Paisleys story
I drove kendall and I around as much of los Angeles as I could fit in before I was due at the studio at 3.
Rehersal went really well. I hugged the life out of James saying thankyou for the car. Again it was all James giving the orders, kendall just sat back and waited for his Que with the rest of the boys.
Sheriden hadn't shown up today. But James told me to drive to his house for 10am the following morning for a lift to Evans, I still didnt know what Evans was, I didn't like to ask for fear of looking stupid.
After rehersal kendall advised, not told me that I was best off going back to the hotel and chilling out before the nerves set in for tomorrows performance. But he was pleased that I said I didn't want to be alone and ended up back in his pool having fun but I had the common sense to go back to the hotel and grab a bikini.
We had a chilled out evening of our own.
"Kendall what is Evans?" I finally plucked up the courage to ask.
Kendall looked up, he had his pet pig yuma on his lap.
"Evans? I don't know pais. Why?" He asked.
"Sheriden is taking me to Evans tomorrow, but her and james just assumed I knew what it was" I said relieved that kendall didn't know either.
"Ohhh! That Evans" kendall laughed.
"What do you mean oh that Evans? What is it?"
"It's a beauty salon... kind of. Sheriden always goes there, but I'm surprised she is taking you actually" he said.
"Why? What does that mean" I laughed.
"well she doesn't go with anyone... Sheriden tends to be a bit of a loner in the girlfriends department. She has one good friend that I know of but she is in Milan last I heard, rest of the time she hangs out with us lot. She enjoys being... the alpha female I guess you would call it"
"She must just want me to look better for my big debut tomorrow" I got up and looked in a mirror that Hung on kendalls wall.
"Hmm... pais your beautiful as you are. I think she just wants us all to get along. When kacey first showed up sheriden was very stand offish, and Carlos' ex tammi... well it was a pain in the Ass putting up with those two in the same room, and any girl that comes in to contact with Logan gets a good dressing down from her"
"Yeah but you said logan brings home a different girl every night, so that doesnt count" I defended sheridens actions.
"Yeah I guess, but least she is trying" Kendall added.
Yeah she was trying. I wondered if sheriden had just realised its easier to let me in the group so kendall has half a chance of liking me or if she was doing it for James' benefit for the record label, or indeed she did just want a friend.
I left kendalls house just before 10pm, I was chilled out and ready for bed.
I slept okay despite my increasing nerves.
Kendall popped round early the next morning with a massive bouquet of flowers for me. They were a gift for good luck. We had a passionate kiss. He gave me my ticket for the gala. He must of bought one from the sheriden Lloyd foundation despite being able to get in anyway as the band was performing.
It was all for charity I guess and at $750 a ticket I expect sheriden was going to do well with raising her fund money.
I left my room the same time as kendall. He wished me luck and looked forward to seeing me later. We kissed goodbye as we reached my sexy new car, I made my way to Sheriden and James' house.
"Paisley! Great to see you. James tells me you love the car" sheriden greeted me with a kiss on the cheek and a friendly tone.
"I do love the car, there was really no need for such a grand gesture though" I gave her an air kiss and matched her friendly voice.
James walked in to the lounge.
"Morning pais! How's the nerves?" He asked as he grabbed suit bags and other items.
"Not too bad at the moment" I replied.
"Good good" he smiled back.
James went outside and filled sheridens car with the bags.
"Right ready when you two are" James called.
Sheriden smiled at me and pulled me out to her car by the hand.
She sat in the front, James drove and I was in the back.
When we arrived at Evans it looked like some fancy golf club manor house. Some of the male staff came and took the bags out of the car that James had put in.
Sheriden kissed James goodbye, he gave me a wave and left us there.
I felt terrified.
Inside the huge manor house was a winding staircase, I followed sheriden up it.
"you okay paisley?" She asked.
"Erm yeah... what exactly happens here? Kendall said it was a beauty salon" I laughed my nervous voice off, secretly hating kendall for not telling me the extent of poshness that would be required at Evans.
