A/N Hey Guys so this is my story Tough Love as mentioned in Chapter 8 of Save Me. I hope you like it because I've been planning to write this for days. Review!

Chapter 1 Tough Love

Carlos Garcia sighed as he entered the new school. He knew he had three other roommates. Their names would be revealed when he got to his room. His parents sent him here because they thought that he should learn how to be a better child. Carlos was constantly getting suspended for stupid stunts and fights. He got his schedule from a mean looking lady and she jabbed a finger towards the room he would be in. Carlos suddenly became very shy. What if his new roommates didn't like him? There were three of them. One of them was bound not to like Carlos. He stood outside the door and took a deep breath before pushing the door open…

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When Carlos did push the door open three pairs of eyes greeted him. He looked around nervously before saying "Hi I'm Carlos Garcia, I'm your new roommate."

"Of course." A short brunette guided Carlos to his bed and introduced himself. "I'm Logan." Carlos smiled at Logan for being so nice. "I'm Kendall." Carlos looked at a boy who had dirty blonde hair and had the greenest eyes you could ever see. "The one looking at a fashion magazine instead of greeting our new roommate is James. Logan glared at James and James smiled and waved to Carlos. Carlos swallowed a lump in his throat. 'Wow he's…' Carlos thought. 'Gorgeous.' He quickly averted his eyes and flickered his eyes back towards Kendall. He was reading a hockey magazine. Carlos felt quickly out of place. Logan had gone back to his bed and started reading a medical magazine. James looked up at Carlos. He was shifting nervously from foot to foot wondering where to sit or put his bags. "Dude come sit down, you can put your bags over there he said pointing to a closet." Carlos nodded and slowly walked over to the closet. He carefully placed his bag down and shut the door. He stood there again before Kendall acknowledged him.

"Carlos, you don't have to be shy I mean we're all guys here." Kendall looked at Carlos with sympathy. "Do you like hockey?" Carlos nodded. It was the only sport he would play as a kid. Kendall patted the spot beside him on his bed. "Come have a look-see." Carlos smiled gratefully and made his way towards Kendall's bed. He sat down and looked at Kendall's magazine. It showed all of the famous players and the one Kendall was reading was Wayne Gretzky. "I wanna be just like him someday." Kendall had admiration in his voice. Carlos could tell he ate, slept and breathed hockey. "Me too." Carlos said. "I love Wayne Gretzky." Kendall smiled. He called out to the others "I like the new kid." He smiled back at Carlos and Carlos grinned. "Thanks." He could feel his face burning from the compliment.

"Hey guys look." Logan said pointing to a picture of a messed up body part. The boys groaned in annoyance and disgust. "Logan, that's disgusting you don't have to show us every gross page in your medical book." James grimaced at the image. "Yeah seriously." Carlos felt bad that they weren't interested. "I think it's cool." He smiled at Logan. "What is it?" Carlos asked. "A tumor." Logan replied smiling. "Thanks for being interested un like some people. He called out "I like the new kid." Then he kept on reading. Carlos blushed for the second time that day. Kendall nudged him "That's two out of three he said winking.

A voice boomed over the intercom. "All students report to study hall." Logan groaned throwing his book down. I hate study hall he said. "What is it?" Carlos asked standing up.

James quickly swooped in telling the procedure to Carlos. "We go there every week to figure out our assignments and chores for the week." This isn't only a school it's sort of a home too just for boys though James groaned. I was kinda looking forward to hot chicks." The boys made their way down the bustling hallway.

"Sit near me." Kendall said to Logan. "We always get in trouble when we sit together." Logan warned. "Who gives a rat's ass?" Kendall said. "Carlos you too." Kendall said. Carlos felt compelled to say "James you can sit beside me." Carlos smiled. James smiled back. "Thanks." They quickly grabbed seats in the back as the teacher droned on. "Oh!" she said in surprise I forgot we have a new student. Carlos tried to shrink in his seat. "Carlos Garcia." She looked up. "Come on up." Carlos was frozen in fear until Logan nudged him and gave him an encouraging smile. Carlos dragged his feet and the teacher snapped "Don't drag your feet, you'll leave scuff marks!" Carlos jumped and a few other boys snickered. Carlos felt his cheeks burn for the millionth time that day.

