A/N: I am so sorry for the long wait on this update. I haven't had time to sit and write. I hope this chapter will make up for my long absence!

A BIG thanks to unpublishedWRITTER and SWACGleekFreak for referring Hollywood Management to their readers. If you haven't already, I highly suggest you check out their stories!

Since I'm mentioning writers, how can I possibly forget to mention abbyli, who has a great Jatie story in the works, Between a Whisper and a Kiss. And also, two writers who are taking the Jatie community by storm, Jatieluv and Science-Fantasy93 (aka JatieFantasy), are definitely worth checking out!

Again, thanks to all of you who continue to read this story. Thanks for making this my most popular story to date!

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Katie settled into the only guest room on the main floor while James took one of the rooms upstairs. She loved the open concept of this place, she had a wall-to-wall window opening out to a spectacular view of the ocean. She walked around the house, searching for her brother and their friends. She entered the living room and saw James coming down the stairs, now dressed in beach shorts.

"Hey, Katie, did you see the guys? None of them were upstairs."

Katie shook her head, "I guess they're down on the beach or at the pier."

"Okay, cool." James made his way to slide the door to make his way to the ocean. He turned around to look at Katie. "You coming?"

Katie gave him a look a disbelief, "I don't like the beach, remember? Seagulls, salt water..." she scrunched up her nose, "not really my thing. If you need me, I'll be lounging by the pool."

James laughed at Katie's expression before putting on his sunglasses and running down to the beach. Katie watched his retreating back, before returning to her room and grabbing a script for reading material. She remembered to slather on sunscreen before heading out to soak in some rays. When she reached the pool, she dropped her stuff on a chaise before pulling the strings holding up her dress; the white bikini Cam had forced her to buy, already on. Katie was originally reluctant to buy a white suit, knowing the risks that came with it, but she quickly grew fond of it in the dressing room and decided to purchase it. She placed her dress on the back of the lounge chair and settled herself down. She spent an hour reading the script for Russell before growing tired of the silence. Katie stood up, ready to head back inside to grab her iPod, dropping the script in the process. She bent down to retrieve it, during which, a thud sounded behind her. Katie quickly straightened her back and turned to look at the commotion, finding James sprawled out on the steps connecting the beach to the mansion.

"James! Are you alright?" Katie dropped the script onto the seat and ran over to help the man up to his feet.

"Yeah," James mumbled, shaking his wet hair out of his eyes, getting up.

"What happened?"

Katie saw James' face tinge pink, "I−uh, tripped up the stairs."

Katie frowned, "Thanks for the notice, Captain Obvious."

"Well, I was distracted. What exactly are you wearing?" James avoided looking anywhere, but Katie's face.

Katie folded her arms, "A bathing suit."

James bugged out his eyes, and gestured to Katie's body, still only looking into her eyes, "That is not a bathing suit, it's very small pieces of fabric, glued to your body!"

Katie narrowed her eyes, "Excuse me? I don't think my attire is really any of your business."

"What would Kendall think?" James rushed out.

"Don't bring my brother into this! And what about all the girls you date? I don't see you complaining about them," Katie replied, poking James in the chest.

"I−ch−guh−you're making it very hard to be friends, right now!" James spluttered.

Katie furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, wanting James to explain. But, she suddenly noticed that he was trying too hard to maintain eye-contact with her. Katie realized what the problem was and decided to mess around with him. She smirked evilly as she crossed her arms again, "Do you think I'm pretty, James?"

He raised his head, looking into the house behind her, his face now cherry red, "I always think you're pretty," he mumbled.

Katie stepped closer to him, slowly tracing a finger up and down his chest, getting a kick out of his embarrassment. James quickly drew in his breath at the feeling of her touch, automatically dropping his gaze back down to her face. Katie bit her lip and batted her eyes before asking her next question.

