(A/N): Another chapter for my wonderful readers! A VERY big time thank you to oOo KitKat oOo for going back and reviewing each chapter! You're awesome! I still don't own Big Time Rush, but I do own Katrina and Brandon!

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Chapter 6: Support System

Carlos, Kendall, James and Logan were standing in front of a boy sitting on a chair, in the middle of 2J, tied up. They had their arms crossed, glaring down at the struggling boy. Finally, he stopped struggling and looked up at his captors.

"I've heard of bondage, but four against one is not really fair," the boy spoke with a voice higher than some girls. "It sounds kinky though." He looked directly at James and wiggled his eyebrows at him.

"For the fifth time!" James yelled, "I. AM. NOT. GAY! None of us are!"

The boy seemed disappointed, but finally asked, "Then why am I here!" He resumed his struggle against the ropes.

Kendall opened his mouth to speak, but heard the door open behind him. He and his friends turned to see who disturbed them and even the tied up boy stretched his neck to see what was going on. They all looked at the little brunette girl who was staring at the boy in the chair.

"Hey Katie," Carlos, Logan, James and Kendall greeted the girl.

She continued to stare at the boy in the chair for a few seconds before she turned around, calling out, "I'll just come back later!"

"Wait!" Kendall stopped his sister, "Take a good look at him and see if you recognize him." Katie sighed and looked back at the boy.

"Recognize me?" The boy's struggling was back on, but that didn't stop confusion running into his face. "I don't know any of you!"

Katie's eyes scanned over the boy. He was obviously tall and lanky. He had very dark green eyes that stood out from under his mess of black curls that were barely grazing over his eyebrows in the front and a little longer in the back. His deep brown skin glistened from the sweat of trying to escape from the rope's hold. Katie's eyes suddenly narrowed when she recognized him. "Oh. It's him."

The boy stopped his struggling, "I don't like the sound of that." He stayed still for a second before resuming his failed attempts to escape with more intensity. Pushing onto two of the chair's legs, he tipped over, falling to the right.

"Did you need help beating the answers out of him?" Katie began cracking her knuckles, obviously wanting to do some fighting.

"Let's not resort to violence!" Logan insisted, "We'll probably be doing some community service anyways for kidnapping." He turned to the boy, "Once again, please don't press charges!" He gave a nervous laugh after this.

"Now," Kendall began, "We want to know two things."

"Who are you?" Carlos asked.

"And how do you know Katrina Wolff?" James added.

The boy stayed quiet for a second before he spoke, "That's it?"

"YES!" All five people standing yelled.

The boy sighed, "If you pick this chair up off the ground, I'll tell you." It seemed like a fair trade to the others, so they took the chair and set it back on its four legs. Standing back, they waited for the guy to speak, "My name's Brandon." Kendall gasped at this and all eyes turned to him.

"You're Brandon?" Kendall wanted to confirm it.

"Yeah," Brandon reassured him, "Why are you so shocked?"

"Katrina mentioned you and-"

"She WHAT?" Carlos, Logan and James interrupted.

"And you got mad at me for not telling you something!" Carlos added.

"I forgot!" Kendall defended himself, "The way she said it made me think it might be a pet of hers or something! Anyways, she said that she hates how much she relies on you and that it's not healthy. She also said something about being left alone and you picking up the pieces. What does that even mean?"

"SHE told YOU that?" Brandon seemed surprised.

"Er," Kendall began, looking away from everyone. He itched the back of his neck, "Funny story. See, she didn't really tell me. She was talking to ferrets and I overheard." He laughed nervously.

"Yeah," Brandon smiled at this, "That sounds more like Rina."

"Rina?"

"My nickname for her."

"Oh."

