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A few hours later I was sitting on the floor in the biggest room in my house with Logan sitting opposite of me. We were doing our homework quietly because we didn't want to wake the twins. After about an hour of playing with them I knew they were tired so I had Logan help me put them to sleep. Lali was curled up next to me with a blanket over her and Lia was practically in Logan's lap she was so close to him.

I took a break from my math to glance up at Logan like I had done fifty times before. I smiled when I realized he wasn't focused on his work either but he was watching Lia sleep next to him. "I can move her if she's bothering you." I whispered to Logan as he shook his head.

"No, she's fine. It's actually nice to have her right here. I've never known what it feels like to have a little sibling at all and this is kind of relaxing."

I snorted and covered my mouth as I tried not to laugh too loud, "Right, because playing with Lali and Lia for an hour is relaxing."

Logan looked up at me smiling, "Hey now, it's a lot better than sitting at home alone."

Just then Tomas came in the room with drinks for all of us, he met my gaze for a few seconds in gave me a weak smile. I mentally sighed, Tomas was trying to get to know Logan as a friend and I appreciated it. "I brought you guys something to drink, I know these two probably made you thirsty."

Logan thanked Tomas as he reached for the glass. He took a sip and sighed, "This tastes really good. Thanks again Tomas."

Tomas gave a small 'you're welcome' as he slid onto the floor with me and Logan. He reached over for his own backpack and pulled out a few worksheets. When I looked over at him with my brow raised he simply said, "Well I figured I might as well join the homework club too." Logan laughed and gave Tomas a friendly pat on the back along with one of his crooked grins.

"Nice to have you here, but you haven't said the secret code, right Carlos?" Logan looked up and me and winked playfully before I chuckled and Tomas rolled his eyes.

"Logan's right Tomas, you have to say the secret code, but you have to swear not to say it to anyone else."

Tomas gave me a glare and I felt myself trying to burst from the laughter I was holding down. "What's the secret code you doofs?"

I looked back over at Logan and when our eyes met he understood that I wanted him to come up with something, "Well it's simple actually. Something along the lines of, 'Carlos and Logan are the coolest people I've ever met and I'd be thrilled to do my homework with them because they are also geniuses.' Isn't that our code Carlos?"

I smiled reassuringly at Tomas before speaking up, "Yeah that sounds about right."

Logan snickered and Tomas huffed at both of us, "I'm not saying that."

"But Tomas you have to, right Logan?"

"Right, Carlos."

Tomas rolled his eyes at the two of us before picking up his worksheets and getting up, he started walking to the door and I gave Logan a cautious look and he immediately returned it. "Tomas we were just kidding. You don't have to say that, but you can do your homework with us." Tomas chuckled as he turned around with a huge smile on his face.

"I can't believe you guys fell for that." Tomas slid back onto the floor and pulled a pencil out before looking at me and Logan again. The two of us were sharing a look of disbelief and surprise. Tomas had never tricked me like that before. Of course he had tried, but it had never actually worked on me before and I assumed because Logan didn't have siblings he wasn't used to being tricked either. Tomas looked up pat us again, the mischievous grin still on his face. "Oh come on, I thought you guys did homework, not just stare at the most attractive thing in the room."

I almost choked on the saliva I was swallowing as I tried to choke back a laugh. I heard Logan whisper something that I didn't quite hear as Tomas raised an eyebrow at him and smirked his way. Logan's face instantly got red as he tried to avert meeting my eyes. "What was that Logan? I couldn't hear you over Tomas's ego."

"No-nothing Carlos. I was just thinking about my homework out loud, that's all." Tomas chuckled a little bit which made Logan's face even more red. I gave them both a curious look before nodding and going back to my work. A few minutes later we were all buried into our homework and no one was talking except for when one of us occasionally started to think out loud.

It was now almost six o'clock and the twins were awake. Tomas, Logan and I were outside playing with them in the front yard when my mother pulled up. She smiled as she got out of the car, I could tell she was tired from working but it wasn't often she saw all of us like this. Plus she probably wanted to meet Logan because she hadn't done so yet. She didn't know how I felt for the onyx haired boy, but she knew that he was new to our school and that I was friends with him. I tried not to talk about him too much with her so she wouldn't become suspicious.

