Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush or anything to do with it.
It had been almost two weeks since that night at the Palm Woods. Kendall had been so busy recording that Celia had not had a chance to see him, but they texted and talked on the phone whenever he had any free time. Celia was in her room when suddenly Maddie burst into her room.
"CJ help me" screamed Madison running into her sister's room. Before Celia could ask what was wrong she heard Calvin screaming.
"Madison get your ass back here" screamed Calvin thundering up the stairs searching the house for his daughter.
"CJ I didn't mean to spill chocolate milk on the rug, honest" sobbed Madison tears streaming down her face.
"I know Maddie, just hide under the bed" said Celia quickly ushering her sister under her bed.
Maddie just managed to squeeze herself under Celia's bed when Calvin barged into her room.
"Where is she?!" he yelled.
"Like I'd tell you" said Celia stonily, mentally preparing herself for what was going to come next.
"I'll give you one more chance" said Calvin in a dangerously low voice.
Celia clenched her jaw, looking him right in the eyes, she kept her mouth closed.
"You made me do this you little bitch" he snapped before slapping her so hard in the face she flew into her bedpost and her shoulder collided with it with a sickening thud.
Celia fell to the floor she bit her lip so hard that she tasted blood; she knew that if she cried out it would only enrage him more.
"I guess I will have to clean up the mess Madison made" he snapped before turning on his heels and storming out of her room slamming the door behind him.
Celia took a few calming breath trying to stop the throbbing pain in her shoulder and face. "CJ" said Maddie shakily from under the bed.
"Stay there" said Celia who made no movement get up "just stay there in case he comes back" she said quietly. Celia tried to move her shoulder, but bit her lip to keep from crying out. The pain was horrible. Celia could not help it tears leaked out of her eyes. Maddie's small hand reached out grabbed her big sisters hand. They just laid their holding hands and both quietly cried.
By the next morning Celia's cheek was bright red and somewhat swollen, that was not what really worried Celia. Her arms were scattered in bruises and her entire shoulder was black and blue, however she was sure nothing was broken this time because once the swelling had gone down she had almost all range of motion in her shoulder.
Celia carefully pulled on a shirt with long enough sleeves to cover the bruises. Unfortunately for her that shirt had long sleeves and there was a heat wave going on.
"I am going to work" announced Calvin barging into her room not bothering to knock.
"Thanks for knocking" said Celia sarcastically.
"It is my house Cecelia I can do what I want" he said in a warning tone.
"Of course" said Celia in almost whisper she did not want to get him upset, she really did not want any more bruises. "Where are Mom and Madison?" she asked trying to lighten the mood.
"Olivia took Madison to a birthday they should be gone most of the day" said Calvin.
"Alright" said Celia hopping that Calvin would leave.
"You should go out, have some fun, you are young" said Calvin leaving her room.
Celia could not help it she shuddered. Calvin was the only person who could go to threatening and scary to almost sounding like he cared.
Celia picked up her cell phone to call Kendall to leave him a message, she knew he was recording. There was no way she could go out with a swollen cheek and a long sleeve shirt in a heat wave.
She was not half way done dialing her phone when the doorbell rang; she let out a sigh of frustration as she hung up and jogged down the stairs.
"What are you doing here" cried Celia in surprise as she open the door to find Kendall. She happily let him in.
"Turns out I didn't have to record and why are you wearing that when it's a 100 degree's and what happened to your face?" he said finally taking a good look at her. He brushed his fingers over her swollen cheek.
"An accident" she said ignoring the tingling feeling his fingers left.
Kendall gave her a skeptical look "an accident with Calvin?" he asked.
"Doesn't matter I'm fine" she said trying to reassure him and herself.
"Then why are you wearing a long sleeve shirt when it feels like an oven outside?" he asked crossing his arms.
After a few second of him staring at her she let out a sigh of defeat. She pulled her shirt to the side to reveal her black and blue shoulder.
"Celia!" he said shocked.
"I am fine" she reassured taking his hand "It looks a lot worse then it feels" she lied in reality it throbbed, but it still was not the worse injury Calvin had given her.
"Celia-" he started.
"Kendall please don't" she said with a sigh "A little less than a year and I'm gone. I just need to stay out of Calvin's way. Anyway as much as I want to I don't think I can go out today, not dressed like this it would look odd" she sadly, she really wanted to spend time with him.
Kendall just stood there for a moment in silence holding her hand, before a small smile formed on his face.
"What?" asked Celia she could tell he had an idea.
"You'll see, come on" he said gently pulling her along. Celia could not help it she let out a laugh.
"This was actually a good idea" she Celia half an hour later. They were standing on skates in the middle of the ice rink. In here she did not look out of place in long sleeves.
