(A/N): I wanted this up earlier today and I'm not happy with the ending, but my brain can't think of anything better. Plus I really wanted this episode out of the way so I can get to the next one. Anyways, I don't own Big Time Rush nor do I own the episode, Big Time Photo Shoot, that this is based off of. And a big shout-out thanks to oOo KitKat oOo, xSuperChickx, and Milkamoo97 for your reviews!
Important news in the author's note at the bottom! (Hint hint. It's about a contest!)
Chapter 7: I Still Don't Like You
"WHAT?" Katrina yelled at Brandon. The two best friends were in the park. For once, Katrina didn't have something to do with work. Brandon had just told Katrina about his interrogation.
"Hey!" Brandon tried to defend himself, "At least I didn't tell them about the accident!"
"You basically told them my life story!"
"Not everything!"
"Ugh!" Katrina and Brandon sat down on a park bench. They watched kids playing ball and teens walking around.
"You know you can't stay mad at me."
Katrina didn't answer right away. She stared off, eyes glazed over, as she watched the other people in the park. Sighing, she told him, "You're right. I can't." She grinned at him.
"You should really try to get to know those guys." Katrina's smile disappeared at this.
"But what if-"
"Rina," Brandon interrupted, "Listen to me. I know you're scared, but you need to talk to someone other than me."
Katrina looked away from him, "I know." They settled into a comfortable silence, Katrina setting her head on his shoulder. To someone walking by, the two teens would look like a couple with the way they fit together.
They flew apart though when they heard screaming behind them. Looking over their shoulders, they saw Gustavo and Kelly running toward them, dressed in orange jumpsuits.
"Gustavo? Kelly?" Katrina watched the running adults, confusion etched on her face.
"KATRINA!" They yelled as they stopped right in front of her and Brandon.
"We need you to take us to Rocque Records!" Kelly insisted.
"NOW!" Gustavo yelled.
"What's going on?" Katrina demanded.
"NO TIME!" They screeched.
Katrina flinched, but then turned to Brandon, "Let's use your car!" Brandon pulled his keys out of his pocket and led the way to the parking lot.
Katrina, Brandon, Gustavo and Kelly were in Brandon's car, stuck in traffic. Turning in her seat to face the adults in the back, Katrina asked the first thing that came to mind, "Why are you dressed like that?"
"It's a long story," Both of them responded.
"We're not gonna get there any time soon," Brandon told them.
"WHY NOT?" Gustavo screamed.
"We're stuck in bumper to bumper traffic!"
"Oh."
"Anyways," Katrina spoke up, "Can you at least tell us what's going on?"
"Well," Kelly began, "We were at the studio, about to get Big Time Rush to take a picture for a poster in Pop Tiger, when-"
"No way!" Brandon interrupted, "Pop Tiger! I love that magazine!"
Katrina glared at him, "Brandon!" She hit him before turning back to Kelly, "Sorry, go on."
"Two police officers came in and took us away for vandalizing Mathew McConaughey's mailbox," Kelly continued.
Katrina glared at Gustavo until he explained, "He plays bongos till three in the morning!"
"So," Katrina turned back to Kelly, "Why didn't you just finish your time?"
"Because," Kelly went on, "Griffin took over Big Time Rush's photo shoot."
"Griffin?" Katrina asked, "You mean Arthur Griffin? The fourth most powerful CEO in America?"
Gustavo answered, "Yes. But he has about as much creativity as a walnut!" Katrina winced at this, knowing that the photo shoot would end up bad. "Exactly. Which is why we need to get there NOW!"
"You're lucky," Brandon stopped the car, "We're here." The group looked around for a second before flying from the car. Brandon quickly locked it as Katrina pulled him into the building after Gustavo and Kelly. They ran past the reception desk and into the elevator. The doors shut and an awkward silence settled in. As the elevator went up, Brandon began humming to the music. Katrina raised an eyebrow at this before she elbowed him. He stopped.
The doors opened and they ran down the hallway. Brandon stopped at one of the posters, gaping at the old nineties band in it. Katrina had to run back, grab him and pull him along to catch up with Kelly and Gustavo just as the group turned the corner into chaos.
