Chapter 5 – Spending the day with Carlos!
A/N: YAY UPDATE! It didn't take me as long this time, right? This is good because I loved writing this chapter! :D Did you guys enjoy the videos I asked you to watch? I hope so, because I did! XD
The next morning Melanie woke up to silent-ness. She looked over at her alarm clock and it read 10:44, she jumped up.
"Holy Jesus!" She quickly threw on some clothes and hurried downstairs. There was a note on the coffee table:
Melanie and Carlos,
"Carlos is here too?" Melanie looked over towards the upstairs door to Carlos and James's door and continued to read the letter.
Mama Knight sent us to the grocery store so we'll be gone for… we don't know how long we'll be gone actually… but we also need to pick up Katie and her from the shopping outlet malls or whatever. Just ask Carlos if you want to know why we don't take him on day trips.
-James, Kendall and Logan
Melanie put the note down and went towards Carlos's room. She couldn't help but giggle when she noticed how he was sleeping. He was completely turned around from when she saw him last night, and all his blankets were on the floor, one of his socks was missing, one arm hanging off the bed, and he was drooling and snoring. He must sleep like a rock. She thought.
She went back to her room and found an outfit for the day, a white romper with a light brown belt, and brown sandals with a white daisy on top. She took a shower and got ready for the day. She curled her hair in loose curls and did her make up. When she came out, Carlos was barely waking up, walking downstairs and rubbing his eyes, when he saw Melanie, he tripped down the last three steps, startling Melanie.
"Oh my god, Carlos, are you ok?" Melanie rushed to help him, but he was ok, his helmet saved him. He was stunned himself, but of course he didn't show it.
"Yeah, I'm fine. That—that happens all the time, it's just, you look great! Where are you going today?" He asked.
"Oh, nowhere really, this is just what I felt like wearing today, I guess, but thanks Carlos!" Melanie said and helped him up, "Are you sure you're ok?" she asked. He confidently nodded. He's had worse before. They sat on the couch and continued talking.
"Hey, why doesn't anyone like taking you on daytrips?" Melanie asked.
"Oh, is that where they're all at?" he asked, "Well, they say I whine a lot, and I never remember to go to the bathroom before we leave and stuff like that." He sighed and kind of laughed.
"Oh." Melanie said and laughed with him.
"I'm gonna get dressed also, I can't walk around in my boxers and a t-shirt, with one sock all day." He said and got up.
"Ok, I'll be here." She said.
"Hey, why don't you call your mom or something? You haven't talked to her directly since she left right?" Carlos suggested while he walked up the stairs.
"You know what? You are right! I will! Hahaha thanks Carlos!" she said and took out her phone.
Melanie only had to wait for the phone to rings three times before her mom picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hi Mom! It's Melly!"
"Hey sweetie! How's LA?"
"It's really great! I love it here!"
"That's great! Meet anyone new yet?"
"The real question here is, did you?"
"I asked you first."
"OK, well, There's Camille and Stephanie. They're very nice."
"Did the guys introduce you to them?"
"Well, Camille is Logan's girlfriend, and Stephanie is Carlos's close friend."
"Nice."
"So how's everything there in Minnesota?"
"Everything is good…"
"Did you meet anyone?" Melanie asked.
"Well… no."
"Why, not? I told you about this, Mom, you're still young, you can find a man!"
"I wouldn't consider 35 to be young."
"You're being too hard on yourself! You look like you 28!"
"How about this: If I 'find a man' then will you come visit us in Minnesota?"
"It's a deal! But you know I would come and visit even if you didn't"
"Yes, I know, Melanie. Now, I gotta get ready for work, I'll talk to you soon, right?"
"Yea, of course I will!" Melanie said.
"Love you Melanie!"
"Love you too Mom!"
END CONVERSATION
Carlos was right next to her as she hung up. He looked confused.
"My Mom misses me, so I told her to find a boyfriend to keep her from thinking too much about me." She said and they both started laughing.
"That's good, I think. Well, today we have the whole apartment to ourselves for about three or four hours, so what should we do?"
"I don't know… I'll figure something out, I hope…" she said and flipped through the pop tiger magazine that came in the mail, to looks for ideas. Carlos came and sat next to her.
"Figure anything out yet?" he asked.
"Nope, did you?" she asked.
"Nope, but I'm hungry." He said hoping it would give her ideas of what to do.
"Hmm… well what places are around here that we could go and eat then? I'm getting hungry too." She rubbed her stomach.
"Hmmmm… OH MY GAWD MELLY I JUST REMEMBERED!" Carlos burst up from the couch, "THE FAIR IS IN TOWNTHIS WEEKEND!"
"Guess where we're going today, Carlos!" Melanie said as she got the keys and her bag.
"YAY! I LOVE THE FAIR!"
"Let's go!"
AT THE FAIR
"OOOOHHH! THEY HAVE CORN DOGS!" Carlos and Melanie ran towards the lady behind the small stand.
"Two corndogs please!" Carlos said as he paid for them in exchange for their food.
"Thanks! Uhhhh…Lauren!" Carlos read her nametag.
"Oh you're welcome! Now you and your girlfriend have a great day!" She called and smiled as they turned, looked at each other, then at Lauren.
"Oh we're not – together, we're just—uhhh we're just friends." They both mumbled.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you guys look like such a cute couple though!" She blushed and turned away. "Sorry about that."
"It's ok, trust me, don't worry about it." Melanie said reassuringly, her blushy-ness going away. Carlos just stood by and watched as they talked, silently listening and eating his corndog as he watched.
"Well, enjoy the fair, you two!" Lauren awkwardly waved as Melanie and Carlos walked away eating their corndogs.
That's the second time someone has referred me as a 'girlfriend' to one of the guys. First James, now Carlos…? Melanie thought as they walked away.
