Chapter 2: First Conversation

"Enya, take care of yourself when you're here." Dad said with teary eyes as he hugged his precious girl.

I sighed, he is just so openly biased with my little sister.

I looked to Mom who gave me an pained expression on her face.

"It's so hard to leave my darlings here…" She said before grabbing me to give me a huge hug.

Initially the plan was for all of us to stay in LA but Mom and Dad had to leave us to go back to Kansas because they had work to do.

"Do you really need to go? Aunt Lisa is so annoying…" Enya whined at Dad.

I for one, liked the idea of having Aunt Lisa staying with us. She is the coolest aunt ever but Enya doesn't like her because Aunt Lisa is constantly finding faults with her. Enya also complains that Aunt Lisa favours me over her. (That's because Enya is too 'princessy' which Aunt Lisa cannot stand.)

"Yes dear. Don't say that of Aunt Lisa. She's doing us a huge favour for coming here." Dad replied as he patted Enya's head.

"So behave." Mom eyed both of us. Dad and Mom gave us a final look before driving off. I looked to my sister who had a sheepish grin on her face.

"I know that look too well." I sighed.

"With Dad and Mom gone, and before Aunt Terror arrives, WE HAVE FREEDOM!" She grinned at me.

I rolled my eyes. "What are you planning now?"

"Just follow me." She pulled me in as I followed after her hesitantly. She dragged me to the pool and walking towards where Kendall and his friends were.

"Please don't do this…" I whined and pleaded.

"Nope. This time I'm taking matters into my own hands." She replied firmly. "Since when did you ever tried talking to any of your crushes?"

"I'm not crushing on KENDALL. He has a girlfriend, for crying out LOUD!" I hollered.

"Yes, you are. Don't deny that." She smiled devilishly.

"Can you please stop it…" We stopped right in front of the whole gang. I widened my eyes in embarrassment as all eyes turned to us. Kendall noticed me then smiled. The rest of them continued scrutinizing both of us.

"Hey, guys. I just want to introduce myself. I'm Enya Roberts. This is my older sister, Bel. I believe Kendall and…" She looked to Katie.

"Katie. And yeah, we saw Bel yesterday." She gave Enya a look but smiled brightly at me. I smiled back at her.

"I'm Kendall." Kendall stood up to shake Enya's hand. He smiled back at me.

"I don't need to introduce myself right?" He teased.

I nodded shyly.

"Let me introduce. Pretty boy here is James." He motioned to a brown haired cutie which smiled brightly back at me then Enya.

"Helmet boy is Carlos." He next motioned to a guy who was wearing a helmet. He stood up to shake Enya's hand then mine.

"Err… Brainy kid here is Logan." He motioned to the black haired cutie. He smiled to us.

"We know who you guys are. We're big fans of Big Time Rush, especially Bel." Enya announced proudly. All the guys looked brightly at us.

James winked, "Who you like best?"

"You are asking me or Bel?"

He looked directly at me. "Bel."

"No comments." I blushed, not believing that he was trying to flirt with me.

"Ignore James, he does that to every new girl he sees." Carlos tried to make me feel more at ease when he see I was feeling uncomfortable.

"How come he's not flirting with me?" Enya eyed James.

"No comments." He echoed my words and smirked.

"Hello? Are we invisible?" A brunette sitting beside Logan gestured towards us.

"I apologise for James' rude intrusion." Kendall smiled back at me and Enya. James made a face at Kendall who only made me a bit tickled and smiled.

"This here is Camille, drama queen of Palmwoods." He gestured to Camille who gave me a smack on his shoulder.

"Hi!" She smiled warmly at both of us. I smiled back and managed to mouth a hi.

"This is…" He gestured to the blond who was sitting beside Camille.

"Jo Taylor." Enya finished his sentence. They all eyed her.

"Hey, I watch New Town High okay?" She rolled her eyes.

I watched as Jo looked at Kendall then back at me. She smiled at me and Enya and waved.

"Want to join us for lunch?" Jo asked politely.

"Sorry, these girls won't be joining you for lunch." A familiar voice spoke. I turned around to see my Aunt Lisa. I smiled then ran over to give her a big hug.

