(A/N): So, I've decided that all of you deserve some answers and this chapter has a BIG one! I've been waiting to reveal this for a long time now! Anyways, for those of you that get confused when Logan starts speaking in doctor terms, you might get confused with this. I tried to make it simple (Mainly cause Carlos and James have to listen to it too). A big thank you to Milkamoo97 and oOo KitKat oOo for your reviews! I do not own Big Time Rush. And I didn't write the episode Big Time Blogger which is included in part of this chapter and the next one!

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Chapter 24: Mental Scarring

Logan and Brandon got out of the elevator on the second floor of the Palm Woods. Between them, they were holding an unconscious Katrina. Brandon had her feet while Logan was holding her arms.

"Why is she heavier when she's asleep?" Logan complained.

"I think it's something to do with the law of gravity," Brandon seemed to be having as much trouble as Logan. They stopped in front of 2J, wondering how they were going to open the door without dropping Katrina.

"Okay, if we move her around like this," Logan suggested, trying to move her so that one of his arms would be free.

"No, no, no!" Brandon insisted, "Try it like this!" He tried moving her around. After a couple tries by both of them, they both fell to the floor, screaming.

That was where Kendall found them when he opened the door and looked down. They looked like they were sandwiched together, Logan being in the middle and his and Katrina's faces were very close together. Kendall raised an eyebrow at their position.

"This looks really weird, doesn't it?" Logan asked.

Kendall nodded before he knelt down to pull Katrina off so Logan and Brandon could get up. He didn't seem to have trouble carrying Katrina into the apartment. Logan and Brandon looked down at their arms before they followed Kendall inside. James and Carlos were sitting on the couch, looking worried. Katie was sitting on one of the stools, looking beyond pissed. Mrs. Knight was pacing the room.

"Look who decided to finally show up," Kendall addressed the people in the apartment as Logan and Brandon stood on his sides.

Suddenly, four people ran up to them, yelling.

"Do you have any idea what time it is?" Mrs. Knight started.

"What were you thinking?" Katie added.

"I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP!" James complained.

"Why hasn't Katrina woken up from this screaming?" Carlos was the only one that noticed something was wrong. All heads turned to stare at Katrina.

"Oh," Brandon seemed to suddenly remember, "I gave her some sleeping pills so we didn't have to go to the hospital."

"HOSPITAL?" Kendall, Carlos, James, Katie and Mrs. Knight screeched. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"You might want to sit down for this," Logan noted.

After they all sat down, lying Katrina down on the couch to keep an eye on her, Logan began his story, starting with when he followed Katrina out of the Palm Woods. Once he was done, everyone seemed dumbfounded.

"Why would Katrina act like that?" James had snapped out of it first. "That doesn't sound like her."

"Isn't it obvious?" Brandon responded. When he noticed that everyone looked at him blankly, he went on, "Katrina was diagnosed with PTSD."

It was like a light bulb turned on in Logan's mind, "Of course! I can't believe I didn't see it before! It all makes perfect sense now!"

The others still looked confused. Carlos asked the question that was on their minds, "What's PTSD?"

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," Logan responded. Kendall, Katie and Mrs. Knight seemed to understand this, but James and Carlos tilted their heads in confusion. Before they could ask about it, Logan went on, "It's a mental illness that happens after someone lives through a terrifying event." Carlos and James seemed to get that.

"She went through therapy for it," Brandon revealed, "But as soon as she showed some improvement, they stopped the sessions. They didn't realize that she still had it. She retired from modeling, something she used to love to do. Then, she switched schools so she could avoid her friends. Did you know that she hasn't stayed at a school for more than one semester since the accident?" The others didn't get a chance to say anything because Brandon just continued on, "She's been having nightmares and flashbacks to that day. Since her therapy ended, her mental health has been getting worse. The room she destroyed in her old house was hers, not anyone else's. She had designed that room herself and loved spending time in there. When she saw that Logan had gotten hurt, she either thought the wounds were worse or thought that he was-" Brandon stopped, realizing exactly how much he was actually revealing. He covered it by finishing, "Someone else."

"Whose room was the sports themed room?" Kendall asked.

Brandon hesitated, but eventually answered, "Evan's. He was going to be an athlete, not sure which sport though. You two would have gotten along really well."

"Would have?"

Too late, Brandon realized what he said. "Yeah, things change after accidents." Brandon covered again. Kendall seemed suspicious, but looked over at Logan when he started to speak.

