Chap. 6 All of A Sudden

~Carlos' POV...sort of. It's told in third person, but now it explains Carlos' feelings~

Carlos Garcia was usually never shy, but when he moved into Rock Shell, when he had walked into that crowd of unfamiliar faces the other day, he felt left out. Everyone seemed to know everyone pretty well, except for him. Carlos had gotten lucky running into the Sharon twins and Cassie, but they were only nice, they weren't interested in him. Why would these hot girls be interested in some guy they've never seen before? Carlos knew he would never find someone here that would really like him for who he was. Hopefully throughout the next few years, he would find that special someone. For now, Carlos was worried about friends. This was his first time visiting Rock Shell, Wisconsin for Winter, and no one really noticed him. He had simply walked out of his condo and into the boardwalk crowd, and only a few people had paid any attention to the new Latino boy. Well that's what Carlos thought at least. The strange thing was, well, he thought he saw someone staring at him. Carlos swore he caught someone's eye for a second. Maybe he was just imagining things. But he was so sure about who he saw: a tall, tan, handsome boy about his age just gaping at him as his friends pointed. Carlos wasn't sure if he was going crazy or what, but this guy sure loved looking at him. After that, Carlos had gotten tired of trying to mingle, and decided to go home and crash early.

But the next morning, Carlos found out that he wasn't crazy. When he was in the smoothie cafe shop, The Groove, Carlos had asked the guy in front of him what was good there. And when he turned around, believe it or not, there was the handsome boy staring awestruck at him again. Carlos' mind had gone completely blank then. What was he supposed to say, 'Hey, I saw you staring at me yesterday'? And then that boy just went and changed his life by offering to buy him a smoothie and shaking his hand and becoming his friend and driving him crazy. Carlos hadn't noticed that he was stuttering the whole time, but apparently James hadn't noticed either. Him and his friends, Logan and Kendall all welcomed him, but the other two just didn't have the same affect on him. It was the same with them. So after the whole day of awkwardly hanging out with these 3 extrordinary friends, as if he had been there life long best friend, here he was wearing James Diamond's jacket and accidentally asking him out. Well, it wasn't completely an accident. Carlos had been thinking about asking James out the moment he bought the smoothie for him, but it just kind of slipped out in an odd way when James was comforting him at the boardwalk. But James was satisfied so, so was he. The night at the boardwalk had been super fun. The 4 boys were hyper off of cotton candy, jelly beans, and soda, so they were jumping around the boardwalk and getting into all kinds of trouble. After riding all the roller coasters and ticking off almost all of the carnival game owners, they finally went into the haunted house. Carlos' palms were sweating as he handed his ticket to the guy at the entrance. Kendall and Logan were in front of them, entering the house with delight and taking their seats in a mini cart that had a seatbelt. James dragged him in to sit next to him. "It'll be alright Carlos. Remember I'm right next to you if you get scared." James said as he buckled up, giving him a friendly wink. The kindness in his voice reassured Carlos, so he took a seat and the ride started.

For the 3 year rounders, the haunted house was always a super fun place to get yourself pumped up. But for Carlos, it was a nightmare that was apparently amusing to everyone but him. Everytime a scream echoed during the ride, or a zombie popped up at them, or a big fall surprised them, Carlos would bury his face into James' lap and squeeze James' shirt. Carlos couldn't see this, but James would grin with enjoyment everytime Carlos did this. After one last big fall, the ride was over. Carlos let go of James and let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God." Carlos huffed out wearily as they walked out the exit. The other 3 boys laughed and they continued playing carnival games, and bothering people, and getting next thing you know, Carlos was now walking home with Logan, James and Kendall, with his head snuggled into James' neck and James' arm around him. He had a feeling this meant James was now his boyfriend. After saying bye to the guys and giving James back his jacket (and hoping James couldn't see him blushing), Carlos walked the extra 2 minutes to King Side Condos. Once he arrived home, his mom came to him with a concerned expression. "Where were you young man? I was worried about my little Carlitos." she said, pulling Carlos into a tight embrace. Carlos shook her loose, "Mami!" Carlos exclaimed, blushing. His mom put her hands on her hips. "Don't 'Mami' me! You're late and I won't tolerate partying on your second night of vacation...Apuesto a que era una niña ..." his mom murmured, not noticing she was breaking into spanish. Carlos faced his mom. "Mami, no había ninguna chica!" Carlos fiercely said in spanish. "I met new friends: James, Kendall, and Logan. They're year rounders and they know what they're doing, Mami. They were just keeping me company at the boardwalk." Carlos' mom eyed him suspiciously, trying to find out if he was lying. She gave up and kissed him on top of the head. "Okay, as long as my Carlitos is happy. Now get to bed, niño." Carlos was more than happy to and he went upstairs and fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

Note: Hey, I've been typing like crazy today! It's spring break, so I'll be updating alot this week :) I tried making this chapter alot better than the last...I also hope the whole switching POV thing worked for you guys. Please send reviews!

-datsRUSHERiffic