"You're early, Aunt Lisa!" I said.

"Yeah, so that you girls don't go around causing trouble." She replied then lowered her volume, "…knowing that sister of yours…"

I laughed then broke apart from her. Enya hesitantly go forth and gave her a hug too.

The gang introduced themselves to Aunt Lisa. She scrutinized all of them, especially James. I guess it was because he blatantly just flirted with me.

We waved goodbye to all of them. I was so glad that was over. I had something with meeting people for the first time. I would just freeze up and everything.

"Eh, so much for being ten times hotter than you…" Enya nudged me. Aunt Lisa went to the bathroom so she took the chance to talk to me about the gang. We were having lunch at a neighbourhood café which had really good spaghetti.

"Why?" I asked in between mouthfuls, trying to act innocent when I clearly know what she was talking about.

She rolled her eyes. "I mean, James. He's like the hottest guy among all of the them and he just flirted with you. YOU! Instead of me."

I sighed as I sipped my Sprite. "It's nothing, you know… It does not mean anything…"

"Oohh, maybe you might become James' girlfriend…" She teased.

"Please. Like you say, he's the hottest guy. He probably have tons of other hot models or actresses dying to date him." I rolled my eyes.

"That's not true." Aunt Lisa replied. We widened our eyes at each other and then looked back to her.

"Bel, you're really pretty. If that James boy dates you, he's one lucky guy." She smiled sincerely at me.

I laughed. "Thanks Aunt Lisa but I know where I stand amongst other wannabes in Hollywood."

"I'm serious. Yes, Enya looks ten times hotter than you. But you have something much more than it, inner depth." She said sternly.

"Woah, thanks Aunt Lisa…" Enya whined.

"Now now Enya. Don't get jealous. You're still the hotter sister." Aunt Lisa chuckled.

We all laughed.

When we got back to the Palmwoods, we saw the guys again. This time, it was just the four of them.

"Now now, just a quick chat. See you girls later." She eyed the guys then us before walking off. Enya walked happily to the guys. I hesitated behind her.

"Hey girls." Kendall smiled and waved.

"Want to sit?" Logan asked as he motioned to the seat beside him. Enya quickly slid into the seat beside him. James and Kendall made some space so I sat in the middle of them. (ironically)

"How was lunch?" James asked me.

I nodded slightly. "It was not too bad."

"Not too bad. You should have seen her. She was wolfing down her food really fast." Enya commented as I blushed instantly.

James chuckled. "Ah. A eater…"

Kendall continued, "So you guys like Palmwoods so far?"

"It's awesome…." Enya then launched into a series of reporting about everything about the Palmwoods. The guys joined in the talk as well. I just sat there nodding and laughing at the appropriate places.

After a while, Jo and Camille joined us. She squeezed right between Kendall and I which caused me to be pushed to James.

Kendall immediately apologized, "Gosh, sorry Bel."

I nodded slightly, "It's okay…"

He smiled back to me then turned back to continue the conversation with the rest.

"Jo is forever like this…Being a jealous girl…" James whispers to me and shakes his head.

"I can see that." I whispered back.

"And hey, you're really quiet. Haven't seen someone like you in a while. Everyone here is basically quite outspoken." He asked.

"I figured that out as well." I laughed.

He smiled. "Sorry if I scared you earlier today. I just talk like that." He then scratched his head.

I smiled back. "No worries."

"Hey, you both. What are you guys whispering about?" Carlos asked.

"Nothing." James answered then smiled back at me.

Enya gave me the look which I just avoided.

"I need to go. Got stuffs to do." I glanced to my watch then stood up.

"Ahh…" Enya wanted to continue her sentence but when she saw my face, she kept mum.

"See you guys later." I smiled and waved to them.

"Bye." All of them said simultaneously. James waved back to me when I turned around one last time. Kendall also turned back to smile at me but subsequently turned his attention back to the conversation.

I sighed then walked back to my room.

Doing things was just a lie. I couldn't stand being there with the guys. I don't know why; I guess I am starting to fall for Kendall.

I sat down to open my laptop, trying to see if my best friend, Heather was online so I could chat with her. She was not around. So I started to write random things to make myself distracted from all the unnecessary thoughts in my mind.