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backstage

It was the group's last night of their world tour, and Dani couldn't be more excited to head home. Don't get her wrong; she enjoyed being out on the road with her best friends and boyfriend, touring the world.

It was definitely a rush being in a different city almost every night, sightseeing, and meeting fans, but nothing topped their adventure out in London.

The rest of the tour went as smoothly and collectedly as it could with four accident-prone teenage boys.

It was one minute until Dani took the stage for her final set of the tour, and she was backstage running through all of her songs as she paced.

You can walk through fire
And you'd still come out alive
What's gonna kill ya-

You got the heart of a phoenix
So let them see you rise, hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey
Let them know that you mean it-

You're scared, I'm nervous
But I guess that we did it on purpose, on purpose, on purpose
Baby, I know it's weird, but it's worth it-

When it hurts but it hurts so good
Do you take it?
Do you break it off?

"Okay, what are you doing?" Logan snapped, glancing over at the girl from his book, making the girl stop in her tracks and noticing the boys staring at her.

"Running through my songs." Dani answered as if it were obvious.

"But you're singing them together." Carlos pointed out, causing the others to nod. "Aren't you going to confuse yourself?"

"No, I do this all the time." Dani replied, shrugging her shoulders. "I know the words to all of my songs. Ask me any of them."

"Okay." James said, looking at the boys before smiling at the girl. "What's the first line of Phoenix?"

"Why you hanging in the background?"

"Okay, what about the last line in the second verse of Hurt So Good?" Logan asked.

"And all we ever stay is torn." Dani smiled, causing the boys to share a surprised look.

"That is very impressive," Carlos admits, causing the girl to smile.

"Thank you." Dani said.

"I think she's ready." Kendall spoke, making the boys nod in agreement, causing Dani to chuckle as she shook her head.

"And why aren't you dressed?" Gustavo exclaimed, causing Dani to quickly turn to face the producer as he approached the teens with Kelly at his side.

"Because we are about to break NSYNC's 3.9-second backstage change record." Kendall explained.

"Then Big Time Rush joins the rock n' roll legends on Canada's wall of fame." James added, causing the four boys to gesture towards the giant wall filled with celebrity names behind them.

"Sweet." Dani spoke, nodding her head, impressed, making the boys smile.

"Go!"

The four boys jumped over the couch before racing off behind the black change curtain, and as soon as the curtain closed, the timer began ticking.

Within seconds, clothes began flying from above the curtain before it crashed down onto the boys, taking them to the ground with it.

"I can't breathe!"

"See, now do our fans want to watch backstage derangement or onstage amazement?" Gustavo asked.

"Maybe they want both." Kelly answered, causing Dani to nod before lifting her eyebrow as Gustavo and Kelly looked at something intensely.

"What are you guys looking at?" Dani asked, looking in the same direction to only see the boys struggling to get up from under the curtain.

"Nothing. Jennings, you're on in 15!" Gustavo declared, snapping towards the direction that led to the stage before he quickly rolled away with Kelly.

"Okay." Dani dragged out, watching the pair walk away before turning her attention back to her friends. "Well, I'm off. Wish me luck."

"Good luck!" The four boys exclaimed as their hands shot up from under the curtain, causing the girl to chuckle as she shook her head.

Kendall quickly emerged from the dark hole as he approached the girl with a smile and pulled her into a short kiss.

"Go kill it." Kendall spoke, causing a smile to grow on the girl's face.

"Jennings, you're on now!" Gustavo exclaimed, causing Dani to quickly look back at the producer before giving Kendall one last look.

Dani quickly made her way to the side stage, grabbing her mic from one of the stage crew members before she rushed onto the stage as the sound of her song began to fill the entire place, causing the arena to erupt into screams.

"Toronto, how are we feeling tonight!"

People keep stoppin' me
People, they're noticin' somethin' is different
...

"Alright, we're going to slow things down a little bit if that's okay with you guys." Dani spoke into her mic, causing the crowd to cheer, making the girl smile as she made her way to center stage, where a small stool sat in front of a mic stand beside an acoustic guitar. "This song is from my first album, and it means so much to me. At the time, I was going through a rough breakup with a guy that I thought I would spend forever with. Then I had some time to actually sit and look back on this relationship, and I realized I wasn't a princess and I wasn't living in a fairytale."

That caused the crowd to cheer loudly once again, making the girl chuckle before she started strumming her guitar, causing the arena to go quiet.

