I did the AIDS walk… 6 fucking miles. 6! And now I have a fever. It was still fun I walked with my puppy Dallas, met these very cute guys, and actually had fun with my friends though it was tiring as fuck. But I made it! And it was for a good cause so yeah… :D
Hey who saw the new ep? Logan is the hottest 'nerd'…ever. Yesssss! I loved the Light Sabers! Star Wars All Day Yo! (This should have been done a while ago)
Guerrero: Lol I know I know, I need to get more Liz and James and Carlos and Amery in these stories…I'm focusing too much on MY favorite characters lol it's unfair. Lol I'm looking forward to writing it, I mean I semi like Camille's character… I just hate her cause… well... Logan's mine…Lmao.
Callthedoc-tor: Lol yes Kerlie again, they're just fun to write lol. Idk, when I think of Kendall he kinda looks like a bit of a jerk, a nice one yes but he's a guy…every guy is an ass lol. He's still hot though so it's okay. Lol right! I heart my Logie… There will hopefully be more James lovin soon o.o.
Schmidten: Lmao, your review made me laugh I was like… why does she seem so happy and ready to kill me? But I totally get it. Lol I know! It was my favorite chapter to write actually… it was semi halfway close to being 'perfect'. Lol I'm still debating as to how the guys will actually find out.
Star197: I love that you love this story! I'll try my best to update as fast as I possibly can. Please keep reading and thank you so much for reviewing :D
Disclaimer: I do not and cannot own The View from the Afternoon by Arctic Monkeys, Mouthwash by Kate Nash, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You by The Beatles, and Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People or the cover done by Owl Eyes which is what I reference to in this chapter o.o
"You can pour your heart out around 3 o'clock when the 2 for 1's undone the writer's block…"
"Hails are you about ready?" Amery said while French-braiding the left side of her hair and bobby pinning it down. She smiled to herself as she straightened her tank top that fell long enough to cover the top of her jean Capri's. The blondes smile dropped and was replaced by the roll of her eyes and a slight scowl as she heard one of her best friends yell back in a posh tone.
"Oh just about Milady, just need to button my trousers and snap on this jumper. I would have earlier but I was far too busy eating my crumpets and drinking some tea!" Amery walked over to the living room in which the so called pants buttoning and sweater wearing girl was sitting bored since Tyler had taken her 'baby' for their normal play date.
"You're not even wearing that and you don't even like tea!" Amery huffed as she pointed out Hailey's high waist black flowy skirt that overlapped her tight fitting scoop neck gray shirt. Hailey shrugged as she answered.
"It's gross…" She said making a face as she thought of the hot beverage in her normal voice. They were getting ready to go to Rocque Records and work on Amery's new song, in which the Brit chose Hailey as her co-writer.
"It's not gross." Amery defended her most favorite hot drink in the world. It's all she ever drank in the morning or at night.
"YES IT IS!" Hailey yelled slightly but then smiled afterwards when Amery pouted crossing her arms and turned away, she loved bothering the younger girl, it made her smile. Hailey was about to semi slightly apologize…well as much as Hailey possibly could when she heard a yell come from one of the bathrooms.
"Who the frick frack used my goddamn mouthwash!" It was nearly 11 am, to most that's already time to be up and about starting the day. But for Charlotte Boyd, that was time for finally rolling out of bed and bumming her way through the apartment til she washed her mouth before showering. It was her daily routine, unless she had to go to work and from what she could recall…she was off.
Amery grimaced, her blue eyes closing tightly as she remembered that that morning after she had flossed, she opened the medicine cabinet and found she had used her last bit of green minty fresh Listerine up yesterday. But Charlie, her lovely very easily angered friend had left just enough for today…
Hailey looked at the door from which Charlie screamed and then back down at her blonde slightly shorter than her friend. The brunette wasn't the least bit dim, she was one smart cookie, and from the look on Amery's face and the anger emanating from the bathroom, it was obvious what had happened. So Hailey did the only thing she could do at a time like this.
"Ooooh, Charlie's gonna go all hulk on your tiny ass!" She sang semi quietly only to have a small hand covering her mouth. She laughed into the petite hand and licked it getting an 'eww' from the blonde as she wiped it onto her capris'. Amery grabbed the laughing brunette and pulled her out of the doorway grabbing both hers and Hailey's bag as she went out. Hailey's laughter grew as she heard Charlie accuse Liz as the mouthwash bandit from down the hall.
"Well what I wanted was some drums… I don't know where or when but I think this song needs it." Amery said as she and Hailey walked out of the Rocque Records elevator and towards studio B. The blonde rushed towards the grand piano, dropping her bag and sitting on the seat. Her small hands glided across the ivory keys and smiled, the instrument reminded her of her brother. Chris knew how their father had treated Amery, and he always tried to help show off her talent, but their father was blind. So he did whatever a big brother could, motivate her to be even better than he was.
