Title: Picture Perfect Memories With BTR

Summary: Well, it's the most cliched thing to do...but I'm doing it. Do you want a one-shot with one of the BTR boys? Then it's your lucky day! *Sign up sheet and whatnot inside*

Genre: Friendship, Romance

Rating: T, just in case

Picture Perfect Memories With BTR

4. ConnectTheStars: New Girl

Summary for "New Girl" - Jo breaks up with Kendall, and broken-hearted, he decides to swear off girls for a while. But it seems like fate has other plans when Alyson Hinton (OC) moves in. What of his vow? What happens when he finds out that Logan has is interested, too? Kendall/Alyson, some Logan/Alyson, Kendall/Jo and Jo/OC.

It's been a few weeks since Jo had broken up with Kendall, and decided to go ahead and hook up with some other random singer. Many times now, he's seen them together, laughing and talking and having fun, and it's like Jo doesn't even remember Kendall anymore. It annoyed Kendall, but depressed him as well. But, of course, when Jo had decided to break up with him, she had been so nice and sweet and gentle. Kendall couldn't make himself be mad at her; in fact, he was depressed because he had lost a relationship that he had seriously thought would continue for a long time, but annoyed because it was like she didn't at all care for him anymore.

The two of them friends now, though. She always said hi to him, and asked him how he was doing, and listened to him when he was in a fight with his friends or Gustavo, or home-sick for Minesota, and God how he wanted her back! But she made it so obvious that she was very much in love with the guy she was dating now, and though Kendall hated to admit it, he had met up with the guy, talked with him a bit, and the dude wasn't bad at all.

In fact, he was...well, perfect for Jo! More perfect than Kendall, anyway. He had the looks, the talent (his voice was awesome, and he played guitar like nobody's business), the personality...many girls could kill to be standing next to him in a couple of years, he knew.

Jo's new boyfriend was everything Kendall wanted to be and more, and it hurt a lot more than he thought it would to actually admit that.

But, no matter now. Kendall had decided to take a vow as soon as Jo had first run up to her new boyfriend, leaped into his arms and kissed him; he decided to swear off girls. Not forever, but for a while. Not a few weeks, the pain would still be there, throbbing, but for a while; maybe months, maybe years, Kendall wasn't sure, but that was exactly what he wanted to do.

For now, he wasn't going to date any girls. Befriend them, talk with them, the usual - but nothing too crazy; like flirting or dating. If he flirted, he might start liking the girl. If he dated, the same thing might happen. Plus, everyone knows what happens after a date...the boy and girl kiss. And that was something Kendall certainly was not ready for. Not now, anyway.

When he had first told his friends this, they had freaked. Seriously. They had freaked.

Logan was the mildest of them. He widened his eyes, and his mouth had opened wide. Kendall almost wanted to tell him to shut it, or a fly might go in, but decided not to. Making jokes? Right now? Not exactly the best of times.

Carlos was...okay, Kendall supposed. He seemed to have fainted; eyes rolling on the back of his head, collasping onto the floor like some dramatic girl from the movies. He twitched a bit, but didn't get up. Kendall almost felt the need to call 9-1-1.

James, for sure, had been the worst. He had silently gaped at first, almost fainted, then started laughing loudly, as if he thought Kendall was telling some sort of hilarious joke.

"You're kidding me, right?" He had practically demanded after wards, having stopped laughing after a while, having figured out that Kendall was being serious about his decision.

Kendall had shook his head firmly, some of his bangs flicking into his face. He quickly flicked them out, for his eyes had began to burn. "No, James - I'm not "kidding" you. At all. Ever since Jo dumped me...well, I'm deciding to step back for a while and just...go with the flow, I guess. So that means no flirting, no dating, no having a girlfriend." He told him. Well, not only him, but Logan and...okay, sure, Carlos could be included, he supposed, fainted or not. Logan and James could always fill him in about what had happened later on, anyway.

