"dogs!"

gustavo's voice echoed through the studio, getting the attention of his band that he called here to record a few songs.

"i've called you here today to tell you, you'll be recording with a very special artist," gustavo told them and the guys got excited, overlapping their voices as they asked who.

"quiet!" gustavo yelled and the boys fell silent at his voice, "you've been begging me for months to record with this person and it's finally happening."

"is it olivia?" carlos asked with hope and right then olivia walked in with her sister, bryan, and kyle.

"yes it is!" olivia smiled happily and the guys got excited, cheering and hugging the small blonde.

"hands off her," bryan ordered and the boys immediately let go of olivia, who looked away as the boys apologized to him.

"now, kyle and i have been planning this for awhile," gustavo began. "we tried to get bryan involved, but he isn't a big fan of letting his daughter sing with boy bands."

bryan didn't respond and just stood there with his sunglasses on, but you could see so much emotion from just one face. carlos had never felt more terrified then in this moment, standing in front of his girlfriend's dad that doesn't even know they're dating.

terrified was an understatement.

"olivia has spent the last week writing two songs," kyle told the boys as olivia opened her songbooks. "one will be with the five of you and one will be between olivia and only one of you."

the boys smiled at each they and carlos got extra excited, imagining the moment of doing a duet with his girlfriend.

"who's she singing with?" kendall asked, eyeing a very bouncy carlos.

"we don't know," gustavo told him. "it's not up to us it's up to bryan and how he feels."

carlos' face fell and stomped his foot, which made olivia pout sadly. she wrote her two person duet for carlos and no one else.

"now, i'm not a fan of this whatsoever, but i care about what the media thinks and from what it says," bryan began and scanned over the boys. "olivia will be singing with..."

olivia crossed her fingers as her dad chose between the boys. carlos was squeezing his eyes shut, praying bryan would pick him as james, logan, and kendall were pointing to carlos silently.

"kendall."

"what?!" olivia, kendall, and carlos exclaimed and bryan nodded.

carlos' face fell at this and olivia sighed, feeling her sister wrap an arm around her.

"excuse me, sir," kendall began and hesitated to continue when he saw bryan's stern look. "mr. fernow, shouldn't you let your daughter chose? it's her song and as much as i would love to sing with her, i think you should let her chose."

as kendall spoke, he pulled carlos in, who nodded with a grin and james and logan smiled, agreeing.

"i'm her manager and she does what i tell her," bryan remarked and olivia looked away as kyle rolled his eyes and gustavo and kelly shared an uneasy look. "you and olivia will be recording the duet together and you'll enjoy it. you understand me?"

the boys leaned back with fear, before sighing and agreeing.

"yes, sir."

"good," he said and turned to his daughters and kyle. "i want kendall and olivia at galaxy records tomorrow morning to record their song."

the three nodded, before he walked away and the atmosphere felt very tense.

"well that was..." kendall chuckled, "intense."

"he's awful," james said and olivia nodded faintly.

"yeah," she sighed and held her songbook to her chest. "he is."

"forget what he said for now," gustavo told olivia and the boys. "we have a duet with all of you to record. let's focus on that. you five spend some time going over lyrics together, before we record."

the five nodded, before he, kelly, opal, and kyle left the room. as soon as the close was clear, olivia hugged her boyfriend. he was devastated and felt like crying, but held it in and hugged her back.

"this sucks," james said. "you should sing a duet with whoever you want. like carlos."

"i don't make the rules," olivia sighed into carlos' shoulder and he rubbed her back. "he does."

"yeah, rules for curfew and to do chores, not what to sing or who to date?" carlos sighed sadly, before the couple pulled away.

olivia had a few tears falling down her face and the guys gave her a hug. she hugged them back.

"it's what a manager does," she muttered into a chest of one of the boys and the five pulled away. "or at least he does."

"it's probably just because he's your dad," logan reasoned and she scoffed.

"as if," she said. "he doesn't act like my dad."

"hey," kendall said and got their attention. "what if we asked griffin? he's the ceo and maybe he can change his mind?"

"my dad can force me to quit music forever and make me move back to washington," olivia said. "he's my dad, he can force me to do that cause i'm 15."

"she's right," james agreed and the five sighed.

"let's not worry about it right now," carlos smiled, taking olivias' shoulders . "let's focus on the song we're gonna sing all together."

