(A/N): So, I'm giving you guys some answers! Mainly because the mystery of it kind of fell through… I gave away too much at once. You'll see what I mean. And I'm going to have to give out another couple name due to what happens in this chapter…. For James and Katrina… Jamina. Please don't kill me. Anyways, thank you so much to Dreamer1992, BTR Fan (You'll see…), Jazzygrl (Great to know you love my story and I cleared it up here. This story isn't ending anytime soon. I've still got tricks up my sleeve…) and Milkamoo97 for your reviews! I do not own Big Time Rush… That's a short one… Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 38: Photos Speak A Thousand Words
Carlos, Logan, Kendall, James and Katrina made their way into Dr. Hollywood's examination room, all five of them soaking wet and looking miserable. When they had tried to get Katrina out of the pool earlier, somehow, they had all been pulled in. Not having enough time to change, they got Mrs. Knight to drive them to the hospital again. She was not happy with five soaking wet teens in her van. She had dropped them off before she went to the grocery store, stating that she'll pick them up afterwards.
Dr. Hollywood was looking over the teens as though he was trying to figure out what was wrong. Then, his expression changed to realization as he snapped his fingers, "That's it. You're wet."
"No duh," Katrina commented.
"We're not –" Logan began.
"I recommend one of two things," Dr. Hollywood interrupted him, "Either change your clothes and dry off with a towel or you can use my new hydropowered turbofan!" He pulled out a giant fan from around a corner that was attached to a tank of water. He smiled as he gestured to it before he turned it on. Papers blew everywhere and the teens were pushed down to their feet by the wind.
"TURN IT OFF!" they yelled out from the floor. He did as they asked. The boys quickly got to their feet before they helped Katrina to hers. James pulled his lucky comb out of nowhere and began fixing his hair. Surprisingly, all five of them were dry again. They looked at each other confused as to how it was possible.
"That'll be five hundred dollars," Dr. Hollywood held out his hand, expecting the money to be delivered there.
"For a blow-dry?" Kendall complained, "That's ridiculous."
"No," Dr. Hollywood told him, "What's ridiculous is how much this fan cost."
"How much did it cost?" Carlos asked.
Before Dr. Hollywood could answer, Katrina spoke up, "It doesn't matter! We're here because my cast got wet and so now it's starting to soften."
"Right," Dr. Hollywood looked at the cast, "Well, we'll just have to replace it then. Starting by sawing it off." He pulled out a huge saw out of nowhere. Katrina screamed and tried to run away, but failed epically due to the sprained ankle. The boys sighed as they went over to her, picked her up, brought her over to the examination table and held her down so that Dr. Hollywood could saw the cast off. She squealed as she closed her eyes so she couldn't see the saw heading towards her arm.
The teens were waiting outside of the hospital for Mrs. Knight to come by and pick them up. Katrina had her new cast on with the new color of blue.
Suddenly, they heard someone yell out, "LOOK! IT'S KATRINA WOLFF! I KNEW STAKING OUT AT THE HOSPITAL WAS A GOOD IDEA!" All around them, paparazzi popped up out of nowhere and surrounded them.
"Katrina! What do you think of Big Time Rush's music?"
"Are they worth listening to?"
"We've received an exclusive confirmation from your new producer, who happens to be theirs too, that you're dating James Diamond. Care to comment?"
"Wait, WHAT?" This came from the five teens. Somehow, the paparazzi were able to get James and Katrina apart from Carlos, Logan and Kendall. The three boys watched in horror as their friends were backed into the wall with no way out. James and Katrina were asked question after question about their 'relationship' that, even if they wanted to answer, they couldn't as there wasn't any space between questions.
"Sounds like Gustavo came up with an idea," Kendall mentioned.
"This is so not cool," Logan added.
"What do we do?" Carlos asked as he and Logan looked to Kendall.
Kendall got his planning face on before he turned to the other two, "I have no idea."
Luckily, he didn't have to come up with one since Mrs. Knight came driving up beside them, honking the horn. This caused the paparazzi to split in half, allowing James and Katrina to be seen. The window to the van rolled down and Mrs. Knight called out to them, "GET IN!" James picked up Katrina so that they could get out of the swarm of paparazzi faster than if she had to limp. They quickly joined up with the other three as they got into the van, Kendall shutting the door after them. Mrs. Knight stepped on the gas and they got away from the paparazzi.
"Great," Katrina began, "Now they have a reason to think I'm dating James."
"How bad could that be?" James asked. Katrina glared at him.
