A/N: Thanks for the reviews and everything. They make my day. Hope you like the new chapter. I'm so sorry it's taken awhile. This document was deleted so I had to redo it and I couldn't remember what I had written…Anyway, don't worry about it. Just read, review, and enjoy. :)

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Chapter 7

"Aah!" screamed Katrina into her pillow in the wee hours of the morning. She was in the middle of some serious self-loathing. "Why did I have to subject myself to this?"

Her roommate, Gail Kim, patted the younger girl's hair. "Aw, Kat. I'm sorry, but you got yourself into this mess. Chris didn't ask you to spend the whole day with him."

"I know," Katrina moaned. "That's the problem. It Chapter 7is all my fault. I did this. I just don't know why I did."

"I don't know," Gail said in her calming voice. "I guess you're just too selfless for your own good. In this case, it's a bad characteristic. Any other time, it's good. But this time…" She shook her head. "Just put on a brave front and hang out with him."

All Katrina could manage to get out was an "Ugh."

Sometime later, Gail and Katrina were sitting in front of the T.V, bored out of their minds, when suddenly an idea came into the latter's head. "Hey, Gail," she said. "Why don't you come with me and Chris?"

"Why would I want to be stuck with him?"

"Maybe I can get Adam to come, too," Katrina suggested. "I know Chris loves yelling at him. He might actually like this idea."

Gail was understandably skeptical. This was Chris they were talking about. "What makes you think that he would go for something like that?"

"Because his favorite pastime is being mean to Adam. And I know the feeling is mutual for Adam. I'm sure it will go over fine."

-Two hours later-

"Excuse me!" Chris shouted from the doorway.

"Shh! Will you keep quiet?" Katrina was not expecting Chris's reaction to be so…unwelcoming. "Why are you making this such a big deal?"

"I don't want to be anywhere near that…that thing!"

"Don't worry, Irvine," Adam said. "You're the last person I'd want to spend the day with. The only reason why I told Kat yes is because I feel bad for her. She needs someone who she actually likes to be with her."

"Katrina loves me!" Chris snapped at him.

"Not as much as she loves me," retorted Adam.

"Oh, please," said Gail, walking in on the conversation. "Everyone knows that I'm the one she really loves."

Katrina simply rolled her eyes. "Thanks, you are really making this so much better." She turned her attention back to the guys. "I'm not even asking you to be nice to each other. I just want you to both be with me today. And Gail, too."

"Yeah, I don't get why she's here either," Chris wondered.

"Because she's my friend," said Katrina, stating the obvious.

It was Adam's turn to be annoying. "Then why isn't Jay here?"

With a sigh, Katrina said, "Jay's allowed to come. Do you want him to be here?"

"Nope, not at all."

"Uh-huh. I figured as much." Katrina ran her fingers through her hair. "Can't we just all go out and hang as friends?" No one said anything. "Chris, you know you wouldn't be able to live without screaming at Adam. And Adam, you know that you live to call Chris fat."

"Hey!" was Chris's great response.

Katrina ignored him. "So why don't you guys do that today?"

"Fine," Adam groaned. "If you really want me to."

"One down, one to go," Katrina said. "Chris?"

"Only if you say that I am not fat."

She walked over to Chris, who was sullen and hurt, and put an arm around him. "You're not fat, Chris. You're pudgy in all the right places."

"That sounds better," Chris approved. "All right, I'll deal with Adam."

Gail clapped her hands together excitedly. "See?" she said. "We can all live happily ever after."

x-X-x

Walking around the new city that they were in—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—they discussed random topics. One was Billy Joel's song, "Allentown."

"It was written about Bethlehem," Katrina had said. "But Allentown had a better ring to it or something. Everything he sings about relates to this city."

"Did you discover this when you were doing you doing your extensive Billy Joel research?" cracked Adam.

"No," she replied. "Just when I was watching his All-Time Top Ten on Vh1 Classic."

In between their talks, Chris made a point to stop at every food place they came across, much to everyone's annoyance.

"God, Chris," Adam grumbled at one point. "Do you have to get another jelly-filled donut?"

