(A/N): Hey everyone! I know… You're probably mad cause I didn't get an update out last weekend, but we got a different bus than I thought so we didn't have outlets and my laptop died before I could finish this chapter. But here it is now! Yay! Thank you to these people for your reviews: Dreamer1992 (I actually knew that Owl City's Fireflies music video didn't have girls in it, but thank you for telling me anyways! I do like taking my own spin on the episodes, but it's a lot of work. I've actually been waiting to write this episode for AGES cause I need them to have a car. And Katrina does find James… She just doesn't push him into the pool… You'll see…), Sugarcrazed (Now, I don't want to give away any spoilers by saying exactly when Lorina will get together, but I can give a general idea since I've had it planned from the start. They're not gonna be officially together until season 2. I won't say what episode, but it is gonna be early season 2…. And I just gave away a spoiler anyways by saying they're gonna get together, but we ALL knew that was gonna happen.), and Kaleigh (If you read the previous comment, you got a spoiler that they will be together. Dang me and my big mouth… Er… Frantic fingers? … Sure, let's go with that. I love writing their cute moments together. I usually have bubbly, happy, romantic music in the background as I write those parts, which is why they seem so cute.) I do not own Big Time Rush which would make it impossible for me to own the episode Big Time Video which is in this chapter. I also do not own Owl City's Fireflies which is mentioned in this chapter. So, without further ado, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 54: Surviving The Bet
"JAMES!" Katrina called out as she burst through the door to apartment 2J, knocking the door to the ground and getting water all over from her wet clothes and hair. James wasn't anywhere in sight, but Mrs. Knight was in the kitchen, cooking dinner. Mrs. Knight looked over at the door in frustration.
"Why can't that stay fixed?" Mrs. Knight complained.
"Sorry Aunt Jenn," Katrina told her, picking up the door to put it back in place. As soon as the door was back in its frame, Katrina stepped back slowly, holding out her hands as though she expected the door to fall on her. When it didn't, Katrina went up to her aunt, "Have you seen James?"
"Yeah," Mrs. Knight responded. "He burst through the door, knocking it to the ground. Then he climbed up the slide and disappeared up there. Why are you soaking wet?"
"JAMES!" Katrina yelled as she raced to the slide, fully intent on climbing up it too.
"KATRINA!" Mrs. Knight exclaimed and Katrina froze. She turned to look at Mrs. Knight. "What is going on?"
"James pushed me in the pool," Katrina explained, "Now I have to get him back." Mrs. Knight sighed, crossing her arms as she stared at her niece. Katrina stared back in apprehension, waiting for Mrs. Knight to stop her.
"Revenge is never the answer, Katrina," Mrs. Knight lectured. "Now, can you set the table for dinner?" Katrina groaned, but did as she was asked. She joined her aunt in the kitchen, pulling plates from a cupboard.
"What's for dinner anyways?" Katrina asked, heading for the table with the seven plates. When Katrina had officially moved in, they had added a chair permanently to the table for her. She was usually stuck between two of the guys.
"Meatloaf and mashed potatoes," Mrs. Knight answered. Katrina smiled since it was one of her favorite meals. She hummed in peace as she placed the plates in front of each of the chairs on the table. Going back into the kitchen, she grabbed the silverware to bring it back to the table, putting them next to the plates. That's when she looked up and noticed some eyes looking down at her from the balcony.
"JAMES!" Katrina screamed. James yelped before he stood up, racing through the door. Before Mrs. Knight could stop her, Katrina somehow climbed up the slide, chasing after James through the door. Mrs. Knight waited in the kitchen as she heard crashing, screaming and some cat hissing and dog whining.
Suddenly, the door to the apartment fell to the ground again and James ran into the room. His hair was sticking up in places, out of order for once. There were rips and tears on his clothes and scratches could be seen in some of them. He tripped and fell to the ground. James looked up in fear to watch Katrina walk in through the open doorway. She was holding a broken hockey stick, breathing heavily as she glared at James. Katrina threw the hockey stick to the side, causing another crash, before she stalked towards James.
Mrs. Knight noticed Katrina's murderous attitude and stepped in between the two. Katrina stopped walking, but continued to glare at James.
"All he did was push you into a pool!" Mrs. Knight reminded Katrina. "This is way too much."
"This is for EVERYTHING that boy has done!" Katrina exclaimed. "That binder, messing up me and Logan, pushing me down a well, pulling me back into modeling when I gave it up years ago and every single little comment trying to get me to like him when I OBVIOUSLY DON'T!"
