Dak stood in the doorway, his eyebrows furrowed,his eyes narrowed. He glared at the two bodies entwined in the ground. He had dropped his grocery bags but he didn't give a shit. He watched as the two boys untwined, James hurrying to stand and Carlos stayed sitting on the ground. He stared at Dak in horror. He gently reached for him.

"Dak-"

"Don't. Say. Anything." Dak hissed dangerously. Carlos let out a small sniffle, tears already appearing as Dak walked briskly into the house.

James started backing up, and Carlos let out a small shriek as Dak swung and his fist collided with James's face. James cried out in pain as he fell and Dak lunged on top of him. Dak sat on him and punched him, James's face turning both sides as Dak pummeled him.

Carlos was so shocked he didn't react at first but then he stood and grabbed Dak's shoulders and yanked,trying to pull him off but Dak pushed him away. James's face was starting to become bloody as Dak punched and Carlos cried.

"You bastard!" Dak screamed.

Carlos sank to his knees and began sobbing.

"How dare you fucking touch him! He's MINE!"

Carlos howled and sobbed and when Dak stopped to turn around and stare at Carlos. Carlos froze, scared Dak might come after him next. His face was red with anger but tears streaked his cheeks. He stood and walked to Carlos, looming over the cowering boy. He stared at Carlos for a moment before slapping him across the cheek hard and running out the door.

Mrs. Garcia returned from her shopping soon afterwards to find a puddle of milk from a broken gallon, James laying in the floor, his shirt off and holding it to his face, and her son was sitting on the stairs crying, sobbing hard and the babies were screaming and crying upstairs.

Once she had quieted the babies, she walked downstairs where James had finally passed out. The shirt in his hand was bloody and Carlos was sitting on the couch, his head in hands, still sniffling and choking on sobs. She gave a small sigh and went to go clean the milk up.

Afterwards she gently sat James up, holding him up so he wouldn't fall over. It was hard because the tan boy was always taller and more built but she managed to keep him up and to get a good look at his face. He had cuts from being punched hard across his cheeks and nose. His lip was split and his face was sticky with blood.

She gently laid him back down. Carlos watched her and once she walked from the room he dove to the ground and held James in his arms, the older boys weight pulling Carlos down but he continued holding him. Or u tip his mom came back with a sponge and water. She gently wiped his face and then sprinkled water over his face, watching his eyelids flicker a little and then he groaned and opened his eyes.

Carlos and James both sat on the couch, James holding Carlos's hand in his. Everything was quiet, the only noise was the ticking of the clock. His mother sat down on the love seat and knitted the small booties she planned to give the babies. Carlos went to open his mouth but she held up a finger and he shut it.

"I don't want to know just yet. I need a moment." she breathed in and out deeply, as if she was still registering what happened. Carlos whimpered and tucked his head into James's shoulder, whimpering a bit as he did. James was holding an ice pack to his face, which had begun to sting and swell. He gently rubbed at it and winced in pain.

"Damn.." he muttered.

Mrs. Garcia looked up, putting her knitting down and sighing. She clasped her hands together and pressed her lips to them.

"I knew something like this would happen." she said quietly. Both boys stared at her.

"Me and your father discussed it...we knew something would go wrong with this." her face was grim.

"Look, Carlos you're going through a hard time right now, with the babies and all, but you need to sit down and think about what you're going to do. You need to figure out all of this." and with that, she took her knitting things and walked out of the room. Carlos just gently sobbed into James's shoulder.

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Carlos hovered over Drake's crib. The baby was gurgling at him but Carlos didn't do anything. He just laid his arms on the side of the crib and put his head on them, bug tears rolling down his face and slipping to land around Drake. Drake stared at him for a moment, then he made a small face and began crying. Carlos sighed and gently pushed the blue pacifier into his mouth, Drake eagerly taking it and sucking hard.

His eyes slipped close and then he was sleeping. Carlos sighed and continued downstairs, where James was feeding Veronica. He gave Carlos a small smile but didn't say anything as he gently rocked his baby back and forth in his muscular arms. Carlos sat down and chuckled at James. James looked up.

"What?"

"You look like you're going to crush her."

James gave a dramatic gasp.

"I-would-never!" he gently pulled Veronica close and wiped around her mouth. He chuckled but when he looked back up, Carlos's eyes were downcast, his face long and depressing. James sighed and stood, holding Veronica up to burp her. He sat down by Carlos and gently patted her back, listening for that successful burp. It didn't come so he kept patting.

"Carlos?"

"What?"

"Are...Are you upset at me?"

Carlos looked up at James's sad eyes and hesitated before shaking his head.

"I...I'm not mad. I'm just...confused."

James nodded.

"I understand. Give it time Carlos. You'll figure it out in the end."

They smiled at each other and then James brought Veronica down to look and see why she wasn't burping when he shrieked.

"SHE'S NOT BREATHING!"

