R5 Family Mag - February 2016 Edition

Also Featuring: * How To Be Like Rocky * R5's London Concert * Carl The Toilet * Rourtney Fanfiction * and more!

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FEBRUARY 2016 EDITION

It's the month of Valentine's Day! But instead of spending the day alone, what better way to enjoy your time than with a playlist of the best R5 love songs and the latest issue of R5 Family Mag?

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Table of Contents 4. Real or Rumor?

5. Highlighted Singer 6. The London Concert 15. 36TD: The Band That Should Have Been 22. Rydellington IG Interview 24. Carl The Toilet 26. How To Be Like Rocky 30. Let Love In ­ a fanfic 35. How Well Do You Know R5 Songs?

36. Fashion

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Photos from rossr5, officialr5, ashleeroseboots on Instagram

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Courtney is modeling for Forever 21?

L O R R U M O R

Courtney Eaton, Ross' girlfriend, is now modeling for Forever 21! This is REAL! She was in a photo shoot with photographer Zoey Grossman who's worked with Justin Bieber and Victoria Secret Model Taylor Hill.

From Mad Max: Fury Road to being a model for the global retailer, Courtney has had a successful career without the help of Ross. Keep doing what you are doing.

Ross caught smoking on camera?

In this photo of R5 (minus Ellington because he was tired) were eating lunch in Australia. Fans on Instagram thought that Ross was smoking in this photo but this is a RUMOR. There is no cigarette in his hand it's just the way he is posed in the photo.

Ross is crying in this photo?

The R5Family have always been worried about Ross, but when he posted this people said he was crying. This is a RUMOR. In the photo, he isn't crying, but he does look upset or thinking about something with his dad Mark.

Highl ighted Singer Written By: Elise Top Cover Songs 1. Did You Have Your Fun? 2. Dark Side 3. What Do I Have to Do

R5Family, I think we found an amazing singer who sings nothing but R5 songs! Mickey has been covering the band ever since last year when he covered "What Do I Have to Do?" Fans love his guitar playing and down-to-Earth personalilty saying that they want "more R5 covers!" My favorite cover of his is "Did You Have Your Fun?" His incredible range shines through the song as he strums his guitar. The runs that he does with each song is as smooth as butter. Mickey is only 12 or 13, but this dude has a lot of potential. His guitar playing isn't the greatest in the world, but whenever I watch a video of his he gives it his all. I hope Mickey continues to cover songs and writes his own songs.

4. I Can't Say I'm Love 5. HMUOY 6. Lego House 7. One 8. Die Trying 9. Don't 10. What Do You Mean?

Mickey's Links Twitter: https:/ / twitter.com/ MichalLitvak YouTube: https:/ / www.youtube.com/ channel/ UCU-5UJjGmho2WD3o_NlCw9A/ featured

The London Concert

by Ellie

This photo retrieved from R5Rocks.com

13.10.15

This concert experience was originally published on Wattpad and has been edited and republished with permission by the original author.

This is a true story.

Okay, omg, so basically we got to the venue around 12:30 with our McDonald's, hah. Then we saw Neve, Lucy and Jess and spoke to them. Then we went to the end of the queue (it wasn't that long when we got there, to be honest) and Liv and Olivia turned up just after so we stayed with them. At like 1:30 or something my mam rung me and was like, 'Mark and Andre are in this cafe we're in, the one at the end of the street' so i s*** my pants (not literally) but me, Chenise and Ria went down. With our tin foil wrapped around us still, we looked like right idiots walking in but I didn't really care.

So we sat with my mam and stepdad, and Andre and Mark were sitting right next to them but opposite. My mam wouldn't stop singing Dark Side and I was like, "Okay, shut up, you're embarrassing," but she didn't give a s***. Anyway, when my mam and stepdad left, we stayed because Ria was eating.

We asked Mark for selfies and he was like, "With who?" We go, "With you," and he was like, "Of course!"