"Wait," Mrs. Knight spoke up. "I thought you two were dating."
"NOT ANYMORE!" Katrina yelled. James yelped and held up his hands to cover his face from any more damage from Katrina.
"Really?" Mrs. Knight seemed confused. "But you two always had that love hate relationship going on."
"What?" James and Katrina spoke together. James had a look of disbelief on his face while Katrina was confused.
"When you two were dating, did you ever actually go on a date?" Mrs. Knight asked.
"Not really," James and Katrina responded skeptically, not knowing where things were going.
"There was that dance," Katrina pointed out.
"But we couldn't really do much since you had a broken arm and a twisted ankle," James noted.
"See," Mrs. Knight told them. "There might be something there. You never know until you try." She slowly stepped away from the two of them, but stayed close in case Katrina decided to attack James again. Katrina looked down at James, a look of thought on her face. She didn't seem like she was going to hurt him anymore. James looked up at her with apprehension, completely ready for Katrina to hurt him.
Suddenly, Katrina sighed and held out her hand to help him to his feet. He hesitated, but took it so he could stand up.
"I'm sorry I messed up your hair, beat you with a hockey stick, clawed at you and ruined your clothes," Katrina told James. There was a deadpanned look on her face as she spoke. "I forgive you for all the things you've done. Did you want a second chance?" James smirked and opened his mouth to say yes, but the word never came out. This was because he saw Logan, Kendall and Carlos walk into the apartment. James watched as his best friends winced at James's appearance. Carlos, Kendall and Logan stared curiously at James and Katrina, wondering what was going on between the two since they seemed to be acting civil to one another. Logan seemed defeated as he stared at the back of Katrina. James saw all of this and knew exactly what he had to do.
"No," James told Katrina.
Katrina gaped at him, part of her side bangs falling in front of her face as she stared at James, frozen in her spot. Mrs. Knight sighed in defeat as she went back to the kitchen to continue working on dinner.
"What?" Katrina was finally able to spit out.
"No," James repeated. "I don't want a second chance. I don't deserve a second chance after all the things that I've put you through. But there is someone who does." Katrina stared at James curiously. "Logan deserves another chance, Katrina. He's just too scared to tell you himself." Katrina furrowed her eyebrows before glancing behind her. She noticed Carlos, Logan and Kendall watching her and James. She turned back to James, a sad look upon her face.
"I think you've forgotten that Logan's with Camille," Katrina pointed out. "And I'm okay with that because they make each other happy. If you love something, let it go, right?" She looked down at her fiddling fingers, tears starting to form in her eyes. "I should go." She started for the door to apartment 2J, calling out to Mrs. Knight, "I won't be back for dinner." She passed Kendall, Logan and Carlos, giving them a sad smile before she raced away. The three boys turned to James accusingly.
"What did you do to her now?" Kendall asked James as the pretty boy made his way over to his friends.
"You didn't tell her about Evan, did you?" Carlos added.
"Evan?" Mrs. Knight caught onto that part of the conversation. The boys turned to look at her and she stared at them expectantly with her arms crossed.
"Nice going," Logan told Carlos as he hit the helmet-clad boy.
"Where is my nephew?" Mrs. Knight asked the four boys as she made her way towards them. The four guys looked at each other before giving in and telling Mrs. Knight the whole story.
Katrina was in the elevator of the building that housed both Rocque Records and Penny's Pet Care. At this moment though, Katrina was heading for the latter. She drummed her fingers on the walls of it as she waited for the elevator to reach the floor. Her crying had stopped, but she was still upset. She was fully intent on grabbing a puppy or kitten and cuddling up to it. Finally, the elevator reached Penny's Pet Care and the doors opened.
"HOLY SHIT!" Katrina yelled, her eyes widening at the scene in front of her. Brandon and Tim broke away from each other, blushing at being caught making-out. Katrina was frozen in shock. Brandon and Tim waved guiltily at her. She continued to stare until the doors of the elevator closed, keeping her in the elevator. Once she couldn't see them anymore, she snapped out of her frozen state and pressed the button to open the doors again. Brandon and Tim smiled awkwardly as they waved at Katrina again.
"Hey Rina," Brandon greeted her as Katrina stepped out of the elevator. "I didn't think you'd come by."
"You're lucky it was just me," Katrina told him. "Imagine if that was a customer!"
