Author's Note: This chapter is not going to be a two parter like the other episodes because I am planning for it to be pretty short, so it won't take long. Anyways, with that said, LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
Previously on My Boy Band Soulmate...
And with that thought, Carlos stood up and went straight to 2J, leaving his friends still fighting on the floor. Katie, Jo, and Camille were looking at him in shock, curiosity, disbelief, surprise, and wonder.
What the heck happened to him? This is not like him. If anything, he would be there in the middle of the fight. Katie thought. Jo and Camille on the other hand looked at each other in suspicion as new thoughts arrived in their brains. But there was one thought in common between the three girls.
What's wrong with Carlos?
Now...
Hermione was finishing her second cup of tea. She was sitting in a chair that she placed by the wall of windows, basking in the 5 o'clock rising sun. When she finished her mug she charmed it to go into the sink and wash itself.
After that, she went to take a shower so she could go buy some more tea because she was running out. She dressed in her usual black sweater, joggers, and trainers. She left a note on the counter for Luna.
She went down into the lobby and got out of the elevator. As she was walking, it felt peaceful because it was very quiet, no managers, no teenagers, no children, not one single person.
She drove out of the parking lot to see that there wasn't any traffic. She was surprised, usually there was traffic 24/7. She shrugged it off and drove to the market.
When she came back from the store, she went straight up to her apartment to find Luna, Camille, and Jo talking and giggling in the living room. The three girls looked up at the sound of someone coming in.
"Hey Mimi! How's it going? Did you get my tea?" Jo teased.
"Hey Jojo, hey Cami. No, I didn't get your tea, but I for sure got mine." Hermione gave a small smirk. Jo stuck out her tongue at her in retaliation. Hermione rolled her eyes and went to the kitchen to put away her tea.
"So what are guys doing?" Hermione asked them.
"We're just talking about what we did when we were younger. Is it true that you had your first kiss when you were 14?" Camille smirked. Hermione was a bit shocked and turned to Luna with slightly widened eyes.
"You told them?" She squeaked out. "Um...yeah I had my first kiss when I was 14." Her cheeks tinted pink.
"OH SHE'S BLUSHING! Tell us who it was! Was he cute? Was he a good kisser? Did you like him?" Camille and Jo spurted out question after question. Hermione narrowed her eyes at Luna, who smirked.
"Hey, I wasn't going to lose a chance from embarrassing you." Luna smiled and Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Okay, fine I'll tell you." She sat down on the couch with the girls around her, leaning forward in order to catch every detail.
"Well, his name was Viktor, he was a transfer student and he was the most popular student because he was the best...football player in the whole school." Hermione came up with a sport, she couldn't exactly say Quidditch.
The girls squealed. "Oh my God! Hermione here got herself a jock!" Camille exclaimed. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, yes, he was very handsome, another reason why everyone liked him. I only kissed him twice and I can tell you that he was a pretty great kisser." She blushed at her words. "Yes I did like him, but I never dated him." She finished.
The girls gave her confused looks. "Wait, why didn't you date him? I mean, did he ask you out?" Jo asked, confused.
Hermione shook her head. "No it's not that. Yes, he did ask me to be his girlfriend many times, but I always said no." Hermione frowned at that thought.
"Why?"
Well, maybe because I was hooked on the thought that my soulmate was out there. But now, I want my soulmate, but I know I don't deserve his goodness and he doesn't deserve to make his life shit with my fucked up life. Hermione thought bitterly.
"Because...I didn't like him that much and also I wasn't ready for a relationship at 14. I thought I was too young for a relationship." Hermione shrugged.
The girls scoffed and rolled their eyes while Luna stared at Hermione, knowing where Hermione's thoughts went to.
Before the girls could ask anymore, she gave them more information to abate their curiosity. "He did like me back, during Christmas, our school had a ball, and he asked me the moment he knew about it." She said.
The girls sighed in happiness. "Man, you had a good love life. Better than your sister over here. She said she has never kissed or dated anybody. Can you believe that?" Jo scoffed.
"What do you mean? She hasn't dated or kissed anybody ever." Hermione tilted her head in confusion. Camille and Jo look at her and Luna in shock.
"Wait, she was being serious?" They asked in disbelief.
"I mean, yeah. Like I said, a lot of people have asked me, but I've always said no because I was looking for the right person." Luna explained. Hermione frowned.
"You have no idea how many people have asked us out." Hermione and Luna twisted their faces in disgust. Hermione looked at her phone.
"I need to start getting ready, I have my first day of work today." Hermione left to her room.
The three girls looked at each other with smirks and raced to Hermione's room. They all run into her room to see her picking out her clothes. The girls rolled their eyes and smacked their foreheads.
"You are going to wear the outfit I got you." Jo said with crossed arms. Hermione turned around.
"Um, why can't I wear my jeans and a T-shirt?" She asked.
"Because it is considered inappropriate. Business people always wear nice clothes as a sign of profession. Trust me, it helps when I look for an agent." Camille explained.
Hermione scowled and slumped on her bed. "Oh fine! Dress me up, but all your doing is picking out my clothes. Nothing else." She pointed a finger at them.
The girls held their hands up in defense. "Alright. Got it." And Jo went searching for the clothes she picked out.
When Hermione got dressed, she put up her hair in a neater ponytail and made sure her glamour charms were in place. She checked for her invisible wand holster and made sure she had her necessities in her trusty bag.
She said goodbye to the girls to which they responded with a good luck, and she left the apartment.
As she was walking through the lobby, she passed the pool just to see Kendall, James, and Logan stand by the edge of the pool, Kendall holding a camera. She eavesdropped on their loud conversation.
"But he's too far down. Underwater farts are impossible to achieve at water pressure in excess of 4.2 pounds per square inch." She hears Logan. She furrowed her brows and looked at them to see Logan nodding and the other guys look at him weirdly.
Underwater farts?... What the fuck? Who is Kendall recording? She thought.
"What? It's basic Fartology." Logan explains. Fartology? That's a thing here? Merlin Americans are stupid. But I've got to admit, this is pretty funny. Hermione almost had a reaction, but her lips didn't even twitch. Sometimes, she doesn't even have the energy to fake a smile.
"So, how do we know it's coming?" James asked. They all look at the pool and lean forward.
"I'm not sure." Kendal says, eyeing the water.
All of a sudden, a big splash as if someone put a bomb in the water splashed in their faces. Hermione widened her eyes. What the fuck was that?
Her questions were answered when Carlos popped out from inside the pool, cheering along with the other three.
"Did you get that on video?" Carlos asked, defogging his goggles. All the boys look at the camera and see it smoking.
"Should it be smoking like this?" Kendall whined. The guys all get upset and mad that they didn't get it on video.
Hermione rolled her eyes. Seriously? They are acting like complete children. Well at least they know what fun is. At least they can have fun like the weight of the world wasn't on their shoulders. Hermione looked forward and continued walking to her car with a frown on her face.
When she arrived at Rocque Records, she parked her car and walked into the building. She went up the same route as she did when she came here last time to dance. She went walked the hallways to find Kelly and Gustavo in Gustavo's office.
She knocked on the open door to grab their attention. They looked up and Kelly smiled. "Hey Hermione, I forgot to tell you but after work today, you need to go pack your everyday essentials. In a couple of hours, we are going to North Carolina. We aren't spending the night, but we are going to come back late in the evening. If you need to ask your sister to pack for you, that'll be fine." Kelly explained, getting up and giving Hermione the papers.
Hermione sent a quick text to Luna telling her to pack her essentials.
[Hermione]: Hey Luna, I have a business trip in a few hours in North Carolina and I need to you to pack whatever I might need for today.
[Luna]: Hey Mia, of course I'll drop it off at the front desk at your work.
[Hermione]: Okay thanks.
[Luna]: No problem.
Hermione looked over the papers. "Wait, so we're going over there to look at potential bands?" She asked while reading.
Kelly nodded. "Yes, This band isn't official. So if their demos don't make it, then we have to move onto the next band so we won't be out of a job." She explained.
Hermione nodded. "So when do you guys have to submit the demos?" She asked.