"Wow. That's a serious step, Kendall," Logan told him logically, "Are you sure about this? I mean...you're a guy. It's sort of in your...program, you could say, to flirt and date and have a girlfriend. I mean, I've broken up with Camille after she started stalking girls that talked, much less looked at me, yet I'm still flirting and dating." Kendall winced at that. The Camille thing; she had seriously been scaring, that with stalking girls that even came close to her "Logie bear."

Thankfully, after Logan had broken up with her, after she had vowed to kill Logan as dramatically as possible, she had went back to being herself. Of course, now, whenever she slapped Logan because she was auditioning for her role, it was obvious she slapped him as hard as possible. The red handprint always was on his cheek for days after the incident, after all.

Nevertheless, the blond hockey player from Minesota boldly nodded his head. "Yeah, Logan. I'm pretty positive about it. I just - don't think I'm ready yet to move on from Jo. I just need to give it some time."

"Some time?" Shrieked James, "How long is some time? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Details, dude! Details!" He grasped onto Kendall's shoulders, shaking him perhaps more than necessary. Kendall laughed, pushing a hysterical James away from him.

"I don't know, James! But I need some time! Don't worry, I'm still going to be the same Kendall Knight. It's not like I'm going to be any different! I'm just not going to be as...obsessed with girls as you guys are for a while, but that still does not mean I'm going to become some sort of alien or something! Calm down. It won't be too bad." He told his friend, trying to soothe him.

James ran a shaky hand through his hair, mussing it up (a second later, he had quickly sprayed on some CUDA hairspray of his to fix it right up), and nodded his head, taking deep breaths.

"I...I think I need some time, Kendall, dude..." With that, he stumbled away.

Kendall raised an eyebrow. "Uh, I never thought he'd take it so...harshly. It's like I'm telling him not to flirt or date girls or something." He said aloud to Logan.

Logan shrugged. "Well, it's going to be awkward now. We're going to be talking about girls and you'll...well, it'll be awkward 'cause we'll remember what you told us today. It's not just gonna affect you, dude, that's all."

Kendall scoffed at something that, later on, would be a bit of a hindrance. He never realized how true Logan's words were until the days after, when they would suddenly broach the subject of girls and Kendall would awkwardly stand there, not being able to feel at all...attracted to any girls after what had happened to Jo. But, of course, this was days after, and how was Kendall supposed to know what was going to happen in the future? And so, back to Kendall scoffing in the past. "That's crazy talk, dude. That is for sure not going to happen." He told him a-matter-a-factly.

Logan shrugged once more. "Whatever you say, Kendall. Whatever you say." And with that, he made his exit.

Kendall went to do the same, but tripped over Carlos, who was still on the floor, having fainted before. "Oh come on! Carlos! Would you wake up already?" But he didn't, so Kendall rolled his eyes and walked away.

And Carlos was never seen again...

Until the next day, anyway.

Now, skip past a few days, when Logan, James and Carlos were talking about girls, while Kendall just awkwardly stood there with them, staring down at his feet. He didn't know what to say, and didn't want them to feel as awkward as he did at the moment, so he continued to let them talk.

"Wow. Look at her." Came Logan's awed voice.

Kendall couldn't stop himself from looking up, and for the first time in a while, couldn't look away from the girl who had walked into the Palm Woods lobby with who seemed to be her family. She was standing next to her sister, who was taller and stunning, but the girl was pretty, while her sister was just...more exotic-looking, Kendall supposed. But he could care less about her sister. As the girl awkwardly stood there, next to her sister, and who seemed to be her obnoxious little brother, her parents strode up to Mr. Bitters and began talking with him.

The next thing that Kendall noticed was what she was wearing. Was that a...hockey jersey? He swore his heart stopped beating then. This girl was, like, meant for him! Sure, Jo hadn't exactly been a fan of hockey, and they had hit it off well, but sometimes it was weird when he suddenly launched into talking about hockey, and it was obvious that she wasn't paying attention - well, she was trying to, but couldn't exactly understand what he was talking about.

Anyway, back to the fact that this girl was meant for Kendall.