"okay," olivia smiled as the guys agreed and she showed them the song she wrote to them.

"it's called perfect," she told them and let them read a few lines. "it's a love song, but i thought it would be perfect for all of us to sing together.

"i like it," logan said, smiling at the lyrics.

"it's really good," james told her and she smiled at him.

"i worked out with opal who will sing what and i think it works out," olivia said as she took the book back and saw carlos smiling at her.

"it's beautiful, liv," he told her and she blushed.

"shall we get started?" kendall asked and the group cheered, ready go get started on singing the song.

——

I don't deserve this
darling, you look perfect
I don't deserve this
you look perfect tonight

the five had finished rehearsing their song and it sounded amazing. they cheered and applauded themselves on how great they were.

"that sounded amazing!" olivia cheered, "i'm so excited we're doing this."

the guys agreed with her, before opal walked in and james smiled at her.

"i was listening and it sounded really good," she smiled. "good job."

"thanks, opal," james told her and she gave him a small grin.

"ready to record?" opal asked them and the five shared a look, agreeing with one another.

"let's record the song," kendall told her and opal turned around.

"guys! they're ready to record!"

——

(james, olivia, both)
i found a love for me
darling, just dive right in and follow my lead
i found a boy, gentle and sweet
oh, i never knew you were the someone waiting for me
cause we were just kids when we

(all)
fell in love
not knowing what it was
i will not give you up this time
but darling, just kiss me slow
your heart is all i own
and in your eyes you're holding mine

(olivia, kendall)
baby, I'm
dancing in the dark with you between my arms
barefoot on the grass
listening to our favorite song
when you said you looked a mess
i whispered underneath my breath
but you heard it
darling, you look perfect tonight

(olivia, carlos, both)
well i found a man
stronger than anyone i know
he shares my dreams
i hope that someday
i'll share his home
i found a love
to carry more than just my secrets
to carry love
to carry children of our own
we are still kids, but we're so in love
fighting against all odds
i know we'll be alright this time

(olivia, logan, both)
darling, just hold my hand
be my girl, i'll be your man
i see my future in your eyes
baby i'm

(all, olivia, logan and olivia)
dancing in the dark with you between my arms
barefoot on the grass
listening to our favorite song
when i saw you standing there, looking so beautiful
i don't deserve this
darling, you look perfect
i don't deserve this
you look perfect tonight

as the five finished, gustavo, kelly, opal, and kyle all applauded them with cheers.

"that was amazing!" olivia cheered along with the guys, hi-fiving.

"i have to admit," gustavo spoke from behind the glass into the intercom. "that was good."

the five singers cheered at his words and kelly, opal, and kyle applauded them. bryan was no where to be found, which made olivia's excitement die down a little.

as much as she doesn't like her father, he's still her father and does care about him. she just wishes he cared about her.

——

after the recording session, big time rush, opal, and olivia went back to the palm woods. something was bothering olivia and carlos could tell, it was easy to see it.

"hey, liv," carlos called and she turned to him as he pulled her away from the guys and opal. "what's wrong?"

"nothing, i'm fine," she dismissed and he gave her a look. "carlos, i'm okay."

"ever since your dad forced you to do a duet with kendall, you haven't been yourself. he made you cry, and i never want to see your cry again," carlos explained to her and took her hands. "please talk to me."

olivia couldn't say no carlos, especially when he gives her his puppy eyes. he was just so irresistible.

"what's there to say? my dad's taken over my career and i can't get out of it without having to quit," she told him. "and we can't say we're dating without him ruining your career."

"i don't wanna have this career if you're not with me," carlos told her and she smiled sadly at him. "no music is worth making if i'm not making it with you."

olivia wrapped her arms around his torso and rested her head against his shoulder, which allowed him to hold her close and kiss her head.

"we'll figure this," he mumbled into her head, massaging her back. carlos turned his head and saw the other guys and opal looking at them with sadness.

"we have to do something," opal said.

"yeah," kendall agreed and stood up from the couch. "something about your dad."

"he can't control her life," james said and looked at opal. "is he controlling over you?"

"not as much anymore," she shrugged, standing up next to him and kendall with logan still sitting. "i'm not the star here, she is. i only sing backup on her songs. and with me being 17 gives me a bit more leeway."

logan stood up next to opal and folded his arms, "there's no easy solution to this. bryan can't get fired or else he'll make you and olivia move back to washington."

