(A/N): I am SO SORRY this took so long to get up! Every time I sat down to write, something else came up. First it was exams, then it was parents telling me to help wrap gifts, then it was Christmas parties and then I got distracted by my Christmas gifts… Like my new Big Time Rush CD…. And, as if that wasn't enough, my parents gave me my birthday present really early since my birthday's not until February. What was it? Big Time Rush concert tickets… SO HAPPY! They're going to be near my hometown around my birthday so my parents thought it would be a great gift. They know me so well.
Anyways, thank you to these people for your reviews: Milkamoo97 (So sorry this took so long!), Dreamer1992 (Yeah, Evan is acting really creepy right now. Maybe there's a good reason behind it?), Sugarcrazed (Yep, Evan's alive! But Katrina doesn't know that…. Yet.), oOo KitKat oOo (Too bad the boys couldn't get more out of Evan.), Cryss'BTRusher (My finals… Ugh… My microbial genetics one was a killer… And I'm glad that Katrina's one of a kind. I honestly thought I gave her too much stuff that she's good at. And as for the published writer, OMG! THANK YOU! That's what everyone seems to tell me. Friends, dad, mom (who's a really picky reader), English teachers, people at the Writing Center at my college. And writing seems to be all I do in my free time. And I want to be a published writer, but it's a hard road to pick. Not everyone can make it. Kind of like making it in music, movies or television. That's why I like BTR cause they made it, despite everything being against them. Every time I watch their show or listen to their music, it gives me that boost I need to work hard on my original stuff, not just fanfiction. And, if I became a published writer, I'd have even less time to post updates on this! Now THAT would be bad.), Sonny13 (You read all 50 chapters in a few hours? Wow… That's dedication! And I applaud you for that! As for Logan and Katrina, they still have some spark in them… It's just hiding. At least, it was. Until this chapter. Close to the end of it. Don't want to give away too much though, so I hope you enjoy this one as much as you enjoyed the previous ones.) and Jenificent3007 (I'm glad to know that this story is your favorite! When people say that, I smile and feel like I've done my best.)
I STILL don't own Big Time Rush (though I do have their CDs and tickets to their concert! YAY!) nor do I own the episodes Big Time Bad Boy and Big Time Love Song which has stuff that I referenced to in this chapter. I also don't own the song That Girl Is Fierce by Love, She Wrote. I just used it in this chapter. And I think I covered everything, so enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 51: That Girl Is Hiding Something
"So, you don't have ANYTHING?" Katrina exclaimed. She was sitting in Gustavo's office and Gustavo was sitting in front of his piano. Katrina had asked how far he was with the song, but he still had nothing after working for three hours.
"IT WILL COME TO ME!" Gustavo insisted.
"Obviously, it's not going to," Katrina replied.
"GAH!" Gustavo yelled as he began banging his head against the piano keys.
"That's not going to get you a song," Katrina mentioned.
"IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS!" Gustavo responded. He went back to banging his head. Katrina took a deep breath, trying to relax from working with him.
"Okay, let's try reasoning through this then," Katrina started, "What kind of song do they want? Love, break-up, party, dance, hiding feelings because the person you like is with someone else?"
Gustavo immediately stopped banging his head. "What was that last one?"
Katrina went wide-eyed. "Uh, dance?"
"No, the one after that."
"That was just me rambling. You shouldn't pay attention to that."
"But that might give me an idea."
"No it doesn't."
"The person you like being with someone else? That…. I've got it!"
"No you don't!" Katrina couldn't stop him. Once Gustavo had his inspiration, he went into a writing zone. He grabbed the empty lyric sheet and began scribbling on it. "What are you doing?"
"Shh! Go fetch the dogs!"
"I thought I was a cat, not a dog."
"You're a cat-dog! NOW GO!" Katrina groaned before she got up and left, going to find the guys like Gustavo told her.
"Stupid Gustavo," Katrina mumbled as she stormed down the hallway. "Why is it that I'm always sent to find them? Am I suddenly his assistant or something? Oh, God, I hope not." She turned the corner and headed towards the elevator.
That's when the elevator opened up. Katrina stopped as she watched the guys step off of it.
"Do you guys just know when Gustavo needs you or something?" Katrina asked.
"Katie sent us," Logan told her. "With this." He handed Katrina a booklet. All four of the guys had one too.
Katrina looked at it curiously, "What is it?"
"Our script," James responded. Katrina scowled, but started looking through it.
"So, is Gustavo done with the song yet?" Kendall asked.
"Uh," Katrina couldn't look at them. "He had some inspiration. From something I said. Which I'm not too happy about."