I hadn't told my mother that I was gay because honestly I had never had a reason to. However, now that I was acknowledging the fact that I did have feelings for Logan I knew I should tell her soon. I had a feeling she wouldn't hate me or threaten to throw me out of the house once she found out but I was still nervous to say anything.

When the twins saw mom coming towards us they instantly stopped playing with Logan, Tomas, and I and ran to her. Mom knelt to the ground and opened her arms wide for the twins. Once all the initial hugs were over the twins began to drag her towards the rest of us.

"Momwa you hawve to meet Los's new fwiend." Lali was smiling brightly as she looked up at our mother as she dragged her towards us.

As soon as Lali finished Lia spoke up while pulling on mom's other hand, "He's weally nice. He mwakes us samiches and pways with us."

Mom laughed at the two girls before she stopped in front of us. Logan looked nervous to meet her so I gave him a punch in the side, "Relax dude, it's just my mom. We've all told her how awesome you are."

Logan stuck his hand out to my mom "Hi , I'm Logan." She just laughed as she pulled him into a hug.

"Well Logan it's nice to meet you. Since I'm sure I might be seeing a lot of you, you should kno I prefer a good hug over a handshake anytime." When she let go of Logan and backed away he was red again. He looked down at his shoes before looking back up at her.

"Thanks .I'm really glad Carlos is as friendly s he is. I wouldn't have any friends here if he wasn't."

Mom smiled at him again, "Oh nonsense, from everything the girls have said about you I'm sure you'd be able to find some great friends." She laughed before adding, "Even though I'm really glad you're friends with Carlos, he seems to really like you."

There it was again, me almost choking because someone surprised me with saying something. A moment later Tomas was patting me roughly on the back and laughing hysterically. "Don't hurt yourself there Los." I glared at him before asking mom if she needed help with dinner to which she replied that it would be nice.

Logan offered to help as well but I told him Tomas would probably need more help than we would since he would be watching the twins while we cooked. After realizing that Logan was indeed staying for dinner Lia threw herself at Logan and he picked her smiling. I tried to ignore how cute his dimples were as Tomas moved past me to pick up Lali. I heard him whisper, "Looks like you might have some competition" as he chuckled before bending over to pick up the toddler. I simply rolled my eyes as we all walked into the house together.

After making sure Logan and Tomas were okay with the twins I joined my mother in the kitchen. I sighed as the smell of tortilla Espanola hit my nostrils. I walked over to her as she was removing the potatoes from the pan. "What can I help with?" I looked around at the few ingredients it took to make the dinner and realized everything would have to be done by one person.

She pointed towards the fridge, "You can make the dessert." When I raised an eyebrow at her she simply laughed, "I know, I know. We don't eat dessert often, but I figured you wanted to make a good impression on your friend. I figured we could make platanos al horno for tonight." I sighed as I went over to the fridge to pull out the bananas and juice. I worked on the counter and when I was finished prepping the food I set the dish to the side. I walked back over to my mother and just stood beside her as she worked. I loved watching her cook. It had been something she loved doing for Papi before he passed, and when he died I could tell it was harder for her to enjoy. Lately, she had been looking more and more like her old self while she worked in the kitchen and it made me happy.

My thoughts were interrupted when she looked over at me cautiously, "So Carlos, tell me about Logan."

I could feel my face heat up as I looked away from her, "Uh, nothing much to say. He's um smart, really smart, he's in all advanced classes. He lives with his mom and dad, he's an only child. Uh, something I don't quite understand is that he likes to look tough at school. I still don't know what that's about but I figure he'll tell me when he wants to. Um yeah that's about it..."

Mom raised an eyebrow at me as she poured the eggs in over the potatoes and onions.

"Carlos, hijo, you lef tout the part where you think he's irresistibly cute."

I felt my entire body go into shock as my eyes began to get wider. "Wh-wh-what?"

Mom put down the utensil she was using as she pulled me into a hug, "Carlos I'm your madre. I'll love you no matter what, but don't think I've missed how you always blush when the girls bring up your new friend or even when you talk about him yourself."

I didn't know what to say for a long time so I just stood there with my mother hugging me. When I finally realized that this was her telling me she accepted me for who I was I let my arms engulf her into a tight hug. "Gracias madre. Gracias." We continued to hug each other until we heard someone speak up form the kitchen door.