"Do you think I'm sexy, James?" She whispered huskily. Katie heard James let out a moan, and gulped audibly, causing her to giggle and back away from the tall man. "I totally got you!" Katie continued giggling, as James' eyes grew wide and then narrowed quickly in anger.

"Katie!" James shrieked, he pointed a finger menacingly towards her, "That was uncool. I'm totally going to get you back for that," he threatened, before stomping his way into the mansion. Katie let out a hearty laugh, and chased after him, throwing on a bathrobe and grabbing her phone.

"James, come on. James! It was only a joke."

"Not a very good one!" He pouted, opening the fridge and taking out the orange juice container.

"Use a glass," Katie instructed.

James narrowed his eyes, as he slammed the carton onto the kitchen island and went to the cabinet to grab a glass. "It's one thing to mess with me, it's another thing to toy with," he gestured down to his crotch, 'other James.'"

Katie howled, dropping her head onto the counter, not hearing the front door open behind her. Between her laughs, she burst out, "You named your penis 'other James'? Why not 'mini-James,' like every other guy's counterpart?"

James smirked, "Trust me, my 'counterpart' is anything but mini." Katie stopped laughing and flushed at the innuendo.

For the second time that day, she heard a thump coming from behind her, she turned around to see that Kendall had dropped various grocery bags onto the floor, jaw hanging open. Camille and Logan walked in behind him, staring quizzically at Kendall.

"Please, baby sister, don't tell me that you and James were talking about his...his..." Kendall groaned, unable to finish the sentence.

Katie tilted her head, "What? His penis?"

Kendall gasped, covering his ears, "Stop saying it!" Camille and Logan only smirked, carrying more grocery bags into the kitchen. James stood silent behind the island, drinking his orange juice.

"Penis!" Katie shouted, a little too gleefully.

"Boobs!" Carlos interjected, as he walked in, closing the door behind him. He smiled happily, glancing back and forth between the Knight siblings. "What game are we playing?"

Kendall stared daggers at his friend before picking op the dropped parcels, "It's not a game, Carlos, Katie and James were talking about−don't even think about it!" Kendall warned, as he spotted Katie opening her mouth. She shut her mouth, biting her tongue to keep from laughing.

Logan, ever the sensible one, decided to speak up, "Will you guys just help us put the stuff away?" James set down his glass and opened the fridge to organize anything that needed to go in.

Katie bounded happily over to Camille's side, grabbing items that the curly brunette had pulled put of the grocery bag. Cam quickly tugged at Katie's bathrobe, causing the girl to let go of what she was holding to pull the robe tighter. Camille, unashamed of her actions, only smirked knowingly when she caught a glimpse of what Katie was wearing underneath. All of them continued to put away the bought items, joking and laughing.

Katie's phone rang as soon as the gang finished up in the kitchen, "Hello? Oh, hey mom, how's it going?" Katie saw her brother turn his ear when she announced who was calling, "Everything is great, we're actually taking a mini-vacation, right now; we're at Russell's house in Malibu. Yes, mom, I made sure the guys put on sunblock before going to the beach," she fibbed. The boys all heard her little lie and silently thanked her. They knew that if Katie told the truth, Jennifer Knight would take the first flight over, to make sure that they weren't exposed to the harmful UV rays of the sun. She lowered the phone a bit to speak to the room, "Mom says hi." Everyone returned the greeting, Carlos even attempted to take the phone away from Katie, but she swatted him away. "How's that book club coming along? Yoga retreat, really?" Kendall flashed Katie an I-told-you-so look. "That sounds great. It's a long story, I'll have to call you back to tell you all about it. I know, I know, I promise I'll make time to come visit. Love you, too. Okay, I'll tell him. Bye, mom."

Carlos pouted, "You didn't let me talk to Mama Knight."

"If I did, you two would be gabbing away for hours. Call her up when we get back to L.A." Katie told him firmly. She turned to her brother and smiled sweetly, "Mom wanted to remind you that you shouldn't make me do any of your laundry while you're here, and that you should make sure that you have enough clean underwear."

