FAMOUS → j. diamond

1.07

chapter seven | big time mansion

"Want to be famous. Famous. You want to be the one who's living the life."

Rosalie smiled at the four boys, sending them a thumbs up as the music came to a stop. The blonde stood in the editing studio with Gustavo and Kelly, having been called in earlier to give her opinion on some final songs they were putting together. Having been rushed that morning, the girl didn't have time to do anything special with her hair or outfit and instead opted on putting her blonde locks into a bun and wearing a simple outfit that consisted of a pink tank top, ripped white jeans, and a pair of white heels.

The four grinned at her as Gustavo called 'cut' for the recording of the song. The large group were rushing to finish the demo to be given to Griffin once the three months had come to an end and the blonde had to give it to the four boys as they had improved largely from their first recording when they arrived in Los Angeles.

"It sounded great, right?" Kendall asked through the microphone, his voice coming through the pairs of headphones that Gustavo, Kelly, and Rosalie were wearing. Rosalie nodded happily as Kelly grinned at the group, both of them satisfied with the taping. However, it seemed Gustavo was not.

"No." The older man immediately disagreed. Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Green Day sounds great. You guys didn't make me want to vomit."

Immediately upon his criticism towards the four boys, they started complaining but their words fell deaf upon everyone's ears as Gustavo turned off their microphones. Rosalie pulled off her headphones and threw them at the back of Gustavo as Kelly reached forward and hit him in the shoulder. Gustavo winced and turned around to face the two.

"Why can't you tell them that they sound good or thank them for all of their hard work?"

"Yeah and maybe, I don't know, give them some credit." Rosalie added.

Gustavo pulled off his headphones, "Showing thanks is a sign of weakness. And besides, you don't hear them thanking me."

As the older man finished his sentence, the door to the booth opened and the boys of Big Time Rush filed out into the editing booth. Kendall took the lead as he called for Gustavo, who turned around to face the four. "We just wanted to thank you." Kendall admitted, the other three agreeing as they gave him their thanks. Rosalie smirked at the irony of their timing as Kelly harshly nudged Gustavo's shoulder.

"I just wanted to say you guys are," Gustavo began, his voice trailing off slightly before he continued. "done for the day. Kelly and I are off to North Carolina."

"Ooh, can you bring us back a tar heel?" Carlos excitedly questioned, causing everyone to send him various looks of confusion.

Ignoring him, Gustavo continued, "Ooh, I'm thinking about bringing back a hot new band that I can replace you with when you inevitably fail me." Gustavo led the way out of the studio with Kelly and Rosalie following behind him, both throwing the boys exasperated looks. In a moment, the four boys followed behind the three as they all shouted yells and words of complaint.

"You're not going to replace us." James said, bringing everyone to a halt in the lobby as he reached behind him and pulled out two headshots of himself. "Not after you see my new headshots. One hot young doctor. One hot greasy mechanic."

Rosalie raised an eyebrow, "Do you always have those on you?"

James nodded in response.

"Ooh." Gustavo gasped mockingly, grabbing the headshots. "I'll put these with the others." He threw the papers into the air, causing James to yell in shock as he scrambled to grab them. Rosalie rolled her eyes and picked up the one he hadn't grabbed a hold of and handed it to James as she moved to stand beside the four boys.