"Carlos, tell us something interesting about your self then you may take a seat." The lady looked at Carlos willing him to go. "I love hockey." Carlos surprised himself with how bubbly he was. I played for the Minnesota Wild before I came here." The teacher smiled and said you may go sit down. She quickly read off names of people who were going to do what chore and assignment. Logan, Kendall, Carlos and James all got dish duty. So did a few other kids. Jett Stetson, Dak Zevon. But Carlos was happy he was with people he knew. Their assignment was to study for a test that would be given Tuesday.

Kendall groaned as he pushed his way through the crowed hall. "I can't believe I got dish duty!" He practically groaned-yelled. There are like two hundred boys here!" Carlos piped up. "Well if it makes you feel any better we're all together."

Kendall smiled. "We're going to get into so much trouble." This time it was Logan's turn to groan. "As if I don't get into enough trouble here. Now I'm stuck with you guys!" Kendall put on a face of mock hurt. "I'm hurt, Logie." Logan smiled. "I don't give a rat's ass." He said quoting Kendall earlier that day. "Just as long as you don't get paddled you're fine." James concluded. Carlos looked confused. "What's paddled?" Logan grimaced. "It's when you get beat for being disobedient, late for study hall, you don't do your chores right, get below a fifty on a test and just for being bad." Carlos gulped. He nervously chuckled "Well I can tell we'll be getting a lot of those." Kendall sniggered "You have no idea."

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Carlos sighed as he settled into bed. The others continued reading their magazines as Carlos got comfortable on the bed and slept. He heard a distant voice say "I'll wake you up for dinner." He mumbled an okay before drifting off to sleep.

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"I like the new kid." Logan said when Carlos finally drifted off to sleep.

"Me too." Said Kendall.

"Me three." James said looking up. He's pretty cool."

James looked back down at his magazine ignoring the continuing conversation.

"Wait till he finds out how mean the headmaster is." Kendall sighed leaning back on the bed closing his eyes.

"Or wait till he gets paddled." Logan said. "He won't be able to sit for a week." Kendall chuckled at the thought. "Maybe he'll cry a lot like you did, Logie." Logan blushed. "I most certainly did not cry." Kendall laughed. "What are you talking about? You still cry after being paddled!"

"Do not." Logan grumbled.

James looked up from his magazine. "Yeah you do, Logie." He smirked. "But Kendall and I still love you and so will Carlos." He looked down again. Logan gave a sheepish smile before muttering "Shut up, you assholes."

Kendall and James laughed before hearing the booming voice erupt from the speaker again. "Attention students please report to the cafeteria for supper. All dish washers must be present!"

Logan groaned as he stood up. He went over to Carlos's bed and shook him awake. Carlos groaned and said "Papi, five more minutes!" He turned around and snuggled into his pillow even more. Logan laughed. "Carlos, I'm not your daddy, get up before we're late and get a beating." Carlos shot up and said "Oh, my bad." He yawned and asked for the time. Logan replied seven o clock p.m. Carlos groggily sat up and shuffled to the doorway before stopping. "Well come on." He laughed at the others as they sped up after him.

The supper was gross. It was supposed to be beans and rice but it looked like vomit. "I knew the food at this school would suck." Carlos complained pushing back his plate. "I have a bag of Doritos in my backpack." Logan widened his eyes at Carlos. "Dude you can't smuggle food here." "Well do you want tasty chips or horrible crap?" Carlos retorted. "Tasty chips." Logan decided. But how are you going to get them?" "Just say you all have a stomach ache." Meet me in the bathroom.

Logan scrunched up his face. "That's gross."

Kendal chortled. "We'll just eat them after headmaster calls lights out." Logan agreed. He pushed his plate away and Kendall said, "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Carlos smiled. He couldn't have agreed more.

A/N what do you think? Good? Bad? Any Ideas? Review! Sorry if I spelt that hockey player's name wrong. I don't watch hockey but I hear enough about it .