(A/N): I am so sorry for the wait! Things got hectic with like five exams and two events in a row that I was planning. But now it's back! Thank you to Milkamoo97 (I'm really sorry that you had to wait so long for an update!), oOo KitKat oOo (Yeah, they wouldn't have made-out if James was sane…), Dreamer1992 (How can I NOT do the episode with Hollywood Fever? It's a huge episode!), Sugarcrazed (This is taking place during the summer. It's going to be a while before Christmas and Valentine's Day…. Unfortunately…. I'm in the mood to write them….) and Megan (When it comes to writing the episode themed chapters, I actually re-watch the episode again to see where Katrina can fit in. Then I start the episode over to watch it again, but pausing after each line so I can get it down before I add in Katrina's part to it. It takes a while to do… I want to get it as close to the episodes as possible, but that doesn't mean that in the future, there won't be changes…. Hint hint…) for your reviews! I don't own Big Time Rush nor the episode Big Time Fever which is included in this chapter. I also don't own the song used in this chapter, Blame It On The Rain by He Is We. Katrina did NOT write it even though I say that in the chapter to move the story along. A note: IT'S CHAPTER 50! NRHDSYTGFDZXHRTSEAR! OMG CRAZY! I honestly didn't think it would get this far…. But I'm NOT STOPPING! I wanted the chapter longer because it's chapter 50 (Kind of a big deal), but I thought all of you deserved an update. Anyways, without further ado, here's the chapter!
Chapter 50: Hiding Works For Only So Long
"Okay," Gustavo began with his chair turned away from the group, "Hollywood Fever progress check." He turned around revealing him completely covered in James's orange tanning spray. He looked over a normal, but shocked Kendall dressed in hockey gear, Katrina who was even more orange than Gustavo and was scowling and Kelly who had a bandage around her head and a sling after running into a luggage cart, trying to get Carlos to see some sense. "We have made no progress."
"If anything, they've gotten worse," Katrina noted. "James usually figures out when I try and trick him. This time he didn't realize until after the fact."
"How come all of your friends got Hollywood Fever and neither of you two didn't?" Kelly asked Kendall and Katrina.
Gustavo answered for them, "Because they have normal brains and their friends have the brain of a cricket."
"Or we're just immune to it or something because I never got it and I grew up here," Katrina mentioned.
Ignoring her, Gustavo pulled off his sunglasses, "New plan. Kendall, you're going solo."
Kendall got up as he responded, "No way. Look, they might just be a singing group to you, but they're my best friends. Now, I'm going to do what I always do when you, this town and this heat get to me." He walked over and grabbed his hockey stick and helmet from beside the door. "I'm hitting the rink to figure things out."
"Can I come?" Katrina asked. "I haven't played hockey in years." Kendall nodded and Katrina got up to join him by the door.
Kelly stopped them from leaving, "Wait. The rink?"
"Yeah, the ice and the cold help me clear my head and remind me of where I came from," Kendall explained. Gustavo couldn't seem to grasp the concept.
"Say that last part again," Kelly insisted, seeming to be onto something.
"The ice and cold remind me," Suddenly, Kendall got it. "Of where I came from!"
"Whoa," Katrina noted, "The answer was right in front of us all along!" She, Kendall and Kelly were pointing and smiling at each other.
"Why are you looking at each other and saying things twice?" Gustavo asked, still not getting it.
"Don't you see?" Kendall walked up to Gustavo's desk. Katrina stood next to him. "I never got Hollywood Fever because I never lost touch with my roots!"
"And maybe," Kelly added, getting up out of her seat, "Hollywood Fever is just a fancy term for homesickness."
"I never got it because LA is my home," Katrina pointed out.
Gustavo got up as he finally got it, "Get the dogs to the ice rink, NOW!"
"I couldn't get Carlos to try a slingshot shopping cart," Kelly told him, "You want me to get him to an ice rink?"
"And James is probably not going to trust me enough to follow me there," Katrina mentioned.
"EH!" Gustavo groaned.
"What if we bring the ice to them?" Kendall suggested.
"Ooh," Gustavo seemed intrigued with this.
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Katrina asked.
"Katie," Kendall pointed out as he left the room. Katrina furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before she followed Kendall out of the room.
"What are you talking about?"
"Katie's been running a snow cone stand at the Palm Woods. She's been using a wood chipper to make the ice." Katrina took one look at Kendall before she sprinted for the elevator. "HEY! Wait up!"
"The sooner we get to the Palm Woods, the sooner the guys are normal, the sooner I can get rid of Cody for good!" Katrina exclaimed. Once she got to the elevator, she had to wait for Kendall to catch up anyways since the elevator took a while to get to their floor.
"Selfish, much?" Kendall commented.
"Do you want him to be around all the time?" Katrina turned to Kendall, "Do you know what kind of person Cody became when he got this Fever? He became obsessed with himself and only used people to get ahead! He probably thinks that if he's dating me, he can use my fame to put him in the spotlight." She scowled. "And he used to cheat on Tamera. I just never told her because she stabbed me in the back by dating him. Knowing him, he's not going to stop until he's dating me."
