Iris
Chapter 6
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Big Time Rush nor anything else you may recognize. The plot however is solely mine.
A/N: Although I am still quite uncertain of the whereabouts of my train tracks, I am quite certain this is Katie's Birthday party chapter. I cannot promise it will be as mushy or dramatic as you hope, but despite that I ask that you PLEASE E&R (enjoy and review).
Carlos sat in Mrs. Knight's vehicle silent as a mouse, afraid of speech for the moment. He was afraid she would scold him, or perhaps coddle him, neither of which he could take at the moment. So, they sat, Mrs. Knight had decided not to say anything either, afraid it might provoke him. It sounded rude, but she supposed he may want his space anyways. Either way, when they pulled up to the Palm Woods, both plastered smiles upon their faces, no matter how unreal they looked.
Though Katie was still out with Kendall, as to keep it a surprise, there was still a "party" going so it would be all about Katie when she got here and she would know it. As the others mingled, and Mrs. Knight and some other adults got things started for Katie, Carlos shrugged off a bag from his shoulder and James came over and grabbed his suitcase. "I'm glad your back," James said to him, "Kendall was getting irritable." and James laughed at that. Carlos tried to, he really did, but he couldn't find much humour in it, unfortunately. He still wasn't sure what was going on between them.
"Ahem, so how have things been?" Carlos asked, trying to move things away from the subject of the blonde haired boy across the room. He followed James, who was slightly ahead of him, as they trekked to their room. Carlos immediately noticed when he opened the door that his cleaning abilities are, indeed, not contagious. Despite popular belief, Carlos is a very clean person. James, on the other hand, is not.
"Haha, things have been good. Though I can tell you have not missed cleaning up my messes." James replied.
"It's okay, James. I'm glad to be home, I'll clean up later when I unpack. Let's just go back to the party so we don't miss it when Katie comes in!" Carlos said. James dropped Carlos' suitcase on his bed and headed to the door. Carlos dropped the duffel bag on his bed as well and turned to the door. He was surprised, however to find Logan and Kendall there along with James. The other two boys tackled Carlos in a bear hug.
"We missed you, Carlos." Logan said. Kendall nodded, agreeing. "Plus, now we won't have to face Gustavo's wrath alone!"
Carlos laughed. "Okay as happy as I am to see you guys I really want to be downstairs before Katie gets here, you know this is really important to me." The other boys nodded and got off him.
"SURPRISE!" Everyone yelled, jumping from various places as Katie entered the apartment. She was shocked, of course, but even still her eyes scanned the room quickly, searching for the only person who could make this day a happy one. And when she spotted him, she looked even more shocked.
As she recovered from her shock, Carlos stepped forward. "Happy Birthday, Katie!" He said, offering her the fully candle-lit cake.
She looked tempted to hug Carlos over the cake, but through her tears she closed her eyes and blew out the candles, making her wish. Carlos put the cake on the table so Mrs. Knight could cut it and Carlos got armfuls of Katie. "I'm so glad you're here, Carlos!" She whispered.
"Me too." He said, also crying. "So," he said, both wiping the tears from their eyes, "what did you wish for?"
"You know I can't tell you that!" she said, giggling now. "If I tell you, it might not come true!" Carlos laughed, and others did too, a happy essence in the air.
Katie was given a piece of cake first, as per tradition. Although she wanted desperately to stay near Carlos, she still mingled with other people too.
Suddenly, something caught Carlos' eye. "Today we gather news that famous singer Carlos Garcia's inmate friend Jaime was just released from prison today. She was released early on good behaviour. There is no word as to her plans, or the plans of the singer who just returned to LA this afternoon."
Carlos dropped his eyes to the floor, the room gone silent. "Hey, Carlos, it's okay. Everybody here knows you didn't do anything!" Katie said.
However, at that moment, one of the patrons, none of the boys sure who he was right then, decided to shout, "He's the one causing all the trouble!" And at that last moment, Carlos broke. He stormed out of the apartment, too fast for anyone to go after him.
A/N: Sorry it's so short. There has been going on a lot lately and as I've probably said a BILLION times, I have no idea where I am going with this. But it's going, I guess that's the important. And I promise to never abandon this, though I can't promise I won't throw out some drama and rush for some kind of an end. So with that blah, I say, "Until next time, friends!"