Disclaimer: I don't own Big Time Rush or Taylor Swift. I only own Allie, Lily, the snorkeler, Maria, and the man in the blue shirt.
The first week in Hawaii was probably the tannest that I've ever gotten in my life. I was a really dark brown by the time the end of the first week rolled around. Kendall took me to a different beach every day. James taught Lily and I how to surf for two days, then the third day we spent surfing by ourselves. After that, Kendall just kept taking me to all of the beaches around the island. Every night before I would fall asleep Kendall would kiss my forehead and I would wake up to him kissing it again. It was a really cute gesture on his part and I was really starting to get used to the fact that Kendall wouldn't hurt me like Dylan did. I woke up to Kendall kissing my forehead again today.
"Morning," he smiles.
I yawn in response and sit up. He chuckles as I groan while stretching. "Morning," I say lazily and flop back down onto the bed.
Kendall gets up and goes into the closet to get changed, I'm guessing. I get off of the bed a few moments later and walk into the kitchen. I pour myself a cup of coffee and lean against the counter, looking out the sliding glass door and towards the ocean.
"Wanna go snorkeling?" Kendall asks and walks into the kitchen.
"Snorkeling? Me?" I ask, pointing to myself.
Kendall nods.
"I'll probably drown," I say.
"Come on, you can't be that uncoordinated," Kendall says and chuckles.
"But I am," I reply. I take a sip of my coffee and raise my eyebrows at him to prove my point. Kendall laughs again.
"I am! I've fallen numerous times on the beach! Remember?" I say and he laughs even harder. "It also took me twice as long to learn how to surf as it takes normal people," I add.
"It took Lily and you the same amount of time," he argues.
"It runs in the family," I mumble and put my cup down on the counter.
"What was that?" he asks.
"Nothing, I'm going to get ready," I say and walk towards our room.
"We're going snorkeling whether you like it or not!" he calls after me.
"Well it's definitely a not!" I call back.
I walk into our room and into the closet. I put on one of the swimsuits that Kendall bought me and look into the mirror. I still don't understand why he bought me them, but I don't bring it up since I already threw them out the window once. I put on a pair of lighter shorts and a see through white loose shirt. I throw my hair into a messy bun and tie Kendall's bandana around as a headband, with the tie at the top. I grab my reflective sunglasses and walk out of the room looking at my iPhone. I check my twitter for the first time since I've been in Hawaii. I notice I'm almost at 20K followers and my mentions exploded. I check Kendall's profile and see that he's posted pictures of me and him on his profile. It makes me smile and I retweet them, making my mentions explode even more with questions from random people with pictures of Kendall and his band mates as their pictures. I tweet that we're going snorkeling and close Twitter since it was starting to make my phone slow.
"Ready?" Kendall asks.
"Yup," I answer and put my sunglasses on.
"Nice bandana," he comments and puts his sunglasses on as well.
"Thanks. I really think that pink is my color," I say and Kendall laughs. Kendall holds open the front door for me and I walk through sticking my tongue out at him. He laughs again and locks the door. Lily and James are gone to a different island for a few days according to the note on the counter so it's just Kendall and I. I open the passenger door once I reach the car and get in; Kendall does the same except for on the driver's side. He turns on the radio and starts singing along to a song that I don't recognize. The next song that comes on is one of my favorites. It's Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift. I start singing it, and then realize Kendall is recording me 'secretly' with his phone.
"Any reason you're recording me?" I ask.
"Nope. Just want to be able to listen to your voice whenever I want," he says and gives me a cheeky smile. I laugh and sing softer, hopefully so that he can't catch my voice. He pulls up towards a small shop on the beach and parks the car. There's a colorful sign on it with a painted on blue snorkel that tells me we're at the right place. I'm guessing that the little business owns private beach property because there are only a few families and couples in the water. I take out the bandana because I don't want it to get wet and leave it in the cup holder.
"Still going to drown," I joke to Kendall when we walk towards the lady at the counter. He chuckles and walks up, coming back with snorkeling gear a few moments later. We both put on our gear and laugh when we try to walk to the beach with the flippers on.
"Surprised you haven't fallen," he comments and tries to raise his eyebrows but can't because of the dorky snorkel mask.
"Surprised you aren't tanner than me," I counter back and smile.
"Not a fair argument," he replies and wades into the water.