"Okay, I agree, we need to get rid of Cody," Kendall spoke, "But I still want my friends back to normal."
"Believe me, so do I. I miss James trying to get me to date him. I miss Logan saying something randomly smart that I have no idea what it means. I miss Carlos doing something crazy and pulling all of us in it." Katrina looked over at Kendall to find him smiling at her. "What?"
"You care about us," Kendall accused her. Katrina rolled her eyes before she pushed him away. Kendall just laughed it off as he stumbled back next to her right as the elevator doors opened.
"Let's just go get this wood chipper thing and make a whole bunch of snow," Katrina suggested as they walked into the elevator, the doors closing after them.
"Okay, so where is this snow cone stand?" Katrina asked as they got to the Palm Woods.
"I'm guessing that way," Kendall pointed towards the pool where there was a huge crowd.
"I can't believe I didn't see that," Katrina mentioned before they ran over there, making their way through the crowd to reach Katie and Budda Bob.
"Katie," Kendall spoke in desperation to his sister, "I need six thousand pounds of shaved ice right away!"
"Sorry Big Bro," Katie responded, "I'd have to leave my stand and Bitters would destroy it."
"Katie," Kendall tried to get her to see the urgency, "I love you and I don't have time to explain, but it's REALLY IMPORTANT!" Katie sighed and turned to look at Katrina who was nodding enthusiastically.
"Budda Bob," Katie turned to the hairy maintenance man. "Can the Z-5000 shave six thousand pounds of ice?"
He gasped, "No."
"There goes that idea," Katrina muttered as all of them looked sad.
"But," Budda Bob got their attentions again, "The Z-10000 can." He rushed away to go get his machine. Kendall and Katrina looked at each other, excited that things were going their way.
"Bitters!" Katie called out. Mr. Bitters popped out of some nearby bushes with a tree hat on his head. Kendall and Katrina stared at their building manager in confusion. "Three hundred bucks and the stand is yours."
Mr. Bitters smiled and ran over to Katie, "Deal." He handed Katie three hundred dollars.
Katie looked at Kendall and Katrina, "Let's roll." The three of them ran off to go find Budda Bob.
"Where are we going to find six thousand pounds of ice anyways?" Katrina found the flaw.
Kendall's phone buzzed and he pulled it out and opened it. He smiled and showed the text to Katie and Katrina. It was from Gustavo and said, 'Got the ice. Waiting in the park.'
"I guess that answers my question," Katrina mumbled.
"Come on," Kendall insisted, "Let's get this Z-10000 and get it to the park."
"WAIT!" Katrina called out, stopping her cousins. "I just realized something!"
"What?" Kendall and Katie asked, impatient.
"I'm still orange," Katrina told them. They looked at her, realizing she was right. She was still covered in James's orange spray. "Just give me one second." Getting a running start, she did a cannonball into the pool, splashing people nearby, waiting for snow cones. It didn't take long for Katrina to climb back out, soaking, but normal. "Okay, now we can go." The three of them ran out of the pool area, searching for Budda Bob.
Kendall and Katrina were standing next to each other, looking over the field of shaved ice in the Palm Woods Park. Kelly and Katie were pulling together balls of the shaved ice while Gustavo and Budda Bob were throwing more ice into the wood chipper.
"I guess this is as close as I'm going to get," Katrina muttered to herself. Kendall overheard.
"What are you talking about?" Kendall asked.
"I've never actually seen snow," Katrina admitted.
"You've NEVER seen SNOW!" Kendall exclaimed in shock. "But how?"
"I've lived in California my entire life," Katrina explained. "Sure, I've been to other states, but never during the winter."
"You were deprived of a childhood weren't you?" Kendall commented.
"So much," Katrina agreed. "My childhood involved representing baby food, diapers, kid's clothes, toys and, one time, an airline."
Kendall leaned down, made a snowball from the shaved ice and then handed it to Katrina, "I think it's time you learned to have some fun."
Katrina took it with a smirk on her face, "Or some revenge on James."
"But make sure you have some fun too," Kendall insisted.
"Fine," Katrina groaned like it was a bad thing, but she was smiling. "Let's get some snowballs together. I'm going to milk this as long as I can." Kendall shook his head, but helped her make some snowballs.
"Where do you think they are?" Katrina asked Kendall as they walked into the apartment.
He shrugged, "Don't know. But I'm sure we'll find them."
Suddenly, they heard the sound of spraying cans. They looked at each other and smiled, "James." Quickly, they put down their snowballs on the counter and glanced into the open bathroom. James was spraying himself with his orange tanning spray.
"There really is no such thing as, uh, too handsome," James spoke to himself in the mirror. Katrina facepalmed.
"You get first throw," Kendall whispered, handing her a snowball. Katrina smiled her thanks before she threw the snowball, hitting James in the shoulder. This finally made James realize they were there. He looked over to find Kendall and Katrina smirking.
