"Carlos? Has anyone ever told you that your skin is a really pretty color?" I was sitting beside him on the couch, pinching his arm lightly. He gave me an amused look. "I've never been told that before. You really think my skin's pretty?" My jaw dropped, and I was appalled. Why had nobody told him that his skin was pretty?

"Actually Carlos, I think your skin is beautiful. And I'm jealous. I'm waaay to pale." I had up my arm to compare it to his and I shuddered at the difference in color. He just smiled and took his arm out of my grip
and wrapped it around my shoulder. I curled up into his warm side and smiled. We were watching Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.

"The Weasley twins are pretty freakin' fine!" I cheered as the Weasley twins appeared on the screen. "I'm soo much better looking then them. I mean, weren't you just commenting on how beautiful my skin was?" He was obviously jealous and it made me giggle. "You're not to bad yourself Carlos!" I shot him a wink.

His cheeks got all red and turned his attention back to the movie. About an hour later, Carlos was dozing off, but I was so absorbed in the movie I didn't even notice.

"Poor Cedric.." I whimpered. My eyes welled up with tears and I let out a whimper when Voldemort killed him. "Hey, what are you crying about?" I jumped when Carlos broke the silence. "Cedric just died and I think it's sad.." He chuckled and wiped my eyes. "You weren't kidding when you said you were sensitive!"

I scowled and poked his nose. "Hey now. Don't make fun." He grabbed my finger. "I wasn't making fun of you. I would never do that." He kissed my fingertip and wrapped his index finger around my index finger. We sat like that for the rest of the movie.

"Hey! We're home!" Kendall called as he opened the door to apartment 2J. He looked around for a minute, then slung his arm out in front of Katie, Logan, Mrs. Knight, and James. "Shhh.. Look." He pointed at us. We were sleeping peacefully on the couch.

Our index fingers were still intwined, and my head was on his chest with his chin on top of my hair. "Awhhh~!" Mrs. Knight cooed. Carlos's eyes fluttered open and he yawned. When he stretched, it woke me up. "Carlos? Is the movie over?..." I stiffled a yawn and blinked a few times.

"Yeah... Everybody should be getting back by now." He told me. Someone coughed loudly and I jumped off the couch. James, Kendall and Logan were standing by the door with Mrs. Knight and Katie. "Did we interrupt something?" Kendall asked with a sly smirk. "Yeah, we can leave you guys alone." Logan winked.

Me and Carlos chuckled nervously and I couldn't look at him. "I have to.. go help Camille learn her roles. Bye!" I shot out of the room as fast as I could. I went to Camille's and pounded on the door. She pulled open the door and I almost hit her in the face. "Woah! What's wrong?" She asked.

I told her everything. She was a good audience too, she 'oooh'ed and 'awhhh'ed at all the right times. "And then I got embarrased, ran out, and here I am now!" I finished dramatically. She hugged me tightly, "It'll be okay. It just proves that Carlos likes you too!" She cheered.

"I hope he does! I really like Carlos.. I'm just scared to tell him. What if he doesn't like me the same way? I would be so embarrased." I told her. "Okay hun. I get what you mean, but why wouldn't he like you? You're an amazing person, you're beautiful. Any guy would be lucky to have you Alex. Never forget that."

I felt like I was gonna cry. That was the sweetest thing anybody's ever told me! "Camille, thank you. I don't know what I would do without you." I sniffed. "Don't you DARE start crying! You have no reason to cry." She told me, smiling widely. I hugged her tightly. "Now, I want you to go back to apartment 2J with your head held high. Don't let those stupid guys get in the way of how you feel about Carlos!"

She pushed me off the couch and I grinned. "That's exactly what I'm gonna do!" I told Camille cheerfully. I marched out of the room and to apartment 2J. The guys were all sitting on the couch. Well, almost all of them. Carlos was sitting at the bottom of the swirly slide. I slammed the door so they would know I was there and made my way over to Carlos.

I plopped myself on the floor beside him and layed my head on his shoulder. "Carlos? Why are you over here by yourself?" I asked him. He layed his head on top of mine and sighed. "I thought you were mad at me. Or embarresed to be seen like that with me." I moved so I was sitting on his lap so I could look in his eyes.

"Carlos, I was just being.. shy. And I could never be mad at you Carlos. You should know that by now!" I told him softly. He smiled and cupped my cheeks in his hands and leaned forward. The gap inbetween us got smaller and smaller. I could see the sparkle in his eyes get closer and closer..