A/N: This chapter has to do with PatrickxKatiexNoah and I think that you're going to be pleasantly surprised at the end.

.:Chapter Twenty One – Big Time Australia Part 3:.

"Good morning." Ronan greeted as he walked into the kitchen the next morning, and patted the top of Riley's head. She turned away from the stove and gave a bright smile in return.

"Hey Ronan," she replied and went back to frying something on a pan. "How'd you sleep? Us girls didn't keep you up did we?" Ronan let out a sarcastic laugh as he moved over and sat down in a chair, grabbing the newspaper from the kitchen table.

"When do you not keep me up." He asked in the same sarcastic tone. "What with the 'oh my gods' and the 'no ways' and the high pitched giggles ringing from your room, who could sleep." He gave a half smile. "Besides, Patrick's snoring kept me up, have you ever thought about giving him a nose guard?"

"You're his dad, you should buy it." Riley replied as she dumped some eggs on a plate and turned to place it on the table.

"Ay," Ronan stated in an offended tone as he moved the newspaper aside.

"See," Riley smiled. "You're starting to pick up on our Aussie slang already."

"That's because I've been around you too long." Ronan replied with a bemused smile. Riley rolled her eyes but didn't say anything as she started to set up a few more plates of food. By the time that she was done, Rhuben, Jo, Katie, Mrs. Knight, Stephanie, and Camille were sitting at the table, talking a bit.

"Here you go." Riley set the plates down at the table and grabbed a few more chairs for her brothers before sitting down with them. She turned to her sister. "The boys still asleep?"

"That would be impossible," Rhuben replied as she grabbed a fork and twirled it around her finger before stabbing into her eggs. "As Patrick snores like a dump truck," she laughed a little. "But if it's quiet now, that means that Noah and Sydney probably smothered him."

"And you're not worried?" Jo asked with a little laugh.

"With them, not at all." Riley laughed.

"So, how did you girls sleep last night?" Ronan asked to make conversation. He turned to Mrs. Knight. "I hope that the mattress in the guest room that you were in wasn't too lumpy." He glanced over at Riley and Rhuben, who were shoveling food into their mouths. "Their dad hasn't really changed much since the last time that they've been here."

"No, it was fine." Mrs. Knight replied with a smile as she took a sip of the coffee that was in her mug. "It was much better than the beds back at the Palm Woods."

"I can imagine." Ronan replied with a little laugh.

"Is it just me or are Kendall's mom and your dad getting really chummy with each other?" Camille muttered as the girls leaned away from the adults at the table. She grinned at the girls. "Wouldn't that be cool?"

"Not for Riley," Stephanie laughed as she tho0ught about the situation. "If those two got together, then Riley and Kendall couldn't date anymore."

"No, they could," Rhuben pointed out. "It would just be very frowned upon." She smiled as her sister glared back at her. "But seriously, I've always thought that Ronan should be dating, because he hasn't had a girlfriend for a while." She took a sip of hot chocolate.

"Why not?" Katie actually looked a little sad. "He's good looking enough and he's not that old." She commented as she glanced over at him. "I figured that you would have to be chasing all of the people that want to date him away."

"Yeah, that's what you'd think." Riley replied as she stabbed at her plate to get some food on her fork. Stephanie laughed when it slid back off and she had to start stabbing it all over again. At the head of the table, Ronan looked at his watch.

"Rhuben, would you go to tell your brothers that it's breakfast time?" he asked.

"Sure," Rhuben nodded and swallowed her mouthful of food before leaning back in her seat and turning her head towards the entrance to the kitchen. "PAT, NO, SYD, JULI, ITS BREAKFAST TIME!" She shouted so loud that Ronan, Mrs. Knight, and Katie jumped in their seats.

"I could have done that." Ronan stated as he looked over at her, blinking slowly.

"Then why didn't you?" Rhuben replied with a sweet smile, causing Riley to smile and laugh at the annoyed look on Ronan's face. She turned to her friends. "So, I'm thinking that-"

"Sorry we took so long," Patrick apologized as he, Noah, and Sydney walked into the kitchen, rubbing their faces. "Noah here," he jerked his thumb in his brother's direction. "Was taking forever in the bathroom."

"You spend hours in the bathroom," Noah replied as he pulled his chair out, turned it around, and sat down in the seat, reaching for his plate. "It should only be fair that I get at least twenty minutes to actually take a shower." He took a bite of food and smiled as he turned to his eldest sister. "Good brekkie, Ri-Ri."

"Thank you." Riley replied with a smile of her own.

"Wait a minute," Rhuben looked slightly annoyed. "How do you know that I didn't make breakfast?"

"Because it's edible," Sydney replied through a mouthful of food, a blank expression was on his face as if it was obvious. Rhuben's frown deepened. "Oh come on, we know that you're not a bad cook, but you're not a good one either."

