Left at the Alter
Kendall and Logan sealed their lives together with a wedding. But as Carlos and James' wedding approaches, James finds out some things that can change the plans. "I gave you my life!" "And I'm giving it back..." Jarlos and Kogan!
"Oh! These past two weeks were amazing!" Kendall laughed and walked through the Palm Woods lobby with Logan attached to him.
"Kendall. You are making a scene!" Logan playfully slapped him when Logan noticed the stares.
"Eh who cares! We just got back from the best honeymoon ever!" Kendall smiled, dropped their luggage and picked up Logan, kissing him.
"Kendall Mitchel! I swear I'll make you sleep on the couch!" Logan shoved him away.
"Hey you two! Have fun?" Camille walked over laughing.
"Yes we did." Kendall smirked.
"Yeah it was nice." Logan smiled. "Oh Carlos!" Logan gasped and ran for the stairs.
"How was he?" Kendall asked as he grabbed Logan's suitcase and he and Camille headed for the elevator. "Did he eat?"
"Yeah he ate…" She stated as the elevator lurched upward.
"Well that's good." Kendall smiled.
"Not good… Kendall…" Camille stated as the elevator dinging on the 2nd floor.
"What do you mean?" Kendall asked as they entered 2J
"Kendall! Carlos hasn't gotten out of bed once since we left…" Logan ran out.
"Oh that no good…" Kendall looked over to Camille.
"Help me?" Logan asked.
"Yeah." Kendall nodded and followed Logan into Carlos' bedroom. He gasped when he saw the sad sight. Carlos still wrapped up in his blankets. Eyes red from crying. "Carlitos… hunni…" Kendall walked over to him and pulled him to a sitting stance and then hugged him tightly.
"Kendall… Logan… I missed you guys." Carlos whispered.
"How are you Carlos?" Kendall asked then took a deep breath. "Has James called?"
"NO!" Carlos whimpered and burst into sobs and covered his face with his hands.
"Damnit!" Logan screamed out and stormed out of the room.
"Logan?" Kendall called out and waited. The front door slammed shut and Kendall automatically knew where Logan was headed.
"Jennifer!" Logan ran over to the curly haired Jennifer.
"Oh hey Logan. How are you? Was the honeymoon good?" She asked.
"Yeah it was great… do you know where the brunette Jennifer lives?" Logan asked.
"Yeah. Just down the street. The Archers, Floor 2, Apartment C."
"Thanks!" Logan smiled and ran out of the lobby and down the street.
He approached the set of apartments and walked into the lobby calmly.
"Yes may I help you?"
"Where are your elevators?" Logan asked running a hand over his hair.
"Right there." The man pointed.
"Thank you." Logan smiled and ran over to the elevators and hit floor 2. As he waited he wondered what he'd actually say to James.
He exited and walked down the hall a bit before he found Apartment C. He knocked twice and heard a voice.
"Hold on! I'm coming!" A male voice yelled. The voice sounded so happy, which just pissed Logan off. He knew what he was gonna saw to James. "Yes?" James opened the door and came face to face with an enraged Logan. "Oh hey Logan, you're home from the honeymoon! That's great…" James stated before Logan shoved him through the doorway and up against the nearest wall.
"You listen to me and you listen well James David Diamond!" Logan said sternly, gripping James by the collar of his shirt.
"Logan what…"
"DON'T EVEN TALK!" Logan screamed and punched James in the cheek.
"James! What was…" Jennifer ran out with Corbin following close behind her.
"Jennifer, please take Corbin out somewhere, so I can talk to James please." Logan asked.
"Okay. Come on Corbin." Jennifer picked up the boy and they left.
"Now where was I…" Logan asked himself. "Oh yeah." Then slammed his fist against James' face once again.
"Logan!" James paused.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Logan screamed. "I was gone for two weeks… Two Whole Weeks! And before I left, wanna know what I saw? I saw my best friend… YOUR FIANCÉ… bundled up in the bedding of your bed, sobbing his eyes out! Wanna know what I saw when I got back?" Logan asked. James nodded.
"THE SAME GOD DAMN THING!" Logan screamed. "You left him! Why!" Logan asked raising his fist.
"Logan! Please! What could I have done!" James shoved Logan away. "Jennifer got pregnant! By me! It's my fault she had a baby! I have to assume responsibility for my son!" James yelled.
"James… I know you… I know you don't want to abandon Jennifer and Corbin… but…" Logan paused to laugh. "James you're gay…" James laughed as well. "You've been gay since we were 14… You've loved Carlos since we were 15. You love that boy… so marry him…" Logan told him.
"Logan… I love Carlos… and hearing how things have been for him just breaks my heart… but what do I do about Jennifer?"
"Why not watch Corbin on weekends, and like every Wednesday?" Logan suggested.
"That sounds really good… let me just go find…" James opened the door and saw Jennifer and Corbin sitting on the floor playing a small hand game.
"Daddy!" Corbin stood and hugged James' legs.
"Jennifer… I love that you are the mother of my son… and I love Corbin… but…"
"But you love Carlos… I know. I was wondering how long it would last. You're gay… and I just liked having extra help around… I'm so sorry James. Please forgive me."
"I'll forgive you, so can we come to an agreement? Like I take Corbin on the weekends and Wednesdays?"
"Sounds like a plan." She smiled.
"Corbin," James knelt down in front of his son. "Daddy has to go now."
