Camille was holding up a poster with Big Time Rush smiling. "Cool, you got your picture in Pop Tiger magazine." She said.
"But what happened? You guys look terrible." Camille stated after lowering the poster to see the guys wearing arm braces and have scratches on their faces. I was assisting the boys with their injuries.
"What happened? That picture happened!" James exclaimed.
"But why do you look perfectly normal?" Camille asked me.
"Because I was smart and backed away as soon as I heard them." I told her.
"Oh. Makes sense." She said.
"Camille, get ready for a twisted tale of adventure, danger, and nail-biting suspense." Kendall told her before spitting something into his hand.
"Hey, my tooth came out." He stated.
Carlos looked into Kendall's palm before saying, "No, wait. That's mine." He grabbed it and stuck it inside his mouth. Which made everyone grimace in disgust.
"So, we were enjoying a calm afternoon in the crib...". Kendall trailed off.
24 HOURS EARLIER
I walk into rocque records and saw Gustavo and Kelly getting dragged by the police. I blinked rapidly and looked back to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks with me.
I walked into the room where the photoshoot is being taken and my jaw dropped. The boys were dressed as matadors with a space backdrop. I started laughing which made everyone turn towards me.
"Perfect. Hayley, you're a teenage girl. You think anything's missing?" Griffin asked.
"Yeah I think something is missing but wait what do you guys think is missing?" I asked after I stopped laughing.
The photographer snapped his fingers and said, "Marcos knows what it is." He rushed off.
"Don't panic. In three seconds, Gustavo will barge through that door and fix everything, like he always does." Kendall spoke to the other guys. 'Awe they're in for a rude awakening', I thought to myself.
That's when Marcos came in with stuffed puppies, crushing their hope. "Giant stuff puppies for everyone." He said.
"Okay. Perfect. The photo is now bold and cute and cuddly."ย Griffin said. He turn towards me for my input which made the boys look at me with hope.
"Hmm... I like it. In fact, just looking at them makes me smile." I said looking at the boys with a vindictive smile. The boys looked at me with betrayal.
"Let's shoot it." Griffin told Marcos.
"Smile pretty, pretty."Marcos said, hovering over the camera about to take the picture when Kendall stopped him.
"Wait! We can't take this photo." Kendall said.
"Why not?" Griffin asked.
"Because... it's not finished. I mean sure it's bold..." Kendall said.
"And cute and cuddly but we don't have..." James trailed off.
"A snowmobile!" Carlos exclaimed which made the others question him.
"Sure. With a snowmobile, you're bold, cuddly, and dangerous." Kendall said.
"It's a pop pinup hat trick." Logan added.
"The space matadors... are right." Griffin said. He told his men, "Get me a snowmobile. Everybody take five for a snowmobile break."
The boys quickly grabbed me and rushed to Gustavo's office. I sat down in one of the chairs as they took off their hats.
"We cannot let Griffin take this photo." Kendall stated as he stood by the door.
"By the way, cudos on the snowmobile idea." He told Carlos as he now stood by Gustavo's desk.
"Which is why I'm taking one with me on my desert island." Carlos said which made me look at him with confusion.
"A desert island has a tropical climate, professor." Logan told him.
"Will you just let me have fun on my desert island? It's mine." Carlos said with a frown.
"Well, I'm taking my lucky comb." James said, pulling the said comb out.
"But you're alone. No one's gonna see your hair." Logan said.
"Hey I'm there." James pointed out.
"Shut up." I snapped at them which made them look at me.
"Wait while we're at it, why did you side with Griffin?" Logan asked me.
I sat up from my seat and gave them a smile, "Call it my little revenge for you guys not listening to me. Also Griffin wouldn't have changed his mind even if my opinion was different." They made faces of understanding.
"Focus!" Kendall exclaimed which got all our attention.
"We need to figure out a way to change this photo." He added.
"Yes, from cuddly space matadors to... something like this." Logan said, pulling out a Dak Zevon poster.