"And don't frown," Patrick added as he pointed at her with a fork. "You'll get wrinkles." He advised as he raised his eyebrows with a lopsided smile. "You don't want to get wrinkles prematurely do you?"

"Don't you think you're taking a little too much stock into people's appearances?" Noah asked as he turned to his twin brother and raised an eyebrow. "I mean, heaven forbid when you get a pimple," he trailed off as he peered at his brother's face and randomly jabbed at his chin. "Like right there."

Patrick's hand flew up to his chin and his eyes widened as he felt around for it. He let out a screech and jumped up from the chair before running out of the room. Sydney laughed and gave Noah, who was grinning, a high-five. Ronan watched one of his sons leave and then turned back to Noah, shaking his head.

"Did you have to do that?" he questioned.

"Yes," Noah replied innocently. "It's funny." He turned to Katie and looked like he reme3mbered something. "By the way, Natasha invited you, me, and Patrick to hang out today. I said 'yes' if that's ok."

"Sounds like a date to me," Camille pointed out with a sly smile, causing Katie to blush, although Noah acted like he didn't hear her. "Or, to be more specific, a double date."

"Aw, that's sweet Noah, your first date." Riley teased.

"Shut up." Noah replied lamely before turning to Katie. "So, do you want to go?"

"Yeah, it sounds fun." Katie replied with a slow nod as if she was thinking about something. 'Is this a double date? If so, then who is my date? And who would be Natasha's? I wouldn't like it either way, because I don't know how I would feel when it came to one of them dating someone else."

"Katie?" Sydney's high-pitched voice broke through Katie's thoughts. "Are you ok?" Katie blinked and looked around to see that everyone was still eating, but occasionally looking at her out of the corner of their eyes.

"Yeah," She forced a smile. "I'm perfectly fine."

"Where did Natasha say for us to meet her?" Patrick asked as he sidestepped a couple that were walking down the street. He looked at his watch and then stood up on his tiptoes and looked around. "You know here, she's bad when it comes to remembering things."

"Then how does she remember lines for your guys' show?" Katie asked with a half smile as she wiped her hands off on her pants legs. "I mean, that's kind of a big part for it, isn't it?"

"You'd think," Noah replied as he rested his hands on a brick wall before jumping backwards, pulling himself up. He brushed is hair out of his face with his shoulder. "But we don't call it 'memorizing lines' we make a game or a contest out of it. So it's easier for us to remember." He gave a smile and nudged his brother. "Now when it comes to dance moves, that's harder."

Katie chuckled as she brushed her hair out of her face. "I can imagine," she shook her head. "Sometimes, I go to watch Kendall and them-"

"Hey there!" Natasha popped up from behind the brick wall, causing Noah to jump and almost fall off himself. "Jeez, Noah's Ark, you've always been so jumpy." Natasha teased as Noah got his balance back, gripping tightly onto the brick wall.

"Haha," Noah rolled his eyes. "You wouldn't be laughing when your character mysteriously disappears off the show," Noah threatened and raised his eyebrows. "Oh yeah, I can make that happen."

"Sure you can," Natasha rolled her eyes and then turned to Katie, smiling brightly. "Hey Katie, glad you could make it."

"Thanks for inviting me," Katie replied with a smile in return. Even though she was a little suspicious of Natasha's friendship with Patrick and Noah, she couldn't help but smile. Natasha's smile and friendly disposition was just so infectious. "Really, I can only take so much of being around my brother and his stupid friends."

"I know the feeling," Natasha stated sympathetically as she patted Katie's shoulder. "Nic and Tristan are always doing stupid things onset. Like this one time they-"

"I'm sure that no one wants to hear that story." Patrick jumped in, slapping a hand over Natasha's mouth. "Let's get going." He slowly pulled his hand away, looking wary, before turning up and down the street. "Let's walk on the beach and the boardwalk for a while, and then we can show Katie the Sydney Harbor and the Sydney opera house."

"Sounds good." Natasha smiled and pushed the air. "Let's go!"

"A little hyper there?" Noah questioned, tilting his head to the side. Natasha smiled and nodded before leading the way down the street.

Natasha turned around and grinned. "Just a little." She replied with a wink as she held her thumb and index finger a few inches apart. Noah smiled and shook his head before lighting whacking her on the back of the head, following her down the sidewalk.

Katie's eyebrows furrowed together as she hoisted her bag over her shoulder before following them down the sidewalk. She forgot what she was anxious about as she started to enjoy herself. Natasha led them along the beach, pointing out people that she knew and even waving to people that she didn't know. Every now and then as they walked along the beach she, Patrick, and Noah got stopped to take pictures and to sign autographs.

