It takes James until Big Time Rush is huge and paparazzi are following them everywhere they go to realize that, maybe, this isn’t what he wanted at all.
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There’s one day when they’re 14 and James comes home to an empty house and an unlocked liquor cabinet. He’s used to being home alone, but his mom usually keeps the liquor cabinet under heavy lock and key. It doesn’t take long until he remembers all of the times that Kendall has told them that he wants them to all get drunk for the first time together, so he shoves a bottle of the first thing that catches his eye- scotch- into his backpack and heads over to Kendall’s house.