"Why aren't you happy about it?" Carlos asked.
"Uh," Katrina stammered again. "Why don't we go give this to Gustavo? He might get some other inspiration." She walked off before anyone could say anything else.
"Is she at her bad time of the month again?" Carlos looked to his friends.
"No," Kendall responded, "She's just hiding something. Again."
"Doesn't she realize by now that it's gonna come out eventually?" James mentions. "You know, like everything else she hides from us?"
"Or we hide from her," Logan added. "Maybe we should tell her about Evan."
Before anyone could say anything else, they heard Gustavo scream. The guys ran quickly down the halls to make it to Gustavo's office where he was looking over Katrina's script. She was standing next to him with her hands covering her ears. Apparently, she had known that he was going to scream.
"I CAN'T USE MY NEW SONG!" Gustavo continued his screaming. "IT DOESN'T FIT!" They watched Katrina mouth, 'Thank God'.
"Then write another song," Carlos suggested like it wasn't a big deal.
Gustavo turned, completely set on yelling when he suddenly got an idea. He stared at the guys for a second before he insisted, "Dogs! Cat! To the practice room!" They looked at each other curiously before the guys and Katrina did as Gustavo demanded. He followed them.
"Okay, now what?" James asked.
"You five are going to act out this script," Gustavo insisted. "It might give me inspiration." He gave Katrina her script back.
"It's not much though," Logan explained. "Katrina walks into the room. We stop talking as we watch her walk. While she's passing, we take a sniff like we're smelling her perfume. It cuts to a dream sequence where we're performing the song on a cloud as the Greek Gods with Katrina dancing along. Then it cuts back, we chase after her and fight over who gets to open the door for her. It ends with Katrina telling the camera, 'Greek Goddess. Enchant the Gods.'" Everyone stared at Logan in shock. "What? I've already memorized it."
"Impressive," Katrina commented.
"THAT DOESN'T-" Gustavo began. "Wait a second. That's it. Cat, come with me. Dogs, go away." Katrina groaned as she followed Gustavo out of the room.
"Since when does Gustavo need Katrina for help to write a song?" Kendall asked his friends. They shrugged.
"All I know is that I don't want to be anywhere around the two of them together," Carlos admitted. The others agreed as they headed back to the Palm Woods.
The guys walked into the Palm Woods only to find Cody standing in the lobby, waiting for them. They stopped in their tracks as they had a stare-down with Cody. People nearby got up out of their seats as they ran away from the scene. Mr. Bitters even hid behind his desk, calling out, "No blood!"
"Where's Evan, Cody?" Kendall asked.
"Listen, I'm only here to give a message and then I'm leaving," Cody told them. "Evan wants you to stay close to Katrina. Since she's back in the news, she's been getting a lot of attention from the wrong people. Actually, you guys have too. Be careful out there."
"Why do you care?" James mentioned.
"Don't you DARE think that I don't care about Katrina," Cody insisted. "I knew what she was like before the accident. You guys will never be able to see the carefree person she was before. She always looked for the best in a person. Now, she looks for the worst. I'm doing what I can to get her back to how she was before. What are you guys doing? Messing with her head and heart and making mine and Evan's job harder. If it were my decision, I'd grab her and move her into hiding so that she'll be safe and away from you." The guys seemed insulted at this. "But it's not my decision, it's Evan's. So, keep an eye on her. I'd say it was nice to meet you, but it wasn't." He scowled at them before he walked off. A silence settled in as the lobby started to fill up again.
"I hope that's the last we EVER see of him," Carlos interrupted their silence.
"Are we really messing with her head and heart?" Logan asked them.
"What is his and Evan's job anyways?" Kendall added.
"What does he mean by getting the wrong attention?" James caught. "What kind of attention could be bad?"
Suddenly, Kendall's phone buzzed. He pulled it out and read the text to himself. "Well, Gustavo's done with the song already. Katrina says that we should head back." They groaned as they turned around and left the building.
"Why is it that EVERYTHING I mentioned, you added to that song?" Katrina complained to Gustavo. They and Kelly were waiting in the control room for the guys to get there.
"The commercial's about you, so why not the song?" Gustavo explained.
"It's a great song, Katrina," Kelly added. "The boys are gonna love it."
"They're SO gonna realize that I helped," Katrina assumed. "At least, Logan and Kendall will."
"After you told me that Romeo and Juliet story, it got me thinking," Gustavo mentioned. "Maybe you were better with Logan than with James."
Katrina threw her hands up in aggravation, "NOW you get it!"
"Hmm," Gustavo started rubbing his chin, "Logan. Katrina. Hmm." Both Katrina and Kelly got wide-eyed at this.
