Miss Collins droned on and on, her voice lulling me into a dreamlike state. I knew I shouldn't have been dozing off in class, but I just couldn't help it. Every other day I was fine, and I knew what the reason was, but honestly, I didn't want to admit it to anyone else but myself. Jo, my best friend, had an inkling as to why I would pay attention in class and why I would always want to be around Big Time Rush, but I never even told her about my crush on Logan Mitchell, the guy that sat next to me in class at the Palm Woods hotel. He was the whole reason why I would pay attention to Miss Collins because I wanted to impress him with my smarts.

Unfortunately for me, Logan and the rest of his band were not in class. 

My body started floating in the seat, and the only thing that was going through my head was the last couple of months here. For all of my life, I had played the piano, but there was nothing that really inspired me to do it. Playing the piano was something that I just did. It was my passion in this life. Then, it did become my passion, and it was all because of Big Time Rush. Their music inspired me to make my own, even if I didn't sing. My friends back home called me Big Time Rush's number one fan. If only they knew that I was best friends with Jo, Kendall's girlfriend. I hadn't kept in contact with them, though, so they wouldn't know. 

As I slumped deeper and deeper into dreamland, I could faintly hear Miss Collins yapping on about something about math. That was my worst subject in school. Ever since I was a little girl, I was always confused about the logistics about math. I always had test anxiety, but whenever it came to math, my anxiety was through the roof. Maybe that was why I was dozing off right at the moment, especially since Logan wasn't here. Apparently, I couldn't take it today. 

Suddenly, the door to my left flew open, shaking me out of my sleepy trance. My pencil fell out of my fingers, rolling off of the wooden desk and out onto the carpeted floor, but I wasn't paying attention to it. Just as I was going to sleep, of course Logan and his band had to show up, the four of them breathless. My eyes zeroed in Logan and saw him rushing toward his seat, a panicked look on his pretty-boy face. He slid into the seat to my left, his eyes glancing over at me. 

"Sorry, Miss Collins!" Kendall called out, sliding into the on the other side of Jo, who was sitting to my right. James and Carlos found spots in the otherwise full classroom, each sporting the same shameful look. "We forgot that we had to finish writing this one song that Gustavo wanted us to finish, so that's what we were doing."

Miss Collins stared at Kendall, her lips pursing. "It better not happen again."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Miss Collins turned back toward the chalkboard behind her, starting her speech about math yet again. Turning my gaze back to her, I wanted to prove to Logan that I could pay attention to the most boring teacher in the world. However, before I could start writing the things down in the open notebook in front of me, there was a tap on my bare arm. Glancing over, my face immediately flushed when I saw Logan holding my pencil out for me, a grin on his face. 

"So, what did I miss?" he asked once I took back my pencil. His looked back at Miss Collins before leaning closer to me, making my heartrate pick up exponentially. "It probably has something to do with math, right? I already did most of the homework for this whole week, but I did want to hear the lecture."

"Oh, yeah, you're right," I said quickly, trying to wrack my brain for anything to tell him. "We're going over --"

"Logan, Julia, what's so important that you have to speak through my lecture?" Miss Collins asked, saving me from my impending doom of trying to tell Logan what he missed. 

"I was just wondering what you were just teaching." 

Logan threw Miss Collins his most charismatic smile, and it seemed to work on her because she only nodded and then told him what she had taught while he was gone. I quickly wrote down everything that she said and that was on the board when the bell rung, meaning that school was finally over. I slammed my notebook shut, quickly shoving it into my red backpack that was situated on the ground at my feet. 

"Students!" Miss Collins called out as my classmates were rushing out of the room. "There's going to be a math quiz tomorrow, so make sure you study what we just went over!"

My whole body went still at her words, the fear flowing through me in waves. My right hand was stuck in my backpack, still gripping the already dejected math notebook. She was kidding, right? We literally just started learning this section in math, so how were we ready for a freaking quiz? How was I supposed to pass this quiz when I didn't even know what we were learning?

"Um, Julia?" Logan said from my left. I dropped my notebook into the backpack, looking up at him with wide eyes. "Are you alright?"

I shook my head, my braided hair falling off of my shoulder. "I may fail this quiz tomorrow."

Logan's face screwed up into a frown, but it was the truth. There was no way I was going to pass the quiz tomorrow, no matter how hard I studied on my own. "Why don't we study together, then?" Logan said, like he was reading my mind. "I have some extra time before Gustavo wants the band back at Rocqué Records to finish that song we were late for class for."

Arms wrapped around my shoulders, and I jumped in my seat at the touch. Glancing up, I saw Jo standing behind me, a huge suggestive smile on her face. What in the world was she doing? She didn't know that I have feelings for Logan. Unless she figured it out. I shot her a quick glare as she said, "Julia would love to study with you!"

"Hey, I need some help, too," Kendall said, appearing at Jo's shoulder. He had a glum look on his face, and Jo leaned into his side, her arms falling away from my body. "Maybe we could all study together! What do you say, James and Carlos?"

The two other boys appeared in my vision. James rolled his eyes, saying, "We don't need to study! We got this!"