"Technically, we're closed so we wouldn't be getting any customers anyways," Tim pointed out.
"Not the point," Katrina responded, holding up a finger to him as though it would keep him quiet. "When you're on the job, you NEVER show any PDA. You know, public displays of affection. I mean, it gets annoying for us single people. Or people who are pining for their crush because they're with someone else. Or people who just got rejected for trying to move on." Katrina could feel her eyes tearing up again.
"Rina?" Brandon looked at his best friend with curiosity. "Are you okay?"
Katrina's lip quivered for a second before she admitted, "I need puppies." Katrina walked past the two boys, heading for the puppies. Brandon and Tim looked at each other.
"I'm sorry, I have to help her," Brandon told Tim before chasing after Katrina. He found her sitting in the puppy room, staring at the puppies playing in a cage as she sat on the floor. He sat down next to her, but she didn't acknowledge him. "Rina, what's wrong?"
"Everything," Katrina answered. "Everything's wrong. I feel like I'm all alone and I'm just never gonna get my happy ending." She sighed, hanging her head. "I still have feelings for Logan." Brandon put a reassuring hand on Katrina's shoulder. "We kissed for a commercial and I can't get him out of my head." Brandon winced in sympathy. "And I can't seem to find a music video that doesn't have girls in it which means that I'll have to do whatever the guys say, do something crazy with them, tell them how I really feel about them and tell Camille everything." This one lost Brandon as he stared at Katrina with confusion.
"You mean like Owl City's music video for Fireflies?" Brandon told Katrina. She turned to look at him. "It has no girls in it."
Katrina broke out into a smile, "Thank you!" She reached out and gave Brandon a hug. He was still confused. "Now I can find out exactly what the guys are hiding from me!"
Brandon and Katrina broke their hug as Brandon responded, "Wait. What?"
"I made a bet with the guys that there was a music video out there that didn't have girls in it," Katrina explained. "And you just helped me win! Thank you!" She looked back at the puppies. "Why don't we ever hang out anymore?"
"Cause I'm always here and you're not," Brandon replied. "Although I have to say, I miss you."
Katrina smiled at him, "I miss you too." She placed her head on Brandon's shoulder as the two of them stared at the puppies.
"You know, Tim and I were planning on ordering a pizza," Brandon told her. "You could hang out with us. From the sound of it, you need some time away from the guys."
"I don't want to be a third wheel," Katrina responded. "I should get back to the apartment. Aunt Jenn will be worried."
"You won't be a third wheel," Brandon insisted. "I promise."
"Fine," Katrina gave in, "I have so many stories to tell you anyways. You'll never believe what the guys did today." Katrina began telling Brandon about the music video.
By the time the boys had finished telling Mrs. Knight everything about Evan, she was done with dinner, it was on the table and Katie had joined the group. Katrina was still gone and none of the group had heard from her. They were too busy paying attention to the guys' story to notice anyways.
"All of you stay here," Mrs. Knight told the people sitting around the dining table after they had finished eating. "I'm going to go drag Evan home." She headed for the door in determination.
"MOM!" Kendall called out. "Don't!" Mrs. Knight turned to look at her son. "Just give me and the guys a chance to talk to him. Maybe we can convince him to come home. And even if you go get him, you can't stop him from running away again. The next time, we might not be able to find him."
"Fine," Mrs. Knight gave in. "You get one chance. But then, it's my turn." Kendall nodded.
"Does Katrina know about this?" Katie asked. The guys looked down at their empty plates. "I'll take that as a no."
"And she's never gonna find out," James insisted, "Cause there are no music videos out there without girls in it." Mrs. Knight and Katie exchanged confused looks.
Suddenly, the door to the apartment fell to the ground, Katrina standing in the opening. She looked down at the door in surprise as the people in the place stared at her.
"I thought you were gonna get this door fixed, Aunt Jenn," Katrina spoke up. Mrs. Knight looked at the guys who were watching her in fear that she would say something to Katrina about Evan.
"Something came up and I forgot to call," Mrs. Knight explained. Katrina shrugged before reaching down and lifting the door to put it back into place. The guys seemed to relax once they realized Mrs. Knight wasn't going to tell Katrina.
Katrina turned back to the group with a smirk on her face, "SOOOOOO." The guys tensed up again as they heard Katrina's taunting voice. "I found something interesting today."
"Ooh, this is gonna be good," Katie piped up. The boys glared at her for a second before looking at Katrina.
