Chap. 5 "Can I call you my boyfriend?"
After enjoying the happiest smoothie break of his life (which included an INTERESTING food eating contest), James invited Carlos to hang out with them for the day. James loved how the little Latino blushed the moment he asked. "Of, of course James...and uh Kendall and Logan." Carlos added awkwardly, breaking he and James' eye contact and blushing. Kendall and Logan turned away casually, whistling horribly. Kendall put a hand on James' shoulder and gave him a small smile. "We'll be in the corner looking at the..." Kendall began, looking at the corner of the store they were in. "...stuff." Logan nodded approvingly. "Stuff." They walked away grinning, leaving James and Carlos alone. James stepped up behind Carlos, who was messing around with the toys on a shelf. James attempted to "casually" put his arm around Carlos, but it only caused Carlos to jerk back in surprise. "Oh, sorry-just a little jumpy, James." Carlos said, warming up to James' touch. James tightened his grip and leaned close to Carlos' ear. "It's alright. Don't be scared." James whispered huskily. Carlos shuddered and slipped from James' grasp. James had been starting to feel in control, and charming again, but seeing Carlos fighting from his grip made him insecure and worried. Carlos turned to directly face him and as if reading his mind, and said, "James, umm, I just-I'm kind of scared, ok? This is a little w-weird for me..." Carlos reassured, with his adorable stutter. James smiled, confident again. "Well then. How would you like to have the best day of your life?" James asked, flashing his famous grin. Carlos gave him an approving look, but then his eyebrow went up, casting a cocky look across his face. "You mean, like a date?" Carlos asked suspiciously. James chuckled and started walking towards the door. "Well if you call hanging at the beach and the amusement park with 3 guys a date, then yes." James smiled, opening the door for Carlos. Carlos blushed and walked through the door. "Well, it's a date."
As James started strutting after Carlos out the door, Kendall and Logan appeared from nowhere and stopped him. "So?" Kendall asked, raising a curious eyebrow at him. James turned around. "It went..well." James told Kendall slowly. "Can I ask you something? What does it mean if someone asks if it's a date when you invite them to hang out?" Logan tried containing his smiles. Kendall had on his signature smirk. "Well thanks for asking before I could say you could ask me something." Kendall said with a hint of sarcasm. "I think CARLOS...wants to go on a date with you." The other two both gave James a wink and bounded out the store's front door. James chuckled and followed them. Carlos was waiting outside the door, messing with his iPhone. He looked up and beamed at James. "Hey, James, can I get your number on my phone?" Carlos asked, handing the phone to James. Carlos looked over at Kendall and Logan. "Oh and you guys too." James had been noticing that Carlos did this alot, adding in Kendall and Logan last minute. He thought it was cute. James cleared his throat and shook the thoughts from his head. "Of course." James took the phone from him and added his contact into the contacts list. When James was done, a crazy idea got into his head. He really wanted to know more about this beautiful Latino boy, and he was so tempted to read through his messages. Without thinking James clicked on messages. The first message was from his mom. It read: He sounds nice, Carlitos. I love you. Carlos was all of a sudden right next to him. "You done, James? Having issues?" Carlos tried to look at the screen, but James jumped and made a surprised noise, exiting the message box and droppping the phone on the sidewalk. Carlos bent over to pick it up. "You alright?" Carlos asked, looking around Main Street to check if something had scared James. James' face flushed bright red. "Sorry...just a little jumpy." James added with a smile. Carlos grinned adorably. "Well, let's go! Boardwalk?" Carlos asked, adorably again. Kendall slipped on his sunglasses. "Let's do it! You'll love the haunted house." Kendall blurted with a mischevious look. Logan exchanged glances with him. "Ohh yeah, definetely. And how do you feel about sharing a seat with Carlos, James?" Logan winked at James annoyingly and James ignored him and walked ahead. They all snickered.
The sun was starting to set when they got to the boardwalk. It had been a long and tiring walk, but the sight of the boardwalk always got the boys pumped and ready for anything. James, Kendall, and Logan were whooping and planning what to ride first, but Carlos looked kind of nervous. James let Logan and Kendall walk on ahead up the boardwalk steps. James walked next to Carlos. "What's up? You feeling okay, Carlos? I can buy you some food if you like..." James rambled, pointing to the food stand. Carlos looked up at him with his puppy dog eyes. James' heart skipped a beat and everything froze for a second, but Carlos broke the silence. "Yeah, I just ...I don't know, I don't really like being scared." Carlos blushed and cast his eyes downward, and James thought it was so cute. Everything Carlos did was cute. "And I'm really cold for some reason." Carlos added. James was going to put his arm around him, but James didn't want to freak out his new friend. Instead, James slipped off his leather jacket and offered it to Carlos. "Borrow mine?" James simply suggested, raising an eyebrow. Carlos took it gratefully and slipped it on. "It's a little big, but thanks so much." Carlos flapped the long sleeves around and giggled, making James laugh. "Hey, and don't be scared of the haunted house. Logan and Kendall just love scaring people. It's ok, you can sit with me." James reassured Carlos. "Now let's start our 'DATE'." James began jogging towards the steps, but Carlos grabbed his wrist. "Hey James?" Carlos asked shyly. "If this 'date' goes really well,um... can I call you my boyfriend?" Carlos looked away and mentally prayed James would say yes. James was genuinely stunned. He looked at the setting sun, and then at Carlos next to him. "If that's your way of asking me out, then yeah. Let's see how this works out." And he grabbed Carlos' wrist and they ran up to the boardwalk.
Note: Okay, in my opinion this chapters kind of sucky because it moved way too fast...I think I made them hook up way too fast. I'll add better chapters today, I promise...and sorry it took so long, the chapter took really long to get added for some reason.