So, yes, we got selfies with my daddy. <33 Andre pissed off but whatever.

So then we went back to the line and stayed there for a bit. Later on at like 3ish, we went to the loo in R5's hotel (Oops) and when we came out Rydel and Ell were taking selfies with people and I absolutely started to shake. We got a few group selfies (me, Jess, Ria, Livvy, Lucy and Freya) with them and they were so cute. I couldn't fit anywhere so I went to the back next to Rydel and she was like, "Am I too tall? Can you see?" and then she crouched down and we took selfies and she smelled so good.

Then she was like, "Well, we gotta go get ready for press now, so we'll see you later," and I was like, "LOL, more like Netflix and chill!

But okay, whatever!"

Chenise wanted to go see if any of the boys were in the same place.

She went to the loo and they weren't there, but we met Stormie and mark again. Chenise got a selfie with Stormie, but I didn't because Mark was hurrying so they couldn't really stop, but Stormie, being Stormie, agreed and I love her lots.

Around 5 or just after, they let us in and I was getting really excited but also felt like crying because I was about to tell Ross the thing and give him his letter and just see them again (and omfg). When we got closer to the front of the M&G line, Chenise was like, "OMF I can see Rydellington," and I was like, "Can you see Ross? I wanna see what he's wearing." She couldn't, but oh well. We got closer and I saw him and started crying a bit and I was like, "Ellie, calm your s***. It's just Austin Moon. No big deal."

When it was my turn to meet them, I put Ross' gift bag down and I had to tell Andre it was for Ryland because we should've been putting stuff in the box, but I wanted to try to give it to Ross during

soundcheck, so I kept it. However, I did have his letter to give to him at M&G. I hugged Rydellington first and literally nearly knocked them over; I was so happy to see them again. I told them I love them and they were all smiley and cute (by the way, they were play fighting and stuff whilst we were waiting to meet them). I then looked over at Ross and I ran and hugged him so tight and he hugged me tighter. I just melted, and I was already nearly crying.

He was like, "Hi, how are you?" and I said, "Fine, thank you," and then I showed him the letter and was like, "This is for you.' He said, "For me? This is for me?" I nodded and was like, "Yeah, please just read it." I was going to tell him what I had to, but I was nearly crying and didn't want to cry properly, so I sort of started to say it, but I stopped myself.

Anyway, I then hugged Riker, who was like, "Hi, how you doing?" I said I was fine and that I love him.

Then I hugged Rocky and fkdjkdkd s***, my dad is just bae. I asked

how he was and stuff and he was like "Yeah, you?" and I told him I was good. He smiled and then I asked if we could have a smiley group hug and they were like, "Yeah sure!"

I walked in between Ross and Rydel. I said to ross, "Can I hug you and hold your hand?" He was like, "Oh, hold my hand?...Okay."

So yeah, lol, we took that photo.

Then Chenise came and we took our line group hug thing and we weren't in the right order, but it's okay because they all basically smiled with teeth, and we were both so happy with that.

So after the M&G, we had soundcheck. Ross had donuts and he was eating them and they sang Sex on Fire (it was the s***) and then Rydel and Riker left. I don't know where they went, but Ell, Ross and Rocky jammed for us.

They're cute.

We had Ryland's M&G, so we went backstage with him and had pizza and talked for a bit. He was guessing our ages and thought I was 15 to 18 and I was like, "No,

13," and he was like, "Wow!" It was hilarious. Then, when he took us onstage, I tripped and nearly fell, and my friends told me he mocked me. :/// The concert started and Ross kept looking at me (and I love him fjsjdk). They all slayed: Rydel was amazing, so was You and I. I can't really explain it. I kept crying and they just looked so happy. They would all stop and look around the venue and look up, Ryland included, and I'm so proud of them.

I'm not gonna describe each song because we'll be here forever.

