Here you go another chapter hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it. PS I do not own Big Time Rush or any of the characters just having fun writing a story
Being around James was getting to be harder and harder, for I kept getting lost in his eyes and his smell was getting more and more arousing to me and I could barely contain myself. If I lost control though either I would make James do something he wasn't ready for or make him even more afraid of me.
James voice cut through my thoughts as he said "How can you not like biology?"
"Well don't get me wrong I like doing experiments and stuff but I don't like the math behind it or the writing conclusions or something like that, you don't need to do that with history." I said making my way to my table, and because we only had two people per desk, and I was partnering less, I made James sit with me knowing the teacher would make him my partner anyway.
I was right for when the teacher walked ion he said "Oh perfect Carlos now you have a partner." I chuckled when I saw James blush a little at that and it took everything I had not to grab James and devour his face right then and there.
"Hope you are good at this because this is not my forte and is my worse class… partner" I added with another chuckle.
"Shut up" he said opening his notebook ready to take some notes, I followed suit and turned to face the teacher who began to write stuff on the board. After a bit James said "So besides history what else is your forte"
"What" I asked confused at that moment about what he was talking about.
"Well you told me biology id not your forte and is your worst class so what is your forte?" he said.
"Oh that." I said not really sure how to answer that, being who I was I never thought about a career for myself, me and my family really didn't think too much about that because we are immortal and move around a lot to be able to stay In hiding but yet still mingle with humans without causing any trouble. We didn't want to stay in total isolation we wanted to be able to go out and enjoy ourselves without any trouble and I used to work a little but after what happened with Lucy I took a break.
Deciding I just needed to be honest with James I said "I don't really know James, I mean don't get me wrong I have things that I like to do but it hasn't been my main focus, I like to think that when I finds something I love to do then I will chase after it."
"That's cool" Jams said but I could tell by the look on his face and his smell that he was very nervous about talking to me and I wondered why.
Trying to ease his nerves I said "So James why do you like biology so much?"
He shrugged and said quietly "I have wanted to work with animals for a while so I thought biology could help me learn more." after that there was a silence and again I smelt fear and sadness on him, and I was really starting to wonder why he was so scared.
I kept up the talking though and some random topics, we even brought up what kind of movies we liked but neither one of us mentioned our families or life at home.
The rest of biology was kind of boring as we just took notes and listened to the teacher. Finally the bell rang signaling class was over, and we began to make our way to art class, which I had with him as well, and I heard my phone going off in my pocket.
"You going to get that" James asked looking down at my pocket.
I wanted to say no and just continue to talk to him but when I pulled it out to ignore the call I saw that I had fifteen missed calls from my family and Camille was the one calling me now.
Forgetting that I was supposed to meet the, I said "Excuse me for a sec James."
He nodded and I opened my phone going into an empty corner and said angrily into it "What do you want Camille."
"Carlos is you even aware that you were supposed to be here an hour ago" she said in a stern expression.
"No I was-"I started to say until I remembered that I was supposed to be there.
"Oh shit Camille I'm so sorry I am on my way right now" I said hanging up but then remembering that James and I were supposed to go to class together and I as supposed to walk with him there. I groaned not wanting to leave him, especially what happened with Jett, but I knew that right now I had to but an idea popped into my head and smiling I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote something down.
Walking back to where James was waiting I walked up to him and for the first time today I saw him smile real big, God I wish I didn't have to leave now.
"Listen James I have to go but I will see you tomorrow all right" I said to him.
He got a glint of sadness and fear on his face and I had to fight the urge to stay with him, my family would be mad if I didn't show up. I knew James was scared to death of Jett but I would make sure that while I wasn't there Jett would not dare to touch him.
After a bit he relaxed and said "Promise?"
"Yes I do" I said as I held out the piece of paper I had written on.
"What's that?" he asked looking at it and smiling I took his hand, placed the paper in it then closed his hand.
