Chapter 4
So turns out me and James ended up having some of the same classes together. We both had Algebra I, Chemistry and English together.
We walked in to Chemistry class together and sat down at one of the tables together in the front row.
There was a tall blonde haired women at the front of the room who must have been our chemistry teacher.
"Hello class my name is Ms. Rainer and I'll be your chemistry teacher this year and the people who you've chosen to sit with right now are your lab partners for the whole year" Ms. Rainer told the class.
"Yes!" Kendall cheered and turned to James and high fived him up in the air.
James high fived Kendall back and then the door to the classroom swung open.
The whole class quickly turned to the front to see a short tan latino kid wearing a black hockey helmet.
The boy looked embarrassed as he was late for class on his first day by ten minutes.
"S-Sorry Ms. Rainer traffic was terrible I didn't mean to be late" The boy said embarrassed.
"It's alright Carlos I was just explaing the rules to the class come up to the front and introduce yourself" Ms. Rainer said.
"Sure" Carlos said with a cheery smile and walked to the front of the room and stood by Ms. Rainer.
"My name is Carlos Garcia and I just moved here from Florida. I love Hockey so much. It's my passion. It's what made me become obsessed with my helmet. I love to do stunts and I'm really energetic. That's about it" Carlos said finishing him introducing himself.
The class clapped.
"That sounds fun Carlos you can go take a seat at the table behind Kendall and James" Ms. Rainer said and pointed to the empty table that was behind Kendall and James.
Carlos walked with his bookbag to the table that was behind Kendall and James. He took a seat on the stool and put his bookbag down.
"And Carlos since everybody already chose their lab partners you can go with Kendall and James" Ms. Rainer told him.
"Alright awesome!" Carlos said excitedly and grabbed his stool and scooted it over to Kendall and James' table.
"Hey Carlos I'm James" James introduced and stuck out his hand.
"Nice to meet you James" Carlos said and shook his hand.
"And I'm Kendall" Kendall said and stuck out his hand.
"Nice to meet you Kendall" Carlos said and shook his hand. When they shook hands Kendall felt a weird feeling go through him again. The same exact feeling he got when he first met James and Katie. This was getting weird alright.
"Okay this is just weird I got the same weird feeling now with Carlos that I got with James and Katie? This is crazy" Kendall thought to himself but just shook it off.
"So Carlos you really love hockey?" James asked him.
"Yeah I absolutely love hockey I've been playing since I was little" Carlos said.
"Wow me too!" James said cheerfully.
"That's awesome! By the way does this school have a hockey team?" Carlos asked.
"Yup we do and as in matter in fact you happen to be talking to the team captain" James said cooly.
"No way really? Your team captain?" Carlos asked in disbelief.
"Yup and Kendall just joined yesterday" James added.
"That's so awesome! Can I join?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah we just cut a few people yesterday cause their grades were sucky so come along. Meet us at the front of the school after school and we'll walk to the rink" James tells him.
"Okay Got it!" Carlos says excitedly.
They kept talking for the rest of class about hockey and pretty much ignoring Ms. Rainer.
~Lunch Time~
Even thought it was just third day of school everyone already made up their little groups during lunch. Kendall, James, and Katie made their table in the back of the cafeteria their permanent spot which now Carlos joined on too.
Kendall, James and Carlos walked through the doors of the cafeteria and were showing Carlos where there table was.
Kendall pointed to the green table way in the back corner of the cafeteria and Carlos nodded. All three of them walked together to the table and took a seat. James sat next to Carlos and Kendall sat across from them.
Since school lunch is always crappy all three of them brought their own lunch.
Carlos opened his bag and took out his sandwich and took a bite.
"So is it just the two of you guys who sit here?" He asked in between bites.
"No there's still one more person you have to meet and here she is now" Kendall said and pointed to Katie walking towards their table with her tray. Katie liked the school food apparantly so she ate school lunch.
