20: Smoothie date

"Hello, I'm Lindsay Evans and I'm the executive of Pop Tiger magazine." She grins, shaking all of our hands.


"Now, we would like to present to you your...big time contest winners!" She exclaims.


"James...meet Jeanette!" Lindsay exclaims and a blonde girl comes in.


"Hello Jeanette." James says in shock.


"I can't believe I get to spend the day with James Diamond from Big Time Rush!" She beams.


"You don't spend the day with James Diamond, you experience it." He grimaces and I snort, shaking my head.


"Carlos, I would like you to meet, Tiffany." Lindsay states and a pretty, Latina brunette comes walking out and all the boys's eyes widen.


"Tiffany, it's nice to meet you." Carlos smiles, shaking her hand.


"I still can't believe I won." She grins.


"She's a lucky one." I whisper to Carlos and he grins at me.


"For you Logan, meet...Gabbie." Lindsay says and a tan, curly haired girl with blonde highlights comes out.


"Hey, nice to meet you." Logan grins.


"You're cute." She smiles and Logan blushes.


"Kendall, meet Skylar." Lindsay says and a gorgeous black haired girl with ocean eyes comes walking out.


"Woah." The boys say in awe and Kendall's eyes widen.


"Hi." Kendall nervously says, shaking her hand.


"Hey blondy." She smirks at him and James and I look at each other.


"We know you aren't part of the contest but we didn't wanna leave you out. So Amber, meet Nate." Lindsay says and a handsome guy with brown hair and blue eyes comes walking out.


"Woah." I trail off in shock and I look to see Kendall's eyes widen.


"What?!" Kendall exclaims and I look back at him.


"Hey gorgeous." Nate winks at me, shaking my hand.


"Hi." I laugh, feeling my cheeks get hot as I pull away.


"Amber, I gotta talk to you for a second, is that okay? Thanks." Kendall blurts out and gives everyone a fake smile.


"What?!" I groan, getting out of his grasp.


"Are you gonna spend the day with him?"


"Yeah, I kinda have to." I scoff.


"Just please, don't kiss him. Or if he kisses you, reject him."


"Kendall, I don't like Nate like that. Being attractive doesn't mean anything if you have a shit personality. And, I only kiss you. Okay?" I say.


"Okay. I trust you." He nods.


"Good. I'll see you later." I state, standing on my tippy toes, kissing his cheek.


"No lips?" He calls out, shrugging his arms up.


"Sorry, really busy right now." I call out and grab Nate's hand.


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"So, tell me about yourself." I state as we take a seat on the tanning beds.


"Well, I grew up in New York, wanted to become a firefighter and I have seven brothers." He says.


"No way." I say with wide eyes and he nods.


"Do all their names start with N?"


"Actually, yes." He chuckles and I laugh, shaking my head.


"What about you? Any siblings?" He asks.


"Oh uh, my brother died in an accident on the way to boarding school." I say, trying to keep my voice steady.


"I'm so sorry, I didn't know." He frowns.


"Don't be, it's not your fault." I give a sad grin and he nods.


"So, you're friends with Big Time Rush, huh?" He breathes.


"Uh, yeah. They came to the Palm Woods a couple days ago. Did you enter the contest?"


"No, but they saw me on the street and said I had a pretty face." He says and I raise an eyebrow.


"Do you even know who I am?"


"Yeah, you're Amber Thompson. You're a singer who's signed to Rocque Records. Love your EP by the way." He says.


"Thank you." I chuckle.


"I'll get us some smoothies." He offers and I nod as he walks to the juice bar.


"So...how's it going?" A voice says out of nowhere.


"It's going good. And shouldn't you be on your date with Jeanette?" I raise an eyebrow.


"I asked her to get me some lemonade, and the line is long so we're good." He nods.


"So, the tea on you and Kendall?" He asks and I snicker.


"There is no tea. Kendall and I are just friends." I shrug.


"Really? Because the last time I checked, friends don't sleep with each other." He says and I whack his head.


"Keep your voice down!" I exclaim in a whisper.


"You know I'm right." He shrugs.


"Just don't tell anyone. Especially the guys!" I plead.


"Okay, okay. I won't tell anyone. But tell him how you feel before it's too late. Otherwise, he'll think you're just leading him on."


"I'm still trying to figure things out!"


"I thought you did since you chose to sleep with him." He points out.


"James." I whine.


"Okay, okay." He says, putting his hands up in surrender.


"Thank you." I huff and I look over to see Kendall grabbing Nate's shirt.


"Excuse me." I say to James and rush over to the scene.Β 


"What is going on here?!" I exclaim, standing in between Kendall and Nate so Kendall would let go.


"Yeah Kendall, what is going on?" Nate says and Kendall's jaw locks.


"Nothing. Just a misunderstanding." He mumbles and walks away, glaring at him.


"I'm so sorry about him." I groan, with a hand on my forehead.


"It's okay, I get it. He's the protective kind." He says and I nod.


"I got you blue, your favorite." He says, handing it to me.


"How'd you know?"


"I did some research." He says and I laugh.


For some reason, I have this uneasy feeling in my stomach.

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