Hey! I'm home! "She says as she quickly walks into Apartment 2J and goes to her room"
What's that you got? "Kendall calls out to her from the couch"
Nothing important "she answers back and hides the box under her bed then comes back out"
You ok? "He says full of concern for his beloved baby sister he adores so much"
Yeah "she says as she gets a bottle of water from the refrigerator and goes back to her room"
She's totally hiding something "James says not believing her anxious desire to go back to her room is normal"
I agree "Kendall says going back to his hockey magazine"
Why do you think that? "Logan says looking up from his online solitaire game"
Yeah? "Carlos says from the swirly slide deck"
Cuz she seemed really upset when she walked in "Kendall says as he looks down on his phone to text Jo about on upcoming date he's planning with her" One of us should go talk to her
I volunteer Logan! "James says as he looks at the shorter brunette expectantly"
Fine! "Logan says rolling his eyes" It's not like I was busy or anything *walks to Katie's room and knocks on her door* Katie it's Logan. Can I come in? I wanna talk to you
Sure "Katie says as she quickly closes her laptop when he walks in" What's up bro?
The guys and I are worried about you "He says as he sits on the bed" Everything ok? You can tell me. I promise I just wanna help you with whatever you're going through
It's nothing "She says as she looks down sadly"
Are you sure? Is it a personal girl problem with your body?
Oh gosh no! "She says mortified" I would hope to have that kind of conversation would be with my mom
I hope you have with her too "Logan nods in agreement" Sorry for scaring you like that
Katie: Its ok I'm not mad. My head really hurts. Can you please tell the others I just want to be left alone and that I can my problems on my own?
Logan: Yeah I'll tell them *Gets up and leaves the room*
"Early the next morning Katie gets up with the box and sneaks out to go to Palm Woods Park. She texts Tyler to quickly come*
Hey! "He says as he runs up to her panting* What's the emergency?
I need your help "She says as she kneels down in front of the box"
With what? "he says confusingly as he looks at the box of parts"
Building a robot "Katie says as she gestures to him to kneel down next to her" I went to the local community center yesterday and wanted to join the robotics club which was full of boys. The president of the club a snobby jerk named Bobby told girls can't build robots and challenged me to a robot war that's in 3 weeks. He gave me useless scraps for parts. Then this nice boy named Cameron gave me the right parts. The bet is if I win I get to be the new president of the club but if Bobby wins he'll jerk being a tyrant and never allow anyone to have fun the club. I have to win this robot war
Tell the guys. They can help "Tyler says as he eats a pack of fruit smackers that was in his pocket"
Are you nuts?! "She says as she looks at him panicked" I can't tell them about this! I didn't tell them yesterday and I don't plan on telling them EVER!
Tyler: But Bobby sounds like a bully. And you don't know how to make a robot. You'll need help. I can't help. I have no idea how any of this stuff works. You need to tell them everything you told me
I can't "she says as she sighs in her knees" I only told you cuz you're my best friend. They're my brothers. They'll freak out if they know I'm being bullied. Especially James. He's always been way more protective of me than the others. He'll do something real stupid and get in a lot of trouble. I can't put him through that. I can't put any of them through that
They love you Katie. They'll understand "Her best friend says as he sits next to her and and offers her a fruit smacker which she smiles at and takes"
Katie: Thanks Tyler. I did look up some helpful tips last night. We can at least try right? Please for me? *Looks at him with big brown puppy dog eyes*
Ok fine "He says as he sighs rubbing his head" We'll go to a table and try it out *They walk over to one*
Where are the instructions you were talking about? "Tyler says as he sits down"
On my phone "she says as she shows him the screen"
*After an hour they haven't made much progress*
Katie admit it. You need real help from the guys "he says to her encouragingly"
No! "She says stubbornly" If I get help then I'm just a weak minded stupid girl clueless girl. Just how Bobby thinks of me
You're not a weak minded stupid clueless girl "he says to her with a big smile" You're a very strong minded and very smart girl. Bobby's mind will be blown away when he sees his mistake of not letting you in his club
Thanks "She says and fists bumps him" I've realized that we have failed miserably today but that doesn't mean we're not capable of doing it. I'll think of something
*They go back to their apartments. Later that night Logan brings one of his science books that Katie asked to borrow to her room. He steps on something hard and winces in pain. He looks down at it and is confused it's a nail. He bends down to pick it up and sees the box under the bed and pulls it out to return the nail to it but then gets really confused why all that is in her room. Katie walks in and her eyes go wide that he discovered her secret*
Why do you have all this under your bed? "He says in a confused voice"