Basically, the whole concert was amazing. It was so loud and we just had a party. I loved each second, and I would do anything to go back.

If you're in England and haven't been to a London show yet, I totally recommend it. 3/4 of my shows have been in London and each one has been great. Tuesday's definitely the best, though. ;) When the concert finished, they came into the crowd. Rocky came so close, but I couldn't grab him.

But then Ross came right in front of us and I grabbed his hand and he held it for 5 seconds.

Somehow, after they'd left the stage, I was pushed right to Ross' mike...at the wrong time, but hey.

We rushed outside to see if they were coming out, but we had to leave after like an hour because my mam made me. It sucked because they came out at midnight, apparently, and we left at like 11:20.

On Wednesday morning, I woke up with Chenise. My friend Tiffanie on Twitter had found my M&G photo and she had tweeted it. I cried so hard and omg. So then we got them properly: mine alone, mine and Chenise's and then hers alone (someone was selling an M&G for cheaper so we got it because we'd wanted a photo together for ages).

We had breakfast with my mam and stepdad. Then we got back to our room just before 10 and we saw on Twitter that Ryland had just been spotted, so we freaked out.

Straight away we rung my mam because they were in a different

room than us. Then we left, and I swear I've never run so fast across roads (we were in London and it was busy; I thought I was gonna die). We saw their bus and I freaked again and we ran faster. I was so out of breath, but then we got to just before where the road crossed by the venue.

Chenise was like, "Ellie, it's Ross!"

I swear I started to cry again. My heart was pounding. I never ran so fast, but he wasn't allowed to stop since everyone was already on the bus. But I did see him and I was so happy.

We watched the bus leave and I cried again. Then we went back to the hotel and I cried to my mam because I saw Ross.

That's it. Basically. I miss R5, but it was the best night of my life.

All images in this feature contributed by Ellie.

36TD:

The Band That Should Have Been

by Tamara "So how many times have you guys auditioned?"

The two boys sitting next to him stopped twiddling their thumbs to look up at him.

"Three," confessed Nick, a character played by Curt Mega.

The camera panned to Riker Lynch's character, Jeff, who looked even more embarrassed. "Six." The two characters never spoke again.

The show was Glee, one of the most popular musical American series to ever grace television screens. The episode? Season 2, Episode 9: "Special Education".

This wasn't the first time Riker appeared in his role on Glee, but it was the first and last time he or Curt had actual speaking roles. Perhaps this wasn't especially surprising; after all, they were just small parts of a large glee club that rivaled that of the main characters. But still, it spurred on not only the R5 Family but the fanbase of the other three members of 36TD. So what exactly is 36TD? To know, one needs only to look at the name itself. "3" and "6" refer to Curt Mega's and Riker Lynch's lines. "T" and "D" refer to the first initials of Titus Makin and Dominic Barnes. These four dudes made up the little Warbler subgroup that, if only for a few moments, took the world by storm.

The four members have performed various covers and have participated in interviews together. They have been encouraged to start a band multiple times, but that never happened: Riker was busy with R5, of course, and the other three had their own careers to focus on. That being said, they did perform together multiple times, singing covers of hit songs and participating in plenty of interviews together.

They even earned the nickname "Wrong Direction", an obvious spoof name of One Direction.

R5 Family member Zoe (@zoeheartsR5 on Twitter) came to share her story.

"My friend and I would always go to each other's places," she shared. "And [we'd] watch Glee episodes with Riker in them and then we'd search his name to see what would pop up." It was then, Zoe revealed, that the two of them discovered the group.

Zoe's reasons for enjoying 36TD's videos are shared by many. "I liked Glee and I also love to support Riker and the things he does."

Zoe's favorite covers by 36TD were the ones for "Everybody Talks" (originally

by Neon Trees) and "Glad You Came" (originally by The Wanted). You can check out the links to both these articles at the end of this feature.