"Hey!" James exclaimed. This time, Kendall threw a snowball, hitting James right in the chest. James looked at them with shock. "Whoa, alright, you do – Do that again-" He was cut off by two more snowballs, one from each of them. James froze as he glared at the two cousins. Katrina couldn't help it. She threw one more snowball.
That crossed the line. James ran out of the bathroom at them. Kendall and Katrina grabbed their snowballs from the counter and ran out of the apartment, James chasing after them. Katrina stopped at the elevator, but Kendall grabbed her shirt and pulled her towards the stairs.
"The elevator will take too long," Kendall told her.
"Oh right," Katrina mumbled, feeling stupid for her lack of judgment. The two raced down the stairs, James following them. They got to the lobby where they saw Kelly had already thrown snowballs at Carlos. They stopped and stared at him and the Jennifers as all three of them got angry.
"Nice," Kendall mentioned to Kelly. She just smiled. Carlos screamed in anger. "Run!"
Kendall, Katrina and Kelly ran into the pool area right as James came into the lobby, yelling, "Kendall! Katrina! Not cool!" He, Carlos and the Jennifers raced after them.
Inside the pool area was Logan sitting on a table, chilling with two girls. Snowballs flew at him from the retreating group. He didn't even see it coming.
"Whoa, whoa!" Logan responded. "Bad vibes!" Katrina rolled her eyes, glared at the other girls and threw another snowball. That pushed Logan over the edge as he grabbed his bongos and joined the chase.
"Are we sure this is going to work?" Katrina asked.
"No!" Kendall replied, "But do you have a better idea?" Katrina shook her head. Kendall, Katrina and Kelly ran towards Palm Woods Park. They screamed as their pursuers followed them. Reaching the trap, James, Logan, Carlos and the Jennifers stopped and stared at the field of snow in the park. Kendall, Katrina and Kelly watched as the boys grew smiles on their faces.
Suddenly, Gustavo popped out from behind a huge mound of the shaved ice, yelling, "FIRE AT WILL!" A whole bunch of the Palm Woods kids came out from the mound of shaved ice and began pelting Logan, Carlos and James with snowballs. Kendall, Katrina and Kelly joined in. They watched as Carlos switched from his fedora back to his helmet before joining in the snowball fight. James took a look at his tanning spray cans, threw them to the side and fell face first into the snow. He made a snow angel, the shaved ice taking away all of the visible orange. Once he got back to his feet, he looked normal again. He made up some snowballs and joined in. Logan was trying to defend himself with his bongos, but eventually gave in, threw the bongos and joined the fight. Kendall ran over to join his friends' side.
Katrina ducked out of the way of snowballs as she headed over to Camille who was hiding behind the mound.
"We need to take down these guys," Katrina mentioned to her, a serious look on her face.
"I'm in," Katie suddenly appeared beside Katrina. For some reason, Katrina didn't seem surprised.
"But we're still outnumbered!" Camille commented.
"Where's Jo?" Katrina asked.
"Audition," Camille mentioned.
"Then we'll just have to team up for the last one," Katrina spoke, determined. "Ready to attack?" All three of them pulled together some snowballs before Katie and Camille nodded. "Move out!" They ran out from the mound, intending on pelting the guys with snowballs. Katrina ran through the onslaught of snowballs, somehow avoiding each one. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Camille get hit by one of Logan's snowballs. Then, Katie went down through teamwork from Kendall and Carlos.
"I've got horrible troops," Katrina mumbled. She didn't realize where she was going though and ran straight into James. He wrapped his arms around her and suddenly, she was trapped.
"You know you're gonna get hit eventually," James told her.
"No I'm not," Katrina was in denial. She struggled in his grasp.
"Yes," James insisted. "Yes, you are." He turned around and right there in front of them was Logan, Carlos and Kendall. Each of them was holding snowballs.
Katrina stopped struggling, "You wouldn't."
"You know what?" Kendall started, "I think it's unfair that Katrina has never actually experienced a snowball war before now. She needs to learn exactly what happens in these snowball wars."
"You'll never take me alive!" Katrina continued her struggling.
"Unleash the snowballs!" Logan exclaimed. He, Kendall and Carlos began pelting Katrina with snowballs. She screamed as the cold splattered on her. Soon, her screaming turned into laughter. James let her go and joined in on pelting her with snowballs. Katrina took this opportunity to gather some snowballs of her own to throw. The five of them reintegrated into the big snowball war as more and more snowballs were thrown.
The group was so busy having fun that no one noticed that they were being watched. Hiding behind a tree was a man dressed in a long brown trench coat, a fedora and sunglasses. He was watching all of them, particularly Katrina and the boys, with interest.
Suddenly, Cody walked into the park and, instead of bothering Katrina, went up to the mysterious, watching man.
