Chapter Fifteen

Aria grabbed her popcorn off the table and made her way to the couch. It had been 2 weeks since her accident and she was feeling better. The boys had an awards show to attend tonight and Aria was getting ready to watch the red carpet coverage to see the guys. Kendall had asked her to be his date but she wasn't feeling up to it just yet. She felt bad because James, Carlos and Logan all had dates. She offered to just suck it up and go but Kendall told her it was best for her to stay home. She sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

Aria patiently waited, munching on her popcorn, for the boys. "And here comes one of the hottest boy bands around, BIG TIME RUSH! Carlos, James, Logan and Kendall are accompanied by their girlfriends tonight." Aria choked on her popcorn. It must just be a mistake, she thought.

The boys walked up to the reporter. She couldn't see Kendall. "So James, who is your friend?" the reported asked curiously.

"This is my girlfriend, Jenna." He said gesturing to Jenna beside him. The reporter greeted her and moved onto Carlos. Carlos introduced his date, Vickie. The reporter seemed to be happy and greeted Vickie with a smile. The reporter moved to talk to Logan and Camille. Aria could see Kendall standing next to Camille. Her heart skipped a beat. He looked so cute on her big screen.

"Here's a familiar face, it's Candice Carlson, the singer of the hit song 'Tell Me More' with Big Time Rush's Kendall Knight!" the reporter said excitedly.

Aria spit her popcorn out of her mouth, "WHAT?" she yelled out loud as the popcorn it the ground.

Kendall and Candice talked to the reporter. Aria was in too much shock to catch what they were saying. All she caught was the reporter saying "And there's hollywood's new hottest IT couple, Candice Carlson and Kendall Knight! Remember you heard it here first on Hollywood news!"

Aria stared at her TV. What just happened? She thought. Is Kendall two timing me?

Aria suddenly felt tears forming in her eyes. She grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. She curled up on the couch and closed her eyes. She was thinking about was just happened and suddenly she realized her was sobbing. She turned over and grabbed the blanket and covered herself.

Aria was startled awake by her phone ringing. She rubbed her eyes and grabbed it. It was Kendall. She hit ignore. She didn't want to talk to him. Two minutes later it rang again and it was Kendall. She clicked talk.

"Hello?" she said in an annoyed tone. Kendall could tell she was upset.

"Before you say anything, let me explain-"

"Explain what Kendall? How you now have two girlfriends? Did you make her think you two had something special? You know thing is why I never open up to guys because all they do it break your heart." Aria was choking back tears. She always thought it was that no boys liked her but she realized that some boys actually had but she just never opened up to them because she was afraid to have her heart broken. She finally opened up to someone and what did he do? Break her heart. Maybe it's just not worth it.

"Aria! NO! That's not the case at all. I'm not dating Candice, it was just a publicity thing." Kendall tried to reason with her.

"Honestly, Kendall. I just need a little bit of time." She said letting the tears fall down her face.

"Take the time you need. I love you, Aria." Kendall replied.

Aria hung up the phone.

Kendall was lying on his bed in his room. It had been a week and a half since he had spoken to Aria. He figured he was successfully giving her space. He was wondering if he should call her. Suddenly, James walked into the room.

"Bro, are you done sulking yet? Why don't you just go talk to Aria and explain that Gustavo forced you to go to the event with Candice?" James said sitting on a nearby chair.

"I dunno. She told me she needed time and she didn't let me fully explain why I was at the even with Candice. I don't know how much time she needs…" Kendall said staring straight up at the ceiling.

James got up and towered over Kendall. "DUDE. GO. NOW." He pulled Kendall to his feet and pushed him toward the door.

Kendall left and made his way to Aria's apartment. He knocked on the door.

Aria looked through the peep hole and sighed. She decided to ignore him. But she accidentally hit the doorknob. Now she had to open the door. She opened it. Kendall gave her one of those cute smiles she loved so much.

"Hi." He said.

"Hello." Aria said in an annoyed tone.

Kendall panicked slightly. She sounded mad, defiantly not ready let him explain.

"Can I talk to you?" Kendall asked.

"Can I say no?" she responded.

"Please let me explain." Kendall said.

"You have two minutes." She said moving out of the doorway.

Kendall walked in and turned to face her.

"I went to Rocque Records before the event because Gustavo wanted to talk to us. He then told me that because I didn't have a date I had to go with Candice because he couldn't be the hottest boy band without girls. I didn't have a choice. I could either go with her or we could fail as a band. I tried, Aria. I really tried to get Gustavo to let me go solo but you know Gustavo, he wouldn't budge. I couldn't do anything about it! And I'm begging you. Please forgive me. Please."

"Kendall, do you have any idea who I felt when all of the sudden you're on my TV with a different girl and you're supposedly dating her? Do you have any idea how mortified, embarrassed and heartbroken I was? Kendall, you're just like every other rockstar on the planet and I don't think I can take the heartache. I'm sorry Kendall but we're done." Aria said. She ran into her bedroom and closed the door.

"ARIA!" Kendall said. He stopped at the door. He could hear her sobbing through the door. He opened it.

"Aria, I love you and don't want to lose you." He said.

Aria looked up at him. "Kendall seriously, leave. We're done."