"Not a death threat" I whispered to him and with one final smile and wink at him I walked away before the teacher could tell me to take my seat, but before I left I hid behind the corner to see what James face would look like when he opened the paper.
He gulped looking down at the paper but opened it too slowly for my taste, after a bit it was all the way open and I watched as he looked at it and got this huge smile on his face with a blush as well, for on that piece of paper was my number and a little caption at the bottom that said "Call me cutie"
Smiling at how happy James looked I walked away and was about to head home but remembered there was one last thing I wanted to do before I went to meet up with my family. Tilting my head up I sniffed the air around me and waited for a certain scent to catch my nose. It took a minute, being that there were hundreds of smells around me but my powers gave me the ability to tell what scents I was picking up on and smelling, but I finally found it and again making sure the halls were empty I ran to where I had tracked the scent. I had to run for a few minutes down the hallways and up a flight of stairs before I found what I was looking or more like who I was looking for.
Jett was walking down the hallway towards his locker probably ditching class and I made my way towards him but remembering what he had done to James I couldn't control my anger as I bared my teeth fangs coming out and I knew that my eyes were in the process of changing as well. Jett didn't notice me for he was so focused on getting something out of his locker and that's when I noticed how he was frowning and I smiled remembering what I had him do before and wondered if he had just gotten in trouble for it and maybe that's why he was late for class.
When I reached his locker I slammed it shut and he jumped at the action, looking up he saw it was me and he glared but instead of being his usual cocky self he backed away and said "What do you want now Carlos?" he tried to show that he wasn't afraid but I could smell fear all over him.
"Hmm what do I want" I said deciding to taunt Jett the way he had taunted James.
"Yes what do you want?" he said trying to get his bravery back.
"Well I would say your life but I'm not a murderer, in fact be lucky I didn't take out you and your friends when you were attacking James who is just an innocent person who didn't do anything to you at all but yet you still wanted to cut him up with a knife, I wonder why you are so cruel Jett."
He looked like he was about to answer but I angrily muttered "You don't get to talk at all right now" and with that I focused on him and got into his head then into his control system. Once I had control I said "what I want from you is for you and your friends to leave James alone for the rest of the school day and I promise that if I find out you touched him I will end your life or better yet will tell the police about your little attack on James."
Jett just nodded and smirking I said "Good now go back to class and get your studies done."
Obeying with a nod Jett began to walk back to class and I felt better knowing that James would be safe all day without me there.
"Oh Jett one more thing" I said getting into his brain making him turn around to face me.
"Beat up anyone who messes with James or puts their hands on him" I said.
"Yes sir Carlos" he said before he turned around and walking away, I smiled but knew that my power would wear off when Jett was done with the command I gave him, I felt good though knowing that he would actually defend James and leave him alone until he got home and remembered he didn't like James or me for that matter.
Satisfied with my commands I watched Jett go back the class then I walked out of the school and when I was out the doors I ran toward my home knowing that my mom was about to yell at me for being late.
As I predicated, as soon as I walked in the door the yelling began.
"Carlos you were supposed to be here an hour and a half ago" she yelled when I walked into the living room where the whole family was even my mom's boyfriend Jared but Katie wasn't there and I remembered that Mom wanted to wait to talk to Katie about imprinting or at least wait till she was old enough to understand it but it didn't matter what age you were you could imprint at eleven years old and wait for the one you love.
"I know mom I'm sorry but I got a little distracted" I said my mind wandering instantly to James.
"Distracted?" Dak said with a devious look in his face.
"Shut it Dak" I said defensively.
He laughed and I glared ready to punch him.
"Ok knock it off you two now Carlos I am furious about earlier because we have been waiting but we will talk about that later, right now I need to know if you really imprinted on this James person. Tell me everything that had happened."
Taking a deep breath I started from the beginning and told my mom everything that had happened including how Jett had beat James up but I left out the part about using my powers, she sat quietly listening to my story.
When I was finished telling my story my mom looked from me to the family then stood up pacing the room.
"Carlos I can't believe it but you have actually imprinted on someone" she said now looking very excited and happy.
