Matthew wore long sleeves until the bruise healed up, life went on as normal, he continued to go to hockey practice. He quit going to the privet lessons just to stay on the safe side, both Gilbert and Elizaveta warned him not to be alone with him so he was doing his best not to.

Ivan was rougher on him during practice, making sure to slam into him every chance he got. He would be pretty bruised up by the end of the night, sometimes he would be bleeding. Matthew put up with it, there was nothing he felt he could do about it, Ivan was the captain. So everyday after practice Matthew would go home and ice himself and take a couple pain killers.

It was hard for him but he did his best to not let it ruin the sport for him. He even started playing out on the street with Gilbert and Alfred. It was fun to actually teaching someone else about the sport. Alfred was horrible at the game but Gilbert kept improving. They could all just rough house together and it would be fun, even if one of them ended up with a black eye or a bloody lip, it was all fun and games.

Matthew even made a new friend, someone he could replace Ivan with, someone he could spend time with so he didn't have to tag along with Gilbert everywhere. Carlos was Cuban, a little on the chubby side, nice and scruffy. He sometimes mistook Matthew for Alfred, he didn't like Alfred all that much, he found him to be annoying and nosy.

Gilbert began to hang out with Elizaveta more after school so he didn't play hockey with him as much. So that just meant Matthew and Carlos began to spend more time after school and the hockey games would just be between him and Alfred. That Friday they went out for ice cream. They bought themselves big waffle cones. "Hey later do you want to go to a party at Tim's, there's not gonna be any parents from what I heard." Carlos said, biting his ice cream and chewing it.

"Yeah why not, I think Alfred and Lovino said they were going." Matthew said and Carlos grunted. He pointed to Matthew's hand and swallowed.

"You have ice cream melting on your hand." He pointed out and Matthew went to look. Sure enough he had some melted Moose tracks going down his hand and part of his wrist. He turned his arm around and licked it off. Matthew ate his ice cream a bit quicker to keep it from melting all over the place. "Hey could I try some?" He asked and Matthew nodded and held out his cone.

They finished their ice creams and made plans to meet up later at the party. When night came Matthew opened his window, he never had the chance to actually sneak out like Gilbert showed him until now. Alfred walked into his room with a backpack over his shoulder. Matthew popped off the screen and set it down on top of his bed before looking over at him. "What's that?" He asked staring at the bag. Alfred opened it to show a change of clothes.

"I'm staying the night at Lovino's after the party. Mom already thinks I'm there." He whispered, this wasn't his first time sneaking out but it still made him crazy nervous. Matthew rolled his eyes and crawled out his window, he moved out of the way so Alfred could get out as well. "Alright now what?" He asked, he never used the window to sneak out before, he always had the difficult task of trying to make it out the front door without being caught my his light sleeper of a mother. Matthew went ahead and showed Alfred what to do.

Once he was on the ground Alfred tossed him his backpack so he could also reach the ground. They opened the back door to the garage and they grabbed the bikes, Matthew didn't own one so he had to use one of Alfred's old ones, it was a little on the rusty side and needed in oil in places. He walked the bikes to the road and hopped on. Tim lived in a nice two floor house that was all stone on the outside, there was a large garden in the front made up of nothing but different colored tulips. He claimed the garden was his mother's but if you were to drive by you would find that it was him taking care of it all.

Alfred tossed his bike into the yard only to hear someone within the party scream at him for it, the bike had gotten to close to the flowers. Matthew pulled his bike to the door and parked it on the porch. Tim opened the door for him. "Matthew...from English right." Tim asked, his hair was all spiked up like normal, a cigarette held between his lips.

"Yeah I sit in front of you." Matthew said and shook his hand, he ran his fingers through his hair and pushed it out of his face. Tim nodded and pointed to where the beer was. Alfred followed inside shortly after he did, he moved his bike away from the flowers. He joined up with Lovino and Matthew lost sight of them for the rest of the night. Matthew grabbed a drink and wondered around the house looking for his friend. Carlos was sitting on a couch, a plastic red cup in one hand and the other across the couch. He held the drink up in the form of a wave to get Matthew's attention. Once Matthew saw he quickly went to join him. Carlos handed him the drink, it was light yellow in color but the smell was different from beer. "What's this?" Matthew asked, sniffing the drinks a couple times trying to figure it out.

"Red Bull and vodka, don't worry I've had two already they don't taste all that bad." He said and stood up to go get another, his legs were already a bit shaky. Matthew stared at the drink before taking a drink, his whole face wrinkled up, he had never tasted anything so horrible before, he gagged and took another drink. Carlos returned and sat next to Matthew, he screeched himself out across the couch, his arm went around Matthew's shoulders. Matthew instantly looked up from his drink and toward his friend.

