(A/N): So, even though I didn't get any reviews on the last chapter (which made me sad) I decided to post another one. Thank you to those people that have been reading my story and keeping up with it! There's no ending in sight! I still don't own Big Time Rush nor the episode Big Time Jobs which is finished up in this chapter. And, that whole long chapter thing was a one time thing. I'll usually keep each chapter's words around 3,000 so you won't get a long chapter again.

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Chapter 21: Working At The Car Wash

Katrina watched from the kitchen as the kids turned Logan and Kendall into art projects. She laughed at Logan's colorful string beard and Kendall's macaroni shirt as she also realized how lucky she was that she took the making snacks part.

"Oh just you wait Katrina," Kendall overheard her laughing. "After you finish with those snacks, you'll be sitting here too." Katrina stopped laughing and scowled. She went back to preparing the snacks as she listened to Kendall and Logan's conversation.

Right after a girl placed another string on Logan's beard, he spoke, "Well, they're occupied."

"But I can't take another day of this!" Kendall complained. He was then hit by a bunch of Popsicle sticks. Katrina had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing. "There has to be another way to make even faster money."

"How?" Logan asked. "Your mom said we gotta keep the kids busy. How are we gonna do that and make money at the same time?" He hit Kendall with his beard.

Kendall got his planning face on right as Katrina called out to the kids, "Snack time!" She placed a tray of celery sticks with peanut butter in the scoop section on the table. Stuck on the peanut butter was a bunch of raisins. Katrina called it 'Ants on a Log' saying that her siblings used to love it. For something healthy, the kids loved it too. She stood behind the two boys, turning to Kendall, "What do you have planned in that devious mind of yours?"

"Is that what you think I am?" Kendall looked up at her innocently.

"Don't look at me like that," Katrina wasn't falling for it, "What do you have?"

"Okay, I have a couple of ideas," Kendall admitted. "Katrina, would you ever let these kids near animals?"

"No," Katrina told him firmly. "These demon children will probably scar those animals for life."

"I agree with her," Logan got into the conversation. "Anything else?"

"We could have them help with a car wash," Kendall suggested. "I mean, we have the signs for it."

"Isn't that against child labor laws or something?" Logan asked.

"Listen to the man, Logan," Katrina responded, "Do you want to be babysitting for the next two days after this?"

Logan looked up to the ceiling and looked like he was having a daydream. Kendall and Katrina waited until Logan snapped out of it, shivering, "They wouldn't stop hitting. I'm in."

"Great," Kendall replied. He, Katrina and Logan huddled together as they made their plans for starting the car wash.

Later, Logan, Kendall and Katrina found themselves in the parking lot of the Palm Woods, sitting in lounge chairs under an umbrella with the stereo playing as they watched the kids wash cars. They kept encouraging the kids to 'buff and wax' during it. Kendall was counting the money, Logan was in charge of watching the kids to make sure none of them ran off and Katrina dealt with customers that came up to them. The three teens relaxed back in their chairs, sunglasses on their faces.

After the kids got tired and the cars stopped coming in, Kendall, Logan and Katrina brought them back up to the room where the kids practically fell to the floor, sleeping. The teens high-fived and walked over to the kitchen to get something to eat for themselves. Katrina left the boys to use the bathroom.

"So," Kendall started the conversation, "Is Katrina a good kisser?"

"Are we seriously going to talk about this?" Logan asked.

"Is she that bad?"

"No! That kiss was one of the best I've ever had. When movies say that you can feel sparks in a great kiss, I never believed it until after Katrina."

"She's better than Camille then."

"Yeah, but I have like no chance with her anyways."

"Oh, come on-"

"It's true! She's a model and I'm a bookworm."

"She said she was on her way to becoming a model, not an actual model."

"She knows a ton of famous people."

"And we'll be famous someday."

"Well, she has that thing with James."

"I don't think she likes James."

"What girl doesn't like James?"

Kendall was about to respond to this when they heard the bathroom door open and Katrina came out and joined them, "What'd I miss?"

"Nothing!" The boys replied a little too fast. Katrina raised an eyebrow at this, but before she could ask about it, there was a knock on the door. The teens ran over and answered it, greeting the parents that had come to pick up their kids. The parents followed the teens inside to watch the sleeping children with smiles.

"Aw, look at them sleep," one parent commented. Logan was handed a few twenties. "How did you get them to nap?" Kendall was handed some money too.

"Oh," Kendall began, "You know kids! You just gotta keep their busy minds-" A parent gave Katrina a few bills next.

"And their busy bodies occupied!" Logan finished.