"Let me show you something," Katrina told them. She headed over to the desk and sat down in front of it, opening the laptop on it. The guys exchanged scared looks before getting up out of their seats and racing after Katrina. She turned the laptop on with a smirk, feeling the guys crowding around her.
"What did you find?" Carlos asked in fear.
"I told you," Katrina replied, never dropping her smirk, "It's something interesting."
"What interesting thing did you find?" Logan pressed.
"Oh, it's just a video," Katrina brushed it off like it wasn't a big deal, but she was still smirking as she pulled up the internet. She quickly got onto SnoobTube to type up the video's name.
"'Owl City Fireflies music video'," James read the search box that Katrina had typed in. Her smirk got bigger as she pressed the search button. "Uh oh."
"Please tell me that that music video has girls in it," Kendall spoke up.
"It doesn't," Katrina responded. The guys went wide eyed as Katrina pressed the link to start the video. The guys watched it, hoping to themselves that they'd find a girl somewhere in the video. There was none.
"Crap," Kendall, Carlos, Logan and James mumbled as Katrina looked at them with a jeering smile. She turned off the laptop, closed it and got up before she turned to the guys completely.
"I do believe you owe me an explanation as to what you're hiding from me," Katrina looked at the boys expectantly as she crossed her arms. The guys sighed in defeat as Mrs. Knight and Katie exchanged worried looks.
"Who should tell her?" Logan asked. Kendall looked over at Logan, suddenly getting an idea.
"Not me," Carlos held up his hands. "I don't want her to hurt me like she hurt James." James yelped as he reached up to touch his hair that was perfect again. Katrina rolled her eyes.
"Then I'll do it," Kendall offered. He turned to Katrina who was waiting patiently for a response. "She should know this anyways." He took a deep breath before he told Katrina, "We're helping Logan break-up with Camille so he can date you." Katrina's jaw dropped while Logan went wide eyed and glared at Kendall. James and Carlos looked at each other in confusion. Mrs. Knight crossed her arms, shaking her head in disappointment.
"I did NOT see that coming," Katie exclaimed. "Can someone get me some popcorn?"
"Uh, um, I don't, I don't think I heard you correctly," Katrina replied to Kendall. "Can you repeat that?"
"We're helping Logan break-up with Camille so he can date you," Kendall repeated. Katrina stared at him in disbelief. "See, Logan likes you, but is too scared to do anything about it."
"Kendall," Logan spoke with a warning tone. "What are you doing?" He laughed nervously as he turned to Katrina. "He's just joking."
"No I'm not," Kendall insisted. Logan stopped laughing and looked down at his shoes, unable to make eye contact with the frozen Katrina. "And we all know how you feel about Logan. Well, except maybe Logan." Logan furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as he glanced up, but then went back to his shoes.
"If he didn't know before, he does now," Katie mumbled. No one heard her.
"So, are you gonna help us?" Kendall asked.
Katrina narrowed her eyes before responding, "You guys are IDIOTS!" The guys tilted their heads in confusion, ignoring the laughter coming from Katie.
"Wait," James spoke up. "I thought you wanted a chance to date Logan."
"Oh, I do," Katrina revealed, a little bit of a blush forming on her cheeks at admitting it in front of Logan. "But, I don't want to be the reason for Logan and Camille to break-up. Camille would never forgive me and she's one of my closest friends here. Plus there's the whole girl code thing on never dating a friend's ex which would mean that I'd need Camille's blessing, which I would never get. Also, as you guys seem to keep forgetting, I am sort of famous and the public still think I'm dating James. And if word got out to the media that I started dating a guy right after he broke up with one of my friends and the guy happens to be my ex's best friend, it would be everywhere." She noticed the guys giving her blank looks. "In short terms, it's a very bad idea." The guys continued to stare at her blankly.
"Whatever," Katrina headed for the door. "I found out what I needed to know. I'm gonna go hang out with Jo and Camille." That said, she touched the door, let it fall to the ground and then left their sight.
"What'd you do that for?" Logan exclaimed as he hit Kendall. "Now she'll never go out with me even if I break-up with Camille."
"Oh, she will," Kendall insisted. "Just give her time."
"Why didn't you tell her about Evan?" Carlos asked.
"Cause Katrina wanted to hear what we were hiding from her," Kendall explained. "We're hiding a lot of things from her. She should have told us that she wanted to know EVERYTHING that we were hiding from her."
"Didn't she say that she's going to hang out with Jo and Camille?" James pointed out. The four guys' eyes went wide.