Sheriden smiled." It is a beauty salon... just on a less commercial scale. It will be fun paisley, its just a way I like to get myself ready for big events... and I can't stand not doing anything today. It's the same date as I had my accident" sheriden stayed smiling although I could see in her eyes that she was filled with pain.
We went in to a small room at the top of the stairs.
"Sheriden why did you want me with you today?" I really wanted to know.
"It's important to the boys that we get along. I want us to be good friends paisley... honestly I do" she reached for my hand for the second time today.
I smiled at her and squeezed her hand."its important to me too Sheriden"
"Well let's get ready for our big night then" she concluded.
Evans was amazing. as far as I had seen, only sheriden and I were there.
We started off with getting all over body massages then had manicures, pedicures. eyebrow threading and tinting, the poshest lunch i have ever had in my life, and we had our hair and make up done and finished off being dressed.
Sheriden looked stunning she wore a navy blue sequined dress, it was full length, she had gone for a complete hair colour change and was now a beautiful blue eyed blonde. Her hair had loose curls scattered throughout. She really did look amazing.
Sheriden beamed at me.
"Paisley look in the mirror. You look so different".
I walked over to the mirror. Sheriden had picked out a glamorous white dress for me, the skirt length came just above my I understood why sheriden had a moan about how I got up from the rehersal stage the other day. She obviously knew I was going to be wearing this. The top of the dress was tight fitting showing off my cleavage. My dark Italian skin had been buffed to perfection, it looked amazing against the whiteness of my dress.
My hair had been waved, it looked so natural but totally changed the look of my face... my face looked stunning, even if I did say so myself.
I still looked like me, but it was like me as an angel in heaven.
"Kendall is going to be blown away pais'" sheriden whispered from behind me.
I smiled, it was the first time she had called me pais'
"You think so?" I asked as I stared at my angel reflection.
"Absolutely!" she said.
"Sheriden... thank you so much... not just for this but for everything you and James have done. I hope you know how much it means for me"
She smiled "believe it or not paisley you and I are not all that different. I came from a very difficult background just like you, I tried to make it big on my own, just like you with kandy teaze. If it wasn't for the help of some very special people in my life then I would still be living in hackney London, snorting up coke,giving up on my dreams and my self and probably living with an abusive boyfriend, carlos' dad saved me from a truly terrible upbringing, both my parents were acoholics, i was left to fend for myself pretty much at the age of 12"
"Sheriden I had no idea of all that" my voice almost a whisper.
"Well the press don't tend to listen to the truth, they just print what they see, which at the time was a very scared 19 year old girl with no where left to go... just like you"
I could feel the heat of tears wanting to escape my eyes.
"Don't you dare fucking cry pais, we don't have time to redo that make up" sheriden laughed trying to compose herself of her own tears that now threatened her.
She gave me a hug.
"Your going to be brilliant tonight, just remember to enjoy yourself okay" she smiled.
"Okay" I replied.
Time had sped by today with all the beauty treatments and a lavish lunch. It was time to get a move on to the gala.
Sheriden and I got in seperate cars as we left Evans. I had a surprise waiting for me in my car in the form of kendall Schmidt.
Kendall looked so handsome. He wore a black designer suit, complete with jacket, waistcoat and a bow tie, his hair swept to perfection.
His face was a picture, for the first time since I had met him he was speechless. I greeted him in the car with a kiss and a smile.
"Paisley... wow" he managed out.
I laughed at him." Your looking hot yourself kendizzle" I replied back with a wink.
We arrived out side the gala venue, it was heaving with people wanting to catch a glimpse of their favorite celebrity that was attending.
The car stopped and someone opened the door for us from the outside, kendall stepped out on to the red carpet and reached his hand out for me to take, I took it and stepped out smiling. Flash photography engulfed us. We walked up the carpet, kendall held tightly on to my hand and gave a few waves to the hords of people behind the red roped barriers that framed the carpet.
We eventually made it inside, it was beautiful, large round white clothed tables awaiting the guests to sit for an exquisite meal. Each table was decorated with red roses. I saw the stage that I would soon be on and even a catwalk that I expect I would see some of Sheridens former runway friends on later.
I could see so many famous people. models, film stars, comedians, singers, tv stars.