"Can I continue?" Everyone nodded their heads. "Okay, so, I'm Brandon. My dad's a big producer in Hollywood and Rina and I are best friends. We've known each other since her family moved in… nearby." The group noticed the slight pause, but before anyone could ask about it, Brandon continued, "Rina and I used to go to school together and we would always stick up for each other. I was always bullied there and Rina would always come to my rescue. She was quiet, even then, but we both had tons of friends. Then, her life turned upside down when… the accident happened." The group didn't notice this pause. They were too excited to learn something about Katrina's past. "That was two years ago. I was sixteen and she was fourteen. After… the accident, she moved. She won't even tell me where she moved to, but she kept in touch. I was the only one she kept in touch with. She changed schools, lost contact with everyone else and started Penny's Pet Care. I help her out sometimes with it when she gets too busy. She hasn't changed at all since then."

"Are her parents strict?" Carlos asked.

Brandon hesitated, but told him, "Yeah, I guess so."

"What was the accident?" Logan had heard the second hesitation, so he asked.

"That's going too far," Brandon insisted, "If your best friend had a secret, would you tell?" When no one answered, he continued, "That's what I thought. Anyways, think of me as Katrina's support system."

"You still didn't answer my question about your relationship not being healthy and her being left alone," Kendall reminded him.

"I can't answer the alone one," Brandon responded, "But I'll tell you the unhealthy one if you let me go afterwards."

"Fine."

"Okay, so, as you have probably guessed, I'm gay. I like boys. Katrina is straight. Very, very straight." James seemed delighted by this last statement. "This means that she likes boys too. While that's great for her when she is trying to get an opinion on a guy, it's not so great because I'm a guy too. I've been called her gay boyfriend. She looks at guys all the time, but she never goes after them. It's not because she doesn't like them. It's because she doesn't want to replace me as her number one boy." When he got confused looks from the boys, he added, "She never actually told me this. I overheard her talking to squirrels in the park."

"What a freak!" Katie expressed her opinion, "Why does she talk to animals? It's not like they can understand her!"

"They don't judge her," Brandon told them, "Look. If you're going to try to be her friend, I wish you luck. I'm going to give you the reasons why she trusted me. I never asked her questions, I included her in activities and, most importantly, I was there when she needed me, but didn't want me. If you do that, she'll let you in… probably." The group stared at Brandon, contemplating what he had just told him. A few seconds passed before he spoke again, "Is anyone going to untie me now?"

The group hesitated, but then began apologizing as they untied Katrina's best friend.

"So, let me get this straight," Mrs. Knight told the boys. Everyone was at the dining table, mini corndogs were in a bowl on the table and Carlos was practically inhaling them. The others had told Mrs. Knight about Brandon's interrogation, excluding the fact that they kidnapped him. "Katrina used to be a normal girl before some type of accident and now she almost never talks to people?"

"Yep," Kendall, Logan and James responded. Carlos just barely nodded from his corndog heaven.

"I say we find her and follow her," Katie suggested.

"That's stalking," Logan informed her, "And she won't be hesitant to tell the police."

"Well, then how are we supposed to find out everything about her?" James asked.

"You let her tell you when she's ready," Mrs. Knight answered, "I think you should follow Brandon's advice. Be nice to her. Don't push too far and she'll let you into her inner circle. Then, she'll tell you everything." She got up from her chair. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do." She walked over, grabbed the laptop off the counter and left the room.

"So, we're still gonna follow her, right?" James looked to his friends, trying to confirm it.

"Yeah," Kendall agreed, "But we gotta take a break from all this drama first. Who thinks that we should have a hockey game tomorrow?" He got his answer from his friend's cheers.

(A/N): Brandon sung like a canary, didn't he? Still a little mystery there, but what happens when Katrina finds out what Brandon told the boys? She isn't going to be very happy, is she?

Anyways, be on the lookout for my author's notes in future chapters. I've got a gift for all of you lovely readers! It's going to be a little voting contest that will decide the future of this story. There will be four choices and more information will be given in the next chapter. The more reviews I get, the faster you get your chapter… although knowing how much free time I have being sick and all, I'll probably just post it later…. Anyways! Until that next chapter, happy reading!