Katie Frankel

Katherine "Katie" Frankel is a fictional character in the series, Just the Seven of Us. She was originally introduced in the All About Us episode Earthquake as the newborn half-sister of former character, Ryan Frankel. Fifteen years after being born into Silver Hills' disastrous Earthquake, she has grown into a blossoming young woman with an love interest and a few friends. She is best friends with Julie Marshall, and also friends with Billy Simpson, the Frazier siblings, Beck Walker, and boyfriend, Scott Barringer. She is on good terms with former rival, Brooke Madison. She is portrayed by Emily Tennant.
==Character Profile==
===Overview===
Katie was originally introduced in All About Us and is Ryan Frankel's half-sister. She published her own blog called The Vicious Circle, which she used to discuss intimate details (truth or fiction) about her peers at Silver Hills High. Katie and Scott Barringer were the "Supercouple" of Just the Seven of Us but when she discovered that Scott was developing feelings for their friend, Brooke Madison, they ended their second relationship.
==All About Us==
Katie was born to Mr. Frankel and his wife, Charlotte during the disastrous event in Silver Hills, the Earthquake. Ryan Frankel was the one who delivered Katie when he, Charlotte, and Ryan's ex-girlfriend at the time, Alicia Alcott were trapped in the damaged Frankel house in the trashed living room. Katie, her parents, and Ryan went to stay at Ryan's mother's house as their house was being rebuilt.
Katie was seen with Ryan and his new girlfriend, Alexa as they were doing their homework. Ryan mentioned that Katie was born during the earthquake and he had to deliver her.
Katie was seen again when her mother, Charlotte was taking pictures of Ryan in his prom tuxedo. She appeared in the final book episode of the series when she hugged Ryan at his graduation.
==Missing Years==
While Katie was growing up, she became closer to Julie Marshall, Scott Barringer, and Billy Simpson. It was mentioned that she attended Silver Hills Middle School with them, along with "Irish twins" Noah and Alex Frazier. Like the AAU characters that came before them, Katie and her friends wore uniforms. In the seventh grade, she developed a crush on Scott Barringer. But she found herself competing again new girl, Brooke Madison over Scott as she was setting her sights on him.
==Just the Seven of Us==
In the series, Katie is now a teenager attending Silver Hills High, where her half-brother and his wife attended in the original series. She writes for the school newspaper and plays Volleyball on the girls' team with best friend, Julie Marshall. Her parents are still married.
In -, Katie is at the student store purchasing her white cap and gown when she first started getting sick and runs to the girls' restroom. Julie and Brooke followed her. She tells them that she's okay, but just nervous about the end of high school. Then she applies to the Nurse's assistant Summer Program. Katie tells Julie, Brooke, and Alex she is excited about the College Nursing Program. Julie ask if Katie was feeling better, Katie tells her that she was okay for now.
Katie runs into Scott in the hallway and tries to avoid him, just when he was about to tell her that he got accepted to CULA. She is cleaning up in the girls' room when Scott confronts her again. She finally tells him that she was pregnant and it was his, much to Scott's shock. She tells him that she plans to get an abortion, upsetting him after Brooke aborted his baby. Later on, Katie starts bleeding in her pants and goes to see a doctor and finds out that she has been spotting. She ultimately decides to keep the baby, since she was almost 18 (again, much to Scott's shock).
==Mentions==
Katie appears in - during Kristy Castelli's Goodbye party video from one of the past scenes when Kristen had interviewed her for Silver Hills Radio. She also posts on SHHS page on Facebook.
In -, Katie was mentioned when Kristen talked to her teacher Kristy Castelli about becoming a nurse. Ms. Castelli revealed that Katie is in college studying for her nursing degree. 
In -, Lexie's gym locker no. 2443 is also Katie's old locker.
In - Derek Barrett mentioned that he met Katie when he came to her father's funeral. 
==Notes==
*Katie was originally introduced in the original AAU series.
*She holds very strong similarities to AAU character, Sierra Jennings, but her own sense of style is much different than Sierra's.
*Both Alicia and Katie have their belly buttons pierced.
*She is currently the head editor for The Grapevine, the school newspaper.
**Like Brooke, two things were planned out for Brooke but both were aborted:
**She was supposed to be a brunette like Sierra Jennings, but she was created to be a blue-eyed blonde.
*She has an on/off again relationship with Scott Barringer.
*She had an on/off friendship with Brooke Madison.
*She is the half-sister of Ryan Frankel.
*Katie, along with Scott, Billy, Noah, and Caitlyn Haines have attended California University at Los Angeles.
*She took painkillers to get rid of her shoulder injury in -, making her the first character in the franchise to have a painkiller addiction storyline.
*Katie is the second character to have a pregnancy scare. The first was Kristy Castelli and the third was Bianca Watkins.
*She is the half-sister-in-law of AAU character, Alicia Alcott (through Alicia's marriage to Katie's half-brother, Ryan).
==Quotes==
*"Hey, Julie. Over here!" (First Line) - "Just the Seven of Us"
*(To Brooke): "You've been waiting months to steal Scott from me? How could you do that?!"
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