Me: I think I'm addicted to Power Rangers.

Ali: She's sitting watching it right now.

Me: Shut up. And by the way I forgot to add for the last chapter that I do not own the song that Ashley sang. It was Stand by Rascal Flatts.

Ali: Yeah, her friend Molly had a whole freak out about it.

Molly: I did not!

Ali: Yes you did!

Me: Be quiet! Both of you!

-they both mumble to themselves-

Me: Say your lines Ali.

Ali: Cassie only owns the O/C's

Leena set my suitcase by the door. "Maybe you should stay here."

I set down my guitar. "What?

She stared at the suitcase. "You shouldn't go."

I ran my hand through my hair. "What the hell are you talking about? You were the one who told me to go to the audition in the first place!"

She glared at me. "You're not going."

I put my hands on my hips. "You have got to be kidding me!"

She raised an eyebrow. "You're staying here."

I laughed. "You can't make me! I'm not going to deal with this. You can't force me to stay. I'm going, whether you like it or not."

She laughed. "You wouldn't survive a day without me."

I opened the door and picked up my suitcase and guitar case. "Watch me."

She grabbed my wrist. "Don't you dare walk out this door. If you do our friendship is over."

I set down my things and took off the sweatshirt. I tossed it to her and picked my stuff back up. "Bye."

She gasped. "Fine! But when you don't make it in LA I won't be here for you to fall back on."

I ignored her. Was that the right thing to do? I should say sorry. I started to turn and a limo pulled into the driveway. The back door opened and I ran over. I handed my suitcase and guitar case to whoever was in there and climbed in. I collapsed in a seat between Carlos and Kendall.

Carlos smiled at me. "Hi Ashie."

I felt my heart skip a beat. "Hey Carlos."

Logan frowned at me. "You don't have a jacket?"

I sighed and leaned into the seat. "Long story."

~At The Palm Woods~

I chased Carlos through the lobby. "Carlos! Give me back my freaking guitar case!"

I chased him out to the pool and he sprinted even faster. "Never!"

I increased my speed and almost caught up with him. He took a sharp turn back into the lobby and I tumbled into someone. I fell on the ground but the person had somehow managed to stay standing. She had really curly dirty blonde hair that came down to just under her chest. Her bright, vibrant green eyes were outlined with black eye liner on the bottom and neon pink eye shadow on the top that matched her bright pink converse. She had on purple skinny jeans and a yellow t-shirt that had a smiley face on it. In each of her ears she had two piercings with what seemed like real diamonds. A black flash drive on a silver chain hung around her neck. She had a tan but it looked like she hadn't been out in a while. She also wore lace gloves that went up to her elbows. She held out her hand, her nails were painted black. I took it and stood. She was three or four inches taller than me.

She smiled. "Hey there Speed Demon!"

I brushed the dirt off of my black skinny jeans and black t-shirt.. I noticed a scar on her upper lip. "I'm Ashley, Ashley Mitchell."

She bowed. "I am Evangeline Callait! But you can just call me Angie."

I gasped. "Are you related to-"

She nodded. "Colbie. She's my cousin. I've actually wrote a couple of her songs. So why are you here?"

I watched Carlos sprint around the pool laughing like a maniac. Apparently he hadn't noticed that I wasn't chasing him. "I'm Gustavo's new project."

She tapped her chin. "Wait, Mitchell? Are you related to Logan Mitchell?"

I sighed. "Sadly yes. Be right back." I walked out to the pool. "Carlos! Get over here!"

His eyes snapped to me and he started running towards me. I moved to the side and he went barreling past. He crashed into the front desk. It's a good thing that boy wears a helmet. He popped up and handed me my guitar case. "Here."

I rolled my eyes. "It's a good thing this is in a hard case." I walked back over to Angie.

She pointed to me and then Carlos. "You two dating?"

Carlos wrapped an arm around me waist. "Hell yeah!"

I sighed. "Logan is going to kill you."

Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned. Logan was standing there with a furious look on his face. "What are you two doing?"

