Chapter Seventeen

Aria was lying in her bed, tossing and turning. There was no way she was getting to sleep anytime soon. She glanced at her clock, it read 12:08AM. She couldn't stop thinking about Kendall. As angry as she was with him she knew she made a big mistake. She was trying to think of a way to make everything okay again. She grabbed her phone and dialled Kendall's number. She sat there waiting anxiously. There was no answer. Suddenly, she remembered that it was past 12AM. Kendall was probably asleep, she would just have to deal with it tomorrow after her recording session. She looked out her open window the sky was beautiful. She stared at it until she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. Aria opened her eyes to be blinded by the sunlight coming through the window. She groaned and dragged herself out of bed and into the shower. She got dressed and grabbing a quick bite for breakfast. It was while she was on her way to Rocque Records that she realized she was recording a duet today. This left her wondering who she was recording with today.

Kendall was sitting at the table finishing his breakfast with a sad face.

"Come on Kendall, cheer up!" Carlos said. "We're singing today! You love singing!"

James walked into the room. "I don't think anything but Aria is going to make Kendall feel better Carlos."

"Ariaaaa." Kendall sulked.

"Come on guys were going to be late!" Logan said opening the door.

The boys filed out the door and headed to the studio.

Aria was sitting, listening to the instrumental acoustic track of the song she was recording today. She was familiarizing herself with it.

"Hey Gustavo?" she said when the track ended. Gustavo turned around.

"Who am I singing this with?" she asked.

The door opened and Kelly poked her head into the room. "The boys are here." Aria looked down at her lyric sheet.

"Send them in." Gustavo said with a send-them-in gesture.

Aria looked up and found herself looking straight into Kendall's green eyes. She sat there as they both awkwardly stared at each other.

"uh, hi." She said awkwardly looking into her lap. He said nothing.

"Here are your lyric sheets, study them. The first to lay down vocals are Kendall & Aria in 10 minutes." Gustavo said handing out the sheets and leaving the room to get a cup of coffee.

Aria sat there awkwardly as the boys read over their lyric sheets. She tried to build up the courage to talk to Kendall but she was at a loss for words. Should she say sorry? Should she talk to him in private? What should she do?

After a few minutes she approached Kendall. "Uh, Hey. Can I talk to you?"

Kendall looked at her. "Um, yeah." He said all flustered.

"Over there…" she said pointing to opposite side of the room.

They walked over to the other side of the room. Carlos, James and Logan tried to make it look like they weren't spying on them but they totally were. Aria faced Kendall.

"Kendall, I…I miss…I was…" she stuttered, "I'm s-" Gustavo burst into the room with his steaming cup of coffee.

"Aria, Kendall, booth now." He said sitting down.

Aria looked down. "Can we talk after we record?" she asked.

"Uh, yeah I guess." He said back.

They both got in the recording booth.

It was really awkward. Aria couldn't stand having to sing these lovey-dovey lyrics to Kendall when they were broken up. It was really eating her on the inside but there wasn't much she could do about it.

Kendall found it equally as awkward. When Aria was singing he just wanted to pull her into his arms and kiss her and tell her he loved her and nothing could change that.

Suddenly Kendall and Aria had to sing "I love you". They did it in perfect harmony. Aria's eyes locked with Kendall's. Kendall could see the sadness in her eyes. He could tell she hated them being broken up. Aria could feel the tension in the booth rising. She just wanted to say she was sorry and ask for forgiveness.

She took a deep breath ready to say it but just as she was about to Kendall smashed his lips into hers, bringing her into a passionate kiss. Aria's hand found its way to the back of Kendall's neck. She kissed him back with just as much force and passion as he had.

They pulled apart. They both had goofy smiles on their faces and were breathing heavily.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"It's not your fault. I should've called you and told you what was going on." He said wrapping his arms around her.

"It's not YOUR fault. I overreacted. I should have believed you. I was stupid." She said.

"Aria, you're not stupid. Don't say that." He said.

"Stop trying to make me feel better, I am." She replied.

"I missed that stubborn attitude of yours." He said with a smirk.

Aria smiled. "And I missed that smile and those gorgeous eyes and of course those lips…" she said kissing him again.

"How about we get out of here?" Kendall asked.

Suddenly, they both realized they were still in the recording booth. Everyone had left the room except for Gustavo who at the moment seemed to not have a heart.

"You done now? We have work to do." He said in an annoyed tone.

"Can we have the rest of the day off?" Kendall asked innocently.

"Absolutely not." Gustavo said.

"Come on! We'll all come in early tomorrow morning and have the song done by like 4PM tomorrow." He pleaded. Aria nodded vigorously.

"No." Gustavo said firmly.

Kelly walked in. "Guys, just go." She said.

Gustavo objected and Kelly managed to overrule him.

Kendall grabbed Aria's hand and they ran to the elevator giggling.

James, Carlos and Logan watched them kiss as the doors closed.