Authors note: I forgot to put this in the first chapter. I dont own BTR! I own my character, my plot, and Maxine, Arya, Erika, and Charloette belong to the amazing four people who allowed me to use their character for my story. (: Thanks to everyone who is reading this! R & R!

I walked into the Palm Woods lobby with my two suitcases trailing behind me, behind my parents, looking all around. I grabbed my camera and took a couple of pictures.

"Still attached to that camera I see Ava Ivy" came a voice. I spun around and saw a girl with long brown hair that was in two tight braids, caramel eyes, and she was in Bermuda shorts, a tank top, and gold sandals.

"Erika!" I cried, and we rushed forward to meet in a tight hug. I pulled away, and smiled.

"Look at you! You're tan! And tall!" I exclaimed, smiling.

"And you're tall, lean and I suppose still mean. A great fighting machine" she said, giggling. I laughed with her.

"So are any of the girls here yet? Or are we the first ones like always?" I asked. She smiled.

"First ones. Duh! I mean when were the others EVER early? I think the last time one of them beat us, was when there was a sale at the mall, and Arya was there like at opening" she told me.

I smiled, and we linked arms and walked over to my parents. They hugged Erika hello, then after giving me a key, left to go enjoy Erika's parents presence. "Can you believe they trust us to stay together in one room?" I asked, smiling as Erika grabber her suitcases. She snorted and I couldn't help but laugh.

"There's gotta be a twist somewhere in there Ava" Erika said as we climbed into the elevator. We kept talking about our lives as we found our room. I opened the door to 4L and smiled at what I saw. There was the opening and then you turn to the left and see a medium size kitchen, and straight ahead is the huge living room. From the door, you walk about 10 paces and then there's a bedroom that we already decided that was going to be mine and Maxine's room, because I'm the only one who managed to share a room with her. There was a bathroom in the room, so we wouldn't have to fight with the other three. Five paces outside the room in the same direction, there was another room that had three beds, and that'd be the other three rooms. Erika picked a bed, and set her stuff down.

I smiled, and went out into the living room and sat down. "You seriously just gonna sit there while we're in L.A.?" Erika asked, standing over me. I shrugged. "I'm gonna be nice and wait for the others" I smirked. She rolled her eyes and sat next to me. we flicked through the channels for a bit, then the door slammed open. We both jumped to our feet, and Erika shrieked. Standing in our doorway was a tallish girl with straight black hair and a red streak through it in a high ponytail, wearing skinny jeans and a tank top and high tops.

"Arya!" we screamed, and rushed over to her. We tackled her into a hug and she laughed while hugging us back. We pulled away and Erika and Arya started talking a mile a minute. I laughed, and saw my camera. I grabbed it then took a picture of the two of them.

"Get my good side Lynn!" Arya exclaimed. I smiled, and rolled my eyes. "So you gonna show me my room or what?" she asked. I looked at Erika, and she nodded. They went to their room to set her stuff down. I looked out the window and smiled as I saw a lot of teens around the pool. I looked over at the chairs and my eyes landed on a group of boys lounging around. One was reading a book, one was tanning, one had a helmet on and was looking through a magazine, and the last one had sunglasses on, and was lounging.

"Ivy!"a voice cried. I spun on my heel, and saw my closest friend, Maxine, with our other friend, Charloette. Maxine was in black shorts and a tank top with black flats, while Charloette was in a red skirt, and a short sleeved hoodie and black converse.

"Maxxie! Charlie!" I cried, and ran to them, and jumped on Maxine. I let go of her, and looked at her hair.

"Max! your hair! It's black!" I exclaimed as I looked them over. Charloette still had her dark brown hair but now it framed her face.

"I think age went well with you Ava. You're hair grew to border your face, and now the black doesn't clash with your skin. Also the silver ring thinned around your eyes. I only have one word Ava. And that's HOT!" Charloette explained. I giggled, and grabbed my camera, and took a picture of us three. Erika, and Arya joined us soon, and we all unpacked.

FF 1 hour

"Ready?" Max asked. I slipped on my sunglasses over my eyes, and nodded.

"Ready!" the four of us agreed, then linked arms and walked into the pool area. We found five seats together, and sat down.

"Welcome to L.A. girls! Sun, soon to be surf, and" I paused as I watched the cutie from earlier walk by.

"boys!" the other four exclaimed. I smiled and nodded. We lounged and got to talking about our lives. Arya told us about her family, and her brother. Charloette explained to us how she learned to play piano, and play football. Erika told us about being a lot closer to her family. Maxine told us how her parents finally legalized the divorce, and how she got into horseback riding. And I told them how I was still clean from the disease, and how I was doing with competing on my horses.

"This is what I love about ya'll. No matter how far apart we are, we still have endless things to talk about. And we've never forgotten our lives together" Arya said. I smiled and looked at her.

I leaned back and soaked up the sun, loving the fact that I was with my best friends, in the city where dreams come true.