"yeah," opal sighed, before she gasped with an idea. "wait... what if we expose him? like get how he treats olivia on camera? and post it on scuttlebutter."

olivia pulled away from carlos and wiped her tears away.

"would that work?" she asked, "i don't think i have that many followers."

"doesn't matter, because between you, and the guys it'll be enough," opal said. "and we can definitely get kyle and gustavo on board too."

"i'm in too."

the group turned and saw katie standing there with a smile, "gonna expose a horrible manager? i'm in."

"still, he's my dad. we can't change that," olivia reasoned with them.

"but, if we expose him in front of everyone. he'll have no choice but to let you continue singing and quit being your manager and go back to just being dad," katie explained to olivia, who nodded along and looked at the others.

"i say..." olivia trailed off and the others waited for her answer. "let's get my dad fired!"

——
~the next day ; 8:45 am~

the plan was in action. first, olivia and kendall we're gonna arrive at galaxy records with bryan, then the rest of btr, gustavo, and kelly we're gonna distract bryan, and lastly carlos would sneak in and record the duet with olivia. during all this, katie and opal will be sneakily recording bryan when he snaps.

gustavo and kelly were unaware of the dating situation still, but they both did not like bryan and wanted him gone. so, they were all in on getting him fired.

kyle was already at the studio, ready to record the duet and was gonna watch the plan for down. he couldn't wait to get that man fired. he never fired him, because he didn't want to lose olivia. he's worked with that since she was 13.

kendall and olivia arrived at galaxy studios and bryan walked in ahead of them.

"ready?" kendall asked olivia, taking her hand.

she nodded, "maybe."

"hey, you are not gonna lose your career. i promise," kendall told her and she nodded with a shaky breath.

"i hope so," she mumbled, before they walked into the studio. bryan was talking to kyle's assistant, tasha.

"olivia, kendall, head to the recording booth, kyle's waiting," tasha told the two and bryan turned to them.

"let her hand go," bryan ordered and kendall let olivia's hand go.

"sorry," they both apologized and bryan turned away from them.

"let's go," olivia whispered, pulling kendall down the hallway to the recording booth.

"this place is cool."

"i know," olivia smiled, looking around at her record label. "why do you think it's one of the top label's in the country."

"makes sense," kendall remarked.

olivia knocked on the recording booth door and kyle answered it.

"hey," he greeted olivia, giving her a hug and giving kendall a handshake. "hey, kid."

kendall gave him a polite smile, "hey kyle."

"come on," kyle told the two and they walked in with kyle shutting the door. "so, have you rehearsed the song? i hope you have."

"yes," olivia told him and kendall agreed, which made kyle smile.

"perfect."

he winked at them and olivia and kendall smiled back. the plan was going well, bryan wasn't here and carlos should be on his way anyway minute.

"is everything in place?" kyle asked them, talking about the plan.

"yep," kendall said and checked his phone. "the guys, gustavo, and kelly should be stalling bryan right now and carlos is on his way.

"okay, to make this easier on ourselves, olivia let's record your solo parts," kyle suggested and olivia nodded as she walked into the booth and put on the headphones.

——

bryan was walking down the hallway on his way to the recording booth, when opal appeared in front of him.

"hi dad!" she smiled at him and he stopped, raising his sunglasses at her.

"what, opal?" he asked her.

"tasha wanted to speak you," opal told her and he made a face.

"i just spoke to her," he remarked and she smiled with a chuckle.

"she wasn't finished," she told him. "and it's really important. come on!"

"opal! i need to go see your sister and the boy band idiot," bryan protested as opal pulled her dad away from the recording booth. as they left the hallway wirh bryan complaining, a vent dropped to the floor from above and carlos jumped down from the ceiling. he looked around and rolled across the hallway, trying to be sneaky.

"all clear!" he called in a hushed voice, " come on!"

james and logan jumped down and looked up to see kelly up there.

"come on!" logan motioned.

"oh no," she denied. "we'll find a different way. keep going!"

logan picked up the vent and handed it to kelly, who put it back on.

kelly looked back to see a squished gustavo, trying to maneuver through the vents.