"What if she tells Camille?" Carlos exclaimed. The boys paused for a second before racing out the door, after Katrina. A minute later, they came back with Katrina on James's shoulder. She was beating on James's back as she yelled for him to let her go. He did, but that was just to throw her onto the couch. She looked up at them furiously as she blew a strand of her hair out of her face.
"What the hell guys?" Katrina yelled.
"Katrina," Mrs. Knight showed up by her. There was a warning tone to her voice. "No swearing."
"Oh, so I'm in trouble for saying one little swear word, but the guys throw me around and you don't lecture them!" Katrina responded. "That's messed up."
"I was getting to that," Mrs. Knight told her before turning to the guys. "Don't hurt her. Again."
"Got it," the guys replied together. Mrs. Knight watched them suspiciously, but left to clean up after dinner.
"What's going on?" Katrina demanded, getting back to being angry at the guys.
"You can't tell ANYONE, especially Camille, about this," Kendall told her.
Katrina stared at the guys in disbelief, "Duh! I don't want Camille to kill me!"
"Good point," Logan agreed.
Katrina looked at him, "You know we have to talk about this."
"I know," Logan nodded.
"Oh, and you can't tell anyone about our music video problem," James added.
"That I can't promise," Katrina replied. The guys exchanged smirks. "Uh, guys?"
"That means we can't let you out of our sight," Kendall told her. Katrina's eyes went wide before she was suddenly picked up by James again. Before she could do anything, the boys took her from the room.
"They are SO much fun to watch," Katie admitted to her mother.
Mrs. Knight smiled, "It's kind of like a drama on TV with them." Katie nodded with a smile. "Now, help me clean up." Katie's smile disappeared, but got up and helped her mother with clearing the table.
"I can't believe you guys locked me in your bedroom with you!" Katrina exclaimed. The five teens walked down the hallways of Rocque Records the next day, heading towards the conference room to meet up with Gustavo and Kelly and continue their search for a director. "You better not have done anything to me while I was sleeping or I'll put you in a permanent sleep."
"How would you know anyways?" James asked.
"So, you DID do something to me!" Katrina assumed.
"No, we didn't," Kendall responded as they walked into the conference room. Gustavo and Kelly looked up from their papers.
"Ah, good," Gustavo spoke up, "You brought the cat." The teenagers tilted their heads in confusion.
"Wait, you actually want me here?" Katrina responded.
"We need someone to tell us how young girls will think about the video," Kelly explained. "You're an easy choice."
"Well, okay then," Katrina shrugged as she and the guys sat down. Katrina found herself sitting between Logan and James.
"BRING OUT THE FIRST DIRECTOR!" Gustavo yelled. It didn't take long for the first one to walk in. He had long messy hair, a beard and sunglasses and was carrying a poster with a picture of a city and the words, 'City Is Ours' underneath it.
Standing in front of the group at the table, the director began, "Four boys. Nobody else." Katrina smirked while Logan and James shared concerned looks behind Katrina. Carlos looked to Kendall who just stared blankly at the director. "Cause the city is them." Gustavo leaned forward in interest. "They are the city."
"No girls," Logan coughed.
Kendall stood up, "We love this idea. You, sir, are a genius." James and Logan mouthed, 'What?' to Kendall as he went on. "We're the city. I'm a skyscraper." Katrina put her hand to her forehead, shaking her head while James and Logan finally realized what Kendall was doing. "Logan's a taxi."
"Yeah," Logan agreed as he stood up. "Beep beep."
"That's not the vision I have," the director told them.
"Yes it is!" James and Carlos insisted as they got to their feet.
"Gustavo," Kendall got his producer's attention, "Imagine it. Big Time Rush is a giant singing city." He put his arm around Gustavo's shoulders before they looked up at the ceiling, envisioning the thought in their heads.
Suddenly, Gustavo snapped out of it. He looked at the director and told him, "That is the worst video I've ever imagined IN MY LIFE!"
"But that's not my video," the director defended himself.
"And it never will be," Gustavo denied him. "NEXT!" The director grabbed his poster and walked out of the room.
"Who's the next director?" Kelly asked as she and Gustavo hid their heads behind a folder. The guys quickly gathered underneath the table. Before she knew what was going on, Katrina was pulled from her seat to join them.
"I want no part of your plan," Katrina told them right away.
"Yes, you do," the guys insisted. Katrina scowled.