Unfortunately, the foursome didn't stick around forever. Each of the members had their own careers to think about, whether this meant acting, singing, producing, writing, or playing the bass guitar. These individual dreams are understandable; after all, if Riker had prioritized 36TD, then we probably wouldn't be seeing much of R5. As Zoe shares, she didn't entirely want 36TD to become an official band, "because I wanted to see how far R5 could get."

As Curt, Riker, Titus, and Dom pursued their own interests, the group's videos and online activity started to dwindle. "Whenever they stopped uploading, I just didn't watch anymore," Zoe confessed.

Even as the four went their separate ways, they kept in touch and stayed as great friends.

Curt went on to start his own web show called "Buffering" (about a guy who started a web show). Eventually, Dom made his way to the show to play the role of "Darren's cousin" and became a regular cast member. 2/4 members were working together again, making people laugh.

Then, on the fifth episode, something awesome happened: Riker and Titus became guest stars.

This moment was exciting for everyone, and reunion photos were taken galore. Twitter blew up.

The episode was a particularly wild one. To grasp the full thrill, one really needs to watch the series (which won't take very long; there are only five 7­20­minute episodes and one 50­minute finale). Without giving anything huge away, though, it involves spy music, poor plumbing, strawberries, Quidditch, and Riker cussing.

To really understand the excitement that is 36TD, one needs only to watch a few of their videos on YouTube. Here are a few examples: youtu.be/B4dMqGz1UL0 ­ 36TD performing "Everybody Talks" youtu.be/JXbTYM1ynL0 ­ 36TD performing "Glad You Came" youtu.be/1ozbHxLVxwY ­ A 36TD interview youtu.be/UblJdGyvkDg ­ 36TD performing "My Girl" youtu.be/e2jv_zt2c8s ­ Episode 1 of Buffering (starring Curt.

Keep watching, and the other members will trickle in)

Photos: Official Buffering YouTube, Glee (FOX), rikerr5 on Instagram, Eric Caroll Photography, Matthew Mitchell Photography, Stephanie Walsh on YouTube, mdbaldo on YouTube.

Meet Carl theToilet

Written by: Elise As a family we have seen so many funny twitter accounts such as Ross' Ascot, Riker's Glasses, and Ellington's annoyed dog, but nothing is better than "Carl the Toliet. Carl is R5's personal toilet that is in their house and know everything about the band and I mean EVERYTHING. The Twitter account has over 4,000 followers and has almost 50,000 tweets. When entering the R5 Family a right of passage is to follow Carl for up to date incite on the band. You may be thinking is this toilet real? Does the account actually know about R5? Well no, but the owner has thought about what it would be like for R5's toilet to "live" with R5. In this Q&A, the owner speaks about the account, her ideas and what it is like to be "Carl the Toilet."

Photos from @sassytoilet on Twitter

Q&A E: So I'm just gonna ask you some questions about yourself. So what's it like being Carl The Toilet?

CTT: Overwhelming, but fun. My mentions are always blown up, but everyone is so nice to me and I can't thank my followers enough for the continued support I get on a daily basis.

It's crazy and I honestly don't deserve it.

it upon myself to make an account. I don't really know where my ideas come from, they just come out of nowhere really and for awhile I did imagine myself as a toilet in their house. But that everyone knows who I am, I don't.

E: So are you going to change the account name since everyone knows who you are?

E: Yes you do! You deserve it! If you were not "R5's Toilet" what other object would you like to be?

CTT: I thought about it, but no. I like it the way it is and I've gotten used to it being this way.

CTT: Probably R5's shower or Rydellington's bed, it would be a WILD experience.

E: Awesome! Thank you so much! What would Carl the Toilet say about this interview and the questions?

E: What has been your best experience as Carl The Toilet?

CTT: If he were real, I'd say he'd loved it.

CTT: When I post something that makes someone smile or makes someone happy. That's one of my biggest goals on this account. To make people happy.

