Hey my sloth friends! How are ya? Good? That's awesome… unless you said "horrible". Oh well. Here I am for another update! By the way, who's heard We Own the Night by The Wanted? If you have, isn't it AMAZING?! If you haven't, GO SEARCH IT RIGHT NOW AND LOVE IT.
Okay, this prompt is from the lovely Mnbvcxz-xx who said: I like your one shots, all of them are amazing! Can you make a one shot about Carlos and his childhood friend Lilian (brunette hair, dark brown eyes)? They met again after 10 years being apart, she just moved to Palmwood to be a singer. She's a cheerful, bubbly and energetic girl. Carlos didn't realize he likes her until James asked her out. Carlos tries to ruin their date and win her heart.
I saw that she did ask another author to do this story for her and they did, but I am still going to go through with it as it will definitely be different. I hope you guys enjoy this one-shot!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lilian, The Three Dolphins or Big Time Rush – yes, the Three Dolphins is a real thing haha
Carlos tapped his foot impatiently with his arms folded, biting his lip anxiously. He was currently standing outside of the famous Palm Woods. Being the hyperactive character he was unable to keep still – it was a mix of ecstasy and nervousness. He wasn't used to being nervous. Everyone knew Carlos Garcia as the daredevil of the boy band Big Time Rush. Some people thought it was daring just to get up on stage and sing, let alone play violent games of hockey and roll down the tallest hills in shopping carts. But today, he was nervous.
You must be wondering exactly why Carlos was nervous. His childhood friend from infant school who he hadn't seen in ten years was moving to the Palm Woods to become a singer, just like him. Her name was Lilian and the both of them were very much alike – both bouncy and bubbly with a great passion for adventure. Carlos had gotten a sudden text from her out of the blue, stating that she was to move to the Palm Woods. He was surprised, but he was also extremely excited. He could only vaguely remember her from when she was six years old – brown hair tied into pigtails and huge childlike brown eyes that seemed to make her seem a lot younger. Obviously Carlos wasn't expecting her to look exactly like this when she arrived, but he certainly didn't expect what he saw when she stepped out of the cab.
Her hair was long, down to her waist, flowing angelically in the slow breeze. Her eyes seemed smaller now; not as large as they were but they were a beautiful chocolaty colour with the same adventurous glint. She wore much more mature clothes – a lacy shirt and short skirt with little pretty pink pumps with a heel that clicked at every step she took.
'Carlos? Is that you?' were her first words as she stepped out of the cab.
'Uh, I was going to ask the same thing!' Carlos stumbled across his words. 'Well, I mean, like, to ask if you were actually, um, Lily, not Carlos, obviously, 'cause that's me… hi!'
'You haven't changed at all! You still have your helmet, I see,' Lilian said. 'And now, I go by Lilian. It's much more professional.'
'Uh, yeah, Lilian. And you… wow, you've changed,' breathed Carlos.
'I guess,' Lilian said, looking down at herself.
Carlos led Lilian inside to get checked in and he introduced her to everyone he knew. Camille just so happened to be practising for another audition, so Lilian caught her weird side instead of the fun, lovable side of Camille that everyone knew. Jett started flirting immediately, so Carlos pulled her away before she could agree on a date. Lastly, he introduced her to Kendall, James and Logan. Everything was going swimmingly until James began flirting with Lilian. Carlos felt jealously rising up in his stomach like bile. Lilian was his friend, not James'. She had come all this way to see Carlos, and become a singer, not do anything else, especially not start dating his long-time best friend.
Lilian was giggling and fluttering her eyelashes at James, causing Carlos to clench his fists and offer to show her to her room through gritted teeth. Lilian obliged, waving a flirtatious goodbye to James and skipping behind Carlos with her suitcase trailing merrily behind her.
'Your friends are cute,' she beamed to Carlos.
He nodded; wincing like it was painful to his head. Of course, he didn't actually agree with her but he wasn't planning to lose his friend on the first day she was in L.A.
As the day dragged on by, Carlos seemed to forget about James flirting with Lilian and they all got on like a house on fire. It wasn't until the next day that things got a bit out of hand. James had decided to ask Lilian out on a date, much to Carlos' annoyance. Obviously, she said yes and the date was set that night at the closest restaurant, The Three Dolphins.
Carlos was getting jealous, even though he hated to admit it. He was never one to get angry over someone, but he wasn't going to stand for this. His friend was being stolen away by his other friend! Who wouldn't get annoyed?
So Carlos hatched a plan to ruin James and Lilian's date. He followed them discreetly as they both walked hand-in-hand to the restaurant, hiding behind bushes and trees when necessary. He hurried into the restaurant and scurried into the men's room to change into his waiter outfit. Yes, Carlos was actually going to pretend to be a waiter. He stuck on a false goatee and big bushy eyebrows.
He snuck into the kitchens where he grabbed a few menus. He rushed over to where James and Lilian were sat.
'Good evening, would you like some menus?' Carlos said in his best Italian accent.
'Uh, yeah, please,' James said.
The two didn't take long to order and Carlos spent his time over the cooking pot, adding in gruesome ingredients to give to Lilian, and blame James. He felt bad for stitching his friend up, but it had to be done.
He was grinning in triumph when Lilian practically spat out her meal all over James.
'This is disgusting!' she squealed.
Carlos shrugged. 'Maybe your boyfriend put something in it while you weren't looking.'
Lilian glared at James in horror. James looked at Carlos in disbelief. He slammed down his cutlery and hissed through gritted teeth, 'Carlos!'
'Wait, what?' Lilian questioned.
'That's Carlos,' said James angrily.
Carlos smiled sheepishly and pulled off his fake goatee.
'Why are you here?' Lilian sighed.
'I-I didn't want you dating James…'
'Why?' James yelled, outraged and earning a few odd looks.
'Because she's my friend,' Carlos replied. 'I'm sorry, guys.' He pulled out his famous puppy-eyed face.
'That's sweet, Carlos, but you could've just said. I mean, we're still awesome friends,' Lilian said.
Carlos smiled broadly as Lilian hugged him, and James joined in too.
'Hey, you don't work here!' shouted an unfamiliar voice.
'See ya!' Carlos squeaked, running as fast as he could out of the restaurant.
Lol, weird ending!
And I just realized how much of a geek I am. I'm set to see four films this summer! Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Grown Ups 2, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and One Direction: This Is Us. I'M SO EXCITED THOUGH! By the way, if you're wondering, the Three Dolphins is a café in Majorca lol! Also, I might not be updating as regularly as I have been as I'm really busy so expect a new chapter maybe about every 2-3 days?
Thanks so much for reading, R&R,
Sloth xoxo