"Okay," Kendall started to tell them about the plan. "We know our mission. If the music video doesn't have girls in it, we kill it."
"Got it," Carlos, Logan and James agreed.
"I'm just gonna say whatever I feel like," Katrina replied.
"I thought you wanted Camille to stay," Kendall pointed out.
"Unless you want her to go away so you can have your chance with Logan," James teased her. He, Kendall and Carlos gave her and Logan knowing looks while Logan glared at James.
Katrina scowled at him, "Fine, I'm in."
"DOGS! CAT! WHERE ARE YOU?" They winced as they heard Gustavo yell. Quickly, they got back into their seats. Gustavo gave them a blank look before saying, "I don't wanna know." The guys and Katrina shared confused looks as the next director walked in.
This director had balding hair, a mustache and a poster with a picture of a city with an arrow pointing to the top of a skyscraper.
"Big Time Rush," the director began with his accent. "All alone. Nobody else. On the tallest building in Los Angeles."
"I'm afraid of heights," Carlos revealed.
"I hate tall buildings," Logan added.
"Nosebleeds," Kendall commented.
"Are we even sure we can GET ON the roof?" Katrina asked.
"I get nauseous when I stand up," James stood up and then promptly fell to the floor. Katrina and Kelly looked down at him. Kelly seemed more in shock while Katrina rolled her eyes at James's obvious fake excuse.
"NEXT!" Gustavo yelled. The man ran from the room with his poster. James stood up, seemingly better.
"Hey James," Katrina teased, "I thought you got nauseous standing up." She chuckled at her own words. James sat down with a scowl on his face before he kicked Katrina's rolling chair away from the table. She glared at him as she slowly rolled back to the table.
Katrina didn't get a chance to say anything because the next director came walking in. This one was a girl. Katrina took one look at the girl and grimaced at her fashion sense. The director's hair was two colors; one side black and the other side white. She reminded Katrina of Cruella De Vil from the movie 101 Dalmatians. She suddenly didn't like the woman and was intent on keeping her from directing the music video. The woman put up a poster that had a futuristic city on it.
"You're in a magical underwater city," the woman offered. "Without girls." Katrina smirked, knowing that the guys were gonna crush it.
"Can't swim!" Logan admitted.
"Me neither!" Kendall added.
"I'M AFRAID OF SHARKS!" Carlos exclaimed before hiding under the table.
"Wouldn't that need a whole lot of special effects and therefore spend a whole lot of money?" Katrina pointed out. She smiled as she noticed Gustavo and Kelly nodding in agreement with her statement.
"I get nauseous just drinking water," James stood up, grabbed a glass of water and drank it before spitting it out. The water hit both Logan and Katrina before James fell to the floor. Logan and Katrina scowled as they looked down at the water spots on their clothes.
"NEXT!" Gustavo yelled. The woman snarled, grabbed the poster and left the room.
"She didn't seem that nice to work with anyways," Kelly mentioned before she and Gustavo looked at the folder for the next director.
"Carlos," Katrina called out. Carlos poked his head up so that she could see the top of his head across the table. "She's gone. You can get back in your seat now."
"What about the sharks?" Carlos exclaimed.
"There aren't any sharks," Logan told him. Carlos accepted this and got back in his seat as James got up too. This time, Katrina kicked his wheeling seat away.
"That was for hitting me and Logan with your water spit," Katrina informed him. James decided it would be best to stay away from her so he wheeled himself over to the other side of Logan. This caused Katrina and Logan to scoot over so that they were closer to Kelly and James had room for his new spot.
"Why are you defending Logan too?" Kendall asked with a smirk. Katrina blushed and Kendall's smirk got larger. Eventually, Katrina crumpled up a piece of paper and threw it at her cousin in annoyance, hitting him in the face.
Before he could respond, the next director walked in. He had hair slicked back, purple sunglasses and a poster of a destroyed city.
"Big Time Rush," the new director began, "Are the last surviving members of the human race." Carlos facepalmed while Kendall hung his head. Katrina gave the director a look that clearly said, 'Are you kidding me?' "And they must reclaim a forgotten city."
"Interesting," Gustavo commented.
"YES!" Logan exclaimed as he got to his feet. "Oh, I can see it now. A post-apocalyptic, dirty, ugly nightmare." He stood behind Gustavo as the two went into their vision. This time, Katrina had a vision too, but hers was completely different than the caveman-like one that the boys, Gustavo and Kelly imagined. Katrina's wasn't dirty, ugly and, most certainly, wasn't a nightmare. It wasn't even a music video. It was more of a daydream which Katrina found herself in as she looked up to the ceiling.