Carlos wrapped both arms around me and laced his fingers across my stomach. Probably half in case I decided to attack Logan and half because he wanted to hold me. "We're just hanging out, ya know. The usual."

Logan crossed his arms. "Why do you have your arms around my sister?"

I tried to step forward but Carlos restrained me. "So now all of a sudden you want to play overprotective big brother?"

James and Kendall appeared out of no where and James took away my guitar. Kendall stepped in between Logan and I. "Ashley, stop. Calm down."

I fought against Carlos. "James give me back my guitar and get out of my way Kendall."

He held up his hands. "Let's go to the apartment and do something, okay? All five of us. Hell, Logan can get Camille if he wants."

Angie stepped up. "Can I come?"

Kendall and James looked at each other and mouthed 'new girl'. Kendall smiled. "Yeah! Sure! We're room 2J."

She smiled at me. "I'll meet you up there in a couple minutes."

Logan moved from behind Kendall. "I'll go find Camille."

James attacked Kendall and they started yelling. "She is mine!"

Evangeline's POV

I set the note on the table. Just in case Colbie got home while I was gone she would know where I was. Doubtful though, she's never home. I went into my room. The walls were black with random green and purple swirls on them. I walked over to my wicker dresser. I opened the top drawer and took out the little black box. I opened it and took out three twenty dollar bills. That should do it. I closed it and put it back. I walked out of my room and looked around at the expensive apartment. I used to love it but until today I had spend all my time in here, afraid to talk to anyone. But look! I just met Ashley, she seems nice. And that boy. Kendall she had called him. The way he looked at me. I felt my arms sting from under my lace gloves. I saw the torturous smile on Liam's pale face, the cruelty in his blue eyes. His hair was short and brown. Handsome if you didn't know what he was really like. His voice rang in my ears. 'No guy will ever take you, but you know that don't you? You're ugly. You're stupid. You're completely untalented. You can never do anything right. You're completely worthless. You might as well die.' I could almost feel his hand connecting with my face, knocking me to the floor. I shook my head. No. He's gone, thousands of miles gone. I felt my pocket to make sure my key and phone were there. I walked out the door and down the hall. Who would have known that they were so close? 2J was eight rooms from mine in 2R. I knocked on the door and the brunette, James opened it.

He smiled. "Come in!"

I stepped in and examined it. They definitely had money. "Where's Kendall?"

His face fell. "I'll go get him."

He went somewhere but I noticed Ashley sitting on the orange couch staring at my gloves. I went over and sat next to her. "Hey."

She pointed at my gloves. "What are those for?"

I noticed that her sleeves ended at her elbows. "Why are your sleeves so long? I'll tell you my story later."

She nodded and jumped up. "I smell corn dogs."

She darted into the kitchen and I followed. "I don't."

Carlos came zooming up and pushed Ashley out from in front of the oven. "My corn dogs!"

I heard the familiar voice from earlier. He talked to them like he was talking to little kids. "Let's let Kendall get the corn dogs out of the oven."

I leaned against the counter. "Why do you guys like corn dogs so much?"

They both gasped and looked at each other. Carlos stared at me. "How do we love corn dogs so much? Because corn dogs are the center of our existence that's why!"

Kendall set the pan on the stove and Ashley and Carlos dove for them. "Don't try to fight them on it. Trust me, I was on a plane with them this morning and I asked the same thing. Try listening to that for 5 hours."

I let a smile play on my lips. "That must have been terrible."

Ashley turned around with her mouth full of corn dog. "Uff mmf uhrg taff?"

Kendall and I stared at her. I shook my head at her. "I have no fricking idea what you just said." Her eyes narrowed but she turned back to the corn dogs. Kendall leaned on the counter next to me. His blonde hair set perfectly on his head with no effort. His eyes had a dark green ring around the outside, the middle was a light green and right around his pupils was the tiniest bit of brown. He was a couple inches taller than my 5 foot 6. No, don't. I imagined myself being held up by a stick. You can't fall, you thought Liam was nice, but looked how he turned out. I looked from Kendall's eyes to the floor. Something crashed and I jumped. I looked up to see Ashley and Carlos pointing at each other. The pan that was filled with corndogs was now on the ground and the corn dogs were all over the floor.

