A/N: Oh gosh I have been neglecting this story so much :/ I am so sorry for keeping you guys waiting it's just been pretty busy with family and I have been focusing more on my other story and other things I haven't published yet that I forgot about this one. Well at least this can be my first update of 2012. Enjoy :D

When Carlos awoken he expected to still be in the alley with darkness surrounding him but when he opened his eyes he saw he was in a house. He quickly sat up and immediately regretted the decision. He screamed in agonizing pain and clutched his side. Suddenly a little brunette girl was in the room before she screamed "Kendall, Everyone, he's awake."

Carlos was about to panick before he remembered that name. Kendall. That was the name of the boy he met the other day. Carlos hoped that was the same person.

"Thanks Katie." Kendall said as he walked into the room before walking over to Carlos.

Carlos was about to move out of the way so he could sit on the couch but Kendall just crouched down in front of him.

"How did I get here?" Carlos asked, looking around as he slowly sat up.

Kendall watched him cautiously as he said "We found you in the alley and we remembered you from the other day. We also know about how the town feels about you so we brought you here to keep you safe."

Carlos was shocked at how much they cared about him.

"Why?" Carlos wondered.

"Because..."

Carlos sat there and stared at Kendall as the blonde tried to come up with an answer.

"Because, well, because...Oh fuck it. Because we care about you." Kendall said, getting frustrated that he couldn't think of an excuse.

"Why? I mean..." Carlos trailed off looking down.

"I'm not anyone special." He mumbled.

Kendall raised his head and said "You're a caring human being and that right there is special."

"I'm no more of a caring human being than you or anyone else in this room."

Kendall could laugh at that as well as the rest of them. Logan was the only one who wasn't really paying attention because he could tell that Kendall really wanted to tell Carlos the secret.

"Carlos you are much more than what you give yourself credit for. I can tell that you are more caring than any of us but this town, this fucked up town, has made you think otherwise."

Carlos was silent as he looked into Kendall's golden eyes. What Kendall said made him feel so good inside and slowly brought a smile to his face along with a slight blush to his cheeks.

"Thank you." Carlos said in almost a whisper.

It was getting pretty late and Carlos remembered that he needed to get home. But he had been on this couch the whole time and he couldn't really move that much.

"Um...Kendall." Carlos said getting his attention.

Kendall was sitting on the floor next to Carlos on an iPad everyone else had went about their business. Carlos didn't know what Kendall was looking at because he was staring at chandelier in the high ceiling.

"Hmm." Kendall said as he continued to scroll.

"I need to go home my aunt and uncle are probably worrying about me."

Kendall put the iPad on the glass coffee table before standing to look over Carlos' wounds. His leg was wrapped underneath his jeans that were newly washed thanks to Mrs. Knight. But his face had a bruise on the left cheek and he had small cuts on his right cheek where he was hit with the beer bottle.

"Come on." Kendall said extending his hands out for Carlos. Carlos grabbed onto them before trying to move.

"Slowly." Kendall told him when Carlos let out a small whimper. When Carlos stood he was slightly limping.

"Come on lets take a small walk around the table so I can see how your doing." Kendall said as took a step back to walk around the table.

When he saw Carlos limp around the table all he wanted to do was scoop him up into his arms and carry him home and kiss him every now and again just to show him how much he cared. As they finished Carlos tripped on the end of the coffee table and not a second later Kendall was there to catch him so he wouldn't fall.

Carlos blushed when he noticed Kendall's hands were on his hips. Kendall noticed too but all he wanted to do was pull Carlos closer and maybe let his hands slide a little further down to squeeze the latinos ass. Before it could get awkward though Kendall pulled away and asked "Are you okay?"

Carlos nodded his head before they made their way to his car. Carlos stopped at the top of the stairs that led to the garage.

"Kendall...I don't know about the stairs that might be too much pressure on my le-" Carlos was caught off guard when Kendall picked him up bridal style and began walking down the steps. Almost immediately he started blushing when he noticed how close he was to Kendall. When they got down to the garage neither one of them wanted to let go but they didn't want things to be awkward.

"Which car?" Kendall asked. Carlos took his eyes away from Kendall and looked at the luxurious cars in the garage.