"Wow! Look at her! She's smoking!" James exclaimed suddenly, eyes wide and bright, and Kendall felt a sudden jealousy sweep over him. What was James talking about? No! Of course that girl wouldn't like him! James was too...materialistic for her! Kendall would be perfect for her, just like she was...wait - what was he thinking? The vow, Kendall! There was the vow he had made days ago!

"She's preeeetty." Carlos said, sounding gaga over the new girl immediately. Kendall felt the need to just run up to the girl and whisk her away from prying eyes.

The temptation became even worse when James suddenly turned towards the guys, eyes bright and smile wide. "I'm talking to her! Totally asking the hottie out before anyone else can sink her claws into her! Plus - she's also older...hottness..." He scampered off then, and Kendall found himself frowning? Older? What was he talking about? He looked back at the girl.

She had lovely black hair that felt into a (hot) tangled mess to her shoulder blades, bangs almost hiding her chocolate brown eyes from view. They darted around nervously, and she clutched her book - about hockey! - to her chest, and quickly opened her book and began reading. Obviously, the girl was feeling self-conscious, but Kendall didn't exactly understand why, exactly. She was gorgeous! And not older. So why did James say she was older? She didn't look a day over seventeen!

But he immediately understood the second James swaggered up to...

The girl he had been oggling's sister. Elder sister.

They immediately began talking, and the sister began laughing loudly at something James said to her. Carlos sighed dramatically. "Man, James got the girl again." Ahh, so even Carlos had been talking about her sister. Kendall felt the burden on his chest disappate.

That is, until...

"Well, that's funny. I wasn't talk about the girl you and James are going crazy over," Logan spoke up, "I was talking about her sister. She's stunning." Oh, that burden Kendall was talking about before? It's once more there again!

Holy moley! What was he going to do? How was he going to make sure Logan didn't approach her? Make sure that the new girl he obviously was interested in not be interested in Logan be interested in him instead - without anyone realizing what he was trying to do? It would be obvious that he was trying to flirt/date/whatever with her; plus, that would immediately break not only the guy code, but also the vow he had made to himself - and told the guys about.

Crap! This was horrible!

"Hey! Kendall? Whatcha thinking about?" Carlos asked suddenly.

Kendall jolted out of his thoughts. "Uh...what? Uhm...I was thinking about how hungry I am. Anyone up for a corn dog?" Immediately Carlos forgot about what he had been concerned about - Kendall - and began thinking about what Kendall had wanted him to think about - corn dogs. Carlos nodded frantically up and down, tongue almost seeming to roll right out of his mouth, and his eyes glazed over as he no doubt thought about corn dogs.

Kendall laughed, and walked away, mind set on getting some corn dogs that he didn't even notice Logan's suspicious gaze on him.

For a certain blond boy, things were just fine.

Kendall looked suspiciously around for his friends, and let out a deep breath when he realized he couldn't find them anywhere. Quickly, he looked over to the couch in the main lobby, where the girl from yesterday was sitting on, reading the same book from before: a book about hockey. He felt his heart beating loudly and painfully in his chest, and realized how long it had been since he had interacted with the opposite sex.

It had been long. Too long, actually.

But he manned up, puffed out his chest, and strode confidently over to where the girl of his "dreams" was sitting, and carefully sat down next to her.

"Hi." He said, grinning.

She jumped, and turned, wide-eyed, to stare at him. Kendall found himself trapped in her eyes, and immediately shook his head lightly to get over the "mind control" her eyes had accidentally placed on him. Man was this girl even more gorgeous up close!

"...hey." She said carefully, her voice sounding a bit high-pitched. Kendall ignored this, though.

"Are you reading about hockey? Do you like it? Hate it? Have you played it? Have you not played it? Do you like watching it, or just playing? Or are you just reading for another reason?" Kendall asked quickly, squinting his eyes carefully at her. She raised an eyebrow, and started to laugh softly, her eyes twinkling. Kendall couldn't stop himself from smiling at her - her laugh, as stupid as this may sound, was sort of contagious. And beautiful. And wonderful. And hot. And a billion other things, too.

