Carlos is as you all know is a big ball of energy. But what is under his thin layer of energy. Why does he wake up in the middle of the night crying? Why does he flinch every time someone attempts to come near him? Why does he panic every time he hears thunder? How come he can't trust anyone, not even his friends? Why does he wear his helmet?
"Carlos come on we're going to the pool! Are you coming with us or not?" Kendall yelled from outside Carlos bedroom door. Carlos quickly wiped away his tears and said "Umm yeah I'll be out in a minute" he stuffed a picture in his dresser and opened his door "C-come on let's go" he stuttered trying avoid Kendall seeing his puffy, blood shot eyes. James and Logan were standing by the door holding towels and pool noodles in their hands. Carlos kept his head down. "Finally you're out!" James said relieved "Let's hit the pool!" They all headed to the elevators wearing their swim trunks, flip flops, and shades. "Today is the perfect day to swim" Logan said pressing the button to the lobby.
When they got to the pool James went to his favorite tanning spot and sprayed on Cuda action tan, Mangerine, Logan went to find Camille, Kendall went to find Jo, and Carlos just sat in a chair, he didn't really feel like swimming today. James noticed Carlos sitting alone in the chair and walked over to Kendall. "Hey, Kendall doesn't Carlos normally splash around in the pool?" he asked making sure he wasn't going crazy. Kendall looked around the pool and saw Carlos sitting in a chair "Yeah he normally is." Kendall said with suspicion. James asked "do you think he's sick? Maybe I should take him home" he was about to walk over to Carlos but Kendall stopped him and said "No don't take him home now, just give it a few minutes." Jo joined their conversation "Yeah, I bet in the next fifteen minutes Carlos will be in the pool playing with his pool noodles." Jo said calmly. James sighed at said "Yeah probably" then went back to his tanning spot and opened his 'Pop Tiger' magazine, looking up every few minutes at Carlos.
About ten minutes later Carlos was still sitting in the chair. Even though Carlos was sitting in a spot with the sun directly on him, he felt cold. He hadn't been in the pool, and the wind wasn't blowing at all, yet he was shivering. Carlos's eye lids also started to feel heavy. For the past two week he kept waking up in the middle of the night because of nightmares and didn't want to go back to sleep fearing the bad dreams would come back. He struggled to keep his eyes open. "I'll just close them for a minute" he thought to himself. He closed them and ended up falling asleep.
James looked up from his 'Pop Tiger' magazine and saw Carlos in his chair curled up in a ball. "Just give him a few minutes. He'll be fine" James said in a goofy voice mimicking what Kendall said before. James got up from his seat "I'm taking Carlos home" he said coldly as he walked past Kendall without making eye contact. "James he's not sick!" Kendall said in return. James ignored him and saw Carlos not just curled up but also sleeping. James gently picked Carlos up in his arms and headed inside. Before James walked into the lobby he pasted his girlfriend Morgan. "Hey you" she said planting a kiss on his cheek. Then she saw Carlos sleeping in his arms "What are you doing with Carlos?" she asked "Oh Carlos is sick, and fell asleep in a chair, so now I'm taking him back inside." He said. "You're so helpful" she said and then pecked his lips. Then she walked away and James went back to the apartment.