"In 2 months. It may seem a long time, but 2 months will go by pretty fast. We really need to be prepared if they fail." Kelly shrugged with a sad look on her face. Gustavo butted in.
"You mean when they fail. I know these dogs well enough that they will inevitably fail me. And anyways, Carlos can't sing, Logan can't dance, James is too annoying, and Kendall doesn't even want this! He's too busy trying to make trouble everywhere that he won't focus on the demos that much! The dogs will FAIL!" He yelled.
"Okay, I understand where you are coming from, but what if they make it? What are you going to tell the other band?" Hermione asked the shouting producer.
Gustavo huffed. "Well, there is never going to be an if. The dogs will fail." He turned back to his papers.
Kelly rolled her eyes. "Come on Hermione, the boys will be here in a few minutes. I need to show you the ropes of the recording booth." With that, Kelly led Hermione to the recording booth and proceeded to teach Hermione how to work it.
In a few minutes, the boys arrive to the booth.
"Hey Kelly! Hey Hermione!" Kendall greeted. They other boys greet Kelly before they turn to Hermione to see her outfit. Their mouths drop open in shock. They stood there frozen just looking at Hermione's body which was complimented by her clothing. With her pants tight on the top, anyone could see her extremely tiny waist, and her big hips.
Kendall was confused until he saw Hermione's outfit. His mouth opened in shock also. Hermione turned around to give them a formal greeting until she saw their expressions. She narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
She cleared her throat to grab their attention. Kendall, James, and Logan snap out of it and start to chuckle nervously while stuttering their next words. They stopped looking at Hermione in that way. Carlos on the other hand just kept on staring at Hermione's voluminous shape. Hermione noticed but didn't call him out on it because she was too embarrassed.
I knew I shouldn't have brought this outfit. They think my outfit is disgusting, too disgusting that they are speechless. Hermione thought in embarrassment.
She ignored their stares and turned to Kelly. "Okay so this button is to turn this whole thing on right?" Hermione pointed to the button and Kelly nodded.
"Yes, but if someone unplugs the machine, then you have to go under the desk and plug in from there. You also have to do it whenever we have a power outage." Kelly pointed under the desk. "Here, let me show you." Kelly put the clipboard down and kneeled down to the ground, Hermione following.
Kelly reaches under the desk with her torso and grabs the plug.
"Look Hermione it's this plug." Kelly says and Hermione reaches in too, with her ass unintentionally in the air.
Carlos looked down and saw her perfectly rounded ass. His mouth went dry and he stopped breathing. He didn't know he wasn't breathing until his lungs started burning. He took a deep breath.
Holy moly. Why does her ass need to be perfect? Everything about her is perfect! Just imagine being inside her with her ass covering my cock? STOP CARLOS! You are not supposed to think this way about a woman! But it was already too late, his cock was rising at a steady pace and he formed a big bulge in the front of his pants.
He started sweating and looking around discreetly. Luckily the guys haven't noticed his situation because they were talking. Carlos took a few deep breaths and started to think about things that would make his erection go down.
Naked Grandmas...disgusting...
Sparky dying...sad but it's starting to work!
Hermione being touched by another man...
He didn't know why he thought that, but it made his erection go down, however, now he's angry. He did not like someone else touching her in any way. At. All. He was scowling, contradicting to the usual bubbly, happy self that he is. He was broken out of his thoughts when the 2 women from under the desk came out.
He looked at Hermione. Even though her back was facing him, he couldn't help but smile at the sight of her.
At that moment, Gustavo came bursting into the room in his usual style.
"Dogs! Booth. Now!" He demanded them. The guys ran into the sound booth.
Kelly turned to Hermione. "Hey Hermione, can you go get me and Gustavo a coffee? The room is just down that hallway."
"Sure Miss Kelly." Hermione nodded.
"Thank you, you don't need to call me Miss Kelly. Kelly will do just fine. I take my coffee with 2 creams and 3 sugar packets and Gustavo likes his coffee black it helps him stay awake." Kelly explained.
Hermione nodded at left to the break room, but not before hearing Gustavo.
"Take it from the top!"
She found the little area where the coffee pot is and put some of the thankfully premade coffee into two cups. She added the extras to Kelly's coffee and took the coffees.
When she got there, she gave them their coffees and turned to the singing boys.
You want to be famous (famous)
You want to be the one who's living the life
"And cut!" The music stops. Hermione looks over at Kelly who is giving the boys a big smile and a a thumbs up.
"It sounded great, right?" Kendall asked, excited.
"No." Gustavo says and the boys' smiles drop instantly. Hermione and Kelly look at him. Seriously? I thought that was good. I guess standards are higher here in America. Hermione thought.
"Green Day sounds great. You guys didn't make me want to vomit." Gustavo added with a bored expression. Hermione smirked, thinking it was funny.
The boys immediately threw a fit. They took of their headphones and started to complain.
"Oh Gustavo!"
"Come on!"
"You better-" They didn't hear what they better do because Gustavo pressed the mute button. Hermione smirked.
This job is going to be fun...Well fun in general terms...Not when I have everybody's life in Britain on my shoulders. Hermione's thoughts made her scowl and cross her arms.
Kelly hits Gustavo with her clipboard, making him turn. "Why can't you tell them they sound good? Or thank them for all their hard work?" She asked.
Gustavo takes off his headphones. "Showing thanks is a sign of weakness. And besides, you don't hear them thanking me!" He retorts.
Right at that moment, the guys come out, Carlos glancing at Hermione every 5 seconds which made her blush like a schoolgirl.
Goddamnit Hermione! Get your shit together! You can't be doing this! You can't even have him so don't even bother. Hermione reprimanded herself.
"Gustavo!" Kendall starts. The guys line up and look down at their producer.
"We just wanted to thank you." He finishes.
"Yeah, thank you."
"Thank you so much."
"So much fun!" James says.
"It's been a blast." Carlos finishes.
Gustavo hesitates before Kelly bumps his shoulder hard.
"I just wanted to say," he pauses because he doesn't want to say it, "you guys are," another pause, "done for the day." He finishes making Kelly sigh and roll her eyes in frustration. Kelly and Gustavo get up from their chairs while Hermione stands up from her spot on the couch.
"Kelly, her assistant, and I are off North Carolina tomorrow." Gustavo tells the boys.
Carlos' face lights up in excitement. "Ooh, can you bring us back a tar heel?" He asks. Hermione felt the urge to giggle, but she repressed it.
"Ooh, I'm thinking about bringing back a hot new band that I can replace you with when you inevitably fail me." He says sarcastically and leaves right after, Kelly and Hermione tailing him.
"Replace us?!" They all exclaim and chase Gustavo out of the recording area.
"Gustavo!"
"Stop!"
"You can't be serious!"
"You can't- you're not going to replace us! Not after you see my new headshots." James says while reaching into his pocket. He pulls out 2 papers.
"One hot, young doctor. One hot, greasy mechanic." He picks them up as he presents them.
Gustavo was going to do something, but Hermione put her hand on his chest to stop him. Everyone stops to look at her as she walks toward James modeling his papers.
She grabs them, turn them horizontally, and continue to tear them in half at an agonizing slow pace. James shrieks an drops to his knees trying to collect the papers Hermione intentionally dropped in the floor.
The guys look at her with smiles. "You see, this is why we need you as our friend." Kendall states, gesturing to their friend on the floor.
Hermione rolls her eyes. "Yeah, never going to happen." She deadpanned, making the boys' smiles drop. She really didn't like that face on Carlos, but she had to deal with it head on.
Gustavo smirks at the situation. "Kelly, who'd you get to housesit my mansion?" He asks.
Hermione's eyes widen. He has a damn mansion?! Holy fuck he's rich.
Kelly points a finger at him. "Oh oh you said that you would take care of that." She retorts.
"There is no way I would have ever said-" Kelly brings out a tape recorder from her purse and turns it on.
"Kelly, I'll find someone to housesit my mansion." Gustavo's voice comes from the recorder. Gustavo groans in frustration.
Kelly turns to Hermione and the boys behind her. "I record everything now." She explains. The four boys show a sign of agreement while Hermione smirks.
