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(Day 6: Friday Night)

"Thanks for letting us hang out with Jane during the party," Carlos mentions as he and Jay return to their dorm. "I really hated seeing her all alone like that."

"Yes. It was pretty great of me, wasn't it?" Jay lightly laughs, before he moves closer to Carlos and places a hand near his jaw. "But now that we're finally alone." He lifts up his chin and leans in for a kiss, "How about we have some fun of our own."

There's another kiss, but then Carlos presses him on his shoulder, "Wait. Aren't you like tired or anything?"

"No," Jay answers. "Are you?"

"Not really," Carlos replies before his lowers his eyes in thought. "But everyone else will be, and they'll all be asleep soon."

Jay smiles, "Then I guess we'll just have to be quiet." before he leans in again. Carlos kisses back and smiles wide as he's pushed against the wall, but the loud sound causes him to look behind himself and frown at the door he'd just been knocked into.

He questioningly looks back at Jay and comments seriously, "That wasn't quiet."

"Come on," he laughs as he holds Carlos's hand and guides him away from the door. "The bed will probably be better."

Well, Jay was right about one thing: the bed was better, softer and more comfortable, and Carlos lays down on it as he watches Jay hover over him. Jay takes off his jacket and shirt, and after some making out he runs his hands up Carlos's front and pulls his shirt off as well. It's just them together and alone, embracing each other close, and there comes a time when Carlos can feel Jay's thumb sliding into his waistband. He shudders out a breath and tries to pull Jay closer again for another kiss, but Jay doesn't budge.

He looks at where his thumb is and asks, "What is that?" before he folds over the lining and sees the mark. "That wasn't there before." Carlos shifts away from him and sits on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at his own bed and the corresponding wall as he does so. "Carlos," Jay sternly comments. "Please, tell me you didn't do that."

Carlos gulps and shuts his eyes, as he remembers. He was alone in this room, and when he opened the drawer to his bedside table he saw it there. He saw it there and he just stared, until he found himself examining the lighter and sliding his left hand over the smooth plastic of the cigarette case. His mind was empty. He has no idea why he did it. All he knows is that he just felt like he had to do it, that he was pulled in to do it, and afterwards there was this feeling…

"Carlos," Jay removes him from his thoughts. "Why? Just tell me, why?"

"It was an accident," Carlos mumbles, not bothering to look back at him.

"Hell it was," Jay angrily responds. "Say it. I want you to say it."

"I'm sorry," Carlos sadly states, as he feels his eyes begin to warm from intruding tears. He saw it. He saw it, and now he hates me.

Jay lets out a calming breath, and Carlos feels a hand move onto his shoulder. "It's okay. Just tell me you won't do it again."

Carlos remembers how the burn had felt. At first it was just hot and stung lot, but then it was invigorating. Stimulating.

"Carlos," Jay says seriously. "Promise me that you won't do it again."

"Okay," Carlos whispers, but he still doesn't look at him. There had been something about it; when Jay had pressed on the burn, it somehow made Carlos want more.

"Okay," Jay accepts. "Now that this is over." He places his other hand on Carlos's arm, "How about we get back to doing what we were doing?"

Carlos begins to feel a little sick at the knowledge, the knowledge that the pain Jay had caused him had somehow made him more into it. He shakes his head and stands, "No. I'm not in the mood." before he finds his shirt and puts it back on.

"Not in the mood. What's that even supposed to mean?" Jay questions irritably in confusion. "You were just into it a moment ago."

Carlos doesn't look at him, "Crying gives me headaches. I'm going to see if I can get something from the nurse." before he heads for the door. He hears Jay complain about how it's past curfew, but he doesn't care. Even if he didn't have this headache, he still would have left. There's no way he could be around Jay right now, not while his thoughts remain focused on this issue. He would ask questions. He would ask what's bothering me, and I wouldn't be able to admit to anything.

- That's it for day six in Auradon. Review as you see fit.

- Also, I just posted a teaser video to Youtube for Ben's storyline called "Behind the Scenes of Ben Beast". Because Ben's scenes in the movies are limited, the scenes and concepts from the video aren't going to be entirely accurate; however, it should still give you an idea of what his storyline will partly be about. (Let me apologize ahead of time for any horrible audio or music. The program I used made it so that when there's dialogue that the music lowers in volume, and the dialogue itself is a little hard to hear; however, I put the quotes in the comments section of the video so you know what they're saying.") Read the description if you want to know what the entire storyline of the video is about.