"We're going to do something about this," Kendall mentioned, "Mom, can you drop us off at Rocque Records?"
"You told the media that I'm dating James?" Katrina was surprisingly calm as she confronted Gustavo in his office.
"Yes," Gustavo didn't even try to deny it. Katrina hesitated a second before she practically crawled across Gustavo's desk to try and strangle him with one hand. He backed up a bit from shock, but there was no need as the boys quickly pulled her back.
"Why would you do that?" Kendall asked. It took all four of them to hold Katrina back due to her struggling.
"Because," Gustavo began, "James and Katrina are the 'it couple' right now. Everyone wants them to be together! She's already got a fan base which, now that she's dating a member of Big Time Rush, transfers over to Big Time Rush. You should see some of the things people are saying about BTR now." He turned around his laptop, showing a website with comments about Big Time Rush. Katrina stopped her struggling as she and the guys leaned forward to read the quotes.
"'If a Wolff likes them, they must be good,'" Carlos read.
"'I heard about them, but I wasn't going to listen to them,'" James started the quote, "'Boy bands are so out. When I heard that Katrina Wolff was dating a member though, I thought I'd give them a shot."
"'James and Katrina are so cute as a couple together,'" Logan spoke the quote with a hitch in his voice, "'I can't wait for Big Time Rush's first CD to come out so I can make a tribute video to this AMAZING couple! I hope I can find enough photos of the two of them together." He seemed defeated as he looked over at Katrina.
"'I didn't even know about them until I read about Katrina dating one,'" Kendall found another one, "'Since then, I've read about them too and their supposed crazy antics. Normally, guys aren't fans of boy bands, but I'll make an exception for this group. They all seem real. If anyone, besides me, deserves a sexy model like Katrina Wolff, it's one of these guys.'"
"'I'm so glad Katrina is in the spotlight again,'" Katrina looked over one of the statements, '"My daughter considered her as a role model and, although I do not like photos like the one for Greek Goddess, I understand that as a model, she does get booked for things like that, especially now that she's older. I'll still let my daughter look up to her since Katrina seems like she's got a good head on her shoulders. As for her and James, I hope he treats her right because she deserves it. I can't wait to watch this couple grow together and, hopefully, stay together even though they're both in the spotlight.'"
"See?" Gustavo gestured at the laptop, "There are no bad comments. Celebrity couples are a great way to push people into stardom and, with Katrina's help, we're going to bring BTR to the top! Besides, it's not like she was dating anyone anyways." At this, Logan and Katrina looked at each other. When no one responded to him, Gustavo went on, "Or am I wrong and she's already dating one of you?"
"Katrina and I are dating," Logan stated causing everyone to look at him in shock.
"Really?" Katrina's shock had happiness mixed in.
"If that's what you want," Logan turned to her, matching her smile.
"Of course that's what I want," Katrina replied. She pulled Logan in for a one-arm hug. He wrapped an arm around her too and kissed her forehead before they turned to Gustavo who was staring at them in shock and anger.
"NO!" Gustavo stood up causing the group to step back a bit, "You will NOT date Logan! No one wants to see that!"
"Did you not read the comments?" Kendall responded, "They don't care what member she's dating!"
"Most do," Gustavo argued, "A website dedicated to Jamina has already popped up BEFORE I even made the announcement!"
"Jamina?" The five teens looked confused.
"James and Katrina," Gustavo explained, "Jamina. It's their celebrity couple name! Do you see one for Logan and Katrina anywhere? NO! The world wants her with James, NOT LOGAN! So, we're going to give them what they want!"
"Don't we get a say in this?" Logan and Katrina asked.
"NO!" Gustavo screamed at them, "CAT! Do YOU want to be in violation of your contract? I'm your producer and what I say goes! You and James are now a couple! END OF DISCUSSION! NOW GO!" The teens scurried out of the office.
"I really wish I hadn't signed that contract," Katrina mentioned. "I just signed my life away."
"You two can try hiding it," Carlos suggested.
"How good are we at hiding things?" Logan asked. "Not good."
"I'm actually very happy right now," James admitted as he pulled Katrina towards him. She glared up at him. He noticed. "Oh, come on. Be happy! You don't want the paparazzi to think something's wrong."
"Something is wrong," Katrina replied, "We're not technically dating!"
"Maybe if we avoid the paparazzi for a while, things will blow over," Kendall told them, "Then Logan and Katrina can date and James can go back to dating every girl at the Palm Woods. We'll just have to wait this out." All of them shrugged, deciding that the idea was probably the best, until they got down to the lobby where they saw paparazzi waiting for them outside.