She set her tray down and sat next to Kendall.
"Hey guys what's up? Who's this?" Katie asks while opening her carton of chocolate milk and taking a sip from it.
"Katie this is Carlos. The new kid in our Chemistry class. He's me and James lab partner" Kendall said explaining to Katie.
"Oh okay good to meet you Carlos" Katie said understanding and stuck her hand out. Carlos shook it and said, "Good to meet you too Katie."
"So How did you guys all meet?" Carlos asked while eating a spoonful of his macaroni.
"It's a really sweet story with me and Katie first. On the first day I saw her lost in the hallways so I helped her out. And then when I went to go get my stuff from my locker I saw some stupid jocks picking on her and I stepped in and beat the crap out of them. I hugged Katie and made her feel better and we became friends" Kendall said telling Carlos the story of how he met Katie.
"Oh my god that was so sweet I think I'm about to cry" Carlos said fanning his hands over his eyes to stop it from crying.
"Ah dude you just made Carlos cry. Not cool. This is the story of how me and this idiot met yesterday. It was our first hockey practice and Kendall asked coach if he could join the team, coach said if he can beat me in a game he's in. We played a ten minute game and we ended up tying. Coach figured that if he was able to tie with the team captain he deserves to be on the team. So Kendall made it. He went to go hug Katie in the stands and I was waiting to ask Kendall what his name was. I cleared my throat and they broke apart. Kendall asked me what my name was and we did a proper introduction. He introduced me to Katie and we all became friends. In celebratory of that we all went to the frozen yogurt place and hung out" James said telling the story of how he met Kendall and then Katie.
"Aww that was sweet too. When can I try out for the team?" Carlos asked while drinking his chocklate milk.
"Today your in luck we had to cut a few people cause their grades were sucky so you'll have no trouble" James said nonchalantly.
"YAY! Awesome I can hardly wait!" Carlos said excitedly.
For the rest of lunch they kept talking about hockey and getting to know Carlos better.
~Hockey Practice~
They went through last period and it was time for hockey practice.
Carlos quickly went to his locker to get his stuff and rushed out of the building and saw Kendall James and Katie already their waiting for him. The four all walked together towards the rink and entered. Katie headed up and sat at her spot on the bleachers and the guys went to go chance.
Ten seconds later they all came out dressed in their hockey uniforms. They all skated on to the ice while James went to go talk to coach about Carlos.
"Coach that kid standing next to Kendall wants to join. His name is Carlos" James said and pointed to the Latino kid standing next to Kendall.
"Alright you know the rules lets play" Coach said.
"Got it" James said and skated back to Kendall and Carlos.
"Carlos you have to beat me in a practice round then your in" James told Carlos.
"Okay let's do it" Carlos said and they both skated to the middle of the rink.
The coach blew the whistle and they took off. The puck slid across the ice at the speed of light. From James to Carlos and then back and forth.
Fifteen minutes later the coach blew the whistle and Carlos made the last goal. They took of their helmets and looked up at the scoreboard. It was 11 to 12. Carlos had beat James.
"Your in dude!" James said excitedly.
"I know I'm so happy!" Carlos said excitedly and was bouncing up and down practically.
Kendall skated to where both of them were and engulfed Carlos in a hug.
"Dude I'm so proud of you!" Kendall said after letting go of Carlos from their hug.
"I know this'll be awesome! With the 4 of us together we'll have the time of our lives" Carlos said excitedly.
"Exactly Yeah" Kendall said and the three of them skated to the benches to take their skates off. They all sat down and started taking their skates off and that was when Katie climbed down from the bleachers frantically and gave them a hug from behind.
"I'm so proud of you guys! I'm so happy Carlos that you made it!" Katie said excitedly.
The guys all turned around and stood up and did a group hug around Katie. That was to savour the happiness of the moment that the guys and Katie were all feeling.
"I like this new kid. This is going to work out just fine" Kendall thought to himself.