"yeah, no, i'm not moving," he groaned and kelly smacked her face.

carlos, logan, and james snuck through the hallway, until they found the recording booth.

"go, go," james and logan told carlos, who knocked on the door and kendall opened it. he immediately pulled carlos inside and gave the other two a thumbs up.

"go help, opal." kendall whispered, before he shut the door and the two looked at each other.

"it's time for..." james began and got out his bandanna man. "bandanna man."

"no, we are not doing that," logan denied, before walking off.

james tied a bandanna around his forehead.

"bandanna's are cool!" he said to himself, "and no one... says no to bandanna man."

he took out his other bandanna's and scurried off, waving them in the air.

——

"okay, let's make this quick!" kyle said as carlos rushed into the booth and put on the headphones.

"yay," olivia smiled and carlos chuckled at her happiness.

"okay, take it from the first bridge," kyle told them as he set up the music and pointed at them. "go!"

(carlos and olivia)
the truth is finally breaking through
two worlds collide when i'm with you
our voices rise and soar so high
we come to life when we're
im perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfectharmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony

——

logan and james peaked around the corner to see an irritated bryan scolding his oldest daughter for lying to him.

"okay, we have to distract him," logan said. "how do you think- dude."

logan stopped talking when he saw james in his bandanna man costume.

"i told you, we weren't gonna do the bandannas," logan told james, who only tightened his bandanna on his head.

"bandanna man will save the day," james said, before he rolled across the floor and logan sighed, hitting his head against the wall. "don't worry, opal. bandanna man is here."

james stood up and took a platinum record off the wall, before yelling out and rushing out the front door.

"oh my gosh!" opal yelled as she saw james run out the door with the record and bryan gasped.

"what the- stop that man!" he called, before he ran after a yelling james. "give me back that record you crazy man!"

"no one can stop bandanna man!" james laughed and opal and logan stood at the front door watching james ran down the street with bryan on his tail.

"can't believe that worked," logan said with a chuckle.

"guess there's no stopping bandanna man," opal laughed and fist bumped logan.

——

(carlos and olivia)
...we say we're friends, we play pretend
you're more to me, we're everything
our voices rise and soar so high
we come to life when we're
in perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony

"and cut!" kyle smiled and looked at kendall, who loved it. "that sounded so amazing! okay, let's-"

before kyle could finish, logan and opal walked in together and kendall gave them a look.

"you're supposed to he distracting bryan."

"uh, james is taking care of that," opal grinned and kendall was confused, until he realized what she meant.

"bandanna man," kendall said and they nodded. "where are gustavo and kelly?"

"stuck in a vent," logan said.

——

"gustavo! you gotta help me out here!" kelly called as she attempted to pushed gustavo down the vent, but he wouldn't budge.

"i'm trying!" he grunted, "this duet better sell millions of copies! or else i'll kill those dogs!"

kelly grunted and groaned as she pushed gustavo, who wasn't moving.

"lift some weights!" gustavo berated her.

"eat some lettuce!" she shot back at him.

——

carlos and olivia had just about finished their duet and it sounded amazing. their chemistry was good, they sounded great, and they looked great. everything a popular duet should have and they excelled in that.

"okay, now, i just need carlos to record his solo parts and we'll be finished," kyle told the two, "so olivia-"

"CUT!"

a loud voice echoed through the studio and olivia groaned, covering her face.

"oh, no," she mumbled and carlos put his arm around her waist.

"so close," logan, kendall, and opal said together as bryan bursted through the door with james following in close behind. both were dirty with messed up hair and ripped up clothes.

"shut this down! all of it! no duet is happening!" bryan yelled, shoving kyle out of the way and deleting all of the vocals they just recorded.

"no!" kyle smacked his arm and pushed him out of the way, stopping him. "you don't get to control olivia anymore."

"i tried guys," james said, taking off his bandanna. "he's fast when he's angry."

"you tried," opal remarked and rubbed his back.

"i specifically told olivia to sing with kendall not him," bryan snapped and olivia hid her face in carlos' chest. "she does what i tell her, i tell her what to sing, what to record, and who to date and sing with! she follows my orders and that's final! got it?!"

beep!

everyone turned to see katie walk out of the shadows with a camera in her hand.

"oh, we got it. all right here," she smiled and olivia lifted her head with a small smile as btr, opal, and kyle smiled with her.

