I Won't Give Up (Big Time Rush Story)

Chapter 3

They just stared at me in disbelief for a few minutes before my mom gasped and started crying. I handed Emma to Carlos and walked over to my mom. We went inside and I explained the whole thing to them. My mom looked happy when she heard that Emma was Leah’s daughter.

“Well I’m just proud that you’re taking care of her. Not all guys do that.” My dad told me, shaking his head sadly.

“Well here’s the thing. We’re eventually going to try to get Leah back, but it could take a while and we leave for tour in like 2 weeks. We need someone to watch her. At least during the shows.” I said looking around from my parents to my brothers.

“I can do it for some of the tour,” Kevin offered.

“And I’ll do it for the rest.” Kenneth told me, smiling. We all grinned and went outside to swim as my mother played with Emma.

We stayed there for a few hours, and by the time we left it was like midnight and we still had to drop Katelyn off.

Emma had slept in the car seat, and we hadn’t gotten a crib yet, so I just brought the car seat into my room and let her sleep in there. I went back out to find the guys all in the living room looking insanely tired. I sat down on the couch next to them.

“I’m soo tired.” James sighed.

“Well, I’m going to bed. Don’t forget we start rehearsals for tour tomorrow, Kathy said she’d come and baby sit while we go, and she told me she was going to buy a crib for Em tomorrow.” Carlos said with a yawn as he stood up and walked to his room. We all soon followed his example. Emma woke me up a little while later and after feeding her, I sang her “I won’t give up” and she quickly fell asleep. I laid back down and was woken up the next morning. By sunlight through the window.  I noticed that Emma’s carseat was gone, so I walked out to the living room expecting to see the guys, but instead finding a note on the kitchen table.

~~ Kendall~~

Your mom picked up Emma this morning and will babysit until after rehearsal until we pick her up. James and I are going to the gym and Logan’s out skateboarding somewhere. We didn’t want to wake you up. See you at 5 for rehearsals!

-Carlos.

I checked the clock- 1:30. Wow, I had slept for a LONG time. I went to take a shower so I could decide what to do to kill a few hours, when I walked out, there was a knock at the door…

I opened it to find a box, with a note taped to the top. I pulled it inside and sat on the couch with it. I quickly read the note. “ Kendall: I had all this stuff lying around, and just couldn’t stand to look at it anymore. I hope Emma’s ok. I miss you guys, but I need to focus on school. Eventually, I’ll come back and take Emma off your hands but until then, good luck.. –Leah.”  

I pulled the lid off the box, and found lots of old pictures. A lot of me and Leah, some of all of us, then there were some of just her. When she was pregnant, and some baby pictures of Emma. There was even a picture of Leah holding Emma at the hospital. It was adorable. I didn’t realize until after she left that I was in love with my best friend. I knew I could figure it out. I need to find a way to find her, I told myself, grabbing my keys and walking out the front door.