A/N Hey so I'm back. Here is the second to last chapter of Big Time Five Audition. Hope you like. Also for those who haven't voted, go vote the poll is still up on my profile. Okay so on with the story, after I put in the disclaimer….

Disclaimer: This is really old, we all know that I do not own anything other than Lily and her grandmother, okay…now on with the chapter…..

Chapter 25: Preparation Day

That day at Rocque Records was a rather busy and eventful day. What with them having to perfect their song, their dance, finalize their outfits and such. So lets start at the beginning of the day.

The moment they entered the building Gustavo had them ushered into the studio to work on vocals and their song. It was coming along nicely which really psyched them all up.

Now since Gustavo felt that Carlos and Logan didn't sing well and having a great dislike for James the majority of the solos he assigned went to Kendall and Lily.

When Lily found out about her solos, she was not very happy, for the fact she didn't want them, fearing that by exposing her singing voice Gustavo would connect her to her parents and that her friends would then hate her because she lied to them. Yes, before she was planning on using her parentage to her advantage to get another shot, but since she didn't have to reveal her parentage she would like to keep it that way. For as long as she could.

When given the parts, her solos, she took it upon herself to assign them to James, saying "He's a better singer than me" to Gustavo when he asked/yelled "WHY ARE YOU NOT SINGING?" Hearing her response made him rather made and so he screamed "I make that decision and I say no, you sing better and since I am the producer YOU WILL DO AS I SAY!"

"But.."

"No buts. From the top." And before anyone could say another word Gustavo was playing the instrumental park, their cue to start singing.

So Lily sang her cue. Off key, then off time, then flat, than sharp til finally Gustavo was getting so fed up that he pulled Kendall aside and said aggravatedly "I don't care what you do but get her to sing like she means it. I am giving you five minutes." And with that he left leaving the five of them alone.

The moment that Gustavo left the James turned on her exclaiming "What is your problem. We are so close. Why won't you just sing."

"I am singing James, and like I told Gustavo I am just not as good as you okay?"

Carlos intercepted before James could say anything by simply stating "That is a lie and you know it."

Just as Lily was going to deny it Kendall covered her mouth with his hand and said "Don't you even think of denying it, if Carlos can smell out a lie then you know that we all know. Plus can you really expect us to believe that lie after the other night when we all sang the turd song. You sounded pretty darn good then. Hmmm?" and ended his little speech with an eyebrow raised.

Not having a way out of this she gave Logan a desperate look. A look which he knew meant that she would talk but only to him since it seems that her reasons go back to what the others don't know.

Now Kendall isn't blind or dumb, he saw the look Lily gave Logan and got very frustrated. He knew that Lily was hiding something, something that only Logan knew, something that had changed the Lily he knew. And he wanted to know why, and what it is. But Kendall also knew that now was not the time and so after bringing his hand back to his side he grabbed both James and Carlos by their shirts and dragged them out of their while mumbling something along the lines of "Let's give Logan some alone time with her."

"Lily what is the problem now?"

"I just…"

"You just what?"

"I'm scared okay."

"Scared? Why? Of What?"

"Well, what if…what if Gustavo is able to connect me to my parents and then says something and then Carlos, Kendall, and James will definitely find out and then they get mad at me and never want to be my friend again." She said this all in one breath.

After taking some time to comprehend what she just blurted out he goes and says "So, okay let's say he does figure out who your parents are. So now it's no longer a secret and Kendall, James, and Carlos know, no biggie. They'll still be your friends, I mean why would they get mad at you?"

"Why wouldn't they be mad at me. I lied to them, and think about it Logan, James' dream has always been to become famous and well…"

"Well what?"

"For being the smart one, you really aren't getting it."

"And for being the fearless one, you aren't really being fearless."

"That's Carlos, not me."

"Off topic, Listen Lily Frog, nothing is going to make us, them hate you okay. They've know you for like six years, Carlos eight. Do you really think they are going to throw away six years of friendship just because you never told them who your parent are?"

"Well when you put it that way…"

"Right so please for the love of God sing."

And right at that moment Gustavo barged in followed by the other three saying "Five minutes are up, back to recording." So the five friends once again found themselves smushed in the recording booth, and this time when her solo came up, she actually sang. And when she sang, even though they knew beforehand, they were so in shock and relieved that she sang that they forgot to continue on with the song which earned them a "WHY'D YOU STOP?" from Gustavo. And before any of them could answer his rhetorical question he bellowed "You know what I don't care, again and this time do NOT stop."

So from then on they began singing and recording the song until Gustavo told them to stop, which was around 9. And Gustavo had stopped them because to him there just seemed to be something missing in the song, and so he dismissed them to Mr. X to work on their choreography.

You must be thinking, how can they work on choreography if the song isn't done yet. Well you see my fine reader, Mr. X had a recording of the instrumental part which will basically stay the same and so with that they were able to work on choreography that Mr. X had developed.

Mr. X remembered that Logan said he's able to do a flip and had incorporated it in the routine. He had both James and Carlos assist him, just as extra precaution of course.

At this point in the dance both Lily and Kendall didn't really know what to do, as they weren't given any instructions by Mr. X, so when they were going through a run through, up until that point where Logan does his flip, all those two did when Carlos, James and Logan were doing their thing, they just were jumping up and down behind the three. That was until Mr. X began exclaiming "No, no, no." and then asked "Can either of you flip or something?"

In response Kendall said "No" while Lily said "Well I can't do a flip like Logan, but I can do a cartwheel."