The blonde played the beginning of her song after opening her notebook to the page in which she had written some lyrics. She moved to the side as Hailey sat next to her watching as she began to sing the second verse to her song.
"This is my face; I've got a thousand opinions and not the time to explain. And this is my body and no matter how you try and disable it, yes, I'll still be here. And, this is my mind and although you try to infringe you cannot confine. And, this is my brain and even if you try and hold me back there's nothing that you can gain." She finished but continued on with the melody on the piano, it came to her easily, but lyrics were kind of hard to come by. Amery's hands were replaced by slightly tanned ones; Hailey changed what was the verse into a different but similar enough melody for the chorus and began to sing causing Amery to slightly pout but laugh in the end.
"I use mouthwash. Sometimes I floss. I've got a family and I drink cups of tea. I've got nostalgic pavements, I've got familiar faces. I've got a mixed-up memory and I've got favourite places." Hailey finished and began bobbing her head before telling Amery if she heard that she said the British 'favourite' and not the American one.
"I can totally feel some hi hat, and some guitars in the back in whatever comes after the chorus." Hailey said before adding that Amery was going to need Charlie and Liz for some guitar and bass. "We need to finish the lyrics though, if one thing my brother has taught me is that the lyrics are what really hit, music comes after." Amery nodded agreeing with Hailey, turning herself around in the chair, grabbing her notebook and pulling out the pen. Hailey watched as she wrote down the lyrics she had just sung causing her to smirk.
"Oh! We could do th-" Amery was interrupted when she sees her new boss walk in fingers in his ears and lalalaing to drown out the noise coming from the teenage boys.
"Isn't there a cheaper way to learn responsibility um like a goldfish?" Logan asked a hopeful grin on his lips. The girls turned around from their seat confused and amused at the whole situation. The boys waved at their new found semi friends getting two smiles from the brunette and blonde.
"Guys, Gustavo is right. This has got to stop." Kelly said after explaining how Griffin was tired of all the overspending.
"Oh, and until you pay me back you will not dip a toe into your beloved palm woods pool." Gustavo semi yelled emphasizing on a few words and turning around to thank Hailey as she so kindly 'dun dun dun' the matter at hand.
"You cannot keep us away from the world's greatest pool." Carlos protested his friends agreeing with him. It wasn't right and he didn't have the authorization to do so anyways.
"No. But Freight Train can." Gustavo semi agreed but won in the end when a huge possibly seven foot something man popped up from behind the four teenagers scaring them all and leaving Hailey and Amery in awe.
The two girls' mouth's dropped, he was humongous.
"Your mother is a superhuman if she gave birth to you." Hailey said slowly as Amery nodded agreeing with her one hundred percent. They both got up from their seat and walked over to the man as if he was a new species of humanoid. The guys looked over weirdly as the two shortest girls reached their destination and stared up, their necks nearly going all the way back as huge grins replaced their surprised expressions.
"Can I ride on your shoulders?" Amery asked happily, she clapped in glee when the huge black man shrugged his shoulders, taking that as a yes.
"You blokes mind helping me up?" Amery asked the two tallest boys out of the group who just shrugged themselves, James bent over and grabbed her from her legs and Kendall helped hoist her up on their security guard.
"I've never felt so tall!" The Brit yelled as she made herself comfortable careful not to mess with his hat or glasses. The boys turned away from the amazed girls and went back to the matter at hand as the girls ignored the fact that Gustavo was making the guys pay him two thousand dollars.
"Haven't you ever heard of sharing?" Hailey yelled and was about to be yelled by the blonde when two huge hands came to Amery's waist and placed her gently on to the ground.
"I'm sorry girls; I have to go I can't let these guys get into the pool." Freight Train waved and continued on his way leaving with three guys and leaving the helmet wearing teenager looking upset.
"Hey que pasa Spanish dude?" Hailey asked little to no concern showing across her face. She grinned as Amery scowled and slapped her exposed arm Hailey rubbed it a few seconds later trying to make the sting go away.
"I'm stuck being Gustavo's assistant for the day…" He said very sadly getting two grimaces from each girl. Gustavo wasn't that bad towards them, but they've seen how evil he could get with the guys. "What are you girls doing here?" Carlos asked a little happier then he currently was.
"Working on a new song, y'know the one you caught me singing in the park." Amery said with a smile before looking over at Hailey who only shrugged. Carlos grinned complementing the two ladies on their song.
"I heard your other song…Let It Ride? It's great…we all like it. They just won't admit it." Carlos stated 'they' being his best friends who saw these girls as mega competition. The girls smiled about to thank him for the complement but both were cut off by a loud earth shaking yell by none other than Gustavo Rocque.
"CARLOS!" Said guy dropped his head, turning on his heel to walk towards what was probably the worst work experience of his life.
