"All right, dogs," Gustavo began. "We're not going to make a fourth album at this time."

James, Carlos, Logan, and Kendall shared looks. The following Monday after the awards show they had to get back to work in the studio, or so they thought.

"Then what are we doing here?" Kendall asked.

"We're not making a fourth ALbum. Instead we're going for an EP." Gustavo walked around the boys. "Griffin and I have worked out our new contract and he wants the first thing released to be an EP consisting of eight songs…all duets."

"Like a song with James and me, one with Carlos and Logan, and then one where I sing with Logan?" Kendall asked.

"No. Like Big Time Rush and another artist."

"Like when we recorded that song with Jordin Sparks," James said.

"Exactly."

The guys shared looks again with each other. This could be fun.

"Who are we working with?" Carlos asked.

"That hasn't been completely worked out, yet, but I was thinking…" Gustavo tapped his chin. "Lucy Stone, Jo Taylor, and Alexa Vega?"

The guys shared more looks with each other. Their girlfriends?!

"What about Camille?" Logan asked.

"I—um," Gustavo, for once in his life, was at a loss for words. "Well, there isn't any place for acting…"

Logan knew the truth, but he also knew how hurt Camille would be if the other girls were on the EP and she was not.

"I'll figure something out," Gustavo conceded. "NOW, get into the booth! We are going to work on this song I just wrote that you will be singing with either Ryan Tedder or Dan Reynolds. I just have to hear back from their camps."

.O.

"My agent talked to me today," Jo said. She had a twinkle in her eye as she sat next to Kendall on the orange couch in his apartment. "Something about Gustavo calling her up…wanting me to sing with BTR on their upcoming EP…"

"Oh yeah." Kendall turned to Jo with a bright smile. "You came to LA with aspirations to be a singer."

"I did, but then I got the part on New Town High. I never knew acting could so much fun."

"But, you still like singing?"

"Yeah, I do. I don't think I'll be pursuing it as a career, though."

"Why not? You have a lovely voice. I love hearing you sing."

"You're just saying that because you're my fiancé."

Kendall put his arm around Jo. Jo didn't sing much but he loved when she joined them in their fireside guitar parties.

"I'm saying it because it's true. You have a very beautiful voice and if you really tried to pursue a career in singing you could do it."

"Yeah? Then why haven't I? Why haven't I been signed to a record label? I've been here for 4 years. No one's biting."

"Do the duet with us. It'll be a great chance to show off your vocals and maybe it will lead to something bigger. You can't know if you don't try."

"OK."

Kendall jumped and pulled Jo to her feet.

"Great! We can work on our song. I've been thinking of turning my song for you into a duet."

"Tell me more about this EP," Jo asked as they headed for Kendall's room.

"Oh, well, Griffin wants us to make an 8 track EP consisting of duets."

"Instead of working on the song," Jo sat down on Kendall's bed, "we need to pick out a color theme for the wedding."

"The wedding? It's more than a year away!" Kendall pulled his guitar out along with his notebook.

"I can't get really started on planning if we don't have a color theme!"

.O.

Lucy dropped the bag she'd been holding when she opened her apartment door and found James lounging on her couch reading a magazine.

"Sorry," he said looking up. He put the magazine down and hurried to help Lucy pick up her stuff. "What's this?"

"I, um," Lucy looked away, "I bought some pants." She pulled two pairs of sweat pants out of the bag. "They're not maternity. I'm not ready to go in those stores, yet, but they're, um, they're elastic so…" she moved her hands around her barely there belly. "Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you to come home from the studio." James put an arm around Lucy and led her to the couch. "Anything happen today? I mean, besides you buying new pants?"

"Well, I decided…I decided to go on my tour."

"What?" That wasn't what James expected to hear.

"Yeah, I mean, I want to go on the tour. I could give you all the stupid excuses like I don't want to let my fans down, but truth be told, I just want to go on tour."

"But, you're pregnant?"

"Yeah, so? I can still sing and play my guitar."

"And when your belly's out to there?"

"I don't know. Please, don't be mad."

"I'm not mad, I'm concerned. For your health. And the baby's."

"I know." Lucy looked at the bag she had laid in her lap. "I'm leaving next month."

