I will most likely be updating this story every other day from now. Each chapter is usually about 4,000 words give or take some, so it generally takes me 4 hours to write that many words( I get distracted easily), and I'm starting school tomorrow, so I won't be able to write four hours a day, every day anymore.

Hope y'all like this chapter.


"Absolutely not!" Jay yelled at Carlos' insane proposal. They had been arguing about it for the past ten minutes and Carlos had yet to drop it.

"Why not!" Carlos' voice was laced with anger and frustration as he threw his hands up into the air. Jay groaned as he grasped his forehead and willed himself not to scream at Carlos.

" Because, I don't-" He paused as he gestured between the two of them, " We don't, need to practice kissing! I know how to kiss perfectly well, and who the hell practices anyways?" While yes, Jay had possibly thought about kissing Carlos once or twice, he didn't actually want to do it. He didn't want to screw things up any more than they were and he was a bit appalled at the fact that Carlos thought they needed to practice.

Evie sighed dramatically as she piped into the argument. " Carlos is right. You probably should practice, because that first kiss the other day was beyond awkward." Jay's eyes burned holes into Evie's forehead and she glared back. She hadn't planned on arguing over the idea of kiss practicing. She had just wanted to give Carlos the new outfit she had made for Dude. But when she walked into their room Jay had been yelling something about practice and Carlos demanded that she stay and 'pick a side'. She had spun around and tried to leave, but was yanked back, forced to watch them bicker back and forth.

"See!" Carlos motioned towards Evie and swung back around to smirk at Jay. Jay was tight-lipped as he looked at Carlos with wide eyes. He threw his hands out in frustration and opened his mouth to speak, but immediately closed it as he threw his hands into his knotted hair.

" Okay, I get that you're freaking out a little bit," Carlos chuckled nervously as he chewed on his bottom lip. Jay and Evie both deadpan, causing Carlos to slowly stop laughing. " Alright," He eyed them both as he continued. " I get that this is uncomfortable, because yeah it's completely awkward for me, too. But if we practice, just a couple of times, then it will get less awkward and we'll look super convincing."

The room was silent as Jay paced around for what seemed like several minutes before he stopped and looked at Carlos. " Alright, fine." His answer was hesitant and barely spoken, but it still caused Carlos to grin triumphantly. Evie smiled as well, clasping her hands together in excitement.

" Sorry for snapping at you," Jay spoke louder, though he turned his gaze to the floor. " It's just a little…weird, I guess." Carlos shook his head in agreement, even though, for some reason, the statement burned a little.

" Yeah.." Carlos agreed reluctantly before quickly stating, " I just really think it will make it less awkward in the long run."

Carlos himself was a bit shocked at the idea he had practically forced onto Jay. After they kissed he had been thinking about it basically all night. It had been awkward, painfully awkward. And he knew Jay didn't do awkward. And so did other people, and if they had another kiss that awkward again, some people might get suspicious. So, finally, while tossing and turning in his bed, he had the wonderful (terrible) idea of kiss practicing. It sounded a bit crazy, and he almost didn't even mention it. But he really wanted It to be as normal as possible in public, so it was the only way he could come up with. And part of him had (really) liked kissing Jay, even if they did butt heads at first. But that was totally not the reason why he wanted Jay to kiss him several times behind closed doors. It was most definitely for acting purposes only.

" Yeah," Jay paused, suddenly remembering that they had to attend Tourney practice. " We can do it later, though. I think coach might be mad if we miss another practice." He pointed to the door and Carlos quickly scrambled forward, remembering coaches last warning on being late.

" Oh, crap! Come on!" Carlos shouted as he tore the door open, banging it on the wall.

" Bye, E!" Jay yelled as he instinctively grabbed Carlos' hand and rushed out the door. Neither one of them had yet to notice that they held hands almost every second they were together out of habit. Except, sometimes Jay would be wandering the hallways and he would quickly look for Carlos, missing the feeling of his hand in his own. ( But Jay ignored that, just like he ignored the rest of his feelings).


Carlos hated Tourney with a passion. But he hated band slightly more, and he realized that Jay wanted him there, so he sucked it up and decided that he wouldn't quit. But on certain days, like today, he really wished he had quit. Someone, who he was almost certain was Chad, and some other bozo was charging at him, despite the coach yelling several times at them. And generally when this happened, when he was ganged up on, Jay would intervene and ram whoever was chasing Carlos, down to the ground. ( And on rare occasions, kick them 'til they couldn't breathe). But today, Jay seemed to be in his own world, and he wasn't doing his special flips, or defending Carlos. So yeah, right then, Carlos definitely wished he had quit Tourney.

