AN: Ha ha ha - remember when I said these were going to be every day? Ha ha ha. I'm so funny.

Basically - and I don't want to get into too much detail here - I've had my life kind of go to shit over the past few days. It's been a lot of hurdles and nothing I could do about any of them. So updating this was sort of pushed on the backburner for a while.

But here we are! New oneshot! And this was closer to the length I was aiming for all of these over all - that last one just got way out of hand hahaha.

This one doesn't really require a specific setting, so enjoy!

"Hey, Carlos, can I ask you something?"

Immediately, the boy tensed. Nothing good ever came out of a conversation that started like that. He immediately began to panic, mind rapidly firing off all of the things that he may have done that she may have caught that she may be angry at him for doing. There was an anxious chuckle, before he broke "S-sure, Brooke. What's going on?"

The blonde bit down on her lip, eyes focused on the hands she'd folded neatly in her lap. With a sigh, she began "It's about the playlist you made me."

First, there was a sigh of relief. Said sigh of relief was then followed by a giggle, as he was reminded of his own comedic genius. "And how'd you like it?"

She finally brought her eyes back up to meet his, raising an eyebrow slowly as she explained "It was exclusively All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey. Just, that one song, over and over."

Another giggle escaped. Carlos just couldn't help it. "I almost put another song in the middle, but I think it's better as just the same song seventeen times."

"Uh huh." She smiled, glancing down at her hands again, before summoning up the courage to ask "And was there any reason you picked that song, in particular?"

As she brought her eyes up to meet his gaze again, his cheeks tinted pink as she shrugged "Not really. Outside of it being a modern classic."

"Okay." She nodded "I mean, that's what I thought, but Auden was convinced it was your weird way of flirting with me…"

At this, the previous pinkish tint to his cheeks became a full on scarlet, as he began stammering out random syllables "Ah-du-ba-ah…I don't know what you talking about?" his voice rose with every word, a squeak on the end of the question.

"Oh." Brooke replied simply, sounding a little more disappointed than she had intended to.

"If I was…" Carlos found himself blurting out. He rarely thought before his words, and as each one slipped out, he winced internally, knowing he would likely come to regret them "…flirting with you, that is. Um, would that be okay? Or like a problem?"

It was Brooke's turn to blush now, as she gave a small shrug before offering "It would be okay. More than okay, really. I'd quite honestly be flattered."

Mishearing her, Carlos repeated "Flattened?!"

"Flattered." She corrected while giggling, blonde curls softly bouncing as she shook her head.

At this, Carlos perked up a little. "Well then, maybe it was my weird way of flirting a little." He admitted shyly, "Cause maybe I've sort of had a crush on you for a really long time."

"Maybe?" She questioned, a mischievous glimmer in her eye "Sort of?"

Giggling nervously, his cheeks still very red, he nodded "I mean, yeah."

When Brooke's lips touched his cheek, she could feel how hot his blush was, which gave her all the more reason to smile.