AN: I tried to send Logan and Carlos in the mail, but they kept complaining and breaking out. Then they ran away. Sorry, what about virtual hugs instead.

Carlos was in a bad mood again. This wasn't uncommon these days. It had been two months since Logan had started dating Andy and they were still happy as ever. Something about that Andy kid just bothered Carlos. No one else really saw it. James seemed to accept him the same day they'd met and Kendall had gotten over his "big brother" syndrome after a few weeks.

The thing the irked Carlos the most was there was no reason to dislike Andy. The guy was nice, not overly gay, and he made Logan happy. That was supposed to be all that matter, Logan was happy. And even more irksome, they didn't spend all their time together. Logan still hung out with everyone. There was no reason not to accept him.

That didn't stop the Latino from being very happy when they got into a big fight and didn't talk for a week. Logan never told anyone what the fight was about, and no one noticed that Carlos seemed to be extremely happy until the two decided to make up again.

The buzz about Logan being bi had settled down, but the two were still pretending to be friends in public. They still didn't act like a couple. The only reason that Carlos knew for sure was he'd walked into the room accidently a few times when it was obvious that they'd just been making out.

He was in a particularly bad mood today, because they were celebrating their two month anniversary. Logan told Carlos that they weren't seriously celebrating, but they wanted an excuse to avoid Gustavo. Logan enjoyed annoying Gustavo using Andy. The genius had a vindictive side.

Anyway, that was why Carlos was sitting by the side of t he pool staring into space feeling depressed. He didn't notice Jennifer #3 swim up to him. She was wearing a bright blue bikini and her hair was oddly dry for her being in the pool.

She pulled herself up next to him smoothly, "Is little Carlos upset about something?"

She pulled off and sweet yet sultry pout. Carlos grinned falsely, "I was but now that you're here"

Jennifer laughed, "That's sweet. You know, you should make it less obvious that you're jealous about Logan"

Carlos snorted, "You think that I want to screw his boyfriend?"

"No, I think you want to screw Logan. It's so obvious."

Carlos laughed freely, "You really think I want to screw my best friend? I'm completely straight"

Jennifer leaned back letting wet skin glisten in the sunlight, "Does that mean you would mind having a date with all three of us tomorrow?"

Carlos turned bright pink, "Not if I have to be three people again", he tried to keep his cool.

Jennifer laughed, "Not this time. Just you and us, in our apartment"

Carlos went slightly slack-jawed. Jennifer laughed, "Be there at nine o'clock sharp, or we'll find someone else. There are plenty of boys that would jump at the chance"

She stood and the other two Jennifers seemed to appear out of nowhere. They all linked arms and walked out with their usual swagger. Carlos watched them go grinning stupidly. He saw James on the other side of the pool and ran over, ignoring the lifeguard yelling at him.

James looked distracted and upset, but Carlos didn't care at that moment, "You'll never guess what happened… I have a date with the Jennifers, all of them"

James looked up at him, "So they're not using you for their own personal gain again?"

Carlos shook his head, "We're going to be in their apartment. You know what that means. It's a miracle"

James still looked distracted, "I could use a miracle right now"

The Latino sat down next to him, "What happened? Did you run out of hairspray?"

The brunette glared at him icily, "No. It's not important, anyway. Just forget I said anything"

Carlos was too happy to see through James thin act so he easily forgot. His mood was brought down again when a certain drama princess walked up to them, "Hey James"

Carlos cleared his throat, but she ignored him, "You look upset. Is there anything I can do?"

She slid next to him pushing Carlos away. James glanced at her with a look of annoyance, "I know what you can do. Stop being such a bigoted bitch and apologize to Logan"

She covered up her anger with the skill of a true actress, "I keep planning to, but I'm too scared. Maybe if you helped me"

She wrapped an arm around James' shoulder sweetly. He bit his lip holding back some cruel retort, "I'm sure you can just use some script in your collection. After all, you can clearly act. You don't even have to be sincere"

She giggled still flirting outrageously, "I still think it would be great if you could help me. Maybe we could talk about it later… over diner"

James lost his cool and stood up, "What the hell is wrong with you? First, you are a complete bitch. Second, you aren't going to apologize to Logan so stop pretending. Third, you're a complete bitch. Fourth, even if you weren't it's against guy code to date your friend's ex even if she isn't a bitch. Fifth, I am not interested, so fuck off!"

Carlos had to contain laughter at the actresses shocked face. She stood in front of James giving him the death glare. Carlos would have been running for his life if that ever happened to him, but James stood firm looking down at her.

She paused and Punched James right in the face. He stumbled back as she screamed, "NO, YOU FUCK OFF!"

She stormed out angrily, and Carlos tried to calm down James. The brunette was carefully touching his nose on the verge of tears, "If she damaged my face then she's going down"

Carlos pulled the other's hand away, "It doesn't look that bad. You may get a temporary black eye"

James screamed girlishly and Logan stifled him, "I said temporary. At least she didn't break your nose"

James still pouted, "That's no excuse. I am the face of Big Time Rush. No one messes with Big Time Rush's face"

The drama king walked out covering his eye with his hand, and Carlos watched him go with a raised eyebrow. He spotted Logan and Andy walking in and decided to interrupt them. Logan was grinning laughing, which made Carlos' fist clench. He walked up to them, "Logan your ex-girlfriend is still a bitch."

Logan sighed, "Just, because she doesn't accept people like me doesn't make her a terrible person"

Andy commented dryly, "It kind of does"

Carlos had to agree with him, "Well, it's not just you. She just came onto James. He cussed her out and she gave him a black eye"

Logan looked shocked, "She gave him a black eye. You better watch out. He'll murder her"

"I still don't get why that's a bad thing", Andy looked annoyed at where this conversation was going. Carlos ignored that.

"I wonder why the lifeguard never notices these things"

All three glanced up at the lifeguard station to see a ripped man in his early twenties looking at himself in a mirror. Andy explained, "I met that guy. If anyone drowned on his watch, he'd be preparing his hair for the reporters. He makes James look humble"

Logan laughed and Carlos bit back a tiny grin. He was about to continue the conversation when Jo ran up. She had a magazine clenched in her fist and she was out of breath. They waited for her to catch her breath and she asked, "Do you know where James is?"

Carlos answered nervously, "He went up to our apartment, I think. Either that or he went to murder Camille"

Jo gave him a weird look, and continued, "Something's happened. I think you should read this."

She extended the magazine and they all crowded to read the article. Carlos, too bored to read all the text, looked at the pictures. He felt shock running through his system.

It was a grainy shot, probably from a camera phone. There were two guys in the photo. One was definitely James, the other a complete stranger.

The face of the stranger was obscured because the two of them were kissing.