Coming from one of the recording rooms was fog and screaming. Logan, James, Kendall and Carlos were standing in the hallway, half dressed in matador costumes. Pictures of Dak Zevon littered the floor and Kendall was holding a camera in his hand.
Katrina and Brandon tilted their heads in confusion as Gustavo got the boys' attention, "Dogs! What is going on here?"
"Oh, uh," Kendall spoke up, "We're saving our photo from Griffin."
Suddenly, all eight people heard a motor and bell. They looked to see a man ride up on an electronic scooter. He stopped by the group, "I'm here to pick up a photo card for Pop Tiger magazine!"
"Coming right up!" Carlos, Kendall, Logan and James all told him. They ran into Gustavo's office with Gustavo, Kelly, Katrina and Brandon right behind them. Kendall tossed the camera to Gustavo as Logan was turning on a bunch of lamps. They began changing the upper halves of their clothes into something much more modern.
"Shoot it from the waist up," James instructed Gustavo.
"You two might want to get out of the way," Carlos mentioned to Katrina and Brandon. The two looked around to realize that they were standing in the middle of the shot. They quickly walked over to the wall opposite the screen backdrop so that they wouldn't be in the picture.
The boys quickly posed together and smiled at Gustavo holding the camera. Kelly urged him to take the shot and Gustavo brought the camera up to his face.
"Smile pretty pretty!" Kendall told his friends and they all smiled.
Gustavo's finger hesitated over the camera button and then he brought the camera away from his face. This caused the band to yell, "TAKE THE PICTURE!" before quickly going back into position. Gustavo brought the camera back up and took the picture.
The boys, seeing the flash, relaxed. Kelly took the camera from Gustavo, pulled out the photo card and gave it to the messenger that was waiting in the doorway.
He turned to the band, "See you in Pop Tiger, boys!" before he left. The boys began to cheer and Kelly gave them two thumbs up. She walked over to stand next to Gustavo who was staring with a blank look on his face.
He spoke, "I don't know what happened here today, but maybe we should leave the dogs alone more often."
Suddenly, the vent behind Gustavo's desk burst open and Katie climbed out. Everyone stared as she stood up and told them, casually, "Hey guys. Look who I found today!" She looked behind her and Dak Zevon popped up. Katrina heard Brandon sigh softly and shook her head.
"I think she just saved my life!" Dak told the group. He spotted Katrina in the room and waved to her, "Hey Katrina."
Everyone turned to look at Katrina now. She ignored the looks and gave Dak a small smile, "Hi. Did you still want me to walk Snowball on Saturday?" He nodded and she gave him an okay sign with her hand.
Katie decided to point out the obvious to everyone by pointing at the teen heartthrob and saying, "That's Dak Zevon!"
James, Logan, Carlos and Kendall rushed forward to try to get Katie to keep quiet, but it was too late. Right then, they all heard screaming and Katie pushed Dak down just before a mob of screaming fan girls rampaged into Gustavo's office, practically attacking Big Time Rush to the ground instead of the boy that they wanted. Kelly and Gustavo grabbed hold of each other, screaming in fear of the out-of-control teenage girls. Katie put a hand over her mouth in shock. Katrina and Brandon pressed up against the wall. Brandon was screaming at the top of his lungs while Katrina was silent, but frozen in fear. They watched as the girls almost tore the boys apart.
Kelly pulled out her cell phone and made a call, "Yeah, 911? We're going to need an ambulance at Rocque Records." She paused for a second and then noted, "Actually, you might want to make that four ambulances."
James, Logan, Carlos and Kendall groaned as they sat on the orange couch of 2J. A few days had already passed from when they were attacked, but they still were in pain. Katie, feeling guilty for accidently causing the mob to appear, had been helping them when she could. Although she knew that she had to do something big to make the guilt go away. So, she was giving them a surprise today.
"Here you go," Katie told the boys as she placed trays on their laps with bowls of Mrs. Knight's homemade chicken noodle soup. They said their thanks as Katie went to join her mother in the kitchen. "How much longer?"
"Anytime now," Mrs. Knight told her daughter. "You know, I'm proud of you for doing this."
