A/N: Oh geez, for some reason I thought I was going to get this chapter up a lot sooner.

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Logan stood up. "So James' agent plots with Fulton to bring you down? Why?"

Camille sighed aggressively, "Isn't it obvious? White probably teamed up with Fulton because he wants a better deal to come out of James' contract with him, either that, or Fulton is offering him one heck of a sweet bonus cheque. He probably contacted Fulton and concocted this whole plan. White knows every detail of James' life, he probably told Fulton about James' and Katie's history and Fulton is using the opportunity to bring Katie down." Katie and the guys stared at Camille with looks of amazement, causing her to sigh again, "I work on a drama series. I've kind of picked up how the writers think."

"This is despicable," Carlos muttered. "We have to tell James."

Kendall shook his head, "We can't. Not yet."

"Kendall's right," Katie added, "if we tell James, he'll want to fire White immediately, which means that he has to pay White in compensations, and White will probably still get whatever it is that he's getting from Fulton. We have to find a way to stop both Fulton and White."

"Well, we can't just let them get away with this."

Katie and Kendall smirked knowingly at each other, "They're not."

Logan groaned, pinching his eyes together, "Oh no, this is going to be another Knight scheme, isn't it?"

Carlos grinned and clapped his hands together, "Okay, what's the plan?"

The five occupants of the room sat in silence as they contemplated how to bring down both Fulton and White. Luckily, Katie was the queen of scheming, she snapped her fingers, causing the others to jump out of their stupors. "I've got it," Katie crossed her arms and the boys once again caught a glimpse of Katie's devious plotting face. "Logan, you can still hack into any computer system, right?"

"Well, yeah, as long as I have access to their mainframe...wait, a minute," Logan pointed a finger at her, "you do realize that this is illegal, right? We'd be breaking about fifty laws."

Carlos yelled indignantly, "Come on, Logan! This is Katie and James we're saving."

Logan sat fuming, but quickly caved under his best friends' and his girlfriend's stares. He threw his hands up, "Fine. What do you want me to look for?"

Katie smirked, "Come, you're going to need to access my computer." She got up and headed to her study, expecting Logan to follow her. She yelled over her shoulder, "You guys need to think of a way to bring down White while we're doing this!"

Hearing the younger Knight sibling's request, Cam and Carlos turned to look at Kendall. "Oh, what? Now I'm in charge of the planning?" Kendall widened his eyes as the other two nodded.

A short while later, Katie emerged from the study to find her brother and their friends, sitting around, frustrated with the inability to come up with anything. She caught Kendall sending a text to someone with Cam's phone.

Kendall perked up when he saw his sister's return, sliding the phone into his pocket. "Well? Did you find anything?"

Katie shook her head, "It's probably going to take all night, but if we do find what I think we will find, I've got Fulton right where I want him."

Carlos gave Kendall a quizzical look, which he returned with a shrug. "So that's good. We couldn't come up with anything," he slumped back onto the couch.

Carlos kicked a potted plant, "Ugh, he's going to get away with sabotaging James!" Katie widened her eyes at Carlos' outburst, causing him to smile apologetically at her. "Sorry."

Katie shook her head, coming up with an idea, "No. Carlos, you just gave me a perfect idea of how to get White to confess."

Kendall, Carlos and Camille turned their ears at her, intrigued, "Go on."

Katie smirked again, but Logan's triumphant cry from her study distracted her.

"Katie, I found it," Logan grinned, sticking his head out of her study.

"Perfect. Fulton, you're going down!" Katie stated to no one in particular.

Katie drove Kendall to the airport the next day. Having said goodbye to the others the previous night, only the Knight siblings were left with each other.

They were early for his flight, and decided to grab one last cup of coffee before having to split up for an indefinite amount of time.

Katie pulled out her gift for Kendall, a hokey tourist mug with "Kiss me, I was in L.A." written across it. They had always presented each other with ridiculous gifts that oozed tourist bait, whenever they visited each other in their respective cities. Katie had a good amount of Minnesota gear piled up in her condo.