I could feel my chest tighten. Shit! I did not belong here. Look at these people... they wouldn't want to hear me sing. I felt sick.
"I can't do it" I muttered.
Kendall gripped my hand tighter "course you can baby"
"I'm going to be sick" I declared.
Kendall turned to look at me. His green eyes almost hypnotic "paisley cmon don't do this now... it will be fine"
We were then greeted by james and sheriden, god knows where they snuck out from.
We all hugged and kissed.
Kendall told to James of my new found nausia.
James looked worried as he gave me a good look.
"Paisley you look a bit hot" he said with a smile.
I nervously smiled back.
"Come with me" James said and took my hand and dragged me off to a fire exit.
We went through a small white bricked corridor. And in to a tiny office like room.
"Right pais if your gonna throw up do it in there" James pointed to a tiny looking washroom .
But unfortunatly for him I went in and threw my guts up.
I came out after a few minutes.
"Better?" He asked.
"Yeah actually... have I fucked my face up?"
James took a good look at my face and gently wiped under my eye.
"Eyeliner was a bit smudged but your looking good now" he smiled at me then walked over to the desk and pulled out a small bottle of vodka and two glasses. He poured the vodka in and handed me a glass.
"Drink up paisley" James said swigging his own glass. I did followed by another recommended by James.
"Right take a deep breath... how you feeling now?" He asked.
"Surprisingly good" I laughed.
"excellent, now promise me you will stick to soda for the rest of the night... least untill you have performed, and pais...enjoy yourself"
"I promise James... thankyou" I replied.
"Right let's get back to this party then" he said and took my hand, he delivered me back to kendall who was talking to shawn and Amberleigh who was sat at our dinner table. I could not of been more pleased to see her.
Dinner went by far to quickly for my liking, as well as shawn and Amberleigh we shared our table with Logan and his date sara, dustin belt and his girlfriend Caroline and Carlos and his date Jess.
Each table housed ten people.
Sheriden and James sat on another table with a bunch of special guests, two of them being 9 year old twins maisy and Molly Alessi, both being born with a spinal deformity that caused them both to be confined to wheel chairs for life.
Sheriden Lloyd really struck me today as an amazing human being.
After dinner an auction took place, up for grabs was a load of celebrity stuff. Clothes, signed platinum albums,photographs, even a pair of Robbie Williams underwear that he had signed. The auctions had been running for a couple of months beforehand on eBay for members of the general public to join in. The total cash figure raised just by the auction alone had already reached over $175.000 .
Before I knew it it was time for me to take to the stage. James came and got me, took me through the back and gave me a quick run down of what to do, and wished me luck.
I heard sheriden speaking on the mic, she was explaining to the audience who I was and to give me a warm welcome. She then spoke out my name and walked off the stage.
I walked on and sat on the small black stool that was spotlighted for me.
A man on a piano began playing halleloujah.
I sang my heart out. By the second verse I felt so confident, my voice did me proud, I did my self proud.
I hit every note perfectly remembering what james had told me. I could see kendall at the side, back stage, he beamed at me.
I felt worthy of being in the same room as these people.
The second song I sang was called truth, originally it was performed by Good Charlotte, again James had mixed it up to fit my voice and show off the power I could give out. I stood up to perform this song, I needed to push the feeling of the lyrics out.
It really was a beautiful song, I thought to my self that James truely was a musical production genious .
The Good Charlotte song ended and an extended intro to nothing even matters began, I had 20 seconds to address the audience and introduce big time rush on the stage with me.
The audience were clapping away from my last song.
" thankyou everyone... thank you so much" I said in to the Mic.
"I have one more song to sing for you this evening but it requires some very good friends of mine... ladies and gentleman please give a warm welcome to BIG TIME RUSH!"
I sat down on the edge of the stage praying it was spotlessly clean to save my dress from any dirt marks.
The btr boys joined me as the audience clapped at them. they sat on stage. Kendall gave me a smile and a wink.
The song went by so smoothly, even better than rehersals. Kendall pulled me up very gracefully to do the big ending he held my hand and he looked so proud to be doing so,
As the song finished, the rest of the boys stood up and James spoke in to his Mic.