E: Why did you choose to be Carl the Toilet and where does all of your humorous ideas come from? Do you just imagine being a toilet in R5's house?

CTT: Originally a friend of mine made a tweet on @WtfR5Imagines, then I took

Let LoveIn

Writtenby: Elise

Ross and Courtney or "Rourtney" have gotten a lot of hate ever since they started dating a couple months ago, but that's normal for a famous couple. They are starting to get used to it, but when Courtney receives a Twitter message from a fan saying, "I'm going to kill you because you're with my boyfriend." Courtney starts to worry that the threat is real and tells Ross about it. Will the couple get through this situation on their own or will they need help from Ross' family? Will the fan go through with her plan? Find out in "Let Love In." This is a fan fiction. The events in this story did not happen and any opinions expressed in this story do not represent those of R5 Family Mag or any of the characters involved.

Photos from rossr5 and courteaton on Instagram

"I'm going to kill you because you're with my boyfriend," the message told me as I was scanning through my social media. I didn't know if this was a joke or if it was actually true.

Why would someone threaten me like that? I let the message stare at me for a little bit before realizing I could just respond back in a tweet. My finger scrolls down to the message bar and I ligtly tap it. I pause and think about if I'm actually doing the right thing. The memory of Ross telling me, "Just ignore the hate, babe.

The fans will always be jealous of you. And don't ever tell them off they may give you backlash for that."

He's right. I shouldn't do respond. I just need to be positive and hope that this isn't true. I need to tell him about this comment. I quickly screenshot it in one swift movement.

"Ross! Can you come here for a second? I need to show you something that popped up on my Twitter feed!" I call for him. A six foot tall blondie with bushy hair pops out from the back of the tour bus.

"What's up, Court?" He asks with a smile across his face. I motion for him come over to the front with my right hand. He starts to walk over to me and I'm starting to regret me yelling for him to come see this tweet. He gets really overprotective when someone hurts or threatens me. He does tell me to ignore the hate, but I don't know how he will react with this. I look down at my phone as Ross sits next to me, placing his arm around my cold shoulders.

"Courtney, what's wrong? I told you that the fans can give us hate online you just need to get over it," Ross says to me. A deep breath escapes my lips while my shaking hands give him the phone that displays the horror. He takes it and with one glance I knew that he might throw it across the bus.

"I shouldn't have showed you this. Can I have my phone back?" I ask him. His fists curl up around the phone and the end of the couch.

"Who would say something like this?! These people have gone too far! Also why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" He screams at me.

He's never screamed at me before. I mean he might when I beat him at Mario Kart, but this was different. Rage was on his side and I didn't want to be in the same room with the devil.

"I just found this on my feed okay? I haven't been keeping this from you! On the first day of our relationship we both promised to be open with each other," I tell him. He slowly starts to calm down once I state my case on the matter.

He leans back on the couch again in his relaxed stance. Left leg crossing over the right and one arm around me.

"What do we do? Should we tell my parents about this threat or do we just wait it out and hope this isn't real?" Ross asks. I have to ponder on this one. It could just be a fan scarying me, but what if it is real.

"Let's just tell your parents, but not your siblings. They will start to worry about this." I tell him. He nods in agreement. Grabbing my hand, he pulls me up from the couch and we both walk to the back were Ross was.

"We were having a band meeting with them. It was just about the tour and stuff, so I didn't miss much at all. Don't worry Courtney, we will put a stop to this threat even if it is fake." He says. I give him a half smile to calm him down a little bit, but I really just wanted to have a panic attack over this. Ross knocks on the back door and Rydel is there to open it up.

"Court! I really need to talk to you about getting together with Vanni this week.

She's meeting up with us on tour!" says the excited Rydel.

"That sounds wonderful, Rydel! Maybe we can talk about it later. Ross and I have to dicuss something with your parents," I tell my best friend.

A worried look glides over her face.

