Ashley POV

I woke up hours later to Annette shaking me. My iPod had died and I was sore from laying there for so long. I know I must have looked disgusting, but at that moment I didn't care; I just wanted to go back to sleep.

"What?" I snapped, rubbing at my eyes. Knowing we won't be doing anything today besides the plane ride, I had worn my glasses and no make-up. It was already dark outside, meaning I slept through the day and I was starting to get hungry.

"We're here, Grumpy. Zeke's already waiting on us, so we need to get off this thing NOW!" Zeke's Audrey's half brother and he's incredibly cool and gorgeous. Well, he was when he graduated, but I haven't seen him since then. He was my first crush; he was also Annette's first crush.

"Fine." I grumbled and grabbed my stuff. We walked into the main part of the airport and quickly spotted Zeke. He was still unbelievably hot, with his tan skin, messy brown hair, and dimples. Classic first crush material. Plus he was waving his arms excitedly. When we reached him, he picked Audrey up and twirled her around.

"How's my favorite little sis?" He asked.

"Just fine, Zeke. But I would be better if I could breathe."

"Right." He said, setting her down. "Now, who do we have here? These can't possibly be the little kids I saw playing dress-up eight years ago."

"Oh we're not. Those were some other dorks." Leigh said, rolling her eyes. She had never thought much of Zeke.

"I see. You're definitely Leigh then." Zeke said, turning towards Annette and me. "So, you're Ashley and Annette?" He asked, calling me Annette and Annette me.

"Nope, she's Annette and I'm Ashley. Now, can we go to where ever we're staying? I've been sitting on a plane for hours and I'm tired." I said, walking toward the luggage area. In case you couldn't tell, I was annoyed and ready for more sleep.

"Sure." I heard him mumble as everyone followed me. We grabbed our luggage and then walked to Zeke's car. Once we were all seated, we started for the legendary Palm Woods. Zeke's lived there since he was nineteen, so we just walked over to the elevator and went up to the second floor. We were in apartment 2P, which had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.

I was sharing a room with Audrey with Annette and Leigh across the living room from us. Zeke's room was right next to us. Both of us quickly unpacked and then I fell back into a peaceful sleep.

When I woke up, it was clearly morning and I decided I would be friendly this morning. Most people think I'm bipolar, but really I'm just cranky when I'm tired. Well I can be cranky whenever I want, I'm just weird I guess. Maybe I am bipolar…

Anyway, I went into the bathroom and put my contacts in and put some make-up on, then gave my long brown hair a brush. Deciding I looked okay, I went back to the room to put on a grey t-shirt, jean shorts, with a tankini underneath and a pair of converse.

Audrey was already up and eating some eggs. She loves getting up early, which is sort of weird. Actually, all of my friends like getting up early. Maybe I need new friends. Oh who am I kidding? Who else would put up with me?

"Where are the others?" I asked, sitting down. Seeing some cereal, I fixed that and a glass of water. I'm lactose intolerant which sucks.

"Ann went to the pool and Leigh went 'out.'" Audrey said. I could just see Leigh dramatically opening the door shouting "I'M OUT!" the slamming it. She would do that.

"Alright, I'm going to the pool too. How about we start looking at record companies tomorrow?" I said, already walking to the door.

"No, Ash! We didn't come here to lay around! We came here to get signed! We need -" I didn't stick around to hear the rest.

I made my way to the stairs and down to the bottom floor. The pool looked awesome! I love swimming, but I had already decided to go swimming later and just chill right now. If I went now, my hair would be crazy for the rest of the day.

I spotted Annette sitting on a pool chair reading, so I sat down next to her. "Hey there."

"Hi." She said, not looking up. By now, I knew that no one wanted to interrupt her when she's reading. She gets angry. Like, really angry. So I started looking around, wishing I had brought my book. I grabbed Annette's bag and quickly found her spare and began to read too. The book was about a girl who went to summer camp and meets this guy. It was the kind of book Annette adored. She LIVED for romance, even though she had never had a boyfriend.

A shadow covered me and my book, making me feel small. I glared up at the boy standing in front of me until I realized who it was. The I nudged Annette.

"WHAT?" She snapped until I nodded at the two guys in front of us. Annette grinned and set her book down.

"Hi." She said with a cheesy grin. "I'm Annette and this is Ashley."

"Hey there. I'm James and this is Carlos. We're in a band, you might have heard of it. It's called Big Time Rush." Yes, in front of us was THE James Diamond and Carlos Garcia!

"Oh yeah, I think I've heard of them. You guys sing that one song, what's it called? Oh yeah! Halfway There." I replied, hoping I came off as cool and not hostile. I have I problem with that.

"We sing lots of songs. Maybe you guys could come to one of our concerts?" Carlos asked hopefully. I smiled and looked at Annette.

"Maybe. Hey, aren't there two other members of your band?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, Kendall and Logan. They'll probably be down here soon. So, what brings you two to the Palm Woods?" James countered.

"We're in a band as well. She plays guitar and I'm the drummer. Our other friends Audrey and Leigh play the keyboard and sing." I answered.

"Cool, who signed you?"

"Oh, we haven't been signed yet. But we're sure we will be soon." Annette said with a smirk. She could be cocky when she wanted to.

"Well alright then. Maybe you should come with us to Roque Records. That's were we record."

"Maybe we will." I answered flirtatiously.

"There you guys are! See, I told you they went to the pool!" Audrey said, walking over. Her eyes got HUGE when she saw the guys. Audrey's terrible when it comes to boys, so she just stood there awkwardly.