"There he is!" Some fan girl screamed. A tsunami of fan girls tackled Logan. My eyes widened.
"It's not him." One fan girl said which made them all stop and run away.
"Let's put this photo away before somebody gets killed, shall we?" Kendall stated as heย picked up the poster, folding it and putting it inside his pocket then he closed the door.
"Right. Where's Gustavo 'cause he should be saving our photo!" James yelled.
"Gustavo's not coming back. Which means you guys are on your own with my help, of course." I told them as I stood up and went over to help Logan.
"Are you okay?" I asked him as I helped him up. He stumbled to stand.
"Ouchies." He said. He noticed his jacket on backwards and asked in a panic, "Is my head on backwards?"
"No." I said, chuckling and shaking my head.
"We're in charge now." Carlos stated. He turned to Kendall and asked, "What do we do now?"
"We're gonna take a secret photo and give that to the Pop Tiger messenger when he gets here. James, you're in charge of wardrobe. We need cooler clothes. No offense to matadors. Logan, we need to get this room super bright like Marcos' lights. And Carlos, you're gonna break down any door that stands in our way." Kendall told them.
"What about me, captain Knight?" I asked.
"Captain Knight?" He asked as he looked at me with confusion.
"You're the leader of this group and your giving out orders. Duh." I pointed out to him.
"Oh. Right. Hayley, get us a camera." He told me.
"Aye aye captain." I said and winked at him. He just rolled his eyes at me and shook his head.
"Wait, what about the backdrop?" Logan asked.
Kendall grabbed a remote off of Gustavo's desk. He pressed a button and a small white backdrop lowered behind Carlos, James, and Logan.
"When are we going to do all this?" Logan also asked.
"We've got plenty of time." Kendall stated. "You know how long it's going to take Griffin to find a snowmobile in L.A." he asked.
Suddenly an engine revived loudly and the door busted open which made us jump and scream.
"Look what daddy found." Griffin proudly stated.
"Now let's take that picture." He said.
We were back in the studio. The boys were back in front of the space backdrop holding stuffed puppies and on the snowmobile.
"My inner teen girl is so putting this picture on her wall." Griffin stated which made look at him weirdly.
"My inner teen girl says we need one more stuffy puppy." Marcos stated.
"I'm a teen girl and I changed my mind. They look ridiculous." I stated.
"Your inner teen girl is wrong and you're wrong." Griffin told me and Marcos.
"Now shoot it."
Just as Marcos was about to take the picture Kendall stopped him which made groan in frustration.
"Wait! We need more fog." Kendall told Marcos and Griffin.
"He's right. We need more fog." Marcos agreed with Kendall.
"We're on it." The boys said. They dropped the stuffed puppies, James and Logan grabbed the fog machines and let them spew all over the place.
I grabbed Marcos' camera when he wasn't looking and held it behind my back. When no one was paying attention to me I walked out the room.
The boys along with Griffin and Marcos exited the foggy room, coughing.
"That might have been too much fog." Marcos stated.
"All right everyone, fog break. Five minutes." Griffin said.
Once those two were gone, I held the camera up for them to see.
"Secret photo time." Kendall said. We rushed downstairs towards the wardrobe room. Carlos tried to open the door but it was locked.
"Stand back, mi amigos and amiga." Carlos told us, putting his helmet on. He yelled as he rammed into the door, successfully opening the door.
"That was fun." We could hear him say inside the room.
"Enter my domain, boys." James said after removing his hat.
The boys rushed inside andย closed the door. Not even five seconds, they came out in nice outfits. They looked at me for my input, I gave them an impressed look.
"Wait, what about your pants?" I asked once I noticed their pants.
"We'll shoot it from the waist up." James stated.
"Move out!" Kendall told us.
We rushed back upstairs to Gustavo's office, they were adjusting their outfits before I helped Logan adjust the lamp lights.
I pushed Logan and Kendall forward before grabbing the camera.