"She keeps confirming the rumor," Cody told the man. "Katrina's dating James. At least, according to Katrina. That rumor that Kendall is Katrina's cousin is true. Logan seems to be hiding something that has to do with Katrina. I'll try my best to get it out, but I can make no promises. He's the smart one. And if I act too creepy around Katrina, Carlos might do something. He seems unpredictable."
"Keep an eye on them," the man replied. "If you can sabotage Katrina and James's relationship, do it. I don't like them together."
"You don't like her with anyone," Cody reminded him.
"Good point," the man nodded, "I want to know everything about them. I don't care how, but get me as much information as possible. I need to keep them protected now that they're involved with Katrina."
"What's out there that they have to be protected from?" Cody asked.
"That's classified," the man insisted.
"I hate talking with you, Evan," Cody admitted to the man, "You've always got so many secrets."
Evan took his sunglasses off as he watched his sister, cousin and their friends have fun with their snowball fight, "I have these secrets so Katrina can have a life like that. My sacrifice has given her a chance to be a normal person with a family. If given the chance to go back, I'd do it again." He put his sunglasses back on and walked away.
"Geez," Cody muttered once Evan was out of earshot, "Everything is always drama with these Wolffs." He shook his head before he walked off, not wanting to interrupt the snowball war.
Later that day, Carlos, James and Katrina were chilling on the couch, watching a movie. Each of them had a hot chocolate in their hands to warm them up from the previous snowball fight.
Kendall and Logan walked into the room. They were both dressed nice as they had dates with their girlfriends.
"We're heading out," Kendall announced. Three thumbs ups came from the couch as they didn't even stop looking at the TV.
"Enjoy your movie," Logan added to no response. Kendall and Logan looked at each other before they shrugged and left the apartment.
It took a few minutes before Katrina broke the silence, "I'm bored." The boys nodded in agreement, but didn't move. Katrina rolled her eyes, grabbed the remote and turned off the TV.
"HEY!" Carlos and James were finally paying attention to Katrina.
"Let's go do something," Katrina insisted. "It's a Friday night and we're inside, watching TV. Just because the three of us are single doesn't mean we can't go have fun!" James opened his mouth and Katrina mentioned, "Not as a date." James shut his mouth.
"What can we do?" Carlos asked.
"You know what I haven't done in ages," Katrina noted, "Bowling. Let's go bowling." James and Carlos seemed to agree to this as they got up off the couch. The three of them left the apartment, heading to a bowling alley.
Carlos was standing at the end of the bowling lane, watching his ball roll down the lane towards the pins. James and Katrina were sitting in front of the digital scoreboard, but they leaned forward to watch Carlos's ball too. The ball got to the end of the lane and hit the pins, knocking all but one down. The one left tottered back and forth, teasing them.
"Come on," Carlos muttered under his breath. "Come on." James and Katrina held their breaths as they watched.
Suddenly, the pin fell over. Carlos cheered while James and Katrina groaned.
"Carlos wins again," Katrina revealed.
"And how many games is that?" Carlos asked.
"Three games," Katrina admitted, "Compared to James's one and my none." She threw the paper scoring sheet behind her in annoyance.
"We finally found something that Katrina's bad at," James noted. Katrina sneered at him.
"I say we get something to eat," Katrina decided.
"Nah," Carlos shook his head, "I want to play another game. I'm on a roll."
"I'll go get us some pizza then," Katrina got up. "Should I get you guys some?" They nodded, too busy working on the computer to set up another game.
"I'm SO gonna beat you this time!" James insisted.
"Nuh uh!" Carlos replied. "I'm gonna win again!" Katrina rolled her eyes, grabbed her purse and walked away, not wanting to hear anymore of the argument.
"Boys," Katrina mumbled as she walked into the food place. She went up to the counter and told the man, "Hi, I'd like a medium pizza with three Cokes." The man rang her up and she paid before sitting down at a table, waiting for the order. That was when the last person she wanted to see walked in. Cody.
"Hey Kat," Cody smiled as he sat across from her. She groaned and hit her head against the table.
"What do you want, Cody?" Katrina didn't even stop him from using her nickname.
"Where's your boyfriend?" Cody looked around as though James would appear out of nowhere.
"Back at our bowling lane," Katrina answered, "Seriously, what do you want?"
"Just making conversation," Cody responded. Katrina narrowed her eyes as she stared at Cody, trying to find his scheme. "How'd your photo shoot go?"
Katrina's eyes went wide, "Uh." Cody smirked at catching her lie. "It was moved to tomorrow."
"Really?" Cody faked surprise, "And what's this photo shoot for?"
"Uh," Katrina looked around, searching for an item she could model. Her eyes laid upon someone's magazine that was showing the ad she did with James for Greek Goddess perfume. "Actually, it's a commercial. Remember that perfume I modeled for? I've been signed for a commercial."
"Really?" Cody spoke the same way as he had before, "Well, I can't wait to see this commercial. Let me know when it comes on." He smirked at Katrina before he got up and walked away, leaving Katrina stunned speechless.