"Guys, this is Audrey and Leigh." Annette introduced them. James and Carlos both waved and Leigh rolled her eyes in the way Leigh does.

"Yeah."

"So…you said Kendall and Logan would be down soon?" I asked, hoping the extra guys would make this less awkward.

"Yeah, in fact there they come."

"I told you they would be here!" Logan said as they walked over. "There they are…with hot girls?" He asked, then realized we could hear him. "I mean, hi."

"Hey." We all waved, except for Leigh. Audrey seemed to have gotten over her awkwardness…sort of. She was being really quiet.

"I'm Kendall and that's Logan. And you guys are…?"

"I'm Ashley, that's Annette, Audrey and -"

"I don't care." Leigh answered, sitting down.

"O-okay." Kendall answered, obviously weirded out by Leigh's rude behavior.

"Don't worry, Leigh's just not a people person." Annette answered.

"Oh, okay." Kendall answered nodding.

"So…"

"Ash, you realize saying that makes things awkward, right?"

"Shut it, Ann."

"I'm just telling it like it is."

"Whatever."

"Now I feel awkward since you two are arguing." Audrey replied, picking at her hair. She did that when she was nervous.

"We aren't arguing! I'm just bored." I replied, patting the spot next to me. She sat down and continued to mess her hair up. Great, now we looked like a group consisting of a nervous hair lover, a moody rude girl, a smarty know-it-all, and an easily bored person. The guys were probably feeling incredibly awkward right now.

"So, wanna get in the pool?" James asked, flashing me a flirty grin.

"My hair gets frizzy when it's wet, so maybe I'll just stick my feet in." I said, getting up. He jumped in and I nervously dipped my feet in up to my knees.

"It's freezing!" I squealed, pulling them back out. Then I hesitantly dipped a foot back in.

"I'll warm you up." James teased flirtatiously. Before I could figure out what he meant, he had grabbed my foot and pulled me in. I came back to the surface and coughed.

"Still cold?"

"The waters cold, so pulling all of her in made her colder." Logan explained, making James look like an idiot.

"…right."

"Here." Logan offered me a hand, pulling me back up.

"Thanks." I muttered, grabbing Annette's towel. I was still in my shorts and t-shirt from earlier, so they were wet as well. I pulled my t-shirt over my head and then took my wet shorts off as well. I was now left in my two piece blue suit. I started squeezing my hair to get the water out.

"Sorry." James muttered from the water.

"It's okay." I said, walking back over. "You won't pull me in again, will you?"

"Nope."

"Okay." I said, dipping my feet in. Now that all of me was wet, it didn't feel so cold.

"So where are you all from?" I heard Kendall ask my friends.

"A really, really small town in Tennessee." Annette answered.

"Oh cool." Kendall answered, then they started talking about Tennessee. Apparently, Kendall's grandparents live there and he visits every year. I heard Logan and Audrey talking about something math related (big surprise, she LOVES school.) and Carlos was trying to make conversation with Leigh, who was shooting him down.

"So, do you like California so far?" James asked, swimming over to me. I shrugged.

"So far, I've only scene the airport and my bedroom." I answered truthfully.

"Maybe you all would like to see the sites? We could all go this afternoon or something." James asked, smiling.

"Hmm, maybe. I'm not sure. My hair's going to look like a wreck when it dries, so maybe tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." James said, a little disappointed. I started to say something to cheer him up, but then my phone went off. Thankfully, it hadn't been in my pocket when I was pulled in.

"Ash, you got a text from Chris!" Audrey said, walking it over. I heard Leigh laughing and Annette was giggling.

"Who's Chris?" James asked, leaning towards me.

"This guy who's had a crush on Ashley since we were eight. He used to stalk her before we came here." Audrey explained. The guys all had looks of confusion on there faces.

"Read it out loud!" Annette said between giggles.

"It says: Hey there Ash. I haven't heard from you yet, did you make it to LA okay? I miss you a lot. School isn't the same without you! Please come back?" I said, wrinkling my nose.

"Sound's like a charmer." Kendall said sarcastically, making all of us laugh.

"You have no idea! One time, he looked up all the people with 'Brooks' as their last name in the phone book; then he drove all over the town trying to find Ashley's house. When he did, he started going out of his way to drive by it every single day." Annette said, laughing at the memory. I cringed.

"Oh, what about the time he got your phone number and started calling you to ask where you were every ten minutes?" Audrey mentioned. I glared at her, she had taken part in giving him my number.

"Or the time he found out what summer camp you went to just to get to see you in a bathing suit at free swim time?" Leigh added. I gagged at the memory.

"This guy sounds really creepy. It sounds like it's a good thing you moved here." James said, looking at me worriedly.

"Trust me, he IS really creepy. I'm half-sure he bugged my phone when we were fourteen."

"Weird." Carlos said.

"Oh! Remember the time he showed up at the movies when you were there with Timmy Hayward? He sat two seats away from you and when Timmy went to the bathroom, he moved over and put his arm around you."

"I gave him a black eye." I smirked.

"Good, that guy deserved it." James said, nodding approvingly at me.

"I'm not going to reply. Let him think our plane crashed, maybe he won't text me anymore." I said, throwing my phone back onto the chair.

"So…"

"Really, Ash? Really?"

So here's the next chapter! I want to thank Waffle-Girl9897 and BigTimeFan13 for reviewing! Also, I don't own Big Time Rush and Ashley, Annette, Audrey, and Leigh are based on my and my friends...so I guess I only own Ashley? Anyway, thanks for reading! Please review?