Chapter 16 - Katie (Posted 26 April 2011)
A/N: For those of you who are worried about the Cargan, please don't be alarmed, I'm not going to to dwell on it for more than a few paragraphs. But for those of you who are excited about it, keep checking back on my profile in a few days and I might have a surprise for you ;) Also, this chapter is kind of a filler, because I'm really busy. I should have a good chapter updated by the weekend though!
"You're married... to each other?" Kendall asked.
"Yes." Carlos and Logan said together.
"Well that's... unexpected."
"Not really." James said. "You should have seen them. They were all over each other."
"It's true." Mrs. Knight said. "You can image my surprise when I found out, but I wasn't surprised for long. They're a cute couple, aren't they?"
"Um... sure..." Kendall said. "It's just a little weird... my brothers married each other..."
"We're not really brothers." Carlos said.
"Yeah, we were just raised by the same mother." Logan added. "No relation."
"I guess that's true." Kendall said. "Wow, so many surprises in one day..."
"Kendall," Katie said as she finally came back inside, "what's that on your arm?"
"James's Royal Mark." Kendall sighed.
"How did it get there?"
Kendall looked at everyone else, who was looking away. "I thought you said everyone knew about it?"
"We did." Logan said.
"But we forgot about Katie." Carlos added.
"Mom told us not to tell her." Logan sounded like he was apologizing.
"Why?" Kendall and Katie said at the same time. Katie glared at Kendall.
"We didn't want to upset her." Mrs. Knight said. "She was friends with James... and we know she was feeling abandoned... so we didn't want her to know about you two."
"She knows we used to be friends." James said. "But I never even knew your mother found out about the Mark, so I don't know what all they've kept from her."
"Ok, what's going on!" Katie demanded.
"Katie..." James said. "I'm going to marry Kendall."
"Marry him? Why?"
"I love him."
"Love? How could you do this to me?" Katie asked quietly.
"I'm not doing anything wrong, Katie." James said, hugging Kendall a little closer.
"James I thought you were my friend!"
"I am, you know that..."
"No, I don't. My friend wouldn't just walk in here with the brother that left me, and then tell us all he's going to marry him! I hate you, James."
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"I'm sorry." Kendall said once he and James were back in the privacy of James's bedroom. "I've caused so much trouble..."
"Kendall," James smiled sincerely, "don't you dare blame yourself for this. Neither of us did anything wrong. Katie is just... being stubborn. Does that sound familiar?"
Kendall put on a playful smile. "Too familiar."
"We just need to give her some time. She'll come around, I know her."
"I don't. I feel so bad for leaving her... but I didn't think it would matter. She had Carlos and Logan, and her father of course. I didn't even think she'd notice I was gone."
"She didn't notice, she was just an infant when you left. But she knew because everyone talked about it. She didn't question it or investigate it or try to fight it, because that's just the way it was. Huh, that sounds awfully familiar as well..."
"She's obviously my sister."
"And she's obviously my friend."
"Is she happy? Or, rather, was she happy before I returned?"
"I guess. She's very outgoing and sweet. Everyone loves her."
"And... her husband? I assume he's a good guy."
"He's... alright. Don't get me wrong, he takes very good care of your entire family and he loves your sister to death, but sometimes he can be a little... obsessive... about his appearance."
"As long as he's good to them."
"He's very good to them."
"Not that I have any right to say anything if he isn't."
"She's just upset because she never knew you."
"And she's angry because I just waltzed back into her life as if I was never even gone. I get that." Kendall sighed.
"We can talk to her tomorrow."
"Why not today? It's only noon..."
"Because today, my love, we must announce to our kingdom that we are engaged to be married."