"I am surprised no one else is here" she said to Kendall trying to stay balanced. It had been a while since she skated and she was rusty. She noticed that after she made that statement Kendall's cheeks turned red and not from the cold. "What did you do?" she asked with a smile.
"Well it turns out the rinks owners daughter is huge BTR fan" he answered.
"And?" asked Celia not quite catching on.
"I just happened to mention that if I could use the rink alone for an hour, I just might happen to have front row tickets and back stage passes for him and his daughter" finished Kendall with a shrug.
"You did not" said Celia with a laugh.
"Yes I did and you deserve now come on time is running out and I am going to teach you to shoot a puck if it is the last thing I do" he finished.
"It probably will be" said Celia skating over to him "I am telling you my dad tried to teach many times when I was little and every time I ended up hurting him."
"You were seven, plus I think you have more coordination now" he said handing her the hockey stick.
"Yeah so much more" she replied sarcastically. She took a deep breath and swung the stick like he had shown her, but between her bad shoulder and her horrible balance she flew backwards.
She put her hands over her face and burst out laughing.
"Celia I am so sorry please don't cry" said Kendall feeling horrible as he kneeled down beside her.
"I'm not crying" she said removing her hands "I am laughing. I told you someone ends up getting hurt when I try to play hockey" she said propping herself up on her elbows making no move to get up despite the fact her legs were going numb from the ice.
"Yeah, you were right" said Kendall with a small laugh.
"I should get that in writing" Celia joked reaching her hand out so he could pull her up.
Kendall leaned and took her hand, but before he could help her up Celia pulled his arm so he nearly collapsed on top of her. Both of them burst out laughing.
"So are you happy I did this?" asked leaning over her with a smile.
"I am" she said leaning in and kissing him.
"This was a great day" said Celia. It was a few hours later and they were sitting on benches on side of the now very crowded rink drinking hot chocolate to warm up.
"I told you so" said Kendall with a smirk as he took a sip of his drink.
"Yeah, yeah" said Celia rolling her eyes, smiling. She noticed a couple of teenage girls a few benches down staring at Kendall.
"This is just weird" she said watching the girls.
"What?" asked Kendall his eyebrows rising in confusion.
"Having a boyfriend who's a pop star, adored by teenage girls, some of who are sending me death glares now" she said nodding towards the girls.
"Oh" said Kendall glancing at the girls, who looked dumbstruck that he actually noticed them "you get used to the staring" he said with a shrug.
"Yeah well they stare at you because they love you, they stare at me because they want to rip my hair out because I'm with you" she said matter of fact.
"Nope they're just jealous because you are ten times more beautiful than you are" he said with a smile.
Celia could not help it she blushed "you are so corny" she said with a laugh.
"I know" he said with a smile as he leaned forward and kissed her.
After they broke apart Celia let out a sigh "I hate to say this, but I really should get home."
"If I have to" joked Kendall, Celia just rolled her eyes at him.
Celia went into her house smiling, she stopped suddenly and the smile dropped from her face when she saw Calvin.
"Hello Cecelia, I had a light workload so I came home early" he finished starring at her.
"Oh" she said simply not knowing what else to say.
"So did you go out with that boy?" he asked starring her down.
"Yes" she said really wanting to leave the room.
"You didn't tell him what happened to face your face did you?" he asked in an eerily calm voice.
"I told him that Madison and I were playing ball in the yard yesterday and I accidently got hit with the ball" she lied hoping he bought it.
"Very well, you can go know" said Calvin turning away from her. Celia quickly fled to her room, she did not know what but she knew Calvin was up to something.
Kendall made his way into his apartment smiling; he loved spending time with Celia. However every time he left her he was terrified that Calvin was going to something to her.
"He's finally back" called Carlos, Kendall looked over and saw his three friends on the couch playing video games.
"Yeah, it seems like you are always with her you never spent this much time with Jo when you two were dating" said James.
"I do not spend all my time with Celia, and it is different with Celia than Jo" he finished with a sigh as he plopped down on the couch.
"How is it different?" asked Logan pausing the game and turning to his friend he could tell that something was wrong with Kendall.
"She different because – she – her" he stopped he promised he promised Celia that he would not tell, no matter how much he wanted "never mind" he muttered.
"Come on man what is it? You have been acting different the last couple of weeks?" said Carlos.
"It's nothing" said Kendall not quite able to meet Carlos's eyes.
"Yes it is, what is it?" asked James.
"Nothing you would be able to help with it so drop it!" snapped Kendall before leaving the room.
"Wow" said Carlos.
"I know; something is going on with him and Celia" said James leaning back into the couch with a sigh.
"Yep, and we are going to find out what" replied Logan.
(What will happen? The real drama is coming up. I will update as soon as I have some time.)