Kendall smacked his forehead and groaned in embarrassment, his former bandmates laughed at him. Katie laughed along with them, but was distracted by a text message. "Hey, Russell sends his greetings, and wants to remind you to stay out of his greenhouse."

"I wonder what's in there," Logan wondered aloud.

Katie held up a finger, "Nuh-uh, you guys are not going to go into that greenhouse. Do you not remember the last time that you guys did things at someone else's mansion, when you were explicitly told not to?"

"Katie, that was years ago, we're older, now," Carlos pointed out. "We're men!" Katie and Cam exchanged looks of disbelief before cracking up. The guys were affronted by their amusement.

Camille wiped away an imaginary tear, "You guys may have aged, but your maturity level has not changed since you guys were at the Palm Woods."

"Hey," Logan exclaimed to his girlfriend.

Camille placed a hand on his arm, "Oh, Logie, don't you remember which boxers you're wearing today?"

Logan coloured. Carlos leaned in excitedly and asked Camille which ones Logan was wearing.

"His Dr. Bear ones, they're so adorable."

Logan groaned, "Camille!"

Camille looked at him, innocently, "What? They are. Now, come on, we are wasting precious beach time. I say we should have a bonfire, tonight. I mean, we did buy all that meat and s'mores ingredients. And, tomorrow night, we should have dinner at that new restaurant by the pier." Everyone nodded, agreeing to Camille's plan.

The gang had dispersed to their rooms, gearing up for a day on the beach, Katie went back to hers to grab her iPod and another script. She still didn't want to go down to the beach, quite yet."

She came back to the living to catch the tail-end of the conversation between her brother, Logan and Camille about a game of beach volley-ball. James and Carlos had already raced each other down to the beach. Kendall wrapped an arm around her shoulder, "You gonna join us?"

Katie shook her head, "Not now, I still have to read these scripts and I still don't want to deal with any seagulls."

"But, Katie, you're on vacation. Besides, we don't have any cheese-puffs for seagulls to steal," Kendall added, still trying to tempt his sister.

"Not happening, big bro, but, I'll be down later for the bonfire, I promise."

"Fine, but if you're not on the beach before sunset, I'm dragging you down and dumping you into the ocean, sea salt and all," Kendall threatened, jokingly, causing his sister to push him away. Kendall laughed and grabbed his things before leaving the mansion with Camille.

"Katie?" Logan called out.

"Yeah?"

"I created a nutrition track sheet for you. All you have to do is fill in the chart with the meals that you have each day. That way, I can see if you are eating healthy or not. So," he poised a pen over the sheet, "what did you have for breakfast?"

Katie groaned, closing her eyes. She had forgotten to eat that morning, in the rush of going to the photography studio. She opened one eye, hoping that Logan had left. He hadn't. Logan looked disapprovingly at her, "You didn't eat, did you?"

"I'm sorry," Katie cried, "it was an honest mistake. I was in a rush and−"

"No excuses, Katie. Seat yourself down, I'm going to make you a sandwich, right now."

"Logan, I really am sorry. I didn't mean to forget..." Katie trailed off, watching Logan open and slam the fridge door, preparing her meal. He fumed silently, but worked diligently. Katie watched, waiting for him to acknowledge her apology.

He finally placed down the jar of mayonnaise and sighed, looking over at her, "Katie, you can forget to do the dishes, or forget to set the alarm, but you can't forget to eat. Nobody forgets to eat, our body gives us signs that we need to nourish it, like our stomachs growling, imagining various meals...you really need to start taking care of yourself. I'm just scared that you may have an eating disorder."

Katie shook her head furiously, "No. I know, Logan, I don't have one." Katie knew that she sounded like she was in denial, but she believed that she was smart enough to recognize the symptoms of anorexia. She went around the island to stand by Logan, and for the first time since he got here, she could see the tired lines around his eyes, and it hit her how much he had aged in the past few years. Katie felt her heart clench at the worry in his eyes. She grabbed his hand.

