"I'll keep you my dirty little secret. Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret"
-The All American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret"
"Well, well, well," Mrs. Diamond said folding her arms across her chest. Upon her face was a growing smile that she tried to force back.
"M-M-Mrs Diamond," Kendall stuttered. He glanced at the side of the door. Choir was hiding behind the bathroom door holding a hand to her mouth to muffle the heavy breathing and in the other she held her clothes.
"I didn't know you were home," she said taking a few steps closer to him. Kendall took two steps back.
"Just got back home. It was too cold," Kendall lied. He swallowed hard as Mrs. Diamond took another step closer.
"I see..." she trailed off as she scanned Kendall's wet body up and down. She licked her lips then brought her eyes back to his.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I do need to get dressed," Kendall said.
After a few seconds Mrs. Diamond glanced behind her to the door, then back to Kendall. She smiled and put a finger under Kendall's chin. "I should have known," She said in a seductive manner. Kendall turned his head to get Mrs. Diamonds finger out from under his chin.
"Know what?" he asked.
Mrs. Diamond ignored him and turned to walk out. She stopped at the door and knocked on it. "Sweetie," Mrs. Diamond directed to Choir from the other side of the door. Choir mouth the F word but kept silent. After a brief second she continued. "A bunch of Christmas presents arrived shortly after you left. I put them down cellar with the others till Christmas. I hope that's okay with you," She looked at Kendall and winked. "You owe me," at that she walked out and Choir closed the bathroom door with her free hand.
She looked at Kendall. "What was that?" she asked.
"Don't ask," Kendall said embarrassed.
"She's not going to tell on us, right?"
Kendall walked over to the sink and gripped the sides. "I don't think so," He answered watching himself in the mirror. "This is just friggen great!"
Choir sighed, walked over to him, and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Lets get dressed before your mom walks in. Or worse...Katie,"
(I love how everyone thought it was going to be James. Do I seem that predictable? lol)
"So a day when you've lost yourself completely, could be the night when your life ends,"
-The All American Rejects "Move Along"
Night was creeping upon them as 6 o'clock came. Carlos, Logan and James had returned back from the ice park. They came home to warm up before heading to the park with Choir and Kendall. Mrs. Knight dropped them off at the park entrance where the play ground area was.
"You have the cell phone, right James?" Mrs. Knight asked from out the window.
James looked in and smiled. "It's in my back pocket," James assured.
"Okay, I should be back around 8:30 so meet me back here," Mrs. Knight instructed. When she drove off they walked across the play ground to the festivities on the other side. They walked along the cement path that was fenced off on both sides and decorated with vibrant colored lights that were yet to be lit. Kendall took Choir's hand in his and intertwined his fingers with hers. James was behind them walking and looked down at their hands and rolled his eyes. Logan saw this and hit him in the chest. He mouthed stop and shook his head. James waved him off. They were coming to a cross roads and James made a sharp left. In another direction, Tina's eyes found Jessie and his friends messing around a big Christmas tree. "See ya later," she said to the others without waiting for them to say anything. Kendall and Choir kept straight as they made their way towards the stage that was set up. Straight ahead, Carlos mouth dropped and his eyes lit up with excitement as he saw the "Santa's Village" sign.
"I would make a better Santa," he said pulling a long white beard from his back pocket and put it on. The beard length went all the way to his knees.
"Or Dumbledore," Logan teased.
Carlos outstretched his arms to the parents with their little children, "I am Santa Carlos the all powerful Wizard. I can give you a wand to play with!" Carlos said. A mothers mouth fell and she grabbed her little girl and ran off with her.
Logan's eyes went big and slapped a hand to his forehead "Or a pedophile..." and ran off.
Meanwhile, Kendall and Choir stood before the stage. Kendall shoved his hands in his pockets. "Wanna see if they'll let us sing a Christmas song together?" he asked smiling.
"What!" Choir asked.
"Yeah...I mean maybe they'll let us since we're pretty good at it," he said. Choir shrugged her shoulders.
"How about Big Time Rush sings? You guys could totally rock a Christmas song," Choir said.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea," Kendall said looking around for his four best friends. "Let's split up and look for them," Kendall looked back at her and she nodded.
