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Jessie, Kelly, and Gustavo were going down the road in the limo, headed straight for the airport. Kendall hadn't called and her father wouldn't really talk to her after her little stunt last night. She sighed as she glanced out of the window, wishing she knew what to do. Then it hit her as they passed a familiar street, she was probably going to get into so much trouble for this one, but she had made a promise to James that she was determined to keep. Looking at her father, she scrunched her face up in discomfort.
"Daddy, I have to go." She said as she fidgeted around in her seat.
"Well hold it!" He said all grumpy like.
"I don't think I can, why did I have to eat those chili fries." She whined, grabbing her stomach and groaning.
Gustavo gave her a look that clearly stated that he wanted to shove her out of the limo face first, despite it going forty miles an hour. He turned away from her and clicked the button that rolled down the divider window.
"Stop at this next gas station, my dear daughter is being a crybaby." He said to the driver, the driver nod and rolled the window back up.
Jessie internally grinned and did a little happy dance when the limo came to a stop at the side of the station, as she grabbed for the handle her father stopped her.
"Hurry it up, we don't have all day!" He growled.
Jessie nod and bolted out of the limo, she thanked her lucky stars that the driver didn't park in the front of the shop by the doors as she ran past the shop and down the street. She had about twenty minutes to play around with before Kelly and her dad started getting suspicious. She hugged her peacoat closer to herself as the cold Minnesota air hit her. She rounded a corner and catapulted over a fence; gasping for air she continued to push herself forward. She ran for a good five minutes flat before coming to a stop on the Knights front doorstep. She clutched her knees and tried to catch her breath, lifting upright and clutching the stitch in her side, she knocked on the door. It opened five seconds later to show a confused looking Katie.
"Hey Katie, where's Kendall?" Jessie asked, still gasping for air.
"Katie, honey… who's at the door?" Asked Mrs. Knight who just stepped in behind the pre-teen.
"Oh hello Jessie, what are you doing here? I thought you guys were headed back to California today." Mrs. Knight said furrowing her brows together in confusion.
"We are, but I need to talk to James and Kendall first. Are they here?" Jessie asked.
Mrs. Knight shook her head.
"No, Kendall's at work right now. James, Carlos, and Logan are probably with him though. Would you like me to give you directions?" She asked.
"I could walk her down there mom." Katie offered.
Jessie smiled down at the little girl.
"Thanks Katie, but I'm in a really big hurry. I'm going to have to high tail it the whole way there."
"No you don't, it's like a five minute walk if you go through the park." Katie told her.
"Alright, if it's okay with your mom." Jessie agreed.
Mrs. Knight nod her head, giving Katie permission.
"Grab a jacket though Katie, I don't want you getting sick."
Three minutes later Katie was leading Jessie down the street towards Kendall's work place. Katie glanced up at Jessie as they walked.
"So Jessie, why do you want to talk to my brother?" She asked curiously.
"We were on our way to the airport before I snuck off; I wanted a final answer before we went back to LA. Plus I have news for them." She told the younger girl.
"What kind of news?" Katie asked as they turned the corner.
"News that dad agreed to take James only if Kendall agrees to go too." She replied.
"Ohh, that's gonna put my dear big brother in a tight spot." Katie said thoughtfully.
"Haha, you're telling me. Dad said that if your brother agrees to go to LA, then James is my responsibility. That if he does anything the wrong way, then he's holding me responsible for it personally." Jessie groaned.
"Good luck with that one, James is a pro at goofing things up one way or another." Katie laughed, and then began leading Jessie through a park.
"I really hope Kendall goes through with this, I'd never forgive myself if I've gotten James' hopes up just for them to be shot down again." Jessie sighed.
"I hope he goes through with it too, I think he's just scared." Katie stated.
Jessie furrowed her brows and looked down at Katie.
"What do you mean?"
"I think he's afraid of going out to LA, becoming this huge star, and forgetting who he is and where he came from. Ya know, letting Hollywood go to his head."
"I get it, he's afraid he's gonna get out there and loose himself." Jessie said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, Kendall is really big on the whole 'be yourself' thing."
They stopped talking and continued to walk
"And you want to go out to LA?" Jessie asked a few minutes later.
Katie nod her head eagerly.
"Oh yeah, the endless possibilities of ways I can con some cash out of those naïve rich folk." Katie smiled evilly.