"Um...You choose." Carlos said wanting to continue to stare at Kendall, not really caring about all the cars.

"Let's take this one." Kendall said as he walked over to his silver prius.

He placed him in the passenger seat before going around to the driver side. He really wanted to use his speed but for obvious reasons he couldn't. When he drove around the front of the house Carlos swear he had seen it before but as they drove down the road surrounded by forest he couldn't remember. They drove past the alley where the incident happened and Carlos couldn't look as the memory flashed through his mind.

Suddenly something popped in his head. "Where did those guys go?" Carlos asked.

Kendall was silent for a moment before he said "What guys? When we found you no one was in the alley."

"Oh." Carlos said looking down.

That meant that those guys were still out there. Carlos suddenly got scared. He didn't want to go through that again. What if Kendall never shows up and they do more than beat him up. Kendall could sense that the latino was scared. He could practically hear his blood rushing and heart pounding.

Kendall shifted in his seat before patting Carlos' shoulder to get him to calm down. That little pat scared Carlos even more and he jumped before he realized it was Kendall.

"Sorry didn't mean to scare you." Kendall said, trying to look out the window to hide his fangs that came out when he touched the latino, feeling his blood rush underneath his finger tips.

Carlos noticed that Kendall was squeezing the wheel so hard that it looked like it was crushing in his hands.

"Kendall are you okay?" Carlos asked.

"Mm-Hm" Kendall said, keeping his mouth closed. He was sure if he talked Carlos would notice the fangs and start asking questions.

Carlos looked down and wondered what was wrong with Kendall. He wouldn't look at him or talk to him. Ever since they drove into town Kendall had been acting like that. Carlos was 100% positive it was him. Of course Kendall wouldn't want to be seen talking to him and he's probably squeezing the wheel to stop from beating him up. When they pulled up to his house he wanted to run in the house and go to his room but he couldn't move that fast. So he just watched as Kendall got out the car and walked around before opening Carlos' door to pick him up.

Carlos started to think that maybe the whole beat him up thing was a bit much. I mean Kendall did take him from the alley and treat his wounds. If he was going to beat him up he would've done it in the alley and kept moving. So why was he like that? The only thing Carlos could come up with was that Kendall was nervous that they would be caught in the same car. Carlos was taken out of his thoughts when Kendall sat him down on the front porch.

"Thank you." Carlos said looking down, afraid to see the disgust in Kendall's eyes. He gasped when he felt Kendall's arms wrap around him. The thoughts of Kendall beating him came up but quickly faded when he felt Kendall softly squeeze him. The pain in his side seemed to disappear as he melted in his embrace. He was sad when Kendall let go and took a step back.

"Sorry you just looked like you needed a hug." Kendall said before smiling at him.

Carlos smiled back a little mostly when he didn't see disgust in his eyes. But there was something else there that Carlos couldn't put his finger on. He looked at the front door and remembered something.

"Hey did you find a book bag by me?" Carlos asked him, remembering that his house key was in there.

"Oh...yeah." Kendall said before going to his car to get the book bag.

It suddenly appeared in the backseat and he acted like he was looking for it before actually grabbing it. He knew he forgot something and he knew that Logan was reading his mind. If Logan was here then so was James. He handed Carlos the slightly dirty book bag with a smile as he watched the latino reach into the book bag and find his key.

"Thanks again." Carlos said when he unlocked the door and stepped in.

"Bye Kendall." He said, giving a little wave before he closed the door.

"Bye Carlos." Kendall said as the door shut.

When Kendall got into his car he wanted nothing more then to go back and carry Carlos up stairs and lay him in bed and cuddle next to him as he gently fell asleep. He sighed as he drove off. In a matter of minutes he was parking the car back in the garage and walking upstairs.

"Thanks." Kendall said to James and Logan who were sitting on the floor in front of the fireplace.

"No problem." Logan said looking at the blonde who flopped on the couch. There was a silence before James spoke.

"Um Kendall.."

"Yeah?" The blonde said, sitting up.

"You remember when I scanned Carlos' memory to show you everyone what happened?"