Choir made her way back up the path from whence they came seeing no sign of the boys. When she turned on another path she squinted her eyes seeing James being followed by Jessie and his friends along with Tina in tow. Fire raged through her heart as she knew this couldn't be good. So, she began to walk faster until she was behind Jessie and his friends. "Whoa," Jessie laughed his friends joining in. She pushed through them until she was by James side and pulled him aside. James was in shock for a moment but relaxed when he saw it was hers.
They stopped when Choir and James had. "You're just a party killer," Jessie said.
"Why don't you fuck off and leave James alone," she sneered.
"You know Blondie, you're going to get what's coming to you," Jessie warned. Choir scoffed.
"Don't threaten her," James stepped up. Choir held a hand up to James.
"Am I suppose to be scared of you?" she asked laughing.
Jessie eyed her but walked off. The others followed. James turned to Choir. "You should be careful. Jessie-"
"Is a low life who needs help," Choir said cutting him off.
James looked down at his feet "You shouldn't underestimate him," James said a hint of shame in his voice.
Choir furrowed her eyebrows. "Am I missing something?"
"James!" Kendall yelled as he came running towards them. James pivoted quickly. Kendall stopped in front of them out of breath.
"Carlos..." he trailed off trying to catch his breath.
"Carlos what?" James asked.
Kendall pointed behind them, "Security is trying to arrest him!" Kendall said.
"What? Why?" James asked.
"I don't know. When I saw Logan he was trying to fight off the security with a line of lights and Carlos was behind him wearing a long wig,"
"Oh like Dumbledore?" James asked.
"I think he was aiming for Santa," Kendall said.
"Or both," Choir suggested.
After a moment of thought everyone's eyes bugged out their sockets and they ran for it. Kendall led them to the side of the park where the play ground was. Where Logan and Carlos had been fending for themselves. They looked down at the scene from top of a hill. Choirs jaw fell as the sight of Logan sitting on one of the security guards who was tied up in Christmas lights. The other was tied to a tree. Carlos was circling him singing "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." Both security guards were squirming to get free.
"Son of a bitch," Kendall breath. "We can't go anywhere without getting into trouble, can we?" he asked.'
"I learned that when were 7. Carlos was having his birthday party and we peed in his pool because Logan's favorite color was yellow." James admitted.
Choir made a what the fuck did he just say kind of face. She looked back at Logan who was laughing menacingly. "We have a way of finding trouble," James added.
"Logan and Carlos look for it. As for you and I, it just find us." Kendall said.
"This is true," Kendall agreed
"Guys you think we should clean this up before someone sees?" Choir asked looking around.
"Good idea," Kendall said. Logan waved at them when he saw the three of them.
"Are you out your mind?" James asked.
"It's liberating! Sticking it to the man! You should try it!" Logan said.
"It won't be so liberating when they stick you in the coo-coo house with Carlos there. Then you'll be sticking to the floor after laying there for 10 years!" James squeaked.
"I didn't think it all the way through,"
"Really?" James asked sarcastically.
Logan jumped to his feet. "My mother! What will she think?" Kendall put his hands on Logan's shoulders.
"Relax. Lets just get Carlos and run," Kendall said.
Logan nodded and turned around. "Carlos! Lets go!" he yelled. Carlos took his beard off and put it on the security guard before running over to the others.
"WOO!" he yelled and continued to run up the hill.
C'mon," Kendall said and followed after him.
When they came back to the decorated side of the park Kendall began to speak. "So on my way looking for you two," Kendall said looking at Logan and Carlos. "I found the person in charge of the park activities. Remember Marcie?" he asked the guys.
"Red head Marcie with the wrinkles?" James asked.
Before Kendall could answer Carlos spoke. "and the snag tooth?
"And the lop sided breast?" Logan asked.
"oh and the big mole on her-"
"Yes!" Kendall said cutting James off.
Choir shook her head, giggling.
"I told her about us and she said she would love it if we sang," Kendall was finally able to continue.
"That's awesome. Did she give us a specific song?" Logan asked.
"She said either Let it Snow or Sleigh Ride," Kendall answered.
"When do we go on?" Carlos asked.
"Just before they light the park,"
"That's cool," Logan said.
"Right. So what song should we do?" Kendall asked.
"I say Let it Snow," Carlos said.
"Yeah I like that one too," James said.
"Definitely," Logan smiled.
"Great. It's settled. Let me go tell Marcie." Kendall said. Choir looked around to see a concession stand serving hot Chocolate and donuts.
"Come with me to get a drink?" she asked James who nodded.
"Get me one too," Logan said to them.
