Chapter Ten

The next few weeks seemed to fly by after Aria talked to Kendall. Before she knew it Camille was stating that she was excited for the Big Time Rush concert tomorrow. Aria was excited when she went to sleep but nervous when she woke up the next morning. She had no idea what it was going to be like seeing Kendall again for the first time in 5 weeks. She was excited to see Kendall perform for the first time. The boys were getting to the venue around 12PM and the girls where to arrive at 1PM so they could spend time with them before their sound check and before the show. Aria purposely had set her alarm for 11AM hoping she would sleep until then so she didn't freak out too much. She woke up at 10:30. She decided to do the usual stuff but take as much time as she wanted. So she got up, showered, ate and then headed to the lobby to meet the girls. They just hung out and talked about their excitement for the concert until Aria's family had arrived.

Aria's family had been bugging her to let them meet Kendall so she figured she'd let them meet him as soon as she could. Camille had talked to Logan who managed to get Aria's family some tickets.

The girls piled into the van and headed to the venue.

When they arrived Camille lead them to the backstage area where they gave in their names and received VIP/All Access passes. "This is so cool!" Emma said putting her pass around her neck.

"This is insane." Aria said "I never would have thought in a million years, that I'd be at a concert to see my boyfriend perform."

"You'll get used to it…" Camille said jokingly.

They made their way around backstage. It was completely foreign to Aria. There were people pushing heavy boxes and security everywhere. They walked around until they found the boy's dressing room. Jenna knocked on the door. "JENNA!" Carlos said as he opened it, which was immediately followed by James running to the door, pulling Jenna into the room and giving her a kiss. Carlos grabbed Vickie and gave her a big hug. Camille ran into the room squealing "Looooogie!" Aria poked her head in the room. "Where's Kendall?" she asked. "Catering table." James said in between kisses from Jenna.

Aria introduced her family to the boys and they stayed in the dressing room with them while Aria set out to find Kendall. She wondered around until she felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She turned around to see a guy in all black staring back at her. "You've been walking around in circles for like 10 minutes. Are you looking for something?" Aria laughed "Yeah, I'm looking for the catering table."

He pointed her in the right direction. She walked where he told her and found the table. She looked around a spotted Kendall sitting at a table to the side. She walked up behind him. "I would find you stuffing your face…" Aria said with a smirk. Kendall turned around confused and almost choked on the water he was drinking. "ARI!" he yelled throwing his arms around her. "Hi." She said with a smile.

"When did you get here?" he asked.

"Like 15 minutes ago…" she answered.

"So, pretty much when I left to get food… want something?" he asked.

"Nah, I ate before I came." She said sitting down at the table. Kendall sat back down and continued eating. Kendall told her all about the tour and they just talked and talked.

Soon Aria realized Kendall had finished eating. "SHOOT." She said in the middle of her sentence.

"What?" Kendall asked concerned.

"I left my parents and sister in your dressing room." Aria said.

"Oh? Then we should probably go back." Kendall said standing up. Aria got up to and wrapped her arms around his waist. "But I don't want to…" she said with a smile.

Kendall unwrapped her arms from around his waist and took her hand. "Oh come on." He said pulling her toward the dressing room.

Suddenly Aria stopped in the middle of the hallway. "What?" Kendall asked.

"I just want you to myself for a while…" she pouted.

"Come on, you can have me all to yourself tonight." He said a wink.

She smiled but still didn't move. "I will pick you up and carry you to the dressing room…" he said.

"No you won't." Aria challenged.

Kendall gave her a smug look and picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and began to walk.

"Okay, I get it you will, now put me down." Aria said banging her fists on his back.

Kendall laughed. "No."

"KENDALL COME ON!" she yelled.

Kendall just kept laughing and carrying her to the room.

They stopped right outside the door and he finally put her down. Aria looked into his eyes and put her arms around his neck. Kendall pulled her into an almost kiss. The door opened. "Hey!" Carlos said with a huge grin. Aria removed her arms and they went into the room. "Where's my family?" Aria asked Carlos with a worried look.

"James & Jenna took them on a little tour on the venue because you were taking so long." Logan said.

"I wasn't gone for that long…" Aria said.

"You were gone for like an hour…" Carlos said.

"Oh. I didn't feel like it." She said looking at Kendall.

"We have sound check in 10 minutes; I think James & Jenna will probably meet us there with Aria's parents and Emma." Logan said.

They all headed to the stage. Aria saw her family sitting in their seats. They were in the first row. She joined them.

"Thanks for leaving us…" Emma said.

"Sorry, I got distracted" she said looking at Kendall on the stage who was dancing for no apparent reason.

He then realized that she was watching him and waved. She laughed and waved back.

"So that's Kendall…" her dad stated.

"Yeah." Aria smiled.

"He seems nice." Her Dad said. Aria could tell he was a bit iffy about him.

"He is. He's really nice. You have nothing to worry about." She said.

"Who said I was worried?" he asked.

"I can just tell." Aria said sitting down.

The sound check started. It was funny for Aria to see her family's expressions change while the boys sang. They seemed to be surprised by them but, they were enjoying themselves.

By the time they had finished, they were letting people into the venue so Aria's family decided they'd stay there. Aria let her parents know that she and girls were watching form the side of the stage.

Aria went and hung out with Kendall for 45 minutes until the guys needed to go to stage. Aria, Jenna, Camille & Vickie took their spots on the side of the stage. Aria peeked out at the crowd. There must have been thousands of people there. She didn't know how the guys did it so many people staring at you. She was just glad she didn't have to get in front of them. Suddenly there was an outrageous amount of screaming and they boys came out and started the concert. Aria was really enjoying herself. She found herself dancing and laughing and singing along.

There was a stage guy who had brought out 5 stools.

"Usually we sing this next song to a fan but Kendall has someone he wants to sing it to." Logan said to the crowd.

Suddenly Kendall ran to Aria and grabbed her hand. She didn't budge. "What are you doing?" she asked in a panic.

"Just trust me." He said with a smile. She let him lead her to a stool in the middle of stage.

"So, this is my girlfriend, Aria." Kendall said to the crowd. "And I love her."