"What do we do?" Katrina turned to Kendall, "I am NOT going out in that."
"We do what all celebrities do," Kendall explained, "Hide behind our bodyguards. FREIGHT TRAIN!"
Suddenly, Freight Train appeared beside them, determined to take on the task of leading the teens out of the building and through the mess of paparazzi. To make things faster, James picked up Katrina so that she wouldn't have to stumble through, trying to keep up.
"This isn't helping our case," Katrina mentioned, gesturing to the bridal style way that James was holding her.
"Would you rather be over my shoulder?" James asked.
"Not really," Katrina replied.
"Then be quiet," James told her.
"I can really feel the love coming from you two," Carlos joked only to be hit by Logan.
"Focus," Kendall brought them back to reality, "Let's move." He took a deep breath as he opened the door and Freight Train led the way out. James and Katrina followed closely behind, then Carlos, Logan and Kendall joined them. They ran through the paparazzi that parted for Freight Train, but that didn't stop the paparazzi from getting some pictures of James and Katrina. Soon, they made it into Mrs. Knight's van and she took off, heading for the Palm Woods.
Kendall, Logan, James, Carlos, Katrina and Mrs. Knight walked into the apartment to find Katie sitting at the counter, looking at the laptop in front of her.
"Did you guys know that there are no pictures of Katrina's mom on the internet from before she married Katrina's dad?" Katie started before any of them could say anything.
"Why is everyone so interested in my family?" Katrina complained.
"Because we care about you," Logan responded.
"No," Katie replied, "I'm interested because of all the mystery behind it. And pictures of your mom remind me of someone."
"Who wants lunch?" Mrs. Knight tried to change the subject as she went into the kitchen with the bags of groceries.
"And Mom is always trying to change the subject whenever Katrina's mom or anything to do with her family comes up," Katie added.
"I do not!" Mrs. Knight denied.
"Yes, you do," Kendall, Carlos, James, Logan, Katrina and Katie spoke up.
"Okay, so I do," Mrs. Knight admitted, "But that's only because Katrina probably doesn't want to talk about her parents."
"Finally someone realizes this!" Katrina exclaimed.
"Let me see this," Kendall ignored Katrina as he went over to look at the pictures Katie was looking at on the laptop. Katrina threw her hands up in exasperation as she went over to sit on the couch in a huff. The other three boys shrugged as they joined Katrina on the couch, Carlos turning on the TV. The teens on the couch watched a random show on TV while Kendall and Katie looked through photos on the laptop.
"You're not going to find anything," Katrina told him from the couch, not taking her eyes away from the TV.
"Katrina, come here for a second," Kendall called out to her. She sighed as she got up and limped over to Kendall and Katie. Kendall pointed at a picture on the laptop, "That's your mom, right?" He was pointing at a picture of Katrina's mom sitting on the steps of the Wolff mansion. She was holding a one-year-old Katrina and the three-year-old Evan was sitting next to his mom.
"Yeah, why?" Katrina looked confused.
"Now, I know why I recognized her," Kendall mentioned as he ran from the room. Katrina and Katie looked at each other, confused by his statement. They glanced over at Mrs. Knight to see her staring after Kendall in shock. The boys on the couch looked over with curiosity.
Kendall came back into the room, a scrapbook in his hands. He set it down on the dining table before opening it and rushing through the pages. Katrina and Katie looked at each other again before they went over to stand on either side of Kendall, looking at the pages too. The curiosity of the guys on the couch got so high that they came over to see what was going on.
Finally, Kendall stopped at a page and leaned in along with Katrina and Katie. Kendall pointed at a picture right in the middle of the page, "There."
They took a good look at the picture. It was obviously taken after the picture on the internet because the kids in it were older. Mrs. Knight had joined Mrs. Wolff in sitting on the steps of the Wolff mansion. The two women weren't looking at the camera though, they were too busy laughing. Mrs. Wolff was holding a one-year-old Vergil who was climbing all over her. Three-year-olds Kendall and Katrina were sitting on the steps nearby, hugging each other. Five-year-old Evan had snuck up behind them, giving the two younger kids bunny ears.
Kendall, Katrina and Katie stared at the picture in shock. James, Logan and Carlos looked on in confusion.
"I can explain that picture," Mrs. Knight told them. The six others looked at the woman standing in the kitchen.
"You knew Katrina before we met her?" Kendall looked hurt. "And you didn't say anything before!"
"She doesn't remember me!" Mrs. Knight defended her actions, "Her dad didn't want her to remember me!"
