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It had been three weeks since the guys arrived to LA, things were pretty great so far. Apart from school, at first they were a little disappointed about going to Gustavos 'School of Rocque' instead of the Palm Woods school with Katie. But they soon found out that spending four hours a day locked in a storage closet with Lauren and Jessie could be highly amusing, so far they had gotten rid of three teachers, and they were only in their second week. They spent most of their days at Rocque Records recording Big Time Rush demos or lounging out by the pool at the Palm Woods, Monday night had become the official 'movie-night-Monday'. Jessie and Lauren would come over to 2J at six in the afternoon in their pajamas and they would all lounge out and watch movies together until ten. The Rocque sisters and the Big Time Rush boys had become pretty close, being friends was as natural as breathing to them. But let's not get too ahead of ourselves here. They weren't close enough to spill out their deepest dark secrets, but they were close in the sense that if James had one cookie left, and Jessie wanted it, James would break that cookie in half and give her the bigger part of it. This was saying something because James didn't share his cookies, not even with his own mother… James still kept relentlessly hitting on Jessie, which she would just laugh, blush, or roll her eyes at. Kendall, Carlos, and Logan kept trying to woo Lauren. That was working out pathetically though. Logan had tried his smart talking, his big words confused her, and she found herself constantly having to tell him to dumb it down to human terms. Last week Carlos had jabbed her in her sweet spot, which she just blinked at him in confusion frowning, he had yet to try anything else. Kendall had successfully blacked her eye three days ago while playing a game of one on one floor hockey together, nothing says 'be my girlfriend' better than a hard hockey puck to the face. Lauren had promptly called him a Kendork and beat him around with her hockey stick for it.

Today was Monday, and like everyday after coming back to the Palm Woods, the guys were sitting by the pool, soaking up all the vitamin D.

"Hey guys, we want you to meet someone." Jessie said smiling brightly as she and Lauren walked up to them.

The guys sat up and looked at the two curiously.

"Guys this is our cousin Carmen, Carmen this is th-" Lauren glanced behind her and groaned.

"Dammit! She was right behind us! She just got un-grounded for that watermelon cannon, shoulda known better than to let her walk behind us..." Jessie rambled with a groan that matched Laurens as she looked behind her and noticed that Carmen was no longer there.

The girls sighed and flopped down at the foot of Logans lounger, sitting back to back.

"So this cousin Carmen of yours… what is she like?" Logan asked.

"Oh Lord…" Jessie furrowed her brows as she tried to think of a way to describe her cousin.

"Well, she's the youngest out of the bunch." Lauren stated.

"Yeah, she turns sixteen in two weeks." Jessie added.

"She has really good tanned skin."

"That's because her mother is Indian."

"Her father, dad's half brother, is in the army."

"Hmmmm, its difficult to describe her really. She's very…unique" Jessie stated.

"Never seems to run out of energy either." Lauren said with wide eyes.

Just then there was a loud crash from the other side of the pool. The six turned their attention that way as a small petite girl with curly brown hair that was nearly elbow length, and wearing a purple jet pilot helmet fell over the large privacy fence and into the bush just below it. Two seconds later she jumped back up, readjusted her helmet, and lifted up the eye shield.

"IM OKAY!" She announced, holding her arms up and stumbling a bit.

She raced across the left side of the pool and flopped down, right into James' lap.

"I lost my teddy bear, can I snuggle with you tonight?" She asked with big brown eyes.

Before he could even blink she rolled off of his lap and plopped down into Kendalls.

"Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?" She said, stroking his cheek affectionately.

He stared at her with wide eyes, she rolled out of his lap and dropped down into Logans.

"We should dig a hole, name it love, and then fall in it together." She purred, tapping his nose.

He looked around awkwardly as she jumped off of him. She jumped over to Carlos and straddled his lap, sitting on his knees.

"I forgot my phone number, can I have yours?" She then pulled a sharpie marker out of her pocket.

"Nevermind! I remember it, let me write it down so I don't forget again!" She grabbed ahold of Carlos' arm and wrote her number across his forearm, ending it with her name and a smiley face.

She jumped off of his lap, slapped the eye shield part of her helmet down, and ran toward the Palm Woods.

"OHHH MR. BITTERS! Guess who's baaaaack!" She sang and ran through the doors.

"What just happened?" Kendall asked as they all stared after the girl

"You guys just met Carmen Rocque." Lauren replied with a laugh.

A yelp came from inside the Palm Woods a few minutes later and the six watched as Carmen bolted back through the doors like a bat out of hell.

