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Logan had been ignoring Carlos for days- trying to avoid any contact at all. He spent most of his time at the church and the other part in his room. Carlos, however weirded out he was aout kissing Logan, still wanted to hang out with Logan. What else was he gonna do?

So finally he decided to confront Logan about it. He burst into Logan's room angrily after Logan had pushed past him in the hall without a word.

"Okay- what the hell?" Carlos demanded. "You're just not gonna talk to me anymore?"

"That was the plan." Logan grumbled, standing awkwardly.

"So what? We KISSED." Carlos said quietly. "It's whatever- so let's just move on and be brothers like before."

"We can never be true brothers again." Logan said, staring at the floor.

"And why not?"

"Because, Carlos. There was a spark." Logan said, eyes lifting to Carlos's. "I dunno if you felt it, too, but for me there was a spark. And there isn't supposed to be- it's wrong."

"Yeah, so there was a spark. It's probably just cause neither of us have really kissed anyone in a while... Whatever. I say we forget it and move on, cause I'm bored as fuck around here."

Logan bit his lower lip in thought, then nodded.

"You know, Carlos... You're my best friend." Logan murmured. "I don't have anyone but you and James. So thank you for not completely rejecting me."

"There're lots of gay people at school- it doesn't affect me anymore." Carlos shrugged. "So let's go- I'll teach you to play hockey. I bet you'd be a great Center."

Over the rest of their grounding, Logan and Carlos spent most of their time together. Even at night, Logan laid on Carlos's floor and they talked until early morning before one of them fell asleep.

They hadn't talked to James this whole time.

Kendall tried calling Logan a few times, but Papi didn't allow Logan to talk to him.

Logan and Carlos joined the youth group and choir, but Carlos didn't go to the church near as much as Logan did. He figured that these activities were great ways to get closer to his brother, and they were. Logan eventually started using more contractions in his vocabulary. He smiled and laughed and cracked jokes. He talked to Mr. and Mrs. Garcia and his other new brothers a lot- telling them stories of his childhood and his mother- stories of the happy days. For the first time in a long time, Logan felt happy. He even put a few posters of hockey stars on his walls, since he was somewhat into hockey now.

Their grounding was finally over and the first thing Carlos and Logan did was go over to James's house. Carlos rung the doorbell after finding that the door was locked and they waited.

"I've never been here before. It's big." Logan marveled.

"Yeah- his mom owns a cosmetics company and is super rich, even though she's never home. James basically lived alone." Carlos explained as the door was opened. James stood there, dumbfounded, as Carlos and Logan came in.

"So... You're free." James said simply, closing the door.

"Duh." Carlos said, starting for the stairs.

"Don't go up there." James said quickly, pulling Carlos back.

"And why not?"

"It's... Messy." James said.

"Yeah- OKAY James." Carlos snorted.

"What's this thing?" Logan asked across the room, holding a porcelain figure of an army man.

"Don't touch that!" James exclaimed, leaving Carlos to take the figurine from Logan and set it back on the shelf.

"I'm sorry, dude." Logan said shyly.

"Wait- did you just call me 'dude'?" James asked, confused. Suddenly there was a yell from upstairs.

"JAMES! THERE'S A GUY IN YOUR ROOM!" Carlos yelled.

"Dammit, Carlos! I told you no!" James yelled back, rushing upstairs. Logan followed, marveling over the huge house. At the top of the stairs was a wrap around balcony that overlooked the living room- two bedrooms and a bathroom up there. He followed James into a room where he was jolted.

"This is Kendall." James explained, moving toward a familiar blonde boy to put his arm over his shoulders. Logan's eyes widened.

"Kendall, this is Carlos, my best friend, and his adopted brother, also my friend, Logan." James said. Kendall's eyes widened as they caught Logan's then he grinned.

"Logan! I called you like seven times!" Kendall exclaimed, ripping from James to hug Logan.

"I- I was grounded." Logan said, dumbfounded. "What're you doing here?"

"Me 'n Katie were adopted!" Kendall smiled as he let go of Logan. "We live right across the street!"

"That's great!" Logan said. "But why are you HERE?"

"Well, my new mom told me that James lived here and I might get along with him, so I came over." Kendall said. "Yeah- that was like a month ago."

"So you've already replaced me." Carlos said jokingly.

"Uh- not exactly." James said. "Guys, sit down."

Carlos and Logan sat, confused, on the bed.

"Kendall came over a while ago... And we got really close. Like... REALLY close. If you catch my drift." James said. Kendall sighed when the two boys gave James a blank stare.

"We're SPECIAL friends." Kendall said, still not getting a reaction.

"GUYS! We're GAY together." James exclaimed. Carlos's eyes widened and he stood up as if the bed were lava.

"WHAT?" he squeaked. "James, you're like the straightest guy I know!"

"But when I met Kendall... It was like love at first sight!" James said dreamily. "It didn't even take a week for this to happen."

"This is messed up." Carlos said.

"Gee, thanks." James grumbled.

"No, I mean... I mean... All I mean is that you got close to Kendall and I got close to Logan. Maybe it was destiny that we were caught and grounded."

"Is THAT why Logan called me 'dude' earlier?" James asked. "Is he a normal kid now?"

"No. But he's definitely more fun now." Carlos said, ruffling Logan's hair playfully. "But anyway, this is kinda weird. I never expected you to be... Gay."

"Me either." James shrugged, then smiled at Kendall. "But it happened."

That night, the four of them sat in James's room and played video games. Logan still wasn't good at all, since he hadn't been able to practice. Kendall had never played video games before, so he was no fun either.

As Logan and Kendall sat on the bed, Logan watched James and Carlos on the floor as Kendall chatted his ear off. The two playing video games on the floor laughed and joked like normal... Carlos didn't even look back at him once. Logan couldn't help but feel like Carlos only liked him when he had no choice. Now that James was in the picture again, Logan wouldn't matter so much.

"So you have a thing for Carlos, eh?" Kendall said, finally getting Logan's attention.

"No way."

"You totally do! I see it!"

"He's my brother. That's weird."

"So? Who cares? Is it cause you're scared that God will smite you? Cause I think that he'll make an acception for his number one fan." Kendall winked. "If you like him, you should go for it."

"It isn't that easy." Logan insisted. "He isn't gay at all."

"Neither was James, but you know, I have an effect on some people."

Logan laughed and rolled his eyes.

"He isn't into it." he said.

"I think he is. I'm no matchmaker, but you guys look at each other in this way... It's weird and sweet and stuff. I'm telling you."

"Whatever." Logan said sarcastically.

"AND he got you to come outta your shell." Kendall said. "I like this Logan."

"Yeah, yeah." Logan said, rolling his eyes.

"I'll help you. If you want." Kendall said.

"I got it."

"So you're gonna make a move?"

"I didn't say that."

"But you're gonna... Right?"

"No."

"Yeah you are."

"Shut up, Kendall!" Logan said, sticking out his tongue at Kendall.

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