"You can play your blame game later." Gustavo points at Kelly. "Meanwhile, who's gonna dust my 100 inch plasma," the boys turn in interest, "feed my exotic pets," the boys inch closer, Hermione rolling her eyes at what they're thinking, "and make sure my 1 million dollar media room stays set at 68 degrees?!" He complains.
The boys overlap Kelly. "We'll mansion sit for you!" They exclaimed.
Hermione knew that they would be horrible mansion sitters. She wouldn't even let them take care of her tea let alone a gigantic mansion. Gustavo was thinking along the same lines.
"Oh, you want me to let the monkeys mansion sit?" He asked rhetorically, the boys and Kelly still smiling either way.
"Yeah, I thought we were dogs." Logan pointed out.
"You're monkey dogs!" Gustavo shouted. The boys frowned.
"And the answer is no." The boys sighed in defeat.
Kelly smiled sarcastically. "Can I see you in your office, please?" Kelly leaves no room for Gustavo to answer and pulled him inside. She opens the door and throws him inside. Hermione eavesdrops on the conversation.
"I think you should let the guys housesit. It would be a great way to thank them for all of their hard work." Kelly says.
Hermione looks up to see the boys leaning on the door to listen in. She smirks at their position but doesn't say anything. Idiots.
"It's 'mansion sit', and the answer is still no. Get Freight Train to do it." Gustavo tells Kelly.
"Do you remember what happened the last time Freight Train watched the mansion?" Kelly exclaims. There's a pause before Gustavo responds again.
"Good point." Gustavo replies.
"Our flight leaves in 49 minutes. You need a house sitter now." Kelly demands.
At the moment, Hermione gets a text.
[Luna]: Hey I already dropped your stuff off.
[Hermione]: Okay thank you.
[Luna]: Love you.
[Hermione]: Love you too.
Hemione rushed to the lobby, a pair of eyes looking at her longingly as she leaves. When she comes back, they are inside the dance floor where they perform for Gustavo.
"4! Do not touch my Peruvian hairless cat, Monty." Gustavo looked like he was giving them mansion sitting rules. Guess he gave in.
"Ooh, I love cats!" Logan says happily.
"Don't touch him!" Gustavo yells in Logan's face, making Logan lean back.
"I don't even like cats." Logan lies.
"Who has a hairless cat? Those things are ugly as hell." Hermione couldn't resist it, those things do look very ugly.
The boys and Kelly start snickering and point at Gustavo, who is red in anger.
"You. Be quiet." He points at Hermione, who smirks. He turns back to the band.
"And 5, if anything, anything is broken in my mansion, you are all FIRED!" He shouts. "Are we clear?" He asks more calmly than he was 2 seconds ago.
They boys look at each other with huge smiles on their faces and jump up in the air.
"YES!" They cheer. Hermione rolled her eyes and turned to Kelly.
"My sister just dropped off my things so I'm ready." She said.
"Okay, that's good. That means we don't have to drop by the PalmWoods. We need to North Carolina fast." Kelly nodded. When Kelly rolled her eyes, Hermione was confused until she looked behind her at the boys who were giving them a 'seriously?' look.
"You guys are talking about replacing us...when we're right here!" Kendall gestured to the four of them. Hermione smirked.
"Who says that they won't replace you? You guys aren't even a real band yet." She raised a brow. The boys shrieked in terror, especially James, which made Hermione roll her eyes.
"This is real life, deal with it." Her and Kelly crossed her arms. The boys crossed their arms too just like them and looked around confidently.
"You know what? We are going to prove you wrong when we turn into a real band. And, they won't have to replace us." Kendall looked at her smugly.
Hermione raised a brow. "Yeah sure, but just don't be fired first before you do all that, because I'm pretty sure with the way you guys are, that you'll break something. I have no doubt in my mind that you guys will." She looked at all of them, her eyes lingering on Carlos for a split second longer, but not noticeable.
You really need to stop looking at him, Hermione Granger. He may be the most handsome and kindest man you've ever met, but you can never have him. Hermione thought. She felt her mood start to drop, but she left the room before anyone noticed.
"Kelly, I'm going to look over at what my sister brought me." She turned away and walked to Gustavo's office where she placed her bag.
Okay, so she brought by phone charger, my medicine, my potions, my salves, my knife set, and my laptop. Perfect.
"Hey what's in there?" She heard Logan's voice behind her. She looked up and closed the bag quickly so they wouldn't see it. She turned around to face all the guys with a blank face.
"Just some stuff I need for the trip." She answered vaguely.
"Ooh, like what?" James asked, wondering what Hermione owns.
Hermione frowned. "Now that wouldn't be any of your guys' business, now would it?" She narrowed her eyes. The boys looked up in fearful expressions, except Carlos, who was looking at her bag in curiosity. Hermione brought her small bag closer to her body.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I need to leave with Kelly and Gustavo. I'm pretty sure you guys have lunch to go to." She checked her phone for the time and passed through the opening the boys gave her to leave the office.
She went down to the lobby to see Kelly getting into a limousine. She ran up to them.
"Sorry, the boys kept me." She rolled her eyes along with Kelly.
"They're going to get fired for sure." Kelly said with a sigh.
"They're going to break everything in Gustavo's mansion." Hermione huffed.
"I'M RIGHT HERE! Those dogs will be the death of me!" Gustavo yelled, making Hermione cover her ears being so close to him.
The whole car ride and plane trip, all Kelly and Hermione were doing was talking about their experiences so far with the boys dubbed as "dogs".
When they got there, they took their luggage and went straight to the shiny black car out in the front. They went to a famous recording studio to meet their first band.
Their name was the "Windmills". Who the fuck thinks the Windmills sounds like a good band name? Makes them sound like an old band from the 50's. Hermione thought. She couldn't help but notice that they were giving Hermione looks and kept on staring at her like she was an angel.
She scoffed at that thought. Yeah right, I'm the furthest thing you can find from angel.
The Windmills kept on giving her and Gustavo their undivided attention. She found it to be very annoying. I feel bad for these guys girlfriends, they seem to be the very clingy type. Hermione shuddered at that thought.
Do you want to be famous (famous)
want to be the one who's living the life
Gustavo turned off the music and turned to Kelly with slight surprise. Meanwhile, Hermione was getting bored. She thought they were good, but they were very uniform and boring. Surprisingly, because of her past, she hated it. Back then, she would've thought that would be her perfect soulmate, but once she had experienced life, she didn't want to spend the rest of her life with someone this fucking boring.
But now I'm not even going to spend the rest of my life. I'm probably not even going to live till I'm 18. But I'm fine with it as long as I get to kill those fuckers and blast them to pieces. Hermione scowled.
"That was great." Gustavo whispered.
"Yeah." Kelly nodded. Pfft. Hermione mentally scuffed. They could a little more flare in their life. Just like Big Time Rush...Wait, what the hell am I thinking? Do I really want to keep the boys in my life? I can keep Carlos away from me once and for all...but then I would have to convince Luna to go so she could be with her soulmate. That's going to be the hard part.
"And now to break their spirits." Gustavo said, pressing the button.
"Windmills! That was amazing...ly average." Gustavo said harshly. Hermione smirked.
The blond spoke up. "Oh, well how can we make it better, Mr. Rocque sir?" He said very enthusiastically, like he actually like getting criticized harshly, the other 2 nodding with interest. What the fuck? Hermione immediately got out her phone and started recording to show Luna later.
"I'll tell you how you can- I'm sorry, did you call me sir?" Gustavo asked surprised.
The boys nodded with determination. Shit, they even do that with determination. Why the fuck does this remind me of myself in 1st year? Hermione thought disgusted.
"Yes, sir. We have total respect for your judgement." The boy on the right said. Gustavo and Kelly snapped their heads to each other and the three of them got into a small huddle to start whispering.
"Do you believe this? They sing amazing, they respect me, and I am so not missing Kendall and his pack of monkey dogs." Gustavo raised his voice towards the end and they got out of the huddle.
With Luna...
After Luna got back from Rocque Records, she walks into the lobby to see Camille holding two smoothies. Luna gives a small smile and walks towards her.
Lately, her smiles have been becoming less forced and more real, unlike her sister, who can't fake smiles anymore, all she can do is smirk or raise an eyebrow. It gets Luna frustrated that she at least has been improving, but somehow, her sister keeps on getting worse and worse as each day passes.
"Hey Lulu. Did you see Hermione there?" Camille asked, giving Luna the extra smoothie. Luna took it and started sipping.
"No I didn't. She was to busy working so I left her stuff at the front desk." Luna shrugged. Camille frowned as they sat at a far away table in the pool area.
"Do you know what's going on with her? Lately she hasn't been smiling much. I've never heard her laugh fully, only giggle, but the last time I heard her giggle was 2 weeks ago. Why is she like this? Is it something we did?" Camille ranted. Luna put a hand out, halting Camille.
"I have an idea of what's happening, but don't take my word for it." Luna silently put up a one way silencing charm, so they can hear what's going on outside the bubble, but people can't hear inside. "I think it's because of our past." Luna sighed. Camille tilted her head in confusion.
"You know when I told you last week about our friends and families?" Camille nodded, seeing where Luna was going with it. "Well I think it's because she misses them and it doesn't help when every single little thing reminds her of them." Luna sighed. "I'm getting better because I wasn't as close to them as she was. She was basically their blood sister without the blood part. She has been with them longer than I have been with her. Don't get me wrong, I loved them dearly, but I dealt with the fact that they are in a better place and they can't come back..." Luna's lip started quivering and she started sniffling.
Camille saw this and immediately grabbed her friend and pulled her into a hug. Luna hugged her back shaky and hesitantly while Camille rubbed Luna's lower back.
"I just miss them so much, I only have Hermione left, I can't lose her." Luna whispers. Camille was confused by that last part, but only hugged her tighter.
"Of course you miss them, who wouldn't? It's only part of the grieving process, it's normal. You have Hermione, but you also have Jojo and I. We now yours and Hermione's sisters and you can't get rid of us so easily." Camille teased. Luna chuckled silently while small tears came down her face.
They stayed like that until they feel another person with tiny arms hug both of them. Luna stiffened while Camille stayed relaxed.
"Why are we hugging this time?" Jojo asked. Luna got out of the hug and sat straight up.
"We were just talking about Hermione." Luna's face was completely dry of tears and her face wasn't red. Jo nodded in understanding and sat down.
"So, how was your audition?" Camille asked Jo, completely turning the mood around. Jo scrunched her face in annoyance.
"The producer of the stupid commercial was so annoying! He wouldn't even let me act because I wasn't standing on the tape, or I was leaning far too left or far too forward, or the paper was in the shot, or the way I looked wasn't appropriate. Can you believe the audacity of the man?! I just got out of there before I would've strangled him." Jo huffed and slumped in her chair, crossing her arms with a scowl on her face.
"Hermione would've been proud." Luna and Camille giggled while Jo's lips twitched and she started laughing also.
An hour later...
With Hermione...
Do you want to be famous (famous)
want to be the one who'd getting the beat right
Gustavo stops the music. "Unbelievable!" He takes off his headphones. "I asked them to shave three seconds off the song, and they did." Gustavo says in prideful shock.
"And you think that they're Gustavo Rocquestar material?" Kelly asked. Hermione just sat in the back agreeing with Kelly. Gustavo had a certain personality and style the Windmills didn't just fit.
"Who cares? They do everything I say!" He told at Kelly with his throat hoarse and holds a finger up.
"Boys, sing the last note in the key of 'G'." He orders them. They do it perfectly, which made Hermione roll her eyes.
"Now do it in Tibetan throat singing." He orders them. In which they do perfectly again. Hermione couldn't take it anymore and covered the microphone with her hand to stop Gustavo from giving them more orders. She turned off the mic.
"Stop! We get it! They can do everything perfectly! But don't you think for one second Gustavo that Kelly might be right? You do have a certain flare as your style, and these guys really don't fit the description. At. All. I think if I remember my sister telling me that you picked Kendall because he had that flare, he had everything you were looking for. Your life would be this boring if you picked someone who didn't have as much fun as the boys." She gestured to the Windmills, who smiled at her sweetly, making her cringe inwardly.
Gustavo huffed and took the microphone away from her. "Now, go get me a pulled pork sandwich." He ordered them. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Yes sir, Mr. Rocque!" They all shouted simultaneously, but before they went, they paused.
"And would the pretty lady like one also?" They stared at Hermione eagerly. Hermione leaned back at their enthusiasm.
"Um...no that would be fine. Just go get Gustavo here one." She ordered. They nodded enthusiastically. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Oh, I love these guys!" Gustavo basked in their kindness. "I don't even eat pulled pork."
"Then why the fuck did you order one idiot?" Hermione raised a brow at him.
Gustavo turned red. "Be quiet!" He ordered her. He was looking like he was going to explode, making Hermione smirk and to mess with his head, she casted a silent cheering charm on him that would last 10 minutes.
His face turned back to normal and he smiled. Kelly looked at him scared, thinking that he snapped, which made Hermione smirk. He clapped his hands together once.
"Isn't today a great day! I'm going to get a new band and the dogs are going to leave! This is wonderful!" He said happily. Kelly stood up and walked backwards to Hermione, still facing the happy Gustavo.
"What the hell just happened?" She whispered to Hermione. Hermione dropped her smirk and raised a brow.
"I don't know to be honest, maybe he is trying to be nice for once." Hermione suggested. Kelly gave her an incredulous look.
"You don't know Gustavo like I do. He would never do that. Ever. Not even for his mother, and she's dead." Kelly shook her head.
Hermione smirked. "Well then I guess he snapped." Kelly nodded for a moment, then she frowned in thought.
"Well maybe, but he's snapped before. That time, he created an earthquake." Kelly explained.
"Let me guess, Kendall?" Hermione rolled her eyes.
Kelly rolled her eyes also. "Do you even need to ask?" Both girls huffed at the thought of the idiotic teenagers recking Gustavo's mansion.
The two women sat down on the couch looking at Gustavo talk happily to the recorder, who was utterly confused and hesitant to answer the recording producer. They tuned him out to have their own conversation.
"So what do you think the boys are doing now?" Kelly asked Hermione. Hermione shrugged.
"I haven't really thought of them." Except Carlos, but who wouldn't? "I'm pretty sure that they are recking Gustavo's mansion. What were the rules he gave them? I only heard 2 of them." Hermione asked.
"Well the first rule was to not go into his media room." Kelly started.
With the boys 1 hour earlier...
"Now watch the birdie, boys!" Kendall yelled while James was getting ready to swing.
"Miss it! Miss it!" Carlos was screaming. Logan was throwing popcorn at James. James didn't miss and the boys got mad. It was Carlos' turn next, so he took the club.
"This is totally awesome, the 4 of us kicking back in a mansion." He said before he pitched. Logan looked up from the popcorn bowl.
"Where we've broken rule number one by entering the media room. Remember what Hermione said? She said that we will get fired, and doing exactly this will get us fired!" Logan exclaims. Kendall narrowed his eyes.
"We are so going to prove her wrong by not getting fired and keeping this place nice and clean for when they come back." He said confidently.
"Alright, fine whatever, but the rule breaking stops here right?" He asked the guys.
"Right." They said simultaneously.
With Hermione...
"They already did that." Hermione told Kelly, who agreed with the teen.
"The second rule was for them not to open his living room fridge." Kelly continued. Hermione furrowed her brows in thought.
"What's in there?" She asked.
With the boys 30 minutes ago...
They all look at the fridge with different emotions. Carlos and James in thought, Kendall with suspicion, and Logan with apprehension.
"Why do you think Gustavo locks his fridge?" Kendall asks in suspicion.
"I bet he keeps his heart in there." James said, nodding.
"Or his victims." Logan raised his brows in suggestion.
"Or food." Carlos said, realizing that there was probably good food in there.
"Well, only one way to find out." Kendall said. The boys were going to go open it before Logan put a hand in front, stopping them.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, are you crazy? Don't you remember mansion-sitting rule number 2?" He asked. They all look up in thought. A moment later they come back to earth.
"That was not it." Logan shook his head.
"Yes it was!" The other three exclaim. They thought on how to open the fridge for a second before Carlos puts his arms in front of them, grabbing all their attention.
"Step aside, boys. My uncle was a locksmith. You just place your hands between the cylinder and the central housing..." He comes out with a sledgehammer out of nowhere, making the boys' eyes widen in realization. "And then hit it with a sledgehammer!" The boys tried stopping him, but he screams and hits the lock, forcing it open.
The teens stop and look at the fridge that was being opened by Carlos slowly. It opens all the way for them to see...
With Hermione...
"Pudding." Kelly said simply, contrasting to how the boys would say it. Hermione scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Do they know what's in there?" Hermione asked, to which she got a shake of the head 'no'. "Well, you know the boys. Their curiosity will get the best of them and they've probably broken that rule already." She stated.
Kelly just nodded with agreement.
"What's the next rule?" Hermione asked.
"The next rule was to not sit on his $40,000 couch." Hermione's eyes widen.
"Why the fuck would someone buy a fucking expensive couch if no one was going to sit on it? Who would even buy that couch in the first place? That's fucking stupid." Hermione shook her head in disbelief.
Kelly shrugged." I mean, he sits on it, he just doesn't want those messy teens to destroy it." Hermione nodded in agreement, but was still in disbelief that someone bought a $40,000 couch.
With the boys...
They were sitting on Gustavo's white couch while eating all the cups of pudding that were in the fridge.
"And to think, Gustavo didn't trust us." Kendall said smugly. His eyes sparkled when he saw James full pudding cup. He grabbed a spoonful with his own spoon and brought his arm back towards himself, accidentally dropping it in the process.
They all look at the large brown pudding pile on the contrasting white couch. They all scream in terror and got up from the couch.
"Gustavo's $40,000 couch!" Carlos exclaimed. He had a napkin on him acting like a bib while he had chocolate pudding stains everywhere on his 'bib' and mouth area.
"Get your butts off his couch was rule number 3!" Logan added, gesturing to the couch they were sitting on.
"No it wasn't." Kendall tried to lie. They all look up in thought. They came back a moment later.
"Okay maybe it was." Kendall couldn't deny. Carlos was nodding with a painful look.
"Gustavo is going to kill us, and we're only 72 years old!" James said while still holding his pudding cup.
"Which means, we're more than capable of removing a pudding stain from a couch." He gestures to the stain.
"Logan brain now." Kendall orders him. Logan snaps his fingers.
"Right. Okay, um..." He thought for a moment, then put his finger up when an idea popped up. "Gustavo has a cat right?" He turns around. "And cat litter's main ingredient is bentonite, which as we all know, is a natural absorbent." He finished, James patting his back
"Carlos, get the cat litter. James, open the door to air out the smell." Kendall orders them. They all smile in excitement. "Move!" Kendall hurries them, making them run to their stations.
With Hermione...
"Well that couch will somehow get destroyed." Hermione claimed. Kelly laughed.
"You really have no faith in these boys do you?" She asked in amusement. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Have you seen the boys? I've only known them for a few weeks, not even directly and I already know that they will mess this up." Hermione shook her head.
"Well...yeah never mind they will destroy his mansion." Kelly tried, but just couldn't deny the facts.
"Yeah. So the the fourth rule I remember was for them not to touch his cat, right?" Hermione got a nod in the affirmative.
With the boys...
Logan put on the litter and leaned back in appreciation.
"There, now we just relax and wait." Logan said. All of a sudden, a hairless, wrinkly cat jumped onto the couch. The all scream in shock and horror.
"WHOA, what is that thing?!" Logan asked, pointing to Monty.
"It must be his cat." Kendall said in disgust.
"That's a cat?" Carlos asked in disbelief.
"J-Just get him off before he-" James started before it was too late.
"Marks his territory..." The boys groaned.
"Get him off the couch!" Kendall yells. Carlos looks in disgust.
"Okay, okay, okay, okay..." He grabs the cat, but the cat meows, scaring Carlos, which provoked him to throw the cat outside the door that James opened.
"Uh oh." Carlos says in dread.
With Hermione...
"Well one of them will touch the cat or accidentally shoo it away thinking its not a cat. Have you seen those things?" Hermione shivered in disgust.
"They don't even look like cats." Kelly nodded, remembering what Monty looks like.
"And I remember that rule number 5 was if they break anything, which they already have, they will get fired. I told them they will get fired, they won't believe me." Hermione smirked.
"I'm sure they've broken something." Kelly said. Hermione nodded her head.
With the boys...
"And there goes rule number 4." Logan rolls his eyes. He sat on a remote that was on the table and accidentally turned on something which made a disco ball come out from the ceiling and club dancing music play loudly.
"DISCO BALL!" Carlos points with both hands to the hanging disco ball. He screams and ducks behind the couch in fright.
"Rule number 5! If we break anything, we're fired!" James yells over the loud music.
"Everybody, just calm down!" Kendall moves his hands in a lowering movement.
"All we got to do is get the stain off the couch, find the cat, and raise the disco ball!" He raises his voice. "We can do this together." He finishes.
They boys all nod. "Alright!" They all say. They puts their hands in the circle and cheer.
With Hermione...
Hermione checked her watch. It's time. She thought with a smirk. She looked up at Gustavo who was still talking to the recorder in a happy tone. Then he gradually turned red and stopped talking in the span of a minute. He looked up and clenched his fists. Kelly put her hands on her ears in preparation
"AHHH!" He screamed really loud, making Hermione drop to her knees and hold her ears in pain from the prolonged yell. Once he was finished, Hermione was almost deaf. She sighed in relief and slumped at the foot of the couch.
"Anyways, what was I saying?" Gustavo said like nothing happened, making Hermione and Kelly confused.
"You just ordered those Windmill dudes to go get you a pulled pork sandwich, to which they should be getting back now." Hermione replied, checking her watch.
Gustavo scoffed. "I don't even like pulled pork." Kelly moved back to her chair besides Gustavo.
"What about Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan?" Kelly asked, reminding him of his band as of right now.
"Who?" Gustavo wasn't even paying attention.
"Big Time Rush? The guys housesitting your mansion?" Kelly tried again.
"Oh, you mean the monkey dogs that fight me on everything I say?" He retorted. Hermione was just standing behind them, smirking at their quarrel.
"Well, let's just hope those boys don't give me a reason to dump them, because I know 3 Windmills that'll be blowing them back to Minnesoty." He leaned back in his chair in smugness.
With the boys after all the fiasco...
They got a cat and placed him on the table. The were looking at it, deciding whether or not to shave it.
"You can't shave a cat." Logan looked at the guys, gesturing to the sitting cat.
"Oh?" James, who was holding the shaver, said in a challenging voice. "Would you rather tell Gustavo we lost his and you know, have him replace us and destroy my dreams?!" He raised his voice every second.
Logan ignored him. "Where did you get the cat?" He asks Carlos. Carlos just shrugged and looked away.
"I've got a guy."
"You know, so much for keeping everything 'nice and clean'." Logan mocked Kendall. Kendall gave him a dirty look.
"We are totally going to prove Hermione right by getting fired!" Carlos exclaims.
"Quiet." Kendall says, holding his hand out open for James to hand him the shaver. "Hold him down steady." Carlos grabbed the cat.
"Oh, I can't look." Logan exclaims and looks away. Kendall looks at him.
"Would you chill? How hard can it be to shave a cat?' He asked, like if it was the most easiest thing to do. He turns on the shaver and edges it towards the cat slowly.
5 minutes later...
The boys are all sitting on the ripped up couch with their own ripped clothes and scratches on their faces and arms. Carlos had his helmet on for protection. The cat was throwing a fit and was tearing every single thing.
"Oh, not the chair!" James yells.
"Oh no, not the silk drapes!" Logan groans.
Carlos turned to the side to see the cat spray paint on top of one of Gustavo's paintings saying "CATS RULE!" Carlos looked at it in surprise.
"Where did it learn to spray paint?" His voice faltered.
"We're doomed." Kendall moans.
With Luna...
They three girls were sitting at the pool before Luna looks up and see Katie getting wrapped up by a bunch of blankets by Ms. Knight. and steam fogging up the window slightly.