"Oh my gosh Carlos has finally imprinted" Camille said jumping up and down excitedly then hugging me so tight I felt like I was about to die.
"See I was right I knew you liked him and guess what he likes you back I mean why you think I told you to walk towards the bleachers." She said
Remembering how she had told me to walk towards the bleachers I said "Did you have a vision of James being in trouble and needing my help?"
She smiled and said "Yes I did but u didn't want to tell you."
"Classic Camille" I said with a sign and she smiled at me with a wink and said "Yeah but it looks like you need to thank me for you have found your mate."
"Yeah your right but wait how do you know that James likes me." I asked.
"Because he told me that he did and also he is gay" she said with an even bigger smile. "He is so nervous around you though I think it's cute."
I smiled to myself glad to know that James for sure did like me back.
"I never thought you were going to imprint about dam time" Kendall said as he gave me a hug, shoot even Jared had congratulated me but then again he and my mom have been together so long he is like a father to me but he will never be my real dad and I would never love him as much as I loved my real dad.
The only one who didn't seem happy with this was Logan.
"You all do realize that James is a human right?" he said.
"What does that matter Logan, Carlos has found who he loves and is meant to be with" Camille said looking mad at Logan.
"What id Carlos lost control of him?" he asked. "Let's not forget that that a human will die if a wolf lost control and if Carlos wanted to be with James forever and if James wanted to he would have to become one of us."
"Um Logan I just found out that James is my mate and I will have to tell him the truth eventually about myself." I said realizing that I would eventually need to tell James who I was and what my connection with him was all about.
Before Logan could answer my mom spoke first, "Carlos since you have imprinted on James, yes you will need to tell him everything about yourself to him and about us, he probably will not take it well, most human mates don't, but you have to reveal yourself."
"What if he doesn't want to be with me though? What if he freaks out about all of this and refuses to be with me?" I asked questions just spilling out of my mouth.
"Carlos if he is your true mate then he will, no matter what, never turns you down. A werewolf's mate never ever turns them down or rejects him, but if James does at first just know that it means he won't accept it right away but eventually will come to terms with it." my mom said.
"It too your mom about six month to give into me" Jared said with a smile.
"Yes but you didn't have to change me sweetie. James is human so he should have to be changed." My mom said.
"True" he said with a smile.
"Carlos your father was actually human and when I imprinted on him he did not accept it right away but in the end he did. After he died though our bond was broken and my soul felt broken but even if your mate dies you can move on and still be happy despite having lost them" mom said.
"Yeah I remember you had told me that and how happy my dad was with you" I said remembering how happy my parents had been when my dad was alive.
"I promise James will be happy with you too Carlos but in order for that to happen you have to reveal everything to him" she said.
I opened my mouth to answer but before I could talk Logan spoke again and said "It's not a good idea for Carlos to do anything, I mean yes he has imprinted but James is a human still and he will not want to be with Carlos or be subjected to being turned into a wolf"
I was getting annoyed with Logan's negative attitude towards this and I couldn't hold back my temper anymore.
"Logan just shut the hell up, I know that I had imprinted on James and everyone in this dam room knows it to, so why the hell is you lecturing me, did you forget that Kendall was human when you had found him and changed him? He was a human and you still ended up with him so what gives you the right to say I can't be with James. Well newsflash Logan if I can't be with James then I'm sorry to say but that means you don't have a right to be with Kendall either because you fell in love with him when he was a human. I practically yelled at him.
The room went dead silent after my little episode but I hardly noticed because I was staring intensely at Logan's shocked and somewhat hurt face, yes I felt a little bad but Logan had to hear this for it was all true.
"Kendall was dying" Logan said quietly.
"Yeah well what if James was dying" I said.
Logan looked up at me and tried to think of an answer but found that he didn't have an answer for he knew that I was right about this and made my point very clear.