"It's not a jelly-filled donut," Chris said quietly. He instantly became bashful. "It's glazed."

Shaking her head, Katrina said, "Chris, maybe you shouldn't have anymore donuts after this one."

"It's too late now," Gail whispered to Katrina, hoping Chris wouldn't hear.

He didn't, for he was too busy being self-conscious. "I really do have a problem," he mumbled to himself.

Putting an arm around her sullen friend, Katrina said, "Don't worry, bud. We'll help you get through this."

A short time later, they were just wandering around with no purpose in their minds. For the most part, everyone was just enjoying spending the day together. Excluding Adam and Chris who cunningly teased each other to no end.

"If I'm fatter, how can you lift me but I can barely get you two centimeters off the ground?" Adam was asking. "Your logic is really messed up."

"Kat, can you tell them to stop?" Gail asked. "They're giving me migraines." Katrina gave no answer. "Kat? Kat?"

There was no reply, for something in the distance caught Katrina's attention. It was Serena, yet again.

"What is she doing here?" Adam said, disgust lacing his voice.

"She's allowed to walk around, I guess," Chris responded. "But I still don't like her." He looked over at Katrina, who was still staring ahead. Her eyes gave away a discomfort that Chris didn't see often in her. "Hey, Kat, is everything all right?"

Breaking out of her daze, Katrina glanced at Chris. "Yeah, everything's fine. Why wouldn't it be?" She had thought that no one had noticed her staring but apparently she was wrong.

Chris shrugged. "I don't know. You just don't—"

"Crap!" Adam almost shouted. "She saw us. Now, she's gonna come over here."

It was true; Serena had seen their group. But she wasn't coming toward them. Not yet. Instead, she looked over to her right where another figure was standing.

Katrina recognized instantly who it was. "Phil's with her," she said.

"Ooh," said Adam, pretending he was scared. "Big, bad straight-edge Punk." Right after the words left his mouth, he expertly dodged an elbow to the ribs, via Katrina.

"Don't be a jerk," Gail said. "Phil hasn't done anything. He's real nice."

"Whatever," Adam sighed. "As long as he's nice to our Kitty Kat, right?" He playfully poked her ribs.

"Ad, shut up," she replied. "Don't draw attention to yourself if you don't want them coming over here."

A roll of the eyes was Adam's usual response and this time, it was no different. "Fine, I'll stop. But only 'cause you told me to. But really, it doesn't matter. They're coming anyway."

Apparently, Adam couldn't be stopped in the prediction category because he was right again. Phil and Serena were on their way toward them.

"Copeland's good today," whispered Gail to Katrina, who nodded in agreement.

"Why can't they just stay where they are?" Chris complained. "It's not like we really want them anywhere near us."

"Katrina does," Adam pointed out. "Actually, that's not so accurate. Katrina only wants Punk over here."

"Quit being an idiot. Serena might be evil but Phil isn't," said Katrina. "He's usually pretty nice."

"Usually," stressed Chris. "That doesn't mean always."

"Cut it out," Katrina said back.

Serena and Phil were getting closer to them and Chris kept muttering under his breath. It wasn't clear what he was saying, for his voice was too low.

"Here they come," Gail said in a sing-song voice.

From what Katrina could see, Serena did not look very happy. A scowl seemed to be permanently planted on her face and the saying of "Don't make that face or it'll stay like that" came to Kat's mind.

It wasn't much longer when the two groups were face to face.

"Hello," Phil said, being as pleasant as he could in what he, and everyone else, knew would be an awkward situation.

"Hi," Katrina and Gail both said at the same time. Adam, Chris, and Serena all stayed silent, having a bit of a stair down.

"How've you all been?" asked Phil. He was shifting slightly on his heels but looking only at Katrina.

Therefore, she was the only one who answered. "Oh, you know, fine, I guess. I mean, everything's been the same." Though she couldn't explain why, Katrina was feeling a bit flustered. "And you?"

"Good," he replied simply. For a moment, his eyes drifted to the happenings of the rest of them but that moment didn't last long. He was looking back at Katrina a second later.