"Damn it," Katrina mumbled as soon as she could speak. At that moment, her order was done, so she got up, grabbed the food and drinks and headed back over to the guys. She set the food down on a table, suddenly not hungry. She sat down, staring off into space. James and Carlos dug into the pizza, not noticing Katrina was stunned.
"Katrina," Carlos spoke to her, snapping her out of her daze. She looked up at him. "You go first." Katrina sighed as she got up. Grabbing a bowling ball, she didn't even look as she threw it down the lane. The boys dropped their pizza and mouths in shock as they saw Katrina get a strike, but she didn't notice as she sat down in a slump.
"Where was that earlier?" James complained.
Katrina looked up again, "Why? What'd I get?" They looked at her like she had sprouted another head. She looked over at the scoreboard and noticed that there was a strike added to her score. "Oh, I got a strike." She looked at the scoreboard, confused. James and Carlos sat down on either side of her, finally getting that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" James asked. Katrina looked at him, then at Carlos before she scanned the area. Once she saw what she was looking for, she pointed. The boys looked over to see Cody. James furrowed his eyebrows, not realizing who it was, but Carlos knew right away.
"Cody," Carlos named the guy for James. Katrina nodded while James's eyes went wide. He quickly put his arm around Katrina as though he was comforting her. Katrina stiffened, but didn't move his arm to protect the cover. Carlos was more interested in what Cody did, "What did he do?"
"He caught me in a lie, so I had to lie again," Katrina admitted.
"Did he find out we're not dating?" James asked.
"No," Katrina sighed, "Thank God, but I think he suspects."
Suddenly, Carlos screamed as he got up and ran off towards Cody. James and Katrina stared after him with wide eyes.
"What's he gonna do?" Katrina asked.
"He's probably gonna beat up Cody," James replied.
"I kind of want to let him do that," Katrina mentioned. "But he might get arrested if he does."
"Yeah, we better stop him," James suggested. They got to their feet and ran after Carlos, reaching him right before he attacked Cody. Cody, catching onto this, scrunched together, covering his face. James and Katrina quickly grabbed Carlos and pulled him away.
"LEAVE KATRINA ALONE!" Carlos yelled at Cody as he struggled in James's and Katrina's grasps.
"Uh, I can't," Cody admitted although he sounded like he wanted to.
Carlos stopped his struggling as he, James and Katrina replied, "WHY?"
Cody relaxed a bit before he answered, "I've been told by someone to watch her."
"WHO?"
Cody looked at them for a second and then took off in a sprint.
"He's got a secret," Katrina noted. "And I must find out about it."
"Should we go after him?" Carlos asked, ready to sprint after the boy.
"Let him run," Katrina advised him, "I still have some damage control to do due to him catching me in my lie."
"What do you have to do?" James looked at Katrina, suddenly excited, "Get caught by paparazzi while making out with me?"
Katrina hit him, "NO!" She pulled out her cell phone, dialed a number and waited for the person to answer. When they did, she talked into the phone, "Hey Katie. So, I've got something to ask you." She waited a couple seconds. "No, this has nothing to do with annoying Griffin, but we're not done with that. What I need you to do is check and see if 'Cuda still wants me to do that commercial. If they do, book the gig." Katrina held the phone away from her ear and the guys could overhear cheering from the other end. Once it died down, Katrina brought the phone back to her ear, "Got it? Good. I'll be home soon." She hung up the phone and looked at the guys. They were staring at her. "What?"
"Does this mean I get to be in a commercial?" James exclaimed.
"Probably," Katrina replied.
"Let's get home," James grabbed Katrina and started pulling her towards the exit, "I have to get ready for my close up!"
"What about our game?" Carlos called out from where they had left him.
James stopped, "Oh yeah."
Katrina rolled her eyes, pulled herself away from James and walked back to Carlos, "Let's finish this game."
"It's James's turn," Carlos reminded them. James sighed as they went back to their lane, he picked up a bowling ball and threw it down the lane.
James, Carlos and Katrina walked into the apartment, laughing at a joke Carlos had told. Their laughter immediately ceased once they saw Kendall and Logan standing there, with their arms crossed.
"Where have you three been?" Kendall demanded.
"We thought you were going to stay here tonight," Logan added. They stared, waiting for a response. Carlos, James and Katrina looked at each other before they burst out laughing again.
"Will someone clue us in on what's so funny?" Kendall asked.
"You two are sounding like parents," Katrina revealed through her laughter. Logan and Kendall looked at each other before they too burst into laughter.
The laughing teens fell to the couch and it took a few minutes before the laughter had died down.
"So, where did you go?" Logan still seemed interested.
"Bowling," James, Carlos and Katrina responded.
"And we ran into Cody," James mentioned.
"Cody," Carlos and Katrina hissed. Kendall and Logan looked at them with their eyebrows raised.
"Yeah, he caught Katrina in a lie," James explained, "And he won't leave Katrina alone cause someone is telling him to watch her."