Kendall laughed and pulled Katie into a side hug.

Katie giggled along with him, and just rested her head against his shoulder while they watched frantic travellers try to reach their gates on time.

"So, are you going to tell me what you and James talked about?" Katie asked, raising her head.

Kendall sighed, leaning forward, playing with the cup of coffee in his hands. He turned his head towards his sister before speaking. "I never thought that I would actually have this conversation with you." He sat up straight, "Nor did I think that I would say what I'm about to say. I don't know what's really going between you and James, but, I think that you and he really need to talk."

Katie slumped back in her seat, "I know, and we will talk, it's just I gotta clear everything with Fulton, first, and then I'll work on repairing my friendship with James."

Kendall shook his head, "That's just it, Katie. I don't think you and James can be friends. I've known you all your life and I've known James pretty much my whole life, and when I see the pain that you guys go through without each other, it makes me feel like crap. My point is, Katie, that you guys...are good together. You've mentioned time and time again that you don't want to risk all of our friendships to try and be together with him, but I'm just not that selfish, I don't think any of us are that selfish. No matter what the outcome is with you two, I don't think any of us would break ties with one another; we're family. And Katie, you shouldn't be so pessimistic when it comes to the idea of love. You're young, if it doesn't work, then it doesn't work out, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't try."

"What are you saying, Kendall?" Katie asked, skeptical, thinking that there may be a possibility that she was dreaming.

Kendall sighed, "If you want to be with James, don't let your fear get in the way. Granted, I'm probably not going to be jumping up and down at the news, but give me time, and I'll learn to accept the idea...maybe. But, I don't want to be the reason why my baby sister and my best friend aren't happy."

Katie bit her lip before asking again, "Kendall, what did you and James talk about?"

Kendall stood up and threw his empty cup into the recycling bin. "Sorry, it's not my place to say. Now, come on, walk me to security check." Katie sighed but followed him. Kendall continued speaking, "Now, are you sure you got the Fulton and White thing under control?"

Katie nodded, "Yeah, everything's all set. I had Mags call Fulton and White to arrange a meeting for next week."

"Okay, good." Kendall held out his arms and looked at Katie expectantly, "One for the road?"

Katie dove into his hug immediately. She felt him wrap his arms around her, and kiss the top of her head.

"Love you, baby sister," Kendall whispered.

"Love you, too, big brother," Katie whispered back.

They stayed in the embrace for a short moment, before Kendall heard the announcement of his flight. He slowly released Katie from his grasp.

"Well, that's me." He pulled his carry-on onto his shoulder. "You think about what I said, okay?"

Katie nodded, "I promise."

Kendall gave her a small smile, "Good. I'll call you when I'm home."

"Okay," Katie answered before watching her brother turn and hand his ticket to security. They gave a final wave to each other before Kendall disappeared from view.

Katie spent the weekend playing poker with Carlos, Camille and Logan, while simultaneously gnawing her lip to death, worrying about the showdown with Fulton and White.

"Katie-cakes, relax. We've totally got this," Carlos stated, trying to reassure her.

"How can you be so chill about this?" Katie asked. "If we don't get this, mine and James' career are in the toilet," she exaggerated.

"Katie, calm down. Carlos is right, we've got this," Logan inputted, before raising the stakes. "Well, we've got it, as long as this one," he nodded with head in Carlos' direction, "is able to put on a believable performance."

Carlos matched Logan's gamble before retorting, "Hey, let me remind you who has a movie deal in the works."

Camille sighed, "I fold. I don't even know why I bother, it's not like I know how to play. Also, they're right, Katie. I think we've got those bastards right where we want them."

Katie nodded, "Okay, you guys are right." She studied her cards, "I'll match your bet, and raise it five blue ones."

Logan and Carlos looked at their cards and then back at Katie before sighing. "We fold."

