The next day, James went over to Kendall's while Carlos and Logan went job hunting.

James was surprised upon coming into Kendall's room. It was dark, the curtains drawn together.

"Jamie!" Kendall said happily and slammed into the taller boy, hugging him tight.

"Uh- hi." James said, confused. "It's dark."

The door was closed and Kendall hugged James for a long time. He had been crying for a while and didn't even get up for breakfast- his favorite. Jane, his adopted mom, didn't know about her son's relationship with the boy across the street until she came in to see what was wrong with him and Kendall just spilled everything. She was shocked, but she was pretty accepting. Anyway, Kendall had been crying because he really DID love James and knew it was a huge mistake to let him go for such a dumb reason.

"I missed you last night." Kendall murmured, cheek on James's shoulder.

"Me too." James said. "But shouldn't you be telling me to get the hell outta here and that you never wanna see me again?"

"I couldn't do that to you." Kendall sighed. "As much as I hated you yesterday, I know I could NEVER stay mad at you forever."

"So- I'm confused."

"Me, too. But all I know is that it was a huge mistake to break your heart and mine. And even though you look at girls, I realized that at the end of the day, you ALWAYS sleep with ME." Kendall said. "And at the risk of seeming full of myself, I'd love to apologize to you and maybe kiss it better. Then we could walk into the sunset hand in hand, happy as clams forever."

"Did you just say 'happy as clams'?" James laughed.

"Yeah."

"You're so damn cute." James laughed. "And at the risk of seeming full of myself, I'll take you back." he mocked. "But you have to realize... I've spent my entire life looking at girls. And I was doing REALLY good for a while, not doing it, but I dunno what happened."

"Jame, it's whatever." Kendall said, kissing James's cheeks and jaw gently yet hungrily.

"I know it's more than whatever to you."

"It WAS." Kendall said. "But just let me kiss it. Make it better."

James smiled as Kendall kissed him and pulled him to the bed through the darkness.

Logan was lucky enough to snag a job at the store that Kendall worked at. Carlos, however, wasn't so lucky. He returned to James's house that night jobless and hopeless.

"It'll be fine, babe." Logan said as Carlos plopped down on the couch, Logan next to him. "I'll make plenty of money. And we'll live here until I make enough for an apartment."

"Do you know how long that'll take?" Carlos groaned.

"One day of hunting isn't gonna be enough for MOST people. Just keep looking."

"I feel so useless."

"You ARE useless." Logan grinned. "But it's okay, cause I like taking care of you."

"Gee, thanks."

"Hows about I make us some... grilled cheese?" Logan offered.

"I DO love grilled cheese."

Logan smiled and got up to make their dinner as Carlos turned on Family Guy- his favorite show. He wondered what was going on at Kendall's. Actually, he KNEW what was going on. Gross stuff.

Suddenly the front door opened and James came in, eyes bright, pulling Kendall along behind him.

"You were right. We're back together." James said. "Don't go in my room tonight."

"Hey! Do you want grilled cheese?" Logan called as the two hurried up the stairs.

"No thanks!" Kendall called as the sound of a door slamming shut was audible.

"Gross." Carlos groaned, nose scrunched up.

"C'mon. It's cute. And you can't say anything- we do gross stuff all the time." Logan said from the kitchen.

"I've known James forever! It's just- weird. I mean, I've seen him do GIRLS. With my own eyes. But now that it's Kendall and I know Kendall pretty well, it's just disturbing." Carlos shivered.

As they ate on the couch, