CHAPTER 4: THIS CLOSE TO POP STARS
Class is almost over. 3 more minutes and we're off, free. Ms. T hasn't given us much homework to do, London still applying her elite glossy pink lip gloss. I can say she's real nervous of the boy band coming here. So what if it's a boy band? We were able to see some singers here for some time, nothing much happens. Why does she seem so eager to see them? It's almost Lunch, classes end early today cause the captain has lunch with some elite people. Probably the boy band. But somehow Big Time Rush still drifts into my mind. What if they're really coming aboard the ship?
The bell rings and everyone is adjourned. Cody helps me up my chair and lets me sit on my desk. I sit and stare at his eyes, perfect. He pulls me down to kiss me and it was magical. We knew people were watching but whatever. It's love. It was supposed to last longer until we heard girls screaming, even London was there in the crowd.
I rush down forgetting about Cody in the room, I left my things on my desk wishing Cody brought them to my room. I run down the stairs and the crowd thickens, it's true. Big Time Rush IS on board the S.S. Tipton, rumor has it they came here after breakfast and will be having lunch with the captain. Their tour will start in New Zealand and they just HAD to use the ship.
Kendall looks drunk but he seems he's in love with some girl, I haven't seen her on board though, but I've also seen her in most of their concerts. James is actually trying to take girls to the lunch but Carlos is just being approached by girls. I try to take a quick glance of Logan through the large crowd and I was able to go to the front, pushing through the girls. Until, London pushes me on the floor. I fall on the floor while London is in Logan's arms, I look up and see Logan push London away and help me up. His hand, it's really warm. He's wearing a cardigan just the same as Cody's only it's in Green and White which he paired with a black long sleeved shirt and shorts that drop until his knee with sneakers. Perfect for lunch with the mayor, his hair perfectly styled up.
As he helps me up, the security shoos of the girls back to their normal lives as the boys go have lunch in the resto bar. Logan lets go of my hand slowly but looks back. He gives off a little wave and is rushed by James. I just watch him leave and close the door shut. I, just had an interaction with Logan Mitchell. He just brushed off London. And I'm actually watching their concert. But here's the thing. Cody, is still waiting for me.
I run back up the stairs and only to find Cody leaving me a message in the door saying I should proceed to my room. I quickly go to my room and see Cody viewing a scrapbook I did just for Logan.
"You know, that's really secret and private." I mumble, his attention turns toward me for a second and signals me to sit beside him. As I do so, he puts his right arm over my shoulder and the scrapbook on me and his legs. We browse through my crazy obsessions over Big Time Rush most especially Logan. He sees a piece of description about Logan's footwear size, favorite Ice Cream flavor, number of shoes, etc.
"You never knew my shoe size," he says in a lonely tune,
"Well you never asked for it, so I didn't bother." I say, hoping he'd let go of the book and finally change the subject. Instead, he lets his arm go and he helps me up.
"Why don't we sneak in the resto bar so I can get you some.." And Cody's interrupted by numerous knocks on the door. And comes in full-blast is Woody.
Zack's literally on top of Woody. He's been giving out piggy back rides probably, I guess. Woody then drops Zack into the floor and bang goes his head.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" I scream in terror, I could've sworn I heard something crack. Cody helps him up and I slap Woody in his right arm.
"OW!" Woody shouts in pain,
"Next time, give your passenger a SAFER landing." I say, picking up my scrap book and keeping it in a compartment below my bed.
"And who are theeyyyy?" Zack takes my scrapbook from my hands and starts browsing them. Woody grows nearer to the book and starts laughing at the boys' faces. Few seconds later, I was humiliated after Zack shows a revealing picture of me with their poster. I turn red and slap them with the book and quickly hide it under the covers. I drag Cody out the room, probably still laughing about the photo. I'm seriously annoyed by Zack every time he has no girl to impress.
Lunch is almost over and Cody and I are near the restobar. If me and him pull this off, maybe I could even get a table close to Logan's. So as me and Cody sneak in, we take a table near them. I have the closest table probably to the boys and I see Kendall leaning over the same girl again. I finally know her name until their manager calls her name,
"KELLY!" he screams, I can see the annoyed look on the lady. She lets go of Kendall but Kendall just pulls her in.
"I can't move!" She screams, she doesn't seem so sad of not being let go. I mean, how would YOU feel if a popstar prefers being in your arms? I see the manager just moves away and has a friendly conversation with the captain. I try to pull of a waitress look so I could get a better view of Logan. But my cover's been blown as London comes in quick. She screams,
"BAILEY! CODY!" Great. Thanks London! You've done such great help in making us look like ADULTS!
"Hiiii, London! Why don't we head out for some.." I reply quick and into my surprise, Logan interrupts saying,
"Oh so that's your name? Bailey. Bailey, hey come over here for a sec will ya?"
