Hey guys! I hope you all like this story. I had this up before, but I've adjusted some of the plot and put it up here instead of my other account on Munchkin Jeeves so you don't think that I've took it from some one else

Disclaimer I don't BTR, only the OC characters


Chapter One

Katrina POV

"Right class, for next weeks lecture, can you all finish Romeo and Juliet." My tutor shouted as we all left the class room. My friend Louise and I were heading out to our cars, ready for the weekend.

"So, you heading to Josh's party tonight?" louise asked as she threw her books in the back of her car. I shook my head at her.

"We have friends coming over from America to stay with us for two weeks." Louise pouted at me.

"Well I shall give you a text later to let you in in all the fun your missing out on." She blew me a kiss and headed out the car park. I laughed at her as I reversed out. It was a strange dry day in Scotland. My parents told me last night that friends of theirs were coming to visit us with their son and it was important that I was there to see them.

They were there when I got home. I struggled from my car to my front door with all my college books, folders and my bag. I was about to drop it all when a pair of hands came out from nowhere and caught it all for me.

"Here, let me help." a voice came from in front of me.

Due to my stack of books being bigger than my five foot self, I could only hear a voice, not see a face. The voice was deep and husky, and not one I was familiar with. He took my books from me and finally I could see his face. WOW, he was gorgeous! He looked down at me and smirked. He headed into the house, books in hand and went into the living room where my parents were sitting along with another couple. I assumed they were tall, dark and blondies parents. My mum grabbed my hand and dragged me to the middle of the living room.

"Cathy, Kent this is my daughter Katrina. Katrina this is Cathy, Kent and their son Kendall." I waved at all three of them. Cathy stood up and hugged me.

"The last time we saw you, you were so tiny!" The adults laughed. Kendall put my books down on the table and sat next to his parents on the couch. My mum smiled at me.

"So Katrina, why don't you go get changed and then we can all head out to dinner." My mum gave me this sickly sweet smile. Something wasn't right here. I headed up the stairs to get changed out of my jeans. I grabbed a floral dress out of my wardrobe and five minutes later I was ready. I was just popping my shoes on when there was a knock at my door.

"Come in!" I shouted. Kendall popped his head in.

"I come bearing books!" He brought my books up for me. I smiled up at him. "Well I couldn't let you carry them up." I thanked him and he turned to me. He smiled and pointed to the bookcase behind me. "Book worm?" He asked. I nodded. He laughed and then started to rub the back of his neck. I grabbed my cardigan off the back of my door and we headed down to the parents to head out to dinner.

We ended up going to my favourite restaurant in town, a nice little pizzeria just off a little river. Now I was scared. Mum and Cathy made sure that Kendall and I were sitting opposite each other. I suddenly felt like I was on a date. Kendall thought that too as he gave me a worried look. All through dinner, we were told how our parents met and the shenanigans they got up to, and all about the Knight's big company in America. It was now after dinner and we were all sitting have drinks, when the mood suddenly changed. All four parents turned to me.

"Katrina you know that our families friendship goes back generations." I nodded my head, wondering where this was going. "When your brother was born, we were so happy, but when he turned five, we found out about his bone marrow problem. And then Cathy gave birth to Kendall a few weeks later than Stephen, they had Kendall tested and it turned out to be a match. So we made a deal. Kendall would donate Bone marrow to Stephen, in exchange for you to be betrothed to Kendall to make sure the company didn't fall into the wrong woman's hand."

I chocked on my water. I then started laughing, but then stopped when no one else was laughing. I looked from my mum to my dad.

"This is a joke right?" They all shook their heads and I looked over at Kendall who was looking anywhere but me. I grabbed my bag and ran out the restaurant. I ran down to the river bank and burst into tears. How could my parents barter me like I'm a prize.

"Don't blame your parents. They done what they thought was right." I heard from behind me. I didn't have to turn around to know who it was. I could hear his footsteps getting closer to me. "Here." He wrapped his jacket around my shoulders. I thanked him and he sat next to me.

"How could they do this to me, take my life away." I couldn't control the tears falling from my eyes anymore. "I'm gonna have to leave everything behind aren't I?" Kendall nodded solemnly at me. I looked down at the bracelet my brother got me for Christmas a few weeks ago. It was a pearl bracelet with a globe and a treble clef attached to it. There are two things that my brother said to me on Christmas day. The first one was he bought me the globe charm for the bracelet so that no matter where about in the world we both were, we will always be there for each other no matter what. And the second thing was that he owed me his life. Now they both make sense. He knew about the arrangement. I looked up at Kendall who was now lying down on the bank gazing at the stars.

"How long have you known?" he took his gaze away from the stars and focused on me.

"Three years." my eyes about bulged out their sockets. He laughed at me, and closed my mouth. "My parents told me on my eighteenth birthday. I thought they were drunk, but they showed me the contract that both sets of parents signed." He lay back down and stared back up at the stars. I lay down next to him and we listened to the sound of the water flowing down the river.

Our parents came out to get us about an hour later. I didn't speak to any of them and I went straight to my bed when I got home. Kendall was also staying in my room, sleeping on the spare bed, so his parents could have the guest room. We both said a quiet good night to each other and headed to sleep.

As I lay in my bed, the events of the day hit me. When I got up this morning, the only thing that was on my mind was how to finish my essay and Shakespeare and now boom, I'm getting married and having to move halfway around the world.

Man this day sucked!


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