"Uh oh," Kelly mumbled.
"Why am I suddenly scared?" Katrina asked rhetorically.
Before anyone could say anything to her, the door opened and the guys walked in. They took one look at Gustavo's plotting face and Katrina's and Kelly's scared ones and immediately asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing," Katrina insisted. Gustavo and Kelly looked at her suspiciously, but said nothing about it.
"Here's the song," Kelly handed each of the guys a piece of paper. They looked it over and Kendall's and Logan's eyebrows went up. They tried to get eye contact with Katrina, but she wouldn't look at them. "It's called That Girl Is Fierce."
James was scratching his head, "I don't know what some of these words mean."
"That's why you've got the part with no big words," Katrina mumbled. Kelly heard her and had to hold back a laugh.
"Wait a second," Carlos piped up. "There's something about a model in here. Is this based on Katrina?"
"The commercial's about her, so why not the song?" Gustavo repeated. "Now, GET IN THE BOOTH!" The guys didn't wait another second as they filed into the recording booth. As soon as they were ready, headphones on their ears, Gustavo pressed a button and the music started playing.
Carlos ended up with the first verse.
When she walked by
It was slow motion
Like she wanted me to notice
That the red dress she was wearing was for me
Time stopped like the movies
All the people in the city
They were stuck in freeze frame
Just so I could see
"I never wore a red dress around the guys," Katrina told Gustavo.
He shrugged, "It fit." They concentrated back on the boys as Kendall took the pre-chorus.
I was a skeptic and neurotic
And every word I thought of
Never really ever came out right
Logan winced and nodded slightly as though he could relate to those lines. He didn't say anything about it though as he joined the others for the chorus.
We could do anything you want
Even dance under the stars
I'll be Romeo and you'll be Juliet
Honey we can burn this city down
Play in the ashes on the ground
I don't care cause I'm falling for you
Katrina blushed because she knew that the next verse was obviously about her. She blushed even deeper when Logan ended up with the part.
She knows how to make an entrance
Look alive and so electric
Like a model
She's perfection above the rest
And the colors that she wore contoured
With every piece of her décor
I'd gladly drink the poison
For a kiss
Logan was watching Katrina suspiciously, but she wouldn't look up from her twiddling fingers. Not even when Logan ended and Kendall took the pre-chorus again.
I was a skeptic and neurotic
And every word I thought of
Never really ever came out right
Gustavo seemed to be plotting again as he would look back and forth between the boys and Katrina. They didn't seem to notice, but Kelly did. She didn't do anything, but kept a close eye on him as the boys went into the chorus.
We can do anything you want
Even dance under the stars
I'll be Romeo and you'll be Juliet
Oh, Honey we can burn this city down
Play in the ashes on the ground
I don't care cause I'm falling for you
As James picked up the next part, he tried to get eye contact with Katrina, but she still wouldn't look up.
And this may be the last time that I see you again
So for the sake of being foolish, "Hello"
I'll be the boy to hold the door so you can exit
And I'll think about you while I'm on the road
Katrina looked up to the ceiling, still not getting eye contact with the guys. They stopped trying as they finished up the song together.
We could do anything you want
Even dance under the stars
I'll be Romeo and you'll be Juliet
Honey we can burn this city down
Play in the ashes on the ground
I don't care cause I'm falling for you
We could do anything you want
Even dance under the stars
I'll be Romeo and you'll be Juliet
Honey we can burn this city down
Play in the ashes on the ground
I don't care cause I'm falling for you
As the song ended, the boys stared at Katrina. She still wouldn't look at them.
Gustavo pressed a button on the control board so he could talk to the guys, "Dogs, that was… okay. Let's run through it again and see if you can make it good enough to send to 'Cuda." Katrina sighed as she got up and left the room. The rest of them watched her walk away. Once she was gone, Gustavo mentioned, "What's her problem?"
Kendall took off his headphones as he told them, "I'll go find out." Before anyone could stop him, he had raced after his cousin. He reached the hallway and couldn't find her. "Where could she have gone?" He started scratching his head as he tried to figure out where Katrina could have disappeared to in such a short period of time.
Suddenly, a door opened and Katrina walked out, carrying a sledgehammer and mumbling to herself. She didn't seem to notice Kendall as she stomped towards the elevator.
"Uh, Katrina," Kendall tried to get her attention. She didn't turn to him. "Katrina?" She kept walking, eventually turning a corner. Kendall groaned before he ran after her to find out exactly what she was doing. He reached her as she pressed the button for the elevator. "Katrina, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to take one of your ideas and go destroy Griffin's office," Katrina informed him.
