The S.S. Jarlos

Chap 2. Beautiful, Unusual, The Prettiest Thing

Carlos was picking at his leftover dinosaur chicken, when he just randomly burst out in giggles. James raised an eyebrow at him, his mouth stuffed with the creatively cut nuggets.

"Whgft?" James said, trying to talk through the food, which made Carlos giggle louder. James swallowed. "Sorry 'bout that...what is it babe?"

Carlos ceased his giggling with a sip of chocolate milk.

"Nothing. You just make me so happy. And also I was remembering that movie we watched the other day. It was so funny."

James stared at him with a puzzled look. "Carlos...we watched the Titanic the other day." James stated, wondering what about the movie was funny to Carlos.

"I know! It was hilarious! I mean, the way she kept saying 'Jack, come back!' and it was so cheesy and romantic! But funny." Carlos giggled, chugging down his chocolate milk and interlocking his fingers with James.

James was somewhat offended with that statement. The Titanic was one of his all time favorite movies. Yeah, it might be a little girly...and all that stereotypical judging didn't matter since everyone knew he was gay. But yeah, James thougth it was a really good movie. But he didn't say that. James didn't want to upset his boyfriend, besides, holding hands with Carlos made up for it. And yes, boyfriend. James and Carlos were 2 weeks into their relationship and it was absolutely perfect. Not that they didn't do everything together before. But now...now they could do so much more. Like kiss and hold hands and sleep in the same bed and be cheesy and romantic...like the Titanic according to Carlos.

James sighed. Life was great.

But as usual, once James started thinking about good things his thoughts turned to the bad things. And by bad things, James meant his parents. He told them almost at once about him and Carlos, and his father was happy for them whereas his mother was not. Mrs. Diamond thougth Carlos was a great kid..she always dwelled on how adorable that face of his was. But she didn't like that he was dating James. Mrs. Diamond had expected James to end up with a beautiful girl who is smart and rich and meaningful and sofisticated...not completely the opposite.

But right now, there was no going back. James had made his choice and she had to play along.

But James was only worrying because he didn't want his mother to be hard on his little Carlitos. Everyone knew his mother was fierce when unhappy with something and everyone also knew that Carlos, the daredevil of the group, was also quite sensitive. He didn't need his own mom breaking his boyfriend's spirit-

"James?" Carlos asked, waving a chicken nugget in front of his face to grasp his attention. James shook his head and gave Carlos a weak smile. "You okay, Jamie? You kind of went blank there...were you having another one of those daydreams about me and you-"

"Yeah! I mean, I'm ok, but no I wasn't having daydreams about...that." James replied with a blush. Carlos replied back with a smirk. Look who's embarassed now, sucker. Carlos rubbed his thumb lazily over James' knuckles.

"Soo, what were you thinking 'bout? Hmm?" Carlos pressed curiously.

James gulped. He knew he was as terrible at lying as Carlos was.

"Pssh, you know...the past..." James chuckled awkwardly covering up his tracks. He honestly wasn't sure why he was hiding his thoughts. It was pretty pointless because in this relationship, Carlos always got what he wanted. James spoiled him and always gave in. So, Carlos was right to call him a sucker.

"The past? Of what?"

"You know..." James "discreetly" looked around for an alibi and the first thing he saw was a dinosaur nugget. He picked it up and inspected it. "...of dinosaurs. I was thinking about how sad it was that they fell off the face of the earth and stuff...I really miss those guys." James winced just as he finished the last sentence. That was probably the dumbest thing he's ever said. James could only hope that Carlos would have one of his classic dumb moments and go with the flow. Carlos gave him a smile that said "I know what you're up to but I'll play along because you're cute." and pulled his hand away from James'. Carlos stood up, kissed James on the cheek, and smiled brighter.

"Okay, well you continue thinking about dinosaurs while I go take a shower. I think you two need to be alone." Carlos said slightly sarcastically, signaling to the dinosaur nugget James had. James scowled at him and Carlos smirked, leaning down to kiss James on the lips.

"You know, you're lucky you're cute."

"Am I now?'

"Mhmm. Now go take your shower. I believe me and this dinosaur have some catching up to do."

Carlos giggled and skipped to te bathroom.

Note from me:

Was that adorable or WHAT? :3 Awwww I'm sorry but the dinosaur thing...okay. Done bragging. Crap! I forgot what I was going to say to you...anyways R&R and check out my other stories!

-datsRUSHERiffic