"You knew my dad too?" Katrina piped up. "What is going on?"
"Just relax and let me tell you," Mrs. Knight began, "Katrina's mom is –"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door that interrupted Mrs. Knight. She sighed as she walked over to answer it. Standing in the doorway was a woman dressed in a power suit and carrying a briefcase.
"I've heard that Katrina Wolff is living here now," the woman told Mrs. Knight, "I need to talk to her."
Katrina went over to stand next to Mrs. Knight, "Ms. Alagona? My parents' lawyer? What are you doing here?"
"We need to discuss your parents' wills," Ms. Alagona replied. "You can't put them off any longer."
"I don't want to do this," Katrina responded, "Doing this means that I'm acknowledging that they're gone. I don't want to think of them as gone!"
"Katrina, we're here for you," Logan came up to her and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "It's time to look it over."
"None of you are leaving me then," Katrina told them, "I'm going to need all the support that I can get."
"I'll make some tea," Mrs. Knight suggested as she headed to the kitchen.
Logan, James, Carlos, Kendall and Katrina were sitting at the dining table with Ms. Alagona. All of them had some tea from Mrs. Knight who was watching from the counter, sitting next to Katie.
"Okay, so, I've already gone over the joint will of Mr. Dominic Bradley Wolff and Mrs. Penny Ellen Wolff," Ms. Alagona began. "I needed to do so to be able to get their funeral arrangements in line along with how your siblings' remains were buried as well. What I have to go over with you is what concerns you personally."
"Fine," Katrina reached over and grabbed Logan's hand for support. Logan gave her hand a squeeze to reassure her. She smiled at him.
"There are only two things we need to discuss. First off is the usual money and property issue," Ms. Alagona went on, "Your parents left all their money, belongings and property to all surviving offspring, so that would be you and Evan. However, as we cannot find Evan to give him his share, you are in charge of it until he returns. You've probably guessed this." Katrina nodded. "The second thing is a little trickier. As I have just found out, you're an emancipated minor. Am I correct?"
"Yes," Katrina replied, "But what does that have to do with anything?"
"Because you filed for emancipation after your parents' deaths, it is now void," Ms. Alagona told her.
"Wait, what does 'void' mean?" Carlos asked.
"It means that it's not legally binding," Logan explained. When Carlos still looked confused, Logan went on, "You know how she's considered an adult because of emancipation, right?" Carlos nodded, "Well, because of something in her parents' will, she can't be a legal adult. So, she's back to being a minor, like us."
"What are you talking about?" Katrina spoke to Ms. Alagona, "The court ruled in my favor."
"Yes, but after I found out, I had to show the judge the will and he made it void," Ms. Alagona responded.
"Why?" James piped up before Katrina could.
"Because their will states who your guardian is," Ms. Alagona replied, "And, technically, Evan's too, but even if he wasn't missing, he'd be eighteen by now and not under this ruling."
"But all of my grandparents are dead, my parents had no siblings and they didn't have close enough friends that they trusted us with," Katrina reasoned, "Who could possibly be my guardian?"
"Your mother actually had a sister," Ms. Alagona told her. "She just never told you because your father didn't want you kids to see their normal lives and want it for your own. He wanted you kids to be stars, so they broke off most ties with your mom's sister. But, your mother loved her sister and so she convinced your dad that if something should happen to the both of them, then her sister would be in charge of her kids. That is why you aren't emancipated. You didn't get released from the right person's custody."
"I have an aunt?" Katrina looked surprised and confused, but happy all at the same time.
"Who is she?" The four boys at the table asked together.
"Oh," Ms. Alagona began going though the papers on the table. "Let's see here. I have the name somewhere. But don't get your hopes up, we still can't find her. There's no one at the address listed and we can't find her phone number. Ah, here it is! Your aunt is a Mrs. Jennifer Knight."
"WHAT?" Kendall, Carlos, Logan, James, Katrina and Katie all stood up and looked at Mrs. Knight. She gave them a guilty grin.
"I'm assuming all of you know her," Ms. Alagona responded.
"She's right there!" James pointed at Mrs. Knight.
"Oh, well then, this is perfect," Ms. Alagona searched through the papers again to find a specific paper, "Mrs. Knight, if you could just sign this paper please, you'll have custody over Katrina. This means that you're in charge of all of Katrina's assets until she turns eighteen." Mrs. Knight got up and walked over to the dining table.
Before Carlos could ask, Logan spoke up, "Assets means things, like Katrina's property and money."