Jay didn't really realize he was acting different. In fact, he was confused when the coach had to repeatedly yell at him, which generally did not happen. But he couldn't help it. His brain had decided that right then, in the midst of practice, it would think frantically about Carlos. He nearly panicked at the thought of kissing Carlos behind closed doors, which made him angry. Because he was Jay, he made every girl weak at their knees and he could kiss them without a second thought. But when it came to stupid, adorable, Carlos, his brain froze and he suddenly felt as if he had never kissed a soul in his life. And Carlos seemed so nonchalant about the whole thing and that just made Jay feel worse. But that's when he realized something. If he wants to flirt and kiss with Carlos like he does with girls, he cant think of Carlos as Carlos. He has to think of it as another job. That it didn't matter. It was acting, it was all just acting, and if Carlos was so nonchalant about it, then maybe he should be too.

And then he heard Carlos scream and he looked up and saw red as he watched two douchebags chasing after Carlos. He was off immediately and barely thought as he rammed his shoulder into Chad's, throwing him down to the ground and away from Carlos. " Back off!" He yelled as he got one kick into Chad's side.

Chad groaned on the ground and Jay ripped off his helmet, snapping his attention to Carlos. " Are you okay?"

" Took you long enough!" Carlos huffed as he threw his helmet to the ground. He looked over at Chad and proudly stated, " You're a dick."

The coach looked over at Chad and then at Jay and sighed as he pulled at the bridge of his nose. " Alright, practice is over. See you guys later." Several of the players cheered happily and ignored Chad's groans as he struggled to get up.

" Oh, thank god," Carlos leaned over, exasperated, trying his best to catch his breath. Jay grinned at Carlos as he quickly made his way over to his hunched over form.

" You good?" Jay smiled softly as he placed his hand on Carlos' back. Carlos slowly stood up and turned to look at Jay, his breathing slowly adjusting.

" That was awful," He complained, too focused on Jay's hand centered on his back.

Jay smiled as he wrapped his arm around Carlos' torso and carefully pulled his body towards his own. " Well, I thought you looked extremely cute," Jay spoke loud enough for others to hear, but locked eyes with Carlos. He leaned in quickly and pecked Carlos' cheek and shifted his arm around Carlos' torso, to his shoulders. Carlos tried his best to refrain from blushing and hiding his face in Jay's shoulder.

" I would say the same about you, but I couldn't really pay attention since I was being chased for half of the time," Carlos joked and unconsciously leaned into the warmth of Jay's body.

Jay tightened his hold on Carlos' shoulder and felt a stab of guilt at the fact he hadn't noticed soon enough that Carlos was being chased by a stampede. " Sorry about that," Jay said softly, as he looked down at Carlos. " Come on, let's go." He was about to let go of Carlos' shoulder and walk back towards their dorm when Carlos shouted,

"No!" Jay lifted his eyebrow questionably at Carlos, who was still slightly wheezing. " I'm not walking all the way back to our rooms. I'm way too tired."

"Okay.." Jay said slowly as he licked his lips, quickly thinking. " Here, get on my back." He positioned his back towards Carlos and Carlos tentatively stepped towards it.

" Seriously?" His voice was doubtful and he was a little shocked that Jay had actually offered to basically carry him the whole way to the dorm.

" Babe, yeah." Jay answered loudly. That's all it took for Carlos to gladly latch onto Jay's shoulders and hop onto his back. He wrapped his legs around Jay's torso and secured his arms around Jay's neck. He shifted around until he was comfortable and carefully placed his chin in the crook of Jay's neck.

" Good?" Jay turned his head slightly, awaiting Carlos confirmation so he could begin their journey.

" Yep. Homeward bound, babe," Carlos sighed happily as Jay's hands wrapped around his legs and began walking.

It wasn't as weird as Carlos had thought it would be. He figured he'd be stiff and afraid to move, or Jay would get awkward and ask Carlos to get down. But, it didn't happen. Carlos was surprisingly content in resting his chin on Jay's neck, and Jay didn't mind the calm silence between them both.

