Authoress' Notes
Hey guys! :) Here's chapter twenty one. :) I hope you guys will like it! :D
Meant For Me
Chapter Twenty One
Friday night, Jo sat at the dressing table next to the bathroom, applying the final touches of foundation to her face and gloss to her lips. The black, lace-lined Rachel Roy sheath dress that she'd bought for the party had fit her perfectly. Her blonde hair fell flawlessly on her shoulders with the ends of it nicely curled. She wore simple, silver bangles on her right wrist, her diamond studded earrings, her favorite pair of black stilettos and of course, her Dior mask- which covered the upper part of her cheeks and above- to complete her outfit. A smile of satisfaction formed on her lips once she'd finished.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on her door which was later followed by several more. She stood up from her seat and flattened out her dress as she made her way towards the door. She smirked at the sight of her boyfriend, Kendall, who stood on the other side of the door. He looked really cute in his sleek black tux and his own white mask- which covered the right side of his face- brought out his green eyes quite nicely.
"You clean up good Taylor." The blonde boy complimented as he examined his girlfriend from head to toe- a smirk tugging on his lips as well while he did so.
"Not so bad yourself Knight." She shot back flirtatiously as he offered his arm for her to link with to which she happily accepted.
"So, you know what to do later right?" Kendall asked her as the two went inside the elevator to go down to the hotel's ballroom where the party was going to be held.
"Yep. And you do too right?" She answered and asked back as the elevator smoothly went down.
"Uh huh. Let's just hope it works." He answered as the elevators doors opened.
The Hotel Louvre Saint Honore was bustling with guests, photographers and staff members. This masked ball or masquerade was the biggest party of the year and anybody whose anybody in Paris was there.
"Whoa." Jo breathed out at the mass of people busily going around the lobby as Kendall led her out of the crowd's way and into the ballroom.
When she and Kendall walked into the ballroom, Jo's eyes widened in awe at how the ballroom had been decorated. The room was draped with silk textiles with a woven design and filled with gold-framed paintings, crystal chandeliers and elaborately designed long chairs and round tables. Since the theme of the ball was a black and white masquerade, everyone who was there wore a mask, obviously and either black or white clothing. The girls either wore a black or white dress while most of the guys wore black tuxes. The dance floor was currently empty as the guests were spread around the room, chatting and what not. On the platform stage in front of the room, was where some mike stands stood and where the stereos were placed as they blasted out Big Time Rush songs. At the moment, 'Nothing Even Matters' which Gustavo wrote for the New Town High soundtrack was playing. The two blondes were given mikes upon entering which would disguise their voices to keep the whole "concealing your identity" thing interesting.
"Wow." Jo sighed as she perched the mike piece on her right ear.
"No kidding." Kendall agreed as he led Jo to a table and did the same with his mike.
The two sat down and immediately checked both their phones.
"Logan's on his way down now." Kendall said, his voice slightly deeper than normal because of the mike, as he started texting back a reply.
"So is Camille." She said afterwards, her voice about an octave higher than usual, and replied as well to Camille's text.
"Aha! I see her." Jo exclaimed at the sight of her best friend who had just entered the room after a few moments.
Camille came in her black and white trapeze dress and adorable round toe flats. Her naturally curled hair was in a side swept ponytail. Her Dior mask which was similar to Jo's, perfected her look. The brunette looked around the room as she fixed the mike piece on her ear, searching for her friends which was the go signal for Jo to do her part in the plan.
"Boo!" The blonde said as she snuck up behind the method actress who jumped in surprise.
"Jo! You look great!" Camille gushed, her voice sounding slightly higher in pitch as well, as the two friends hugged.
"You too!" Jo exclaimed back with a big smile as the two pulled away.
"Okay, since this is a masked ball, your identity should really be a secret, so don't give in as quickly as you did with me." She said as Camille nodded her head.
"Is that why we all came here separately? Well, except for you and Kendall since it is your first date. How is it going by the way?" Camille asked Jo curiously as the blonde merely shrugged the topic off.
"That's not important right now. Go! Socialize!" Jo told Camille as she inconspicuously (or at least tried to make it look like it was) pushed her towards a guy their age, wearing a slick black tux who wasn't facing them since he was talking to his blonde friend. Once her arm had hit his back after she'd been pushed, he turned around and their brown eyes met. His blonde friend left and Jo had as well.
"Hey." He greeted her with a smile- his voice sounding deep and mysterious due to the mike. Aside from the black tux, he also wore a white mask which covered the right half of his face.
"Hi." She greeted back rather shyly- which was very unlike her.
"Would you like to dance?" He asked her as the song changed from 'Nothing Even Matters' to the classical 'Waltz' piece.
"Ummm... Sure." She replied with a small smile as he led her onto the dance floor.
The two ended up in the middle while the other couples danced around them. They danced and talked as the song played. Both were exceptionally light on their feet as the other couples tended to stare at them as well as the other guests who weren't on the dance floor. Soon enough, a spotlight had hit them but they didn't care. They were so lost in the music and in each other's eyes that pretty much the whole world around them disappeared and all that really mattered to them right now was each other. He finished off the dance by dipping her- a smile on his face as well as hers- and bringing her back up. The two just stood there, still hand in hand, both looking incredibly speechless for who knows how long as the rest of the guests cheered.