"I love the way your brain works, my cousin Elizabeth is the exact same way. Last time I seen her, she was selling bottles of water for ten bucks a pop telling everyone it was the cleanest, purest water available that was imported from the lakes of Fiji. I had seen her not even thirty minutes before that filling up abunch of water bottles from the tap." Jessie laughed and shook her head.
Katie chuckled and then pointed at something in front of them.
"We're here. Sherwood Market." She said.
Jessie looked up at the big building in front of her, Katie hadn't been lying, that was a pretty quick walk. Glancing at her watch, she had about seven more minutes left of her potty time. She looked around the parking lot and seen a group of four boys standing near the cart return. She began walking their way, Katie right beside her. The two girls stopped right behind the four guys when James shoved a cart and it went plowing right into some passing guy, the guy hit the ground and his grocery bags fell out of his hands.
"Sorry!" The guys said to the man who was now shooting them all a hateful look.
Jessie couldn't help it, she laughed at the poor dudes misfortune. Her laughter caused all four of them to whip around surprised.
"Jessie!" James yelled, enveloping her into a tight hug, which she returned.
"Um, you can let go now James…" She said about two minutes later, James reluctantly let her go after one more tight squeeze. His arm remained around her shoulders though, she let it stay there. She had business to take care of right now.
"Wait what are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be at the airport?" Kendall asked furrowing his brows.
"No I'm supposed to be in the restroom at that little gas station down the road glued to a toilet seat. I'm here because we are about to head back to LA and I wanted to know if you have changed your mind about going or not" She said.
"What…" Kendall blinked.
"Are we going to LA or not?" Katie demanded, stepping between Jessie and her brother.
"Katie?" He said, looking down at his baby sister.
He ruffled her hair and smirked.
"Sorry didn't see you down there baby sister."
Katie just rolled her eyes and pinched Kendall in his side, hard.
"Ouch! Katie!" He whined, rubbing his side.
"Kendall please, some time today. I have like four minutes to get an answer and book it back to the gas station before Kelly walks in and finds out I've snuck off. And after what I did last night, I won't make it to see my seventeenth birthday." Jessie said frantically.
"What did you do last night?" James asked, pulling out his lucky comb.
He began running it through Jessie's windswept hair, they all stared at him like he grew an extra head. He seen the looks everyone was giving him.
"What! It's sticking up and bugging me…" He defended.
Everyone just blinked…
"So what happened last night" James asked, setting back to work on Jessie's hair.
"It's a long story." She groaned.
"We've got time." James insisted.
"James, im worki…" Kendall began.
"No, you're shoving carts into a cart return." James cut him off.
Kendall sighed, James turned back to Jessie.
"Proceed Jessie dear."
"Well, it started like this….'
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They had just gotten back to the hotel; Gustavo was still being grumpy over Kendall rejecting his offer. Jessie decided to have a shower before she talked to him about James, give him time to cool off a bit…
She walked out of the bathroom in her pajamas, attacking her head with a towel in an attempt to dry her soaked hair. It was eleven at night; she walked over to the table her dad was sitting at. He was on the phone, Kelly was nowhere in sight…
"Yes Griffin, I found your next big pop star…" He insisted.
Jessie snorted, what a liar. Gustavo turned his head to glare at her.
"Yes Griffin, we're flying him out in a week. Bye Griffin." He hung up the phone and groaned, grabbing his forehead.
"So, Kendall just suddenly agreed to go to LA then?" Jessie said sarcastically.
"Do not even start Jessie."
Oh but she was just getting started…
"Where's Kelly?" She asked, glancing around the room for her.
"She went to go find me some aspirin, now go to bed." He growled.
"Nah, I don't think I will." She said casually with the wave of her hand.
"Jessie, go to bed. Now!"
Somebody was a little aggravated…
"Whoa keep your bloomers on Daddy-o, I just wanna talk for a little bit." She insisted innocently.
The door opened and Kelly walked in, she took a seat next to Jessie.
"Here's your aspirin." She said, handing him a small bottle.
He twisted off the cap and dumped four of the little capsules in his hand, popping them into his mouth he took a swig of water.
"Okay what do you want to talk about Jessie?" He sighed.
Jessie was reading the label on the back of the aspirin bottle.
"This thing says that you're supposed to take two capsules, you took double the dosage." She stated, shaking the bottle a bit in his face.