" I can't believe you called Chad a dick," Jay broke the silence suddenly. He sounded proud and Carlos was glad Jay couldn't see his face as he spoke.

" Yeah, well, It's not like I have anything else to lose by doing it," Carlos stated, annoyed with himself.

" Don't say that. And don't go around doing things that could get you in trouble," Jay warned as they passed the band practicing.

Carlos coughed out a laugh at Jay's hypocritical demand. " Oh, what? Like you don't do that?" He laughed again and settled his chin back onto Jay's shoulder. Jay didn't answer and they fell back into their silence as they continued the walk to the dorm.

Carlos was about to close his eyes when he noticed a group of girls standing where Jay and him were going to pass. He immediately became aware and scanned the crowd, looking for Jane, or any of her annoying friends. His eyes quickly landed on Jane and a black haired girl chatting happily.

" Bingo," Carlos whispered as he glanced over at them, making sure they could see him. Before Jay could question him, Carlos turned his head and placed a kiss under Jay's ear. He then did an opened mouth, longer one next to the first. He finished off by quickly kissing Jay's temple and then laying his head back down and humming softly.

Jay had frozen, not expecting that at all. He had to bite his lip from making any noises, and he pushed himself to keep moving. He licked his lips nervously and cleared his throat before shakily speaking.

" That was…good," He cleared his throat again. " I mean, that was convincing. Good acting," Jay spoke slowly, hoping it would keep his voice from stuttering.

" I know!" Carlos replied as he watched Jane stare at them, frozen. The smirk Carlos had learned from Jay appeared on his face as they quickly passed Jane and the rest of the group.


Jay and Carlos had just gotten back into their room from dinner when Carlos' face suddenly turned into one of worry. His brow was creased and he was biting his lip, which Jay had recently realized he did a lot. Jay frowned and stepped closer to Carlos.

" What's wrong?" His voice was softer than usual and Carlos whipped his head up, his face morphing into one of surprise because he hadn't known Jay had been paying attention.

" It's stupid," Carlos muttered as he trudged over to his bed and sat down with a huff. Jay slowly followed and stopped to lean against the bed post.

" I'm sure it is," Jay joked, laughing lightly, " Tell me anyways."

Carlos stared at Jay, scanning his face, and when he realized Jay actually cared he spoke. " I just feel really fucking bad. This whole thing is such shit, and I dragged you into it. We already had problems without this stupid immature drama. I shouldn't have said your name to Jane. It was stupid of me and now you're forced to be in this fake thing and it's-" Carlos' eyes looked at everything except for Jay, and he would've kept on rambling if Jay hadn't stopped him.

"Ba-" Jay immediately stopped himself, " Carlos, stop talking." Carlos looked at Jay, then. Carlos lowered his eyes in confusion as to why Jay wanted him to stop apologizing. " I don't want you beating yourself up over this. Look, you didn't drag me into this, alright? I could've said no. I didn't have to agree to this." Jay moved over and sat down next to Carlos, making sure he had his complete attention. " Sure, it may be a little silly, but it doesn't bother me. I've gotten used to it. Please stop hurting yourself over it. You don't need to apologize to me," Jay searched Carlos' eyes, and Carlos responded like he always did when he was nervous, by slowly nodding.

" You're sure? I mean you don't have to lie-"

" I'm not lying!" Jay some-what shouted, causing Carlos to sit up straighter. " I promise." Jay kept still, watching as Carlos slumped back down and sighed.

Carlos bit his lip again and looked at Jay and then quickly diverted his gaze to his bed covers, " Okay. Can we practice kissing, now?"

Jay's breath hitched and he nearly fell off the bed at the sudden change in topic. Carlos kept his face down and Jay wanted to speak, but he was finding it hard to get any words out.

" Uh, yeah. Yeah, I guess now is a good time." Jay nodded as he turned towards Carlos a little more and Carlos looked up, still biting his lip. He smiled weakly at Jay and Jay smiled back.

" Just keep it simple?" Carlos asked, scooting closer to Jay so that their knees were almost touching.

It's just another job. Be nonchalant. Play the part. Jay reminded himself as he went to answer Carlos' question. " Yeah, of course. Simple," Jay leaned in closer to Carlos and placed his hand on his shoulder, steadying himself. " Tilt your head a little," He demanded softly and Carlos barely nodded as he obliged.

Play the part.