"Um guys, I think we should help Katie." She points to the window she was looking at. The girls look at it in confusion.
"What is going on in there?" Jo asked in confusion.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Luna shrugged.
"Yeah, I think we should help." Camille said before all 3 of them got up and went to the elevator and went to the second floor. They arrived at 2J to hear muffled voices inside and knocked on the door.
With Hermione...
She was really close to strangling the Windmills because they were playing classical music. One of them was playing the piano while the other was playing the harp and the other was playing the violin. She could tell Gustavo was bored and Kelly was ready to fall asleep. She grabbed her phone and started recording Gustavo's reaction when they stopped playing.
Gustavo didn't even move. "You guys are great." He said in a monotone voice. The boys were getting confused.
"Uh, Mr. Rocque sir? Are you okay?" The blond asked.
"Do you not like that we're all classically trained?" The one on the left said.
"'Cause we can classically un-train ourselves." The one on the right added. They all nodded and smiled. Hermione rolled her eyes. What can't they do? Ugh, they remind me so much of me when I was trying too hard in school. Disgusting.
"I'm great. It's all great. Everything is great!" He groaned.
"Would you like us to get you a multivitamin?" The one on the right said.
"Would the beautiful lady like anything?" The blond asked. They all looked her like eager puppies.
"No!" Gustavo yelled halfheartedly. Hermione went up to his ear and covered the mic with her hand.
"So much for being Rocquestar material, huh?" She mocked him. He turned around with an embarrassed face, making Hermione smirk.
"You. Be quiet." He points at Hermione. Hermione rolls her eyes and sits back down in her seat on the couch. Kelly held up a finger and turned off their mic. They boys nodded in confusion.
"What's the problem?" Kelly asks a frustrated Gustavo, who was rubbing his face to get out the migraine.
"I'll tell you what the problem is." He said calmly. "They do everything I say, when I say it, and I can't stand it!" He screams. Hermione smirked.
Aww. I guess Mr. Big Dog is missing his puppies. Hermione smirked at her joke. She was still recording.
Kelly looks at him smugly. "You know what I think?" She asks Gustavo, glancing at Hermione and the two shared a smirk.
"I think you miss your boys...or your monkey dogs, or your boy monkeys." She tried calling them what Gustavo calls them.
Gustavo points to himself. "Miss them? Me miss them? He asked incredulously. "Ha! Haha!" He starts laughing shortly.
Kelly leans forward. "You thrive on the chaos. They argue with you, they get in your face. They raise your blood pressure, and you like it." Kelly accuses him. "You need it."
"Wrong!" Gustavo brings his index finger up. Kelly and Hermione give him a bored look.
"Okay, not wrong!" He looses control of his strength. "But I can't abandon the Windmills." He gestures to them and they wave back.
"I'm their hero." He says. Hermione scoffs and Gustavo turns back with narrowed eyes.
"You. Be quiet." He turns back to Kelly.
"And it's not like there's record producers waiting outside the door, waiting to sign them." He reasons.
"Uh, that's where your wrong." Gustavo was going to tell her to be quiet, but Hermione already got up to open the door, which 5 producers piled out of.
They acted like they weren't eavesdropping on the whole conversation. "Hey Gustavo!"
"What's up Gustavo?"
"Hey!" They started speaking.
Gustavo throws his hands like the Windmills were trash. "Okay, they're all yours." He said. The producers immediately threw Gustavo off his chair and started frantically calling to the Windmills, who were overwhelmed by the questions being thrown at them. Hermione had enough, she turned off her phone that stopped recording and she stood up.
"SHUT UP!" She screams over all the producers yelling. They all look at her in confusion. "You guys are not professional at all, yelling and trampling others just to get a fucking signed paper? That's totally barbaric!" She yelled at them. They were still looking at her in silence when she went over to Gustavo and used her magic strength to lift him up like if he was a feather, to which everyone including Gustavo looked in shock.
"Now if you all don't mind, we are going to get out of here like professional people and I would suggest you not get in our way lest you suffer a broken bone." She glares at them. She waits for Kelly, who barely shook herself out of her thoughts to leave along with Gustavo. Hermione exits, but she looks behind them to see them speak quietly and more professional to the 3 band members. She smirked and turned back forward.
When they were on the bottom floor, Kelly looked at her in surprise. "How do you do that?" She asked Hermione.
"Do what?" Hermione asked back in confusion.
Kelly gestured to the recording booth that was upstairs and her eyes widened. "You know, scare the shit out of those people who are twice your size and bigger than you in everyway." Kelly whispered. They got into the limo that was going to take them to a fast food restaurant
"You know, I will let you in on a secret. There are 3 steps on how to scare someone. One, you start talking in an intimidating voice. Now this doesn't necessarily mean that you yell at them, but it can still be a mocking voice, or my personal favorite, the low and dangerous voice." Hermione starts.
Kelly grins shyly. "I'm a really nice person, and I don't even think I can scare Logan." She says. Hermione smirked. So Logan must be a scaredy-cat, I'll keep that for later.
"That's actually a bit of an advantage right there, they won't expect anything like this from you. Now, it's partially in the facial expression. You cannot be doing an intimidating voice with a smile on your face. You've got to either narrow your eyes, glare, or smirk to complete the look. Now try it." She urged Kelly.
Kelly furrowed her brows. "Not like that because it makes you look confused. Try again."
Kelly tries again but this time she narrowed her eyes. "Yes, good. That's your mean look. Okay. Two, you need to establish your strength. Now this doesn't necessarily mean physical strength, but it can also mean what you are good at, your advantages and skills. You need to establish what you are good at before you go onto the next step."
"Was that when you picked up Gustavo liked he weighed like a feather?" Kelly asked to which Hermione nodded.
"Hermione, how did you do that? I can tell you that Gustavo does not weigh as light as a piece of paper." Kelly raised a brow in suspicion. Hermione shrugged.
"That's a story for another time." Hermione waved her off, hoping Kelly didn't press. "Okay, so for the next step, you need to make your threat, because of our size alone, they won't take our threats seriously. But because you already established your strength, your threat will be taken seriously and people know that you can fulfill your threat." Hermione finished.
"So that was when you threatened to break their bones? I'm still pretty sure you can do that." Kelly looked at her up and down, making Hermione close in on herself.
"Yes, that was when I threatened them. So what would be your strength?" Hermione diverted the attention from her.
Kelly thought for a moment before she shrugged. "I don't know, I'm not used to doing this besides helping Gustavo as his assistant." Kelly gave a nervous smile.
Hermione thought for a few seconds. "Okay, so you are Gustavo's assistant right?" Kelly nodded. "Well I know that you can make a good threat to Gustavo and to Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan." Hermione raised a brow with a smirk.
Kelly raised her brows in surprise. "Wait, you only thought for a few seconds and you got it already?" Kelly asked in disbelief.
"Do you want to hear it or not?" Hermione ushered her. Kelly nodded right away.
"So you are Gustavo's assistant. You are in a very high position because Gustavo is in a very high position. Use that to your advantage. You can threaten the boys by threatening to take of their privileges, taking them out of something, or do some business stuff. You've got the resources. With Gustavo, you can just threaten to quit." Hermione explained.
Kelly was confused for a moment. "Wait if I threaten to quit, then he will just hire a new assistant." Kelly gave Hermione a confused look.
"Yes that may be true, but not as good as you." Hermione leaned forward. Kelly raised a brow, still confused. Hermione smacked her forehead in frustration.
All Americans are idiots.
"You do so much for him, AND you've also dealt with his shit for years. Any other assistant would quit the first day. He could not keep an assistant that will be as great as you." Hermione elaborated. Kelly realized what she was saying.
"Oh. Now I understand. Okay so with the boys, I can't go through with the threat because they end up doing something and I can't resist them. And if I do, they will find a way around it. They are sneaky little things." Kelly groaned in frustration.
Hermione smirked. "That's why you have me." And that was the end of the conversation as they pulled up to the airport.
"Let me text the boys that we are coming back early." Kelly said, taking out her phone.
"Give them time to clean up?" Hermione asked with a raised brow. Kelly just nodded.
With Luna...