Say you're sorry, that face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
Holdin' on, the days drag on
Stupid girl, I should've known, I should've known

That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around

Maybe I was naive, got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
Well, my mistake, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
I had so many dreams about you and me
Happy endings, now I know

That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around

And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry

'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't our fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday
Who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear-view mirror disappearing now
And it's too late for you and your white horse
Now it's too late for you and your white horse
To catch me now

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now, oh
It's too late
To catch me now

As the song faded, the room erupted, causing the girl to grin as one of the crew members rushed over to the Jennings girl, taking the acoustic guitar before handing her a mint green electric guitar.

"You guys have been amazing. I have one last song for you all before I go." Dani spoke into the mic, causing the crowd to be filled with mixed reactions as she placed the strap of her electric guitar around her neck.

Dani looked back at the band as she nodded, taking a step away from the microphone as she began playing a small riff to the song, causing the audience to cheer.

"We're going to go on a little trip to Paris, Toronto; are you down?" Dani asked, taking a step back towards the mic as the actual song started, causing the room to get louder, making her smile. "Sing it with me."

If I asked that boy to jump, I know he would
He don't even have to say, "It's understood"
He treat me nice, he treat me right, he treat me good
Still I get so hesitant, still I get so hesitant

So I took myself where I think I should be
Something told me that it's waiting here for me
Parisian nights, Parisian high, Parisian breeze
Feeding me like medicine, feeding me like medicine, yeah

It's so romantic in Paris
Won't even try to compare it
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA

It's so romantic in Paris
Won't even try to compare it
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA
Yeah, I already have love in LA

If you show me too much love, it makes me leave

Guess that's one of many things that's wrong with me
Looking past you when you're right in front of me
I won't do that anymore, I won't do that anymore

Why'd it take so long for me to know this
Scared to put the water with the roses
Halfway 'cross the world for me to notice
But I notice, yeah, I notice, yeah

It's so romantic in Paris
Won't even try to compare it
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA

It's so romantic in Paris
Won't even try to compare it
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA

Je ne voulais pas trouver l'amour
Mais Paris a quelque chose
Qui donne envie d'aimer, d'aimer passionnément
Mon cœur est à toi pour toujours
You will always have my heart

It's so romantic in Paris
Won't even try to compare it
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA
Already have love

It's so romantic in Paris (so romantic in Paris)
Won't even try to compare it (I know that I try)
Thought I was sure that I'd find it
But I already have love in LA

It's so romantic in Paris, babe
Won't even try to compare it (won't even try, won't even try, won't even try)
Thought I was sure that I'd find it (I was sure, I was sure)
But I already have love in LA

But I already have love in LA

"I had so much fun with you, Toronto, but who's ready for Big Time Rush?" Dani exclaimed, causing the crowd to cheer loudly, making the girl smile as she waved to the crowd before the lights went down as she made her way off stage as the familiar music started.

Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh

...

Dani stood backstage watching the guy's performance on the TV near Gustavo as she sang along to all of the songs

Baby blow your speakers out

"Sign!"

So hop in your ride roll your windows down

"Uh, I still say that trampoline is dangerous." Kelly said, shaking her head.

"And I say it's amazing! Like my fireworks." Gustavo disagreed, hitting a button on his panel, causing fireworks to go off on the stage and making the crowd scream.

"That was definitely amazing!" Dani gasped, looking away from the TV, nodding her head, causing Gustavo to give Kelly a 'told-you-so' look, making Kelly roll her eyes as she turns around and storms away. "Oo, blue smoothie."

Dani quickly made her way over to the snack table, where Katie was grabbing things.

"Hey, Katie." Dani greeted, grabbing the last blue smoothie with a straw.

"Hey, nice show."

"Thanks." Dani smiled.

"French Inspector, Henri Duchamp. We are investigating a very serious case of smuggling by Carlos Garcia." A voice spoke nearby, causing Dani and Katie's heads to quickly turn to find a man holding a picture of said boy before the pair turned to share a look.

"I'm way too tired for this; you got this one, Katiebug." Dani smiled, patting the girl's shoulder and making her groan before the pair went their separate ways.

Dani watched as the boys came rushing in from the stage as they be-lined for the changing curtain.

"Quick change!" Kendall exclaimed.

"Red and black look!" Gutstavo reminded the boys as they went behind the curtain.

Within seconds, the curtain was torn open, and all four boys rushed out, completely changed into a new look.

"There's always the next change." Dani sent the boys a small smile. "5.3."