"Hide it! Hide it! Hide it!" She shouted, tossing something purple through the air to a confused looking Jessie.

Carmen bolted back across the pool side, did a running leap off of a table and leaped back over the twelve foot high privacy fence. Her head popped back up over the fence. "Call me sometime!" She shouted to Carlos, a bright smile on her face. Then she disappeared again.

Mr. Bitters came out of the door then, and he was not happy. He had purple colored blotches all over his face and suit. "You!" He snarled, marching over to Jessie.

"Me!" Jessie said sarcastically. She looked down at the object Carmen had tossed to her. "Oh eff!" Jessie stood up and tucked the object that looked very much like a hand gun into the back of her jeans.

"Your cousin was banned from this hotel six months ago! What is she doing here? With a concealed weapon none the less!" The man snarled at her. "Its not a gun, its Carmens lipstick pellet shooter." Jessie snarled back.

"Totally legal." Lauren added.

"I don't want to see that girl on Palm Woods property again, if I do, I will call the police."

Mr. Bitters turned on his heel and began walking back inside the building. With an evil smirk Lauren got up, pulled the purple gun out from her sisters pant line and aimed it at the retreating man. With careful aim she pulled the trigger.

"AHH!"

Mr. Bitters whipped around and shot a glare at the group before stomping through the doors. But when he turned around again, Lauren shot him again. He paused, gave a frustrated growl, then stomped into the hotel.

"Frikin douche." Lauren laughed and began twirling the gun in her hand.

Carlos was staring down at his arm in awe. A girl had just given him her phone number, a very pretty girl at that! Carlos never got pretty girls' phone numbers!

"I-she gave me her number guys!" Carlos grinned dreamily.

Jessie grinned, she had told the spunky brunette about the goofy Latino after she had got back home from the audition tour nearly a month ago. Carmen had instantly taken a liking to the boy she hadn't even met yet, and couldn't wait to meet him.

"Apparently she has taken a liking to you Carlitos." Lauren smirked.

Carlos didn't reply because he already had his phone out, programming the number off of his arm into his phone. They sat around the pool for a while just hanging out, then Carlos' stomach gave a growl.

"Im hungry…" He stated.

Lauren, who was sitting in Kendall's lounger next to him, reached over and grabbed his wrist and lifted to her face to check the time on his watch.

"If you wanted to hold my hand, you could have just said so." Kendall smirked.

"Ha! You wish Kendork…It's lunchtime." She said, lacing her fingers through Kendalls, whose eyes widened in shock.

"Come on loverboy, let's go get some lunch." Lauren smirked, standing up and pulling him up with her.

She began dragging him towards the gate that lead to the Palm Woods park, his eyes relaxed and a smirk found its way to his lips. Jessie caught the 'in-your-face' look Kendall shot at Carlos and Logan as they all stood up to follow. James stopped at her side and held out his arm to her, a cute smile on his lips.

"Lunch date my lady?" James asked with a raised brow and husky voice.

Jessie flushed. "Only if you carry me to my car." She joked, but then squeaked in surprise as James snatched her up and threw her over his shoulder.

"What are you doing!" She huffed.

"Carrying you to the car!" He smirked.

"I was talking about a piggy back ride…" She mumbled as he carried her down the narrow pathway toward the parking lot. She sighed and looked down, her eyes were greeted with the sight of his ass.

"Daayyum boy, yo ass looks fooyyynn in dem jeans." Jessie giggled, admiring the view.

"I could say the same about you Jessie dear." James grinned and lifted his hand to pat her rear end.

"Hey!" She protested. "Stop coping a feel!" She demanded, punching him in the left butt cheek. James just chuckled and turned slightly so Jessie's head hit the palm tree that they just passed lightly.

"Heffert…" Jessie mumbled, rubbing her head. With a bored sigh she continued watching his ass as he walked, left cheek…right cheek….left cheek…right cheek… She began humming 'booty wurk (One cheek at a time)' to herself. As she watched his ass, she noticed a square lump in one of the pockets. With curiousness getting the best of her, she placed her hand in his pocket and pulled out his wallet.

"What are you doing back there?" James asked as he felt the bulk of his wallet leave his back pocket. "Pick pocketing you." Jessie replied as she opened up his wallet to scavenge through his belongings. He had about fifty dollars, a free smoothie coupon, half a stick of gum, his ID card…

"Diamond cosmetics?" Jessie questioned, looking at the black and white fifty dollar gift card that was in his wallet.