"Um, if I'm interrupting a mother/son moment I can just come back in a few minutes. I – uh didn't mean to walk in on an important conversation. I just wanted to know what smelled so great and Tomas told he he could handle the girls on his own for a few minutes and-"

My mom laughed as she let go of me, I never got tired of hearing her laugh. She had stopped doing that when Papi died too. So whenever I heard her laugh it was one of the most beautiful sounds I had ever heard. "Oh Logan it's fine, miel. Carlos and I are just making tortilla Espanola which means-"

"-Spanish omlettes." Logan smiled, understanding what she meant as he walked over to the two of us suddenly not feeling as nervous anymore. However, I was more nervous now that I was certain my mother knew how I felt about him. "It looks great!" He said with a huge grin as he looked at my mother then at me, "Carlos I didn't know you could cook like this too."

I chuckled as I brought a nervous hand up to the back of my neck before rubbing it awkwardly. "Well my mom did those, I just did the dessert." I pointed to the dish next to the oven that was waiting to go in as Logan bounced over to it quickly. "Oh this looks amazing! What is it? I see bananas but what's it called?"

I couldn't help but mentally sigh as Logan smiled at me. Ignoring his dimples wasn't working anymore and I really wanted to kiss him. His eyes were shinning as they matched his excitement and sighed again as I mentally kicked myself another time for noticing that. "These are platanos al horno."

"Baked bananas?" Logan looked back down at the dish.

"Yeah, baked bananas." I tried to cover up the fact that I was so impressed with Logan's knowledge of Spanish as I continued explaining. "Clearly they aren't baked yet because I haven't put them in the oven, but trust me they're good."

"Well you haven't let my stomach down yet Los." Logan chuckled a bit before placing an arm on my shoulder.

I froze up at not only the physical contact but the fact that Logan called me Los. No one except the twins and Tomas called me Los. Logan's face dropped when I didn't respond and he spoke hurriedly while dropping his hand from my arm. "I'm sorry. Maybe you only let Tomas, Lali, and Lia call you that. But I heard Tomas call you Los a few times and I thought it was okay."

"Loan it's fine." I said with a sigh before smiling. "They're the only people that say that to me, and I guess I should've realized you of all people would pick up on it and call me that too. I actually like it though, I'm glad you picked up on it." And that was the truth. I was glad Logan had picked up on my nickname. Coming from Lali, Lia, and Tomas it was a nice brotherly nickname but when Logan said Los it had a different meaning. It was like a cute nickname you got from your boyfriend...or best friend. I didn't even know if Logan was gay and here I was thinking him calling me Los was romantic.

Logan's shoulders relaxed as he let out a relieved sigh. "Good, I like calling you that. I think it's a nice nickname." Logan gave me his crooked smile before speaking again, "Well I better go back in there and help Tomas out. Even though he's used to it I bet those girls are still a handful when you have to handle both of them at the same time." Logan turned to my mom before leaving, "Make sure you tell us when dinner is done , I wouldn't want you and Carlos to eat everything up before we even set foot in the kitchen."

"Logan you can call me Sylvia. makes me feel old and wrinkly." The two laughed together as Logan made his way out of the kitchen.

"I'll be in here with everyone else, and if I hear the clatter of forks and knives hitting plates I'm running back in to get me something to eat before it's all gone!"

A little while later we were all sitting around our kitchen table and everyone was silent as they ate. This was usual for us because everyone was normally so into their plates and wolfing down their food we barely talked. However when dessert came out everyone was more social. Tomas and my mom asked Logan all kinds of questions about his home and his parents. Mom asked more about where Logan was from and Tomas asked about his old friends from home. Logan excitedly answered my mom's questions but was a little hesitant when it came to Tomas'.

When dinner was over Logan volunteered to help me clean up and my mom went upstairs to take a shower while Tomas watched the girls again.

There was a comfortable silence between Logan and I as we cleared off plates and put the leftovers into the fridge. When we were finished we headed up to my room. I was a little embarrassed at first because there were a few things out of place but Logan sat down on my floor like it was nothing. I sat across from him and we laughed and talked about school for a few.

"Are you enjoying it here so far?"

Logan grinned when he answered, "I actually am enjoying myself. Everything is so different from back home and that isn't a bad thing at all. I may not have very many friends, but I'm grateful for the one true friend I've made so far."