"Fair enough!" I call and start to wade in after him. When we get to about waist level we start to float and make our way into deeper water. Being able to see all of the fish is like we're in a different world. I start to follow a little school of fish until I realize that I've lost Kendall somewhere along the way. I bring my head up and tread water, looking for blonde head. I swim over to the only one I can see and tap on his back.
"Kendall?" I ask tentatively. The person comes above water and of course, he's not Kendall. He has a similar hair color and body shape, but he brown eyes and not as strong of a jawline as Kendall.
"Excuse me?" he asks.
"Nothing, I'm sorry, I'm looking for my boyfriend," I say and start to tread away from him.
"Can I help?" he asks.
"No thanks," I smile and start to swim away. He goes back to snorkeling and I bump into someone in the water. Kendall's face emerges from the water.
"There you are," he says and smiles.
"Here I am," I say and glance over to the guy I tapped on the shoulder. He's looking at me and once we meet eyes he smiles.
"What are you looking at?" Kendall asks and turns around to look. "Him?" he asks and raises his eyebrows.
"Yeah, I thought he was you so I tapped his shoulder. But he's not you, obviously," I explain.
"Obviously," he repeats and laughs. "Hungry?" he asks.
"Starving," I say and we start to swim into shore. Once we reach it, we take off our gear and return it to the lady. We walk over to the car and I take out my messy bun. I run my fingers through a couple of times and then throw it back up. I get into the car and put the bandana back on along with my sunglasses. I realize that it's almost three already and my stomach growls. Kendall laughs and I chuckle, but I'm mainly embarrassed. Kendall drives down the street for a few minutes and then pulls up to a little restaurant that's on a boardwalk overlooking the beach.
"I'll pay," I say when we're done eating.
"No, you won't," Kendall raises his eyebrows and hands his debit card to the waiter that is sitting there watching mine and Kendall's small quarrel.
"Don't take that card," I say to the waiter. His hand stops about halfway to the card and the waiter looks at me.
"Take the card," Kendall says and places it in his hand.
"Give it back," I say to the waiter.
"No, take it," Kendall says and looks at me with his eyebrows furrowed.
"Don't take the card," I say, locking my eyes with Kendall's.
"I'll just go bring it up myself then," he says and stands.
"No you won't!" I say and stand, almost knocking my chair over and walking swiftly up to the woman at the cash register. I start getting money out of my purse and tell her what table I was at. She gets the total amount on the register.
"Don't take her money," I hear Kendall's voice behind me.
"Take my money," I say and place it on the counter.
"No, take this," Kendall says and his arm comes over my shoulder with the credit card in his hand.
"Don't do it," I say to the lady.
"Let's just make it on the house, hm?" she says and chuckles.
"What! No!" I say and urge her to take the money.
"I'm not taking your money. You two just made my day. No charge," she says and walks away chuckling.
I leave a ten on the register and see Kendall leaving the small restaurant. I follow him out to his car and get in.
"Well that didn't go as planned," Kendall says and smiles at me.
"Definitely not," I answer and he starts the car. Automatically, I turn on the radio and start humming along to a song. Soon enough, Kendall pulls into the beach house driveway. I get out of the car and go into the house. I decide to take a shower to rinse off some of the salt. I wear one of my floral skirts and put some product into my hair that makes it wavy after my shower. I grab a book that I've been reading and go out into the living room where Kendall is.
"Want to go shopping?" he says before I can even sit down.
"As long as I can pay for my own clothes," I say and smile.
"No promises," I hear Kendall say when I start walking back towards our room. I put on my favorite pink sandals and grab my bag. I walk back out and smile.
"Ready?" he asks and I nod.
We go out to the car and spend the whole ride into the city singing together and laughing. He parks in a parking lot next to a street filled with stores and a mall that's just down the street.
"I hope there are no cameras," I say quietly and get out. Kendall takes my hand.
"There won't be," he says confidently and we both put on our sunglasses. "I haven't tweeted yet," he adds and I laugh. Kendall takes out his phone and puts it away a few moments later. "But now there might be," he says, leaning down and kisses me.
"Why do you have to tweet everything?" I ask him.
"I just want everyone to know that you're mine," he says and squeezes my hand. I smile and we start walking down the street. I notice a man in a blue shirt in more than a few of the stores that I enter. I start being cautious because I figure that he's just paparazzi. We walk into the mall and a wave of air conditioning feels amazing. A shrill scream breaks my train of thought.