Jay leaned in, softly grabbing the back of Carlos' neck. Like the first time, they brushed noses and their lips met easier, this time. Carlos let his hand fall to grasp Jay's side as Jay slowly worked his lips against his own. Jay had to prevent himself from working Carlos' mouth open and sliding his tongue in, as it was instinct to do so. Simple, they were doing simple.

Carlos' stomach was doing flips and he grasped Jay's side harder as he let himself lean closer. Jay's mouth was surprisingly soft, and even though it was a closed-mouth kiss, it was the most amazing kiss Carlos had thought. Jay pulled away slowly and Carlos almost followed him back, but stopped when he remembered it was practice.

Jay was still holding the back of his neck and Carlos could feel his hot breath on his nose. " Again, still simple, but better this time." Jay found himself gasping out and Carlos quickly nodded as they both leaned back in. Their lips moved faster, this time. While Jay could stop himself from using his tongue, he couldn't stop the instinct to bite down on Carlos' bottom lip. He almost pulled back to apologize but didn't when Carlos made a hum in the back of his throat and pulled Jay closer to his body. Jay couldn't help but smirk into the kiss, and softly bite Carlos' bottom lip again, this time causing Carlos' other hand to fall into the mess of Jay's hair. After a few more seconds of sloppy kissing they both pulled away and scooted away from each other, breathing heavily.

" I think we got it down," Carlos breathed out, knowing for a fact that his face was blood red. He licked his lips and Jay's eyes flickered down towards them before going back up to Carlos' eyes.

" Yeah, definitely better than the dinner one," Jay agreed as he ran his hand through his hair, hoping that his heart would slow the hell down. They both gazed at each other for a few more seconds before Jay quickly hopped up and walked away from the bed. " I'm gonna go to the bathroom to get ready for bed," He spoke nervously as he rubbed his hand on his pants and headed towards the door.

" Alright," Carlos muttered as he leaned back onto his bed. Jay didn't say anything else as he quickly made his way out of the room. Carlos watched as the door slammed shut and then groaned as he threw his head into his hands.

"Shit."


By the time Jay had calmed himself (and his body) down, and made it back to their room, Carlos was in his pajamas underneath the covers, with Dude sitting right in the middle of Jay's bed. He carefully shut the door, not knowing if Carlos was asleep or not.

" Dude, you're gonna have to scram off my bed," Jay tried to whisper at the dog who was sprawled out on the brown covers, taking up more than half of the space. He went to push the dog away when a voice behind him caused him to jump slightly.

"Dont!" Carlos had been awake, and he was now propped up on his arm as he stared at Jay and Dude. " He'll bother me all night if you move him," Carlos complained and Jay turned around so he could completely see Carlos.

" Well what am I supposed to do?" Jay huffed as he threw his arms out and Carlos responded by shuffling over in his bed. He patted the spot next to him and Jay's eyebrow went up in confusion.

" Just lay here 'til he leaves. He'll probably get up in an hour or two. But if you get him up now, I promise you he will keep you awake for the rest of the night," Carlos plopped back down and adjusted the covers around him.

Jay scratched his cheek and clicked his tongue, " Okay." He quietly made his way over to Carlos' bed and crawled on top of the covers. He laid himself down and put his arm under his head as he sighed loudly. Carlos turned to his side to look at him and smiled as he closed his eyes.

" Night," He rolled back over and Jay ruffled his hair.

" Night, C." Jay turned his head to look at Dude and sighed again as he turned his attention towards the ceiling, hoping that Dude would wake up quickly.


The first thing Jay realized was that he was very warm, and his arm was holding something. He slowly opened his eyes and came face to face to a smiling Carlos. It took Jay a few moments to realize that his arm was hugging Carlos' torso and their legs were tangled together.

" Hi," Carlos chirped nonchalantly and Jay blinked, confused.

" Hey.." Jay responded back slowly as he let his eyes wander around to see what the situation was exactly.

" I think you fell asleep here last night," Carlos grinned again, and Jay realized that his arm was still hugging Carlos tightly. Jay undid his arm and Carlos responded by moving his legs over. Jay propped himself up with one arm and used his other hand to wipe at his eyes.

" Yeah, I must've," Jay muttered as he looked over at his bed and then back at Carlos. " How long you've been awake?"

