CHAPTER TWO- LoveGame

CHAPTER TWO PREMISE- Can James handle it when Carlos says "I love you"?

The next morning, James and Carlos woke up in a bed that was, of course, not either of theirs. It was the bed in the guest room at Alice Pembley's house. Neither James nor Carlos could stand the room; everything was white. The sheets were white, the comforter was white, the furniture was white, the picture frames were white...It was too much white for one room!

Carlos sat up and grabbed the bottle of vodka and two glasses from the bedside table. He filled up both of the glasses and then put a tiny bit of Coca-Cola in each of them. He handed James one and sipped from the other. They smiled at each other, but nobody said anything. It was true; silence was golden.

After five minutes of silence, Carlos said, "So last night was pretty much the best night ever."

"I know!" agreed James loudly. "I mean, the pool, and then the drinking, and then the sex, OH the sex! I had no idea that you could do half of those things."

"That makes two of us," said Carlos, laughing.

Someone knocked on the door. James said, "Enter."

Kaitlin walked into the room. She was wearing nothing but a cream colored thong and a teal shirt with pink, black, and yellow designs that was entirely too big. Kaitlin smiled at the two boys in the bed. "Good morning, boys. Alice is still out. I think she drank a little too much last night."

"Uh, Kaitlin, we're both naked," stated Carlos.

Kaitlin laughed. "Please, we all swam naked last night, and then you two thought it would be fun to model Alice's underwear with us as an audience, so I don't even want to hear it."

All three of them started laughing when they remembered the night before. It was true. James and Carlos had tried on a few of Alice's thongs. Carlos's favorite pair were the glittery purple ones. He was probably going to steal them before they left.

James's phone vibrated across the bedside table. He grabbed it and hit the talk button. "Gustavo! What's up, boss?...Yeah...Yeah...Okay...Good...Okay, not good, then...I'll let Carlos know...Yeah, he's right here...Will do...Okay...Thanks...Bye, Gustavo."

James hung up his phone and smiled at Carlos. "Gustavo and Kelly are going to Ohio for a week to check out this new potential singer. That means we have an entire week off!"

"Yes!" yelled Carlos. He kissed James hard.

While Kaitlin poured herself a glass of vodka and Coke, Alice walked into the room. One side of her hair was stuck to her face, and the other side was wild. She wore a pink nightshirt that said "I love you" on it and a shiny gold thong. Alice's makeup was smeared around her face.

"Woah!" yelled James. "Uh, no offense, Alice, but you look kinda scary!"

"I know," mumbled Alice. She looked at Kaitlin. "You didn't fuck me like this, did you?"

Kaitlin laughed. "Well, your hair was a little neater and your makeup wasn't nearly that bad, but yes, we did have sex last night. Let's go get you coffee, a shower, and a brush."

Kaitlin led Alice out of the room. "We'll be back, boys. Feel free to do whatever until we get back."

James suddenly crawled on top of Carlos. He smiled down at him. Carlos smiled back. James kissed Carlos deeply. Carlos sighed. "James, I think-I think I love you."

That caught James's attention. Because he was good at deceiving people, James held his smile, while inside he really felt like getting up and walking out. "Well, those are some pretty strong words, Carlos."

"I know, but these past two nights have been the best of my life. I think I can just tell. Everytime I look into your eyes, I feel like I can strip past everything to get to your soul," explained Carlos.

James laid down beside Carlos instead of on top of him. Carlos wrapped his arms and legs around James's body. He kissed James on the cheek. James turned his head and kissed Carlos on the lips. Carlos went under the blankets, and James felt that Carlos was sucking his penis. James smiled. He had managed to dodge a bullet.

James, Carlos, Alice, and Kaitlin all sat in the white kitchen, drinking vodka and Coke and eating breakfast. Alice, who turned out to be an amazing cook, had made them blueberry waffles, eggs, and hashbrowns. Carlos finished his waffle and took a drink of his vodka. "Oh my god, Alice. Has anyone ever told you that your waffles taste like Heaven?"

"Honestly, no," laughed Alice.

"Well they do," said Carlos. He downed the rest of the liquid. Carlos quickly refilled the glass and took a sip. "Have I ever told you that vodka is one of my best friends?"

"I think you've been spending a little too much time with your best friend, then," said James. He opened his cigarette pack and took out a cigarette. He held it in his mouth and lit it. James blew the smoke out. "I know I can hardly say anything, because of the cigarettes, but cigarettes don't do what alcohol does."

"I don't care," said Carlos. "If you don't smoke the rest of that cigarette, I'll stop drinking until tonight. If you smoke all of that cigarette, I'll have as many drinks as I want."

James smiled and put his cigarette out in the ash tray. Carlos handed James his drink. James downed the rest of the vodka. Carlos smiled and grabbed the cigarette. He re-lit it and smoked the rest of it. Alice and Kaitlin watched the whole process. Alice laughed. "You guys don't make any sense at all."

Carlos and James shrugged their shoulders at exactly the same time. James phone vibrated across the kitchen counter. James grabbed it and hit the talk button once more. "Hello, Missus Knight...Yeah, we're fine...At my friend Alice's house...About an hour and a half from the house...Okay...Alright...Bye."

James hung up the phone. He looked at Carlos. "Missus Knight was just wondering if we were okay."

Carlos nodded. "Um, I haven't had a shower since the night before last night, so can I use your shower, Alice?"

"Of course you can, Carlos," answered Alice. "You can use any of the bathrooms. You should be able to find everything okay."