"Forget what the label says, now what do you want!" He said in aggravation, swatting the bottle out of her hand. It went flying across the room and rolled across the floor a bit.
Jessie cut straight to the chase.
"I want James Diamond in Hollywood"
"How many times do I have to tell you, No! No! A thousand times NO!" He shouted angrily.
"Why not!" She shouted right back; standing up her seat went crashing to the floor. The Rocque anger inside of her starting up.
"Because I said so! I refuse to take that Matthew McConaughey wannabe to Hollywood!"
"So that's why you won't take him, because he reminds you of our neighbor?" She shouted in outrage, stomping her foot.
"Jessie, sweetie. Calm down and we will all discuss this in a responsible manner." Kelly tried to reason, but she knew it was hopeless trying to get these two to calm down after they've started.
Jessie rounded on Kelly, her face was angry and her eyes were blazing with fire. Angry tears were starting to gather in the corners of her eyes.
"Don't you tell me to calm down! Tell him to stop being a rude asshole all the time!" She yelled at the woman.
"Watch your language Jessie Michelle!" Gustavo shouted at her, using her middle name.
She was always called by her middle name when she was really in trouble, she internally groaned at the punishment she was going to receive after this was all over and done with. But right now she was determined to get her way, even if she ended up grounded for the next ten years.
"I'll watch my damn language when you agree to bring James to LA with us Gustavo!" She yelled.
"I wouldn't sign that monkey even if your life depended on it!"
Ouch, that hurt. Jessie knew that it was just his anger talking but still, having your own father say that to you kind of stung.
"FINE!" She screamed as tears of anger began to fall.
Jessie stomped her way to the door, her tears continued flooding over. Not bothering with her shoes or even a jacket, she whipped the door open and began stomping down the hallway.
"Wait, Jessie! Where are you going?" Kelly yelled, jumping out of her seat and running down the hallway after her, people from the other suites began to poke there heads out of there doors to see what all the commotion was about.
Kelly grabbed Jessie by the arm and pulled her to a stop, she yanked her arm free and ran down the hall. She took the four flights of stairs all the way down to the lobby, the elevator dinged a few feet away and Jessie watched as Kelly and her dad stepped out of it.
"Jessie you get back up into the suite this instant young lady!" Gustavo shouted.
"No!" She yelled childishly and continued through the lobby.
She threw open the doors to the hotel open and continued her stomp outside, ignoring the freezing wind piercing her skin and the icy cement on her bare feet. She began marching across the parking lot, she then seen the rush of people and the flash of cameras coming out of the bushes and from behind things. She inwardly grinned like the Cheshire cat; if this didn't work on her dad then she was going to just totally give up on life and crawl under a rock to die. The paparazzi began hoarding around them like buzzards on a dead cow, asking her question after question that she completely ignored. She continued walking.
"Jessie! Come on let's just go back inside and talk about this." Kelly pleaded.
"I've already tried talking Kelly!, but Mr. Gustavo Rocque can't stop yelling and screaming and carrying on long enough to hear anyone out!" Jessie said over her shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" Gustavo demanded.
Jessie stopped walking and turned around to face her dad, wiping the remainder of tears off of her face she gave him the nastiest look she could muster.
"I am going to go talk to Hawk, since you want to be all butt hurt and yell because your 'next big superstar' shot you down. And when I go throwing suggestions of other auditioners with great potential, there you go again screaming at me because it's not what you want. Well here's the great thing about life daddy! YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT!" She screamed.
The paparazzi looked like Christmas had come early for them this year; this was pure Hollywood gold for them. A mega producer's pop star daughter threatening to go to his record producer rival in the middle of the night, somewhere in a Minnesota hotel parking lot. Yep, Jessie was a dead woman when this story hit the front page of Pop Tiger.
"Hawk? HAWK!" Gustavo looked like he could explode.
"Yes Hawk, I' sure he'd be a whole lot more understanding than you are father! I dunno, I might just have him be 'Rocquet Gurlz' producer from now on too while I'm at it!" Jessie threatened.
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"…and then he agreed, dragged me back to the suite, yelled at me until his face turned purple, grounded me for the next million years, then went to bed." Jessie finished with a sigh.
James stopped his hand mid comb…
"So I'm going to Hollywood?" He asked in disbelief.