"Come on!" Logan exclaimed, throwing the hat that was on his head onto the ground.

"Okay, we still have three more wardrobe changes left." Kendall reminded the guys, causing Dani to nod. "NSYNC's record is going down tonight."

The sound of squeaky wheels caught the group's attention as Gustavo's control booth was pushed towards them. "And you're back on stage in 90 seconds."

"Snack time!"

"Couch time!"

Carlos quickly raced towards the snack table, where he started stuffing his face with mini corn dogs like he did every night.

Kendall, James, and Dani shared a look before they followed behind the Mitchell boy, where they found him happily sitting on the leather couch with the same book he's had his nose buried in all tour.

"I promised myself I'd read this entire book by the end of the tour, and tour ends in an hour." Logan explained to his friends, glancing up at them as he continued reading his book.

"Who reads backstage?" James questioned.

"I do. Okay, and Stephen Hawking's journey through physics, black holes, and his days at Studio 54 are both thrilling and inspiring. And quiet! I have 82 pages left to go."

"Well, you should be replenishing fluids." James explained, taking a gulp from his water bottle. "And staying limber."

"James is actually right." Dani said, nodding her head, causing the Diamond boy to smile before it faded away.

"When aren't I right?" James asked, causing Dani to look at him, opening her mouth to speak before quickly closing it back up.

"Shh!"

"Was that a burn? Did they just burn me?" James asked, leaning towards Kendall.

"We should be figuring out how to change faster." Kendall stated as he quickly whipped his jacket on and off.

"Well, we're not going to do that by reading!" James snapped.

"Oh, and your backstage limbering methods are genius." Logan sarcastically said.

"Hey, keep the muscles and the vocal cords loose," James explained, pulling out a blue lightsaber as Kendall pulled out a red one. "Shing."

Kendall pulled out a green one in his other hand as he held it out towards the blonde girl. "My lady."

"Why thank you, kind sir." Dani grinned, taking the light saber from the Knight boy before the couple turned to the Diamond boy with the same look.

"Wait a minute." James spoke, looking between the couple. "Two against one, this isn't fair."

"Get him." Kendall said, swinging his lightsaber at the boy, causing James to quickly hit his before ducking the girl's green one and quickly leaping onto the table.

"Waow!"

"Waow!"

"Quiet!"

The couple circled the boy on the table, trying to hit him with their lightsaber, but he was too advanced.

"Seriously, come on!"

"We're back!" Gustavo exclaimed, gaining the group's attention and making James lose his focus. allowing Dani to use her final attack, striking the boy on his side with the green toy.

"No!" James cried, falling to his knees.

"Yes!" Kendall cheered in victory.

"Let's go!" Gustavo yelled, causing the boys to race past the man and back onto the stage.

Dani stood at the screen watching the boys quickly perform Love Me, Love Me before they came rushing back through the curtain.

"Street look," Dani told the boys.

"We gotta beat 3.9 seconds." James exclaimed.

Dani raised her eyebrow when the boys stepped out from behind the curtains.

"Yeah, it's supposed to be street look, not sheik look." Gustavo snapped, causing the boys to quickly look at their outfits before quickly rushing back behind the curtain.

Once again, they stepped out in the wrong thing, this time in different colorful onesies, causing Dani to chuckle, "Very Fresh Beat."

"Unbelievable!" Kendall exclaimed, causing the boys to rush back in to try one last time.

The group came out wearing the first look of the night.

"Yeah, that's the first look. But wear it again before you kill yourself." Gustavo stops them before they can rush back behind the curtain, clapping his hands. The man was pushed away.

The four boys quickly turned their attention to Dani with hope in their eyes.

"12.6." Dani spoke, sending them a supportive smile and turning the stopwatch towards them, causing them to groan and stomp their feet.

"Okay, we need to work on getting..." James whipped out four lightsabers, holding them out towards the boys. "Limberer."

Carlos and Logan quickly pushed the toy swords away before they raced away from the trio once again.

Dani walked over towards the Diamond boy as she grabbed one of the red lightsabers, while Kendall was grabbing a blue one with a smile on his face.

"I thought I killed you already." Dani stated, looking over at James, causing him to glance at Kendall, making him nod, making the Diamond boy scoff before he stomped away.

"Well, I guess that leaves you and me, not Princess Dani." Kendall spoke, holding his lightsaber out towards the girl. "I'll go easy on you."

"I don't need you too." Dani smirked, touching her lightsaber with his. "May the force be with you, Kendork."