Carlos nodded again. He looked at James. "I actually need to get clean, or I would ask you to join me."

"It's okay," said James. He kissed Carlos. Carlos walked away. As soon as he was out of earshot, James looked back at Alice and Kaitlin. "Carlos told me he thinks he loves me! It was this morning, right after you left our room. I gave him one little kiss, and he told me that he thinks he loves me. Please, give me advice. What do I do? Help me out!"

Alice and Kaitlin stared at James for a moment before anyone said anything. Alice sighed. "I think the obvious thing to do is to tell him that you love him back. That's the only advice I have for you. If you love him, tell him. If you don't love him, I don't know why you two are still together."

"Right. Okay," said James quietly. He left the room, retreating to the guest room.

That night at ten, a lot of people came over to Alice's house to party. Alice had invited Logan and Kendall to the party. Carlos and James greeted their friends, even though they were both freaking out inside. Carlos smiled. "I tell you, it's really strange to spend a whole weekend away from you guys."

"It was nice for us," said Logan.

Kendall laughed. "He's just kidding, of course. We missed you too. It's a lot quieter without you two goofballs. I think the mirror misses James, too."

The four of them laughed. Carlos glanced over at James. James glanced back. They were having a silent conversation on how they were going to break it to their friends that they were dating. James touched his lips lightly. Carlos thought about it for a second. He eventually nodded, but very slowly and reluctantly. James stepped closer to Carlos, rested his hand on the back of his neck, and kissed him as deeply as he could without something getting hard.

James and Carlos looked at Logan and Kendall's expressions. Logan's eyes had turned surprisingly wide. Kendall just smiled brightly. "You know, I always knew that you two were going to end up as more than friends. I'm happy for you. What about you, Logan?"

Logan just stared with wide eyes. The other three just laughed.

James sighed. "That's a relief. Okay, I'm gonna go pour some glasses so we can celebrate this fairly new relationship. Be right back."

James gave Carlos a quick kiss, then walked away. As soon as James had disappeared into the crowd, Carlos went off. "Okay, I told him I loved him this morning. He kissed me, and I told him. He hasn't said it back yet, and I'm worried that-that he'll never say it to me. What if he doesn't love me? What am I going to do?"

Tears began falling down Carlos's face. He quickly wiped them away. Kendall put his hand on Carlos's shoulder and looked at him. "Carlos, I promise you that James will say it when he's ready to. He was just caught off guard this morning."

"You better be right, Kendall," said Carlos quietly, as James returned with four glasses. Logan was still wide-eyed, but he took one of the glasses and sipped it. Carlos took a glass and downed half of it in one gulp. James gave him a look. Carlos shrugged. "Okay, I'm sorry, but I can't take it anymore! You know why I've been drinking so much today? It's because of you! I told you that I loved you this morning, and what did you do? You laid there like a dumbass! I need you to say it! Either say it or we're done being boyfriends and friends! I need to hear the words!"

James took Carlos's head in both of his hands. He put their foreheads together, so that they could feel each others's every breath. James said it then, as quietly as was possible: "I love you, Carlos Garcia."

James kissed Carlos with so much passion that Carlos was nearly knocked off his feet. James put his arms around Carlos to make sure the shorter boy would not fall or faint. James and Carlos began making out in front of everyone. To no surprise, the entire crowd (who had been alerted of the situation by Carlos's yelling) began clapping. Even Logan joined in.

Two o'clock in the afternoon the following day, Carlos walked out to the living room. He stood in the middle of the room, because his ass was sore. The previous night, James and Carlos had fucked so hard that both of them had been driven to complete exhaustion. Carlos laughed airily when he realized that Anthony and Antoine were asleep on the couch, curled up into a little ball.

Alice and Kaitlin suddenly came in the front door with brown paper grocery bags full of various foods and drinks. Carlos followed them into the kitchen. "Good afternoon, ladies."

"Good afternoon, Carlos," said Alice. She glanced at Kaitlin, who smiled.

Kaitlin sighed. "So, you and James did it hard last night."

Carlos had to crack a smile. "Were we really that loud?"

"Honey, your parents probably heard you back in Minnesota," exaggerated Alice. She and Kaitlin laughed, then Carlos joined in.

The three of them were being so loud that Anthony came into the kitchen, his eyes barely open and his hair a tangled mess. "What the hell is all the laughing about?"

"The loud sex between Carlos and James last night," answered Kaitlin.

Anthony smiled brightly. "That was some damn loud sex. It sounded so hot that both me and Antoine got turned on by it. That's why we had sex right on that couch in the living room. I've never been as loud as you were last night."

"Sorry," said Carlos.

Anthony shook his head. "Don't be sorry, Carlos. I think loudness is a sign that the sex is good. I can only imagine. James..."

"Finish the sentence and you'll never have sex again, loud or not," threatened Carlos. He was completely serious. Now that he and James were officially lovers, he didn't want anyone else to even think about his boyfriend. The only person in the world allowed to think about James sexually was Carlos, and that's it.

James suddenly came into the kitchen, wearing only a pair of light blue silk pajama pants that he had stolen from Alice. He came up behind Carlos and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's waist. Carlos turned his head sideways slightly and kissed James's arm. "Good afternoon, Jamie. So, how amazing was last night?"

"Pretty damn amazing. Has anyone ever told you that you're like Heaven in bed?" asked James.

"Nope," said Carlos shortly. He turned and kissed James's lips. "I love you."

"I love you too, baby," returned James.

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