Ms. Knight opened the door and lets the 3 girls inside and led them to the couch. She was holding a spoon of cough syrup, Luna knew the smell of muggle medicine from that one time Hermione made her take it. She scrunched her nose lightly in disgust.
"Hey Ms. Knight! We were wondering if everything was alright?" Camille asked.
"Hey girls! Yeah, everything's okay why do you ask?" Ms. Knight asked with a smile.
"Oh because we were in the pool and we saw through the window that Katie was being wrapped up in 10 blankets and smoke was fogging the window." Jo explained.
"Don't worry about that. Katie is sick, so I wrapped her up in blankets and I put on a fogging machine to help her breathe." Luna heard a small scoff behind Ms. Knight when she said 'sick'. The 3 girls looked behind Ms. Knight to see Katie wrapped up in a bundle to where it only shows her face. Katie saw them looking at her, so she gave them a weak smile, to which the girls gave right back.
"So that's why you are holding a spoon of cough syrup?" Luna asked, still scrunching her nose at the pungent smell.
Ms. Knight nodded. "Hold on, let me give this to Katie first." She turned around to face Katie who stared at the spoon with wide eyes.
"Wow, that's a big spoon!" She stared at the spoon warily. Luna had the suspicion that Katie was not really sick, so she decided to see how this would play out.
"Come on, take your medicine."
"Mm, really, no." Katie was moving her head side to side so her mom wouldn't put it in her mouth.
"Come on, open up."
"No, that's okay."
"Wait-I- take your medicine."
"I don't have a fever mom!" Katie snapped. The 3 teens in the back looked to each other with raised brows. Ms. Knight stopped her movements.
"I dipped the thermometer in your tea so you'd think I had a fever." Katie explained.
Ms. Knight put the back of her hand on Katie's forehead to check her temperature. "But you're warm!" She said.
"Because you mummified me!" Katie struggled to get out of the blankets, so the girls helped her out of it. "Thanks. Look." She turned to her mom. "You were so mopey over Kendall growing up that I decided to let you baby me." Katie told her mom.
"Oh, so you're not really sick? You were faking for me?" She put a hand over her heart as if she was touched her daughter did that for her.
"Are you mad?" Katie asked, hoping the opposite.
Ms. Knight frowned and put the spoon on the table to sit on the couch next to Katie. "No. I just need to face the fact that you kids are growing up."
Ms. Knight's face lit up. "In fact, I'm going to call your brother right now and tell him that I'm not going to check up on him." She grabbed the phone but Luna took it from her grasp. Ms. Knight looked up at her in surprise.
"Look Ms. K. I believe that calling him is the opposite of what your daughter is trying to say. They are 18. They are legal adults and need to learn how to take care of these thing for when they live out on their own." Luna gave her a small smile.
"Yeah, I'm sure they're doing a great job watching Gustavo's house." Katie gave a seemingly convincing smile, but the teenagers behind Ms. Knight knew better.
At that moment, Luna's phone rang. She jumped slightly from the loud noise it made compared to the silence.
"I'm sorry, I just need to take this." She ran to the restroom and took out her phone. When she saw the caller ID as Kendall, she had an idea of what he was going to ask. She answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Luna! Hey what's going on?"
"What did you guys do to Gustavo's mansion?" She went straight to the point.
"Pffft what makes you think we did anything." At that moment, she hears a crash in the background.
"Uh-huh, that's why that crash happened." She said sarcastically.
"Listen, you remember how you said when we first met that whenever we need help that you will help us?" He said in a hopeful voice. Luna rolled her eyes.
"You guys messed up the mansion and you need me to clean it up?" She summarized.
"Yup." Kendall said simply. All of a sudden, she hears screaming in the background along with a cat yowling.
"AHH! IS LUNA COMING YET?!" She hears James in the background, probably getting attacked by Gustavo's cat.
"I'm on my way." Was all she said before she hung up. She got out of the bathroom and went into the living room. The girls all looked up when she came.
"Who was it?" Jo asked. Luna hesitated for a split second, but nobody caught it.
"It was just Hermione, she wanted some things from the market before she came home. Cami, Jojo, can I speak to you guys for a moment?" She asked them, nudging her head in Ms. Knight's direction so they will get the hint. The girls nodded and followed her into the entryway.
"What happened?" Cami asked.
"That was Kendall, they made a mess in the mansion and they need my help to go clean it up. I didn't want to say it in front of Ms. K." Luna explained. The 2 girls rolled their eyes at the boys.
"So you want us to distract Ms. K?" Cami asked. Luna gave her a nod and a smile.
"Okay, I need to get there fast, they sound like they really needed help. Can you tell Ms. K that I will pick them up when they get out to save her from the driving?" Jo and Cami nodded. Luna left 2J while saying bye to the Knight's and raced to her car.
When she arrived at the address that Kendall texted her, she marveled at the size and beauty of it before she shook herself out of her thoughts.
This is no time to admire the decor! Get inside! And with that thought, she ran up to the door and barged in. The guys were sitting on the steps and looked up in terror, thinking it was Gustavo. They sighed in relief when they saw it was her.
"Luna! Please help!" They all said. Luna was just in shock of the state the mansion was in: there was torn curtains and couches, there was fluff everywhere, popcorn bowls and popcorn all over the floor, the statue that was in the middle was in pieces on the floor, and the boys were covered in scratches and their clothes were ripped.
"How the fuck did you do all of this?" She was staring at the big mess. "I mean, when I was told that you guys made a mess, I wasn't expecting...this." She looked around.
"Why the fuck is there a random cat that has a bald spot." She stared at the pissed cat, who was hissing at the boys. They all stepped back in fear, and Carlos covered his face so he won't get attacked by it. Luna rolled her eyes at the boys. She went up to the cat, despite their protests, and grabbed the cat gently. It hissed at her, but she glared at it and it went quiet.
She opened the door to the outside and put it down on the steps outside. She closed the door and wiped her hands.
"Is there anything else I need to know?' She raised a brow. They boys nervously chuckled and told her everything that happened.
"If I wasn't here, you guys would get fired. Why the hell did you all break the only 5 rules there are? Can you guys get anymore thick?" She rolled her eyes and stood up.
"Do you guys know where Gustavo keep the cat food?" They led her to the cat food and she got it. She went to the living and shook the box loud. Then she poured some on the floor and the cat came. She jumped back in disgust.
"That little shit is a cat? Merlin that's worse than Crookshanks." She mumbled the last part. Luna gave them things to do and they went to their stations.
She looked around and went to the bathroom where they said the alligator was. She was heading towards there before she met a face full of ripped shirt with muscle peeking through. She felt the soulmate bond trying to latch on, but she took a step back to fight it. She looked up to see James with a stern but disappointed look.
"Look, I appreciate you doing this, but I will not let you get your head ripped off by an alligator!" He told her. She rolled her eyes.
"Okay, fine keep it in there. But if Gustavo fires you guys for this, then it would be your fault." She crossed her arms in front of her chest and raised a brow at him.
He just shrugged. "I don't care if my dreams will be crushed. I don't want you to die." He uncrossed his arms and stalked towards her slowly. Luna fought the bond trying to connect and took a step back, but with every step she took, he took a step which was more of a stride with his long legs.
She eventually backed up into a wall and James towered over her. He put up his hand against the wall, leaning down. Luna got a sense of deja vu when the same thing happened when James snapped. Of course, Luna is the only one who remembers the incident, but she still felt it.
James' eyes were darkening in lust. He licked his lips and looked down at Luna's lips then back up to her eyes. Luna was in a haze. She wanted to so badly kiss him, but her mind was trying to fight with every bit of her left. Her mind was losing when James leaned forward with an intention.
He was about to touch her lips with his when they heard a crash and Carlos' screaming. They broke apart at the sudden noise. James stared in frustration while Luna averted his gaze. James was going to take a step towards her to finish what they started when Luna ran to the direction of the noise, leaving an upset James.
Phew! That was close. Merlin, I did not know that the bond was going to be this strong. I need to stay away from him if this will happen. Luna told herself. She ran to the direction of the noise to see Carlos holding a broken painting that said 'CATS RULE!' She stared at it before she looked at a guilty Carlos for answers.