"Logie Carlos has a point; yes you had changed me and told me everything so why can't Carlos be with James' Kendall said as he patted Logan on the shoulder,
"We had wanted Carlos to find love and someone who he knew he wanted to be with and it looks like he found that someone so why can't you be happy for him like we are." Dak said to Logan as well.
Logan then had a changed expression on his face and I l knew he was regretting what he had said to me.
"You guys are right if Carlos imprinted then he deserves to be with the one he imprinted on" Logan said looking back and forth from everyone. He then turned to me and said "I'm so sorry Carlos I keep on forgetting that Kendall was a human when I had imprinted on and changed him, I just don't want James to find out and not want to be with you, but I guess if Kendall and your dad changed to be with the ones they love then James will to"
Smiling I said "Thank you Logan"
He smiled back and gave me a hug. When the hug ended I was congratulated once again and I was actually getting a little annoyed by it especially because it wasn't my main concern for my mind was drifting back to James and how to tell him about everything especially the part about me being a werewolf and how the hell to explain myself to him. Did I even want to tell him?
"Carlos you are going to have to" Logan said and I glared at him.
"Logan you have promised not to read my mind" I said angrily.
"Sorry Carlos but I could tell you were thinking very hard about something and I just wanted to know what and by the way you have to tell James, there is no way you can go on without telling him who you really are." Logan said.
I signed knowing he was right but first I wanted to spend some more time with James so he could get to know me better and accept me when he started to like me more, plus I really wanted to know James as well.
"I'm going to go back to school, keep an eye on James then hope then hopefully spend some more time with him." I said.
My mom smiled then said "You have the urge to be near him all the time and just protect him now don't you?"
"Yes I actually really do" I said realizing that my mom was right.
My mom opened her mouth to answer me but at that moment my phone went off and took it our seeing that I had gotten a text message. I took my phone out and opening it I smiled when I saw that the text was from James.
James: Wish you would have been in class it was so boring without you.
I smiled then replied back.
Me: Well then why don't I come back and take you out to dinner?
When I sent the text I looked up at my family and said "I'm going to go I will be back tonight." Dak and Camille smirked but before I let my family reply I went into the kitchen to, where the key rack was hanging and grabbed the keys to my Camaro. I picked a bad day to run to school. Now that I was going to try and hang around James more I would need to start driving again and it has been a long time since I had driven my Camaro.
"Taking the Camaro?" Dak asked when I walked back out the living room going into the garage.
"Haven't driven that baby in months so hell yes" I yelled back before I went to our huge garage where all six cars were parked. Camille and Dak had Mustangs, Daks being yellow and Camille's being red. Logan had a black Dodge truck and Kendall had a dark green Jeep.
Walking over to my black Camaro I took off the cover and stared at the beautiful car that I had been too sad to drive but was now about to take it back on the road.
Unlocking it I got in and waited for the garage door to open before putting the keys in the ignition and putting it in drive. When I listen to the engine running I couldn't hold back my excitement and I flew out of the garage. The Camaro was running amazingly and my adrenaline picked up as I went extremely fast before getting back on the road where the cops were probably going to see me. Turning on the radio I jammed out while enjoying riding in my baby.
I was so excited about getting back in my car that I had almost driven past the school. I managed to catch myself when I heard the bell ring signalizing that school was over. I parked my car then checked my phone to see if James had texted me back.
James: I wish I could but I got stuff to do
As soon as I had read that text I felt a pang of sadness but I also felt that James wasn't telling the truth about something, I knew he was lying but I didn't know why. I didn't want to push him though so instead I settled with driving him home.
Me: at least let me drive you home
I waited for as few more minutes before he replied.
James: Ok
Me: Awesome meet me out front I will be in my black Camaro.
