A/N: YAAAY! IT"S FINALLY HERE! WOOP WOOP WOOP. I know that a lot for you have been waiting for this and I am terribly sorry for the longest wait ever. Just so you guys won't cuss me out I give you this long first chapter. If you haven't read the previous story, Counting On You then you need to go read it now or you're going to be terribly lost while reading. And now I present you the first chapter of I'm Always Here. ENJOY! :D
Carlos' POV
It had been about 5 months since I had the children and things were going absolutely amazing. They were growing well and everyone was so helpful and encouraging. Now it's kind of sad to see us sort of spread out. We all had been living in Minnesota together but now we're all moving to different places, luckily, they're all in the same state of California. It just seemed like the place to be for all of us. Well, maybe not Logan but he's going to support James, who is going to be a world-class model. Not to mention, they have really good medical schools there. Logan's words not mine.
Dak and Camille are going into acting together and Dak is also trying to be a singer which is great. They are also living together at Dak's parent's mansion which they gave to him so I should be saying his mansion but you get my point.
James and Logan are living at Palm Woods hotel. It's like a hotel for the future famous. I hear that their place is really nice and super clean but I heard it from Logan so I'm pretty sure that he's been in charge of the decorating and picking up after James.
Me and Kendall were the last of us to move from Minnesota.
I was surprised by the sight of, I guess I would call them, my fans. They were waiting for me at the airport since I tweeted about it. My mom said that Twitter wasn't exactly the best thing to do because people will just be nosy but I told her that I had to keep the world updated on us. She was just mostly upset that we were leaving. It wasn't like she couldn't come with us or come visit.
Basically, this day was like prom and graduation all over again. Prom because of all the pictures we were taking with the people, which seemed to show up more and more and I think I saw a paparazzi but I doubted it. Graduation because of how mine and Kendall's mom were crying just like they did on graduation. It was kind of embarrassing but most of the people there just awed at her and laughed when Kendall told them not to encourage them.
I'm not saying I'm not going to miss this place but I'm starting my own life. I can't be living at home with our parents and try to raise two children. I am going to miss the extra hands around the house though. I would hire people but I don't want my children to be raised by nannies. Just because we are rich doesn't mean that we are going to spend tons of money on unnecessary things.
When they finally let us go, after kissing the babies tons of times, we made our way through airport security. The strollers and everything made things complicated and I don't know how many times we had to go through the metal detector with the babies before we realized that they both had on matching necklaces that Kendall's mom gave them. The necklaces both were a circle with their initials on the inside.
Oliver seemed to love the sound of the metal detector buzzing because every time Kendall walked through with him he would smile and make noises. I was putting Hailey back into her stroller as she began to doze off. I knew this was going to happen because she woke up in the middle of the night wide awake.
Kendall had to stay up with her and they eventually woke up the dog, Daisy, and started making noise. I have no idea how long they stayed up though because I went back to sleep with Oliver. When they came through the final time Kendall sighed when it didn't go off. I could tell he was exhausted as he put Oliver into the stroller as I put the baby bags in the bottom.
"I'll push it." I told him.
We had a twin stroller and Oliver was constantly making noises. He loved being in the front to see all of the people and things while Hailey slept in the back. Kendall was slowing down the closer we got to the plane. I bet he would listen to me now when I tell him to go back to sleep. Most of the time when Hailey wakes up in the middle of the night all you have to do is leave her there and she'll eventually go back to sleep. But no, he just had to go check on her. The second she saw him look over into her crib, she just had to be picked up.
As we reached the gate we saw that we had to wait a while. Kendall sighed and laid out on the row of chairs and told Oliver to shush. It seemed like he did the complete opposite and got louder. I checked and see if his last wave of sounds had woken up Hailey but she seemed to just tune them out as she slept, something I bet Kendall wishes he could do. I tried not to laugh as he groaned, trying to get comfortable. The second he seemed to relax they announced our flight was now boarding. I decided to let him sleep until most of the people got on. I gave the stroller to the lady by the gate, taking the babies out before going back to Kendall.
"Kendall." I said and he opened his eyes to look at me.
"Come on, we have to board the plane." I told him.