I began to fake cry as I rubbed my eyes, "That might be the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said." I choked out a fake sob as Logan pushed me over onto the floor.
"Don't be an ass Los." He said sarcastically.

I sat back up and playfully pushed him to the ground as well, "Oh whatever Lo. I do what I want."

"Lo?" Logan chuckled.

"Yeah, Lo. I realize it's kind of similar to Los but it's the best I can do with your name."

"Well I like it, even if it is similar to Los. We should get t-shirts made or something." With that we both laughed.

We fell into another comfortable silence when I remembered lunch earlier that day, "Hey Lo?"

"Yeah Los?"

"Uh, remember earlier when I asked why it was so important for you to make a good impression on Tomas and you practically ran away from me? You never answered me and I'm just really curious about it still..." Logan's face turned pale before going red and I almost regretted asking again. "Look if you don't want to answer me it's fine I guess. I was just curious that's all..."

He sighed before responding, "It's because you're the only friend I have. Not just here but the only friend I've had in a long time...I-I don't want to mess it up. Which may sound completely stupid because this is the only the second time we've ever hung out but I like being around you and your family."

Logan only wanted to impress Tomas so that we could stay friends...I should have figured that out on my own. "Right, so we can be friends." I tried to cover the hurt in my voice with another smile. Logan looked down at his watch and sighed.

"It's almost eight thirty and we have school tomorrow. I guess I should go." WE both stood up and I walked Logan to the front door of my house.

"Are you sure you don't want my mom to take you home? It's getting dark now..."

Logan put his backpack on his shoulders and shrugged, "I should be okay. It's not too dark yet and I actually don't live that far away. I'll text you when I get home, okay?"

I sighed as Logan stepped out onto my porch, "Okay, don't forget!"

Logan turned back to me as he walked down my driveway, "I won't, see you tomorrow Los." He said with a grin.

"See ya Lo!"

I shut the door and turned around to face a smirking Tomas. I nearly jumped out of my skin as I felt my heartbeat pick up, "Tomas you scared me!"

"My bad Los. Just wanted to tell you I think you and 'Lo' I think you called him, make a cute couple."

I practically hissed at Tomas as I drug him up the steps into my room before shutting the door. "Tomas shut up."

"What, he even said you were cute earlier." Tomas was smirking so hard I thought his mouth was going to fall off.

"What are you even talking about? No he didn't."

"Actually he did. When we were all sitting down to do our homework when Lali and Lia were sleeping and I said that I didn't think you two just sat together and stared at the most attractive thing in the room he said 'but I wasn't staring at Carlos.' But you were choking when he said it so I guess you must have missed it, but I heard him."

I thought about punching Tomas in the arm because there was no way he could be telling the truth. Logan didn't find me attractive...I didn't even know if Logan was gay so there was no way Logan would think, let alone say, he thought I was cute. "Tomas you're an idiot."

Tomas stood up and shrugged as he walked to my door, when he reached for the handle and turned to face me, "Fine Los, don't believe me, but you're boyfriend thinks you're cute." Just then my phone beeped and it showed up as a message from Logan. Tomas walked out of my room and shut the door chuckling, "I bet that's him now isn't it?"

I sighed as I opened the message. Hey Los I'm home! Thanks for letting me come over today, I really like your family:)

I sighed louder as I let myself fall back with a thud against the floor. I barely understood my own feelings for Logan and Tomas was giving me hope that Logan could feel the same. I didn't know what to think or do. All I could do was hope that Logan and I would get closer and maybe turn into something more. Logan was still a mystery to me though, I barely knew anything about him.

I punched the keys on my phone and sent Logan back a text that said: Thanks for letting me know Lo! See you tomorrow! :D

When I climbed into bed a few minutes later I had decided to just keep being friendly with Logan and see where that took us. If he was interested I was bound to see it eventually right?

And he would notice how I felt for him too I hoped. I looked over at Papi's helmet before saying out loud, "Papi, I know you would have accepted me just like mom. I love you guys. I know you would have loved to meet Logan too." I turned over and threw the blanket over me before drifting off to dreams filled with me and Logan outside playing with Tomas, Lali, and Lia while my madre and Papi watched us from the porch laughing together.