Carlos groggily opens his eyes and is greeted by the bright red numbers of the alarm clock: 8:45am. His eyes slowly close until his brain catches up, at which point his eyes snap open.

"Oh, shit!" he curses, throwing off the covers and jumping out of bed. He runs out into the hallway and knocks loudly on Kendall's door.

"KENDALL! KENDALL!" Carlos can't wait for Kendall to answer. He runs back into his room and hastily starts getting dressed.

Kendall's door slowly opens and the blond appears in the doorway, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

"Carlos! What the hell?"

"Dude, we slept through our alarms!" Carlos yells, jumping around trying to get his jeans on. "Logan and James will be landing in an hour."

That wakes Kendall from his slumber. "WHAT?" he screams, springing into action.

"Ten minutes, Kendall! We need to be out of here in ten minutes to get there on time!"

"Goodness, Carlos! The reason I let you stay here last night was to make sure we were up in time," Kendall whines, trying to find clean clothes to wear.

"No time to play the blame game," Carlos says making his way across the hall. "So, how do I look?"

Kendall glances up from his dresser and looks him up and down. "How the hell did you get dressed so fast?" he asks, still in his PJs.

Carlos shrugs, "It's a gift. Now answer the question!"

Kendall studies Carlos carefully. He is wearing black skinny jeans, that hug him in all the right places, a form-fitting red dress shirt, and a black and grey striped tie.

Kendall smiles. "If Logan doesn't jump you when he sees you, I just might."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Carlos asks uneasily.

"Nothing," Kendall blushes. "Come help me find something to wear."

"Logan, would you stop fidgeting? They're going to be there waiting for us."

The minute the plane landed, Logan turned on his phone searching for a message from Carlos. That was five minutes ago and now they are docked at the gate preparing to disembark.

"He promised, James. He promised he'd let me know when they arrived at the airport so I'd have something to smile about when I turn on my phone."

James sighs, "You two are sickeningly adorable, you know that?"

Carlos jumps out of the car, barely putting the car in park and turning the engine off. He makes his way toward the back of the car, fully expecting Kendall to join him in stride toward the terminal. Unfortunately for him, Kendall is still stuck in the passenger seat.

"Kendaaaaalllll," Carlos whines, "Hurry up! Their plane is landing any minute now." He quietly curses the traffic that delayed them fifteen minutes.

"Just because I no longer have a cast but this brace on my leg, doesn't mean I have ALL mobility back."

In a split second, Carlos is by the door. "Would it help if I carried you?" he half teasingly smirks.

"What? No! Let me out." Kendall gently but meaningfully shoves Carlos out of the way.

Kendall makes it out of the car and shuts the door behind him. Carlos stands there, staring at Kendall.

"Are we in a hurry or what?"

"Oh, right!" Carlos turns and sprints toward the building, halting at the end of the row. He allows Kendall to catch up and they both hobble their way, as quickly as possible, across the road and into the airport.

James and Logan are walking down the concourse dragging their carry-on behind them. As they get closer to the threshold between the concourse and lobby, Logan stops every few steps to stand on tiptoe and crane his neck to see if he can spot Carlos.

"You know you'll be able to hold him sooner if we don't stop every two steps. Besides, you two are the shortest of us four, you'd probably spot Kendall first."

"Let me sit on your shoulders," Logan says without hearing anything James had said.

"What? No way!"

"Why not?" Logan asks, keeping his eyes on the crowd of people waiting for their loved ones.

"Dude, I did not wake up at 5am to make sure these luscious locks would survive the plane ride to have you mess it up before my public sees me."

"Oh, right! You were a celebrity here." Logan rolls his eyes.

"What do you mean 'were'? I AM a celebrity here."

"Yeah, yeah…" Logan drops it, realizing that they are merely a few feet from the invisible line and still no sign of Carlos or Kendall.

"Dude, what's their flight?"

Kendall glances at his hand, happy that he remembered to write it down before they rushed out the door.

"AA 750"

"AA 750… AA 750… AA 750…" Carlos repeats as he searches the monitors. "There it is. Gate B8…" His eyes widen. "Shit! They've already landed." He pulls at Kendall's arm, hoping that somehow his leg healed and can run with him.

Kendall jerks his arm out of Carlos' grip. "This isn't going to work. Go, man! Logan will be waiting. I'll catch up."

Carlos hesitates a moment, making sure Kendall is okay. Kendall nods and Carlos takes off like a lightning bolt.

"CARLOS!" Kendall shakes his head.

Carlos halts and turns around, confused. Kendall points in the opposite direction. Carlos follows his arm, but still can't comprehend. Kendall sighs and lifts his arm pointing at a sign. Carlos looks up and reads it: Concourse B.

Carlos chuckles and shrugs in embarrassment. He nods his thanks and takes off.

The smile on Kendall's face fades the minute Carlos is out of sight. He wishes he could have what Carlos and Logan have, but the one person who could make that happen left months ago and doesn't even know.

"Logan!"

Logan looks around for the source.

"Logan!"

That voice is familiar and he hopes that it's who he thinks it is. He searches the faces of the awaiting crowd. Still nothing until the crowd begins to part.

"Loooooogggggggaaaaaannnnnnn!"

Logan's face lights up. "CARLOS!" He drops his bag and runs toward the Latino.

Neither of them thought this through and they crash into each other, falling to the ground in fits of laughter.

James smiles seeing the joy in his friends' faces. He sighs, picks up Logan's dropped luggage and walks over to an empty bench to wait for Carlos and Logan to stop laughing.

"Umm… excuse me… Mr. Diamond? Can I have your autograph?"

James looks up, cheesy grin plastered on his face, already in James Diamond: Actor mode. He stutters when he sees the owner of the voice.

"K… K… Kendall?" James asks in disbelief. With no word from Kendall or Carlos and no sight of them the entire way down the concourse, he resigned himself to the fact that he'd have to wait to reunite with his friend.

Kendall smiles, hobbling over and takes a seat next to James. A comfortable silence settles over them as they observe Carlos and Logan trying in vain to stop laughing long enough to stand up.

"Who knew we'd see the day?" Kendall speaks.

"It seemed pretty impossible six months ago, didn't it?"

They both shudder at the memory. That comfortable silence turns into awkward silence when their thoughts turn to what could have been.

They are taken out of their thoughts by Carlos' voice. "Look, Logan, Kendall here... And he found James!"

The blond and the brunette look up to see Carlos piggybacking on Logan heading their way. Kendall thinks that the light is playing tricks on him, but it feels like Carlos is looking directly at him with a twinkle in his eye.

Logan lets Carlos down when they approach their friends.

"So, where are we going for lunch?" Carlos asks.

Logan shoves him, "Always hungry, aren't you?"

Carlos pouts and Logan shakes his head.

Kendall and James are amused by this exchange, but Logan spies a hint of longing in James' eyes. They all get up to make their way to baggage claim so they can be on their way to satisfy Carlos' stomach. Logan and Carlos lead the way, but as they pass James and Kendall, Logan shoots James a comforting smile.