Title: And A Hockey Stick In The Other
"Dude, look out!" Carlos whipped his head around when he heard a familiar shriek, and before he had time to register what was happening, he was lying on the ground with his best friend on top of him.
James just laughed and stood, somehow holding three items in one hand while holding the other out to help Carlos up. Carlos accepted his help, trying to get his breath back. "Where have you been all day? The Super Big Time Rush Weekly Super Hockey Palooza starts in five minutes. Plus, Mrs. Knight made corn dogs, so I brought you one before Kendall and Logan ate them all." He moved his hockey stick to one hand while holding one of the two corn dogs in his other hand out to Carlos.
"Love isn't gonna just run up with a corn dog in one hand and a hockey stick in the other and throw itself at you," Camille had said. Not that Carlos had ever really trusted girls to begin with, but now he knew they were always wrong.
Now, as Carlos took the corn dog and followed James back to the apartment, he finally saw just how wrong Camille had been. Maybe love had always been right in front of him, after all.
James tripped over nothing once again and landed nearly an inch from smacking his face into the ground. He groaned and rolled over onto his back, his corn dog forgotten on the ground three feet away. Carlos laughed and it was his turn to help James up. With his left hand, he grabbed James's right and yanked him up.
"Thanks, dude," James said, flashing his mega-watt smile at Carlos, neither of them letting go of the other's hand.
"Maybe you should take those off until we start actually playing," Carlos suggested, gesturing to James's skates. James looked down at his feet before glancing back up at his friend. Without asking why, James shrugged and knelt down to take the skates off. When he stood up, Carlos decided to take a chance and reached out to grab his hand again. James squeezed it gently and as they walked hand-in-hand back to 2J, Carlos couldn't keep the grin off his face.