Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush or Half of My Heart by John Mayer.

Charlotte's POV

Gulp.

Oh. My. Gosh.

I cannot believe Stella talked me into this.

There weren't this many people at last time's Jam Session, was there?

And Jo, her cover of "Umbrella" was really good. I can't believe I'm going to have to perform after that.

Wait, I have to perform now!

God, please help me.

Just take a deep breath. Wait, what if I forget to breathe? No, worse, what if I forget the words to my own song? I am doomed.

I had been practicing all afternoon. Stella had gone down and relaxed at the luxurious pool while I stayed in my cramped apartment, freaking out over this performance. Why, oh, why did she make me do this?

I think I just felt her give me a little shove and say "go on," but I'm not sure. I'm not sure of anything right now.

Okay, now just take a seat on the stool. That's right, now say what you rehearsed…

"Hi." Oh no, my voice just cracked. "I'm Charlotte." Did I say Charlotte of Char-lot? "I'm going to play my original song, "Half of My Heart." That was okay. But now you have to do even better on the song. Start playing… Charlotte, start playing the chords!

My hands were super sweaty. I took another deep breath and... chilled. Unfortunately, Guitar Dude was right, I just needed to chill.

I am in my room. No one is here but me. Not even Stella is here. The dim light from that old lamp in the music area is the only illumination.

I played the intro to the song with shocking ease. Then I started singing.

"I was born in the arms of imaginary friends."

Did I always sound so bad while singing? Oh well, no one can hear me.

I continued with growing confidence.

"Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been."

That sounded better. Keep going.

"Then you came crashing in, like the realest thing. Try my best to understand all that your love can bring…"

Suddenly, there was nothing. No crowd, no pool. No apartment, no dim light, no me. Just the song.

So this is how it feels to be nobody.

Logan's POV

Wow. This girl was really good. I can't believe she wrote that song herself.

I nudged Carlos and we exchanged looks.

Carlos whispered, "I swear, she looks familiar."

"Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation…"

I gave her a once-over, then smiled.

"Yeah, you don't completely recognize her because there isn't strawberry smoothie in her hair."

Carlos gasped. "No way!" Then he tried his best not to laugh.

James overheard. "This is the girl Carlos spilled his smoothie on?" he whispered.

"Hey, it was mainly your fault!"

"You guys!" I whisper-yelled. I held my finger up to my lips.

"Your faith is strong, but I can only fall short for so long…"

Kendall joined in. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"She's hot?" Carlos guessed.

"Carlos should apologize?" I said, giving him a look.

"Her hair looks really shiny?" James looked over her hair intensely.

"I'm not even going to respond to that," Kendall whispered.

"But I can't stop loving you…"

Suddenly, I had an idea that was worth putting a light bulb over my head. And I think Kendall had the same idea, too.

"With half of my heart..."

"Kendall, do you really think…?" I said quietly. Kendall nodded, smiling. We fist-bumped.

Kendall added quietly, "I was talking to her friend, she said she's here in Hollywood trying to become a songwriter." I raised my eyebrows.

"That's perfect! Gustavo won't be able to say no!"

I looked over at Carlos and James. Carlos was staring dreamily at the singer like he was in love; James kept touching his hair in jealously, which caused me to roll my eyes.

"With half of my heart."

She finished her song, and we applauded loudly with the rest of the crowd. A huge grin spread across her face. I had to agree with Carlos, she was pretty hot.

"Hey, Logan," Kendall said in a normal volume voice. "That's her friend." He pointed to a tall, skinny girl who was now hugging, what's her name? Charlotte I think?

"What's her name?" I asked.

"Stella."

"Oh, I thought her name was Charlotte."

"Oh wait, no. Charlotte's the songwriter and Stella's the friend."

"Gotcha."

We quickly ran over the plan with Carlos and James.

"Ingenious!" Carlos exclaimed. We all gave him weird looks.

"It's a cool word." he muttered.

"Quick, let's talk to them in the lobby before the next performer starts." Kendall quickly walked over to Stella and Charlotte.

"Hey, Kendall!" Stella said, like they were old friends. "This is my bestest friend ever I was talking about, Charlotte!"

"Hi," Kendall said. "Um, I don't know if you know but Carlos kind of spilled a smoothie on you."

"Oh, yeah," she said shyly. "I'm s-sorry."

Carlos laughed. "Don't be! It was our fault. We're sorry." Charlotte blushed violently.

"Your song was amazing," I said. If possible, Charlotte blushed even harder and muttered a "thanks."

"And we were kind of wondering if we could use it in our next album," Kendall said.

Stella practically screamed. "I told you so, I told you so!"

"Um, uh…" Charlotte said, her face now flushed with shock.

"Of course you can! When and where should we meet you?" Stella interrupted.

"We'll have to call our producer," James said. "But if we could have your number…?" Stella rushed to write the number on a piece of paper that appeared out of nowhere. "And by the way…" James started. The three of us rolled our eyes; we knew what was coming. "…Is your hair naturally that shiny?"

Charlotte, for the third time, blushed. "Um, I d-dunno."

"I mean, do you think that the smoothie made your hair any shinier?" James blurted.

Charlotte giggled shyly. I'm sure she knew about James's hair obsession. "I don't think so…" James's face dropped.

"We'll give you a call soon," I said.

"Thanks," she managed to say.

We gave a wave and left, trying to talk over Stella's screams.

"I can't believe how perfect this is!" Kendall said as we entered our apartment.

"What if Gustavo says no?" I started to worry.

"He can't say no, he just… can't!" James said. He was checking his hair in the mirror... again.

"She was awfully pretty…" Carlos said, hugging his helmet. James gave him a good and hard smack on the back of the head and Kendall and I laughed.

"Hey, did you ever find out what was up with Jo?" I asked Kendall, reclining on the couch.

"Oh no, I forgot to ask her. But she wasn't at the pool today and she didn't ask me at the Jam Session," Kendall said, sitting next to me.. "By the way, that's where I met Stella, at the pool."

"Yeah, we don't care about your love affair," James teased. He received a pillow at the face for that. Then pillows started flying everywhere.

"You guys!" I had to yell. "Let's call Gustavo." Kendall pulled out his cell and dialed Kelly's number on speaker.

"Hello?" Kelly answered.

"Kelly, we've got a plan…" Kendall said, winking at us.

"I don't know if I should really be a part of this…" Kelly said hesitantly.

"It's a good plan!" Carlos promised.

"Okay…" Kelly replied slowly. "Let's hear it."