"Paisley prince everybody..." and the audience applauded me as I left the stage giving each of the boys a hug and a kiss. James whispered in my ear "you did me proud pais". And I walked off grinning ear to ear. And the boys continued with there own mini stage set.
I sat down on a sofa back stage to collect my thoughts... I couldn't believe how well that had all gone... fuck that was amazing.
Sheriden joined me after a minute or so she handed me a glass of champagne and sat on the sofa next to me.
"Well done pais' you absolutly nailed it" she said.
We chinked glasses " thanks" I replied. Feeling a bit emotional on hearing her kind words.
"why are you back here when you have all those people out there?" I asked her
She smiled, "I have something for kendall"
I thought it rude to ask what it was, so i didnt ask.
The boys finished there performance and filed off and I stood up, A flurry of kisses came towards sheriden and i.
"James I got the papers" I heard sheriden say.
Logan and Carlos went back to their lady guests at the gala, I stayed behind with kendall as James had grabbed his arm and asked him to hold up.
"Kendall I got these for you bro', I think its all present and correct" James handed kendall the envelope that sheriden had brought in with her
Kendall smiled and gave James and sheriden a hug. They all looked at me.
"What?" I said to the three of them.
Kendall took my hand and sat me down on the sofa with him.
"Pais... you know I like you loads dont you?" He began saying.
" erm... well yeah, I hope you do" I replied.
" well i do, and to tell you the truth I haven't felt very comfortable kind of being with you and being the boss" kendalls smile faded slightly as he read my uneasyness from my face.
I removed my hands ready to prepare for the words that kendall didn't want to be my boyfriend.
"Paisley!" Kendall laughed and took my hands back "what I'm trying to say is I've asked sheriden and James to buy me out... I'm not part of the label anymore. I'm just gonna be your boyfriend not your boss" he smiled.
I smiled back, it all made sense now why James had taken charge and kendall wanted to take it slow. He didn't want to fuck anything up.
I kissed him.
"Who is going to do your job in the studio then...max?" I asked.
James took this as his Que to answer me, I looked up at him from the sofa.
"Well kendall won't be replaced as a partner in the company but his job will be taken by Amberleigh Scott" he finished with a smile at Amberleighs name.
"Serious?" I asked
Sheriden nodded.
"That's amazing... she is amazing at all that stuff" I beamed.
Kendall squeezed my hand.
Sheriden and James left us on the sofa, I think she was due to have a turn on the catwalk to kick things off. I bet she lived for that moment.
I kissed kendall.
"Is that what you really wanted?" I asked him in seriousness.
"100% paisley. I don't want anything to come between me and you" he smiled.
"I love you so much kendall" I whispered to him.
He smiled at me then kissed me.
he didnt say i love you back but a kiss was a good enough answer for me. I could wait for him to be ready to say it, i knew rushing him wouldn't help anything.
We made our way back just in time to see sheriden strut her stuff on the runway, she had changed in to a bright red backless dress, it was layered up about a hundred times over. Like a ballet skirt it was short and showed off her amazing legs. As she turned the backless dress showed off her scar along her spine.
I admired sheriden Lloyd so much.
I looked over to james. He looked very emotional, he watched her glide away up there. He looked so inlove, so proud.
Kendall gave out a small sigh as he looked up at sheriden.
He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me back to our table.
As the night went on the more people had too much to drink and delved in to their chequebooks to donate money.
The evening ended with a flurry of awards for some of the special people that had entered Sheridens heart.
The twins maisy and molly got given a special gift during the awards ceremony. They were huge fans of Justin bieber. He wasn't at the gala but sheriden presented the twins with concert tickets and backstage. passes to meet him at one of his shows.
The look on those girls faces is one I will never forget. I could understand why everyone in Sheridens big time rush family loved her so much. She was truely nothing like the person that was printed about in the paper. She still was that scared little girl from hackney, but now she used her influences for good. Just like Carlos' family had shown her.
James must of seen that quality in her from day one.
After the awards there was another band that played for the guests to dance to.
a dance floor appeared after some tables had been removed and a party began.
