Chapter 70: 064. LET IT RAIN

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Chloe was sitting in the park enjoying her day as she watched the boys play cricket the wrong way "I still don't know how to play cricket?" Carlos told them "none of us do." Logan raised his hand "but all the other sports equipment was signed out." James told them "okay, so next goal point run thing..wins." Kendall told them as he threw the ball, Carlos hit it as James went running tripping over someone's cooler falling into them as Chloe winced.

Then Logan backed into a women who was running on the sidewalk knocking her over, as Carlos ran into someone's food twice, as James then picked up the ball which went right towards Chloe "no, no!" Chloe yelled but then it hit her as she fell off the bench she was sitting on, falling on the floor as they all ran towards the goal tackling each other over, as Chloe sat up holding her ankle and her head.

"Garcia scores! It's cricket mania and the crowd goes wild." Carlos yelled as Chloe looked to them with shock as everyone walked over to them upset about there day getting ruined "yeah, I'm gonna go check on Chloe!" James told them running over to the girl who was still holding her ankle.

"What happened? What did I do? Are you okay?" He asked as Chloe looked to him "I think, with the way, I fell other then getting hit in the head, I must've twisted my ankle cause it hurts really bad." She told him and he kneeled down "okay, let me see." James told her and when he went to look at it the girl, cried out in pain "ow! Ow! Don't.." Chloe told him as James put it back down "Logan! I need help!" He yelled as the boy ran over.

"Sorry boys, buying everyone snacks is not on me, James needs me." Logan told them as he ran over to Chloe and James "okay, woah, her ankle is twisted, you need crutches and ice an pack for that bump on your head and a billion sorry's from your idiot boyfriend. But just to make sure, we should take her to doc Hollywood." Logan told him as both of them helped the girl up as they headed off.

"It's broken." Doc Hollywood told her as Chloe, James and Logan's eyes all went wide as the man then laughed "no, it's just sprained,'i was kidding, just stay on these crutches and here's some ice for your head and your good to go." He told her as Chloe then took the crutches as they walked out "Chloe, I am so sorry!" James told her as Chloe laughed "it's fine. Let's just get you guys changed, so we can head to Rocque Records with the rest of the guys." She told them as they headed off.

Quickly all of them arrived there as Carlos and Kendall's jaws all dropped when they saw Chloe with crutches as Logan held up his hand "later." He told them as they all then ran into Gustavos office as Chloe hobbled along "we want money." All the boys told them as Kelly then saw Chloe and she gasped "forget it. And why are you gasping?" Gustavo asked her as he looked up seeing Chloe in crutches "and why is Chloe in crutches!" He yelled as Chloe looked to the guys.

"Let's just say there was no other sport other then cricket and we didn't know how to play which made lots of people unhappy and got Chloe injured. Now, can we talk about the money." Logan told him trying to not to get them in trouble.

"why not?" Carlos began "we earned it." Kendall told him as Chloe went to sit down "from our sold out concerts, our record sales." Logan told him "and what about that foreign commercial we did last month." James asked as Chloe sighed.

"Well, you can't have your money because Griffin puts it all into an account that you can't access until your 21." Kelly told them as she walked over to Chloe helping her up as the two then walked out of the office "this way it's safe and secure. And you dogs can't waste it on stupid things." Gustavo told them.

"We wouldn't do that." James told them as Griffin walked in "of course you would cause you're all young and stupid. Unlike Chloe here..why is she in crutches?" He asked as Chloe turned to the guys "they knocked me over in a cricket game played wrong and I twisted my ankle." She told him.

"I stand corrected and since your hand is stuck in a vase." Griffin told them as Chloe sighed "yeah, well that's Carlos but the rest are very responsible." Logan told him "you all have vases on your hands." He Griffin them as they all picked up there hands as Chloe shook her head.

"Tell you what. I'll give you each a five thousand dollar bonus. If you can prove to me that you haven't wasted it by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. We'll talk about access to the rest of your money." Griffin told them "challenge accepted." Kendall and Logan told him "now if you'll excuse me we have a very busy afternoon of being responsible with our monies." James told them.

Lucy had helped Chloe relax on the couch and rest her ankle as the two watched some stupid movie on tv "I can't believe James injured you." Lucy told her as she grabbed the popcorn "technically, yes, but I still love him and there's really nothing that will change that, he's like my Prince Charming and I'm his Cinderella." Chloe told her as the girl sat down "gosh, you two are so in love." Lucy told her.

And while the girls were talking James bought a snake with his money "you bought a snake?" Kendall asked as his mom screamed "it was only a thousand dollars. Besides it's an investment. In love." James told them "please, don't tell us more." Logan told him "yeah, well, since I injured Chloe due to a stupid cricket game, gone wrong, she's all bummed out. So, I thought this could cheer her up." James told them as they all looked at him.

"You know Chloes petrified of snakes? Right?" They asked as James laughed at them "you don't know that. So, if you don't mind, me and my yellow wing man and I need to get ready." He told them heading off.

