(A/N): Okay, first off, I AM SO SORRY! I usually get at least one chapter up over the weekend, but it got so busy with my friend coming up for a visit and a huge football game and the new Big Time Rush episode (which has caused me to do a whole lot of rethinking some things). Anyways, to make up for it, I've posted this! Thank you to these people for your reviews: froggieluver2280 (Logan's just very confused with his feelings right now. He's thinking of it in a rational way rather than listening to his heart. Yes, her dance teacher is very evil.), Dreamer1992 (Katrina can usually tell when a guy plays her. As for Logan, something here might cause him to have to change his mind…), jihanbtr (Yeah, most people root for Lorina), Milkamoo97 (I hope you weren't having withdrawals from my lack of updates over the weekend!) and oOo KitKat oOo (Yes, Kendall is like Evan. I love the song too! A little spoiler, I'm using another song by The Ready Set later in this story! Like, way later. It's nice to see that you are giving Jamina a chance! Something big is happening later that will either make or break them! Just not in this chapter.) I do not own Big Time Rush nor do I own the episode, Big Time Dance which is in this chapter. Now, onto the chapter!
Chapter 41: Dating Is Complicated
"Okay, so, why aren't we using the laptop for this?" Katrina asked. She, Kendall and Katie were huddled around the computer in the lobby, searching for a way to get Mrs. Knight a date.
"Do you really want Mom to walk in on us finding her a date?" Kendall retorted. Katrina shook her head. "Didn't think so. Ooh, how about that link. ."
"Here's one," Katie told them.
"Smoothoperator75," Kendall read the username.
"He's a lawyer," Katie mentioned, "A fighter pilot and a gold medalist in the hammer throw."
"Make it so, baby sister," Kendall told her as they knuckle bumped. Katie pressed the button to accept.
Suddenly, they heard a loud, "YES!" The three of them look to their left to see Mr. Bitters come out of his office in handcuffs, a pilot hat, a gold medal and holding a hammer. "Daddy's got a date to the dance!" Kendall's, Katrina's and Katie's eyes went wide as they realized they had gotten Mrs. Knight a date with Mr. Bitters.
Kendall and Katrina immediately turned to Katie, both of them urging, "Cancel the date! Cancel the date!" Katie moved quickly and pressed the button for cancel.
Mr. Bitters got a buzz on his phone. He looked down and scowled, "Aw, nuts." He then tried to free his hands from the handcuffs, calling out, "Ow!" Every time he tried as he retreated back into his office.
Kendall sighed as Katie spoke up, "What's Plan B?"
"I don't know," Kendall replied, "It's not like there's some handsome doctors convention in town."
"Um," Katrina got their attentions as she pointed to the entrance. Her cousins looked over. Coming into the building were a bunch of doctors, heading for the banquet hall which had a sign by it reading, 'Handsome Doctors Convention'.
"Oh wait," Kendall spoke, "There is." Katie got out of her chair as the three of them headed towards the handsome doctors convention.
Suddenly, Mr. X stepped out in front of them with his hand out to stop them, "Stop walking right now. And start dancing, like this." He then did some random dance moves. When he finished, Kendall and Katie imitated it, but Katrina stood still, staring at him in confusion. As soon as Kendall and Katie finished, Mr. X turned to Katrina, "You too."
"How am I supposed to do that with a broken arm?" Katrina asked.
Mr. X considered this, "Good point." He then put his arms together in an 'X' formation. "X-quisite." He spun out of sight. The three left looked at each other before Kendall and Katie ran off towards the handsome doctors convention. Katrina sighed in aggravation before she followed them at a slower speed.
"Okay, so how do we get their attention?" Katie asked. They were hiding behind the banquet table, eyes barely over it to watch the doctors sit at their tables.
"I've got an idea," Kendall mentioned. He stood up and cupped his hands around his mouth before he yelled out to the doctors, "HEY!" They all looked at him. "WHO WANTS TO DATE MY MOM?" The doctors stared for a second before they started laughing and slowly going back to their conversations.
Katrina rolled her eyes before she stood up next to him, calling out, "SHE'S THE AUNT OF A MODEL!" The doctors stopped talking again and looked over at the teens standing beside the banquet table.
"Hey, wait a second," one doctor spoke up, "That's Katrina Wolff."
Katie popped up next to Kendall and Katrina. They looked down at her as she told them, "Run."
Suddenly, the doctors ran towards the trio. Kendall and Katrina went wide eyed before they ran after Katie out of the room.