He sat up and grabbed Hailey and her bag before he walked towards the gate. I followed him with a noise making Oliver and his bag. We boarded, giving the lady our tickets and finding our seats in business class. Having babies on planes was one thing but having babies and being crowded was on a whole different level.
That's why we chose business class over Economy. First class would've been too much and it didn't matter because as we boarded we saw that it was full. Kendall and Hailey was a row behind me and Oliver since it was only two seats and we wanted window seats. Kendall strapped Hailey's carrier in and put the bag on the ground in front of her before he flopped in his seat.
I smiled at him as I strapped Oliver's carrier in. I went to put Hailey's pacifier in her mouth for when her ears started to pop. I leaned down and kissed my sleepy blonde fiance before doing the same with our sleeping daughter. I sat down and Oliver was smiling at me. I was glad I made sure to change them in the car on the way here. There shouldn't be anything until we land or are close to doing so. There were a couple of girls that looked ready to go to the beach when we got there sitting in the row next to us. I took Oliver out of his seat so I could find his pacifier.
"Aww, he's so cute." One of them said.
"Yeah." The other one agreed.
"Say thank you." I told him and he smiled at them before screaming as loud as ever. I hurried and put the pacifier in his mouth as he laughed at everyone jumping.
"Sorry." I apologized before placing him back in his seat. I raised the window for him to look out and hopefully keep him distracted. I sent a quick text to my mom telling her that we were safely on the plane and about to leave. When she replied that she was going to visit the second we got settled, I smiled before turning off my phone.
We were about halfway through the flight and all three of them were knocked out. I was sort of glad that Oliver was sleep because he kept wanting to be held. Then he kept wanting to touch everything on the plane. He ended up taking the barf bag and ripping it. I had to take it away from him so he wouldn't eat it. If I didn't he would've tried. I looked back at my fiance and smiled. He was still sleeping like a baby, next to my baby. I laughed a little at my own joke before realizing how weird I must look for laughing at nothing. I turned back around and settled into my seat.
"Excuse me." The girl next to me said.
"Yes."
"I just wanted to tell you that he is adorable." She said, smiling.
"Please don't talk to her, she's going to start asking you personal questions." Her friend next to her said, making me laugh a little as the girl sent her a glare.
"I'm sorry, I'm just really bored. You would think something that costs so much would be entertaining." She said, her friend turning and ignoring her.
"Yeah, I think they should have more than just this. Not to mention, they should have better food."
"Exactly, it seemed like he loved it though." She said gesturing towards Oliver.
"Oh please, he'll eat anything, literally. If he can get his hands on it, he'll try to eat it." I told her.
"Now, now, let's not bore any of the passengers with your talk about the kids." I heard someone say. I turned to see it was Kendall, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Oh, please, you wouldn't shut up to your mother when you thought Hailey said Dada."
"No, she said it. You just didn't hear it." He said, smiling at me.
"Right, just like I didn't hear when you fell down the steps."
"I didn't fall, Daisy got in my way and she tripped me."
"Well, that's what you get when you teach a dog to follow people down the steps." I said, smiling as he playfully glared at me.
"We went over this. I didn't want you getting hurt and risk losing the babies."
"Like a pregnant person can't walk down the steps." I said before turning back around in my seat. I looked over to see the girl staring at me in shock.
"Here comes the questions." Her friend said.
"Wait a minute." The girl said, ignoring her friend.
"Are you two together?" She asked us.
"That's obvious." Her friend said. The girl seemed deep in thought and I looked back at Kendall to see him paying attention to her too. When I turned back to her she gasped.
"You're Kendall and Carlos!" She yelled.
"Shh!" We both told her, in fear of her waking the babies. She covered her mouth and slouched in her seat, like moving lower was going to lower her voice.
"I'm so sorry." She said, sitting back up.
"And Yes we are." I told her.
"Oh my god, I'm sitting next to Carlos and Kendall." She squealed. She looked at her friend and I guess she expected her to freak out too but she just gave her a 'What?' look.
"That's Carlos and Kendall." She told her.
"From Ellen." She added and her friends eyes got as big as golf balls.