"Oh!" Carlos exclaimed turning back around and towards the blonde in front of him. "Can you watch over my Palm Woods 500 World Cup? Please?" He nodded his head, a grin now forming as he remembered that's what got him a date to the party before. Hailey watched as Amery nodded following Carlos' head movements a smirk playing on her lips as the dark haired boy handed the aluminum foil covered cardboard arts and craft trophy to the blonde along with a small kiss on the cheek. The brunette chuckled as he ran off leaving a dumbfounded Amery to turn slowly and look over at her. Hailey's chuckle grew into a full on laughter as Amery placed the world cup next to the piano and plopped herself back into the seat.
"Alright Lover girl… let's do this." Hailey said as she sat down next to her best friend, shaking her head when she heard a sigh of bliss escape the blonde's lips.
Charlie bobbed her head as Liz walked around with a small portable amp attached to the belt of her shorts and a bass guitar wrapped around her torso. The bass riff going perfectly with what she wanted for her new song; Charlie began to clap her hands substituting it for a drum beat since she was too lazy to walk over to the drum set.
"Robert's got a quick hand. He'll look around the room; he won't tell you his plan. He's got a rolled cigarette, hanging out of his mouth, he's a cowboy kid. Yeah, he found a six shooter gun. In his dad's closet hidden with a box of fun things, and I don't even know what. But he's coming for you; yeah he's coming for you."
Liz smiled as she continued to play the bass riff and swayed her hips to the beat; they really did need some drums and a bit of a guitar.
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, faster than my bullet." Charlie continued but stopped not knowing what came next. She had only got so far since a few days ago she was too busy making a certain blonde's life hell and then trying to fix said blonde's life because well…hell was a bit too much.
"That's all I got." Charlie said with a shrug causing Liz to laugh and stop playing.
"It sounded pretty good. You mind if I write something for the second verse? I feel something." The southerner ignored the immature chuckle coming from her best friend but smiled when Charlie nodded her head.
"Go for it man, I'm all out of lyrics but I do have some sweet rhythm guitar." Liz nodded taking off the bass and the amp off, grabbed her blue acoustic that was safely in its gig bag and her notebook before opening the door to the apartment and walking out of it, leaving Charlie alone. The brunette shrugged as she watched the redhead leave quietly from 4R, Liz always had to be alone whenever she wrote about anything…she was just weird that way.
Charlie grabbed her own notebook, walked over to her room and placed it on top of her bed, it was sort of like a diary to her…she knew her friends wouldn't look through it but you could never be too careful. So placing it inside of her room was good enough.
Charlie had decided after closing the door to her room that she would chill by the pool since well her friends were being…productive and she wasn't. She laid down on one of the pool chairs resting her feet as she played Temple Run on her phone.
A smile grew onto her lips as her phone beeped, normally she would be mad because well…she was mid jump from the stupid weird monkey things but the message she had just received made her anger fade away as quickly as it came.
She reread the message and squealed in all spoiled happiness.
Daddy: What's your shoe size Princess?
She didn't stop squealing as she texted back the number six with a D-smiled face. She knew her daddy wouldn't say no to her 'not so expensive' Louis Vuitton sneakers. Her squealing finally stopped when she noticed a huge black man pointing to the pool with a huge sign spinning…sign. She nodded her head as if this huge man was absolutely normal and went back to playing her Temple Run.
"Half Giant I see…" She said as she cringed when the running man accidentally smashed into a rock. She should pay more attention where she swished her finger. Charlie didn't notice as the extremely over sized man looked down at her with a shake of his head.
"This other girl told me something similar, except she said my mom was a superhero since she gave birth to me." Charlie chuckled and nodded her head once more a small 'yes' escaping as she jumped just in time in her game
"That was probably Hailey, hey what's with the sign?" She asked putting down her phone too frustrated by her stupid finger to play. She watched as the huge man pointed towards the second floor window where a certain blonde touched his back and bent his body as if he was pregnant. Charlie nodded for the umpteenth time that day.
"Of course this has something to do with him…" Charlie rolled her eyes but rose from her seat anyways. It was a beautiful day and she was bored out of her mind. So bothering Kendall was going to have to do.
"Bye huge guy!" She exclaimed before actually skipping into the lobby but was stopped and more intrigued by a small girl in a tiny pants suit pulling James behind her.
"Where ya going-prettier than a girl- guy?" Charlie asked causing the little girl to stop and laugh only to stop abruptly when said little girl got a glare from her client. Charlie smiled at the small girl and stuck out her hand.
"Charlie Boyd… who are you?" The older girl smile grew into a grin when the small hand shook hers with a very firm grip and the other held out a business card which Charlie took gratefully.
"Katie Knight, I'm going to be running this town sooner more than later starting with the faces." She finished with a thumb pointing towards someone she had seen as an older brother for as long as she could remember.
