Title: Crazy Friends
Author: SneetchesToo
Pairing: implied TK/Carlos
Rating: General
Summary: Day 3: "I can't believe you dragged me into this." + friendship|
Author's Note: I don't know what this is but I kinda like it. Anyway, these four would get into nothing but trouble and I fully support that.

"Remind me again why we're breaking into Carlos' house?" Judd's voice was anything but whispered and TK glared at him as he exited the vehicle.

"We're not breaking into his house." He huffed out. "Michelle has a key."

"Riiiight…" Paul seemed just as confused as Judd, and TK watched as Michelle laughed before shutting the door on her Jeep. "Still don't know why we're here."

"Because today is Carlos' birthday." Michelle let them into the small house with ease, dropping the bags she had been carrying onto the floor. "And we're going to surprise him by decorating his house."

"Because we're twelve…?" He wasn't sure how the concept had gotten lost on Judd, he had been in on it in the beginning.

"Because it's fun." TK hissed back as he set down the box of party decorations and looked around the house.

Judd got ready to speak but Michelle pointed at him and glared.

TK knew that look all too well.

And apparently so did Judd.

Because he stopped talking and grabbed the bag of streamers and got to work.

"You know Carlos is gonna be really confused." Paul's words broke him from his thoughts and he turned to the man who was currently attempting to straighten out some kind of spinning sign.

"Why?" He was the one confused right now.

Hadn't they agreed that this would be something nice to do?

He was their friend too after all.

"Well, because he's gonna think that this is it." He wasn't sure what Paul was getting at.

"But it's not it." Judd said as he stopped working and turned to face them. "Or is Grace doing all that cooking for tonight for nothing?"

"No, no she's not doing it for nothing Judd." TK sighed as he stopped what he was doing. "This is a diversion."

"Ooookay." The other man didn't seem convinced, but he went about his business and continued draping streamers from the ceiling.

"Come on guys, just finish decorating." Michelle said with a smile. "Carlos' shift is almost over and he'll be home soon."

They all nodded in agreement before going back to work.

But then they had tried to untangle the small bunch of balloons that Michelle had insisted they buy and it turned into a giant mess.

"I still can't believe you guys dragged me into this." Paul hissed as he attempted to once again untangle the red balloon string from the blue balloon string. "I could have been at home sleeping you know?"

"We all could've been at home sleeping." Judd dragged out as he finally pulled the green balloon free.

"We're almost done here guys." Michelle had removed the purple and yellow balloons a minute ago, but now it appeared as though they had reunited rather quickly and were now tangled up with each other once more.

"How the hell did these get so tangled?" He really didn't understand how seven balloons could cause such a big hassle. "It's like a ten minute drive from the party supply store."

"That's because balloons are the devil man." He never would have thought that until today, but Paul was right.

"Alright, I say we sacrifice orange and pink and just get on with the day." Judd huffed as he dropped his hands in defeat, staring down the two balloons in question.

"No! Orange is Carlos' favorite color!" Michelle sounded a little bit crazy and she must have known it because she shook her head as she stepped back. "Okay, this is crazy."

"We need a new strategy." Paul finally pulled the red balloon free and quickly moved it out of the way, taping it to the coffee table with a huff.

"Wait! I got it!" Judd grabbed the scissors and headed toward the bunch with a determined look on his face.

TK had a feeling this was going to end badly.

But it didn't.

Surprisingly.

"See, problem solved." TK stared down at the now much shorter assortment of balloons and shrugged.

"Whatever works." He grabbed the orange balloon and stepped back.

"Where are you taking that one?" They all watched him make his way down the hallway and into the bedroom.

"Please don't tell me you're gonna get kinky with that thing?" Michelle busted out laughing at Judd's question and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"No. But Michelle is right, orange is his favorite color." He taped the balloon to the headboard and smiled at his handiwork. "And in bed is Carlos' favorite place to be."

"Y'all are too much for me." Judd huffed as he walked away.

"I need less ridiculous friends." Paul followed Judd's lead and TK shrugged as he turned to Michelle.

"He'll appreciate the effort right?" He could only hope that this wasn't all for nothing.

"Are you kidding?" Michelle beamed back at him as she clapped her hands together. "He's gonna love it."

TK nodded with delight.

"He'll also hate that we made a mess of his house and celebrated his birthday when he hates celebrating his birthday…" Did she really have to go there. "But he'll appreciate it nonetheless."

"Good." He just hoped that it didn't come back to bite him in the ass. "Now let's get going before he comes home."

Michelle nodded in agreement and they quickly made their way back into the living room.

They cleaned up quickly before heading back to the station, Paul and Judd disappearing as soon as they had headed inside, both muttering something about needing sleep before Carlos' big party that night.

TK had let them leave and then he and Michelle had settled into the kitchen in an attempt to find something to eat.

And not five minutes after both just deciding that coffee was the safest option his phone had gone off.

When he opened the text from Carlos all he saw was a picture of their handiwork from earlier.

I'm going to assume this was you…?

Of course it was ;)

Did you do this all by yourself?

Nope. I had some help.

Michelle?

And Paul and Judd

You're friends are crazy.

Hey now, they're your friends too.

That they are.

Happy Birthday love.

Thank you babe. You just made my day. I love you.

TK smiled as he stared down at the conversation they had just had.

All the chaos from that morning had been worth it just for that.