I don't know why but they both looked at my stomach before looking back at Kendall and then at me. I smiled at Kendall and he seemed to do the same. The girls just seemed to be frozen in shock. I was about to say something but the second I opened my mouth it seemed to bring them out of their shock.
"Oh my god, can we have your autographs?"
"Yeah, you two are like, legends."
I smiled at how the friend, who was looked like she was bored, was now as excited as her friend. They reached in their carry-on bags and brought out pads and pens. One of them handed it to Kendall and one to me. I signed it and switched with Kendall. We had always talked about if something like this happened.
We agreed that with our signatures they would have a heart around them. I always signed at the bottom and he signed at the top. The last one signing would put a heart around it. The girls seemed to squeal as we seemed to mirror each other's movements before both drawing a heart around out names. We handed them back to the girls and they looked at each other before looking back at the pads.
"Our first autographs." The girls squealed before throwing their hands over their mouths.
"Sorry." They told both of us.
"So what are you girls doing going out to California?" Kendall asked them.
"Well, we were just going to meet some friends but you can't go to California and not go celebrity searching and stuff right. Not to mention Venice Beach." The more excited friend said.
"What about you two?" The other friend asked.
"Don't tell anyone but we're moving there to be with our friends and get away from the cold." I told them.
"Don't worry our lips are sealed."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be arriving in California in just a few minutes so we would like to ask that you take your seats and fasten your seatbelts."
"I guess we're getting there sooner than I thought." Kendall said as I fastened my seat belt.
I turned to him and said, "You were sleep the whole time."
"I know. It makes the time go faster." I rolled my eyes at him and he laughed.
"You guys are so adorable." The more excited friend said, making me and Kendall blush.
"Thank you." We both said in unison which only seemed to make her smile at us more.
As the plane began to land, both of the babies seem to wake up at the same time. The second Oliver was woke, everyone knew about it. He started making noises, trying to look out the window. Then he wanted me to pick him up. I put his pacifier back in his mouth before I shook my head. He looked like he was about cry but he didn't.
Thank God.
When the plane landed we gathered our things and children before exiting. The second we stepped off of the plane we could feel the warm California air, which was a pleasant change from the coldness of Minnesota. We made our way down the escalator with everyone else down to baggage claim.
We were surprised to see a man standing there with a sign that said, "Knights."
I looked over at Kendall and he shrugged, switching Hailey to his other arm. We approached the man and he smiled at us.
"Kendall and Carlos Knight?" He asked us.
"Not, yet." I told him, blushing a little at him thinking we were already married.
"So sorry, Mrs. Garcia told me that you two were together."
"We are, just not married yet."
"Carlos, you're getting side tracked. Who sent you?" Kendall asked the man.
"And you weren't listening. My mom sent him because she also told him that we were together."
"I have your bags ready in the limo to head to your estate." The man told us. I nodded and followed him shushing Oliver from making noises.
"Carlos! Carlos! Can we please have a picture!" Someone screamed.
I turned around to see two teenage girls running over to us. I sat Oliver down and Kendall did the same with Hailey. They were so excited to take pictured with us it was unreal.
"Bye bye girls." Kendall said once we were finished.
"I still can't believe people want to take pictures with us and get our autographs." I said to Kendall.
"I still don't know why? All we did was have sex and make two babies."
"Two beautiful babies." I corrected him, smiling.
When we reached the limo I looked at Kendall and he smiled at me. The limo was white with a gold sign that had the words Knight in the middle of the side. The driver opened the door for me and I strapped Oliver in before climbing in myself. I could see Kendall putting Hailey in on the other side before he climbed in.
The driver closed both of our doors before he began to drive to our house. Kendall laid out on the floor of the limo, making both of our children laugh at how silly he did it. I looked down at him and chuckled myself. He blew a kiss to me and I blew one back before pulling out my phone. I knew there was only one person that could've arranged all of this.
"Mom?"
"Hey, I'm glad you guys made it there safe."
"Did you arrange all of this?" I asked her. I wanted her to admit to it before I said anything.
"Yes but before you get mad I want you to wait until you get to the house."
"But mom you know I said I didn't want-"
"To do anything extravagant, I know. Just think of this as a pre-house warming gift."
