Ok after this chapter I think is the last chapter. I don't know what I'll write next. I don't know if I'll write another short story or just a ton of one-shots. I honestly don't want to get started on the long stories I have planned til I finish my 100 Themes so it might be til fall I start my new big story. I MIGHT take requests if I run out of ideas. I'm still thinking of attempting Kames fluff but I'm still really really iffy on it. The poll ain't helping like it should sadly.

Carlos just loved the feeling of almost being healthy again. Mama Knight was a miracle worker. In only three days his fever had gone down four degrees and was now at around 101. The thing he didn't like was staying home alone while his friends were at school or work. Mrs. Knight had made him stay in his bed the majority of the time and he seriously needed to stretch his legs. He was waiting for Kendall, James and Logan to come back from school to keep him company in Kendall's dinosaur footie pajamas he loved so much. It was 11:43 and he still had almost 15 minutes until the guys came back from school. He was so bored because there was absolutely nothing to do.

Carlos searched around the room and saw a bouncy ball by the side of his bed. He reached over the edge of the bed and grabbed it. Carlos started to toss it around the room and catch it in his hand. He did it for a while until the bouncy ball hit some of James's Cuda cans, on his dresser, and knocked them to the floor with a ton of loud CLANGS.

"Carlos, hunny, what was that?" Mrs. Knight called from the living room.

"Nothing Mama Knight." Carlos said and quickly got out of bed to fix James's hair stuff and quickly crawled back in his bed in case Mrs. Knight decided to check on him. Carlos decided to stop with the bouncy ball and lie in bed til his friends came home in seven minutes.

The seven minutes felt like forever but finally it was 12:00 and he had his eyes glued to the door, waiting for his friends to come through it and keep him company. 12:10 rolled around and Carlos was a little worried. Kendall pinky promised him that they would all be back by 12:05 at the latest every day while he was sick. Maybe they had to finish something or help Ms. Collins he told himself and kept waiting.

When it was 12:15 Carlos was still waiting for the guys. He didn't get why the guys were so late. He rolled out of bed and looked outside the window and saw all the kids in his class lounging around the pool or swimming so they must've been out of school by now. He got back in his bed and kept waiting for the guys.

12:20 came and there were still no friends. They were really late. Maybe they got detention Carlos thought I hope they're back soon. Ms. Collin's detentions only last twenty minutes anyway.

At 12:30 Carlos was still lying in his bed, board and he felt abandoned. He thought that Logan, James and Kendall went to the pool or the park without him. They probably got tired of me keeping them from having fun while I'm stuck in bed. I hate being sick. Carlos flopped over in his bed and pulled the covers over his head.

But the time 1:00 rolled around Carlos was still in his bed, only he was crying into his sky blue comforter. He was pretty much sure his friends ditched him to have fun at the pool or the park or somewhere that wasn't with him. He would've gotten out of bed to look for them if Mrs. Knight wasn't in the other room, just waiting for Carlos to want something so she could be a good guardian.

Carlos felt so upset. James, Kendall and Logan weren't normally the kind of people to ditch him when he was stuck in bed or to break the rules Mrs. Knight set when they were grounded. It just didn't make any sense. He wanted to know why his friends would ditch him like that after Kendall promised. Not just any promise but pinky promise. He knew he was too old be taking those seriously but it didn't matter, you never break a promise of any kind.

Carlos heard a knock on the door and did his best to stop sobbing for a minute. "Carlos do you want anything to eat?" he heard Mrs. Knight ask. He didn't want her to see him so sad so he kept silent hoping she'd just assume he was sleeping. Lucky for him it works and he continued to quietly sob.

"Hey Carlos we're back." Kendall said at around 1:25. Kendall, James, and Logan finally came back and Logan had two bags in his left hand. Carlos came out from under the covers and looked at his friends.

"Hey man, are you crying?" James asked in a concerned tone. They could all see how puffy and red Carlos's eyes were and they saw the tears glistening off his cheeks. James sat down with him on the bed and pulled the sad, ill, Latino into his lap.

"You-guys-dit-ched-m-me." Carlos hiccupped.

"Why would you think we did that?" Kendall asked.

"You pinky prom-ised you'd be back b-by 12:05. But you were-n't. You guys probably went to the pool or pa-park with-out me." Carlos cried.

"Carlos relax." James said and used his sleeve to wipe away Carlos's tears

"Yeah we only went out for a bit." Logan said.

"Yeah, to have fun without me, because I'm holding you back from having fun while I'm stuck in bed." Carlos said then buried his head in the crook of James's neck.

"We weren't having fun." Logan assured Carlos "It was actually the complete opposite."

"Yeah we went out to get you some stuff." Kendall said. Logan came by the bed and set down the two plastic bags. In the first bag he pulled out a pair of light blue footy pajamas in Carlos's size.

"We decided that since you're so attached to Kendall's footy pajamas to get you your own." Logan said. Carlos sniffled and ran his hand over the pajamas.

"They're soft." Carlos said with a smile.

"Yeah and you know it's almost impossible to find footy pajamas for a teenager?" James said. "We had to drive to four Wal-Marts and a Target to find one for you."

"We were even in a traffic jam." Kendall added.

Logan reached into the other bag, which said 'Fun Burger', and pulled out four corndogs and Carlos's eyes widened. "And this morning before we went to school we ask Mrs. Knight if you were well enough to eat solid foods, just to make sure, and she said it was okay." Logan said.

Carlos quickly grabbed a corndog and stuffed half of it in his mouth. "You guys are the best." Carlos said with his mouth full of corndog.

"Carlos slow down you're probably going to choke." Logan said as he handed James and Kendall and their corndogs. Carlos sighed and started to chew slower.

"So do you forgive us?" James asked Carlos. Carlos happily nodded and they all smiled.

A/N: Was that not heartwarming? I loved that chapter ^_^ sad Carlos is fun to write.