"You've watched Star Wars?' Kendall asked, looking at the girl surprised.

"Well, when you have a little brother who's a nerd, you learn a thing or two." Dani explained, making the boy nod. "So are we doing this or what?"

"Shing!"

The Jennings girl went jumping onto the table as Kendall jumped over the side of the couch as the couple yelled out their own sound effects, hitting and kicking things, making a mess.

"Stop, please! Would you stop?" Logan exclaimed, covering his head with his book as a bowl went flying over his head.

"Sorry, Logan." Dani apologized, quickly climbing over the boy as she made her way over the couch.

"Trying to read here!"

"Waow!"

"I'm trying to read!" Logan cried out, pushing the blonde boy over the couch, causing him to fall to the ground, knocking the Jennings girl to the ground with him.

"Let's go, break over!" Gustavo exclaimed, causing Dani's and Kendall's heads to pop up from behind the couch, quickly sharing a look.

"Next break?" Kendall asked, causing the girl to nod.

"Sounds good." Dani nods, causing the boy to place a kiss on the girl's head before the boys rush back onto the stage.

"Oh, if you thought the backside of the curtains were exciting, you should see the fax machine in the production office. 'Cause nothing happens there either!" Gustavo yelled at the people standing backstage, causing Dani to lift an eyebrow.

"Sorry, he forgot to take his meds this morning." Dani lied, sending everyone a sweet smile, causing them to slowly turn away, making Dani quickly turn to Gustavo. "What was that?"

"What? I was being honest." Gustavo shrugged, walking a few feet away from the girl, causing her to roll her eyes before she turned to the TV.

...

During Time of Our Lives, the sound of a phone ringing caught Dani's attention, causing the girl to glance back at the producer before she looked back to the screen.

We're gonna party all night
Have the time of our life

"What? You got slapped, and you have amnesia?" Gustavo exclaimed, causing Dani to slowly turn and look at the man, confused. "I know the trampoline looks great. It looks a lot better if you're in your seat."

Dani shook her head at the man before zoning out his conversation to pay attention to the rest of the song.

We're gonna party all night
Have the time of our lives, girl

As the song ended, the boys came rushing in, pushing each other straight to the changing curtain.

"Street look!"

Within a blink of an eye, the boys were in and out, causing a smile to form on Dani's lips: "3.8 seconds."

That caused the guys to begin cheering, but it was quickly cut short.

"Yeah, you forgot your pants." Gustavo pointed out, causing the four boys to look down, noticing nothing but their underwear.

"I thought I felt a draft." Kendall spoke.

"Gotta go!" Carlos exclaimed, causing them to back in and out this time with their pants.

"Gotta go." Logan and Carlos spoke, once again racing off in different directions.

"Maybe to be legends, you guys could break a different record on the wall." Dani suggested, making Kendall and James share a look before Dani led them towards the wall.

"Okay, um, highest stage dive. Red Hot Chili Peppers. 25 Feet." James said.

"Yeah, the stage is only 20." Dani stated.

"Oh, Snoop Dogg. Largest Beard of Bees." Kendall pointed out.

"Carlos is very allergic." Dani reminded the boy.

"Okay, we can beat NSYNC's record!"

"Yes, but not by reading word pages." James snapped as the trio turned to face Logan, who was on the couch reading the end of his book.

"They're called books, idiot; maybe you should try reading one." Dani suggested.

"Was that another burn?" James gasped, looking down at the girl, making the girl roll her eyes.

"They hold the answers to everything." Logan added, causing James to turn his attention back to the boy.

"Oh, do they hold the answers to this?" James questioned, pulling out a lightsaber and pointing it directly at Logan. "Woaw?!"

"Don't. We need him." Kendall said, pushing the lightsaber down as the duo kept an eye on the boy with his nose stuck in the book.

...

It was almost time for the boys final quick change of the night, and they never figured out how to beat the record.

"Elevate look!" Gustavo yelled as the boys came rushing backstage.

"Wait!" Kendall said, stopping in front of his friends, causing them to come to a halt. "This is our last chance to beat NSYNSC's record, and we haven't figured out the secret of quick changing."

"Right. Let's all stay here and think about ways we can increase our clothes-changing speed." James suggested.

"Totally agree." Logan smiled, nodding along with Carlos. "See ya!"

"Gotta go!" Carlos exclaimed.

"Definitely seen that one coming." Dani smiled lightly, watching the two boys race off.

