Palmwoods Love

NOTES FROM LAUREN NICOLE: Hey all! Well, here's what we've all been waiting for! (Hopefully;]) The first chapter of my OC story:) I hope you all love it! Big thanks to Rainnboots, BTRlover98, and iiPurkyPandie! Without you guys, this story wouldn't be written! So, yeah! Here we go!:D

"Hurry up, James! I want my Fruit Smackers!" Carlos called down the hall to his best friend. James had stopped to glance at his reflection in a mirror. The helmeted boy was growing more and more impatient. He just wanted his favorite snack.

"Chill, Carlos!" James called back. He sighed at the mirror. His hair looked a little flat today. I'll just go to the vending machine with Carlos, and then I can fix my hair when we get back to the apartment. James sighed again. He turned on his foot and began walking down the hall to meet up with Carlos.

"Took you long enough! Now cummon!" Carlos groaned. James rolled his eyes and smiled. He was put in charge of Carlos when it came to buying anything, even if it was just a snack from the lobby vending machine. Carlos had a habit of "buying in bulk" as he calls it. Let's just say he once came back to the apartment with 7 bottles of root beer, 2 bags of chips, and 5 packs of Fruit Smackers.

They got into a conversation about last night's Maple Leafs hockey game.

"That game was pretty good, huh?" James asked his helmeted friend as Carlos grabbed the pack of Fruit Smackers from the opening at the bottom of the vending machine.

"Are you kidding? It was awes-" Carlos stopped mid-sentence. His jaw hung open and his head was tilted slightly. James looked at him, and followed his line of view. He found that Carlos was staring at a beautiful girl standing at the front desk. She had short brown hair, and was a little shorter looking than Carlos. James nudged Carlos with his elbow.

"You chekcin' her out?" He asked him. Carlos just nodded, his mouth still hanging open.

"Uh-yeah." His speech sounded a bit slurred due to his trance-like stage.

"Just go talk to her!" James encouraged. He gave Carlos a little shove forward. Carlos stumbled and turned back to look at James frantically.

"What am I supposed to say?" Carlos asked, scared out of his wits. He really had no idea what to do. Carlos knew that if anybody could help him with anything that came to girls, it would be James Diamond.

"Oh Carlos, just go say 'Hi, I'm Carlos.' and let everything else just fall into place. You'll be fine, now go!" James encouraged.

"Ok, I-I'll try." Carlos stammered nervously. He put on a confident face and handed James his Fruit Smackers. He took a deep breath and walked over to the brunette girl. Carlos walked right up behind her and quickly glanced at James. He gave him a big thumbs up and mouthed "Go.".

Carlos nodded and lightly tapped on the girls shoulder. She spun around quickly, but in an elegant way. She had on a pair of dark blue jean shorts and a dark purple t-shirt. She was wearing a pair of black Converse All-Stars high tops. Her short brown hair fell perfectly as she came around to face Carlos.

"Uhhh, hi. I'm Carlos." Carlos extended his hand. The mystery girl smiled and met his hand.

"Hi. I'm Mackensie." The girl responded. She tucked her hair behind one ear and flashed a sparkling white smile. The sunlight coming in through the floor to ceiling windows reflected off of her sliver cross necklace. It took all the control he had in his short body to keep from jumping up and down. It was working, he was actually talking to her!

"Ok, Mackensie. That's a nice name! Are you new here?" Carlos asked excitedly.

"Yeah I just moved in this morning. Have you been here long?"

"Yeah, about a year." Carlos liked where this was going. He was successfully making a conversation with a beautiful girl. "I'd be happy to show you around sometime, if you'd like."

"What?" Mackensie blushed. She hadn't quite heard him.

"Would you want me to show you around sometime?" Carlos said again. He didn't think much about it, the lobby was a little loud.

"Oh, sorry. That would be great." Mackensie smiled again, glad that Carlos didn't seemed upset that she hadn't heard him. She pulled a scrap of paper out of her purse and grabbed a pen off the desk. She scribbled some stuff on the paper and folded it in half, handing it to Carlos. "I'm sorry but I have to go help my family unpack. I'll see you later?" Mackensie apologized.

"Oh no problem. I'll talk to you later." Carlos answered, slightly relieved that he wouldn't have to worry about saying something stupid for a while. Mackensie gave him a small wave.

"Bye, Carlos." She turned and started towards the elevator.

"Bye, Mackensie!" Carlos called after her. She looked back over her shoulder and giggled, waving again. Mackensie walked into the elevator and smiled as the doors closed. Her heart was soaring.

Carlos ran over to James at top speed with a huge grin on his face.

"How was that?"

"I'm very impressed, Carlos. Whatcha got there?" James asked, gesturing to the folded paper that Carlos was clutching in his hands. He was so excited, he had forgotten all about it. He hurriedly unfolded it and read it.

Mackensie Jon Bruonski

Room 9-J

Cell # 299-5763

"Nice!" James praised. He was proud that Carlos had gotten her number. Being the "love doctor" of the group, he knew that Carlos and Mackensie would make a great couple.

NOTES FROM LAUREN NICOLE: Ta-da! This chapter is for Rainnboots! This is her original character, Mackensie Jon Bruonski! So everybody, show this girl some love!:] In the next two chapters, I will introduce the other characters, submitted by iiPurkyPandie and BTRlover98! I'll try to get them done ASAP! I hope you liked this chapter! Especially you, Rainnboots! Until next time,

~LaurenNicole