You woke up the next morning to the sounds of seagulls, flying over your head. You opened your eyes to yourself lying on a blanket with Carlos next to you, who was already awake.
"Good morning sleepy head" he beamed as he looked down to see you finally wake up.
"Good morning" you laughed "how long have you been awake?"
"Oh only for a half hour or so" he replied while fiddling with his phone. He wouldn't stop smiling. It wasn't a morning smile though; it was more like a I-Just-Won-The-Lottery-Smile combined with a cheeky mischievous smirk.
You found yourself staring at him, trying to figure out what was going on for a little too long.
"Uhh…something wrong?" Carlos asked, breaking your train of thought.
You quickly replied "oh no no, nothing's wrong" you then squinted your eyes at him and said slowly "but….you look particularly suspicious right now…."
The boy then faked a gasp "Huuuh? Suspicious? What are you talking about? All I'm doing is smiling" and once again he flashed that mysterious grin.
"Yeah but your smiling at little too much!" you pointed out but you gave up. It was a pointless cause. If there was something up, he would never tell you. Carlos was always the kind to be up to some kind of mischief. "oh never mind…..but I think I need to go home now…my stupid social worker is probably waiting for me" you frowned at the thought of leaving Carlos. Just when you guys got together, you were pulled apart.
"True…butttttt what if I said you don't have to go with a social worker to some creepy unknown family?"he said, smiling like a hyperactive three year old.
You didn't understand what Carlos was getting at. "What are you on about?" you asked, shaking your head in confusion.
"Well last night after you fell asleep I made a few calls to your mum, your social worker and my mum" he began, getting excited with every word that passed through his lips "and guess what?"
Just as you were about reply with 'what', the boy shouted out, excitedly "You can live with me and my family!"
"What?" you gasped as you sat up, facing the grinning boy. "You mean…you mean…"
"Ii means my mum is willing you take care of you until your parents return to a more stable financial state and that we can be together no matter what" Carlos sat up and held your face in his hands "the social worker agreed to this after an hour long phone conversation of me whinging and whining and now there is nothing that can cause you anymore pain"
You were completely speechless. You had been with this boy for less than half a day and he had already made everything in your life okay in a matter of minutes. He put more effort and care into you on this one night than anyone ever did in your whole life. You didn't know how to thank him. How were you suppose to thank someone who saved your life? So in the end, all you could say was "I love you Carlos. I love you. I love you so much"
Your best friend then kissed you before saying "I love you even more. And I always will. You're not alone and you never ever will be. I'll make sure of it."