Her eyes turn from happy to concerned in one motion, but she understands that we need to talk to them. She gets up with the others and they walk out of the back room closing the "magic" door behind them.

"Courtney, hand them your phone," Ross tells me. I nod and I give my phone to Mark. Stormie moves closer to him so she can see the eerie message. Shock spreads across there faces.

"Did you block the fan who sent this?"

Mark asked.

"No." I told him.

"Block and report the person. You need to stay on this bus for the next couple of days okay?" He says.

"I will be here with you, so you won't be alone." Stormie says. I smile at

both of them.

"Thank you for helping me get out of this situation." I thank them.

"Now let's get ready for the concert tonight!" Mark says. Ross grabs my hand and we rush out of the back room to find the others outside helping the crew bring in gear. I see Rydel struggling with an AMP and I start to laugh as she makes a face at Riker who is carrying another one with ease.

"I should go help her out. Stay here babe. I'll see you after the concert," He kisses my forehead. I close my eyes as his lips touch my skin. I look up at him and with a grin on my face.

"See ya." I whisper into his ear. He smiles then runs out of the bus getting to Rydel just in time. I plop down on the couch again as Mark and Stormie walk out of the back. Stormie sits next to me and places her hand on my leg. I smile at her as Mark waves goodbye.

"So what do you want to do with our

"girls' night" tonight? I can order pizza and we can watch movies until the concert is done." Stormie suggests.

"I would love that." I tell her. I turn on the TV and start to flip through channels as Stormie goes to the bunk bed area to make the pizza order. I hear a knock at the bus door once Stormie goes away. Thinking that it's probably just Ryland because he always forgets the password to the door, I get up and walk to the door. I swiftly open the door and standing there is a girl dressed in black.

"Hi! Um the band is inside the venue. I can try to get them to come out and talk to you if you want." I say giving her a smile. The fan moves closer to me.

"I actually want to talk to you," She says.

"Oh! Ok! What do you want to talk about? Is this for an interview?" I ask her stepping out of the bus and closing the door.

"Yeah it's for an interview," the fan

says with a smirk. I start to feel a little uneasy about this situation that I just put myself in. She takes out a pen and paper and I sigh. Thank God this girl wasn't the fan that threatened to kill me.

"So how did you meet Ross? At a concert?" She asks me.

"Well yeah. I went to a concert of his and we met up afterwards. Everything felt right between us, so we became good friends." I tell her. The pen flies off the paper as she tries to write down what I say, After a couple minutes of questions, she places her pen and paper in her purse.

"Thank you so much, Courtney! Can I get a quick hug and pictire?" She asks.

"Yeah of course!"

As I came closer to her for the hug I see something shiny in her pocket.

Before I could pull back and retreat from the bus, she pulls out a switch blade, stabbing it into my arm then running off making me bleed out onto the ground.

1.

Let me take your picture baby I'll save it for a _______ day.

3.

She said I'm going outta my head I'm going outta my _______.

5.

Make you wanna go and shop ______ but he's still your man.

2.

Outside of the party were its getting to _______.

4.

But something in my ______ wouldn't reset can't give up on us yet.

6.

Second verse goes to the females rolling there ______ when we fail.

7.

I like how we get along like snow in _______.

ANSWERS: 1. Rainy 2. Loud

Wri t t en by: M eghan

3. Mind 4. Head5. Retail 6. Eyes 7. New York

How wel l do you k now R5 songs?

Designs from Polyvore. Photos from courteaton and savannah_latimer on Instagram.

Alice & Olivia Monika cropped cutout stretch-jersey top $180 Alice & Olivia floral maxi skirt $550 Porselli Split-sole cotton canvas ballet flat $72

H&M Off-the-shoulder top Euros 7 Stone Locket Necklace Euros 25 Polo Ralph Lauren Short pleated skirt Euros 110 Hollow Out Cross-Strap Black Pumps $36

LNH

FASHI ON

Elise

The End!

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