"James!" Logan said already knowing what James was about to say.

"Yeah?..." Kendall said getting suspicious.

"James please that isn't our business." Logan said before James could say anything.

"Logan if Kendall wants to be in a relationship with him then he needs to know." James told him.

"Then let Carlos tell him, not us." Logan said.

Kendall got really interested when he heard the latino's name.

"Kendall needs to be prepared about this so he won't flip his shit." James said before turning to Kendall about to speak but then.

"James this is Carlos' secret and we were already invading his privacy by knowing this." Logan interrupted.

"So Kendall should know!" James said rather quickly.

"Kendall listen Carlos has been-" James was saying but Logan covered his mouth.

Thinking of another way to tell the blonde, James eyes turned white before on the wall in front of them was a projected scene of Carlos in the bathroom. Logan was cut off by seeing the scene himself. James never showed him what exactly happened but he mentioned it to Logan and Logan read Carlos' mind about it and found it ture. Kendall turned to the wall to see Carlos sitting in the tub, razor blade in hand. They watched as he sat back, taking the blade and pressed it against his tan thigh.

They heard him take a deep breath before snapping his arm back, quickly dragging the blade across the tan flesh. Kendall gasped at the sight and he felt his vampire heart shatter into a million pieces. Still he couldn't look away from it. He winced as he watched Carlos make cut after cut after cut on that same thigh in lines parallel to each other. He did the same to the other thigh before moving the blade up to his abdomen, where he proceeded with more cutting. Suddenly the wall was dark and Kendall turned to see Logan had covered James eyes.

"I thought you should know." James said as he looked at Kendall, removing Logan's hands.

"James! You revealed his biggest secret!" Logan said hitting him in his arm before turning to look at Kendall. He looked defeated like he failed at something. Logan could tell that he was close to tears before he was suddenly gone.

"Where is he going?" James asked Logan.

"Carlos' house." Logan responded before chasing after the blonde, James right behind him.

As they chased after Kendall through the forest Logan tried to read his mind but he kept him out by thinking of random things. When they reached Carlos' house there was no sight of the blonde.

"Did he go in?" James asked.

Logan shook his head before turning around and looking up. There sitting in the tree across the street was Kendall. He was looking through the window of Carlos' bedroom. When Logan and James got up there they saw that he was crying. He wiped his face before saying "I promised myself that I was going to protect him."

He never took his eyes off of Carlos' sleeping figure through the window as he continued "How am I suppose to do that when he's the one hurting himself."

Logan and James had never seen him like this. He looked so defeated. Nothing like the leadership he had shown since the day they met. Kendall continued to silently cry while looking at Carlos sleep. As tears ran down the blonde's face Logan was looking for a way to get him to realize that he can still keep his promise. James rubbed Kendall's back as Logan spoke "Kendall, you can still keep your promise."

Kendall tore his eyes away from his hurting love to Logan before saying "How?"

"Well I just got some info that his aunt has enrolled him in our school." Logan said smiling at the blonde.

Kendall's eyes widened at the news before he said "No way."

"Yes way. See look over there on his closet door." Logan said, pointing.

"That's the uniform to our school." Kendall said in shock.

"Yup." Logan said before he was caught off guard by Kendall's hug.

"Thanks Logan your the best." Kendall said while still squeezing the boy.

"Kendall remember your stronger than us." James told him so he wouldn't crush the smaller boy.

"Right sorry." Kendall said letting go.

"Besides." Logan spoke. "You should be thanking Carlos' aunt for this. Not me. I'm just a messenger."

Kendall smiled as he looked at the boy he promised to protect. This town wasn't going to have him break that promise even if it meant killing every single person. Which he would do without any regrets.

"See you Monday." Kendall whispered before dashing home with James and Logan.

A/N: Now we all know why Carlos' aunt was on the phone when he left. I was going to have the story follow Carlos in the house so his aunt could tell him but I figured why not follow Kendall so you can see his reaction when Logan told him about the school switch. Also at first I wasn't going to have this chapter where Kendall finds out about Carlos' cutting but I was like I've kept you guys waiting minus well throw it in this chapter. I think it worked out well. Please tell me what you guys think. Review please!