Katie grinned and reaped her reward. "Thank you, boys."

"You had nothing, didn't you?" Logan asked, getting up to refill his drink.

Katie giggled and nodded. She got up as well, only to grab some literature on possible vacation destinations.

Carlos, pointed at the various brochures, "You're still going on vacation? Even if we beat Fulton? Why? I mean it's not like you have to run away from L.A. or something. Ow!" Carlos grabbed his foot after Camille had stomped on it, looking pointedly at him.

Katie remained silent, trying to ignore the others' gazes upon her.

Cam and Carlos pushed Logan forward, making him spill some of his drink on his shirt. "Aw, come on." He sighed, before taking a seat beside Katie. "Look, Katie, I know I really have no business to discuss this with you, but don't you think you should go and talk to James?"

Katie squirmed, still absentmindedly skimming through the leaflet, "He seems busy. I'll talk to him when the timing is right."

Carlos slapped his forehead, "He's free right now! James finally came out of his office and is working on something with Gustavo. You can probably catch him tonight and talk about that kiss and whatever!"

Katie rolled her eyes and stood up, "Look, I have more important things to worry about than my problems with James. It's probably not the best time to talk about this, don't you agree?"

Camille, Carlos and Logan exchanged looks, before nodding slowly, giving up on their argument.

"Thank you. Now if you will excuse me, I have some work to do before I leave." Katie said, walking into her study. She stopped right at the door, turning to Logan, "Don't you have to go and pack? You're leaving tomorrow, aren't you?"

"I'm already packed," Logan grinned, proud of his efficiency. "All I have to do now is go back to Baltimore and pack everything there to come back here."

"So, are you guys like moving into James' mansion permanently?" Katie wondered, flicking her finger between Carlos and Logan.

"No!" Both yelled in unison.

Carlos crossed his arms, "I'm starting to look for a place of my own," he huffed.

Katie mimicked his posture, and rolled her eyes, knowing that the Latino hadn't even begun the search.

Logan coughed into a fist before mumbling, "I'm, uh, I'm moving in with Camille."

Katie's eyes bugged out, while Carlos jumped on Logan and ruffled his hair, crying out, "Sweet!"

"You guys are living together? After two weeks? What happened to the 'lay low for a little while' thing?"

"Well, it won't be right away. It's going to take a month or so before he moves out here. He has to finish classes and tests or whatever, and then he'll stay with James for a couple of weeks, and then, he moves in with me." Cam raised her hands, explaining things to Katie. "Besides," Camille gave Katie a soft smile, glancing at Logan, "we're ready for this."

Katie sighed, before hugging the both of them, "You know I'm happy for you, right?"

Carlos joined the group hug, "Aw, this is so nice."

Katie giggled, pulling away. "Hey, Carlos. Why don't you stay here while I'm on vacation? You could house-sit for me. I don't have my own pool or hot tub, but you could definitely raid my comic books and play all the video games you want."

Carlos' eyes lit up, "Really?" He pulled Katie in for another squeeze, "You're the best, Katie-cakes!"

"Okay, I really do need to work. You guys can call for take-out, just don't bother me with any inane conversations," Katie said, looking pointedly at her guests.

All of them raised their hands, "Got it."

A/N: So, as I said, I have an announcement to make about HM. Hollywood Management has been my most successful story to date, thanks to all of you, but like all stories it is winding to an end. However, after some consideration, I've decided to write companion pieces to HM that will cover the back stories of the other characters of HM. Originally, I was going to have the back stories added into HM, but I think it would much more interesting and detailed if I gave each back story a spin-off.

So, that's my big announcement! I hope to hear what you readers have to think about my idea, and about this chapter of course!

Love,

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Fun Fact: Bev's character wasn't suppose to exist. I was going to have Britney return, but her character seemed too annoying, and I thought it would much more interesting to have a character that is likeable but causes a rift between James and Katie.

P.S. I'm so proud of BTR for winning the blimp, tonight! They deserved it so much.