"No." I stood my ground.

He looked bewildered. "Wait, did you say no?"

"Yup," I answered.

"So, yes?" he asked.

"Kendall, I'm sorry, but I can't just go on a date with you after what happened yesterday."

"You can't seriously blame me for that, Mira."

"Oh?" I cocked my eyebrow.

"Jo and I dated a while back. She left for what was supposed to be a 3 year movie. When she came back things were-"he moved his hand looking for the right word, "-complicated."

"Oh, that explains it! Of course I'll date you now, Kendall!"

"Really?"

"No, idiot. You expect me to just believe that?"

"Mira, SHE kissed ME."

"And you didn't exactly pull away," I retorted angrily.

"I'm sorry. This is hard for me, too."

"Wow. I feel so bad for you. You kissed your ex-girlfriend in front of a girl who really liked you, and now you have to apologize! I can't imagine what you're going through." I stared him down.

"Well, what do you want me to do? I mean...-Wait, you like me?"

"Correction. I said LIKED. You blew that. Instead of just sauntering up here with a bouquet of flowers and a date, why don't you try to see what it's like for me right now?"

"Mira..."

"No, you know what? Just forget it. I'll see you at the studio tomorrow."

"Well, goodnight, I guess." He reached down for a hug and I shut the door. No. No, he can't do this to me.

"Mira?" I turned around to look at Grace. I guess she heard all that. "Oh, Mira..."

"I'm not going to cry over him. I'm not. He's not worth it."

She nodded. "You're right. But you still look like you could use a hug and listener."

I smiled and embraced her. "Grace, how do you always understand?"

"Don't worry. We'll fix this somehow."

NEXT MORNING

CALLIE'S POV

Ok. You saw him yesterday. Same old Ed. Ed. Ed. What a nice name...

"Miss Chen?" Jake called.

"Yes, Mr. Gosling?" I think he noticed me zone out.

"I was just wondering if you could repeat part of the chorus the last time through. We changed the guitar's chord progression, so we want to see if it sounds right."

"Alright," I spoke into the microphone. And then I started to sing.

"Float down

Like autumn leaves

Hush now"

I closed my eyes as I sang. It felt nice, to just get into the music.

"Close your eyes before the sleep

And you're miles away

And yesterday you were here with me"

I heard clapping and opened my eyes, expecting to see the producer. Instead, Ed was sitting there with headphones on, clapping for me. FOR ME!

Alright, Callie, play it cool.

I took off my headphones and left the booth. He met me at the door.

"You sound great, Callie, especially for only your second day." Wow, his British accent is cute. And I like how it sounds when he says Callie.

I blushed at the compliment. "Thank you so much. I love your music."

"I'm sorry we really didn't have time to introduce ourselves properly yesterday. How would you like to, maybe over lunch in an hour?" DID HE JUST ASK ME OUT?

"Yeah, I'd love to Ed." I smiled at him. God, I love LA.

*1 HOUR LATER*

"Yeah, so my friends are out here in a band, down the street at Rocque Records. Chordstruck? You probably haven't heard them yet."

"Rocque Records, that's where those blokes, Big Time Rush are, right?"

I sighed, wondering how Mira was doing. "Yeah, that's where they are..."

"Callie? Everything alright?" Ed looked at me curiously.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine. To be honest, I can't believe I'm sitting across a table from you." I smiled.

"Well, that's very sweet. I'm honored to be sharing this meal with you."

Wow, could this guy get any better?

GRACE'S POV

I love this job. Even though Kendall and Mira have this awkward tension between them, recording is a lot of fun. Even Mira's forgetting about him when she's singing. And the harmonies sound AMAZING through these headphones. Before, we used to get the echo of a garage door, and now we have the awesome sound of professional...everything. It's so cool!

Mira's just fooling around with some chords on Krystal, her electric guitar so Sarah and I are running out to pick up lunch. We went to the Chinese place down the street; apparently it's really good, and the fact that it does take out doesn't hurt either.

We walked in and ordered, then stood on the side while we were waiting. I felt a tap on my shoulder and when I turned around, I was face to face with Liam Payne. Again.

"Hey Liam."

"Grace...right?" I smiled; he remembered my name!

"Yeah."

"See? Told you I wouldn't forget." He winked and I smiled even wider. "What're you here for?"

"Just picking up lunch. Sarah and I came here to get it. I'm not sure if you met her yet..." I turned around to look for Sarah, but she wasn't there. My phone vibrated. Sarah texted me Saw him come in. I'm waiting outside when you're ready. Do not leave without giving him your number! ;)

Well, I have incredible friends. "Looks like she left," I told him.

"That's ok. I'll meet her later. I wanted to talk to you alone anyway." Wow. He really just said that.

"Yeah?"

"I want to get to know you better...are you free tonight?"

"Yeah! We'll be done at the studio by 5."

"Awesome...I'll pick you up at 6 then. 3D, right?" I nodded. "Oh that's good. I live down the hall in 1D."

I couldn't help but giggle at that. He gave me a look. "Oh, 1D I just...got that...wow. That's sad I never realized that. The boys might come down here soon; I can introduce you to them."

"Wow, really? But y'know...I wouldn't mind just seeing you for a while." He smiled. I gave him my number and left the restaurant. I told Sarah what happened on the way back to the studio. She was so excited. I love that my best friends are so supportive.

We walked in laughing but stopped short. Kendall was walking into the booth, going to talk to Mira.

SONGS USED: "Autumn Leaves", by Ed Sheeran