"I can totally see that happening," Charlie said as she placed the business card… Charlie looked around but found she had no pockets deciding to wear leggings and a one sized bigger tank top, so she held the card in her hand. "Knight huh? Let me guess you're jerk offs…" A strained cough came from the taller guy who semi glared at the brunette getting an apologetic look from Charlie.
"Uhh… I mean Kendall's little sister?" Katie nodded but rolled her eyes, she was 10 not stupid. Charlie cleared her throat awkwardly but grinned as she noticed the expression on the little girls face.
"Soooo where are you guys going and can I come?" Charlie asked hopeful looking from James to Katie. She had found her new boredom outlet.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah let's go! I wanna get back into the pool, and L.A. needs to see this face." James said with a wiggle of his fingers in front of his face. Charlie shrugged not caring about his situation but 'yay'ed either way.
Liz closed the door to her apartment after leaving her guitar and her book back inside. She was now going down the stairs after walking through the halls of the fourth and third floor. Liz was bored, and could not find her dear friend, Charlie. She reached the second floor a song escaping her lips.
"I don't want to kiss or hold your hand. If it's funny try and understand. There is really nothing else I'd rather do, 'cause I'm happy just to dance with you."
"It's nice to see that at least a few of you kids know good music." Liz stopped singing to turn and look at the short older woman with red hair and two bags of groceries. The tall girl ran over and quickly helped the struggling woman. "Oh! And you're courteous?"
"Yes ma'am. My ma would have probably smacked me upside the head if I hadn't. So my actions are kind of on automatic." Liz explained finally realizing how her mother had her trained.
"You're polite too? I'm Jennifer Knight, where can I find more teenagers like you? And where do you get your hair done it's the perfect shade?" The older woman asked while walking towards her apartment, holding to her bag with one hand and expecting her hair with the other. Liz chuckled but answered anyways.
"Elizabeth Followill, but you can call me Liz. And I'm from the south, so I guess there? And this is my natural color." The natural red head said laughing as she heard the older woman call her lucky.
"It's very nice to meet you Liz, you should meet my kids, not all of them are mine but they could use some of your hospitality." Mrs. Knight said as she reached her apartment 2J her free hand grabbing her key card, Liz's eyes widened a smirk replacing her look of shock. It had been a week earlier that she was in here partying with her best friend in one of the greatest parties ever.
"Actually, I have met them…we're kind of on the same record label." Before Mrs. Knight could respond, she opened the door only to see a room full of mess, and her son and what was like a son to her were held hostage by 8 kids.
"Holy…" Liz began but was interrupted by a two loud 'help's. She placed the bag onto the dining table and followed the mother she had just met after watching the older woman run, drop her bag onto the dining table, grab the remote, and turn on the TV, saving her son and his friend from the eminent death of… kids.
The naturally red headed young teenager began to untie Logan's tied hands as Mrs. Knight untied her son's, then helping them take off the big one around their torsos.
"What is going on? The whole story." Mrs. Knight asked frustration in her voice, Liz placed her hands onto her hips a small smile on her face as they explained the situation. How could they let these kids get the best of them? They were kids. Not monsters.
"And they won't nap, and they tied us up, and they are EVIL! Help us mom?" Kendall pleaded with a distressed expression. Kendall and Logan were meant to be the smart ones…well the blonde not as much as the brunette… they should have been able to hand these kids.
"They need to be occupied!" Mrs. Knight exclaimed getting a nod from Liz, even she knew that. "The Ziggle Zaggles end in about five minutes. So you need to find something else to keep them busy and active."
"So… Good luck!" The southerner said as the older woman grabbed her bag, leaving her son to clean up his mess. Just as Liz made a step, two pairs of hands grabbed her from her waist and pulled her back to her previous position. Kendall and Logan both let go as they watched Kendall's mom close the door with a wave.
"Where do you think you're going?" Kendall asked the red head who crossed her arms in front of her chest in anger.
"I didn't start this mess…" She began but was cut off by the book smart singer.
"No, BUT! Your friend did start a mess a week ago." Logan stated pointing his finger to indicate the fact.
"And you guys didn't even help clean up after the party!" Kendall said slightly angered before Liz could claim she had nothing to do with the party.
"So now you have to help us… PLEASE?" both boys fell to their knees begging for her help, Liz groaned, why did she have to be so nice.
"FINE!" She yelled angrily, getting a few 'shh's from the kids.
This one kind of sucked… I liked writing the beginning… I think the ending is what killed it was super short...
I have no idea when I will be writing the next chapter, Well I'll be writing it, just don't know when it's going to be posted, I have neglected my other story for too long, so a few chapters of that… but I'll post along the way. Promise :D Thank you again so much for reviewing and putting this story on alert or favorites… it makes me super happy.
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