"Okay. Whatever you say."
"Have fun and call me when you get a chance."
"Okay, love you."
"Love you and tell Kendall and my grand babies I love them too."
"I will, bye."
"Bye." She said before I hung up.
"Your mom did all this?" Kendall asked, sitting up from the floor, pushing the diaper bags over with his foot.
"Yeah and she says I shouldn't get mad until we get to the house."
"What do you thinks there?"
"I don't know, probably a huge gift or something." I said with a shrug.
"She's going to spoil the children."
"I know."
I laid back on the seat in the middle and yawned. I knew I was going to have to get use to the time changes. I gasped when Kendall appeared over me.
"Tired?" He asked and I nodded.
"You should've went to sleep on the plane." He smirked when I glared at him before he leaned down and kissed me.
"When was the last time we had sex?"
"Kendall!"
"What?"
"Not in front of the kids."
"They don't know what we're talking about."
I glanced over and saw both of them looking at us. Kendall took that opportunity to start kissing and sucking on my neck.
"You're going to leave a hickey."
"Of course I am."
"No, I wasn't asking. It was more of a war-" I was cut off by my own moan when he gave a hard suck, biting down a little. I put my hands on his chest and pushed him back a little.
"Come on babe, we haven't done it in so long."
"We did it on Father's day."
"That was like five months ago."
"It was one month ago."
"That's still too long." He whined. I was about to reply but the limo screeched to a halt. We both screamed as we fell out of the seat. I landed on Kendall and he smirked up at me.
"So sorry Mr. Garcia and Mr. Knight. Someone slammed on their brakes in front of me."
"It's fine." Kendall called out to him.
He brought his hands up to rub on my butt. I grabbed them and pulled them away, placing them above his head.
"Someone wants sex just as much as me." He said, noticing my growing bulge that I was trying to calm.
"Shut up." I said, moving off of him.
"Wait." He said, grabbing me by my thighs.
"Can we stay like this, please?"
I sighed and laid down on his chest.
"Don't try anything."
"Of course not, not until we get in the house that is." I hid my smirk from him by turning my head into his neck. His hands went to my butt and I couldn't help my smirk from widening.
"Kendall."
"Relax, I'm just resting my hands."
We laid like this for a while and it was a little too quiet. I turned around to see the twins staring out the window, mesmerized. I sat up to see where we were. We were going through some neighborhood.
"Get up, where almost here."
"How do you know."
"Because I see houses."
"That doesn-"
"Just get up."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"You're still on me."
"Oh."
"Never mind, I can get up." He said before he raised up, pulling me into a hug.
"Oh, we are here." He said, before the limo came to a stop. We both jumped when Oliver let out a scream in which Hailey soon joined in.
"Why are our babies so loud?" Kendall asked me.
I shrugged before giving him a kiss as the driver opened the door. I moved off of him and climbed out of the limo. The driver had the baby bags so I grabbed Oliver and Kendall grabbed Hailey.
I stood at the front of the house and was in complete awe. It was beautiful. I walked up the steps and down the bath. I noticed that there was a front door and two side doors on each side of me.
"This looks awesome." Kendall commented.
I followed the driver up to the front door and he opened it. When we walked in the first thing I noticed was the painting and flowers. I looked up and saw a sky light that provided the light for this space. I sat Oliver down before taking him out of his carrier. He started messing with my face and smiling at me. I saw Kendall doing the same with Hailey.
"Which way?" He asked me. We made a left and headed towards where I think was the kitchen.
"SURPRISE!" Our friends screamed which made Oliver and Hailey scream. Camille, Dak, James, and Logan were here. We all greeted each other with hugs.
"Come on, you have to see the view." Logan said. We followed him to the outside patio area.
"Woah." Kendall said, as we walked through the grass.
"Look at the little pool." I commented.
"Look at the hot tub."
We walked over to the fencing and looked at the view. There was a highway at the bottom of the hill and you could see buildings in the distance but everything else was hills.
"This house is amazing." Kendall said from behind me.
