Against All Odds

Ch. 5

Chelsea's POV

We kept talking about James and Rachel's kiss for about fifteen minutes. After about five, we were just talking to embarrass them.

Kendall's phone rang after we were silent for a bit. He answered it.

"Hello?.... Yeah we're all at Logan's house.... Yeah... Oh crap! I forgot all about that!.... Yeah we'll be right there..... Ok... Bye." Then he hung up.

He looked at the rest of the guys. "Did you guys remember we had a signing today?" He asked

All the guys started shouting at the same time and ran up the stairs. Rachel and I looked at each other. I knew we were thinking the same thing: Were we going or did we have to stay home with *shudder* Elga.

Then Kendall peeked his head around the corner of the stairs and said, "Um... Are you guys coming or not? We have to get ready!"

Rachel and I looked at each other, smiled, and ran up the stairs. I got to my room and ran into my closet. I grabbed a pair of bright red skinny jeans and and a white tee shirt that said 'Live, Laugh, Love' in red letters. I straightened my brown semi-wavey hair and put on a little bit of makeup.

Once I was happy with my appearance, I ran back down the stairs. The guys were all down there except for James. Rachel was also still upstairs. About five minutes later, they walked down holding hands. Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and I 'awwwed' and then we went out to Kendall's hummer. We piled in and started the ride to the mall where the signing was being held.

Kendall was, of course, driving and Carlos had called shotgun. James and Rachel occupied the backseat and were making out, yet again. That left me and Logan to sit in the middle. I didn't really know how to start a conversation and it looked like he didn't either.

"So... Um, how do you like LA so far?" He asked me awkwardly.

"Well it's a lot warmer than Michigan, that's for sure. I like the warm, I really didn't like the weather in Michigan." I answered honestly.

"That's good, I guess. So did I tell you that you're being homeschooled while Rachel's at college?"

"No."

"Oh. Well, you're being homeschooled while Rachel's at college!"

I giggled. I really liked his bubbly personality. He already felt like a big brother.

"Actually, your teacher is gonna be Kendall. He's always wanted to be a teacher and this is his golden opportunity. But if he sucks, just tell me. I'll get you a new one. Also that means you're gonna have to come with me to the set a lot because he'll have to teach you there." Logan told me.

Just as I was about to reply Carlos turned to music up really loud. The radio station was playing 'Windows Down' and all the guys plus Rachel started singing extremely loud and off key. I didn't really know the song so I just sat back and laughed. I realized I'm gonna have to learn their songs soon.

When the song was over Carlos turned down the radio and we laughed and talked the rest of the ride to the mall. When we got to the mall we were ushered into the back entrance of the music store by security. There were hundreds of screaming fans outside, waiting to see the boys. I guess I never realized how famous they really were.

The boys sat at a table and Rachel and I sat behind some of their security guards. Then the girls started piling in. They were screaming and crying and doing any other random thing just to get the boys attention. They were so loud I couldn't event hear myself think! It looked like Rachel was thinking the same thing because she was wincing every time a girl would scream super loud and looked ready to escape.

The boys, on the other hand, seemed used to all the noise. The just smiled and occasionally waved, making the girls fight over whom they waved to, which I thought was pretty funny.

The boys started signing things and it got boring really fast. After fifteen minutes, Rachel and I were bored out of our minds. The boys must have noticed, because they called us over to them.

We sat at the table with them. Rachel sat on the end next to James and I sat between Kendall and Logan. The fans all took notice of us and they asked a lot of questions. I didn't know how to answer most of them so Logan answered for me most of the time. James told every fan that asked that Rachel was his girlfriend, and most of them looked disappointed. Logan and I laughed every time a girl would start crying when he told them.