Quick update. Thank you to reviewers, I love you! Only one more chapter till things start looking up, guys. Stick with me. Oh, and I know that this is probably inaccurate, but its FF, so it's my world. And you know I own nothing you recognize, right?

After the whole "I'm so pissed that Logan kissed my true love so I'll punch a wall OW," thing, Dak decided that all hospital visits with Carlos would be monitored by Kendall. Jett decided to accompany Dak to the drugstore today, and Kendall and James were now cooped up in the hospital room. James, being himself, decided that it was his highest priority to be the first one to sign Dak's cast, so when the two band mates and one TV star showed up at the hospital, James had multicolored Sharpies in his pocket. Dak let him go crazy, seeing as the only other people he saw now a days were hospital workers, Kendall, Jett, occasionally James, and the worker at the convenient store.

Dak had started scheduling his visits so the flirty employee wouldn't be there when he had to get deodorant or a tooth brush. The new person who had been checking out his various random needs was obviously more mature than the old one, and she quietly poked around into Dak's story. She continued until she finally realized that his injured love was none other than Carlos Garcia, of Big Time Rush, and she melted and gave Dak that week's rubber duck for free. She, who Dak had started calling K was a big fan, and also thought that it was totally adorable that Dak was so sweet to someone who couldn't even see it. Their conversations got longer, and Dak enjoyed his trips to the store more than ever.

Dak happened to be in great need of nail polish that week, since he decided that painting Carlos' toenails was the smartest and most entertaining thing he could do with his days. Jett smirked and they were off, leaving James and Kendall to sit across from each other with Carlos between them. With both of them here today, their conversations veered away from the depressing topics that usually went on in the room. They instead discussed every moment of fun that they had with the sleeping Latino.

"Hey, Kendall, remember that time when you and Carlos got penalized for unsportsmanlike mooning?

"Dude, that was so funny! And you and Logan didn't even know we were kicked out of the game, you were laughing so hard!"

"I know, oh my God. Or when you and Jo tried setting him up with all those girls, and he ruined every single speed date?"

"I think he was doing it intentionally, I swear. Holy shit and Dak was like, right across the pool that day!"

They both sat in stunned revelation, and they finally looked back up at each other and cracked up.

"Personally, my favorite time was when he stuffed pillows up both sides of the swirly slide because Logan stole his last corndog. He hid in there almost all day."

"Carlos, you little fucker, you are too funny."

….

Jett and Dak were arguing. In Dak's favorite aisle, no less. Of course, they argued in almost every aisle, but to do it in Dak's favorite? Almost criminal. They had argued about which scent of Axe Dak should get (they finally decided on Dark Chocolate, since Jett one time saw Carlos mauling a chocolate bar). They fought over Dak's choice in Chap Stick (Jett finally convinced him to just get the minty type). And now they were in a heated debate about which rubber duck to get Carlos this week. And they had to decide between five different ducks.

The first, which Jett was in favor of most, was clothed in a miniature "I heart MN" shirt, which seemed so random to Dak, since this was L.A.. The next, which they both liked, had a matador costume on, and they laughed every time they looked at it, thinking of the first BTR photo shoot. Dak liked the next two, which were supposed to be a matching bride and groom, but he had placed together to two ducks in suits. The last one Jett loved, but mostly because it had a tennis racket and a white head band, reminding them of Jett's life size Barbie adventure.

A thought occurred to Dak, and he placed them all in his basket. Jett stared at him and he simply shrugged. Why not?

….

James and Kendall could not stop laughing. There were too many light hearted moments between the three teens in the room, and it made for a good nostalgic conversation.

"Hey Kendall?" James asked, his tone immediately becoming more serious. The blonde quirked and eyebrow, a motion meaning 'continue'.

"Is it true that Dak broke his hand because he found out Logan kissed Carlos?" Kendall nodded, and James' jaw dropped.

"You could do it you know," Kendall suggested, and James looked even more surprised.

"No way. I don't want to be beat up by Dak. I have a Face to protect."

"Dak doesn't have to know. Come on, Jett, Logan and I all did it already. This whole situation couldn't get worse."

James looked like he was considering it for a moment, and finally sighed and went over to lean over Carlos. He smirked and planted a sloppy kiss on his friend's lips. Kendall smirked, and then developed a confused look as James reached up and started feeling around Carlos' face. Finally, James peeled open the Latino's eyes.

"Look Kendall! He's awake!" James joked, letting his eyes fall closed again. Just as James stepped away and Kendall started laughing, the other two teens joined them. Dak looked at Kendall, then James, and finally Carlos, and sighed. Of course Kendall let James kiss him. Kendall was just as hopeless as Dak with this whole thing, and Dak didn't have the law breathing down his neck. He paused and closed his eyes for a moment before letting out a deep breath and stepping up to the end of Carlos's hospital bed, pulling a bottle of nail polish out of the plastic bag. He unscrewed it in silence, and as he was about to start painting Carlos' toes, he turned around and smiled to the rest of his friends.

"You're such bastards. Now get up here and paint his toes."

They all smiled, and Jett set up the ducks on the bed side table, and Dak felt happier than he had in the previous three months.

That was, until Kendall's lawyer and a doctor walked in, and their expressions were the opposite of the smiling teens'.

"As you all know, Carlos Garcia has been unconscious for almost four months now. He has been supported by machine to get the things essential to his body to live. The hospital can legally only support a patient for up to six months. The first of the sixth month, we can't support Mr. Garcia any longer."

Dak felt as if every part of his body go numb. He swallowed audibly, and suddenly, there was an uncomfortable sweat coating his body. What? They were going to stop keeping Carlos alive. The lawyer had started speaking, and he focused on what he was saying now.

"Mr. Knight, I have already discussed this with your parent. Since Mr. Garcia was not able to awaken from his coma, the judge and jury have found you guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The maximum of years that you could have gone to jail for in California would be up to four year. Since you had a close relationship with Mr. Garcia and there were several witnesses, you have been fined only two years if he doesn't wake up in the next month."

It seemed not only Dak's world, but now Kendall's was crumbling down around him. Two fucking years? Dak was losing the people close to him faster than he was gaining them. He turned around and Kendall looked just as lost as he must have looked. James said a quiet 'thank you' to the men, and they left just as Dak and Kendall fell apart. Jett embraced them both, and James wrapped his long arms in the embrace as well.

Dak's heart could barely take more misery.