It's a Mans World:

Again sorry for the slow updates especially when this chapter I've actually had semi outlined….thanks for all the comments and reviews and I hope they keep coming.

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After the turn of events her day seemed to take, Katie spent the rest of her afternoon at Starbucks working on her article as planned before making her way back toward her apartment with a spring in her step and a whistle on her lips.

"Somebody is happy today," Owen spoke up as she entered and while Katie always enjoyed her friend's presence at the apartment it seemed more so than not lately that he'd been hanging out there.

"Great observation Owen."

"Well, one doesn't whistle like some kind of Disney princess when their pissed off….though that tweet you posted earlier… the one that said FML kind of made me think you'd be feeling the opposite of happy."

"Yea…. That tweet," Katie said sitting down on the couch, "so it turns out that Liam must have popped the question the second I left the Bistro the other night."

"And Hannah thought that little of herself and said yes."

Katie shrugged her shoulders.

"Apparently."

"And yet you're not pissed off now and your singing."

Walking from the kitchen where she grabbed a bottle of water to the couch, Katie just nodded. "Well, after I made that tweet I packed up and left the toxic environment that is my office and ran into someone."

"And does that someone have a name?" Owen asked.

"His name is Adam," Katie said with a smile causing Owen to raise his eyebrow clearly intrigued. He knew Drew had a brother named Adam who had just came to town however Adam was a fairly common name so the chances that it could be the same Adam were…well he didn't know the exact odds.

"And does he have a last name."

"Does who have a last name?" Jake asked as he and Eli entered the room.

"Adam, he's a guy I met, Owen's asking a lot of questions and I think he may be jealous."

Looking across the room toward Owen, Katie flashed him a smirk.

Before Owen could respond to Katie's comment however, Jake piped up.

"Isn't it too soon after Liam?"

Katie let out a small sigh as she picked up a pillow from the couch.

"I don't think so; I mean I was going to meet another guy eventually."

The trio of boys nodded as Eli spoke up.

"So, what IS his last name Kate?"

Rolling her eyes at being called Kate instead of Katie she shook her head at Eli.

"I don't know."

"Well then you shouldn't go out with him."

"Why?" Katie asked raising an eyebrow at Eli, "I knew Liam's last name was Berish and you saw how that went."

Eli just nodded.

"Touché."

"So," Jake said, "how did you meet this one?"

The way he said this one made Katie sound like she was a cat lady who had a penchant for picking up strays.

"My eyes were filled with tears the night of the Liam fiasco I ran into him and he gave me a tissue."

Owen let out a coughing sound as the others all looked at him.

"He is a rebound," Owen said.

"I don't care…I'm going out with him Friday night."

"But Friday is poker night," Jake said.

"And your point?" she tossed in the boys direction before heading toward her room.

As soon as Katie left the boys looked at one another.

"We should cancel poker night and stalk her," Eli said as Owen shook his head.

"As much as I'd love to do that…I kind of have a feeling who this Adam is and if I'm right I think our little girls fragile heart won't crack even more."

The other boys nodded and changed their topic of conversation to other things besides Katie's love life, never bringing it up again until Friday.

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Friday night arrived as Katie walked out of her room dressed in a simple black dress. Entering the living room she smiled as she acknowledged her roommates and Owen as well as her brother in law, Drew, Drew's girlfriend and Marisol.

"I still can't believe you invited me to poker night only to leave me with these losers to go on a date."

Rolling her eyes.

"Well you didn't have to come Mer," Katie said, "I mean when I told you about Adam you could have easily stayed home."

"I was hoping to talk some sense into you."

"Not going to happen, anyway Bianca is here so you won't be the only female present."

"Whoopee," Marisol spoke with an unamused tone as she looked at Bianca who clearly wasn't amused at being there either.

"Adam you say," Drew said thinking about how his brother had rejected the poker night invite claiming he had a 'date' that evening. There was no way that his date was Katie right? After all how could Adam of even met her considering the one time he'd arrived at the ESPN office Katie had left due to a mini meltdown.

"What's it to you?" Katie asked slightly agitated hoping Drew freaking Torres didn't ruin her weekend.

"Nothing," Drew said trying to hold back a smile.

"Oh my god, your jealous aren't you? If Bianca wasn't here I so think you were actually showing signs of jealousy."

Glaring from Katie to her boyfriend then back to Katie, Bianca let out a sigh.

"You don't really have feelings for Sports Center Barbie over there do you?"

Katie was kind of flattered by Bianca's complement however she wasn't going to speak about that, instead she simply looked at Drew.

"Yea Drew, do you secretly have feelings for me?"

Batting her eyes playfully at Drew she listened as he quickly responded.

"No, of cores not…. You're infuriating."

Again she took that as a complement.

"And you're…well I don't have time to argue…I'm running late."

And with that Katie left the apartment.

The moment Katie left Bianca slapped Drew's arm.

"What was that about Drew?"

Letting out a laugh Drew shook his head, "nothing, it's just…Katie's going on a date with my brother."

"This is going to be interesting," Bianca said with a smirk as she began to shuffle cards.

TBC

Next chapter the Kadam date beyond that I have no clue where I want to go with this… thanks for all the comments and reviews