Kendall, Katrina and Katie watched as Mrs. Knight was continually asked to the dance by the group of handsome doctors. Mrs. Knight was staring at the men with wide eyes.
"Thank you, gentlemen," She began to push the doctors out of the apartment. "But, it's not you it's me and THIS IS TOO MUCH!" She closed the door to the apartment, leaving the doctors outside in the hall. She pressed her back up against the door so she could face her children and niece, her face showing shock. They stood there waiting for Mrs. Knight to respond.
Mrs. Knight began walking toward them, "I love you three for caring. But I am perfectly capable of getting my own date."
"No, you're not," Kendall, Katrina and Katie replied.
"I'm fine," Mrs. Knight insisted.
"Mom," Kendall began, "It's time to put down the romance novels and find some romance."
"Romance novels are unrealistic anyways," Katrina added.
"You're not getting any younger," Katie finished. Mrs. Knight stared at her daughter, looking a little insulted.
"Fine," Mrs. Knight gave in, "You wanna get me a date? Get me," She looked around before she grabbed a book off the table. She pointed to the man on the cover, "Him. But only him." Kendall and Katie looked at each other while Katrina raised her eyebrows. "This is the man of my dreams, the love of my life. Nobody else." She tossed the book to Kendall. "Good luck." That said, she left the room.
Kendall looked down at the book before he spoke, "Okay, let's get him."
"You got it," Katie replied.
"I might be able to make some calls," Katrina commented. The three of them high fived before Katrina pulled out her cell phone. She grabbed the book out of Kendall's hands, took a look at the cover and then gave it back to him. Dialing a number, she put it to her ear as she waited for the other person to answer.
She smiled at her confused cousins before the person on the other end answered, "Hello?"
"Hey Holly," Katrina responded, "It's Kat." She had to pull her phone away from her ear from the squeal on the other end. Katrina tried to take control again, "Uh-huh, yeah, I know it's been a while, but I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Do you know the name of the man on the cover of your book, From Here to the Wind? Yep, okay, thanks! Yes, we'll definitely have to catch up sometime. I'm kind of in a hurry. Okay. Okay. Okay! I'm going to hang up now. Buh-bye." Katrina ended the call and her cousins stared at her in confusion. "Ugh. The writer of that book was one of my mom's friends so I thought that I'd get the name. I forgot that she always needs some type of contact."
"So, what's the guy's name?" Katie asked.
"Fabio," Katrina responded, "And for some reason he's known for fake butter…" Katrina looked up confused, "That woman loves to talk."
"Well," Kendall started leading them to the door, "That'll help us with the search." The trio left the apartment to find that the doctors had already gone back to their convention. They began walking down the hallway in silence.
"So," Katrina broke it, "Is there anything you two would like to know about anyone in my family?" They got to the elevator and pressed the button to call it.
"Actually," Kendall spoke up, "I want to know about your mom. I mean, she is our aunt."
"My mom," Katrina smiled a little at the thought of her mother, "We were really close, me and my mom. Probably cause I was her first daughter. At first, she was an agent for us, like my dad, but then she became mostly a stay-at-home mom after Tanja and Leyla were born. She would help out though when things got rough. My mom was the one that kept us together, the one who made sure that we never got too full of ourselves like most celebrities. Every year, half of whatever we earned went to a charity and each year it was a different charity that my mom thought needed help. She told us the reason we're in the entertainment business is to keep other people stress free, to put a smile on the faces of those who need it. We're not better than anyone else just cause the world knows us."
"Your mom was smart," Katie commented as the elevator doors opened. The trio walked inside. Kendall pressed the button for the lobby.
"She gave speeches a lot," Katrina remembered. "I guess, now that I think about it, I shouldn't have been surprised learning we're related." Her cousins nodded.
The elevator doors opened and they stepped out into the hallway, heading back to the computer.
"Okay," Kendall went back to business, "Search for Fabio and fake butter." Someone was already sitting at the computer so Kendall pushed him out of the way.
"Rude much," Katrina noted.
"It needed to be done," Kendall shrugged. He put another seat in front of the computer and Katie sat down so she could search.
"Oh no," Katie piped up as the results came up. "This guy Mom wants to date is seriously famous."
Kendall looked at Katrina who held up her hands in a don't-look-at-me manner, "I don't know him. I can't help much here. I really don't want to call up Holly again." Katrina shivered and Kendall looked back at the computer, wincing.
