Chapter 8

The boys had finally locked themselves in Gustavo's office with all the lamps, clothes, and backdrop. All they needed was the camera and then they could take the picture and send it in to Pop Tiger. Simple, right?

"Okay we don't have a camera. Where are we going to get a camera?" Logan asked. All the boys thought for a second, then James gasped.

"June! She used to be into photography, always taking pictures of nature and stuff. Maybe she still is!" James said.

"Ok someone call her!" Logan said. Kendall got out his phone.

"Hey June are you busy? No? Good. Are you still into photography? James told us. Yeah. Do you still have a camera? Sweet will you bring it in? We don't have time, we'll tell you when you get here. Thank you!" Kendall hung up.

"Why did you say my name?" James asked, having not paid attention to the phone call except for hearing his name.

"She asked how I knew she was into photography, and I said you told us, and then she said that she couldn't believe that you remembered." Kendall said. James smiled.

"Of course I remembered. We grew up together and we were so close. We were each others first kiss, first relationship, first dance, all that. I love her, whether she wants to believe it or not." James said. Logan, Carlos, and Kendall looked at each other. He really did care about her. No one said anything else until June showed up 10 minutes later.

"Okay I have the camera, what do I need to take a picture of?" June asked. The boys explained that Griffin wanted a crazy photo shoot for their picture for Pop Tiger, and how they needed a good picture so here they were. June laughed and rolled her eyes.

"Typical Big Time Rush boys." June said. She turned the camera on. "Now pose."

They all did their typical pose and June snapped the picture. She took out the card.

"Here you go. There's nothing else on there so you're good." June said and handed the card to Kendall. There was a knock on the door. A man came threw, asking for the photo, which Kendall handed him.

"Thank you so much June!" Carlos said and hugged her. She laughed.

"No problem. I wasn't doing anything important. I was just-" She was cut off by the vent in the office popping open. Out crawled Katie, followed by none other than Dak Zevon.

"Thanks Katie, for getting me away from those fan girls." Dak said. He said. He looked around the room and his eyes landed on June.

"Hey." Dak said to her. June smiled at him.

"Hey." She said back.

"You look familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?" Dak asked. June had never formally met Dak, but they had been to a couple of the same parties and she was sure that Justine and Dak knew each other.

"I think that we have seen each other at a couple of parties. You probably know my sister, Justine Cooper." June said. Dak nodded.

"Yup. You're June, right?" He asked, sticking out his hand. June took it and nodded.

"Yup. Dak right?" She asked, same level on nonchalance as he. James was watching them both, getting angrier by the second. Maybe it was jealousy. But he had no right to be jealous. They weren't together. But boy did he want them together.

"So June, do you want to go out sometime? Maybe we could get coffee or something?" Dak asked. June smiled and was about to answer, before someone interrupted.

James walked over and put his arm around her. "She's busy." James said. June looked up at him, furious. She turned back to Dak and smiled. She elbowed James in the stomach. Hard. He released her and bent over.

"Ignore James. I would love to. Here." She pulled out her eyeliner and wrote her number down on his hand. "Call me sometime."

"I defiantly will." He said with a wink, which made June blush a little. "Well I probably should go before everyone finds me. Bye guys. Bye June."

"Bye Dak." June said back and he was out the door. James was now recovered. She whipped around to him.

"Don't you ever carry a pen?" He asked. June just stared at him.

"Does it matter? What the hell do you think your doing. We are not going out. We are over James and you know it. You have no right to do what you just did." It felt as if the whole room got about 30 degrees colder. The rest of the boys and Katie just stared at James, waiting for his answer.

"Look I'm sorry. I just don't want you to get hurt. What if Dak hurts you?" James asked. All the boys turned back to June.

"Then I get hurt. I'm a big girl I can take care of myself. And you don't want me to get hurt? You should have thought of that 2 years ago." June shot back, getting louder. James sighed and ran his fingers threw his hair.

"I know I screwed up! I know! I care about you. I always have and always will, whether you want to accept it or not." James said equally as loud.

It went back to silence. June was studying James, as if to see if he was lying or not. Then it went to debating what she should do. They were just watching each other and no one made a move for at least a minute. Finally June spoke.

"Hope your magazine photo works out. See you later." June said. She picked up her bag and raced out the door. She had no idea what to think of what James said. When Jo showed up last week and he was all over her, June thought for sure that James was over and done with. But after what James just said, she wasn't so sure. Did he really mean all that? Well June knew that she loved James 2 years ago, and she still may love him now, but should she risk the heart break?

June didn't know and didn't want to think about the answer right now. Dak Zevon had just asked her on a date. Teen idol, everyone thinks he's cute and wants to date him, that Dak Zevon. She wasn't passing that up. James was the past, and Dak was now.