"Yeah, yeah," Katie waved her away, "I just want this guilt gone. I don't like it."
Mrs. Knight shook her head as there was a knock on the door.
"DOOR!" The boys called out.
"I'm getting it!" Katie yelled at them. She walked over and opened it, revealing Katrina. She was holding a leash that was hooked to a dog sitting next to her. Katie looked down at the dog with a smile on her face. The dog was mostly black with a little white fur on its chest. Its head reached to the middle of Katrina's thigh and was panting. If she had to guess a breed, she'd think it was mixed. She looked back up at Katrina who was giving the little girl a small smile.
"I still don't like you," Katie told the girl wearing the same outfit that she wore the first time she met the boys only with a dark blue colored shirt instead. The small smile disappeared.
"Then why did you insist that I come here?" Katrina asked.
"Because the idiots on the couch like you." Katrina leaned over to find the guys stuck on the couch, staring at the two girls with curiosity and interest. When Katie began talking again, Katrina looked back at her, "But if you hurt any of them, I'll hurt you."
Katrina held up a hand, "Got it." She slightly pulled the leash twice and the dog got up. She led the dog into the apartment, Katie shutting the door after.
"Hi guys," Katrina waved to them.
"Hey Katrina," The boys waved back.
"What are you doing here?" Kendall asked her.
"With a dog!" Carlos added excitedly.
"Katie called me," Katrina told them, "Said that you could use some cheering up. This dog here is Georgia, one of the dogs that I'm in charge of while volunteering with an animal shelter. See, I have an arrangement with them. I train their dogs and they let me take them around places to cheer people up and get publicity for the shelter. It's a win for all." Katrina brought the dog up to them so they could pet her.
"So," James started, "Do you give backrubs too?"
"Don't push it."
"Fine." The boys and Katrina stayed quiet as they pet the dog. Katrina left them to join Mrs. Knight and Katie over in the kitchen.
"I know you care for them," Mrs. Knight told Katrina who froze at the words. "If you didn't, you wouldn't have given Gustavo and Kelly a ride."
Katrina stayed quiet for a second and then said, "I'm still not telling you where I live or about my parents."
"I'm not asking," Mrs. Knight reassured her, "You can tell us when and if you're ready." She rested a hand on the tense teen girl's shoulder for a second before leaving her alone. Katrina stared at the boys that were smiling as they played with Georgia, a small smile starting to appear on her face.
(A/N): Okay, this is more like a filler chapter, but it did have a lot of fluffy, happy moments in it. The next chapter will probably do more to move the story along.
Anyways, the voting contest! I'm going to be introducing a new original character and you wonderful readers get to pick what type of character and the storyline that goes with it! Here are your four choices:
1. A girl bully. She puts down and abuses Katrina which causes her to go back into her shell, pulling her away from the boys and even Brandon. They then have to go back, try to gain her trust again and save her before she does something that will change everyone's lives… forever.
2. A new boyfriend! …. For Brandon. When he gets his new boy toy, Katrina is left without a support system and thus clings to one of the BTR boys, not saying which. However, she considers him to be like a brother, so when he puts a move on her, things become awkward…
3. A stray animal. Katrina finds an animal on the street and takes it in as her own. The BTR boys help her take care of it and she gets to see their sensitive side, thus bringing her closer to them, especially one (I'm still not saying which). However, with the stress of a new responsibility in the house, her job starts to suffer and her money problems begin to affect her. This causes her to do something very spontaneous.
4. A new boyfriend for Katrina. Katrina's new boyfriend is starting to get on everyone's nerves, but hers. The longer they date, the less time she spends with our favorite boys. Brandon then comes to the boys for help when he finds out that this new boyfriend of Katrina's isn't as great as she's telling them he is.
The character that wins will be introduced when the second season comes into the story, so you've got plenty of time to decide! There is no limit to how many times you can vote. It can be through a review, a message, and I'll put up a poll on my profile. Anonymous reviews are accepted as well. If you have any suggestions for character names, descriptions, or what animal if I do number three, let me know! If I like it, I might put it in the story and give you a virtual cookie! Until the next chapter, happy reading and don't forget to vote!