"And when did I tell you to do that?" Kendall asked.
"Oh, Logan told me about that time you destroyed Gustavo's office, so why not Griffin's? Maybe then he'll fire me. Then, I'll never have to be around Gustavo and he won't base songs on my failed love life."
"Give me the sledgehammer."
Katrina smiled as she handed it to him, "Oh, you wanna help?"
"No," Kendall answered. Katrina's smile disappeared. "I'm stopping you from doing something stupid." She tried to grab it out of his hands, but he held it out of her reach. Sighing, Katrina gave up as she pressed her back against the wall and slid down it so she was sitting on the ground. Kendall sat down beside her.
"I know what you're gonna say," Katrina told him. "That I shouldn't be thinking about Logan in that way since he's got a girlfriend, but I can't help it. I've tried hiding it. That was stupid. I should have known that everything I hide from you guys gets out eventually."
"That's not what I was gonna say," Kendall insisted.
"Oh really? Then what were you gonna say?"
"Just one thing. It's really weird to be thinking about my cousin and my friends dating, but don't give up on Logan."
"But he's dating Camille."
"And Jo told us that she was dating someone and I still went after her."
"Jo told me the story. She wasn't actually dating anyone. And Camille's my friend. I'm not going to ruin her relationship with Logan just cause I wanna date him."
"I'm not telling you to do that. Just hang around Logan more than you have been lately and if for some reason they break up, you're there to pick up the pieces."
"Why do I have a feeling that you've done that before?" Katrina asked.
"Probably because I have." The two cousins laughed. "Seriously though, don't give up. He still cares about you."
"Yeah, well, even if he and Camille break up, I highly doubt he'll go out with me."
"Why do you think that?"
"Two reasons. I'm his friend's ex and one of his girlfriend's friends. Doesn't that break some unspoken code or something?"
Kendall frowned at the thought. "Right."
"Now, if you'll excuse me," Katrina started as she got to her feet, "I'm going to check up on Penny's Pet Care."
"Kat-" Kendall tried as he got up too, but Katrina held up her hand to stop him.
"Save it," Katrina instructed him. "I don't need any sympathy. They say there's someone out there for everyone. I guess I just haven't found mine yet." She looked like she was about to cry as she got into the elevator and pressed a button. The doors shut her in. Kendall could swear that he heard her break down as soon as the doors closed.
"It's time for James to fix this," Kendall mumbled to himself before he walked back down the hall to join in recording the song one more time.
Later that week, Logan, Carlos, Kendall, James, Katrina, Katie, Gustavo and Kelly arrived at the place where they were going to film the commercial. Katie immediately went up to the director to schmooze up to him. Kelly and Gustavo were looking through the scripts again. Katrina yawned as she sat down on a nearby seat since it was early in the morning. All of the boys' tiredness went away as soon as they saw the set. There were two filming areas set up. One was a green screen background with four throne seats in front of it. There were fog machines nearby, but they were off. The other set was a school hallway, complete with lockers and doors running along it. Standing outside the hallway set were a few people that looked to be their age. They were looking over what looked like a script. There was just one thing that was odd about the hallway.
"Is it just me or does that hallway set look like one of the hallways at our old high school in Minnesota?" Logan mentioned. The others nodded, showing that they thought the same thing.
Before they could say anything else about it, the director and Katie came over to them. Katrina got up out of her seat to rejoin the group, yawning again. She rubbed her eyes as though it would wake her up.
"It's nice to meet all of you," the director shook hands with everyone. "I'm Cecil and I'll be your director today. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask anyone. Right now, we're just waiting for the representative from 'Cuda to show up. Once they do, we're gonna go over the changes in the script and then start the filming."
"Wait," Katrina got everyone's attention, "Changes in the script?"
"Yeah," Cecil responded, "The first script was a temporary one until we got the song, which is amazing by the way. Then, we made the final decisions to match the song better."
"When is this going to air?" Kelly asked.
"It'll air after the guys get their first album out," Cecil answered. "We want them well known so that the perfume will sell better."
"Why does that hallway look like a hallway at our old high school?" Logan still seemed interested in the hallway.
"You'll see later," Cecil replied. "Now, I have some business to attend to. If you're hungry, there's a breakfast buffet over there." He pointed over at a long table with practically every breakfast food imagined. The guys stared at it with desire. "Someone will let you know when we get started." He nodded to them before he walked off. As soon as he was out of sight, the guys raced for the breakfast buffet.