Katie stood back and watched as that happened, a soft smile tugging at her lips. The three of them really seemed to be enjoying it, but it seemed to her that Patrick was having the most fun. He joked around with the fans as if he had known them for years and they had just run into each other again. Katie's smile grew wider as she watched the twin boys. She loved the way that they smiled and she also loved the way that their eyes sparkled when they did smile.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Natasha's voice rang in her ears and Katie blushed as she quickly backed away. She burst out laughing and motioned to the two boys as Katie's steadily turned red. "You like them don't you?" she didn't give Katie the chance to answer. "Don't worry about it; even I had a crush on them at one point." She smiled evilly. "Which one do you like better?"

"I don't know," Katie admitted with a sigh, finally able to tell someone what was going on. "I like them both, and have no idea how to decide if I ever have to."

Natasha shrugged. "Just choose the one that you have the most fun with."

"Right," Katie nodded as if she was going to take her advice, but still didn't know what to do. "Anyway, is there anything to eat around here? I'm getting hungry."

"Yeah," Patrick waved to a little girl, whom he had just given his autograph to and then turned around, rubbing his chin. "There's a hotdog place on the boardwalk, but then again the pizza is better, maybe we-"Noah slapped a hand over Patrick's mouth, causing Natasha and Katie to giggle.

"We'll just go to the boardwalk and figure it out from there." He stated. Patrick smile and stuck out his tongue, licking the palm of his brother's hand. "Ugh" Noah made a face and pulled his hand away, quickly wiping it into Patrick's shoulder.

"Gets him every time." Patrick smiled and nodded, as if he was proud of himself. "Come on." He gently shoved Noah's shoulder and ran away as Noah fell over, rolled back to his feet, and chased after his brother, shouting the whole way.

"If you're going to make a choice, I'd make one soon." Natasha muttered into Katie's ear and ran after the two boys. "Guys! Wait up!"

"Tell me about it." Katie muttered under her breath, running after them.

She finally caught up with the three of them when Noah shoved Patrick face first into the ground and laughed at his expense before grabbing his brother's hand and pulling him to his feet. The thing with Patrick and Noah is that even when they got mad at each other, eventually they would forget about whatever they were arguing about and become best friends again. It was something that they both liked about their relationship with each other and didn't want that to ever change. It was one of the things that helped them when they were still being abused by their dad.

The four of them got something to eat and sat down at an empty table and talked leisurely, joking and laughing with each other. Noah smiled as he closed his eyes and tilted his head back against the back of the chair, enjoying the feeling of the sun on his face. He missed being back home and already knew how different he felt rather than back in LA. Although now he could consider that both LA and Australia was his home.

He opened his eyes and looked over at Katie, frowning when he saw her sigh wistfully, glancing over at Natasha and Patrick, who were talking quietly. He looked thoughtful for a second before clearing his throat and looking over at Patrick.

"Hey, I'm running a little low on money, do you mind getting me some ice cream from that stand?" he pointed down the boardwalk. "Wayyyyy down there?" he smiled sweetly. "I'll pay you back later."

"Why not?" Patrick sighed as he pushed back his chair. "I was getting a jones for something sweet." He turned to Natasha. "Help me carry em'?"

"Sure thing." Natasha replied as she got up and the two walked away. Katie smiled nervously at Noah, who didn't beat around the bush.

"Do you like him or do you like me?" he questioned. Katie blinked and her eyes widened, not sure if she knew what he had just said. He waited patiently, his fingers laced and his hands resting on his chest.

"What?" she finally asked.

Noah rolled his eyes, muttering something under his breath before he looked back at her. "Don't act stupid, because it's not doing you any favors." He set his lips in a line.

Katie glared at him. "You are aware that I can beat you up, right?" she asked as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Trust me, I'm aware." Noah replied and shook his head. "Of course you'd try to change the subject. Hoping I'd forget." He gave a wry smile. "But just to give you the benefit of the doubt, I'll just simply as the question again."

"You know you're acting like a jerk?" Katie snapped.

Noah chose to ignore her and pressed forward with the question. "Do you like Patrick or me better?"

"I…I, uh." Katie stammered, trying to get the words to come out. Noah watched her for a few seconds before scratching his forehead, standing up.

"Never mind, "he replied as he brushed off the back of his pants and shoved his hands into his pockets. "I get it." He turned and started to walk away, lightly kicking at the sidewalk. "Tell Patrick that I went home." He stated over his shoulder, not turning around.

"Noah," Katie called after him as she clambered out of her chair. Noah didn't turn around, he just kept walking. "Noah, wait." She caught up to him and grabbed onto his arm, turning him around. He let out a breath through his nose and looked down at her. She flushed again. "I…uh, you…I…" she sighed heavily. "Wow, this is harder than I thought." She took a deep breath. "I…"

Noah chuckled as he rubbed his nose, looking amused. "Katie," he placed a hand on her cheek. "I think I know what you're trying to say."

With a small laugh, and a smile, he stepped forward and kissed her…

A/N: Sorry this is such a short chapter and that it took so long to get put up. I'm going through orientation at college and I only got enough time to type it up now. Thanks for reading and I hope you guys enjoyed it either way.

-Riley