"WHO?" Kendall and Logan exclaimed. Carlos, James and Katrina shrugged.
"Great," Kendall commented, "Another mystery to solve." He put his hand to his forehead in frustration.
That was the moment that Katie came into the room. Katrina looked at her, expectantly.
"So," Katie began, "They're interested in you for the commercial."
"And me?" James leaned forward excitedly.
"And you too, but-" Katie continued.
"What are you talking about?" Logan interrupted.
"Well, um," Katie started.
"I'm trying to do a commercial for that perfume that I did an ad for," Katrina answered Logan's question.
"About that-" Katie mentioned.
"Why would you do that?" Kendall cut his sister off. Katie threw her hands up in exasperation.
"Yeah, I was wondering that too," Carlos spoke up.
"Um, well," Katrina started, "I happened to mention a photo shoot with James, but Cody figured out that it didn't happen so I had to improvise. Commercials take longer to air than photos, so it's perfect. But to cover my lie, I had to actually go through with it."
"About the commercial," Katie tried again.
"I thought you didn't want a commercial," Logan remembered. Katie groaned in annoyance.
"Don't change her mind," James insisted.
Katrina glared at James, "I really don't want to continue making up excuses."
"CAN I FINISH?" Katie yelled as she jumped in front of the teens. They nodded with wide-eyes, scared of the pre-teen girl. "Good. Now, they want Katrina and James in the commercial, but they also want Kendall, Logan and Carlos and they want Big Time Rush to have a single on the commercial that can only be downloaded if they buy the perfume."
"WHAT?" the five teens exclaimed as they got to their feet.
"I'm just the messenger!" Katie held her hands up in a 'don't blame me' gesture.
"We better call Gustavo," Kendall muttered.
"Can it wait till tomorrow?" Katrina asked, "It's getting kind of late and I'm sure that none of us want to deal with Gustavo right now." The others nodded, agreeing to Katrina's rationale.
The guys sat back down and Katie started walking off. Katrina ran over to catch her.
"Katie!" Katrina stopped her cousin.
"I can't change their minds!" Katie insisted.
"No, it's not about that," Katrina waved it off, "I need your help tomorrow."
"With what?" Katie asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Griffin," Katrina told her. Katie smirked and nodded. The two girls headed for their bedroom to talk strategy for tomorrow.
"They want WHAT?" Gustavo responded to the guys' explanation. Katrina and Katie were surprisingly absent for telling Gustavo. Kendall, Carlos, Logan and James were sitting in Gustavo's office, Gustavo was sitting behind his desk and Kelly was standing behind him.
"They want all of us in the commercial," Kendall spoke again.
"And they want an exclusive new song," Logan added.
"And this song will only be able to be downloaded by those people that buy the perfume," James continued.
"And it will be performed by us on the commercial," Carlos finished.
"They can't just demand these things!" Gustavo exclaimed. "You tell those people that I said NO!" The boys flinched.
"Where's Katrina anyways?" Kelly pointed out. "She's always around you guys." They shrugged.
"It doesn't matter where that cat is," Gustavo insisted. "She's getting annoying." He scowled.
"I guess we'll tell them that Big Time Rush can't perform on a commercial that's going to air on national, possibly worldwide, TV," Kendall smirked, knowing that this would get Gustavo.
"Did you say, 'National, possibly worldwide, TV'?" Gustavo asked. Kendall nodded. "You know what? I have to say that I'm starting to like that cat and her established fame. Let's do this commercial." The boys looked at each other in shock. "Now, leave me. I must get to work on another song." The guys didn't need to be told twice as they got to their feet and ran from the room. Once they got down the hallway, they slowed down to a walk.
"Where do you think Katrina is anyways?" James commented.
"Maybe Brandon would know," Logan suggested. "Let's check in at Penny's Pet Care." They got to the elevator and pressed the button for the floor above. Once they reached it, the elevator dinged and the doors opened so they could walk onto the floor. The boys' jaws dropped in shock.
Surrounding the lobby of Penny's Pet Care was a whole bunch of animals that had been stuffed using taxidermy, meaning that all the animals had been alive at one point. There were animals of every type from rabbits to dogs to deer. There was even a cheetah. On the floor was a bear skin rug and on the walls were deer and moose heads. Katrina was smiling as she set up a squirrel on the reception desk. Once she noticed the guys, she waved at them like nothing was different.
"You aren't going to get any business this way," Kendall pointed out to Katrina.
"Oh, I know," Katrina told him. "That's the point."
"I don't get it," Carlos admitted. "Why would you not want to make money?"
Katie suddenly popped up from behind the desk. She was holding a stuffed cat. "Cause she wants to get back at Griffin. Duh! Where should I put this?"
"Over on the couch," Katrina instructed her, "That'll make people uncomfortable to have a dead cat sitting on the same couch as them." Katie nodded and headed over to the couch.
"Where did you find all of these?" Logan asked.
"I found a taxidermist when I scanned Carlos's contact list," Katrina admitted. James, Kendall and Logan looked at Carlos in shock.