"Under one condition…" Jessie stated.
"Ah the catch, there's always a catch." Logan said looking between Carlos and Kendall.
"Yeah, Dad agreed to take you James, only if Kendall agrees to go too." Jessie dropped the bomb on them.
"What!" They all four shouted, Katie being the only one not surprised.
"Yeah, I know. He wants Kendall as a front man, he said he'd use James for background vocals or he'd be the monkey to go get him his lattes. Whichever, I kinda zoned out and stopped listening after he agreed to James." She said furrowing her brows.
"So what do ya say Kendall?" Jessie asked looking up at the blonde in front of her.
"I- I dunno Jessie, I mea…" He was cut off by…you guessed it, James.
"Come on man, this is our chance. You aren't just gonna let it slip away from us are you? Choose your next words carefully, because if you say no to Jessie, I will murder you in the most painful way possible…" James threatened with the most seriousness Jessie had ever seen on anybodies face.
"Yeah come on Kendall, the demo recordings will only take three months. If you go out to LA and decide that you hate it, then I will have no problem letting you come back home, I'm not going to keep you there against your will. You won't be in a contract because it's just some demo tracks, there won't be any contracts until there is an album deal. Look at these three months as a trial period, a paid vacation trail period which involves lots of sweet LA sun and studio time." She tried.
Kendall looked like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He looked at everybody. James, Jessie, and Katie were all giving him puppy dog eyes. Carlos and Logan were giving him encouraging looks.
"I- I can't…" He said.
"WHAT!" everyone except Jessie shouted at him.
"Whelp, I tried." Jessie sighed, talking to herself.
"What! Why the hell not Kendall!" James shouted, clearly annoyed with his best friend.
"We can't just leave Carlos and Logan behind man, and you know that!" Kendall defended.
"Kendall what are you doing dude, me and Logan will be fine." Carlos insisted.
"No, if its between being here in Minnesota with my best buds pushing carts for a living, or going out to Hollywood to become a pop star without you guys, then im going with the first option." Kendall stated.
"Oh my god I hate you so much right now Kendall, I can't believe you're going to just trash an opportunity like this." James said with a shake of his head, he turned on his heel and began to walk away.
"James wait!" Jessie shouted to his retreating form.
James stopped walking but did not turn around. Everyone looked at her curiously.
"Kendall, what if you didn't have to leave Carlos and Logan behind? What would you say if I told you that I could possibly talk my mean ol daddy into bringing all four of you guys out to LA and turning you all into a singing music group?" She asked
"I'd say…see you in Hollywood?" Kendall said, raising his brows.
Then a giant mass flew past Jessie, nearly knocking her over. The form of James crashed itself into Kendall, enveloping him into a tight man hug.
"I love you so much right now Kendall! You're the best un-biological brother I've ever had!" James exclaimed happily, swinging Kendall from side to side before releasing him.
"So is that a yes?" Jessie asked hopefully.
"Yes, I think it is." Kendall replied.
Jessie nod thoughtfully, then she remembered something. She pulled her fist back and let it go zooming into James' arm.
"Ouch! Jessie! Why'd you do that for?" James pouted, rubbing his bruising shoulder.
"I've gotten myself in so much trouble for you in the last eighteen hours! I assaulted a security guard, made a scene in front of a hoard of annoying paparazzi, ran away at a gas station, and now im about to make the call that seals the deal to this whole thing. Somebody deserved to be hit and you seemed to be the best candidate." Jessie ranted, pulling out her cell phone.
"She's got a point." Katie stated.
"Yes, and ill love you forever for it too Jessie." He said batting his thick eyelashes at her.
She rolled her eyes playfully and her phone started to go off.
"Ah crap…" She said looking at the caller I.D
It was her dad.
"Im about too afraid to answer it…" She said as she slowly clicked the answer button and brought it up to her ear.
"Hello" She said cautiously.
"JESSIE MICHELLE WHERE THE HELL DID YOU RUN OFF TO!" screamed the angry voice of her father.
"Sherwood Market. Gotta go daddy, love you bye." She squeaked before hanging up the phone.
"They'll be here in a little bit." She said sitting down on the cart return bars, her phone rang again. Sighing she answered it again.
"I said I was at Sherwood, just drive west of the gas station and you'll come right up on it."
"Um, what's Sherwood and why are you at it. You need to be on your way to the airport so you can get your butt back home to me!" Said the female on the other line.