I draw closer and my face grows nearer to his and yet he whispers something to my ears, I giggle a bit and before I reply, Cody, trying to become the over protective boyfriend ever, comes in,
"Uhm, that's MY girlfriend you're saying sweet nothings to so I suggest you forward them to me first then I'll make sure I C.C. that to her soon as possible." Cody says, ugh. He just gave the worst impression a fangirl could ever have to a popstar. I see Logan's sudden frown and starts playing around his soup. I then see James holding a lucky fan in his arms, oh how I wish Logan could do that as well! The girl looks really pretty and she seems lucky today.
Cody drags me out of the restaurant and we both drift to our headquarters without a thing said. It's actually kinda obvious he's jealous. I might, and just might, like Logan. And not as the popstar kind, more like, the boyfriend type. Logan's just meters away from me and he's only 2 or 3 years older so I obviously stand a chance if only I had more connection. But I also remember, I thought he had a relationship with a girl from Palm Woods. Uhm, what's that name again.. Camille! Yeah, Camille. She really didn't get so popular but eh, Logan could be mine.
I come back to my room and see London in a long night dress. She looks stunning. Her dress is real long but reveals half of her legs at the side. It's plain black. The cloth looks silky. The boom here is that her heels are real high and sparkling golden. Her shoes match her hoops and her hair is swept to the side in lush curls. She applies more red lipstick and puts on golden bracelets which totally completes the outfit.
"Wow." Is all I could say to compliment London.
"Yeah, yeah, Bailey! I know you're just jealous, cause you couldn't compare these to that!" she says, rudely replying to my compliment. She points to my worn out boots, I knew it. I knew I should've bought new boots on our last stop over. I quickly take them off and go under the sheets. I accidentally prick my back with the scrapbook I left.
I stand up from the bed quickly and tick off the book away and go under the covers. I can still hear London's blabbering about her dress, her heels, her makeup. Whatever. I don't need those. At least I have a stable boyfriend.
Then comes in is a usual voice. I hear Carlos! Carlos Garcia! Up close with me, I quickly come up from the covers and open the door. As I open the door, cheese comes up at my whole face. I shut the door and hear the laughters of Carlos, Zack and Woody. I knew they'd meet up eventually. I wipe off the cheese and see London giggle. She takes a bit of cheese from my nose and tastes it. She then spits it back on my face saying,
"EW. CHEESE."
"WELL WHAT DID YOU THINK IT IS? YELLOW LIPGLOSS?" I say in annoyance, I rush to the comfort room and rinse myself. I then realize I straightened my hair today, Aww. I wasted it. I take a few clothes from my closet and see London rush out trying to avoid any cheese. I get some short jeans that fall until my knees, and pair it with a dark blue top with short puffed sleeves. The ribbon detail in the chest makes the outfit look girly which I like and will definitely impress Cody, or Logan. I finalize my outfit with dark blue flats with a ribbon on top. I take a quick look at my phone and receive a message from Cody. He puts a sad face emoticon in the message with a long sorry letter. I don't bother reading it since I'm rather too distracted by the fact that Logan might come close to me.
I head out the room and see James with more girls. I also take a quick glance at Kendall who looks really troubled and is being dragged by Kelly. Then I see Carlos pranking more people with Zack and Woody. They seem to be having a good time. I go down the stairs and see it's 4pm. The sun looks like it disappeared for a moment and the sky is covered in a thick layer of clouds. I come out to the pool and see Logan sitting down all alone. I hurriedly approach him as I see him look at me. He stands up and he tries to go to my direction but a hoard of girls block my way leaving me to slip on the floor.
My back hurts. I slipped, again. Why do I seem so clumsy today? As I look up I see Logan's face once again. He helps me up and asks me if I'd want to stay in his room first. I nod as I stare into his eyes and next thing I see is a cold towel over my forehead. And Logan in my left. I give him a smile and try standing up but instead he pushes me down the plush pillows surrounding me. I'm at ease. My back still aches but seeing Logan taking care of me just makes me feel better.
"Hey, you feeling better now?" he asks, I see he looks really worried but I wonder why. It's not really his fault. It's the stupid group of girls. But anyway, I nod slightly and reply,
"I've been better." I try to sit up once again and see Logan with me all alone and a fondue. Perfect. Me and him dine on a fondue and a small banquet all to ourselves. Probably he missed out dinner for me, we talk about nonsense but still made sense in our minds. Like, weird findings about planets in the Milky Way or the perfect way to ride the bull in Texas. Me and him clicked right away, until my phone starts ringing, I try to stand up to get it but Logan answers it not minding who was the caller.
He then puts it on loudspeaker and says,
"Hello? This isn't Bailey but she's perfectly fine." Logan says.
I hear the loudspeaker on my phone blearing with none other than a worried Cody's voice,
"Where did you take Bailey." Cody answers in such tone that scares us both. We put down the phone and he helps me up. But before I run to meet Cody, he pulls me close to him and gives me a long hug But before I was put down again, Cody opens the door and sees me and Logan's lips locked. I look at him with a lot of explanation stuck in my head ready to be spitted out but Cody just drops the bouquet of flowers probably for me on the floor and runs.