"It makes sense," Logan was staring at Katrina, "She's got all the symptoms. Nightmares, avoiding talking about the event, hopelessness, easily angered and irritable, seeing things that aren't there, can't sleep well, destructive behavior, avoiding things she loved," He paused here, but then went on, "Difficulty keeping and making close relationships."

"So," James began, "What do we do?"

Logan closed his eyes as he thought back to the material he had read about PTSD. "If she's feeling restless, we should break the cycle of everyday life. Make her do something spontaneous. She needs to eat healthy. She should see a doctor, but I don't think she'll do that. It might actually make things worse, especially if we take her to Dr. Hollywood. And she needs to talk to the people who care about her." He opened his eyes. "So, us." The others in the room nodded as though ready to take on the challenge. "But, she doesn't have to talk about what happened if she doesn't want to. She just needs to know that if and/or when she wants to talk about it, we'll be here for her."

"Wait," Carlos spoke up, "She just started acting like this. Did something happen yesterday to cause this?"

"Well," Kendall started, "We started the day washing cars."

"Then," James went on, "Katrina and I went modeling." He smiled back at the thought.

"YOU LET KATRINA MODEL?" Brandon looked horrified. James's smile went away. Brandon took a deep breath before he continued, "What else happened?"

"After a full day of modeling, we came back here," Katie recalled.

"And then the news told us that tomorrow is the two year anniversary of the Wolff Family Tragedy," Mrs. Knight remembered.

"That's it," Brandon realized, "The combination of modeling and that day caused the snap."

"But she seemed okay," Carlos argued.

"No she wasn't," Logan shook his head. "She was irritable and my arguing made it worse."

"Yeah, but then you saved her life," Kendall mentioned, "That kind of makes up for any argument."

"I guess I should probably cancel that gig for tomorrow," Katie looked sad at the thought.

"Keep it," Logan told her causing Katie to look up, "Katrina needs to experience something from before that day. Just don't go overboard. No more than one job per day."

"Got it," Katie responded.

"And if Katrina says no," Logan added, "Then don't make her do it."

"Aww," Katie seemed depressed again, "No commercial."

Suddenly, Carlos yawned and the group realized what time it was, almost three in the morning.

"I should get home," Brandon told them. He waved and left the apartment. Mrs. Knight and Katie went back to bed, leaving the boys to decide on what to do with Katrina.

"She shouldn't sleep on the floor," Kendall noted. "We should just leave her on the couch."

James pulled a blanket out of nowhere and draped it over top of her. She seemed to be out of it cause she didn't move. Logan, not to be outdone, grabbed a pillow and put it under Katrina's head. He then followed the others out of the room to go back to bed.

Katrina woke up with her head throbbing again. She looked around and noticed that she wasn't in Katie's room, but on the couch and right in front of her, on the coffee table, was a glass of water and some pills for headaches. Glancing up to the kitchen, she locked eyes with Mrs. Knight.

"You're welcome," She told Katrina. "Now, take those, get some breakfast and then you can meet the guys by the pool, okay?" Katrina could only nod as she did what Mrs. Knight asked.

After eating, Katrina made her way down to the pool. She walked through it, noticing that people were waving at her and not in a bad way. Looking confused, she waved back, wondering where she had seen those people before. Turning her head, she spotted the boys relaxing on pool chairs.

"Hey guys," Katrina greeted them. They waved at her. "Didn't you say that you had to go to the studio?"

"Yeah, later," Carlos waved it away like it wasn't a big deal.

"If you have some time, then maybe we should go work on the floor in Penny's Pet Care," Katrina suggested.

The boys groaned and Logan called out, "Something spontaneous!" Katrina tilted her head at Logan's weird outburst, but didn't get a chance to say anything because James had gotten up, picked her up and threw her in the pool.

Katrina screamed as she hit the water and everyone in the area stared. Not long after she disappeared, she popped back up and glared at James, "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes," James told her, sitting back down in his chair and grabbing a magazine. Katrina sighed, aggravated, as she pulled herself up out of the pool. She stood in front of the guys with her arms crossed, water dripping off of her.

Suddenly, she did something that none of them expected. She started laughing. The boys watched her with confusion, but then their faces changed to shock. Katrina noticed this and looked down at herself.

The makeup she used on her arms had been washed away, revealing the scars littering them. She looked at her legs to figure out the same thing had happened there. Not even needing a mirror, she knew that her face had the same marks.

"You probably want to know why I have these scars," Katrina mentioned.

The boys looked at each other for a second and then responded, "No."