As they walked over to the stand James noticed his shoe untied and bent down to tie it. "I'll be right there," he said to Choir. She half nodded and kept going. When she approached the stand she saw that it had two blends of hot chocolate. She turned to see James who was wiping his pants free of snow. Her smile fell when Jessie was coming toward him. James apparently didn't see him as he continued to clean off his pants. Suddenly, James stood straight up and Choir smacked a hand to her mouth. She couldn't believe what she just saw. What Jessie just did to James. He had smacked his ass and kept walking but he looked t Choir and winked.
"What the hell," Choir said under her breath. James looked to see Choir watching with a gawking expression. James didn't know what to do and with embarrassment clearly on his face he turned back.
"James!" Choir called out to him.
"James!" She said grabbing his arm. James turned into her.
"What?" he asked. Choir held her tongue as Logan, Carlos, and Kendall were watching them.
"Um...never mind," she said.
"You all right?" Kendall asked.
"I'm fine. I just saw something," Choir said. James glared at her. Choir shook her head. "I meant, I thought I saw something. Yeah, a bug on James back," Choir said.
"It's the winter, Choir. Why would there be any bugs out?" Logan asked.
"I guess I never thought about that,"
Kendall chuckled and pulled Choir into a hug. "You should really get your head checked," he joked and kissed her forehead. Choir kept her eyes on James who kept his glaring eyes on her.
The sky was now deep sea of pure blackness as 8 o'clock was upon them. James didn't speak to Choir for the whole time. When it was time for the boys to sing, she stayed in the crowed and cheered them on. However, her happiness immediately drained when she saw Jessie come up from beside her. "Mind standing somewhere else?" she asked rudely.
"I think I like it better here. That way I can get a good view of James and talk to his infatuation at the same time," Jessie said. It didn't take Choir much thought to come to a conclusion.
"Are you gay?" she asked.
Jessie looked at her from the corner of his eyes and his lips widened. "Bi," He the back of his hand down her check. She slapped it away.
"Well, that doesn't matter because I'm not into you and neither is James," She snapped.
Jessie shrugged his shoulders. "You think that really matters to me?"
"You better leave him alone-"
"Or what?" Jessie asked. Before Choir could answer the lights of the park lit up the night sky. The crowd "Oohed and Awed."
Choir gave Jessie one last dirty look before making her way to the boys who were getting off the stage. "Baby," she began as she looked around for Jessie. Kendall looked at her but then to the person who had began to talk into the mic on the stage.
"I hope everyone had a nice evening. Thank you Big Time Rush for that lovely rendition of "Let it Snow,"" the crowd cheered one more time for them. He cleared his throat, "The lights will be on for another half hour so enjoy!" he shouted cheerfully before exiting the stage. Kendall brought his attention back to Choir.
"Let's go walk around," he said.
"Wait. I have to tell you something," Choir said irritation in her tone.
Kendall sighed. "Can it wait? This is the best part of the night and I want to share it with you," Kendall said.
Choir looked at James then back to Kendall. "Okay. It was nothing anyway." She smiled faintly. Kendall pulled her into a walk.
"I wonder what that was about," Logan wondered out loud.
James scratched the back of his head. "Probably nothing," He noticed that people were closing concession stand. "I'm going to go see if I can get a doughnut," he said.
"Wanna try and steal other people's gloves?" Carlos asked Logan. Logan looked at him like he was nuts but then shrugged his shoulders.
"Eh, why the hell not," he said and Carlos smiled brightly...
It was almost a half hour later and people were starting to head out. Choir and Kendall were admiring the tallest Christmas tree in the park. "Did you have a great time?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah, it was fun," She said after a moments thought. Kendall smiled and brought her into a kiss. Kendall wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. She gripped the back of his neck as she kissed back. Choir opened her eyes seeing Chad, Dean, and John but no Jessie. She pulled away. "Where's James?" she asked.
"How am I suppose to know?" Kendall asked. Choir began to scan the park with her eyes.
"I'm sure he's fine. What's the matter?" He asked. Choir saw Carlos and Logan only a short distance away but didn't see James anywhere. She swallowed hard.
"We gotta find him," she said and ran off.
"Choir! Wait! The lights are going to go off!" Kendall yelled. Kendall spoke to soon as the lights all went off at once. "CHOIR!" he yelled.
Kendall went to go after her but he barely see anything in the pitch dark. "CHOIR!"