Chapter 2
Scheming 24/7
"Dude!...Logan!... WAKE UP!"
It was Sunday morning at the Palm Woods when Carlos woke up Logan. It was the day after Camille and Logan agreed to help out Carlos with asking out Stephanie. It was ten am and Carlos has been up since seven, not being able to sleep from excitement.
"Carlos..?" Logan grunted and sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes. "What time is it?"
"It's 10! And guess what?! It's Sunday, Time to go get the girl of my dreams. Come on let's go get Camille!" he yelled and with that he grabbed Logan's arm, trying (and failing) to get him out of bed.
"Carlos, I just woke up 20 seconds ago. I'm in my boxers, I haven't eaten breakfast, I haven't brushed my teeth and-"
"Okay, okay I get it." Carlos gave in. "But be ready in 20 minutes, I'm gonna go wake up Camille!" He said and ran off.
"NO! Carlos, I wouldn't do that if I were you! She's not really a morning person!" Logan yelled after him but it was too late, Carlos was already long gone.
"Well I tried…" Logan mumbled to himself and got up to get dressed. He picked up a dark blue t-shirt ( it was Camille's favorite color) and a pair of jeans. He entered the living room and looked around, it was deserted. He went to the kitchen and poured himself a bowl of lucky charms. He was halfway through his cereal when Carlos burst through the front door. His face was all flushed, his shirt was reaped up and most off all that stood out was that he was dripping wet.
"Your girlfriend…is not…a morning person…" Carlos panted out between deep breaths and sat down next to him.
"I tried to tell you man…" Logan chuckled to himself, thinking about what Camille could have possibly done to Carlos. She really hates being woken up. He remembered one time, earlier in their relationship Logan woke her up to go to the pool with him and she threw a lamp at his head.
"Oh crud! Now I have to go change" Carlos said with a huff and disappeared into the bathroom.
About 10 minutes past and there was a knock on the door. Logan got up to open it and was surprised to see Camille all dressed up with a big smile on her face on the other side of the door. Camille never knocked.
"Morning!" she greeted him with a cheery voice and leaned in to give him a peck on the lips. "Are you guys ready?"
"YES!" Carlos rushed in wearing blue jeans and a sleeveless red tee that showed his muscles.
When they arrived at the pool they put on their tree hats and hid in the bushes. They spotted Stephanie sitting in one of the beach chairs reading the latest issue of Pop Tiger Magazine.
"There she is!" Camille pointed at Stephanie. "Now, all you gotta do is walk up to her, compliment her, and ask her if she'd like to go to the movies with you, she already likes you."
"I can do it." Carlos said encouraging himself and stood up.
"Wait, Carlos!" Logan stopped him.
"What?!"
"Leave the helmet…" Carlos handed the helmet to Logan and started walking up to Stephanie after a minute they started chatting, Carlos even sat next to her.
"So what did you actually do to Carlos this morning?" Logan figured this could take awhile so he started talking to Camille.
"Well, first I slapped him, then I tore up his shirt and sprayed him with a water bottle…" Camille told him.
"Wow…" Logan mumbled in amazement. Camille was a sweet girl but she also had a dark side that Logan was all so familiar with.
"Guys! Guess what! Guess what!" Carlos suddenly appeared in front of them with an enormous smile on his face, he was practically jumping in joy.
"She said yes to the movies?" Camille asked.
"Better! She's my new girlfriend!" Carlos screamed. "We started talking and I admitted that I've been crushing on her for awhile now, and she said she felt the same!"
"YES! DUDE I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!" Logan stood up and patted him on the back.
"Me too! Finally you found a girl that is nice and funny and great for you. I'm glad you stopped chasing after the Jennifers, they're really mean." Camille hugged him.
"Thank you guys so much for the help, but I have a smoothie and corndog date with Stephanie. And YES she likes corndogs! This is so great!" he said and ran off with Stephanie.
"Carlos is all grown up…" Camille sighed, and Logan nodded not taking his eyes off Carlos who was laughing and talking with his new girlfriend.
Meanwhile with James.
"LUCY'S BACK FROM EUROPE! LUCY'S BACK FROM EUROPE! LUCY'S-"
"Back from Europe, we heard you the first two thousand times."
James has been skipping around the crib screaming at the top of his lungs in excitement when Katie interrupted him in pure annoyance. She didn't appreciate being woken up on a Sunday morning by a very loud and energetic James. But she was glad that Lucy was back, ever since she went to Europe on tour without so much as a goodbye, James has been mopping around and eating a lot of ice cream. And Katie hated every minute of it. James was like a big brother to her and she hated seeing him hurting.
"Are you gonna talk to her?" Jennifer asked James who was now checking his reflection in the mirror, probably making sure his hair was okay.
"Well, that was the plan but now I'm not so sure. She left without saying goodbye and for some reason she isn't really fauning over all of this." He told her and exclaimed his face with his hands. "If I do talk to her I'm gonna need help. Someone smart…someone who knows exactly what they're doing…someone like…KATIE!"
"James, I'm flattered but for the love of God it's Sunday I wanted to go to the arcade, hang out."
"Exactly! You'll hang out with me. You're my new wingman! Wing…woman… nevermind!"
"James why in the world would you need me to help you out with this? Just ask the girl out!" Katie told him.
"Don't you think I've tried?! Let's face it she's never gonna see me as more then a friend." James signed and flopped down on the couch.
"You really like this girl don't you?" Katie sat down next to him.
"Yeah…And I don't think I've ever felt this way about a girl before. Usually I just go out with someone, make out…that's it! But when I see Lucy it's more than that. I wanna hold her hand, hug her, talk to her for hours, and then when I go to sleep think about the fact that I'll be able to do it all over again tomorrow…"
"James that was so sweet…"
"Thanks Katie.." James said not looking up from his feet.
"Umm, James? That wasn't me." Katie told him.
"It was me…hi James…" Lucy waved to him from the doorway.
"I think I'm just gonna…go" Katie left.
"Lucy! Hi, you're back!" James stood up and smiled at her nervously.
"Yeah, I got back last night…Listen, James I heard what you said and-"
"No Lucy, it's okay! It doesn't have to become like this weird thing between us. I know you just wanna be friends and I respect that so-" Before James could finish his sentence Lucy interrupted him with a soft passionate kiss, at first James was so shocked he didn't kiss her but after a second he melted into it.
"Do you still think I wanna be just friends?" Lucy asked him when they pulled away.
"I don't know, I think I may need a little more convincing.." Lucy laughed at his goofiness but kissed him again.
With Logan and Camille
"Yeah…so it's 11 am and we have the whole day together what do you wanna do?" Logan asked Camille while they were walking around the Palm Woods hand in hand.
"Well, actually Logan. I was wondering if you could help me out with a little problem I have?" Camille stopped and looked at him.
"Sure, what it is?" Logan asked her.
"Last night I got a call saying I landed a part in a new TV show."
"Oh my God! Camille that's amazing." He hugged her. "Why did you only mention it now?"
"Because the character I'm playing has a driving scene and Logan, I don't know how to drive…"
"What? Of course you do! Your dad bought you a car for your birthday and-" Logan stopped and looked at her. "Come to mention it I've never actually seen you drive.."
"Yeah, so could you teach me?" She asked him. "You don't have to you know, I could ask someone else and-"
"No, no. I want to. Of course I'll help you what's the worst that could happen anyway?"
Author's note:
I worked really hard on this chapter so I really hope you like it! I threw in some James/Lucy parts because I also really ship them. I have great ideas for the next chapter. They'll include some Lomille, James/Lucy and Carlos/Stephanie.
/~Hope