Soon there was a knock at the door as Lucy and Chloe furrowed there brows as they looked at each other "I'm not expecting anybody." Lucy told her as Chloe furrowed her brows "neither am I." She told her getting up and grabbing her crutches and as she opened the door James stood there with a snake around his neck as Chloes eyes went wide.

"Hey, Chloe, I just wanted to stop by and see how you were doing." James told her as Lucy then got up wondering why her friend wasn't speaking as she then saw the snake "oh no." She told herself as Chloe looked at him "one question, umm, where'd you get the snake and why do you have a snake?" She asked trying to act calm.

"Oh, this? His name is Gordon, I bought him with the money Gustavo gave us to try and cheer you up. Pretty cool, huh?" James asked as Chloe looked at him "James, I get today's been an odd day but I think you forgot that I am petrified of snakes." She told him "but, uh, I just feel so bad, about what I did and I don't know to fix it." James told her as Chloe laughed "well, it's not with your friend Gordon here and I think he's trying to kill you." She told him with wide eyes.

"What..ha ha..no..it's a friend hug." James told her as he started to not be able to breathe "what do I do?" Chloe asked as she looked to Lucy who threw her hands up "I can't breathe." James told them as he coughed walking away as Chloe stood there in shock as she turned around to Lucy "he'll be fine." Lucy told her as Chloe raised her eyebrows, worried about her boyfriend.

"It seemed like a good investment. But it turns out, Chloes afraid of snakes and now I'm sad, the snakes sad, and Chloe probably thinks I'm dying and a horrible boyfriend." James told Kendall's mom as she stood on top of the slide "snakes don't get sad. They get hungry and cold. And you need to get him food, a heat lamp, and a cage. Plus, honey, Chloe loves you. She's probably waiting for you too sweep her off her feet, rather then bring her a snake that might kill either one of you." She told him.

"How much is all that gonna cost me?" James asked as he sighed knowing she was right on the Chloe part as both of them went out to go get snake supplies.

Soon returning "a thousand dollars?" James asked "well, there are a lot of hidden cost in owning a pet. And..where is he?" Mrs Knight asked "hmm? I left him right there on the table." James told her "you left him on the table?" Mrs Knight asked, screaming and running away, as James them looked for his snake as it then went through the air vent as James ran to it "Gordon!" He yelled.

Meanwhile the two girls were relaxing with blankets and popcorn watching romance movies, enjoying each other's company but that shortly ended as a hissing sound was soon heard in there apartment as both girls furrowed there brows as Lucy reached for the remote pausing the movie "you heard that right?" She asked as Chloe nodded her head.

Both soon standing up on there couch to then see Gordon, James's giant snake right behind there couch as both girls screamed, grabbing onto each other.

And while the snake was in the apartment, James was down in the lobby in his snake charmer outfit sitting on the floor trying to get it out of the vent system sitting criss cross.

Chloe and Lucy, checked there pockets for there phones as they then saw them all the way in the kitchen which was between them and the snake as both girls eyes went wide. And timing couldn't get any more worse as Chloes ankle started to hurt again as she fell over off the couch onto the floor, thankfully not near the snake as Lucy walked over to her from the couch pulling her back up.

While this occurred James got stuck in the position he was sitting in as he then rolled backwards over his head, trying to set himself free. Kendall's mom soon arrived as her and two other people in the lobby tried to help get him free but once they did, Mrs Knight went flying backwards.

In which Chloe and Lucy were still on the couch as the snake stood below them as Chloe made a decision "I'm going for it." She told Lucy as she tried to grab her friend as Chloe then jumped over the couch, the snake seemed to be sleeping as she then ran towards her phone, quickly grabbing it and running back to the couch as she jumped over it clicking the persons number she wanted.

James had officially paid for the animal control guy as he was searching through the vent system for his snake, throwing parts as James dodged them "well, I went through the whole a/c system, but I didn't find your snake. But good news is, I still get my fee." The man told him showing the amount.

"Twenty five hundred dollars and no snake?" James asked "oh, I guess that's just good news for me." The man told him "that's all I have left." James told him "then, I guess I'm not getting a tip." The man told him taking it as Kendall walked passed him.

"Well, I have, uh, no snake, no Chloe, and no money. Tell me you have something to cheer me up." James told him as Kendall then smiled showing the orange peel "let's just hope that Logan has some money left." James told him as Logan walked in sitting next to Kendall as they looked at him as he held up one dollar as Kendall spit out the orange peel.

"Are you serious?" He asked as Carlos and his assistant came up behind James "ooh, why the sad faces, bonus buddies?" He asked "well, in forty five minutes we get to tell Griffin. That James is snake rupt, Logan has one dollar left, and I have a truck load of oranges." Kendall told him.

"Problems are no problem when you've got a super assistant who can do anything. Assistant?" Carlos told them "actually, I do know a way you can make a ton of money with a truck load of oranges." The assistant told them "how?" They all asked "it's simple. All you have to do is.." he told them as his phone then beeped "and Carlos is officially out of money, which means I no longer work for him." The man told them sitting down.

And while that was going on Chloe and Lucy were still trying to get in contact with James "call him again!" Lucy yelled as Chloe clicked his name again "I know, We've called five times and he's not answering!" She told her as she listened to the ring again.