"What?" Carlos looked innocent. "I said I know people!" This seemed to satisfy the guys as they looked back at Katrina.
"Are you sure he's not going to fire you because of this?" James seemed concerned.
"I've got modeling to lean on if this doesn't work out," Katrina shrugged.
Before anyone could say anything else, the elevator dinged and opened, revealing Griffin and two of his minions. They walked into the lobby. Griffin started taking a good look around the waiting room.
"You told me that I had complete creative control," Katrina smirked at the CEO, thinking she had finally beaten him.
However, Griffin smiled at the teen girl, "I love it!"
"WHAT?" Katie yelled from the couch. Griffin didn't even notice that or that Katrina's jaw had dropped.
"Keep up the good work," Griffin told her. "You might want to add in some beavers or raccoons." That said, he and his minions went back into the elevator.
"Well, that was a bust," Katrina mentioned, knocking the squirrel off the desk. She slumped down on a seat.
"Griffin is so weird," Katie commented as she joined the group.
"You can tell 'Cuda that we'll do the commercial," James told the pre-teen.
"You've got a song?" Katie assumed.
"Gustavo's working on it," Logan informed her.
Suddenly, they heard a scream from downstairs. It sounded like Gustavo.
"Yeah, I'm not going back until he figures out the song," Kendall insisted. The boys and Katie nodded.
"All of you can go back to the apartment," Katrina told them, "I have to clean this up and get Brandon or Tim to get back here before I can leave."
"I can help," James stood next to Katrina. She glared at him. He went back to the guys. "Nevermind." Katrina smiled.
"I'll see you later," She waved at them as the others got into the elevator. They waved back right before the doors closed, leaving Katrina alone. She sighed as she looked at the mess of dead animals, "Where should I start?" She grabbed the squirrel she had knocked off and headed for the back room with it.
Katrina was doing some paperwork at the reception desk. The room was cleared of dead animals and everything looked normal again. She started scratching her head as she read over the paper.
"Maybe I should spend more time here so I can understand what's going on," Katrina mumbled. She went back to trying to figure out what the words on the paper actually meant.
Suddenly, the elevator dinged and the doors opened. Katrina looked up from the papers to see that it was Brandon and Tim. They were holding hands and Brandon was walking a Basset Hound. The boys were too busy staring at each other to notice that Katrina was there. As they walked into the room, Tim leaned in to whisper something to Brandon who giggled in response. This was when Katrina decided to make herself known. She cleared her throat. They looked at her and separated quickly.
"I didn't know you were going to be here, Rina," Brandon admitted, a blush appearing on his cheeks.
"Is your relationship going to be affecting your work here?" Katrina got straight to the point, ignoring their embarrassment. The guys shook their heads. "Good. Cause I want to see both of you happy and don't want to be the bad guy. If you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to be." She went into the still open elevator and the doors closed after her. She almost automatically pressed the button for the ground floor, but hesitated, looking at the button for Rocque Records. After a couple of seconds, she pressed the button for Rocque Records.
Once she got to that floor, she walked down the hallway to Gustavo's office. She poked her head inside, curious to see how he was doing with the song. He didn't seem to be doing well as he was banging his head against the piano keys. Katrina backed out before he saw her. She noticed Kelly wasn't around as she walked through the halls. Eventually, she passed by an instrument room. She glanced inside as she passed, noticing no one in there for once. Taking a couple more steps, she stopped and looked back. Giving in, she walked back and went into the instrument room. Looking around the room, she smiled at being surrounded by something she was really good at.
Her eyes stopped at the piano. Suddenly getting inspiration, she sat down at it. Cracking her fingers, she got herself warmed up with a few scales as it had been a while since the last time she played. Katrina stopped and looked down at the piano keys as she thought about everything she's been through since she met the guys.
Suddenly, Katrina looked sad as her hands went back to the piano keys and she started to sing.
You got me caught in all this mess
I guess we can blame it on the rain
My pain is knowing I can't have you
I can't have you
Tell me, does she look at you the way I do?
Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, am I crazy?
Am I crazy?
I catch my breath
The one you took the moment you entered the room
My heart, it breaks at the thought of her holding you
Does she look at you the way I do?
Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, am I crazy?
Or is this more than a crush?
Maybe I'm alone in this
But I find peace in solitude
Knowing if I had but just one kiss
This whole room would be glowing
We'd be glowing
We'd be glowing
Does she look at you the way I do?
Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, am I crazy?
Or is this more than a crush?
Does she look at you the way I do?
Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, am I crazy?
Or is this more than a crush?
Katrina finished up the song with a sigh.
"I haven't heard that song before." Katrina heard a voice from behind her. She turned to find Kelly standing in the doorway.
"That's because I wrote it," Katrina admitted. Kelly nodded her head in approval.
"I'm guessing that it's not about James cause he doesn't have another girlfriend," Kelly analyzed. "It's about Logan, isn't it?" Katrina wouldn't answer. "I'm really sorry about forcing you to be with James."
