The pool at the Palm Woods seemed like heaven on day as hot as today, the boys had spent all day swimming and laying in the sun.

"I think the pools closing soon, it's already 4:30, don't they close it down around 5 or 6?" Kendall said sadly.

"Yeah, well, tomorrow's Sunday, so we can always come back," James responded enthusiastically "but I need to get back upstairs so I can start on my early evening moisturizing routine." Logan, Carlos, and Kendall all sighed, annoyed with their friend's obsessive habits.

"I forgot my key, though, Kendall do you have yours?"

"Ugh, yeah, you really need to stop forgetting you key, James."

"Well, you have yours so it's all good, so let's head up then,"

"Hey, we're heading back up guys, you coming?" Kendall called to Logan and Carlos who were hitting each other with foam pool noodles.

"Nah we're gonna hang out here until Bitters kicks us out." Carlos yelled back.

"Alright, see you guys, later" Kendall waved, while James was waiting, rather impatiently, tapping his foot.

Logan and Carlos spent another hour playing around in the pool, before getting out to lay in the late afternoon sun.

"James is getting worse than a girl!" Logan laughed.

"Yeah, pretty soon he'll be wearing make-up!" Carlos joked.

It wasn't often that the two were separated from their band mates, they were best friends, and spent all of their free time together, but recently James and Kendal had both been chasing after some new girl that had moved into the Palm Woods, and Logan and Carlos had ended up spending more and more time together, and were developing a pretty close friendship. Logan had never noticed how handsome Carlos was before, his tan skin, firm muscles, and beautiful brown eyes, it was all he could do not to drool sometimes especially when he was glistening with little droplets of water like he was now. Wait what was he thinking, Carlos was his best friend, he didn't think about him like that! Besides he wasn't even gay. Carlos was drying his hair with the towel when he noticed Logan was looking at him weird.

"Is there something on my face?" Carlos asked jokingly.

"What? Oh no, sorry, I just sorta spaced out I guess." Logan said shaking his head, and blushing slightly.

"Anyway, did you see that girl in the pink bikini over there, she was freaking hot!" Carlos said pointing at the girl laying in the lawn chair tanning.

See, he's definitely not gay, Logan thought before saying, "Oh yeah, she's a babe." But you're hotter he thought to himself.

"I'm gonna go ask her out!" Carlos said excitedly, and tapped on his helmet for good luck.

"Go for it man!' Logan said with fake enthusiasm, wishing it was him Carlos wanted to ask out.

Logan finally realized that he liked Carlos, but what was he going to do about it, Carlos was straight, and his best-friend. He had to talk to somebody about this, but who? He went over to the chair he put his backpack in and pulled out his cell phone, he texted Kendall, saying: "Hey man, I need to talk to somebody about something kinda private, u free l8er? - L" a few seconds passed and Kendall texted him back: "Sure man, James went to see his hair stylist about a split end issue, so I'm up here alone. - K" Logan replied "Gr8 see you in a few. - L"

"She said yes! I can't believe it, it must've been the helmet tap" Carlos was beaming with confidence.

"I don't think it had anything to do with the helmet tap, in fact, I'd suggest not wearing the helmet on your date." Logan said, although he always thought Carlos looked kind of cute in it.

"Of course It was the helmet, chicks dig the helmet," He laughed, "I'm gonna go get changed and then head out, tell James and Kendal for me okay?"

"Sure, I'll, see you later then?" Logan waved to Carlos as he walked off with the pretty blonde girl who had just walked out of the pool's changing rooms in a low-cut black dress, and looked even prettier than before. There's no way I can compete with that, he thought, feeling a little depressed. Walking back upstairs all he could think about was how he wished it was him that was going out for a night in town with Carlos. But he had to accept that that was never going to happen, Logan thought to himself: 'Even if Carlos was gay, which he wasn't, there was no way he'd want to date me, look at him, he's beautiful, even if he is a little crazy sometimes, he's still way outta my league'.

AUTHOR NOTE: There you go! The first chapter of my first fic! let me know if you love it or hate it, well if you hate it maybe keep that to yourself D:

I'm working on the next chapter now. I've got some good ideas for where this is headed. :D