"And they're so clean!" Another parent observed as all three teenagers continued to collect the money.

"They made us wash cars," one of the kids complained.

"Whoops!" Kendall covered it, "Looks like somebody had a wild dream!"

"Yeah he did," Logan agreed.

"Buff and wax," another kid chanted, "Buff and wax." She was moving a sponge around in a circle in the air.

"Oh," Logan started, "Lots of snacks! We did have lots of snacks!"

"Don't worry," Katrina assured them, "They were very healthy snacks!"

The three teens followed the leaving families to the door. "Alright," Logan called out to them, "And if you ever need babysitting again-"

"Please call somebody else!" Kendall continued.

"And have a nice day!" Katrina finished right before the teens scurried back into the apartment and shut the door.

They sat down on the couch to count the money. As Logan was going through it, he noted something, "We're forty bucks short!"

Katrina sighed, reached into her back pocket and pulled out two twenty dollar bills. "Before you ask, I got this from walking that dog from earlier. I charge extra for big dogs."

"Great," Kendall told her. "Now, let's get over to Rocque Records, give Gustavo the money and then get back here and relax by the pool." The three teens jumped up and ran for the door.

"1160, 1180, 1200?" Gustavo looked confused as he counted out the money that Kendall, Logan and Katrina had given him.

"Plus!" James added, "My four hundred from my modeling job." He got handed some money from Katie and then handed it to Gustavo.

"Plus Carlos's paycheck," Kelly handed Gustavo a check for Carlos's part of the money.

Gustavo took it, still looking confused, "That's two thousand dollars."

"Oh!" Kendall spoke up and dug around in his pocket. He pulled out some change and handed it to Gustavo, "And thirty cents."

"I have to say," Gustavo addressed the group, "I'm very impressed. I hope you guys have learned your lesson."

"Lesson learned," The five teens assured him.

Freight Train checked off something on the clipboard, "You're free to swim."

The teens cheered as they began to leave, but stopped short when they saw the mob of angry people heading for them. They backed up to stand with Kelly, Gustavo and Freight Train.

Mr. Bitters spoke first, "Who's paying my bill for Palm Woods towels, soap and a fine from the city for running an illegal daycare center?" He handed Gustavo a bill that listed the price. Kendall, Logan and Katrina looked at each other guiltily.

A cleaning guy handed Gustavo another bill, "And here's the bill for foam cleanup and new pitchforks."

Another man lifted up a bucket of metal, "And this coffee machine was a Sanyoid prototype. It costs eight thousand dollars." Carlos and Kelly looked at each other, wincing. Katrina went wide-eyed just thinking about the price.

"And who's paying this bill for James's wardrobe and styling?" One of the women in the mob handed Gustavo the last bill.

Gustavo made a weird noise and James looked down at Katie. She revealed, "I might have mentioned that Gustavo's paying for everything."

"HUH?" Gustavo looked speechless.

Kelly did the math on a calculator, "Which adds up to a grand total of 14,089 dollars." Gustavo looked like he was going to explode by the way he was shaking.

"Which," Kendall tried to rectify the situation, "Is a small price to pay for such a valuable lesson." All the teens tried to give Gustavo the best innocent smiles they could give.

Gustavo lost it. He walked away for a second before turning to the crowd of people, "YOU KNOW WHAT? This is great. No, this is good. I mean, who needs a lesson in responsibility? Let's just BREAK more stuff!" He then started laughing as he grabbed the bat from Carlos's hands.

"I mean," Gustavo went on, motioning to a lamp, "How about this lamp? Huh? That'd be fun! Right?" He then used the bat to smash the lamp causing an 'ooh' from the crowd.

"Haha, oh this is fun!" Gustavo continued his rampage, "How about this vase? Ooh, this vase is too new! Huh? Let's hit this vase!" With that, he hit the vase causing an 'oh!' from the crowd.

"And while we're at it," Gustavo didn't seem to realize when to stop, "Why don't we just bust up my whole studio? I mean, it's JUST MONEY! RIGHT?" And then the glass wall was busted with a chorus of 'Ah!'s from the crowd. "Oh ho!"

Suddenly, Griffin showed up behind the glass wall, peering through the hole. Everyone looked at the CEO with surprise, Katrina even gasped.

"Gustavo," Griffin began, "What did I tell you about breaking things?"

"I didn't break anything," Gustavo lied.

"You have a bat. In your hand," Griffin observed. Gustavo threw the bat causing even more damage and the crowd to wince.

"Okay," Gustavo admitted, "So we might put a little wear and tear on things from time to time."