"Look," Katie told them. She pressed a link and a video showed up on Snoob Tube about Fabio's Pocket Griller.
"Hey!" the salesman in the video started, "Everyone loves the taste of freshly grilled meat, but you can't drag your barbeque around with you everywhere." Kendall, Katrina and Katie looked at each other with skeptical amusement. "Isn't that right, Fabio?"
"It's such a hassle," Fabio went on, "Look." There was a video of Fabio dragging a barbeque through an office. Katrina raised an eyebrow.
"That's why there's the Fabio Pocket Griller!" The salesman pitched, "Which grills meat anytime, anywhere!"
"And make you look sexy! Like Fabio," Fabio added. Katrina shook her head at this.
As Fabio demonstrated, the salesperson voiced over the actions, "Just put your favorite meat in your pockets, two hours before your next meal! And when the timer dings!"
The timer dinged and Fabio pulled out a piece of grilled meat, "It's grilled meat time for Fabio."
"And become a member of the Fabio Pocket Griller Platinum Club," The salesperson went on, "And Fabio will personally deliver your pocket griller to your front door!" Kendall, Katrina and Katie got grins of excitement on their faces.
"Wait, what?" Fabio seemed to be shocked.
"That's right!" The salesman went on, not noticing the shock. "Order now!"
"ORDER!" Kendall commanded his sister at the end of the video, "ORDER!" Katrina stepped back so she wouldn't get in the way as Kendall leaned forward, taking over.
"Wait," Katie began.
"No, let me type," Kendall interrupted her, "I'll help you type. Let me type!"
"Katie, just let him do it," Katrina advised her. Katie shrugged and got up off her seat so Kendall could type out the order.
Suddenly, Katrina got a text message. She pulled out her phone and looked at it. It was a text from James, asking if she'd go to the dance with him. Katrina looked up from her phone to glance around to see if James was anywhere nearby.
"Katrina," Kendall randomly addressed her, "I'm going to need your credit card for the order."
"What? NO!" Katrina insisted.
"Do you want your aunt to be lonely at the dance?" Katie asked. Katrina groaned, rolling her eyes before she pulled out her credit card and handed it to Kendall so he could put the information in for the order. He took it, smiled his thanks to her and then went back to placing the order.
Noting that James wasn't anywhere nearby, Katrina spoke, "Is it acceptable to be asked out through a text?"
"Who asked you out?" Kendall immediately went into a protective mode as he turned to look at her. "Whoever did, I need to meet him first."
"Kendall," Katie started, "Relax. I think she was speaking figuratively." She turned to Katrina, "You were speaking figuratively, right?"
"Yeah," Katrina assured her. "Of course it was figuratively. I just wondered and stuff, just in case it ever happens." Katrina scratched her head, laughing nervously as she wouldn't make eye contact with either of them.
"Oh," Kendall bought the lie, turning back to the computer. Katie watched Katrina suspiciously as Kendall told Katrina, "Some guys think it's acceptable, but those guys usually are either too scared to ask in person or have tons of girls around them. Does that help?"
Katrina nodded, "Yep. If a guy asks me out through a text, I'll tell him no."
"Good," Kendall replied, "Cause you could do better." He didn't notice that Katrina was texting someone on her phone, but Katie did. She watched as Katrina sent a text to someone before she put away her phone, acting like she didn't even have it out in the first place.
"Are we done yet?" Katrina asked.
"Just have to click the 'place order' button," Kendall responded, "And we're done. Here's your card back." He handed Katrina her credit card. "Now, we go back to the apartment and wait for him to show up." Kendall led the way to the elevator.
"Do either of you two know how dance affects the people of today?" Katrina asked randomly. "That's what I have to do my paper on and I don't know where to start." Kendall and Katie looked at each other before they shrugged. Katrina groaned as the doors to the elevators opened up and the trio went in, doors closing after them.
James and Logan were in one of the tents by the pool, waiting for James to get a text back from Katrina. His phone buzzed when he finally did.
Opening the text, James looked down at it, reading it to himself. It said, "'Only if you ask me in person and if Logan's okay with it.'"
"So, what did the girl say?" Logan asked. "Actually, who is this girl?"
"Uh, you know what?" James looked up at Logan, "Texting a girl to ask her out is a bad idea. Let's just try something else." He quickly left the tent, leaving Logan looking confused. After a couple seconds, Logan shrugged and followed James out of the tent.
The door to the apartment slowly opened and Fabio walked in, holding a box labeled, 'Fabio's Pocket Griller'.