Carlos and the guys were standing by the vending machine as there gummy buggies flew everywhere as Carlos's phone started to ring again "oh my gosh, this person has been calling me for the past few minutes!" He yelled as he pulled out the phone, James realized it was his phone.

"Is it Chloe?" He asked as Carlos went to look at the phone "I don't know." He told him as James reached passed Logan grabbing the phone "give me the phone!" James yelled as the two started fighting over it as one of them clicked answer and put it on speaker "James! James! Help!" Chloe and Lucy yelled from the other end as all the guys looked to the phone.

"Your snake is in our apartment and I think it's hungry now and the only food in here is us. Help!" The girls yelled once more "animal control guy, let's go, it's time to rescue my princess!" James told them as they all went running even the animal control guy.

Carlos kicked through the door as they all walked in seeing Chloe and Lucy holding her crutches as weapons as the boys all ran in including the animal control guy who went right for the snake. As James ran to Chloe who dropped her crutch as she hugged James "on my gosh, thank god, you're here." Chloe told him as the two calmed down, knowing each other were safe.

"Here's your one hundred bucks for the snake." The animal control man told James who didn't take the money as he was still hugging Chloe as Carlos ran up "I'll take that because.." Carlos told them as him and the guys all went running down stairs again as Chloe and Lucy followed intrigued as Chloes ankle started feeling better as they reached the lobby.

"I can hire my super assistant for one more hour." Carlos told them handing the money over to the man "now, how do we make a ton o money with the oranges?" Logan asked as Chloe and Lucy furrowed there brows "oranges?" They asked as James shook his head "you don't wanna know." He told them.

"We sell them to one of my old bosses. He thinks bathing in freshly squeezed orange juice once a day keeps the goblins away." The man told them "okay, how much money do you think we can get for them?" Kendall asked as the man laughed.

And soon the guys were showing all there money to Griffin "twenty thousand dollars.

I'm proud of you fellas. You didn't waste one dollar of your bonuses, and you proved me wrong, which is weird because I'm never wrong. It's really weird." Griffin told them "well, I guess that means that the R in BTR stands for..." Kendall began "responsible." They all told him holding there money.

"And since you proved you can be responsible with your money." Gustavo told them "you get full access to your accounts." Kelly told them "no, we're good." They all said handing over the money as they all began to back away as Chloe laughed. All of them quickly running "well, I must be going too. I just scored a sweet deal on a truckload of oranges. Gotta keep those Goblins away." Griffin told them walking away as Chloe and the guys leaned out from behind the corner.

Later on though, Chloe had an idea as she knocked on the door of apartment 2J as Logan answered as his eyes went wide as he saw Chloe in a nice dress "you look great and I'm guessing your here for James?" He asked as Chloe laughed as James stood behind him in a suit.

"What's with the suit Chloe?" He asked as Chloe smiled "just come on." She told him as she started walking and he followed her as they reached the PalmWoods park as it was all dark "come on, Chloe? Is this you breaking up with me?" James asked, making Chloe "no,no." She told him as she motioned to Kelly who pressed a button and all these twinkly lights came on.

"I figured, since you felt really bad about everything that happened today I thought I'd do something special for you to make you feel better." Chloe told him as James laughed "I'm supposed to do that for you." He told her as she started walking away as music started to play as Chloe started to sing holding out her hand as James walked towards her.

"Take my hand, take a breath

Pull me close and take one step

Keep your eyes locked on mine

And let the music be your guide

They started dancing as James then started to sing as well.

Won't you promise me

(Now won't you promise me

That you'll never forget)

We'll keep dancing

(To keep dancing)

Wherever we go next

It's like catching lightning

The chances of finding someone like you

It's one in a million

The chances of feeling the way we do

And with every step together

We just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance

(Can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

Chloe then spun all the way away from him as the two then stood there staring at each other as James held out his hand starting to sing instead as she grabbed his hand.

Take my hand, I'll take the lead

And every turn will be safe with me

Don't be afraid, afraid to fall

You know I'll catch you through it all

He then dipped her as they then looked back up to each other as they started dancing again as Chloe started singing as well.

And you can't keep us apart

(Even a thousand miles,

Can't keep us apart)

'Cause my heart is

(Cause my heart is)

Wherever you are

It's like catching lightning

The chances of finding someone like you

It's one in a million

The chances of feeling the way we do

And with every step together

We just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance

(Can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

Oh no mountains too high enough

Oceans too wide

'Cause together or not

Our dance won't stop

Let it rain, let it pour

What we have is worth fighting for

You know I believe

The two then held each other's hands as they started spinning as thunder boomed as the rain started to pour as they started dancing again.

That we were meant to be

It's like catching lightning

The chances of finding someone like you

It's one in a million

The chances of feeling the way we do

And with every step together

We just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance

The two then started spinning again as they were now caught in a down pour as they continued to sing.

(Can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

Can I have this dance

Can I have this dance."

The two then looked at each other as they laughed, rubbing noses as they then kissed each other, not caring about the rain at all James picked her up as she laughed in between the kiss as he then reconnected there lips.