James: Ok ;)
After that last message I got out of my Camaro deciding it would be easier for James to find me. While I waited I tried to focus on the heartbeats around me and find James. It was very tricky to do with all the other hearts pounding in my ears but because I had heard James heartbeat before I knew what it sounded like. Turned out it was a lot harder than I thought, guess you can't pick up your mates heartbeat right away. Giving up on the heartbeat I sniffed trying to fine his scent and figured when James and I got closer I would be able to find him by the heartbeat. My mom told me that the trick with finding the heartbeat is finding the rhythm of the heart and memorize it. What I had noticed with James was that when I listened to his heart it was usually beating really fast especially out of fear, and I was hoping that that would change but I just wondered why he was so afraid of being around other people and being around us.
"Something going on in his home?" I said out loud to myself. Hopefully James would open up to me eventually.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice a female figure approaching my car.
"Hey Carlos" the voice said and looking up I saw Jo walking toward me.
"Oh hey Jo" I said smiling at her, as she came up and gave me a big hug, I hugged her back and couldn't stop smiling.
Next to my family Jo was another best friend of mine and who I cared about a lot. She had actually lived with me and my family for a while but when she had imprinted on her mate, Tyler, she had moved in with him to start a new life for herself. We all missed her but I was glad that she was happy. She and Tyler would visit a lot though so we didn't miss her all the time.
We pulled apart from the hug and she gave me a sad look saying "I'm still sorry about what happened between you and Lucy. How are you doing and are you ok?"
"I'm better actually Jo" I said with a huge smile.
"Really" she said looking confused. I decided to tell her that I imprinted.
"I'm no longer said anymore Jo and don't love Lucy anymore actually I have forgotten about her." I said realizing for myself that I had not even though about Lucy just James.
"You don't think about her anymore?" Jo said looking even more confused.
"Well Jo no because it just so happens that I have imprinted today on someone" I said waiting to see her reaction.
She gave me a wide eyed look before she screamed "Carlos oh my God is you serious?"
"Yeah it happened just today" I said the smile never leaving my face.
"Oh my God Carlos" she squealed happily and I couldn't help but laugh at her a little a blush coming to my face when she was squealing about how happy she was for me and wishing me happiness.
"So who ids the lucky person?" she asked and Jo knew I was Bi and didn't care as long as I was happy. She had always told me that I was like a brother to her and we could talk about anything.
"Well-"I started to say until a familiar scent caught my nose and turning my head I saw James walking down the school steps toward my car. He looked so shy and nervous while he was twiddling his fingers and I could see his eyes cast downwards behind his thick rimmed glasses.
"Him" I said not taking my eyes off of James. Jo turned her head to loom where I was looking and she smiled saying "The new guy huh"
"Yeah the new guy" I whispered back as James finally looked up at me and I smiled the smile that my mom called my hundred watt smile.
He smiled back shyly and walked the rest of the way to my car.
"Hi James" I said forgetting about Jo standing next to me.
"Hey" he said shyly looking from me to Jo. I mentally kicked myself and said "Have you met Jo yet?"
James looked at Jo and smiled saying "She actually saved me from Jett."
"You did?" I asked looking at her with a surprised look.
"Yeah I did because I wasn't going to let Jett hurt him" Jo said with smile.
"Thanks again for that" James said and I was about to tell Jo the story but she said she needed to leave and go meet Tyler by his car.
I gave her a quick hug and she smiled at James who smiled back shyly. With that she left and I was standing there alone with James.
"You ok" I asked realizing now how scared he really looked just standing there with me.
"Huh oh yeah I'm just surprised that you had offered me a ride home." He said quietly.
"That's what friends do" I said as I opened the passenger door for him. He didn't move for a minute and just stared at the open door and I was starting to worry that he was about to run off, but instead he stepped forward and looked inside my car.
"Wow this is a nice car" he said with a smile as he crawled onto the seat still looking around my car still. I chuckled at his enthusiasm. I shut the door once I made sure he was all the way in and made my way to the driver's side.
I did notice that some people were staring at me and James, some looks were jealousy but I hardly noticed as I got in my car and cruised out of the parking lot.
"James had a death grip on the seat as he felt the power of my car and I chucked l then said "Don't worry I am not going to crash us. It eased his nerves and he relaxed looking out the window onto the road.
"Why did you leave?" James asked so suddenly it surprised me.