"Hello?" Fabio called out, "I'm Fabio. Did somebody join my pocket grill platinum-" He cut off his words as Katrina, Katie and Kendall slid in front of him. All three of them had wide smiles on their faces.
"Fabio," Kendall greeted him. "How would you like to date a totally cool and amazing woman?" He, Katie and Katrina pointed at him with enthusiastic smiles on their faces.
Fabio looked at them in disbelief, "Oh no. Not another kid who ask me to date their mom."
"Technically, she's not MY mom," Katrina told him while hers, Kendall's and Katie's faces fell as they realized they would have to resort to their plan B.
Fabio put the box on the table, "I'm leaving." He turned around and walked towards the door.
The three left looked at each other as Katie pulled a net out of nowhere and told them, "Time for Plan B." Katie then threw it over top of Fabio.
As Fabio struggled with the net, he called out, "Oh no! Not another net!" Before he fell to the ground. Kendall and Katie rushed over to make sure that Fabio couldn't get out while Katrina stayed back, not able to do anything with her broken arm.
Suddenly, Jo walked into the apartment, "Kendall, I got some snacks for the dance." She watched the scene in front of her with confusion. Katrina waved to her friend as Kendall made his way over to her.
"Help me!" Fabio called out to Jo.
Jo chose to ignore it as she spoke to Kendall, "I was wondering. Is there anything else you wanted to ask me? About the dance?" She smiled expectantly at him.
"Yes," Kendall answered. "Can you make a theme banner and decorate the studio?" Jo's face fell as she dropped the bags to the floor and left. Kendall shrugged, picked up the bags and shut the door. He turned around to find Katie having trouble with Fabio and Katrina with her head in her hand, shaking.
"A little help here!" Katie called out to Kendall.
"Can you take these, Katrina?" Kendall held out the bags for his cousin. Katrina rolled her eyes as she tried her best to grab the bags with one of her arms broken. Once they were out of Kendall's hands, he went to help his sister, leaving Katrina to struggle with the bags, accidently dropping one. She looked down at it for a second before she shrugged and brought the bags that she was still holding over to the kitchen. "Actually, could you take those bags over to the studio and then help Jo with the decorations?" Katrina groaned, but she found a bag that she could carry all the snacks in and exchanged their three bags to the one so she could carry it one handed.
Leaving the apartment, she stopped right outside and spoke to herself, "Boys are so stupid." Then, she left for Rocque Records.
"I can't believe you don't have a dress to wear!" Jo mentioned as she and Katrina were walking back to the Palm Woods after they finished their decorating.
"I didn't have a need for it after two years ago," Katrina shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal, "And I do have a dress. Remember the dress I wore for the guys' party?"
"You can't wear the same thing twice in a row!" Jo told her, "I thought you'd know this since you're a model!" Katrina rolled her eyes. "But don't worry, we'll find you something. Camille always has a stash of dresses." They walked inside the Palm Woods and headed for the elevators.
"Uh, do I have to wear a dress?" Katrina looked upset. "I always had to wear dresses before the accident and I've gotten used to wearing shorts and t-shirts."
"It's a dance," Jo reminded her, "You have to wear a dress." The two girls got into the elevator and pressed the button for Camille's floor.
"Fine," Katrina agreed, "It shouldn't be too painful."
"Great to see you're enthused about this," Jo commented as they got to Camille's floor. They walked over to her apartment and knocked on the door.
Camille opened it and greeted her friends with a smile, "Hey! Stephanie's already here. Let's start this makeover session."
"Makeover session?" Katrina looked back and forth between Camille and Jo, "Who are we making-over?"
"You," Jo and Camille responded before they pushed Katrina into the apartment, shutting the door after them.
(A/N): Well, that was kind of just pushing the story along. Katrina gets a makeover from the girls! Will that get her some extra attention (not that she really needs it)? How is the girls' advice blog gonna go after they use the videos from the boys' attempts (or non-attempts) at asking the girls out? The next chapter involves the actual dance! How's that gonna go? Will it inspire Katrina's essay? Speaking of Katrina's essay, will she get it done in time or will she fail her class? Will James tell Logan or decide that it's not worth breaking his friend's heart? Will Logan ask out Camille or Katrina? Although it's not in this chapter, are the guys going to figure out the puzzle that Evan left for Brandon or will they give up? You'll just have to wait to find out! (Hopefully, not as long as last time.) Until then, review and happy reading!