"My mothers' cosmetic company, ever heard of her?" James asked.

"The Estee Lauder of the Midwest!" Jessie asked, folding his wallet up and stuffing it back into his back pocket.

"Yep, that's my mommy." James stated, walking across the Palm Woods park now. They started getting lots of weird looks from people that they paid half a mind to.

"Her facial cleaner burns my face off, but it's so good, your mom is a miracle worker!"

"You use Diamond cosmetics?" James asked with a raised brow.

"Since I was thirteen and started getting acne, I have a monthly subscription to her catalog." Jessie confessed sheepishly, James just chuckled.

"What about your mom? What does she do?" James asked after a moment.

Jessie froze. "Kelly's my mom…" She said stiffly. "What about your real mother?" James asked after a moment of silence. Jessie sighed deeply. "She's a model…left just before my fifth birthday, haven't seen or heard from her since I was eleven." Jessie sighed again sadly.

They fell into an awkward silence.…

"Do you miss her?" James asked lightly. Jessie laughed. "Next time she ever decides to show her face in my presents again it will be a day too soon." Jessie stated sourly.

The rest of their walk through the park and to the car was filled with casual conversation, as casual as it could be with Jessie hanging off of his shoulder…

(( At The Diner ))

"Alright guys, lets go eat." Jessie said as she shut her dodge charger off in the diners' parking lot.

"Susan's Lunchbox?" James asked with brows raised as he read the sign on the small café.

Lauren hopped out of the car quickly, not waiting for the others as she hurriedly ran inside. Once inside they found Lauren seated in the circle booth, feet jumping impatiently. They all slid in, Kendall next to Lauren, then Jessie next to him and James next to her, Logan sat on Laurens other side with Carlos next to him. They sat in silence for a moment…

"When's that bitch gonna come and take our orders!" Lauren exclaimed loudly as she drummed her fingers against the table tops.

"Keep it in your pants Laur, im coming!" A voice shouted from across the diner.

The boys whipped their heads around to look at the nicely tanned waitress chick that was walking towards their table. She was wearing a white button up blouse and a pair of black work slacks, her long brown hair was tied up in a curly ponytail and she had an apron around her waist. When she arrived to their table she passed out menus and pulled a small notepad out of her apron.

"Hello my name is Carmen and I will be serving you today, what can I get you to drink?" She asked pulling a pen from behind her ear and placing it to the pad.

"Stop being all business like and go get me a coke bitch." Lauren grinned.

"Start being respectful or ill spit in your onion rings." Carmen shot back, a small grin playing on her lips. She turned toward Jessie. "Jess?"

"Mount and Dew me babe." Jessie grinned, causing the guys to snort.

"Maybe after my shift ends okay?" Carmen said sarcastically and scribbled her cousins drink orders on the pad, with a raised brow she turned to Kendall.

"For Dimples?" Carmen asked, waiting for his drink answer.

"Mountain dew." He shrugged.

She turned to Logan. "Sharky?" She asked, he stared at her like she was crazy.

"Cause your pointy hair, im gonna call you sharky!" Carmen grinned.

"Uhh, Pepsi I guess." He said picking up his menu. Carmen then turned to James.

"Dr. Pepper."

And last but not least…Carlos.

"Hi-C!" He grinned up at Carmen like a little boy.

Carmen clicked her pen and tucked it behind her ear again. "You guys look over the menus and ill be right back with your drinks." She walked away and tucked her pad into her apron pocket.

"She looks a lot like your cousin from earlier." Carlos stated after a minute as he stared after Carmen.

Jessie facepalmed. "That is our cousin from earlier Carlos." Carlos could be so clueless sometimes.

"Wh-what? Why is she working in a diner when she's a famous popstar?" James said.

"Because my parents stuff all the money I earn from Rocquet Gurlz into a collage fund. Dad says I have to start being responsible and earn my own money. Plus I get bored easily, a part time job keeps me grounded and out of jail." Carmen said as she came back to the table carrying a tray full of drinks. She handed them out to each person, tucked the tray under her arm, and pulled out the notepad and a few straws.

"Ready to order?"

"Burger and fries, you know the drill." Lauren said.

"Gimme the roast beef cheese melt and curly fries!" Jessie added.

"Boys?" Carmen raised her brow at them.

"Uhhhhhhhhh…ill have the quarter pounder steak burger with no onion, extra tomato, and a side of waffle fries." James ordered, taking a sip of his soda.

"I'll take the chicken tenders and tater tots." Was Logans order.