"I hate them." James muttered, causing Kendall to sigh in defeat.

"Big Time Rush will never be allowed to perform again in France."

The trio shared a panicked look before they quickly rushed over to where Carlos and Katie were standing with the Frenchman.

"What is going on here?" Gustavo demanded to know.

"Carlos smuggled a cricket out of France, and we just got busted." Katie sighed.

"Is that Jean-Pierre?" Dani asked, pointing at the small terrarium, causing Carlos to sadly nod as the others gave her a weird look. "I mean, cricket, what cricket? I haven't seen a cricket."

"Okay, how did we miss that?" Gustavo asked himself.

"I don't know. I mean, he's really popular with the fans." Dani confessed, causing Carlos to quickly nod.

"Will you at least let him say goodbye?" Katie asked, causing the others to nod.

The Frenchman glanced down at the small terrarium before he held it out to the Garcia boy.

"Bye, bye, little buddy. You almost made it to L.A." Carlos smiled sadly as he petted the side of the glass. "We'll always have Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, and now Canada. No other cricket has ever seen so much. I'm so sorry that I'll never see you again."

Carlos took a step back, causing Dani and Kendall to place a supportive hand on both of the boys shoulders.

"You know we French don't understand many things: space travel, bikini tops, soap. But there is one thing we do understand: love." The inspector said, glancing back at his men, causing them to look away before he held the terrarium back out towards Carlos. "Be good to him."

"Yes, my cricket is staying!"

"My book is gone!" Logan cried, walking past the group. "I had one page left to go, man. Why! Why! Why!"

The crew member the boy was hitting on pulled his book, causing the boy to gasp as he carefully took it. "My book. I can finish. Quiet, reading!"

"Okay, why did they get happy endings but we don't?" James asked, pointing at the two happy boys, then pointed back at him and Kendall.

"Because we still haven't figured out how to beat NSYNC's quick change time!" Kendall exclaimed through gritted teeth.

"... how to slow down time by creating a rip in the fabric of time." Logan read, slamming the book closed. "Ha, done!"

"Wait. Slowing down time. Ripping. Fabric." James spoke, causing his friends to catch on.

"We're back!" Gustavo exclaimed.

"Dani." Kendall said, pointing to the girl, causing her to hold up the stopwatch, making the boy look over at the other three. "Let her rip."

Dani waited in anticipation for the four boys to emerge from behind the curtains.

As soon as she saw all four boys come out, dressed head to toe, she quickly hit the stop button.

"3.7 seconds!" Dani grinned, bouncing up and down, turning the stopwatch towards the boys.

"We're on the Wall of Fame!" The boys cheered.

"Now get out there, hit that trampoline, and let's elevate!" Gustavo exclaimed, causing the boys to run out.

For the last song, Dani decided to enjoy the moment, so she stood on the side stage and danced along to the music.

Elevate a little higher
Mo-move your feet until you levitate
Come on, let's elevate

Forget about your day
Under the Milky Way
I know a place where we can go, oh-oh
No need to be afraid
Come on, I'll demonstrate
Take you to outer space, here we go, here we go

if you wanna party
(Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) and I know you're down
(Whoa-oh, whoa-oh) if you wanna party
You wanna party

Elevate a little higher (hey)
Let's throw a party in the sky and celebrate
Elevate until we fly, yeah (hey)
Mo-move your feet until you levitate
Come on, let's elevate

Elevate

"Thank you for an amazing night." Carlos exclaimed.

"We love you guys, we've had a blast." Logan waved. "We'll see you soon."

Elevate

One by one, the four boys did one last final jump on the trampoline onto center stage; the order went Kendall, Logan, James, and then finally Carlos.

Dani cupped her mouth, cheering along with the crowd as the boys bowed to the crowd, causing them to turn to the girl with a grin.

"Give it up one more time for our friend, Dani!" James exclaimed, pointing to the side stage, making Dani give them a questioning look as the four of them urged her onto the stage, causing the crowd to cheer as the girl quickly made her way onto the stage as she waved out to everyone.

Making her way to the middle of the group, she grabbed onto Carlos and James' hands before all five teens did a quick bow, causing the arena to be the loudest it had been all night.

"Thank you everyone! Goodnight!" Kendall yelled, causing everyone to wave before they raced off stage.

"It's definitely better to tour with your friends." Dani stated as they stepped off stage, making their way backstage, causing everyone to begin cheering for them.

"Agreed!" The four boys spoke in sync, causing the group to smile as they waved at everyone.

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