"I don't like hockey, I love it. I love watching it, playing it, reading about it, writing about it, and just about anything else. Though I'm not really good at playing hockey, I still like playing it. It's just...to glide on the ice, and get in a goal, and just...it's wonderful, really. Exhilarating, you could say." She told him, a dreamy smile coming onto her face. The blond hockey player couldn't stop himself from smiling, for he understood exactly what she was trying to say. He wondered off-handedly if his face got that dream-like quality she got when she talked about it. Of course, she looked more adorable than he might look when he talked about hockey, but whatever. That didn't exactly matter to him like it might matter to, say, James.

"Really? That's cool. I like playing hockey and watching it as well. If you'd like, I could show you some pointers. My friends and I, we're crazy about hockey, so we play pretty much whenever we can, wherever we can. We're from Minesota, you see, and came here when Gustavo Rocque decided to sign all of us up to become a boy band. By the way, I'm Kendall. Kendall Knight." Kendall quickly explained.

"Cool. My name's Alyson Hinton." She told him, and with further probing, shyly told him a few things about herself. Like, how she came to like hockey, and about her family. Her dad, Don, her mom, Alexa, her elder sister, Linda, and her younger brother, Gaunt.

"My family's pretty much crazy," She explained, suddenly opening up a lot more without as much as probing from before, "My parents, they're super protective at times, but sometimes they allow us to have our space," She laughed then; a beautiful sound, "Sometimes.

"Oh, and my sister, Linda, she can be pretty hard to handle sometimes. She's okay with hockey; watches me play at times, and sometimes even decides to help me out when I practice by coming along with me and helping me perfect my slapshots by being goalie. She's worse than me, though.

"And, ugh, my brother, Gaunt! He's infuriating at times, but such a sweetheart at other times. He can get very protective too, like my parents, but once, when a guy was talking to me, he started eying him and asking him some pretty weird questions. I was so embarrassed, but it didn't matter. Gaunt's my brother, y'know? And I love him, just the way he is."

Kendall nodded, totally understanding. "It's sort of the same thing with my little sister, Katie," He jumped in, "She's really sly and devious, and sometimes plays pranks on me and my friends, Logan, James and Carlos, but I love her and my mom. I don't know what I'd do without them being there constantly, supporting me from the sidelines." Alyson nodded her head, and they launched into other things, talking a bit about hockey, and about other favourites like colours and whatnot. Kendall learned that she liked the colour bright blue the best, though baby blue was a close second. He learned the reason why she came here, because she wanted to start a small band with her sister Linda; they both could sing and while she was good on bass guitar, Linda could rock it out like nobody's business on electric and acoustic guitar. They often joked that they could allow Gaunt in the band, too; if he learned how to play drums very well, that is.

"We're still checking to see if anyone will sign us, and there have been some offers. Our dad's our agent, since he specalizes in that sort of stuff, and our mom's our lawyer, so it all works out brilliantly. My parents were so laid-back about this that it isn't funny; our parents left their jobs and located here in L.A., and our mom is trying to find work in a law firm here. So far, it's going good. She has an interview two days from now." Alyson told him excitedly.

And from here, their talking continued.

Unfortunately, Kendall never managed to notice the fact that his friends were watching him interact from afar with gleeful faces. Logan, on the other hand...?

His face was filled with so many emotions, it was very hard to differ which one had more affect on him. All we know for now was the fact that Logan didn't seem to be very happy with the turn of events.

"Dudes," Began an excited Carlos, "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"Yeah, I think so," Chimed James, "Kendall's hooking up with Linda's younger sister. Uh...Alice, or something."

Carlos furrowed his eyebrows. "Who's Linda?" He asked his friend. James sighed dramatically, rolling his eyes at his friend as if his stupidness was too much for him to handle. Then again, perhaps it was.