Sheriden could relax now, she came and chatted to everyone, James was firmly attached to her hand. She still wore the gorgeous red tutu style dress from the cat walk. Her newly blonde hair looked stunning with it.
They made there way over to kendall, shawn, amberleigh and i.
We talked about Amberleighs new job title. Again Amberleigh was cackling away with her dreadful laugh, sheriden gave me the look to say is that for real. I laughed at her.
It was all very relaxed untill Carlos came over and introduced his new girlfriend Jess to sheriden and James.
I had only said hi to Jess once at the dinner table. She spent the rest of the time whispering in carlos' ear.
James looked a bit shocked as he was introduced to jess, I presumed her beauty had taken him aback.
She really was very pretty. She wore a strapless black mini dress. The skirt was so short I admired how she made it look effortless to keep it in place, and not expose her behind.
Sheriden gave Jess an air kiss and looked her up and down. I got the impression sheriden didn't approve of Jess one bit.
Carlos chatted away to kendall, i stood next to sheriden, i noticed that james was talking quickly in her ear.
Jess then made a bee line for me, I presumed it was because it looked as though I also didn't have a talking partner.
"How was your first time on stage?" Jess asked me.
I smiled at the thought of my performance "oh my god it was amazing" I beamed at her.
Jess laughed.
"So are you a singer too?" I asked her.
"Oh god no babe, i dance, Ive just finished a stint in vegas actually, mainly Latin dance but I do all sorts" she smiled
"Wow that's amazing, I expect your used to performing to crowds like this then... I was so nervous earlier"
Again Jess laughed, I found it irritating. She took a quick look at the crowds of people at the gala.
"I'm used to much bigger than this..." she chuckled." This is nothing" she emphasised.
"Well this is a different scenario completly though... charity function and all" I argued.
"Hmm" she said "so... this is kendall then?" she stole kendall from Carlos' conversation.
Kendall smiled at Jess
"Yes this is kendall" I agreed, my voice turning patronising.
"You two aren't really an item are you?" Jess chuckled out.
Kendall looked at me and smiled. I could tell from his eyes he was saying who the fuck does this bitch think she is.
I let out a small laugh " well yeah we are dating actually" I said and took kendalls hand. He gladly raised it and gave it a kiss.
"Oh my... I am sorry, i just presumed it was for publicity. You dont look his type" as she said it jess ran her fingers across kendalls chest.
I dont know if Carlos saw this or chose to ignore it. But it pissed me off.
Kendall gave a nervous chuckle and looked at me.
"why would you think its publicity" I asked out of pure curiousness .
"Well... babe, don't take this the wrong way but your just a bit plain... I just assumed it was to help record sales or something" Jess had a smile on her face.
I was speechless. What do you possibly reply to that.
I looked at kendall. He looked awkward.
"Hi... Jess?" Sheriden joined in our conversation.
Jess raised an eyebrow to acknowledge Carlos' very dear friend and the host of the gala.
Sheriden chuckled, i noticed Carlos deep in conversation with dustin now, completly unaware of the terrible introduction his new love interest had given us.
"Sweetheart..." sheriden said, her voice thick with intimidation."paisley isn't plain, she is adorable. She is just not very good at mastering the look of a slut, like yourself" sheriden again eyed Jess from top to bottom.
At that point kendall tugged at my hand and pulled me away.
I couldn't hear what other words the two women exchanged because of the noise from the band playing but i saw James follow kendalls lead and guided sheriden away from Jess the bitch.
Kendall led me to the dance floor, a slow song was playing I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"That was weird right?" he smiled.
"Right!" I agreed "good old sheriden" I winked at him.
Kendall laughed and gave me a kiss.
Logan came up to us and asked if we would like to come back to his for a gathering.
Kendall. said he would but i decided to quit while i was ahead. I was shattered. Today had exhausted me.
"You want some company?" kendall said with a grin.
I smiled back at him "no you go ahead and have fun, im just gonna zonk out baby"
I said my goodbyes to everyone then Kendall walked me out to a car, he kissed me goodbye and promised to call me in the morning.
I got back to the hotel showered and slumped in to bed, I was so tired but the entire day had been worth it.