Okay, a couple of things I feel like sharing.

1: I have a small patch of sunburn on my shoulder. Just the area that is my shoulder, not on my arm or my neck or anything. That is because I wore one of those stupid shirts that sit on your arm and not your shoulder. So now I can't raise my left arm.

2: I have this overwhelming urge to write a BTR/ Percy Jackson crossover. So, if you're a fan of P.J.O be on the lookout for it. I really shouldn't do it, sense I have 2 multi-chapter stories up right now, but I can't get the idea out of my head, so it should be up sooner or later.

3: I have never been to California, so this chapter may not be correct. I also had an urge to write a Carlos and Logan bromance, meaning NO SLASH! So here it is.

34. Stars

"Come on, Carlos. Wake up." Logan said, shaking the helmet wearing boy, trying not to wake up James. Luckily Carlos was a light sleepier, and James was not.

"What?" Carlos asked, finally looking up at him.

"I have to show you something." Logan said, pulling Carlos up into a sitting position to keep him from going back to sleep.

"Can't it wait until the morning?" Carlos asked, refusing to have Logan pull him up to his feet.

"Technically it is morning, it's 1, and no. You can sleep in the car." Logan said, hoping Carlos was still too asleep to question him.

"Fine." Carlos slowly got to his feet, slipped on some sandals and followed Logan quietly out of 2J.

It wasn't until the cold wind of the night hit him as they were driving down the interstate in the BTR mobile that he realized what was happening. "Logan!" He yelled.

Logan jumped at Carlos loud voice. "What?" He asked.

"Dude, we are driving around at 1 in the morning, why?"

"I wanted to show you something." He said simply.

"You couldn't have shown me at the Palm Woods, in the morning?" He asked.

"No. It's too bright, and it will be gone." Logan turned up the radio and Carlos leaned back in his seat, wondering where they were going. His eyes slowly closed again as he listened to the radio host.

He felt someone shaking him. "Up Carlos. We're here." He opened his eyes and looked at Logan, or tried to. They were surrounded by darkness.

"What- where are we?" Carlos blinked a couple of times and looked at the radio clock. "Dude, it's 3 in the morning! We drove for 2 hours!" He yelled.

Logan nodded. "Some forest, I know, and I drove. Now come on, we gotta get back before the guys start wondering where we went." Logan opened his door and got out of the car, Carlos following. "One second." Logan reached into the back seat and pulled out a blanket. "Now, follow me, and stay close. We don't need to be getting lost."

Carlos nodded and followed Logan through the moon lit forest. Carlos stared up in awe at the way the trees seemed to glow in the white light. He stared up, also keeping an eye on where Logan was going, up until the trees ended. Carlos stopped at the edge of the opening.

Carlos looked at Logan, who was standing in the middle of the clearing, staring up. He stood there for a second, just looking up, before unfolding the blanket he had with him and laying it out. When he finished he looked at Carlos, who was just watching him. "Are you just going to stand there?"

Carlos walked out of the clearing to where Logan was standing on the blanket. He looked at him, puzzled. Logan noticed his confusion and pointed up. Carlos looked up and his mouth fell open.

Above him were millions and billions of stars glistening in the sky. Right in the middle of them, a full moon was straight above him. "Oh my…"

Logan smiled. "I know right. It's amazing." Logan bent down and laid down on the blanket, Carlos followed him.

"How'd you find this Logie?" He asked, still staring at the stars.

Logan shrugged. "I'm not 100 percent sure, but I had to do some research to find out when the moon would be like this." He said.

Carlos smiled. "Reminds me of back in Minnesota, how every week in spring we'd go out and watch the sun rise."

Logan chuckled. "Well, too bad the moon's cycle is slower than the suns, today is the only day we can see it like this. But we have about 2 hours till we have to drive back before the guys wake up." Carlos nodded and continued staring at the stars.

About 20 minutes later Carlos spoke again. "How many are up there?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"More than we can see, but right now, just thousands of millions." Logan sighed. "Ever wondered what it was like up there?"

Carlos shook his head. "No, but I'm guessing you have." Carlos turned to look at Logan, who was still staring up.

After about a minute, Logan sighed. "All the time, back when I was in foster care. I used to stare up at the stars and think about what it was like up there, wondering if my mom and dad were watching me."

Carlos felt his eyes pull together in confusion. Logan's mom was in prison, wasn't she? "Your mom?" He asked.

Logan tensed up. "Shoot." He muttered, hoping Carlos didn't hear him, but he did.

"What do you mean Logie?" He asked.

"Promise not to tell the others?" Logan turned his head and looked at Carlos with pleading brown eyes.

Carlos thought for a second, before deciding. "I promise." Whatever it was, Logan hadn't brought it up before, even when was confessing in the hospital after the fire, so it must not be a big deal.

Logan stared up at the stars, thinking. He finally found his words. "My real mom left my dad 2 months after I was born. My dad married my mom 4 months later. I haven't told you guys that because it's not like it's something that can bother me, I didn't even know her."

Carlos sat up and looked at him. "You didn't know her?"

Logan also sat up. "It's annoying how easily you can pick up details when you want to. Yes, I didn't know her. I met her when I was 12…" Logan's voice trailed off.

Carlos nodded, not wanting to pry for more details. "Why'd you bring me here? I mean, I'm me." Carlos said, pointing at himself.

Logan smiled. "That's the reason; it's the same as it was for the sunset."

Carlos laughed. "We haven't changed that much have we?"

Logan shook his head. "We've changed a bunch, we just don't see it." Logan looked back up at the stars, so did Carlos. They laid back down on the blanket, thinking.

After a couple of minutes a short, white line blazed across the sky before disappearing. "Shooting star!" Both boys yelled, before closing their eyes and making a wish.

"What did you wish for Carlitos?" Logan asked.

Carlos shook his head. "I'm not telling. It will make it not come true. What did you wish for Logie?" He looked over and Logan was gone. "Logan?" He asked.

"Be right back!" Logan called, running back through the woods to the car. Carlos laughed and looked back at the stars. "Back!" Logan called as he ran back over to the blanket.

"Wow, you were fast." Carlos said. All of a sudden a bright flash lit up beside him. He looked over and saw Logan holding a camera. "Why the camera?"

Logan smiled. "My wish was for this moment to last forever, and it can in a photograph." He took another picture.

"We're so girly." Carlos laughed.

"Yeah, I know. Now, group photo." He laid down next to Carlos and held the camera above them, taking a picture. The flash blinded the 2 boys for a second. Logan turned the camera around and looked at the photo. "Pretty good. Bet the guys are gonna wonder what we were doing when we show them these." Logan laughed.

Carlos looked up at him. "And what are we going to tell them?"

Logan smiled. "Stars." He said simply. Carlos nodded. He looked back up at the stars and the moon. He decided to try and count them.

How was it? I tried my best to keep it from getting slashy, but it kind of got that way. So it can be slash, if you want it to be.

I threw Logan's mom not being his real mom to make a structure for my BTR/P.J.O story, but if you don't/haven't read Percy Jackson, it doesn't matter.

Hope you liked! Please review!

Ella