Not knowing what to say, Katrina went for a safe topic amongst wrestlers. "Do you have any idea if McMahon's going to get on the ball with the company? There are a lot of talented guys here who aren't getting used."

"Not just guys," he pointed out. "I don't see him giving you and Gail any title shots. It's pretty much disgracing the Women's Championship."

With a nod, Katrina said, "Yep. Fabulous Moohlah would be disgusted. Actually, I was talking to Trish Stratus not that long ago, and she's upset about it. So if she doesn't like it, it's pretty major."

"Someone needs to say something to him," Phil said.

Adam butted into the conversation now. "Like I told Kat before, no one knows what's going on in Vince's mind. It's best just to stay out of it and let the billionaire do what he wants."

Katrina didn't like that. "Yeah but—"

Adam put his hand out to stop her. "Let him do what he wants."

"It's still not right," Gail said.

The only people not in on the discussion were Serena and Chris, who were still glaring at one another like little children. Eventually, one of them gave in and it wasn't Chris.

"All right," said an agitated Serena. "I'm gonna go back to the hotel. Phil, you coming, too?"

Phil looked over at Serena and said, "Um, yeah, in a few minutes. I'll meet you back there, all right?"

Looking even more disturbed than before, Serena sighed. "Okay, fine. I guess I'll see you later then."

"Yeah, bye," Phil said and waited for Serena to walk away before saying, "I've been stuck with her all day. She's nice and everything. I just can't be around her that much."

"Oh, I know the feeling," responded Katrina, shooting a look at her friends who weren't paying close attention. Gail and Adam were making fun of Chris's rolls. "I offered to hang with Chris today."

Phil couldn't help but laugh. "Why?" he wondered.

"Well," Katrina began. "How can I put this? He was kind of jealous of you actually."

Letting out a few more laughs, Phil said, "Pardon?"

"He was mad because I was hanging out with you and not him," she explained. "He was crazy green with envy."

"Wow. Chris Jericho was jealous of me," said Phil in amazement. "I don't know if I should be honored or weirded out." He shook his head. "For now, I'll take honored. It makes me feel like I have power over him."

"I would take honored too," Katrina agreed.

"I thought it sounded good."

For a few minutes, they were both quiet. However, it didn't take long for one of them to break the silence.

It was Phil. "Hey, I've, uh, been meaning to ask you something."

"Yes?" Katrina prompted.

His eyes darted over to Katrina's friends and then slowly drifted back to her. "Well, I was thinking, maybe you would want to go out to dinner with me tonight? Before or after the show. You can pick." When Kat didn't say anything, Phil began speaking quickly. "Or you can just say no. I wouldn't blame you or anything. It is sort of out of the blue…"

Katrina wasn't sure what to say. Deep inside of her, something was telling her to tell him yes, but her mind was saying no. She didn't want to be even more on Serena's bad side. After some internal debating, she came up with her answer. "Sure. But you pick the time. I don't like making decisions."

In a flash, Phil's eyes were piercing hers. "Did you just say that you would?"

"Yeah."

"Great!" he exclaimed, now gaining the attention of the others. "Uh, you want to do this before the show? In that case, no one's all gross after a match or anything."

She laughed at him and said, "Yeah, that's probably a good idea."

"All right. How 'bout we meet in the lobby of the hotel a couple of hours before we have to leave for the arena?" Katrina nodded so Phil said, "Okay, I better go and get ready then. I'll see you later."

"Okay," squeaked out Katrina before Phil waved and turned away.

When he was out of sight, Gail jabbed Kat. "What was that about?"

"Phil just asked me out," she told her.

"Wait, what did you just say?" asked Chris.

"Yeah, what?" Adam wondered also.

"Don't worry about it," Katrina snapped back at them. "It doesn't concern you."

I have a feeling this could've gone a lot better but oh, well…I'm not sure when my next update will be because of school and everything. However, I promise I will update when I can. Until then, my birthday was Friday and your present to me can be a review. If you want to, of course. :)