"Go where?" Corbin asked.
"Daddy has to go get married." James smiled.
"Will you be back?"
"Of course! And next time I see you, you'll have a step-daddy." James told him.
"Have fun daddy." Corbin smiled and hugged James.
"Jennifer, you and Corbin are invited to the wedding, that is if Carlos still wants to marry me."
"James. Carlos loves you… he'll marry you still." Jennifer smiled. "Now go get your man!" She shoved him towards the door.
"Come on Logan! I have to go my fiancé back!" James grabbed Logan's wrist and yanked him out the door.
"Crap… Why won't he answer his phone!" Kendall grumbled and paced the living room.
"I'm not sure." Carlos stated from his seat on the couch as he munched on a plate full of corn dogs. Kendall had actually managed to coax Carlos out of the room with the promise to make him food.
"Well I'm gonna call the cops soon!" Kendall yelled, shoving his phone into his pocket.
"No need to do that baby. I'm right here." Logan stated from the doorway.
"James…" Carlos gasped as his eyes fell on the boy behind Logan. He set his now empty plate on the coffee table and looked down at his lap.
"Carlos!" James ran over and took Carlos' face in his hands. "Baby I am so SO sorry! I never ment to hurt you this bad."
"Jay…" Carlos sighed and melted into his touch.
"Carlos… Please forgive me. Please forgive me and accept my proposal."
"You wanna marry me again?" Carlos asked, standing and placing his hands on James' hips. "Jay… I'll always want to marry you!" Carlos smiled and pushed his lips to James'.
"Aw." Logan smiled and took Kendall's hand and pulled him to the hallway to give James and Carlos a bit of privacy.
"Carlos can I have your ring for a sec?" James took Carlos' left hand in his.
"Why? Are you gonna leave?" Carlos asked, kinda scared.
"No baby! Never ever again!" James smiled. "I want to formally propose to you again."
"Oh okay." Carlos smiled and slid the ring off and placed it softly into James' hand.
James cleared his throat, as he stood in front of all his friends and family and pulled out a small piece of paper. He looked from the paper, to Carlos, who stood in front of him, then back to the paper.
"In the presence of our families and friends, I claim you, Carlos Roberto Garcia, as my life partner. I belong to you. I offer my life for you." He paused to swallow back the lump forming in his throat. "I give to you my protection, my allegiance, my heart, my soul and my body. I take into my keeping the same that is yours." He took a deep breath and locked eyes with Carlos, who had tears falling. "Your life, happiness and welfare will be cherished and placed above my own for all time. You are my life partner, bound to me for all eternity and always in my care." He smiled and folded the paper.
Carlos reached into his own pocket and pulled out his own folded paper. He unfolded it and inhaled.
"James David Diamond, I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage." Carlos paused and smiled up to James. "I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle." Carlos looked up from the piece of paper and saw the tears in James' eyes. "I promise to love you in good times and in bad, when life seems easy and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort." Carlos lowered the paper and stared into James' eyes. "I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you today, and all the days of our life."
"Thank you boys, now may I have the rings?" The preacher looked to Kendall and Logan.
"Yeah." Kendall nodded and pulled out both rings.
"Thank you. Now James, take this ring and repeat after me."
"Okay." James took the ring in one hand and Carlos' left hand in the other.
"With this ring I thee wed…" The preacher paused.
James looked into Carlos' eyes with a smile from ear to ear. "With this ring I thee wed…" He stated and slid the small silver band onto Carlos' left ring finger.
"Now Carlos, take this ring and repeat after me." The preacher turned to Carlos.
Carlos nodded and the preacher began. "With this ring I thee wed…"
"With this ring…" Carlos paused and pushed the gold band onto James' finger. "I thee wed."
"Join hands please." The preacher instructed, and James gladly took Carlos' hands in his. "I now pronounce you officially married. You may kiss your husband." The preacher smiled as James gripped Carlos' waist and pulled him close in a passionate kiss. Carlos smiled against the kiss and wrapped his arms around James' neck. Applause broke out all over the church.
The kiss finally broke and the preacher continued. "I would now like to congratulate the marriage of Carlos and James Garcia." The preacher smiled and clapped as James and Carlos walked back down the isle, finally married.
The party was moved from the church to the large tent, which was again place over the Palm Woods pool, for the cake and dancing part of the wedding.
"Congrats!" Logan ran over to Carlos and hugged him tight.
"Thanks Loges." Carlos smiled. Kendall smiled and hugged Carlos as well.
"Mijo!" Mr. and Mrs. Garcia ran over and both hugged Carlos tightly.
"My new son." Mrs. Garcia turned to James and hugged him tightly as well.
""Congratulations!" James' parents both ran over.
"Mom! Dad!" James gasped. "You made it!"
"Well it's not every day that your only son gets married!" Mrs. Diamond smiled. "I approve James." She told him.
"Good." Carlos smiled.
Gustavo grabbed a mic. "It's now time for James and Carlos to share their first dance as a married couple."
"Come on!" Carlos grabbed James' hand and pulled him to the middle of the area.
As the song started, James pulled his new husband close, and leaned his forehead against Carlos'.
"Well here's your loving moment…" James whispered.
"My own loving moment… With the man I love the most." Carlos smiled and pushed his lips softly to James'.
"A loving moment, shared between two best friends… two lovers, two people together forever…" James smiled and hugged Carlos tight.
I hope everyone liked this! :D