The sun was starting to set and we could see it happen clearly. I was laying in one of the white lounge chairs cuddling with my fiance. James and Logan were doing the same in the other lounge chair while Dak and Camille played with the babies on a blanket in the grass. I knew that in a few we were going to have to give them a bath and I doubt they would want to help. The first time we gave them a bath, water was everywhere. My mom had to step in and help us but now we had it down. Well, I did. Kendall never really paid much attention. He would just ask if I needed help. Kendall sat up and patted his pockets.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
"I never called my mom!" He said, getting up and running into the house. I shook my head and laughed as the babies screamed because he was running so fast.
"They are so loud." Camille said.
"Yeah, when did they get like this?" Dak asked.
"I don't know. It just came out of no where. I'm surprised we didn't get kicked off of the plane."
"Who's the loudest?" Camille asked.
"Oliver, but only because Hailey was tired. Not to mention, she's been rather quiet lately. She rarely gets this excited and loud."
James got up and told Logan he was going to the bathroom. I turned to Logan and he was staring out at the view of the hills.
"You alright?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said before there was a silence. I was sitting back, waiting for Kendall to come back.
"Hey, Carlos?"
"Yeah."
"Is it hard?"
"What?"
"Raising children."
I perked up at the subject.
"Why? Are you and James thinking about adopting?"
"What!? No." He said, blushing a little.
"Well, to answer your question. It's not really hard, just...challenging. Sometimes they cry at the wrong time and place but I think it more difficult with us because we have twins but once you get into the swing of things it gets really easy."
"Oh."
"Why the sudden interest in kids?" Camille asked from where she and Dak was. Dak not really paying attention to the conversation because he was playing with Oliver and his bear.
"No reason, I was just wondering if you guys would need any help. I can take off some classes and stuff to help."
"You don't have to do that. We're fine. Like I said, once you get the swing of things then you can do stuff easier."
"What you guys talking about?" Kendall said, coming back.
"Nothing, just kids. What did your mom say?"
"She said that she's coming out here with your mom the first chance they get."
"As long as they don't cry I'm fine with it." I said, rolling my eyes, remembering how dramatic the were at the airport.
"Is it that bad?" Dak asked with a laugh.
"They cry about everything we or the kids do. First it's about us getting older and not being kids anymore then it's about them getting old." I told him.
"Yeah, my mom thought she saw a grey hair and she screamed so loud she woke the babies up. She did all of that and it was a piece of lint or something." Kendall said, sitting back down next to me. James came back and seemed to think of something.
"Hey, babe did you ever ask if they needed help?" He asked Logan.
"Yeah, Carlos said they got the swing of things so they don't need it."
"What?" Kendall asked looking at me.
"What? I'm perfectly fine-"
"No you are not."
"Yeah huh."
"Nuh uh."
"How do you figure that?"
"You're always asking for my help."
"You're their father. You're obligated to help me and us together is enough help." I told him.
"You guys fight like an old married couple." Camille commented.
"Speaking of which, have you guys set a date?" James asked.
"No, not really, we've been busy with the children." I told him.
"So you do need help."
"No, Logan, we don't need help. We just need to pick a date."
"Oh, babe, the doctors called to tell us that they are having some get together for special cases like ours and some others at the zoo." Kendall told me.
"Why don't you all come with us?" I suggested to everyone.
"When is it?"
"Saturday." I told Camille.
"I have an audition in the morning but I can make it." James said and Logan nodded.
"We can make it." Dak said and Camille nodded too.
"So, I guess we'll see you guys Saturday because I've got an audition and Logan has a class to get to." James said, standing and pulling Logan up with him.
"Yeah, we need to head on out as well." Dak said as he and Camille stood up. They handed Hailey to me and Oliver to Kendall before we walked them to the door.
"Thank you guys for being here." Kendall said as we exchanged hugs with everyone.
"See you guys Saturday." Camille said before giving the children a kiss on the cheek and leaving. Once they were gone Kendall closed the door and I headed upstairs.
"It's time for a bath." I announced.
I headed into the kids room that was beautifully decorated in an island theme. Their names were over their cribs and the walls had a wallpaper of a beach. Their bathroom was a cream color that had their names over the mirror. It was really beautiful.
"Are you getting in the bath with them?" I asked Kendall.