"where did you get that?" bryan asked, going to snatch the phone, but kendall stepped up to him.

"oh, you mean this camera that just recorded you being an evil father to your daughter?" kendall asked him with a smirk and bryan turned to his daughter, who was smiling at him. "so, if you don't want us to send this out to olivia's 2 million followers and big time rush's followers exposing you as an evil father, who treats upcoming popstar princess like a prisoner..."

"you're going to apologize to your daughter right now," carlos continued as he stepped out of the booth and stood next to the other boys, katie, kyle, and opal. "and promise to start doing things a little differently."

"or else you're fired," kyle threatened and bryan narrowed his eyes at him.

"you can't fire me without me taking olivia home," bryan protested and kyle laughed.

"you'll have no job after the world sees that video," kyle told him with a stern look. "and you'll go back to being nothing but a loser with a talented daughter that got stripped of her dreams."

bryan looked around at the others, who were all smirking at him and he gave in.

"fine! fine," he sighed. "olivia, i'm sorry. you're old enough to make your own decisions, and can decide on what what to sing, and who to sing with. carlos seems like a nice boy, and big time rush is a great band. and... why don't we just keep this duet going!"

bryan laughed, before he awkwardly left the recording room and the people in the booth cheered.

"we did it!" olivia smiled and ran out of the booth to hug carlos, "i'm so happy!"

olivia saw the others celebrating together and hi-fiving.

"told you it would work," carlos softly smiled and she smiled up at him.

"i'm glad it did," olivia remarked and he kissed her head.

"okay," kyle smiled, "let's finish the duet!"

they all cheered together.

"good job, bandanna man," opal told james, who smiled down at her. "you did good."

"thanks," he told her and opal smiled, looking away with a blush.

——

(carlos)
step into my world
bittersweet love story about a girl
shook me to the core
voice like an angel, i've never heard before

(olivia)
here in front of me
shining so much brighter than i have ever seen
life can be so mean
but when he goes i know he doesn't leave

(both)
the truth is finally breaking through
two worlds collide when i'm with you
our voices rise and soar so high
we come to life when we're
in perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony

(carlos, olivia, both)
you set me free
you and me together is more than chemistry
love me as i am
i'll hold your music here inside my hands

(both)
we say we're friends, we play pretend
you're more to me, we're everything
our voices rise and soar so high
we come to life when we're
in perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony

(carlos, olivia, both)
i feel your rhythm in my heart, yeah
you are my brightest, burning star, whoa-whoa
i never knew a love so real (so real)
we're heaven on earth, melody and words
and when we are together we're
in perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
perfect harmony
whoa, whoa
we say we're friends
we play pretend
you're more to me
we create
a perfect harmony

carlos and olivia had just finished their duet together and stood face to face, smiling at one another. everyone was watching on, including bryan, who was ever so slightly smiling at the sight.

"that was amazing!" kyle called and everyone cheered, including olivia and carlos.

"good job," carlos softly told olivia.

"you too," she replied back. "so, what about our relationship? what do you wanna do?"

the couple looked behind the window and saw the others celebrating and cheering together.

"i kind of liked being in a secret relationship," carlos admitted. "maybe we keep it quiet for a bit longer."

"okay," olivia agreed. "secret relationship."

"secret relationship," he said and they shook hands.

"hey," olivia called through the microphone and everyone looked at her. "are gustavo and kelly doing okay?"

everyone shared a uneasy look.

——
Up Next: big time concert

and here we are! season 1 finale is finally here! and btr and olivia got to sing together! and carlos and olivia have their duet together, how exciting. i chose perfect and perfect harmony not even realizing that they both had perfect in the name.

i chose perfect harmony for olivia and carlos, because it describes their relationship a lot and i really like the song to. i have a jatp fanfic btw if you wanna go read it. it's called all i want and i plan to update some time soon (hopefully)

i had planned to have jackson come in, but i forgot and now i feel bad for barely having him in my story. trust me, in season 2 he will make an appearance don't worry. or do worry, cuz he causes drama. haha :)

hope you enjoyed season 1, let's finish this off with big time concert.

see ya in the next chapter!

songs used in this chapter: Perfect by Ed Sheeran covered by Tyler Ward and Lisa Cimorelli
Perfect Harmony by Madison Reyes and Charlie Gillespie

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