"Pop Tiger and the walls of girls everywhere here we come." Kendall stated as the boys posed.
When I was about to press the button, the camera died. I looked at it and exclaimed, "Are you kidding me!" I put the camera on the desk.
"Battery died?" Logan asked.
"Yeah." I told him. They all sighed and put their heads down.
Knocking on the door made them change their cool outfits to space matador outfits. I stood in front of the camera when Griffin came in.
"Hey fellas, the fog is gone. Let's take that picture." Griffin said.
Once again we were back in the studio with the boys holding stuffed puppies, sitting on the snowmobile.
"All right, Pop Tiger messenger is on his way. Now, let's take this picture." Griffin stated.
"Wait." We opposed.
"No more waiting!" Marcos said as he stomped his foot in frustration.
"Gentlemen." Griffin told two of his men to stop the boys from getting up.
"Now, smile pretty, pretty." Marcos them as he was going to press the camera's button.
"Well maybe girls will like space matadors on a star-mobile holding stuffy puppies." Carlos said with a forced smile.
"They won't." James and Logan simultaneously said to him. They all forced smiles.
I saw Kendall pull the Dak Zevon poster out of his pocket and aimed it in front of the fan. When he let go of the poster it flew on Griffin's face and Griffin said, "I've been hit."
"Hey, look, it's Dak Zevon!" Kendall exclaimed. We could hear the fan girls, I grabbed Marcos' other camera and ran behind the boys. The fan girls tackled Griffin and Marcos, we ran into the hall.
"I can't believe that actually worked." Logan stated. We saw Gustavo and Kelly in orange jumpsuits.
"Dogs, what is going on here?" Gustavo asked.
"Oh, we're saving our photo from Griffin." Kendall told him.
A man on a small scooter came down the hall, "I'm here to pick up a photo for Pop Tiger magazine."
"Coming right up." We told him. Everyone rushed to Gustavo's office. Logan put the lamp lights on, and the boys removed their matador outfits.
I raised the camera as the boys stood in front of it and posed.
"Smile pretty, pretty." Kendall said as they all smiled. I took the photo and gave the camera to Kelly. She took the SD card and gave it to the Pop Tiger messenger.
"Here you go." She said.
"See you in Pop Tiger magazine, boys." The man said and saluted to them. He rode off and that's when we cheered.
"I don't know what happened here today but maybe we should leave the dogs alone more often." Gustavo said to Kelly.
Suddenly, the vent busted open and Katie crawled out of it. She looked at us and said, "Hey guys, look who I found today."
Dak Zevon crawled out of the vent and stood up to look at us.
"I think she just saved my life." He stated. He looked at me and smiled.
"Hey Hayley." He greeted. Everyone's eyes widened and looked between me and him.
"Hey D." I greeted back with a small smile.
"How do you guys know each other?" Katie asked.
"We used to date." He told them.
"What!" Everyone questioned.
"We used to date then we mutually broke up because we realized we're better friends than lovers." I told them.
"Oh my god my friend and Dak Zevon dated!" Katie exclaimed. Once she said his whole name we could hear the fan girls coming.ย
I stood all the way back with Gustavo and Kelly, Katie pushed Dak back in the vent while she stood away from the fan girls, and the boys weren't so lucky.
NOW
"Huh, who knew such a simple picture could bring you so close to death." Camille stated.
"But it was totally worth it." James said.
" 'Cause we're going to be on the walls of millions of girls." Carlos added.
"All over the country." Logan also added.
"Of course you are... 'cause Dak Zevon is on the other side." Camille said with a chuckle.
"What!" The boys yelled.
Camille turned the poster over and showed us Dak's face which made the boys groan in annoyance and pain.
A/N: don't forget to vote and comment
Dak and Hayley dated but fate decided they're better off as friends.
wbk Kendall was jelly and thinking to himself how can he beat Dak- but him being his gorgeous self is working already.
I'm so excited for the next chapter XD