"We are good." Jo boasted as she and Kendall toasted their glasses of iced teas- smiles of contentment on their faces upon seeing the starstruck looks on their two best friends' faces.
"Yes, we are." Kendall said as well as their two best friends slowly let go off each other's hands and started to walk towards a table.
"This is working out better than I had hoped." Jo commented happily as the couple watched the two brunettes talking and laughing with another, enjoying each other's company as their food was being served to them by one of the waiters.
"Hey guys!" The two blondes heard voices say behind them.
The two turned and saw Carlos and James both wearing white tuxes with black bow ties and white masks similar to Logan's and Kendall's except theirs covered the left side of their faces along with Stephanie who wore a black cocktail dress which ruffled down a little bit with black heels. She wore a Dior mask and hair was fell nicely into place as she wore a black headband.
"Hey!" The two greeted back as the three sat down beside them.
"So how exactly did you get that to happen?" James questioned the blondes quietly so that only they could hear, referring to Logan and Camille who were now eating their dinner and sneaking quick glances at each other.
"All we did was get them in one place." Kendall said simply.
"And it was smooth sailing from there." Jo continued as the three drew their attention back to the brunettes who looked like they were having a good time with each other.
"I still can't believe I didn't know it was you right away!" Camille exclaimed as she laughed at her obliviousness. She and Logan had just gotten off the elevator and were now linking arms as they made their way towards their hotel room. They had taken off their mikes before they left the ballroom since the hotel needed it back so it could be used again and they'd removed their masks as well, which made them see who they really had been spending the entire party with.
"Well, in our defense, we were both wearing masks and mikes that altered our voices." He stated.
"Yeah, but I kinda found out it was you earlier than when we took of our masks back at the elevator." She admitted to him as she bit her lip.
"Really? How earlier?" He asked, interested as they stopped in front of their hotel room's door.
"Remember when we finished dancing and we just stood there, totally oblivious to everything around us?" She asked as the two moved in closer.
"Yeah," Logan said as the memory flashed in his head for a split second, reminiscing on gazing into Camille's beautiful eyes.
"Once I saw those brown eyes, I knew it was you." She said as she kissed his lip chastely for a second and pulled away just as fast as it came.
Logan remained still, completely baffled. Yes, Camille has kissed him numerous times but that was either for practice for a role or her just being her crazy old lovable self. This kiss, however, felt different. No matter how fast it happened and finished nor how simple it was compared to the others, it still had more feeling into it than any of the other times she'd kissed him.
Camille smiled quite innocently at him, waiting for a response of any kind. After a few moments of silence between the two, Logan did what Camille hadn't expected him to do. He cupped her cheeks in his hands and crashed his lips into hers. Camille stared wide eyed for a few seconds, trying to sink in everything that was happening, until she passionately kissed back as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer towards her and as he snaked his hands around her waist. Just like when they had been dancing and after that, the two felt as though it was just them, like nothing else mattered. All that did matter was this moment they were sharing right here.
Camille felt her back lean against the door of their hotel room as she and Logan pulled away for a nano second to breathe and then start kissing once again, complete oblivious to the world around them.
"Mission accomplished." Kendall whispered to Jo as the two blondes hid behind one of the posts, witnessing all that has happened since their friends arrived at this floor.
"Yep. This was definitely the best first date ever." She told him with a grin as she kissed him on the lips.
"Well, the night isn't over yet." He told her suggestively as their lips parted.
"What did you have in mind?" She asked with the same tone and a smirk forming on her lips.
"I was thinking about lying on the couch in my room with whatever movie is on TV and a bowl of my famous sundae." He said as Jo giggled.
"Sounds perfect." She whispered in his ear as they kissed once more before the two slowly and silently made their way down the hall and entered Kendall's room once he had unlocked it, smiling at the fact that finally, they've gotten Logan and Camille together, for real.
Carlos and James slowly exited the elevator, as to not make a single sound. The two had gotten into trouble with hotel's scary but fair manager and they were told not to do anything disruptive or else she'd dismiss them permanently. Carlos had freaked out afterwards, thinking that what the manager really meant by dismissing them was actually killing them until James comforted him and told him all the manager really meant by that was that he would kick them out of hotel without a refund which calmed the Latino down greatly. The boys had wished Stephanie was with them since she was the only who would be able to help them keep their record clean enough for them not to be kicked out but she had left earlier than them to crash for the night.
The two slowly tip toed down the hall but stopped in their tracks when they passed by Logan and Camille's way. Their two friends were in a heated make out session out in the hall in front of their hotel room's front door. Carlos stared in great shock at this while James just smiled knowingly to himself.
'It is about time!' He thought as a smile grew on his face.
Seeing as Carlos wasn't moving due to his overwhelming shock at the situation, James pushed the boy towards their room as he unlocked the door.
Once he opened the door, the two boys went in and shut the door as quickly and as quietly as they could.
"Oh my god!" James cried out happily the second he closed the door.
"Was I hallucinating?" Carlos asked James as he rubbed his head and sat on the couch.
"Or were Logan and Camille really sucking each other's faces off?"
James chuckled as he sat down beside the boy.
"You better believe it my friend." He said as he patted Carlos' back, the knowing smile not leaving his face.
Okay, I think Carlos is officially scarred for life. XD Just kidding! ;) I love Carlos and I would never do that to him. :"D Anyway, please review! :) I'm not sure how many chapters are left. I think there will be two chapters left, the concert chapter and the final chapter.