A/N: Pretty short chapter, just a filler. Hopefully it's funny and not corny and stupid. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you might recognize.
"I feel like I should be afraid..." Carlos claimed as Ryan began dealing the cards out between the three friends.
"Well, we ARE playing with Ryan, so that's always a bit frightening, but it should be fine," Alex assured.
"Alright," Ryan began, "you know how to play BS, right?" Carlos nodded in response. "Awesome. Okay, so the game is played the same way, but every time someone calls BS on you and they're right, they get to ask any question they want to. If they call it and they're wrong, you get to ask them."
"Still scared, but it sounds fun. Maybe a new game for when I'm on tour and we have some down time."
"Yepp, this game brought us closer together, and now we're inseparable!" Alex said with a huge grin. He threw his arm over Ryan's shoulder, only to have her shrug it off and smack him in the chest. "What, can I not sideways-hug my best friend?!" he asked, sounding offended.
"Take a shower, then I'll consider it. Okay, Carlos, you start on Ace," Ryan directed. Carlos sifted through his hand and placed down two cards. Alex then added three cards which he claimed to have been 2's.
"BS!" Carlos called out. Alex groaned and took the cards, waiting for Carlos's question.
"Hmm. Okay, what's your middle name?" Ryan raised an eyebrow at Carlos's question. "What?! I've only known him for like, two weeks! We'll get to the better questions soon. I'm just warmin' up!"
"Arthur," Alex mumbled.
"Aha! It's okay dude, there are a lot of worse ones out there" Carlos responded, laughing at his new friend's embarrassment.
"One 3." Ryan put down a single card. Carlos placed two cards on top. The stack grew and grew, no one daring to call BS.
"Two 10's," Carlos said confidently.
"Bullshit!" shouted Alex, hands flying up.
"Damn.." Carlos said under his breath.
"Alright, I'll go easy on you this time: Worst dating experience."
"Ah man. Okay, I took this girl out to this real nice place, and when we got the bill, I reached for my wallet, and it wasn't there. I don't know if I lost it or what, but it wasn't in my pocket," Carlos himself was laughing as he told the story.
"That story never gets old," Carlos gave Ryan a weird look for her comment. "You tell it in like, every interview!" she said defensively.
"Whatever you say," Carlos teased. Ryan rolled her eyes and nudged Alex, reminding him it was his turn.
"Two Ja-" Ryan cut him off.
"BS!" She danced in her spot, and Alex grumbled, snatching up the cards.
"What's my poison?"
"Well, I already know this, but I think Carlos deserves to know. Most embarrassing moment. And don't try and make something up, I know what it is!" Ryan threatened.
"Fuck you," Alex sighed. "Alright, in 8th grade, I was with this girl, and it was my first time making it past 2nd base. I was wearing this thread bracelet, and when I tried to unhook her bra, it got stuck on the hook..." His voice trailed off. He looked up to see Ryan busting up and Carlos trying not to laugh but failing miserably. "Yea, yea, I was a dorky little 14 year old with raging hormones, sue me!"
"Oh Lord, that is priceless!" Ryan howled, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Okay, okay, let's see. Uhh, one Queen."
The game progressed, each of the three players revealing secrets and telling stories from their teenage years. Eventually, the questions became more personal, but they were all comfortable with each other, so no one held back.
"Alright 'Los, when'd you lose it?" Ryan asked, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.
"Ahh... 14?" Carlos admitted, blushing horribly.
"Damn, you lost your virginity at 14, but Alex couldn't even unhook a bra?!" Ryan started cackling.
"Okay! Enough of this for one night. Carlos, you wanna stay, it's already 3:30? You can borrow some sweats," Alex offered.
"Sure, why not? Thanks bro."
"No problem, I'll just grab some blankets, and we can crash out here. My room is way to small for the three of us." Alex stood up and walked to his bedroom to gather bedding for the three of them.
"This was fun," said Ryan.
"It was. Thanks for ah- for accepting me. I told you you could trust me," Carlos said. Ryan just reached over and hugged him. He was thrown off guard, but quickly fell into it, hugging her back.
"I always trusted you, 'Los. I'm just scared," she whispered in his ear.
"Don't be," he responded at the same volume before pulling away. She smiled at him, and just then, Alex walked in, arms full of blankets and pillows.
"Help!" he screeched after bumping into the coffee table. Ryan and Carlos laughed and took some of the comforters from him. They set them down on the couch, and Ryan moved the coffee table out from the center of the room and towards the tv. Each of the three claimed a blanket and some pillows and started to lay them out on the floor, side-by-side. Carlos entered the bathroom to change into the sweats Alex had handed him after putting down the blankets. Ryan immediately fell onto her make-shift bed in between the other two. Not a minute later, her breathing evened out and she was fast asleep.
Carlos walked back into the room and chuckled, falling into his place on her left side, and Alex plopped down to her right.
"Carlos," Alex whispered, and Carlos turned his head to look at him. "I hope you know how much you mean to us. Not just because of the bookstore. Even though she hesitated at first, I know Ry is really happy about being friends."
"Honestly, Alex, it's my pleasure. It's nice to have friends like y'all. I mean, the guys are like my brothers, but it's nice to have other people around, too," Carlos admitted, looking down at Ryan's sleeping form. When he looked back up at Alex, he could see him watching him with a grin.
"What?" Carlos questioned.
"Nothing," Alex answered, shaking his head as he stood to turn off the lights, leaving the kitchen lights on. He slid back into bed next to Ryan and watched Carlos suint at him then shake his head and crawl under the covers.
"Whatever you say, man. G'night," Carlos said sleepily.
"Night, dude." The three new friends fell asleep next to each other, perfectly content.
A/N: Hopefully that was enjoyable. The story Alex told about getting his bracelet stuck on the girl's bra was actually something that happened to my friend. I still give him crap about that. Anyways, if y'all have any ideas or anything, let me know! This is kind of an "anything goes" type of story. I probably won't update daily, but there will be anywhere between 1-4 updates a week. maybe if I am bored there will be more, but I can't guarantee it. Either way, follow and review if you liked it! Any kind of input is helpful!