Charlotte's POV

You know that feeling where in the back of your mind, where you know something is going to happen but another part really doesn't want it happen. So your mind thinks it isn't going to happen and then when it does happen, you realized you knew it was going to happen the whole time?

That's exactly I how I felt.

I looked around the room. Stella looked offended, Logan and Kendall looked shocked, James looked confused, and Carlos, angry. But the assistant girl, I think it was Shelly or Kelly, was rolling her eyes and trying not to smile.

"Gustavo, can we talk outside for a moment?" she said, then dragged him out of the room. After they left, everyone turned to me and started shouting random things.

"I'm so sorry, Charlotte," Kendall said.

"Gustavo's stupid!" Carlos proclaimed.

"It was not horrible," James reassured.

"He hasn't slept in a couple of days!" Logan declared.

"WHAT THE HECK?" Stella screamed. She got out of her seat and started marching towards the door. I jumped on her.

"No… Stel… don't beat him up..!" I tried to pull her back into her seat. The guys were chuckling as we did so.

"WHAT'S SO FUNNY?" Stella barked at them.

"You look like Gustavo and Kelly," James explained. "Gustavo gets really mad, then Kelly has to jump on top of him to try and stop him."

We looked at each. I quickly jumped off of her back and we took our seats.

Then Gustavo and Kelly came back in. Gustavo was laughing strangely, but Kelly gave him a not-so-soft punch in the stomach to stop him.

"I'm so sorry girls," Kelly said. "Gustavo hasn't been… his normal self lately. He's been freaking out over the song and hasn't really gotten any sleep in a couple of days. Let's just say…" She glanced at Gustavo, who seemed to have fell asleep while standing. "...he's not in the right mind to tell you his this decision." I slightly smiled at her pun. "We'll call Griffin and he can make the decision."

The guys and Stella cheered. I smiled, but I didn't want to cheer yet. What if this Griffin guy said no?

"Kelly?" Stella asked. "Who's Griffin?"

"He's the CEO of the company," Kelly explained. "He's the one who wants this slow love song in the first place. I'll go call him." She grabbed her phone out of her purse and left the room. After a couple of minutes, she came back and told us Griffin would come in half an hour.

"So I guess you can hang out until then," she said. "I'm going to drive Gustavo home and try and make him take a nap." She rolled her eyes and sighed. "I'll be back before Griffin gets here."

I couldn't help but smile. I had a feeling Griffin wasn't nearly as scary as Gustavo and after 2 performances, I might actually feel a little comfortable showing him my song.

I turned to talk to Stella, but she was busy flirting with James. I could tell she liked him a lot; but I could also tell he didn't really like her.

"So you're Minnesooota, eh?" she said, trying talk in a Minnesota accent.

"Why are you talking like that?" he asked uncomfortably.

"It's a Minnesota accent!" she cried.

"Woah, we have an accent?" Carlos asked excitedly. "What does it sound like?"

Stella ignored him. "Where from Minnesota are you guys from?"

"Edina, it's a suburb of Minneapolis," James said.

"Cooool," she said, running out of things to say. "Um… What's in Minneapolis? I mean, other than snow." She joked.

"Well, there's the Mall of America. It's, like, the biggest mall in America,"James said. Stella's jaw dropped.

"I'M MOVING TO MINNESOTA!" she screeched. James and I laughed.

"So… Charlotte…" someone said next to me. I turned. It was Logan

I was quiet, but gave him the signal I was listening.

"Where are you from?"

"Just outside of Napa, California." I said shyly.

"That's cool… that's cool…" Was he blushing? Oh my gosh, I was making one of the Big Time Rush guys blush…

"It… it's in Northern California, in Napa Valley, you know?." Good girl, Charlotte, you're actually talking to a cute guy with some confidence.

"How long of a drive is it from here?" Logan asked and smiled. Oh my gosh… his dimples…

"A-About seven hours," I said, trying not to get mesmerized.

"Did you fly here?" Carlos said, with wide eyes. Woah... talk about adorable chocolate brown eyes…

"Okay, guys!" Kelly came into the room. "Griffin's here."

A tall, gray-haired man with a serious look on his face entered the room with a man and a woman behind him. They were all dressed in suits.

"Hello, boys," the tall man greeted Big Time Rush. "And girls." He said, acknowledging Stella and I.

I could definitely tell he was a CEO. My confidence started to crack. He wasn't… disturbing like Gustavo, but he was definitely intimidating. I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Hello, Mr. Griffin," Stella said. She reached across the table to shake his hand. "I'm Stella Robinson, Charlotte Bunder's manager." I had to hold back my laugh. Stella? Acting serious? Although if I didn't know her better, I would've believed she was as professional as she made out to be.

Kelly cut in. "Gustavo was having… difficulties" – boys started coughing to try and cover their snickers – "writing a slow love song, so we decided to hire Miss Bunder."

"Alright," Griffin said taking a seat with the man and woman still standing behind him. "Do start playing."

I gulped. Take a seat in the chair, Charlotte. Start playing! Do what you did before… there's nothing but the song, remember?

I relaxed myself and started playing, flowing into my nothingness with ease. But after the first chorus, Griffin cut me off.

"I like you," he said, nodding and smiling. "Sarah." He turned to the woman standing behind him. "Get me some broccoli with cheese." He added. I gave a confused expression to the boys. They shrugged.

"What about the song, Griffin?" Kelly asked impatiently.

"Oh, right," he said. He then poised himself in to a thinking position, leaned over the table, his right hand in a fist that held up his and head, the left lightly touching his right elbow. After a couple of moments he made up his mind.

"Big Time Rush can use the song," he said. Everyone cheered, including myself.

"But," he said, cutting off the cheer. "I want her" – he pointed to me – "singing it, too."

My jaw dropped. Stella screamed with glee.

"Griffin!" Kelly said even more impatiently before. "You know we already have a track with Jordin Sparks! We can't have another five-way duet!"

"Ah," he said. "Yes, well…" He went back to his thinking position. After three seconds, he proclaimed. "She will sing background, uncredited."

Stella pounded her fist. "No way! She will be credited for writing the song! I want justice!" I grabbed her arm.

"He's talking about the singing part," I whispered quietly.

"Oh, sorry..." Stella mumbled.

"Excellent. Marcus, get me a contract," he told the man behind him. Marcus pulled out a thick contract behind his back. I didn't even question where he had been keeping it.

Griffin reviewed the contract then signed it, then passed it over to me and Stella. Stella read the contract "thoroughly," but I know she was barely skimming.

"Everything seems to be in order," she said. Marcus pointed out where Stella and I had to sign.

"Excellent," Griffin said again. "I'll expect the track by Wednesday."

Sarah then came in, with a plate of broccoli with cheese.

"Ah, thank you, Sarah," he said and grabbed a piece of broccoli and took a bite. "Delicious." He then left.

Stella screamed for the fiftieth time this trip, but this time I joined her.

Author's Note:

Woo-hoo! Take that Gustavo! :-) I'm excited for the next few chapters.

Okay, so I don't know exactly where Big Time Rush is supposedly to come from in Minnesota, but I guess somewhere in the metro. I was going to say Minneapolis, but I thought Edina was a cooler name. ;) And I chose Napa for Charlotte because, you know, her family owns a winery… Yeah.

Also, I wish I lived in Minnesota! I came across the fact Minnesota has the biggest mall in America; sweet, right? Ironically, it has "Nickeloden Universe" in it, an indoor theme park. :D

I thought James would like to brag about the Mall of America. xD