Katrina was sitting in Palm Woods Park. Well, what remained of the park after the disaster that left her and the boys of Big Time Rush the last survivors that they knew about on the planet. She was heating up some soup over an open flame that they had liberated from a deserted, nearby grocery store. The boys were out again, collecting food, while Katrina sat and guarded the place. What she was supposed to be guarding it from, she didn't know since they hadn't seen anyone else around.
Picking up a spoon, Katrina stirred the pot of soup before tasting it. It was still a little cold. Katrina groaned before putting the spoon back down and sitting on the ground nearby. She scooted as close to the fire as she dared to keep warm. The disaster had left Katrina with torn up clothes. Her shirt had somehow ripped, making it into a belly shirt, and her jean shorts had tears everywhere. The rats-nest of hair that she had was growing out, her roots showing. She had a cut along her cheek that was slowly healing. Luckily, Logan had taken care of it so it wasn't infected, but it was still there. The scratches on her legs were newer from the times she had to explore the woods for people or food.
It wasn't long before the four guys came back. They put the food they had found in their storage box before joining Katrina around the fire.
"Did you find anyone?" Katrina asked.
"No," Logan answered. "But we did find some more first aid supplies."
"And I found this," James held up a comb. That would explain why his hair was perfect again. Even in a post-apocalyptic life, James still cared about his appearance.
"Is the soup done?" Carlos asked. He was the one that was able to find the food the easiest. When Kendall, Logan and James couldn't find anything, Carlos always could. No one knew how he was always so successful at finding it.
"It should be," Katrina responded, checking it with the spoon again. It was. Katrina grabbed the five nearby bowls and began filling them with soup, passing four of them to the guys before she started eating her own.
"It's been two weeks," Kendall noted as they ate. "I don't think we're going to find anyone."
"At least not if we stay here," James added.
"And we're probably going to run out of food unless we start growing our own," Carlos continued. "And we don't know how."
"We found the library," Logan mentioned. "There's a whole bunch of how-to books there. Just give me a few days and I can probably figure it out."
Katrina spoke up. "I think it's time we moved on. Our resources are running low." The four boys nodded in agreement and things went silent for a few minutes. That's when Carlos brought up something important.
"What if we're the last people on Earth?" Carlos asked.
"Then we'll have to repopulate," Logan informed them. James smirked, staring at Katrina. She scowled at him, realizing that there were some disadvantages to being the last female on Earth.
"Why did it have to be my cousin?" Kendall asked rhetorically.
"Oh, I hope we find someone else," Katrina mentioned.
James yawned, "We should get to sleep. We've got a lot of work to do tomorrow."
"I'll take the first shift," Logan offered to watch the camp while everyone else slept. Kendall, Carlos and James agreed before getting up, stretching and heading for their make-shift tent. Katrina stayed behind as she cleaned up after their dinner. Logan helped by putting on some oven mitts and removing the pot from above the fire. He set it aside to cool so that Katrina could clean it when it was. He then made his way over to where Katrina was washing the five bowls.
Logan stood next to her, watching as Katrina cleaned the bowls as best she could without soap. She felt his presence next to her as she ran the rag along the bowl. Turning, she gave him a sad smile before focusing on the dishes. Logan frowned, wondering why she was more depressed than usual.
Katrina put the bowl to the side as Logan asked, "What's wrong?" Katrina gave him a look of disbelief as she picked up her fourth one since she had finished the first two while Logan was taking care of the pot and the third one before he asked what was wrong. "I mean besides what's normally wrong."
"I'm fine," Katrina insisted, but the bowl almost fell from her hands as she said it. She sighed and looked at Logan, "I just hate seeing you guys leave every day. I mean, I know it's necessary, but I worry that each time is going to be the last time I see you. I don't know what I'd do without you." She put the bowl with the others to dry before picking up the next one. Logan could see tears starting to form in her eyes.
He placed his hand on her shoulder in a comforting gesture, telling her, "Maybe I can convince the others to let me stay with you. I think I'm of better help studying books to help us survive than finding things."
"They need you out there, Logan," Katrina insisted. "What if one of them gets hurt? They're more likely to get hurt than I am and they'll need a medic."
"Maybe I can teach Kendall how to bandage wounds," Logan suggested. "You know, I hate leaving you alone here every day. I'm always afraid that something will happen that is way too big for you to handle."