"It's not your fault," Katrina assured her. "If Logan hadn't been so indecisive, things would have worked out better."
"You know, Gustavo could really use some help writing the song," Kelly told Katrina.
Katrina got up from the piano bench, "Fine. But he owes me." She followed Kelly out of the room, heading over towards Gustavo's office.
Logan, James, Carlos and Kendall were lying on pool chairs next to the Palm Woods Pool. They were relaxing and tanning, taking up as much time in the summer sun before they got pulled back into Rocque Records to record a new song. Carlos was so relaxed, he was sleeping.
That's when Logan noticed something that would stop their relaxing time. "Isn't that Cody who's walking around suspiciously?" Kendall and James looked over in the direction Logan was pointing. Sure enough, Cody was walking through the pool area at a super fast speed, glancing behind himself as though he thought he would be followed.
"Did that guy move in here or something?" James asked.
"Come on, let's follow him," Kendall insisted. "Maybe we'll find that guy who wants him to watch Katrina." He, Logan and James got up to follow Cody. That's when they noticed that Carlos was asleep.
"Carlos!" James shook the Latino. "Get up! We have to follow Cody!" Carlos woke up in a spastic attack, accidently hitting James in the face. James was really mad. "HEY! You just hit the face!" Carlos looked up at his friend, innocently.
"No time," Kendall stopped the fight before it broke out. "We have to move." Carlos got up, still a little groggy from his nap, and followed his friends as they trailed Cody. Making sure they weren't seen whenever Cody looked behind him, they eventually made it all the way to Palm Woods Park. They watched from behind some bushes as Cody went straight for a man dressed in a trench coat, sunglasses and a fedora.
"Think that's the guy that's been telling Cody to watch Katrina?" James assumed.
"Who else could it be?" Logan asked.
"Should I go hurt them?" Carlos seemed determined to beat up Cody.
"Not yet," Kendall advised. "I wanna hear what they're saying." The four guys went quiet as they listened in to the conversation between Cody and the mysterious guy.
"I don't see what the problem is," the man told Cody.
"You want me to break into their apartment to find out more information about the guys!" Cody exclaimed. "I could get arrested for that!"
"Then find a way to get one of them to invite you in," the man responded.
"You don't understand how much they hate me right now," Cody explained. "There's no way they'll become friends with me."
"At least try," the man insisted. "I don't care how long it takes I need as much information on these guys as I can get."
"Why don't you just show up there?" Cody asked. "I'm sure that they'll tell you everything, Evan." The guys gaped as they stared at who they now knew as Katrina's brother.
"I told you," Evan reminded him, "It's for their own safety that I stay as far away from them as possible." He looked at the watch on his wrist. "I gotta go. Remember what I told you."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Cody mumbled as he and Evan walked away in opposite directions.
"Do we follow Cody or Evan?"James asked.
"Evan," Kendall replied as the guys left their hiding place. "I need to talk to him." The boys followed Evan as he walked down the street. Evan turned a corner and the guys followed closely behind. That's when they realized that Evan had broken out into a sprint.
"Crap! He knows we're following him!" Carlos exclaimed.
"Run!" Kendall instructed them. They chased after Evan. As he ran, Evan threw off his fedora showing off his blonde hair. He pulled his trench coat off and left it on the ground. This seemed to give him a lot more speed as he started to gain ground. The boys had to jump over the coat so they wouldn't trip, but continued in pursuit.
Suddenly, a car drove up right next to Evan and the door opened for him. Evan was about to get in the car when he looked back at his chasers.
"Stop trying to find me!" Evan called out to the boys. He got into the car and it drove off. The boys slowed down to a halt. They were panting from the sprint.
Once they had caught their breath, Logan asked the important question, "Should we stop trying to find him?" He, Carlos and James looked to Kendall for the answer.
Kendall was staring in the direction that the car had disappeared. There was determination written on his face as he responded, "No." He walked off towards the Palm Woods, leaving James, Logan and Carlos to look at each other. After a few seconds, they ran to catch up with him.
(A/N): OMG! EVAN'S ALIVE! And he knows about the guys! And he's working with Cody! What the heck is going on? Katrina's never seen snow. Poor girl. Will she learn how to have fun that involves something that doesn't have to do with advancing her career? Looks like Katrina and the guys are filming a commercial. What's going to happen there? What kind of song is Katrina going to help Gustavo write? Katrina and Katie really have their work cut out for them with Griffin. Are they going to get him to see sense or is Katrina doomed to stay in that contract? So, Katrina still has feelings for Logan, but thinks there's no use to it anymore. Is she right or is there something later that's going to change it? And now that the guys know that Cody is dealing with Evan, is Cody going to disappear or stick around? Will the guys ever get to have a real conversation with Evan now that they know he's alive? You'll just have to wait to find out! It might be a while cause I've got finals in a couple weeks, but I'll work on this during study breaks so, you never know. Until next time, review and happy reading!