"Oh my gosh! Are you Kendall Schmidt?" someone yells.
"It's him!" another voice squeals.
"And his girlfriend!" another screams.
"He's here!" another says and all of the sudden Kendall and I are surrounded by a group of about 15 teenage girls.
They go on screaming and more people gather around. Kendall ends up taking pictures with all of them and the few more people that gather. He signs arms, phones, receipts, and other random items. Some of the girls even wanted a picture with me, which surprised me.
"You're so lucky to be dating Kendall," a girl of about 12 gushes to me.
"More like I'm lucky that he's dating me," I say and laugh.
"Is he a good kisser?" A girl that looks about 14 asks and giggles.
"Well-" I get interrupted by another girl.
"Is he good in bed?" another girl asks.
I can't help but laugh. "Excuse me?" I ask and Kendall walks up to me surrounded by the teenage girls bombarding me with questions.
"It was nice seeing all of you," he says and smiles at them. He takes my hand and leads me away from them. All of them gawk at us as we walk away. I turn back to look at them and a few frantically wave. I wave back and smile. I see the blue shirted man walk into the mall behind the group of girls. He walks around them and meets eyes with me, even though I'm still wearing my sunglasses I feel sort of creeped out. I look away and put my arm around Kendall, he does the same.
A small girl walks in front of Kendall and I, she looks up at Kendall with big brown eyes.
"Hi sweetie," Kendall says and she says 'hi' back quietly. He takes off his sunglasses.
"Are you really Kendall?" she asks quietly. He smiles and kneels down to her height.
"And what if I am?" he says and smiles. She throws her arms around him. I see her mother sitting on a bench a few yards away. I smile at her and she smiles back, and then her eyes go back to Kendall talking with her daughter. I see the man in the blue shirt sit down at a bench watching Kendall interacting with the girl as well.
"I love you so much!" she says and he laughs. Kendall picks up the little girl, who says that her name is Maria.
I take out my phone. "Smile," I say to Kendall and Maria.
"Why?" she asks.
"Because this is adorable," I answer. I take a picture of Kendall and Maria.
Kendall puts her down and stays down at eyelevel with her.
"Will you do me a big favor?" he asks the small girl.
Maria nods her head excitedly. Kendall takes off one of his bracelets. The one he takes off says 'Big Time Rush' in white script with pictures of all four of the boy's heads.
"Will you take good care of this?" he asks in all seriousness. Maria's jaw literally drops.
"Yes! I promise!" she says and Kendall puts the bracelet on her wrist. Kendall hugs her and she blushes.
"You should probably get back to your mom now," he says and smiles, standing to his full height.
She runs over to her mom and shows her bracelet off to her mom. Her mom looks over to us and smiles warmly to Kendall. He smiles back and puts his sunglasses back on. Our hands find each other again and we go back to shopping for another hour or so. Somehow, in every single store I manage to glimpse at the man either walking by, looking around the same store as us, or sitting on a bench nearby. When Kendall suggests frozen yogurt, I automatically agree and see if the man will follow us there too. And he does. Kendall orders both of our frozen yogurt and I don't argue with him because I'm too busy thinking about the man who's sitting a few tables away from me reading a newspaper. I don't realize that I'm staring until Kendall sits down in front of me and has to literally wave his hand in front of my line of sight towards the man.
"Why are you staring at that man?" he asks me curiously.
"No reason," I say nonchalantly.
"You're a horrible liar," Kendall chuckles and eats a spoonful of his yogurt.
I chuckle and start eating my frozen yogurt. About halfway through I glance over at the man and realize that he's watching Kendall and I talk.
"Kendall," I whisper to him.
"What?" he whispers back and smiles, leaning down in his chair.
"You know that man that I was staring at?" I whisper.
"Yeah," he says and I can hear the confusion.
"He followed us all afternoon," I whisper and he straightens up. His head whips around to the man in the blue and their eyes meet. They stare for a few minutes until Kendall stands.
"No, Kendall, don't!" I whisper-shout to him, but it's too late.
I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long. It really means a lot to me that I've still gotten tons of hits on this story though! I'm almost to 700, and I can only thank you guys for reading. It really means a lot!
I'm out of school now so I'll hopefully be able to update more often.
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