"Had something to take care of" I said not taking my eyes off the road.
"How was the rest of the day and more importantly did you get anymore troubler from Jett?" I asked smirking a little.
"No he actually left me alone all day, when he passed me In the hallway he let me be and even said hi at one point, I'm really surprised I thought he was a bully" he said smiling.
"Not while I'm around" I said out loud forgetting that James was right there with me.
He was silent for a bit before he said quietly "Carlos why did you become my friend? Why are you protecting me so much?"
I shrugged and said "Why wouldn't I? You seem like a very nice person and what's wrong with me wanting to get to know you and make you feel more welcome to this new state and this new school?"
"Uh nothing I guess" he said looking from me to out the window.
Not wanting him to be offended I said "James let's just say when I met you I knew you would make a very good friend, and when I saw Jett beating you up like that, scaring you so badly, and on your first day at a new school that just sent me over the edge and I couldn't handle it or control myself for that matter, I don't want him to ever bother you again." I hadn't even noticed that while I was talking my grip on the steering wheel had tightened making my wrists pale up, only James stare on them made me loosen in grip in fear of making him even more afraid then he already was of me, and before bits of my wolf form began to come out.
I looked out of the corner of my eye again and saw that James frown had turned into a smile.
"Thank you Carlos" he said.
"You're welcome" I managed to grunt out still trying to get myself under control.
"No Carlos I mean really thank you. Thank you for sticking up for me against Jett, thank you for welcoming me to the school and making my first day bearable, for saving me when no one else was there. Nobody has ever been as nice to me as you are being" he said actually opening up more to me
Calming down more I looked over at James and said "I'm not like a lot of guys James, and look I know that you were nervous on your first day there, I mean who isn't with the whole meeting new people thing, and actually as much as I hate to say this I know that you are actually scared to be in the same car as me."
He gave me a very frightened look after I had said that his beautiful eyes filled with fear again, but I continued to talk.
"But James you have no reason to be scared of me, I am not one of those people like Jett, I won't judge where you come from, and I certainly would never beat you up, just know that you can trust me." I said finally managing to look him in the eyes again without seeing fear in them. He didn't look terrified anymore behind those big glasses but he looked actually happy and loving but I couldn't tell right away.
"I'm glad I met you Carlos and you aren't like Jett at all" he said.
I looked at James and wondered why he was so afraid of being around people at school and why he was so nervous to be around me. Sure his heart rate slowed down and I didn't smell fear anymore but I knew something was wrong I just want sure what.
Remembering that I was supposed to be taking James home I snapped out of my own thoughts and said "So where do you live James?"
He didn't answer me right away and when I looked over and asked him again he said "Um just continue going down this road, then take a left on rainier street and my house the first one on the right. Its big and white you can't miss it. There is a black mailbox at the end as well"
I nodded and followed his directions even surprised I went the right way for my mind kept drifting in and out of my own thoughts. After a bit I found his house which was quite large but not as big as mine and it was in a gated neighborhood.
"Nice neighborhood" I said but I could sense that James didn't want to go home so I decided to keep him with me for a while even though he claimed he had stuff to do I knew that it was a lie.
So I drove right by his gated neighborhood and in a different direction.
"Um Carlos I live back there, you just passed, my house" he said confused looking back in the direction of his house.
"I know" I said smiling as I stepped on the speeding pedal of my car.
"Where are you taking me? I thought you said I could trust you? I actually thought you were nice, your taking me to Jett isn't you" James practically screamed.
Signing I took one of my hands off the steering wheel and took his hand in mine.
He jumbled and tried to pull away from me but I held on tightly to his hand.
"James relax" I said rubbing my thumb against his hand, at my touch James seemed to have relaxed a little at this and I held it the while ride to where I had decided to take him.
"Carlos please at least tell me where you are taking me, I actually can't be gone too long" he said.
"It's a surprise" I said ignoring that last part about how he had to be home. Little did I know that he actually was supposed to be home.