"It...was an accident." Carlos smiled sheepishly. Luna rolled her eyes and went up to Carlos. She grabbed the painting and inspected it.
"How much longer do we have before Gustavo shows up?" She asks the boys.
"About 2 hours." Logan replied.
I should've known that I would need to use magic.
Luna sighed. "Okay um...I need you guys to step outside of the mansion for about 5 minutes then, you will need to change out of those ripped clothes because that's suspicious itself. GO!" She ushered the boys outside and into her car.
"Don't touch anything, and if you do, you guys will be dead." She glared at them, making them nod frantically. "Okay now stay in here." She closed the car door and ran inside the house. She sighed again and flicked her wrist, feeling the magic flow through her veins at the contact of her wand.
She picked up her hand and waved it around. Magically, everything went pack into it's place and fixed itself. She did a few Reparo's to the statue, painting, and the ripped furniture and couches. In 1 minute, everything was the way it was before the guys got here.
She ran to the chocolate smelling closet and opened the locked door. Inside, were a bunch of chocolate puddings. Perfect. She thought.
She levitated a bunch of puddings and put them all into the fridge in the living room. She raced to the restroom, stupefied the alligator and levitated it back to the moat. She cleaned the windows and placed a fresh smell.
She raced back outside to the guys. She heard loud music coming from her car and saw the guys jamming out to the song. She felt the urge to giggle, but repressed it.
Why did I feel that? Only Cami and Jojo bring out those feelings. What the fuck is going on with me? She thought. She walked up to the car and knocked on the window.
They jumped in surprise. They just smiled and waved at her before jamming back out to the song. She rolled her eyes and took out her keys and turn off the car, which also turned off the music. The boys opened their eyes in surprise and looked at Luna, who jiggled her keys. They pouted and got out of the car.
"Why'd you do that for? We were jamming out!" Carlos complained, the guys nodding. Luna rolled her eyes at their childish behavior.
"Well, don't you think its suspicious for a car to be blasting music at 4:30 in the morning?" She raised a brow at them.
They chuckled nervously. "No?" They asked uncertainly. Luna rolled her eyes again.
"Change into your pajamas so they won't be suspicious." She told them, turning back into the house. They gave her a confused look/
"You don't need for us to help you with the mess-" Kendall started, but Luna interrupted him.
"All done." She walked into the mansion with the boys following her. They looked around the mansion in surprise and amazement.
"H-How did you clean it all up in 5 minutes? Look! Even the curtains are rip free! How did you do this?" They were all staring at her in disbelief and shock.
She shrugged. "Magic." She told them truthfully.
Logan looks around. "Sure looks like it. A miracle just happened here! We won't get fired!" He yelled and the other boys cheered.
Luna smirked. "You guys were going to get fired?" She asked. The guys gave her a wry smile.
"Pretty much."
"Yup."
"Uh-huh."
"Well..." They all said. Luna just rolled her eyes again.
"Just get dressed. I already told your mom Kendall that I'm picking you guys up. So I'm just going to go to the store then come back to pick you guys up." She said before she turned to walk away.
"Luna!" The guys yell. She turns around with raised brows.
"Thanks." Logan said with a smile. She just gave them an almost real smile back and left.
She went to the store and got groceries for their apartment because Hermione only worries about her tea. She look at the quarter-filled cart and sighed.
Man all of this will last us 2 weeks. We really need to eat more. To other people, this is just one breakfast for two people. She told herself. She knew that they needed to eat more, but they just couldn't stomach the food. When they ate potatoes the day they came to California, they only cooked one potato for all 3 of them and they didn't even finish their plates!
She didn't want to get anymore food because she knew it was going to rot, so she paid for her groceries that only fit in one bag and left the store.
With Hermione...
For the past 30 minutes, Hermione has been listening to Kelly train Gustavo on what to say to the boys. Hermione smirked when she knew how Gustavo was going to react when he finds out the boys have broken at least one thing in his mansion.
"Let's review what you're going to say to the boys." Kelly orders Gustavo, who had his arms crossed.
He put his arms down and sighed. "I like you, and thank you for the hard work." He said in a bored expression.
Kelly smiled with a proud look on her face. "Good." She nudged him. "I'm very proud of you."
Gustavo turned to Kelly fast. "Unless they touched anything in my mansion. Then its, 'I hate you and you're dead! You hear me? DEAD!" He shouted.
Hermione leaned back into her seat with a smirk. Can't wait to get the guys out of my life once and for all. I won't be attracted by the soulmate bond and Carlos and his goofiness won't be in my life anymore. Hermione felt sad at that thought. She couldn't help but be sad at the fact that the most handsome man alive won't be in her life anymore.
She frowned and stared outside the window in thought. Good thing that I won't have to deal with the complications of having Big Time Rush here.
When they pulled into the driveway and got out of the car, Hermione was eager to see this play out. On the other hand, Kelly was worried for the boys and Gustavo was scared how his mansion looked.
When they opened the door, everything was clean and pristine. Everything was in its place and there was not a speck of dirt anywhere. The 3 people looked around in amazement and confusion.
The boys yawned and 'woke up'. "Oh look who's here." Kendall started.
"It's Gustavo, Kelly, and Hermione." James finished. They stretched as if they just woke up.
"We slept here because we didn't want to touch anything." Logan explained. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, we're not just pretending." Said Carlos, who had his helmet on. The boys hit him, making Hermione have to urge to giggle, but she repressed it.
Why the hell is this happening to me? Eh, I won't have to worry about this because I will tell Gustavo the truth and they will get fired and they will leave. Hermione thought with a smirk. With her superior eyesight, Hermione saw the scratches that covered their faces. Well, I guess they touched the cat already.
Hermione was especially amused because Gustavo and Kelly haven't figured out anything even with the most obvious clues right in front of them. She rolled her eyes at their stupidity.
"Ow!' Carlos yelped.
"Silence!" Gustavo yelled. "Monty?" He asked.
All of a sudden, a wrinkly and hairless cat jumped into Gustavo's arms. Hermione's eyes widened slightly and she scrunched her face in disgust.
"I told you those things are fucking ugly." She told the guys, staring in disgust at the creature. The boys snickered.
Gustavo's face turned red. "You. Be quiet." Hermione rolled her eyes. Is that his favorite thing to say to me now? Is that what he's going to say to me from now on? She scoffed.
She leaned against the railing and felt a trace of magic. Magic that she was very familiar with.
Luna...
Hermione turned around slowly to glare at the guys. Do they know that Luna can do magic? Does that mean that they know that I can do magic? No, Luna wouldn't tell them that. But why did they call her to help clean up? The guys were standing with nervous smiles on their faces. They turned around to see Hermione glaring at them and they stepped back, except Carlos, who looked in confusion, fear written all over their faces.
"We'd love to stay and chat, but we got to get out of here." Kendall said, glancing warily at Hermione. The boys agreed and quickly grabbed their stuff and ran to the exit, but they were stopped by Kelly and Gustavo, who lined up by the piano. Hermione was still fuming too much that she couldn't tell them that Gustavo didn't need to say anything.
"Stop." Gustavo ordered.
The boys reluctantly turned, thinking they were already caught.
Gustavo looked to Kelly for reference, and she nodded. "There's something I need to say."
The boys glanced at each other. "Well, you can say something tomorrow, so..." Kendall said. They agreed with him and they turned around again to exit, but were stopped again.
"Guys, this is important." Kelly jabbed a thumb in Gustavo's direction. The boys turned around slowly thinking that they were in trouble.
"We've been working together for a month now. And I just wanted to say, although we've had our ups and downs, the truth is, I luh..." Gustavo was having trouble saying it.
The boys gestured for him to repeat it, confused at what he was trying to say.
"I luh..." Gustavo failed again. The boys gestured again and Kelly bumped his shoulder.
"I like you." He finally said. Hermione wasn't paying attention pissed off at Luna for helping the boys. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw her sister's Maserati pull up.
I guess I might have a few words with my dear beloved sister. Hermione glared and walked out of the mansion with a mission. The other people inside were scared and surprised when Hermione slammed the door open and it hit the wall, almost leaving a dent in it.
To be continued...
Author's Note: Review!
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