"Just sign here and here," Ms. Alagona pointed at different spots on the sheet of paper which Mrs. Knight signed, "And initial here. Okay, that's about it. Katrina is now in your custody."
"Does this mean I have to take their last name too?" Katrina asked.
"No," Ms. Alagona told her, "You're just under her care. She didn't adopt you. You're still a Wolff, unless you wanted to change your name."
"I'll stay a Wolff," Katrina decided, "Someone has to uphold the family name."
"Well, I'm glad this worked out for you, Katrina," Ms. Alagona responded as she began to put the papers away in her briefcase. "It's nice to see that you've found a group of people who really care about you, people that you can call your family." She closed her briefcase and smiled at the group. She shook both Katrina's and Mrs. Knight's hands before she nodded her goodbye to them and left.
Kendall and Katrina looked at each other, "We're cousins?"
"This is like some soap opera or something," James realized, "You know, where random people find out they're actually related." The others stared at him. "Oh, God. What if we find out that you're related to Carlos from your dad's side or something?" Katrina rolled her eyes at this.
"My dad's not from Minnesota," Katrina told them. "He doesn't have any living relatives. He's from a long line of single children."
"You thought that your mom was a single child too," Carlos pointed out.
"Yeah, but my dad talked about his past, not my mom," Katrina responded. "Thinking back, my mom seemed to be sad a lot."
"You want to know the real reason why your mom had so many children," Mrs. Knight asked her niece. "It's because she couldn't be around me. Remember her business calls? Yeah, some of those were to me. Don't get me wrong, she loved your dad! It's just he thought this was the best. In his defense, he agreed to allow you to meet Kendall and Katie when you turned eighteen, after they had no control over your careers."
"Oh, yeah, what a great conversation that would've been," Katrina replied sarcastically. She sighed before she went on, "Why didn't you tell me when I came by the first time?"
"Honestly?" Mrs. Knight began, "Because I didn't know I was listed as your guardian after they died. I thought it was going to be someone else. But I'm glad they did."
"I'm guessing this means that I'll never be able to have a room by myself again," Katie joined the group. The others laughed at this comment.
"Just so you know," Kendall turned to Katrina, "You can't stop us from searching for Evan now. He's my cousin and I feel like we should bring him into this family."
"Yeah, we should probably find him now," Katrina agreed. They stared at her in shock. "What?"
"You just agreed to help us find your brother," Logan answered, "Why are you doing this now?"
"Well, for one, he needs to get his half of our inheritance," Katrina responded, "And two, he would like it if he knew that he still had a family, even one as dysfunctional as this." The boys laughed as Kendall pulled Katrina into a brotherly hug.
"Oh, James," Kendall piped up, "You're not dating my cousin." James threw his hands up in exasperation. Logan laughed at him. "And neither are you, Logan."
"Wait, what?" Logan immediately looked angry, "What happened to you trying to get us together?"
"I think I have to take on a brotherly role for Katrina now," Kendall replied, "And that means keeping her away from dating, just like her brother did."
"Great," Katrina seemed unenthused, "It's like Evan never left."
"Besides, you have to figure out your relationship with Camille before you even think of kissing my cousin again," Kendall went on. "I don't want you to mess with her head and then leave me to pick up the pieces when you choose Camille over her."
"But I already chose her over Camille," Logan defended himself.
"Did you tell that to Camille?" Kendall asked.
Logan hesitated before answering, "No."
"Then you can't date Katrina," Kendall told him.
"Does this mean that I can date her?" Carlos asked.
"No," Kendall, James, Logan and Katrina responded. Carlos stomped his foot in aggravation.
"You know," Katrina started, "This would be a good thing to distract the paparazzi with AND would get publicity for BTR."
Kendall pointed at Logan, "Call Gustavo now." Logan pulled out his cell phone and began dialing Gustavo's number.
"Looks like Katrina's already got the scheming brain of a Knight," Katie commented. "We should have known you were one." The group laughed as they waited for Gustavo to answer.
(A/N): Okay, so this was long and revealed a lot, including the fact that a bunch of you guessed right! Kendall and Katrina are cousins! Maybe I gave too many clues ahead of time… Anyways, ONTO THE QUESTIONS! The paparazzi think that Jamina is dating, but they're not. And now, Kendall won't let Katrina date either James OR Logan. Or Carlos, but he didn't really have a chance… What's Gustavo going to think about all of this? Will he tell the media that Jamina isn't a couple or will he let that go on? What about the search for Evan? How will that go? Find out next time! Which might be a while since the weekend's over and all that… But, you should still review! Until then, happy reading!