"But," Kelly tried to help, "That's showbiz, right?"

"No," Griffin told them, "And it's time you take responsibility for your actions, by paying me back 14,089 dollars." Everyone winced at this, but none more than Gustavo.

And that was how, the next day, the teens found themselves washing cars in the Palm Woods parking lot to help Gustavo pay back the money. Griffin was one of the first there.

Throwing his keys to Kendall, he noted, "Be sure to buff out the rims. I want them to shine like a pirate's boot."

They started on the car as Kendall told them, "It's not the pool, but it's wet." James threw a rag at Kendall. The boys began to sing, but Katrina stopped them.

"I'm losing a day to do this, so I'd like to do this without hearing your voices for once!" Logan sprayed her with the hose. She gasped as the boys laughed. "Ugh! At least with modeling I didn't get wet. And I would have gotten more money than this." She suddenly stopped in the middle of scrubbing the car, an idea coming to her head. Dropping her rag in a bucket, she ran off.

Katrina didn't get very far before Gustavo called out to her, "CAT! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?"

"I have to make a phone call!" Katrina explained.

"OH!" Gustavo began, "The CAT doesn't want to get WET so she's making up EXCUSES!"

"This will get your money faster," Katrina went on.

Gustavo paused for a second, but then told her, "Go make your phone call."

Once she was away from the water, Katrina pulled out her phone and dialed a number. She waited until someone answered before she spoke, "Katie, I need you to book me and James as many modeling gigs as you can fit in today. And for this late notice, I'm going to let you take twenty percent of my payment instead of how much managers really should take, which by the way is only ten percent." She was silent for a second. "I'm not going any higher than twenty percent. Now, call. As soon as you get one, call me, okay?" She hung up the phone and rejoined the guys. They looked at her suspiciously. "What?"

"Who did you call?" Carlos asked.

"Did you call Brandon to get him to help out?" Kendall piped up, "It would make things faster."

"Brandon is back at the headquarters, painting," Katrina replied, "He felt bad that he couldn't help yesterday, so he's helping to keep us from falling behind. And I called Katie. She's going to call a bunch of modeling agencies to see if she can get me and James in some gigs." James cheered at this. "People will pay high money for me to get back into modeling. I was one of the best in my age group before the accident. And I'm bringing James because if there's any pairing modeling, I prefer it to be with someone I know."

"So we get to be a modeling couple?" James was practically dancing at the thought.

"Just for today," Katrina sighed.

Logan looked at Kendall, "Told you." Kendall looked surprised as he, Logan and Carlos watched James run over to Katrina and pull her into a death hug.

The boys watched as Katrina's eyes went wider and wider before she squeaked out, "Can't. Breathe."

James let her go, apologizing with a big smile on his face. He practically skipped back over to continue washing the car. The other three watched as Katrina shivered before going back to the car too. They shrugged and joined them, silence passing over the teens.

After ten cars, Carlos, Logan, Kendall, James and Katrina were exhausted. They were practically falling against the eleventh car as they washed.

Suddenly, Katrina's phone rang. She answered it, slurring out, "Hello?" Once she heard the voice on the other end, she got a random bout of energy. Smiling, she continued, "We'll be right there." She shut the phone and ran over to grab James's arm, telling him, "We've got a gig!" James smiled and the two teens left Kendall, Logan and Carlos to fend for themselves as they ran off, straight into an angry Gustavo.

"WHERE DO YOU TWO THINK YOU'RE GOING?" Gustavo yelled at them.

"We've got a modeling gig," James explained.

"NO!" Gustavo wouldn't let them go. "I am not going to get another bill for stylists!"

"You won't," Katrina assured him, "They're providing the outfits, make-up and hair styling." When Gustavo didn't budge, Katrina went on, "It pays 3,000 dollars." At this, James turned to stare at Katrina. She noticed this. "What? I told you it would be a high price."

Gustavo stayed still for a second, but then told them, "I'm keeping the other three here." Katrina nodded and then pulled James off to go find a cab.

"What are we modeling for anyways?" James asked her.

"Just know that it's a big product to model for," Katrina wouldn't give away anything else as the teens found a cab and left to go meet Katie at their modeling shoot.

(A/N): So, James and Katrina are going to be modeling together! What's going to happen at the shoot? More importantly, what is the shoot for? Will Logan completely give up on Katrina or will he fight for her?

And here are the choices for the voting contest again:

1. A girl bully.

2. A boyfriend for Brandon.

3. A stray animal.

4. A boyfriend for Katrina.

Confused? Check out chapter 7 for more information! Until the next chapter, happy reading and don't forget to vote!