"Let me see."

And so Lily proceeded to do a cartwheel. Once she finished, or even while she was doing the acrobatic Mr. X was thinking of a way to use it and after a minute or two when the imaginary light bulb appeared above his head he explained "You cartwheel (to Lily) and you (Kendall) will assist her by holding her waist."

Not understanding exactly what he meant, the two in question looked at each other seeing if the other understood, but seeing as the other was just as confused as themselves, turning back to Mr. X they gave a simultaneous "Huh?" In response, and to clear up the twos confusion Mr. X asked Lily to cartwheel again. So she did. But she was not expecting to feel a set of hands on her waist as she did so, which lead her to being shocked and falling.

"Ow"

Kendall now understanding, went over to Lily, after James (who was the closest) helped her up, and explained what was to happen. Once understanding the two gave it a try, which didn't go as well as it had when Carlos, and James assisted Logan for the first time. Again she fell, but got right back up. None of the guys asked if she was alright because they have known Lily for quite sometime and know she hates being treated like a porcelain doll and being asked if she's okay. Now if something was really wrong Lily would verbalize it but otherwise, if nothing is wrong she doesn't say a thing.

So after a few more tries, Lily and Kendall got it down, even to the point were Lily was able to trust Kendall enough (not saying that she didn't before) to do a free cartwheel (a cartwheel with no hands).

So now, as Logan, Carlos, and James are doing one thing, Kendall and Lily will be doing that.

They finished dance rehearsal around 1, meaning they have been practicing for a good 4 hours (excluding water breaks). This time was also their lunch break and Gustavo was even nice enough (I know shocking) to give them instead of just an hour, he gave them an hour and a half to accommodate the car ride to and from the Palmwoods. So now the five friends had and hour to spend at the Palmwoods. So that's where they went for their lunch break. And when 2:10 rolled around they made their way back to the studio to finish.

Following lunch break Gustavo had them run through sum of the new material that he added, which were a few background vocals and runs. Once he was satisfied enough that they had it he ushered them into the booth to record.

The first official run-through/recording was ended short because Gustavo stopped them in the middle of it complaining that they were doing it wrong, horribly wrong, which wasn't true. Gustavo was just getting frustrated and stressed so he took a 2 second time out for himself to recollect his thought.

Now while he took his mini break the five seeing him turn around in his chair took off the headphones they were wearing. The headphones off ears, yeah that didn't last long because as soon as Gustavo had collected himself he turned back around and spoke to them through the mic. And when Logan, James, Carlos, Lily, and Kendall all see him speaking in the mic they put them back on.

"Okay, Big Time Rush from the top. Only this time lets try and not make me want to choke."

In response to his inspirational and motivating words (note sarcasm) they all gave him a hesitate thumbs up and began.

Lily was no longer trying the mess up on purpose, instead she took Logan's advice and just sung. And my god can she sing. That girl was most definitely talented and Gustavo took a mental note of that but nothing was said, at the moment anyway, which she was thankful for.

Anyway, after a surprisingly three runs, Gustavo was more that satisfied and told them to go to the stylist. And to make matters even more wonderful, it was like only 3:30 in the afternoon. This made them all feel good, no more than good, great (A/N Frosted flakes are more than good, they're great. Hehe sorry couldn't resist, on with the story).

At the stylist, they finalized what they were to wear the following day for their performance.

Kendall had chosen an all black out fit, in a none goth/emo way. He was to wear black jeans, a black v-neck, as well as a black vest to go over the shirt.

James picked out a little more fashionable outfit. He was to wear black jeans also but they were slightly lighter shade than Kendall's. He chose to wear a white graphic tee with a black blazer on top.

Carlos picked out an outfit more on the comfy side. Definitely a Carlos style. He was planning on wearing black jeans too (hmm is there a theme here), a blue long sleeved shirt that was to be pulled up to his elbows with a black vest/hoody on top. And as a side note Lily was very proud of Carlos for sticking up to be who he was because the stylist were going to throw away his helmet but he didn't allow it. (Go Carlos!)

Logan, our adorkable little friends, had also opted to wear black jeans. He also chose a red button down shirt with a black tie that he was going to wear loosely and a blazer.

Lily was probably the only one that ran into some trouble with the stylist. They really wanted to give her a full make-over, to girl her up. They were going to have her wear a skirt and tank top in like pink, white, and/or other girly color. In compromise, after she yelled at them, she was to wear black jeans with a dark purple button down that would have the top three buttons undone because she was also going to were a black tank top underneath. She was also planning on wearing a hat but then she decided against it.

By the time they were done with the stylist it was 5:00. They would have been finished sooner but the stylist 'stole' Lily from them to go over hair and make-up. Something she could do without and had fought against but after Gustavo got involved she had no choice but to go with them for her hair and make-up.

So once Lily was fully finished, Gustavo had them run through the song and choreography together. It was actually a lot harder than the five of them thought, but eventually got the hang of it.

It was 7:00 when they had it down pat and could go home (or back to the Palmwoods). James, Carlos, Kendall, Logan and even Lily (because she finally let herself loose and get lost in everything and found she genuinely loved it especially with her boys) were very much pumped and still energetic.

Once back at the Palmwoods they planned on just rewinding by the poolside but were too hyped up to sit still or even to simply relax. So

They then began going over the dance moves and song by the poolside and were overall just goofing off until they had to go inside for diner and sleep because they had a big day tomorrow. Luckily for them Gustavo told them to come in at 9:30 so they were able to sleep in, even if for a little bit.

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