"Ohkay! What should we do first?" Carlos asked as they walked around the fair booths.
"Hmmmm... I'm gonna try to win a stuffed panda!" Melanie said and she pointed to the medium-sized panda hanging from a booth. Surprisingly, and coincidentally, it was a hockey booth. Carlos saw his chance to shine.
"Step aside Melanie! I got this one!" He said and they ran to the guy at the booth, his nametag said Mike.
"Sup, Mike!" Carlos said and the guy got up from the chair he was sleeping in, and tried to look awake.
"Sup… dude. Wanna play?" He said and pointed to the hockey-themed game.
"Yeah, I'm gonna win that panda, for Melanie here." He said and gave him a five dollar bill.
"Ok, so I'll explain this: You need to hit this puck into that small hole over there, without stepping over this line." Mike said and pointed to the line by Carlos's feet
"That's it?" Carlos said and when he about to hit it, "WAIT! Can I check if this puck even fits in the hole?" he asked Mike.
"Sure, go ahead." He said and sat down. Carlos walked up to the small gap in the bottom of the board that had a small net behind it, he checked if it fit, and it did, but just perfectly and with a little extra space on the sides.
"Ok, here we go!" he said and got ready to hit it. Swing and miss.
*Ten dollars-worth of hockey pucks later*
"AHHHHH! WHY IS THIS SO IMPOSSIBLE!" Carlos yelled and threw the hockey stick on the ground.
"Well, even if you were a pro, dude, I've never seen anyone get it in, but you've been getting pretty close, why don't you try a couple more times?" Mike said.
"No Carlos, you're not spending all your money to get me a panda bear, how about I try this last shot so we can go?" She said taking his wallet so he wouldn't spend anymore money.
"Ok, I guess." Carlos grumbled. Melanie got ready to take the shot.
"WAIT YOU'RE NOT POSITIONED RIGHT!" Carlos yelled and it made her hit the puck with a lot of force, it hit all around and they slowly slid into the hole in the board.
"Dude, you just got pwned by your own girlfriend at hockey." Mike said and chuckled.
"Well, I HELPED!" Carlos whined and then realized what else he said. Him and Melanie looked at each other simultaneously and then both awkwardly laughed, yet again.
"We're not really – together."
"Woah. Sorry bout that, here's that panda you wanted, Melanie right?" Mike said and handed it to her.
"Thanks, bye Mike!" She said quickly and they walked away.
"hahaha! I got my panda all by myself!" She said and put it in Carlos's face.
"WHAT? What are you TALKING about! I practically did it FOR you!" He challenged.
"Oh well, at least we got it." She said and hugged it.
"What are you gonna name it?" He said.
"Mr. Dude." She said immediately and they burst laughing.
"That's the dumbest named for a stuffed panda!" He said.
"It is NOT!" she said offended and covered the panda's ears.
"Don't worry Mr. Dude, I'm sure Daddy LOVES your name!" She said and Carlos laughed more.
"Ok, so this," He pointed at the panda, "this is our baby, now?" He laughed more.
"Yeah! Isn't MR. DUDE, adorable, CARLOS?" She said and tossed it to him. He caught it and laughed.
"Sure, this Panda, is adorable!" he said sarcastically and they continued to walk around the carnival, and spent most of the day there.
*5 hours later*
Carlos and Melanie come out of the elevator on the 4th floor in the palm woods and they walked up towards door but Melanie stopped Carlos in front of the door before he could open it.
"I just wanted to thank you for such a fun day today, Carlos." She said.
"Yeah, I had fun too!" He said and they hugged. Melanie gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and she opened the door for them to walk in.
"You guys are FINALLY HERE!" Kendall called from the couch.
"James! Carlos and Melanie are back!" Logan yelled from the kitchen.
"Where have you guys been? We've been calling you for like TWO HOURS!" James said as he hurried down the stairs with his cell-phone in hand.
"We were at the fair!" Carlos said excitedly.
"Really? And you didn't invite us?" James exclaimed.
"Well you guys were gone and, well I guess we just had a great time today." Carlos smiled and sat down on the couch and they both told them about their fun time and about Mr. Dude's arrival.
*Later*
Carlos was lying in his bed and thinking about the day.
Really? Two people though Melanie was my girlfriend? Really, TWO? I couldn't believe it. And didn't that one cashier lady, I think Lauren, say we look like a cute couple or something like that? Woah.
He thought about it some more before falling lightly asleep:
Me and Melanie? Together? What do we really have in common? Well, a lot of things now that I think about it… Well, what do I like about her? Hmm… her smile, her laugh, her eyes, her everything. Me and Melanie? I like the sound of that… and he drifted off into a deep slumber.
*Meanwhile…*
"Sounded like it was awesome." Katie said as she gave Melanie a hug.
"It was." Melanie smiled and handed Mr. Dude to Katie.
"Mr. Dude wants a hug!" She told her and she did as told. They were sitting on Melanie's bed in their PJ's and talking about the fair.
"Well, it's almost 11 now, we should get some sleep." Katie said as they looked at the clock.
"Yeah, you're right…Goodnight Katie!" Melanie said and Katie went through the divider door to her room and shut it slowly. Melanie turned off her lamp and laid in the calm darkness of her room, falling into a relaxing sleep.
A/N: I just had to finish this chapter today… I love it so much! But I had a great day, and finishing this chapter, and starting the next one put a great ending to it. But I'm so mad I missed the new Big Time Rush episode, AND their live performance for the Worldwide Day of Play! AHHHH! Someone post it on youtube or something if you recorded it! (is that even possible? Oh well.) ;) I saw 'Abduction' starring Taylor Lautner the other day and I LOVED it!
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- purplerocks13