"Just give me what James is getting." Kendall said, looking up from the menu.

Carmen turned towards Carlos then. "Hmmm….oh I know! Corndog teepee!" Carlos said excitedly, pointing at the picture of the corndog teepee on the kids menu.

"I'll go place this order, your food will be with you shortly." Carmen said as she ripped the page from the notebook and turned on her heel.

"AUNT SUE!" Lauren shouted throughout the diner.

"Who's Aunt Sue?" Kendall asked with knitted brows.

"Carmen's mom…AUNT SUSIEE!" Lauren shouted louder, earning weird looks from the few people who were in the diner.

"Lauren you're so embarrassing…" Jessie mumbled, her face blushing lightly.

"Shut up Jess, if you're embarrassed to be seen with me then go sit somewhere else! AUNT SUE!" Lauren was screaming at this point.

"Quiet girl, you're scaring away all of my customers."

The woman who said that was Susan Rocque, Carmen's mother. She had waist length dark brown, almost black hair. She was about five foot six and very beautiful. The guys were gaping as the woman walked out of the kitchen, to the cash register, and glared playfully at the screaming blonde.

"Aunt Sue! Carmen's going on her lunch break to eat with us and get to know the guys okay." Lauren informed the woman.

"Is that a statement or a request?" The woman asked sternly.

"A request?" Lauren asked sheepishly.

"Alright, but she has one ho-"

"YAY! Thank you mommy!"

Carmen came running out of the kitchen door, catapulted over the counter, and bolted over towards the table. She sat down next to Carlos and grinned over at him. The seven of them sat around and talked for a while, the guys learned a bit about Carmen. She liked burritos, cartoons, dangerous stunts, and the color purple. On sugar highs she bounces off the walls, and in pre-school she shoved a green crayon up some boys' nose for stealing Jessie's cookie.

"He had to go to the hospital to have it removed, I got suspended for a month!" Carmen laughed.

"So you're saying…you got the whole entire crayon…up his nose?" Carlos asked in awe.

Throughout the whole time of Carmen sitting next to him, Carlos was completely absorbed with her. Listening to every word she said and smiling goofily every time he made her laugh, which was quite often.

"Yep…nobody would sit next to me during coloring time except Lauren, Jess, and Jayde because they were terrified they'd be next."

"Awe poor little Jessie used to have her cookies stole in Pre-school."

"Shut up James, that only happened one time." Jessie blushed.

"It's a good thing im here now, I wont let some mean little boy steal your cookies." James vowed, placing an arm around her shoulders.

"My hero…" Jessie mumbled dryly, pushing his arm off of her.

"Carmen! Your table orders are ready." Came Susan's voice from the kitchen.

Carmen shot up from her seat and ran to get the orders.

"I think im in love…" Carlos mumbled to nobody.

Jessie and Lauren shared a look over the table. "Lets go refill these drinks Jess…" Lauren stated, picking up hers, Logan's and Carlos' nearly empty glasses.

The guys watched as the girls walked away from the table, whispering quietly to eachother. Two seconds later, Carmen came around the corner carrying seven plates. She sat them down on the table with ease. Carlos seemed completely mesmerized with the five corndogs that stood up in the shape of an Indian teepee, he wasted no time in pulling it apart and digging in.

"Where did the girls run off to?" Carmen asked, picking up her beef burrito.

"They just went to refill our drinks, and while they aren't here to hear, tell me something." James said.

"What would you like to know?"

"How do I make Jessie my girlfriend?" James asked.

Carmen laughed. "Your lame pick up lines not working huh?"

"They are not lame! But no, they didn't work. What am I doing wrong?" James exclaimed, biting into his burger viciously.

"You're doing everything wrong, if you want a Rocque Girl, you're gonna have to work for it." Carmen smirked.

"And how exactly do we do that?" Kendall asked with a raised brow.

"Going after Lauren? Good luck with that one." She laughed.

The boys just looked at her with impatient eyes, waiting for her to answer the question.

"The only way for you to even have a chance is if you find The Big Book of Boy Rules." Carmen gasped and slapped a hand over her lips as soon as the words left them. She wasn't supposed to say that!


There's Carmen for you! What do you guys think of her? And this 'Big Book of Boy Rules' thing hehe, usually when I read a story the boys do something romantic and they have the girl...Not in this story! I wanted to try something totally new and unique, im gonna shut up about that now so I dont ruin the story for you! Leave a review, and Happy Holidays everybody! Consider this chapter my Christmas present to you.