"Yeah." He said coming into the room already in his underwear with a towel over his shoulder. I handed him Hailey before starting the bath water since Kendall never really got it right. Once everything was ready Kendall stripped out of his underwear and climbed in.
"Who do you want to wash first?" I asked him.
"Um, Oliver and then I can get Hailey." He said and I handed him Oliver.
"Be careful because you know when you take off his diaper he might pee." I warned him.
"Oh, please. He wouldn't do that."
"Okay." I said, walking out of the bathroom with Hailey in my arms. I got out their pajamas from the bag even though I was sure the closet was stocked with baby clothes. I just didn't feel like looking for the proper pajamas when I knew where they were in the suitcase. I laid their clothes on their cribs before I heard Kendall scream. I walked into the bathroom and saw Kendall wiping his face as Oliver laughed his butt off.
"He peed on me!" Kendall yelled.
"I told you." I said, sitting on the counter, placing Hailey in my lap.
After getting over the shock and splashing water in his face, Kendall washed up Oliver. About halfway through the washing, Oliver was drifting off to sleep and Hailey was doing the same in my arms. I stood up and held her in the air. She sleepily smiled down at me.
"Here, he's going to sleep on me." Kendall said, holding Oliver up.
I grabbed him while handing him Hailey. I dried Oliver off before putting lotion on him and by the time he was in his pajamas he was knocked out. I put him in the crib and when I walked into the bathroom Kendall held Hailey up to me. I took her and dried her off before putting lotion on her and putting her pajamas on. She was sleep when I was done drying her off. I placed her in the crib and walked back into the bathroom.
Kendall held his arms up to me while saying, "Come on, time to wash you up too."
"Are you going to dry me off and rub lotion on me?" I asked him jokingly.
"Whatever you want."
I laughed before grabbing their dirty clothes and taking them to the hamper in the corner of their room.
"I'm serious." Kendall said from the bathroom.
"I'm not taking a bath with you because we're not doing it in the kid's tub." I told him as I set up the baby monitor. I took the smaller piece with me into our room and took off my clothes. I could hear Kendall walking around through the baby monitor.
"Goodnight, my little angel. Sleep tight." I heard him say to Hailey.
"And goodnight, my little rockstar. Sleep tight." He said to Oliver before I heard him leave. I headed to the shower in our bathroom and began to wash up.
Today was a long day, from Minnesota to California with a sleeping husband and two children. I can't see how some families did it with like twelve kids. Two was enough for me. I turned around in the shower and jumped when I saw Kendall looking at me.
"Don't do that!" I yelled at him.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just had to get a look at that ass of yours before I went to sleep since you won't let me have it."
"Maybe if your good enough you can reclaim it sometime very soon."
I saw him smirk at that before he left with a wink. I chuckled before finishing up my shower. When I came out he wasn't in the bed like I thought he would be. I dried off and put on some underwear before heading downstairs with the baby monitor clipped to my side. I found him in the kitchen.
"What're you doing?" I asked him as he roamed through the fridge in only his boxers.
"Looking for a snack." He told me.
"But I'm right here."
"Don't tease me like that." He said quickly making me laugh.
I headed out to where the patio was and laid out on one of the couches. It was so soft and it was the perfect temperature outside. A few minutes later Kendall came out with some milk and cookies. He offered me some but I refused not really hungry for a snack since we had pizza for dinner. I don't know why he was eating anyway.
I took the baby monitor off and sat it on the coffee table in front of me before settling back into the couch, looking at the stars. Once Kendall was finish his cookies and milk he cut off the light that was over us before he got on the couch with me, spooning me.
"You smell like chocolate." I told him.
"Are you going to eat me?" He asked.
"Very funny." I said before we laid there in silence and I began to drift off to sleep. Everything was perfect. We had the perfect house along with our small but perfect family and to set it off our love was nothing but perfect. Nothing was going to tear us apart.
A/N: Just so you won't get mad I'm going to tell you now. Things are going to progress from here. I am sorry if this was somewhat boring as a first chapter but it will get better. Trust me on that. I hope that I didn't disappoint and I hope everyone is looking forward to more. REVIEW PLEASE! :D