Author's Note:
Hey guys! Another late update; I'm sups (nickname for super) sorry! But, unfortunately, the updates throughout the week are going to be minimum, too. Tomorrow I have auditions for a play, but it only lasts a week. I'll try my hardest to update daily!
And I know there was bit of problems with my polls… I forgot to "show" them on my profile. xD My bad! So now you can vote. Please? Thanks; love.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Not Big Time Rush, not the song "Half of My Heart" by John Mayer, not even Taylor Swift. (No, she's not mentioned, but I still don't own her.)
Logan's POV
I'm not perverted. I'm not the kind of guy who only cares about girls' bodies. I'm not attracted by those kind of features. But oh man, Charlotte is… really hot.
And is it really my fault? Does she have to wear a bikini?
Relax, Logan. If you were perverted, you would be attracted to Stella, who's extremely tall and anorexic-ly skinny. You just have a huge crush Charlotte, that's why you're thinking this way.
I looked over at Carlos. He was staring at Charlotte, too. I was glad Kendall and James didn't like Charlotte. If a girl was interested in looks, she would go for James. If a girl was interested in personality, she would go for Kendall. Carlos and I never got the girl.
It would be a fair fight. Now it just depended on whether Charlotte liked stupid but funny or awkward but smart. At first I thought Charlotte would definitely go for me. I mean, she was quiet which obviously meant she was very observant which leads to intelligence. It was perfect. But then I thought about the saying "opposites attract," which supported "Charlos." Aw, crap. They already have a nickname and I was the one who thought of it. What about our nickname? "Logette?" "Charlog?" Wow, none of them are anywhere as good as "Charlos."
"Heeeeey guys!" Stella greeted us, setting down her stuff on an empty chair next to Kendall.
"Hey, Stella," we greeted. "Hi, Charlotte," Carlos and I said in unison. Charlotte violently blushed. She nudged Stella, asking her quietly where she should sit.
"Anywhere you want?" Stella asked confused. She then noticed that there were no empty seats by her. "Oh…" Stella said, smiling deviously. "Go sit by Logan, over there."
Now I was the one who was blushing. Carlos turned to me, giving me a threatening glare.
"No flirting with my girl!" he whispered.
"She's not your girl!" I whispered back. Carlos gaped, shocked that he wasn't the only after Charlotte.
Charlotte took a seat next to me. "Hi," she mumbled.
"Hey, Charlotte," I said, trying my best not to smile too much. "Want some ice cream?" indicating the cones ice cream we had.
"There's ice cream here?" Charlotte asked. I pointed over to Katie, where she was selling ice cream behind a bunch of bushes, so Bitters wouldn't find her. "Oh, um, no thanks. I don't have any money."
"I'll lend you some!" Dang. Carlos beat me to it.
Charlotte cheeks went cherry red. "I… um… n-"
"What flavor do you like?" I asked. "Any toppings? I can get it for you."
"No, I'll get it, since I'm paying for it!" Carlos shouted at me.
"I can still get it, just give me the money."
Carlos mad his angry face, which made me laugh. I could help it, it was just… he just couldn't pull it off. It looked more like a cross between pouting and furrowed eyebrows. It was one of the funniest things.
Carlos stared at me in confusion. I stopped laughing.
"Sorry, you mad your 'angry' face." Carlos's expression turned from confused to amused.
"I, um," Charlotte piped up. "Really, don't… need any ice cream."
"Oh, okay," Carlos and I said in unison. "Jinks!" We both punched each other.
Kendall stood up. "I'm going for a swim." He ripped off his t-shirt then jumped into the pool.
"Me, too!" James said a little too eagerly, obviously trying to get away from Stella.
"Ooh! Ooh! Watch this!" Stella said, following James into the pool by doing a flip.
I couldn't help myself but say, "Oh yeah?" and then back-flipped in the pool. I surfaced quickly, trying to look at Charlotte's face to see if she was impressed. But it wasn't her who was entertained…
"That was amazing! Teach me, teach me!" Stella said, shocked.
Carlos did his "Tarzan Scream," then cannon-balled into the pool. We all then turned to Charlotte.
"Come on, Lottie! The water's waaarm!" Stella sing sang.
Charlotte sighed and grinned, then did a perfect, straight dive into the water. We all cheered enthusiastically.
We all swam in the pool for another hour, trying out different diving tricks, until Charlotte said to nobody in particular, but in the loudest tone I've ever heard her say anything, "I need to go back and start working on harmonies."
Stella booed. We called, "Party pooper!"
Charlotte blushed a little, but smiled. "Sorry." She picked up her stuff and left pool with flourish.
Charlotte's POV
To my luck, going to the pool didn't affect my harmony work time. In fact, it only took me an hour to finish the accompaniments.
