I Still Want You

(Day 25: Wednesday Evening)

"I still don't know why we have practice those plays," Carlos complains as they head out of the locker room. "It's not like we ever really follow them anyway."

"It's called preparation." Jay smirks, "Something you normally pride yourself on."

"And yet it seems as though I never am."

Jay opens his mouth to speak, but before he can a woman steps out of the nutritionist's office. "You're the boys from the Isle of the Lost, right?"

They glance at each other before Carlos slowly answers, "Yeah."

"Good," the brunette replies. "Do either of you happen to know of an Evie Queen, then?"

"Yeah. She's our friend," Jay frowns in concern.

"Next time you see her would you mind making sure she comes see me. I need to have a talk with her."

"Yeah. Sure thing," Jay answers.

The nutritionist smiles, "Thank you." and Jay fakes a quick smile in response before they continue down the hall.

Carlos comments, "Mal told us Evie was fine."

"Yeah, and I also told her you were fine," Jay informs. "People do stupid things for the people they get close to."

"That's different," Carlos excuses.

"That's exactly why I haven't told her yet."

He stops in his step, "Yet?"

Jay turns to him, "We're like family. They're going to find out eventually."

"I don't know," Carlos slowly retorts. "I can think of something you were able to keep from your dad." Jay doesn't respond, only turning around and striding down the hall.

Carlos chases after him, having to run up a flight of stairs before he reaches him, "I'm just saying that they don't have to know."

It takes a minute for Jay to say, "Don't worry about it. It's not the kind of thing that would easily make its way into a conversation anyway."

After a moment Carlos comments, "I know that you and Mal are like brother and sister, but that doesn't mean you need to tell her everything. Clearly, she feels that way about you."

Jay shakes his head, "No. Her trying to protect Evie or whatever she thought she was doing was just a bad decision. It had nothing to do with me."

Carlos mumbles, "I wasn't trying to imply it was."

When they reach the dorm Jay takes a moment to sincerely tell Carlos, "I know." before he opens the door and they head inside. He walks over to his bed and lays the books down on it, "We should probably go grab Evie now."

"Or," Carlos sets his own stack of books on the table, and then watches as Jay turns around. "We could just do that later when we see her," he smiles as he walks over to Jay, "and maybe do something else first."

After Carlos wraps his arms over his shoulders and kisses him Jay lets out a defeating breath, "I can't give you what you want."

"I don't care." Carlos emphasizes, "I still want you." as he lets go.

"Okay," Jay slightly nods, before he takes his jacket off and drops it to the floor. "Then you can have me."

- For those of you who have read another fanfIc of mine, you may laugh when I tell you my keyboard Isn't working again. So, I don't know how much writing and/or posting/Editing I can get done until It fixes Itself again. Sorry.