"Linda. The hot chick that I'm currently hooking up with from yesterday? The one we both liked but I obviously got in the end, remember?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. Carlos nodded, pouting as he remembered the "hot chick" from yesterday. It was obvious that he hated the fact that James had nabbed her before he could've even had a chance with her, something that James usually did when it came to "hot chicks."

But Logan didn't care for Linda. He cared for her younger sister, Alyson (he knew for certain that it was Alyson; just now he heard Kendall call her this, after all) . And Kendall was chatting up with her, too!

"Aren't you guys at least a bit angry?" Logan asked suddenly, "I mean - he's talking it up, flirting with some girl and practically having a date with her when he vowed that he wouldn't do no such thing!" James and Carlos thought for a while, looked at one another, and just shrugged, not caring.

"Not really, dude. I mean, it's obvious that Kendall likes this girl, and that she might even like him back." James said. Carlos nodded, apparently agreeing with him.

Logan furrowed his eyebrows, looking over at Kendall and Alyson. They seemed to be hitting it off really well, laughing and talking. Alyson had long since forgotten the book she had been reading so desperately before, no doubt being shy because she was so new here. It seemed like Kendall had managed to get her to break through her shell in a matter of minutes. And so, though it was sort of obvious that Kendall wouldn't be asking her to be his girlfriend any time soon, that, whenever Kendall finally got over the heart break Jo had given him, Alyson and him would be an item.

So...who was Logan to interfere in their obvious happiness?

Logan smiled lightly, though his heart hurt to see Kendall and Alyson so close. He had been so sure that Alyson had been the one for him.

But, perhaps, one day...one day, he'd find the girl for him, just like Kendall might've found in Alyson. And he knew he'd like her far more than he liked Alyson right now. Quite frankly, he could not wait for that day to come.

Kendall wasn't sure as to how to deal with the turn of events anymore. Talking for so long with Alyson, he hadn't realized that time had flown by so quickly, and it was almost time for school.

"Damn! It's time for school!" He said, getting up from the couch. Alyson got up with him, picking up her book and placing it right under her arm so it didn't get lost.

"Really? Well, it's my first day of school today, so...I guess I'll see you there, then?" She asked hopefully. Kendall couldn't stop himself from smiling - she actually wanted to see him at school! His heart began beating fast, and suddenly he couldn't wait to get ready and go to school today, for the first time ever, it seemed.

He nodded. "Alright. I'll see you there. For sure. Bye!"

Alyson watched him walk away with a blissful smile, watching as he entered the elevator and left to go to his apartment, wherever it might be. "...bye." She whispered to him, as thought he was still there.

"Alyson! Alyson!" She turned around to see her elder sister, Linda, running up to her, "You won't believe it! You know that guy from yesterday, James Diamond? He asked me if I wanted to go out with him tomorrow!" She squealed then, and began to talk about what she should wear for her date tomorrow, as if she wasn't two years older than him, but two years younger.

Alyson half-listened with her blissful smile in-tact, unable to stop herself from thinking back to her conversations with Kendall Knight from moments before. Something about him just...felt right for some reason.

She truly couldn't wait to see him again at school today.

Huh. It now seemed like moving here to Palm Woods in L.A. of all places hadn't been so much of a bad decision after all.

Silent Knight: Hope you enjoyed your oneshot, ConnectTheStars, and this also goes for everyone else reading this as well. Continue to request if you'd like, and I'll try my best to burn through these requests as quickly as I possibly can. My muse/inspiration for this had died out a couple days ago, but today I decided to go ahead and add some paragraphs to finish it up, so hopefully it doesn't look too bad or choppy or anything.

Truthfully, I enjoyed writing this oneshot. Though it didn't have any kissing or anything, the Kendall/Alyson chemistry was there, and it was obvious they liked each other and would no doubt end up together in the long run. Does Logan backing off seem too...quick? I just thought that he would, since the BTR guys all care for each other and whatnot, plus, the fact that Logan didn't like like her, simply was interested in her, y'know?

Anywho, hopefully you enjoyed this ConnectTheStars, and liked the protrayal of Alyson.

Until nex time, folks.

Silent Knight over and out! =)