Carlos sat up and Jay's mouth turned upright at the sight of Carlos' massive, but adorable, bed head. " Like twenty minutes. I couldn't really do anything. I woke up and I was just sorta trapped. And I didn't want to wake you up, because I figured you went to sleep way after I did." When Carlos had woken up, he found that he couldn't move at all, and he had almost began to panic until he realized that Jay was the reason he was trapped. He immediately decided he wasn't going to do anything about it because Jay deserved some sleep, and he was really comfortable.

" So, what? You just stared at me the whole time?" Jay laughed as he sat fully up and threw the covers away from him.

" Yeah. I mean I couldn't really look at anything else," Carlos followed Jay's motions and hopped out of bed. He checked his alarm clock and yelled at Jay as he went to his closet, " And since I let you sleep an extra twenty minutes, we will be late if we don't get to school in the next ten minutes."


Jay and Carlos had basically ran to school, and they skidded to a halt in the hallway, three minutes before the bell was going to ring. Surprisingly, the hallway was still filled with several kids, and Carlos was glad that they hadn't been late, because honestly, sometimes he kinda liked school.

Jay turned and wrapped his arms around Carlos, giving him a quick hug. He pulled back and Carlos leaned in and gave him a quick peck on his lips. They both grinned at each other and Jay let go of Carlos' hand as he moved towards his class, " See you later!"

" Bye!" Carlos responded quickly and then took no time in tumbling into science class.

Science class had to be Carlos' favorite, while Intro to Goodness was most definitely his least favorite. Intro to Goodness was stupid, and the Fairy Godmother treated them like idiots and made them feel like they were nothing, simply because they were raised by villains. The class forced them to act in a way they weren't used to, and it tore down their character. While, yes he understood that they needed to be taught some good ways, he thought that the class could've been constructed better. It didn't just try to teach them good, it tried to rip them of their whole personality and shove a whole new character up their ass. Some of the things that were trying to be taken away, or twisted into some sickly type of good, were what made them them. The class didn't just want to "help" them become a better person. It wanted to invent a completely new character and if they tried to stray or revolt against it, simply because they wanted to hold onto one little thing that was still theirs, they were punished or given a warning with a threat of being sent back to the island.

But science class was different. He may not have any friends in the class, but he could at least be who he knew he was. It didn't try to rip him of his personality, of the only thing he had left of himself that he didn't hate completely. He got to learn new ways to try inventions and he got to do things he liked. It made him happy.


Jay was walking out of his class when he noticed Carlos rummaging through his locker. He happened to look over to his left and noticed Jane watching Carlos intently, and that just wouldn't do. So he put on a smirk and quickly walked over to Carlos.

He thought back to the other day when Carlos had left simple kisses under his ear, leaving him wanting more, and Jay knew that's what he was going to do. Except he was going to make it better, and leave an impression.

When Jay finally reached Carlos, he leaned his body against his and wrapped his arm around Carlos' back. Their hips connected with each other and Jay leaned to whisper in Carlos' ear.

" She's watching, C," And you could hear the smirk in his voice. Jay then lightly bit the bottom of Carlos' ear.

Holy shit. Carlos had thought and refrained himself from jumping away. Jay dipped his head lower and attached his lips to the side of Carlos' neck and sucked lightly before kissing the spot. He did that in several other places and Carlos found himself slightly leaning his head over, making it easier for Jay. When Carlos let out a barely audible, low moan, Jay pushed his hips forward before pulling back and smirking at Carlos.

" See you after class, babe," Jay let go of Carlos and walked off with a wink. Carlos stood there stunned as he touched the spots on his neck, his heart beating a thousand miles a minute. He found himself reminding himself, It's just acting. Calm the hell down.

Mal and Evie had been standing at their lockers, several feet down, when Jay had decided to attack Carlos' neck publicly, and to their surprise Carlos had let him. And it wasn't a short thing, they had watched for at least two minutes as Jay went at it on Carlos' neck. Evie was slack jawed and Mal's eyes were wide. Their stunt had pulled a small audience and people immediately began to talk when Jay walked away.

" Holy shit," Mal muttered as her and Evie watched Jay walk away.

" 20 bucks they'll hook up and continue dating," Mal stated as she stared at Carlos from across her locker.

" 20 bucks they'll crash and burn before the month is over and all hell with break loose," Evie countered as she turned to look at Mal, both still very much surprised.

Mal raised her eyebrow and bit her lip before sticking her hand out and shouting, " Deal."