It's Wednesday… Carlos sighed as he trudged into biology. Had it been a week already? He did not want to work with Logan again, he didn't feel like being insulted anymore than he already had been.

When he walked in the classroom, everyone was already sitting with their lab partners. He wanted to just ditch class, but it was too early in the school year to get into too much trouble, he needed the teachers to like him before he could get into trouble. He angrily sat down next to Logan and tried not to pay much attention to him.

"Good morning, class." Mr. Lawrence greeted. "Today, you will have another lab like I promised, but you will also have you first project of the term."

Everyone groaned. Did this mean he would have to work with Logan more? Carlos sighed deeply.

Logan glanced at him and raised his brow. Am I really that bad?, he asked himself. He decided that he could just try to be nice today and cooperate with Carlos, they could at least get along if they were stuck working with each other.

"For this project you will work with your partner to monitor plant growth within the next week, I will supply you with the sprouts. I want you to take notes on the growth, write three paragraphs about the results, and make a small poster with pictures of your plant throughout the week. I want you to actually work with your partners on this project, so don't just make one person do all the work. The project is due next Wednesday." Mr. Lawrence pointed to the board. "Now start you lab."

Logan turned to Carlos. Carlos did not look happy, he looked somewhat gloomy and depressed. It was kind of upsetting, Logan didn't understand why Carlos hated him so much.

"Alright, now are you busy after school today?" Logan asked.

"No…"

Please, no. I do not want to work on this project with you, especially today, Carlos thought to himself.

"Well, I really want to get a good grade on this. How about you just come home with me and we'll work on it really quick?"

Carlos was beginning to get a headache, but nodded anyways. "Sure, I guess."

"Good."

Logan started to do the lab and Carlos did the question sheet. As they worked, Mr. Lawrence placed a paper face down on their table and smiled at them as he walked away. Logan picked it up and looked at it.

"It's last week's lab, we got a hundred." He smiled at Carlos.

"Oh, nice." Carlos muttered.

He continued on with his questions. Was this Logan's attempt at being nice? It definitely wouldn't make up for what he had said to Carlos last week. Logan noticed Carlos' reluctance to talk to him, so he continued the lab in silence.

It had been the same as the week before, they did their work in silence and they finished right before the bell. Logan put their safety goggles away and Carlos still never wanted to speak to Logan again. He was relieved when the class ended.

"Hey, Carlitos!" James greeted as Carlos sat down at their table for lunch.

Carlos noticed that James was sitting next to the strange, artsy girl Camille. She looked slightly awkward sitting at their table. Carlos wondered what she was doing there.

"James, introduce your new girlfriend to Carlos!" Kendall insisted.

"Oh! Carlos, this is my new girlfriend, Camille." James introduced.

Camille waved shyly. "Hi."

Carlos nodded at her. "Hey."

They all began eating when Jo sat down next to Kendall. Everything soon felt awkward to Carlos, he was the only guy at the table without a girl. Usually, Carlos wouldn't mind, but this year had really sucked for him so far, his girlfriend of two years dumped him and he was stuck working with an asshole like Logan.

Kendall nudged him. "Cheer up, Carlos. You've been so down lately. I mean, you haven't even touched your lunch and it's your favorite today! Corndogs! I mean, I get that you're down about Jennifer, but you need…"

"I know! I'm sorry! You're right though. I mean, I'm usually the life of the party!" Carlos smiled at the rest of the table.

He began to devour his lunch like usual. They were right. What was the point of being sad? He was the confident and funny Carlos Garcia and being upset would just make him look like an overemotional loser.

"Now that's the Carlos I know!" Jo giggled.

"Vut can I shay? I'm jush so charming!" Carlos exclaimed with his mouth full of food.

The whole table laughed. He forgot how great making people laugh felt. It was practically all he lived for, just the ego boost alone gave him was a rush.

It wasn't soon before long when he was done eating. He stood up to clear his tray and happily walked across the cafeteria to the trash cans. On his way back, he noticed Logan sitting alone, reading a book. Who the hell sits alone at lunch? He's so weird.

Carlos returned to his friends and ignored what he just saw.

At the end of the day, Carlos searched around the school for Logan. He didn't necessarily want to go hang out with Logan, but it's not like he had anything better to do. Kendall and Jo were on a double date with James and Camille. He didn't mind them being happy, but he wished he could hang out with his two best friends without being a fifth wheel.

"Carlos!" Logan called.

Carlos turned around. "Hey!" He tried to sound friendly, he wouldn't let a loser like Logan bring him down.

"You ready to go?" he asked.

"Yeah, just let me go to my locker, I'll meet you out in the parking lot."

Carlos noticed his friends and acquaintances giving him a strange look. Were they looking at him funny because he was talking to Logan? Carlos shrugged and started playing with his lock.

Logan hummed to himself while waiting for Carlos in the parking lot. He leaned against his crappy car and thought about the project. Carlos seemed to be a diligent worker, so at least her wasn't stuck with a total failure. He would be a lot worse off if he had been paired with James.

He watched Carlos walk out of the building. He was mingling with some sophomores, they looked at him with adoration. Logan didn't understand why everyone liked Carlos and his friends so much. He understood they played hockey, but what's so special about that? It's just a sport.

He was halfway through the parking lot when the sophomores left his side and some senior girls took their place. They giggled at everything he said and were extremely flirty. Carlos appeared to be completely unaware though, and he continued on to Logan quickly telling the girls goodbye.

"Well, it's obvious everyone here loves you." Logan tried to start conversation.

Carlos laughed. "What are you talking about?"

"You haven't noticed that everyone watches you as you come out of the building?"

Carlos raised his brow. "And you did…?"

Logan blushed, he must have looked like a total creep. "It's hard not to…" he said nervously.

Carlos laughed again. "Calm down, I'm just joking with you, Logan."

Logan noticed that Carlos was a lot friendlier now, maybe he was just tired this morning.

"Alright, I'll just follow you to your house, so don't go too fast, okay?"

Logan nodded. "Yeah."

The boys got into their cars and began to drive off. Carlos sat in his car thinking, thinking about being happy. Well, Logan doesn't seem too bad after all. He's actually kind of funny. And Jennifer? She was a little too bratty for my tastes anyways. He smiled to himself at his new found optimism.

Logan drove slowly so Carlos could follow him with ease. He's actually kind of nice, Logan thought. He was beginning to understand why Carlos was so popular. His friends may be jerks, but he sure isn't. Logan smiled to himself, maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all…