"Lauren!" Jessie shouted happily, the guys and Katie looked at her curiously.
"Oh crap, sorry Lauren I'll call you back when im headed to the airport. Right now im with dad's next big pop star" She said glancing at the four boys.
"Or should I say pop starss" She said emphasizing the S.
"What! You mean the dope actually found somebody." She demanded excitedly.
"Yeah, and ill tell you all about it later. Right now im waiting for dad and Kelly to get here, so ill call you later kay?" Jessie said.
"Oh alright! But I want details, your whole midnight fresco from last night outside that hotel has been all over the internet! I don't even think I want to know what that was all about…" Lauren laughed.
"Yeah and ill explain it all later, Love you." Jessie said.
"Love you too, bye." Then she hung up.
Flipping her phone shut, Jessie looked up at the group.
"Sorry bout that, that was my sister Lauren." She said sheepishly.
Just then a white limo pulled into the parking lot, parking just a bit away from the group.
"Uh-oh…" Jessie said as her father stepped out of the limo, followed by Kelly and they slowly walked their way toward them.
"Don't think about him, think millions of dollars." Logan said to Kendall.
"Think about millions of girls!" Carlos added.
"Think of me as a backup singer who gets thrown off into his own solo career after your second album…" James put his two cents in.
Jessie giggled and lightly elbowed James, and then they were standing face to face with Gustavo.
"Jessie, what are you doing here with these dogs." Gustavo demanded, rather calmly to everyone's surprise.
"Dad, Kendall said yes." She stated carefully, expecting him to blow up.
Gustavo nod, smirking slightly.
"I knew he would come around in the end." He stated.
"He said he would agree to go to LA and record some demos only if you take James, Carlos, and Logan too... ya know, make them a singing group." Jessie said lightly, and then she jumped behind James.
"Whoa im sorry, are you trying to make a deal with me? I make the deals!" He shouted the last part.
"If you want me, you have to take all of us." Kendall insisted.
Gustavo laughed.
"Have you even heard your friends sing, oh that's right, they can't!"
"Hey I resent that!" Jessie spoke up, stepping out from behind James.
"Shut up Jessie." Gustavo said, not even looking at her. His eyes were on Kendall.
"Well im no mega producer, but I know they can sing better than dogs, and you can turn them into stars right?" Katie spoke up.
"Where'd the four year old come from…" He asked but then shrugged.
"Hey! Im ten, not four." Katie said defensively. Gustavo ignored her.
"Is that supposed to sway me Kendall? Im Gustavo Rocque. Im amazing! Im AUUMAZING! If you think for a second that im so desperate because of one or twenty two cities and I haven't been able to find anybody. You can think again because there is no way, NO WAY Gustavo Rocque is taking the four dogs from Minnesota to Los Angeles to make them stars. It's never gonna happen, NEVER!" He finished lamely, Jessie grinned.
"So, we have a deal." Kendall stated.
"Yep" Gustavo said.
The guys all cheered and high-fived, Gustavo glared, turned around and began walking back to the limo.
"Come on Jessie! You've already made us late enough!" He shouted over his shoulder.
Jessie turned back to the guys and Katie; they were all smiling like children.
"Welcome to Rocque Records boys. I'll mail you your plane tickets in a few days, you'll fly out to LA in a week, and there will be a limo there waiting for you at the LAX. From there you will be taken to the Palm Woods hotel. Kelly and I will meet you there; give you a tour etcetera etcetera, yada yada yada, blah blah blah. You get the point." She said smiling.
The Four guys all attacked her and enveloped her into a group hug.
"Thanks Jessie" They chorused.
"No problem guys, now ill see you all in a week okay." She said after they released her.
Jessie walked back to the limo after she exchanged numbers with everybody, even Katie. Jessie thought that the small brunette was way more mature than the average ten year old. James got his final goodbye hug of course. That boy really liked hugs huh…anywhos! Climbing into the limo, they headed to the airport. Jessie began pondering on what was in store when the boys got to LA, something was telling her that the Palm Woods was about to get a whole lot less boring.
Okay so there is chapter 2, i'm not completly happy with it but i tried. I was kind of having a bit of a hard time trying to figure out how to word everything... Please leave a review of what you think. No flames please! I'll have chapter 3 up as soon as i can :)