"You mean like being the last girl on Earth?" Katrina reminded him. She sighed again as she set the last bowl to the side and faced Logan. "It's a huge burden to know that I'm going to be the mother of all future generations."
"I think you'll be a great mom," Logan told her, pushing some of her crazy hair behind her ear. She gave him a sweet smile.
"Thanks," Katrina responded. She yawned. "I should probably be getting to bed." She headed for the make-shift tent.
Suddenly, there were two arms around her stomach, stopping her. Katrina opened her eyes wider at the touch, all tiredness gone. Once he realized Katrina wasn't going to fight him away, Logan moved one of his hands to reach up and move some of Katrina's hair away, revealing her neck. Logan pressed his lips on the bare skin and Katrina shivered as her breathing got heavier. He smirked into the slow, soft, loving kisses.
Logan reached up and turned Katrina's head to face him. She smiled slightly as she glanced down at his lips before her eyes concentrated on his.
"I love you, Katrina," Logan declared. "I have since that day we first danced. Remember? At your old school when I had to dress like a girl to get in?" Katrina giggled as she remembered. "I just never realized it until I saw you with James. I knew at that moment who I belonged with and it's you." For some reason, this part felt real for Katrina instead of just a daydream.
"Then it's a good thing I survived," Katrina responded jokingly. Then she got serious. "And I love you too, Logan. I was only with James to make you jealous cause you were with Camille. From that dance, I always knew it was you and me. And now, it always will be you and me."
"And James and Carlos and Kendall," Logan pointed out. "We need to have as much genetic diversity as possible for your kids if you're gonna be the mother of all the future generations."
"Shh," Katrina told him, turning to him fully. "Don't think about that. Think about the first child. The name of father is still undecided. Did you want that role?" She bit her lip softly and seductively as she stared into his eyes. Logan smirked at her before taking her lips with his.
"I would be honored," Logan agreed as soon as he pulled his lips away. Katrina squealed as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him into a hug. They slowly pulled away to look into each other's eyes. They stayed frozen in that position, Logan's arms around Katrina's waist and hers around his neck.
Suddenly, Logan and Katrina both lunged forward, their lips colliding. Their arms tightened around each other as though afraid something was going to rip them apart again. Logan pulled Katrina up off her feet and she bent her legs, making it look like she had jumped into his arms. This didn't seem to help Logan though as he soon lost his balance and fell backwards, pulling Katrina with him.
Katrina snapped out of her daydream as she hit the floor. Apparently, she had been leaning her head against her hand and her elbow was on the table while she was daydreaming. Slowly, she had been pushing her wheeling chair back until she couldn't reach the table from it and fell out of her chair. She looked up and noticed Logan was standing above her. She blushed slightly as they gained eye contact, her daydream still fresh on her mind. He held out a hand to help her up. She took it and got to her feet.
"I saw that coming," Logan admitted. "You were out of it since the apocalypse guy was here." Katrina looked around and found out that only she and Logan were in the room.
"Where's everyone else?" Katrina asked.
"Lunch," Logan answered.
"Ooh, good," Katrina smiled, "I'm starving." She walked off, leaving Logan standing alone.
"I guess she didn't hear me tell her how I really feel," Logan talked to himself. "Probably for the best. I shouldn't be telling her I love her when I'm dating Camille." He sighed and then left the room to catch up with the others.
(A/N): GASP! SO MUCH DRAMA! From Katrina attacking James to her finding out that the guys are trying to set her up with Logan to Mrs. Knight finding out about Evan to Katrina's lovely daydream (which was supposed to be shorter, but it just kept flowing) to Logan admitting he's in love with Katrina! Which Katrina DID hear, but thought it was part of her daydream! Will she ever figure it out? And James has FINALLY realized that Logan and Katrina belong together! Or has he? What's going to happen when Kendall, Carlos, James and Logan finally meet up with Evan? Will they be able to get him to see some sense or will Mama Knight have to step in? And will Katrina change her mind about the set up with Logan or will she be way too stubborn to follow her feelings causing the guys to do drastic things to get them to date? You'll just have to wait to find out! I've got the writing bug, so I'm hoping I can post again before Saturday, but I've learned my lesson now to not make any promises. You know, I really like what I did with that post-apocalyptic daydream…. Maybe I can add onto it and make it into a one-shot or something… Eh, I've got other projects I'm working on though, so I don't know… Anyways, until next time, happy reading!