"Yes!" Carlos said, hitting his helmet. What a weirdo. "James and I are going to play foosball anyway."

"Then it'll be us four," Jo said, ignoring James and Carlos as they argued on who was going to win. She winked at me like this was such a great idea. It totally wasn't. "It's a study double date."

I tried to glare at her, but she wouldn't meet my eyes as she grinned widely at Kendall and Logan. I couldn't believe she found out that I sort of had feelings for Logan. Did I make it that known that I liked Logan? Did everyone know, even him? I would have to ask her because I would die if Logan ever found out. I doubted he had any feelings for me at all, so that was why he couldn't know.

"What is wrong with you?" I hissed at Jo as we started to head toward the pool where the two of us did our homework every day. We usually did our homework in a cabana, so I assumed that was where this "study date" was going to happen. "How'd you figure it out, Jo?"

"I know you, silly," Jo said with a laugh. This was not funny, though. "You hate school a lot, but when Logan is there, you become a teacher's pet. Besides, I see the way you stare at him."

"I do what?" I asked loudly. I glanced behind us and saw Logan and Kendall chatting about something; I was glad they didn't hear my screech. "I stare at him?"

"Apparently more than you realize."

"Yeah, apparently."

We entered our cabana first, so we got to choose the seats first. I made sure to sit in the seat closest to Jo and farthest from the other seat just in case she made Logan sit next to me. I didn't know what Jo was planning to do anyway, so I had to take some precautions. I threw my math notebook on the table in front of us, but I realized that Jo wasn't following suit. That wasn't a good sign.

Kendall and Logan walked through the fabric, each sporting an easy grin. As Logan slipped into the seat across from me, Jo popped up from the table and latched onto Kendall's arm, surprising him. He probably was not in the loop of her devious decisions to try to set me and Logan up. 

"Kendall, I was actually thinking we could go out," Jo said suddenly to Kendall. I knew she was putting on a show to get him to actually listen to her instead of focusing on his need for math help. She was leaning against his chest with her hands pressed against his cheeks. "You know, somewhere we could be alone. Doesn't that sound better than studying math?"

"Hey, math is fun!" Logan said. He didn't interrupt their moment, though, as much as I wanted him to.

A small smile appeared on Kendall's face as he said, "That sounds perfect, Jo."

Jo grinned at me from over Kendall's shoulder. I glared right back at her. "Great! Let's get going now."

And just like that, Logan and I were alone in the cabana. The opening fabric to the cabana was swinging in the wind from where Kendall and Jo left. I couldn't believe she would do that to me. Jo was very ridiculous for thinking that I would try to do anything with Logan while studying for math. If she knew me so well, she knew that I would never talk about my feelings with him.

"Well, that was strange," Logan said awkwardly. "They basically just went on a booty call to get out of doing some math."

"Yeah, very strange." I pulled my math notebook closer to me, flipping it open to my most recent page where I had written on. "Can we get to work now?"

"Of course!"

He jumped right into action, flipping furiously through his own notebook with impeccable marksmanship. His notebook looked much better than mine; mine was full of scribbles and little drawings on the sides as I stopped paying attention. His was full of intricate math problems and equations. 

As Logan began to delve into his math speech, I couldn't help but watch him as he spoke. He had the biggest grin on his face as he explained to me what was going on. Just hearing his soothing voice and watching him as he went through each problem set my heart racing, and my palms started sweating. He was the cutest boy in the world, and before I could stop myself, I was going to tell him. 

"I like you," I said once he paused for a second, glancing at me. A confused smile appeared on his face, so I clarified my original statement. "I have liked you ever since I met you a few months ago. You're literally the cutest human on this planet, I love listening to you explain things, and your singing and dancing and rapping is so hot." 

Logan gently set his pencil down on the glass table, totally silent. My smile faltered at his silence, and I could hear kids playing in the pool outside our cabana. He leaned back in his seat, looking at me with his beautiful eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. 

"Oh, you don't like me back." My voice shook ever so slightly when I spoke. Tears welled up in my eyes, but I don't bother crying. It was just one guy, right? One that meant the world to me. "Okay, that's alright. I'm glad I got to say my feelings, though."

"Julia," Logan said, placing a hand on my arm just as I was going to stand up from the table. Hopefully, I glanced at Logan and saw his cheeks redden slightly. "I like you, too. I didn't know you felt the same way as me, so I didn't want to make a move."

"Of course, I like you!"

He sighed, grinning over at me, his cute little dimples appearing in his cheeks. "Good, good."

"So," I said, smiling at Logan, "would you like to go out sometime?"

"Obviously. What about tonight? Are you free?"

I tapped my chin, acting like I was thinking hard about my answer. "Hm, I'm already booked tonight on a study date, but afterward, I believe I'm available." He scoffed, shaking his head. "Hey, I still need help on math. I didn't pay attention at all when you were explaining things to me because you were so cute."

"Listen this time around so we have more time for our date, Julia," Logan said teasingly. 

"I'll try."

The two of us shared a smile. This was the greatest moment of my life. I couldn't believe that he actually felt the same way I do. Even though I couldn't believe Jo would do something like this to me, I was glad because I wouldn't have told him my feelings otherwise.