung himself down onto his bed and let out a groan. He missed his bed. He grabbed his pillow and lifted his head, setting it under. Letting his head fall back down, he closed his eyes and started to feel sleep call for him. He didn't want to go to sleep but he was so tired. Sleep dawned on him and soon, he was dreaming. Not knowing though, Alex was watching him using the duranium duranuium spell, and instantly conjured up the dream helmet. She slid it on with a smile and said, "James Diamond, 2J, Hollywood, California please."
She was going to enjoy this very much.