"If we lost you..."

"You won't. I promise. I'll set a reminder for each meal on my phone, so that this doesn't happen, again. I'll fill in that chart for you, I'll take my vitamins and supplements, I'll do whatever it takes to be healthy," she wrapped her arms around Logan's neck to hug him.

She felt his arms go around her, "I know you're Kendall's sister, but, you're mine, just as much."

Katie squeezed Logan tighter, before letting go, "Love you, too, Logan." Katie playfully knocked him on the shoulder, "When did you get so grown up?"

Logan chuckled, getting back to making her a sandwich, "I don't know, probably around the same time that you stopped reading comic books."

Katie frowned, seating herself on a stool, "But I haven't stopped..."

Logan winked at her, handing over her lunch, "Exactly."

After lunch, Katie immersed herself once again, into her work. When the sun began to lower, she went back into her room and put on a long dress shirt that cinched at her waist and carried a shawl with her for the cool night by the fire. She headed down to the beach, carefully avoiding any birds flying overhead. When she reached the shore, she found Camille and Logan starting the fire.

"Hey guys, need some help?"

Camille smiled, "Hey, would you mind calling the guys over, Carlos wanted to be the first one to roast something over the fire, and I am starving!"

Katie giggled and dropped her things down. Her brother, Carlos and James were playing with a football in the shallows of the water. She ran towards them and hopped onto Kendall's back, much like she did when she was younger. He, automatically, held onto to her thighs, so she wouldn't fall.

Kendall turned his head to look at her, "Hey, baby sister, wanna play?"

Katie purposefully shook her head so that her hair would fly into his face, she heard him sputter, trying to avoid getting a mouthful of her hair. She giggled, "Nope, Cam wants Carlos to start cooking, the fire's ready."

Carlos waded over to them, James following close behind. "The fire's ready?" Carlos asked excitedly, looking over the Knight's to see for himself. He let out a whoop and promptly ran over to the brunette couple. The three of them watched as the Latino tackled Logan to get to his food.

Kendall started walking back as well, still carrying Katie on his back. "So, were you working all day? You do realize that this is a vacation, right?" Her brother reminded her again.

She slapped him on top of his head, "Yes, but, I was trying to finish reading all the scripts so that I could spend all day with you, tomorrow."

Kendall gleefully looked around at his sister, "Really, all day? Even if I want to spend part of it on the beach, where there's birds, and sand and salt?"

Katie stuck out her tongue, "Yes, even then." They both laughed, Kendall let go of Katie so that he could head over to the food.

James stood close to Katie, "Were you guys always that adorable, together? It's kind of sickening," he chuckled.

"Funny, James."

"You know I'm joking. I think it's nice that you guys have such a close relationship. You don't often see siblings so close, especially with a large age difference."

Katie shrugged, "We're not really that far apart in age," she looked over at her brother, who was currently playing swords with Carlos with their meat sticks. "I'm glad I have him. When dad left, Kendall tried to take his place, but he was only seven, I could only love him more for trying."

James kicked the sand, "I remember, sort of. Kendall was really down about the whole thing, he didn't play hockey for days, all he would do was sit on the porch, waiting for your dad to come back. Carlos and I didn't know what to do. But then one day, your mom had to go grocery shopping and my mom was to mind us in the front yard, and she left you in one of those baby-carriers beside Kendall on the porch. I can't remember exactly what happened, but, Carlos made you cry and you wouldn't stop. My mom went inside for snacks, so she didn't know what was happening. Carlos tried to get you stop by making faces, but you only cried harder. I tried to get you to stop by dangling my lucky comb in front of you. Hey, I was only seven!" James said, when he saw the look of disbelief on Katie's face, "Anyway, that didn't work, either. Then Kendall turns around, finally, to look at you, and just like that, you stopped. You grabbed onto his one of his fingers and wouldn't let go, and he just sat there, staring at you until your mom came home." They both looked over at Kendall, who was laughing and eating with the others. "I think, in a way, you kind of saved him, because he was back to normal, the only difference was that he made sure to spend time with you each day."