I did call Kelly for a few pointers. Something in the bridge just didn't seem… right. But Kelly knew exactly what to do; she said that the "can't keep loving you" part seemed very deprived. She suggested someone to echo it. Unfortunately, that someone was me.
"Why don't we split it half? Logan and James can do the echo…"
"Griffin wants to hear you sing!" Kelly told me. "Come on, it's only two solo lines."
I sighed. I really did not want to fight with her. "Fine."
After I finished, Stella came back from the pool. We ordered a pizza, watched a movie, then went to bed. We got up at 8:00 that morning for our 9:00 recording session.
"I'm so excited! I just can't hide it!" Stella sang on our way to the lobby.
"I'm losing control," I joined her. "And I think I like it!" We laughed.
The guys were already waiting for us in the lobby. We hopped into the limo and headed off to Rocque Records. I couldn't help but smile, I, too, was "so" excited.
"Charlotte seems fairly smiley today," Kendall noted.
I shrugged, trying not to blush. "I'm happy." Stella laughed.
"We all are!" Carlos said. "Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation…"
"Half of my heart takes time," Logan joined in.
"Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that I can't keep loving you." Stella, Kendall, and James were now singing.
"With half of-" I joined, but everyone else had stopped singing. "…my heart." Stella smiled devilishly. I slapped her.
"Don't worry," James said wink. "You're actually a really good singer."
"…So do you think you guys get it?" I asked.
"Yes!" Big Time Rush answered. It was 9:30, we were at Rocque Records, and I had just finished teaching the boys the music.
Gustavo didn't come back today. Kelly said he still needed a couple days off. That worried me. What if really didn't like my song? After a long break, I wouldn't want to come back to find out my group recorded a terrible song. What if he didn't use my song after all the hard work?
"K, guys. Cleo's ready to record!" Kelly said excitedly.
We piled into the sound booth. It was weird being in the sound booth instead of behind the recording table. There were five microphones, each with a pair headphones hanging on them, and stools set up. I took a seat, but the guys didn't. I dared myself to ask why, but I couldn't. Dang my shyness.
"Okay, guys," Cleo said into a microphone. He started play the instrumental. "James you will start…" He paused a minute, then started singing "I was born in the… got it?"
James laughed. "Yup!"
Cleo turned off his mic, gave us a signal, then I could hear the track playing through the speakers. I smiled.
James was slightly moving to the beat, then started his part.
"I was born in the arms of imaginary friends… free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been."
I smiled. He did great. Now it was Logan.
"Then you come on crashing in, like the realest thing… try my best to understand all that your love can bring." The rest us softly "ooh"ed in the background.
Now for the chorus, where Kendall and James sang melody, Logan and Carlos harmony, and I sang an octave above Kendall and James.
"Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time… half of my heart's got a right mind to tell that I can't keep loving you." Kendall echoed "can't keep loving you."
"Oh, with half of my heart." We all turned to each and smiled widely.
It was Kendall's turn. "I was made to believe I'd never love somebody else… made a plan, stay the man who could only love himself." I gave him a thumbs-up.
Now it was Carlos. I was especially excited for him. His voice was so… soulful. I loved it.
"Lonely was the song I sang, till the day you came… showing me another way and all that my love can bring," he sang, with the rest of us "ooh"ing in the background. I wanted to scream. His personal accent on it was better than I could imagine.
We sang the chorus again. "Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time... half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that I can't keep loving you." Kendall echoed again. "Oh, with half of my heart... with half of my heart."
Bridge time. I wanted to bit my lip, but I had to sing.
"Your faith is strong, but I can only hold on for long," Kendall sang, with us "ooh"ing again.
"Down the road, later on, you will hate that I never gave more to you," Logan sang, with us singing the same background. "Then half of my heart."
"But I can't stop loving you," Carlos sang.
"I can't stop loving you," I echoed.
"I can't stop loving you."
"I can't stop loving you."
"I can't stop loving you… with half of my-"
"Half of my heart," we all sang. "Oh, half of my heart.
"Half of my heart's got a real good imagination, half of my heart's got you… half of my heart's got a right mind to tell that-"
"Half of my heart won't do," James sang. I couldn't help but give him his own extra solo, since he was ignored from the bridge.
"Half of my heart is a shot gun wedding to a bride with a paper ring… and half of my heart is the of man who's never truly loved anything," we sang.
"Half of my heart…" The boys sang, with me "ooh"ing in the background. We did this about 8 times; Cleo & I planned to fade it in editing.
Cleo gave us the signal tp show we were done and we all cheered, I was grinning like the Chesire Cat.
"Okay guys," Cleo said. "Unfortunately, we'll have to do it again."
We all groaned, but smiled as we did.