"N-next month?" James coughed.

"Yeah, my manager and I are working out the details. We're cutting out about half the dates. It's going to be a slower tour. And I still have to get checked out by the doctor before I go. I'm going to be all right."

"Well, all right," James conceded. "I just want you to be careful—"

"I will."

"And I'd like to go with you."

"Aren't you guys recording a new EP?"

James smiled. "How did you know about that?"

"My manager may have gotten a call from your manager about me singing on one of your songs."

"Will you?"

"Hell, yes!"

"Great. So you sing on our EP and I go on tour with you...well, I'll have to talk to Gustavo about that, but I can be persuasive."

.O.

"Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow." Alexa tossed her phone on her bed and looked at Carlos's forlorn face. "They need me to leave tomorrow." She pecked Carlos's lips. "But, hey, the sooner I go out, the sooner I'll solve this mission, and the sooner I get to come home."

"And the sooner we get to have our wedding in front of our family and friends." He fingered the wedding ring he wore on a chain around his neck, usually hidden under his shirt.

"Exactly."

Carlos had been walking around Alexa's bedroom, but stopped when she kissed him, and now he joined her on the bed. He hated seeing her leave.

"Don't look so sad. I'm not leaving until tomorrow."

"Yeah, but you're leaving tomorrow."

"Carlos, you've never been this down about it before. I've gone on many missions and you've been okay with those."

"Have I?" He asked. "You weren't going away to Europe. You weren't going away for three months, possibly more. I wasn't accidentally married to you—accidentally but happily. It's a completely different situation now."

"So, you didn't care before?" Alexa joked.

"No, no, that's not what I—" Carlos blushed when he realized Alexa was kidding.

"I got a call from my agent today. Do you know anything about that?" She raised an eyebrow and poked Carlos on the nose.

"I have no idea what you're referring to." He sighed. "Gustavo wants the girlfriends to sing on our new album…no wait, it's not an album, it's an EP. Whatever, he wants the girlfriends to sing on the album. Well, actually, one girlfriend, one fiancée, and one wife though he doesn't know that."

"You're leaving someone out."

"Camille."

"I've never heard her sing."

"That's because she can't."

.O.

"How was filming today?" Logan asked Camille as he met her in the lobby of the Palmwoods.

"Fine."

Logan put his arm around his girlfriend as they walked towards the elevator.

"That doesn't sound like a fine."

Camille shook her head.

"I don't know."

"If you don't want to talk about it that's okay." Logan shrugged.

"It's Isaac Jones. He's so freakin' irritating. I just want to slap him all the time only I can't 'cause it would be right in the middle of a scene, every scene."

"That hasn't stopped you before." Logan hurried onto the elevator to avoid getting slapped by his girlfriend. When a hand didn't land on his face he looked at her questioningly.

"I'm okay, really. Only have two more scenes with him and then his character dies."

He wondered if it was something else, something she wasn't telling him, but he wasn't going to ask as she was already in a bad mood.

They could hear the noise the second they stepped off the elevator on the second floor. Sharing a look Camille and Logan decided to go ahead and venture into room 2J. As soon as they did Kendall barreled past them and out the door.

"Women," he muttered.

"What was that about?" Camille asked Logan quietly.

He shrugged.

"What was that about?" James asked entering the already open door with Lucy by his side.

"I don't know. I could hear them yelling all the way down the hall but couldn't make out what they were saying," Logan replied.

"He left, didn't he?" Jo stepped into the living area.

"What are you guys fighting about?" Camille asked.

"Wedding stuff," Jo grumbled. "I know how long it is until the wedding, but if we get started now we won't be in such a rush when it gets closer."

"Hey, Kendall's a guy," Camille said.

"What are you implying?" Logan asked.

"You're a guy." Camille kissed Logan on the cheek. "You figure it out."

Ryan Tedder: lead singer of One Republic.

Dan Reynolds: lead singer of Imagine Dragons.

Thanks, Rusher-Driver, for your review.

BTW, it makes me giggle when in Big Time Bad Boy the guys walk into the apartment after destroying Wayne-Wayne and Kendall just says, "Hey, Mom, I'm a bad boy!"