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When Dak saw the two boys he ran. He ran as fast and as far as he could before he ended up in a cold park. He wrapped his thick jacket closer around him and let out a "brrr." Tiny snowflakes had started coming down but now heavier ones were coming down. He felt tired as he slowly trudged to a public bench-he felt like he had two tons of depression on his shoulders. He slid onto the bench, curled into a ball and sobbed.

It felt like that image was burned to his mind. James with his body pressed to Carlos's...

Dak suddenly noticed where he was.

"Fuck."

He pulled his cell phone out, not knowing where he was. He dialed Kendall's number and called him, sniffing and trying to make himself sound perfectly fine.

"Hello?"

"Kendall?"

"Hey Dak...why are you crying?"

Damn...Dak sniffed and curled up tighter.

"Look...it...I don't know..they were.." he breaks down and starts sobbing. He hears Kendall say something on the other end but he can't hear him.

"I-I-I b-beat him up...and I-I ran..I don't know where I am.."

"Here, I'll come get you. I'll track your phone with my GPS system."

"Th-Thank you Kendall."

"No problem."

Kendall shut his phone as Logan walked into the living room. He plopped down next to Kendall as he stood up and sighed.

"Wait where are you going?"

Kendall sighed again and kneeled down to look at Logan.

"I need to go find Dak. Some trouble with James and Carlos I guess."

Logan narrowed his eyes at Carlos. Kendall gently held Logan's shoulders.

"You can trust me Logan."

"Can I?"

Kendall nodded. Logan had been weird about Kendall leaving and going places by himself since they'd gotten back together-but Kendall knew better. He wouldn't do that to Logan again. It had just hurt to much. He was gonna do right by Logan.

"Yes. Yes you can Logan."

"Prove it."

Kendall leaned forward,watching Logan lean back a little as Kendall pressed his soft lips to Logan's and kissed him. He pulled away a few seconds later and cupped Logan's cheeks in his hands, squishing his face up so it looked adorable.

"I love you Logie."

Logan's eyes filled and he gently wiped them away.

"I-I'm just scared...you'll do what you did to Carlos to Dak and hurt me again."

Kendall kissed him gently again.

"How could I?"

And with that he stood and grabbed his winter coat and keys, heading out to find Dak. Logan felt his heart swell large. He told him he loved him...

And then his phone rang. Logan glanced down to see it was James. He immediately flipped his phone open.

"Hello?"

Kendall found Dak sooner then he thought and when Dak got in the car, Kendall saw his face was red and wet, tears dribbling down his face. He quickly wiped them away and pulled his seatbelt on. He sat still for a moment, before glancing over at Kendall.

"Aren't we going."

"Not until you explained what happened."

Dak sighed.

"I-I walked in on...Carlos and James...kissing." he whimpered and wiped his right eye in danger of tears again.

"I...I beat James up...I-I didn't mean to...I was just so angry...and then...I left. I ran as far as I could." he pressed his forehead to the cold window and sobbed, clutching his heart.

"It's hurts Kendall."

Kendall sighed sadly for Dak and yanked him over. He gently hugged Dak and Dak sobbed deep into his jacket. Kendall hugged Dak close, as a friend, nothing more and nothing less. When they finally separated Dak gave a small sad smile.

"Thanks Kendall."

Kendall nodded.

"You're welcome." he put the car in gear and drove. After about thirty minutes of snow smacking the windshield and silence,Kendall's phone vibrated. He picked it up and looked at the caller. James. He gently rolled his eyes and answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"O-O-Ohhh g-god K-Kenny..." James sobbed on the other end.

"James?" Kendall asked startled.

"I-It's-it's b-bad."

"Where are you?"

"The hospital. V-Veronica stopped b-breathing."

Kendall nearly slammed into a ditch.

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MENTAL MOMENT

Me-CLIFFHANGER!

EmeraldDragonInLove-yeah a shitty ass one.

Me-thanks for the love babe. (rolls eyes)

BTRobsession-it was ok.

EmeraldDragonInLove-yea I guess so.

Me-I don't do good at cliffhangers Carlos-wait what happened?

Me-Veronica stopped breathing.

(Carlos faints and James runs up and bitchslaps me)

Me-WTF?

James-you're a cruel person!

Me-how?

James-you ruined "the face" (jazz hands) and WTF R U DOING TO MY BABY!

me-sorry...(coughs) bitch...

Dak-seriously...wtf is your problem.

Me-(cries) WHY CAN'T I EXPRESS MYSELF!

EnmetaldDragonInLove-chill dude...

Logan-like seriously...I mean what do you expect from a sucky chapter like this?

Me-KENNY!

(Kendall pops up)

Kendall-what's wrong baby?

Me-everyone's being mean to me! (cries)

Kendall-(turns to glare at everyone)chill guys the story might get better. Just wait.

Myranda-thanks baby.

Everyone-Yay!

(Carlos sits up and smiles,wiping his eyes)

Carlos-thank god.

Kendall-I said it MIGHT (Carlos faints again)