Carlos was gulping down the drink, his cheeks seemed to be glowing and he was looking anywhere but at Matthew. Matthew found a small smile had formed on his face, he looked down at his drink and went back to taking small sips. The Red Bull and vodka began to affect him almost instantly, everyone in Matthew's family was on the light weight side so he wasn't to shocked. He found himself leaning against Carlos with his head on his chest.

Matthew placed his head into his lap and stared up at him, he reached up and cupped Carlos scruffy chin in his hand. "Your beard its so scratchy...I like it, it feels so cool." He said and rubbed his beard. Carlos laughed ran the back of his fingers along Matthew's cheek, Matthew nuzzled against his hand and smiled. He rolled over and grabbed a beer off the table to drink. He sat up and watch the whole room spin around him, he drank more then he had planned to. "Wow I should stop now." He said taking the cup and placing it down on the table.

Carlos took the beer and drank it. His hand slipped behind Matthew's head and he pulled him into a drunken kiss. Matthew's eyes went wide as he felt his mouth fill with beer, he swallowed it but some ran down his chin. Matthew felt hot, mostly because of the alcohol in his system but also because of the warm tongue in his mouth. He wrapped his arms around him and pulled him down as he laid out on the couch. Someone whistled at them but Matthew was to drunk to care, he dug his nails into his back and kissed him back. Lovino had to drag Alfred past them in order to get him to the bathroom before he could throw-up.

Matthew bit his lip and pulled on it softly. Carlos smirked and kissed him again, their tongues danced around each other. Carlos moved from his mouth to his neck kissing and sucking there. "Okay you to break it up, I will not have this go any further on my grandmother's couch." Tim said he took Carlos upstairs to get him into bed, he was in no state to be driving. They left Matthew on the couch because by the time they returned he had fallen asleep. Tim got a blanket and covered him with it, he set a glass of water down on the table so he would have something nice to drink when he woke up.

Slowly the party ended and people either had older siblings come get them or they walked, a couple even called their parents to come get them, and a few others decided to just stay there and not risk driving or getting into trouble from the parents. Tim cleaned up as much as he could before he had to find a empty chair to sleep in, his bed had been defiled that night and he wasn't about to sleep in it until it was washed repeatedly.

The next day when Matthew woke almost everyone had gone home. Tim was finishing up cleaning. "So sleeping beauty finally awakes and shockingly it without a kiss from her scruffy knight in a over sized t-shirt." Tim teased and Matthew stared at him in confusion, last night was just one big blur to him, he didn't remember a thing.

"What are you talking about?" Matthew asked and noticed the glass of water on the table. He grabbed it and took a big drink. It felt like his head was about to split open. Tim chuckled and went on to explain what happened, even got a hand mirror to show him the hickey. "Who...who did I make-out with?" He asked and wrapped the blanket around his shoulders.

Tim shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know what Carlos' name was. In the end he didn't have to, Carlos came walking downstairs, holding a pillow under one arm. Tim simply just pointed toward him and Matthew look. He made a noise, a feeble little squeak. They made eye contact and both their faces turned dark red. Tim could sense the awkwardness in the room and he made the decision to leave so the two of them could talk alone. Matthew stared at him. "About last night..." Matthew began to say but Carlos interrupted him.

"I know we were drunk and we should just forget it happened...but I can't." He said and Matthew stared at him. This wasn't going how he pictured it would. Carlos sat next to him and grabbed his hand. "I want to go out with you." He confessed and Matthew let out another squeak.

"Carlos I don't remember a thing from last night...but why in the world would you want to go out with me?" He asked and he felt the hold on his hands tightened. Carlos smirked and looked him in the eyes.

"Because you're the sweetest, nicest person I've ever had the pleasure to meet and you like ice cream." He said and laughed a little, Matthew blushed and looked down at their hands. Carlos was so nice to him, he liked him enough. "So will you go out with me?" He asked and Matthew blushed even darker.

"Yes." Matthew said and Carlos leaned in and kissed him. Tim walked in and kicked them out of his house so he could finish cleaning in peace. Matthew grabbed is bike and carried it down the steps. Carlos followed after him. "Do you want to go out for ice cream." Matthew asked and Carlos nodded his head. He grabbed his own bike and followed behind Matthew. Riding the bike with the hang over he had was like trying to ride the bike when sick with the flu. They rode into town and to their favorite ice cream parlor. Parking their bikes outside the walked in, taking their usual seats.

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I got a new job in a factory as a temp. I will be making 8 to 8. 30 a hour, after the first month I'll get a raise. And if I get hired in for real I could be making 11 to 13 an hour. So this is a really good deal for me so if it all works out then I can finally start doing things that I want to do. I can finally move out of my parents house and stuff. I might even meet a guy if I'm lucky.

So once I start the updates might slow down to one or two chapters a week. Maybe slower if I'm really tired, but I'll try to work on it when ever I can. So please review.

Carlos = Cuba

Tim = Netherlands