"Only if you want to tell us," Logan added. All four boys laid back in their chairs and Katrina raised her eyebrows at the change.

She didn't get a chance to say anything because Kelly showed up behind the boys to drop cameras in each of their laps. Kelly then came to stand next to Katrina.

"Kelly," Kendall began, "What's with the cameras?"

"Gustavo wants you to shoot some videos for the future Big Time Rush website," Kelly explained.

"Website, nice," Katrina commented.

Kelly looked at the girl, "Why are you all wet?"

"James." Katrina answered simply, giving James a glare. He tried to grab Kendall to hide behind, but Kendall avoided his reach.

"Why do we have to shoot videos?" Logan asked.

"So your future fans can get to know the real you," Kelly responded. The boys looked excited. "Now, get shooting and get the cameras back to me later today." With that, Kelly left. Katrina watched as the guys became obsessed with their cameras.

"Why do I have a feeling this is going to go bad?" Katrina noted. "Since you guys are busy today, I'll just go with Brandon to work on headquarters." She started to walk away, but Logan stopped her.

"Wait!" He called out and Katrina turned around. "Why don't you help me?" Katrina looked over to where the guys had been, but somehow, James, Carlos and Kendall had already disappeared. Logan got up and went up to her.

"Isn't this supposed to be about you guys?"

"And our lives! Which does include friends."

Katrina smiled at him, "Turn on the camera."

Logan smiled back as he did that, the camera facing him, "Hey everyone out there on the internet! I'm Logan Mitchell from Big Time Rush, standing in the pool area of the Palm Woods. Check it out!" He moved the camera around to show the area. He then brought it back to his face. "And I want all of you to meet someone very special to all of us. The amazing Katrina Wolff!" Logan turned the camera to show Katrina.

She waved, "Hello fans of Big Time Rush! Don't hang out with them. They will get you in trouble and then get you hurt."

Logan laughed as he turned the camera back to him, "Don't listen to her. She's joking."

"I wasn't finished!" Katrina complained as she moved to stand beside him in the shot. "These boys are crazy. And bad things happen around them. BUT, then one of them makes up for it by saving your life. Both literally and figuratively." Logan blushed at this and he and Katrina smiled at each other.

Suddenly, there was a crash and they looked over and saw Carlos trying to walk into the pool area with rockets strapped to his skates. He smiled at them, "Hey guys! Did you two want to watch me jump the pool on my rocket skates? Katrina, you can hold the camera!"

"I want no part of this disaster," Katrina told him. Logan nodded and the two left the pool area.

Later, after giving a tour of the outside, Logan and Katrina decided to continue it in the lobby.

"This is the lobby," Logan moved the camera around to show the lobby.

"It's a great place to hang out and meet the crazy people in the Palm Woods," Katrina noted.

The elevators dinged behind them and Logan added, "Oh, and those are the elevators."

"Obviously," Katrina rolled her eyes. The two laughed for a second before they heard the other three boys come up from behind them, demanding to use the camera. Katrina stepped away so that she wouldn't get in the middle of the argument and fight that happened.

"THIS IS MY CAMERA!" Was the last thing Logan was able to yell out before the camera fell from his hands, breaking on the floor.

The boys were staring down at the broken camera for a second before they heard laughter. Looking over, they noticed it came from Katrina.

"Oh, this is good!" Katrina spoke between laughs, "Do you mind if I watch you return the cameras to Gustavo?" They shrugged. "Great! I'm going to tell Brandon to meet us there. This will make him laugh too." She started texting Brandon, not noticing the smiles that the boys were sharing.

Later, Logan, James, Carlos, Kendall, Katrina and Brandon showed up in Gustavo's office. The boys we giving innocent smiles as Kendall held a paper bag filled with the broken cameras. Katrina and Brandon sat down on a couch, Brandon with some popcorn, to watch the blowup. Gustavo and Kelly looked at them with confusion.

"Hey, here are your videos!" James told them.

"Here you go," Kendall added.

"Enjoy," Logan insisted.

The adults looked at the mess with wide eyes. Kelly picked up the only whole one and smacked it. It made an electrical fizzing sound. Gustavo began his screaming while Katrina and Brandon sat back, laughing.

(A/N): So, there IS a reason behind Katrina's craziness. Does she know she still has PTSD or does she think she's cured? And what events actually caused it? Now that the boys know and are going to stop pressing for her to tell them, is she going to feel relaxed enough to tell them? Is she going to be forced to see a therapist or do the boys think that they'll be enough? And what's going to happen in the episode? You'll just have to wait!

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