"DOGS!" Gustavo yelled out to them, "HEEL!" Katrina and Katie held back their laughter as the guys groaned and dragged themselves back to the group. "Kelly and I have to go over some things elsewhere. Don't do anything stupid." He turned to Katrina. "Watch them." It was Katrina's turn to groan as Kelly and Gustavo walked off.
"And if you'll excuse me," Katie told them, "I'm going to make sure I get my cut." She walked off too.
"Don't leave me-" Katrina started, but Katie was out of earshot. "Alone with them." She turned to look at the guys. They smiled at her. "Don't talk to me. It's WAY too early in the morning for this." She walked over to sit down at one of the tables nearby the breakfast buffet. The guys shrugged before they practically attacked the breakfast buffet. Katrina shook her head before she placed it on the table and fell asleep.
The guys ate quickly and, soon, only Carlos was still eating. James had left their table as he went to go check out the hallway set. Katrina had fallen into a deep sleep, twitching at odd moments. Logan was watching her in what he thought was an unnoticeable way, but Kendall caught onto it. Katrina twitched again and a strand of hair fell into her eyes. Logan's hand started to move over to fix it, but he stopped himself, reminded that he already had a girlfriend that wasn't Katrina. Instead, he crossed his arms, pretending that's what he was going to do in the first place.
Kendall had enough. He got up and made his way over to find James. Once he reached the set, he found James making one of the girl extras laugh. Kendall rolled his eyes before he grabbed James and pulled him away from the confused girl.
"Dude!" James complained. "I was trying to get that girl's number!"
"Sounds like you're over Katrina," Kendall commented. James mumbled something incomprehensible. Kendall ignored it. "You know who's not over Katrina? Logan."
"What are you talking about?" James asked. "Logan's dating Camille. He doesn't have feelings for Katrina anymore."
"Take a look at them before you say that," Kendall instructed. James sighed, rolling his eyes as he stared at the other three back at the table. Carlos got up to get more food leaving only Logan and Katrina at the table. James watched as Logan looked around the room as though checking to see if anyone was watching. Once he seemed satisfied, Logan reached over and fixed the strand of Katrina's hair so it wasn't in her eyes anymore. He let his fingers graze over her cheek slightly as he watched her with a sad smile on his face. He was staring at her like he would stare at a dream that could never be reached, but couldn't be let go. Logan quickly pulled his hand back and crossed his arms again before Carlos rejoined them with another plate of food.
"Oh, he's not over Katrina," James observed. "I feel like a jerk now."
"You should," Kendall responded. "You've done wrong to one of your best friends and to a girl who has already lost so much in her life. What were you thinking?"
"Honestly?" James replied. "I have no idea. It might have been that zebra dress." James looked up at the ceiling as he thought back to their party. Kendall shook his head as he waited for James to get out of his daydream.
As James was daydreaming, Cecil, their director, walked up to Kendall, saying, "The representative from 'Cuda's here. If you could wake up your cousin and gather your friends, we're meeting through that door." He pointed at a nearby door. Suddenly, he seemed to notice James's daydream face. "Is there something wrong with him?"
"So much," Kendall answered. "But he'll be fine for the meeting." Cecil gave James another weird look before he left for the nearby door.
As soon as the door shut, James snapped out of his daydream, "Wait, what were we talking about?"
"Logan and Katrina," Kendall reminded him.
"Oh, right," James nodded. "So what are we going to do?"
"YOU'RE gonna fix this," Kendall insisted. "Because YOU messed them up. Now, the person we've been waiting for is here. Let's get the others and go." He makes his way over to the others, leaving James looking shocked.
"How am I supposed to do that?" James asked himself before he caught up to Kendall.
(A/N): Finally people are seeing sense! What IS James going to do? Is he going to be able to fix everything? What does this mean for Logan and Camille anyways? Logan told us the layout of the commercial, but what kind of changes are going to happen to it because of that song? Speaking of songs, what happened to the FIRST song that Gustavo wrote? Are the guys still going to sing it or is it just going to be tossed out? And because of the second song, what is Gustavo plotting? Is it going to continue to ruin Katrina's life or is something good going to happen? And what the heck is Cody talking about? Is Katrina fully healed or is there something there that the guys can't help her with? You'll just have to wait to find out!
As a result of waiting so long for this update, I've decided to give all of you readers a late holiday gift! It's what I work on when I get writer's block on this story and it's finished! What is it you might ask? A one-shot spin-off of this story. Have you ever wondered what life would have been like for the characters if the Wolff Family Tragedy never happened? Well, wonder no longer cause I wrote it out! At least, a snapshot of what life would have been like. Hope everyone had a happy holiday! I know I did! And until next time, review and have a happy new year!
