Sorry it's been a while guys, classes are kicking my butt still! But today, I stayed home sick (damn stomach bug!) and decided to do some writing. Took me literally all day, but hey, better late than never, right?

So I believe this is mainly a JARLOS chapter, so I'll try to make up the Kogan in the next one.

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Maybe.

Updated: 10/14/2013

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Kendall looked at Carlos, who was still unconscious; he was in the hospital, a breathing tube in his nose with supporting oxygen and an IV in the crook of his elbow; his hands were heavily bandaged, as were various parts of his arms, and one side of his leg as well. He had been lucky.

James had not.

Kendall looked over at his boyfriend, who was standing next to his unconscious brother, frowning.

Poor James. The whole left side of his body from his hip to his hairline was burned. Thick, heavy bandages covered the side of his body. He too had an oxygen supply in his nose, and an IV in his good arm.

"At least they get to share a room," Logan said quietly as he came to stand next to Kendall, who nodded. "You okay?"

"I just… I can't believe this happened to Carlos. He's always been so happy, so good. Why would something like this happen to him of all people?"

"Who knows," Logan said, pulling him to him. "All we can do now is wait for them to wake up." Kendall nodded and let Logan pull him out of the room. "He'll be okay. They both will." Kendall hugged Logan who held him tightly. "It'll be okay."

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~Jarlos~

Carlos' eyes opened slightly, only to be greeted to blinding light.

"Carlos?" a warbled sounding voice asked him, making him squint and let out a dry groan. "Carlos, can you hear me?" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as pain began to seep into every corner of his being. "Carlos."

"Jamz," he muttered out through a dry throat.

"James is okay Carlos. I need to let everyone know you're awake okay?"

"Mm," he grumbled out, eyes beginning to slip closed again. His head fell to the side right before though, and that's when he saw him. "James," he whispered in a raspy voice. "James!" he called out, but the other boy didn't move. He saw the bandages that covered him and he felt his face pale. "JAMES!"

"Carlos!" he looked to see Kendall running to him. "He's unconscious," he told him, pulling the now struggling teen.

"JAMES! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO US?!"

"Nurse," Kendall called out. Carlos saw a woman enter with a needle in her hand.

"JAMES! PLEASE WAKE UP! JAMES!" Carlos began to suddenly feel drowsy as he noticed the nurse walk away. "What did you dooooo?"

"Sleep Carlos. We'll talk when you wake up again." Carlos fell limply against the bed.

"Fire?"

"Yeah, there was a fire."

"James?"

"He saved you." Carlos smiled as he fell into a deep, pain-reliever induced sleep.

…

When Carlos awoke this time, he found James awake, sitting up in his bed.

"James?" he croaked out to no response from the older teen. "James." James still didn't respond. "James." He grunted but didn't do anything else. "Please." James closed his eyes and turned his head away. "Thank you for saving me." James now sobbed, but didn't look at Carlos still.

"You could've died. You know that right? Why didn't you try to get out of the fire?" Carlos was silent as he thought about this. "I was panicking as I thought about what would have happened to you. I jumped in there, I felt the flames covering my body, and I still ran. I had to save you."

"I was so upset about breaking up with you. And I know it was my own fault. But I just… I loved you so much. I was thinking clearly."

"Loved?"

"Still do." James finally turned to face him, one half of him covered in bandages.

"I love you too." Carlos smiled and leaned against his pillows.

"Take me back?"

"Like I'd ever let anyone else have you." Carlos smiled and reached a bandaged hand towards James. James smiled back and reached his hand over. "I love you."

"I love you too." Smiling at each other with barely linked hands, they both feel asleep.

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~One Week Later~

Carlos and James were being released today. As they were wheeled out of the hospital, they found Kendall, Logan, Camille, Jo, Lucy, and Lynn waiting for them.

"We're having a celebratory welcome-home party at our place," Kendall said as he helped Carlos out of his chair. "It's gonna be great. My mom and yours are setting it up." Carlos smiled as he was slid into the backseat of Logan's car. His smile grew as James was slid in next to him. Carlos rested his head on James good shoulder, making the older guy smile as he leaned his face down to rest on Carlos's head.

Half of James face was still covered in bandages, but his arms and hands were free, and lightly scarred, as were Carlos's. They knew they would most likely have these scars forever, but they didn't care.

Because they had each other.

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The party was in full swing when an uninvited guest appeared.

Everyone stopped and stared at the teen who walked in towards James and Carlos.

"What do you want?" Logan asked, intervening before he could get to them; it was the guy that had originally caused Carlos and James to break up.

"I came to apologize," he said over Logan's shoulder, staring at the two embracing teens. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" James asked, his grip tightening on Carlos a bit.

"…I started the fire. I'm on my way to the police right now." Carlos felt his jaw drop as he met James' eyes. "I'm so sorry to the both of you. I know that can't ever make what I did right, but I am sorry." With that, the young man turned and left the room. Everyone was silent as they now stared at Carlos and James.

"You okay?" James whispered, making Carlos nod.

"Yeah. You?"

"Yeah."

"Well then… let's enjoy the party. He apologized. That's more than most people would ever do."

And with that statement, the tense silence was broken.

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A large teen stood outside the festive house, his face full of seething rage. He could see through the window a blonde teen kissing a brunette one, and he felt his face contort with rage.

Soon enough though, that would be fixed.

He would make sure of it.

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Well JARLOS is back together, but what's gonna happen on the KOGAN front now?

Guess we'll see, won't we?

Thanks for reading so far!

~Kogan & Jarlos~

-JustMe133