"Are you guys going to join us or what? Get over here!" Kendall called out.

"I'm surprised you remembered that, James," Katie said as they resumed their walk over to the gang.

"Yeah, well, it's because of Kendall, that I try to be a good brother to Shayla," James said, referring to his half-sister from his father's second marriage.

"Oh, Shayla, how is she? She's what, like ten, now?"

"Eleven. She's alright, last I heard, she's starting to like boys, dad is starting to go crazy."

They laughed, and quickly joined with the others.

The group finished eating and were now enjoying each other's company around the fire pit, Carlos smiled from ear-to-ear, "Hey, this is the first time that all of us have spent time together since we got here," the others chuckled and nodded.

Katie looked up at the sky and suddenly remembered, "Oh hey, Logan, how was Venus, last night?"

Logan looked across, and excitedly exclaimed, while Carlos and Kendall groaned, "Katie, it was so cool. You could even see Venus without a telescope. Thank goodness it was such a clear night. We had such a good view, didn't we, Camille?"

Camille sighed, dreamily, "I love it when you talk nerdy." Logan flushed and the guys snickered. Katie just smiled.

Katie was happy that she managed to arrange for this mini-trip for everyone. She was going to be able to spend time with her brother. Camille and Logan, who were now cuddling, were able to spend time together, away from prying eyes. Carlos was able to use this trip to get back into the Californian lifestyle, and James also needed the break. He had been working non-stop for the past few years, establishing his acting career and releasing a solo album. Katie was glad that he was able to have this time to himself, catching some waves and just being detached from his life in Los Angeles, or so Katie thought.

"Hey, when's Bev coming?" Carlos asked James, heating another marshmallow.

Katie caught James glance at her, before turning to answer Carlos. He cleared his throat, "Um, tomorrow afternoon."

"Who's Bev?" Kendall questioned.

"James' new girlfriend," Carlos sang out, teasing James.

Katie could feel Cam watching her every move. Katie abruptly stood up, unable to handle her friend's sympathetic look. "I'm just going to go for a walk. Gotta digest the food," Katie plastered on a smile. James avoided looking at her.

"Okay, but don't go too far," Kendall said happily, unaware of the mounting tension. Katie nodded, grabbing her shawl, and started to leave.

Carlos chased after her, "Katie! Katie! Hey," he reached out for her arm, stopping her in her tracks, "I'm sorry, Katie, I completely forgot."

Katie gave him a slight smile, "It's fine, Carlos, I'm okay. I mean, he and I agreed...we agreed, that we're only friends, he can date whomever he wants."

"Katie−" Carlos began, again.

"I'm fine, Carlos, really. I just need to take a walk, that's all. Now, go back and reheat that marshmallow, or get a new one, that one's melting off the stick," Katie chuckled, referring to the white goo, dripping off the stick that Carlos had brought with him.

Carlos hesitantly asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes! Now, go!" Katie giggled.

Carlos finally relented, "Fine, but you have to tell me if anything's wrong."

"I will," Katie promised, pushing Carlos back to the fire pit. Carlos stumbled a few steps before walking back to the gang, looking over his shoulder every few steps. Katie waved, before turning back to the direction of the water's edge. She sighed, hoping that the heavy feeling inside her stomach was from all the food she ate.

A/N: Well, I certainly hope that satisfied your appetites. I know I'm taking a while to get to some serious Jatie action, but I want this story to play out like an actual chick-lit, so character development comes before the romance, but we're getting there!

Also, I only created Shayla's character because I was thinking of the probability of the guys being only children, and James' father did re-marry...but in all honesty, this may be the only time I bring her up.

Please leave a review, it would be the greatest birthday present ever, we're getting so close to triple digits! (Last day that I can officially say that I'm in my early 20's-yeesh!)

Thanks again for reading!

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