I sighed and bent down to start picking them up. "Go watch TV or something."

They scampered off and Kendall bent down beside me. "You can go with them, I'll clean this up."

I looked over at him. "Don't worry about it."

He shrugged. "Fine then, be a pickle."

Be a what? "Be a pickle?"

He smiled. "Yes, a pickle."

I tossed five corndogs into the trashcan. "Why a pickle?"

He blushed. "Because I don't know your name."

Damn. "It's Evangeline. But you can call me Angie."

He scrunched his eyebrows together. "Can I call you Jelly?"

Of all things. "Sure."

We threw the remaining corn dogs in the oven and I picked up the pan. Pain seared through my hand. The pan clattered back on the ground. "God dammit!"

He grabbed my hand. "The pan was hot."

I yanked my hand away. "You think? It just burned my freakin hand!"

Kendall sighed. "Let's go get Logan."

Ashley looked over from the video game her and Carlos were playing. "Why do you need him?"

Kendall smiled. "Jelly burned herself."

Ashley jumped up. "I can take care of that!"

She grabbed my hand and looked up at me. "You have to take off your glove."

No! My eyes flitted to Kendall and back to Ashley. "Maybe we should do this in a bathroom."

She nodded. "Right. The first aid-kit is under the sink."

She pulled my wrist and I followed her. She shut the door behind us. We sat on the tile floor and Ashley got the first aid kit from under the sink. She pulled off the glove and gasped. She stared at all of the scars on my arms. Some thin and faint, but most deep and dark. She looked up at me and pointed at my left arm. "Is it the same on the other one?"

I refused to meet her eyes. "Worse."

She took a deep breath and pulled up one of her sleeves. There on her arm were scars, just like mine. She yanked it back down. "Later I'll tell you why."

I nodded and bit my lip as she started doing god knows what to my arm. I stared at the ceiling. She tapped my shoulder and my right arm was wrapped in thin white bandages. I pulled my glove back on and we walked out to the living room. Carlos was watching the mixer spin on the counter. Kendall heard us coming and his head popped up from a magazine he was looking at. He smiled at me. "You okay now?"

I sat beside him on a stool. "Yup."

Ashley stood next to Carlos and watched the mixer with him. Kendall turned his stool so he was facing me. I caught a small whiff of his cologne. "We're making chocolate milkshakes."

I smiled as Ashley started to lean into Carlos. He smiled at her and stood her up straight. "I'll take Ashley to her room and leave you two alone."

I tried to plead with Ashley with my eyes but she didn't notice. They walked down the hallway and I turned back to Kendall. "So…"

He stood and walked around the booth to check the mixer. "So, what's your last name?"

I spun in the stool. "Callait."

He stared at me. "Are you related to Colbie Callait?"

I sighed. "Yeah. I've actually wrote a lot of her songs."

He smiled at me. "No way! Could you sing something for me?"

I crossed my arms. "Not likely."

He stuck out his lower lip. "Please? Pretty please?"

I shook my head. "No."

Kendall sighed. "Fine. Do you want a chocolate milkshake?"

I smiled, I knew he would give up. "Sure."

He pulled out two glasses and poured the milkshakes into each of them. He handed me the pink glass and kept the green one. "Thanks." I took a sip. "Holy crap! This is really good!"

He smiled. "It's the one thing I'm really good at making."

His smile is contagious. "Besides corn dogs."

He chuckled. "Yes, besides corn dogs."

James came out and sat in the stool next to me. "Hey there guys! Whatcha doing?"

Kendall glanced at me. "We were just drinking milkshakes."

James clapped. "Yes! I love milkshakes!"

I groaned. Are you kidding me?

So, what do you guys think? I'd like to thank my friend Jessica for most of the traits of Evangeline and LovingBTR for Ashley's character. Now click that button, right down there! You know you want to!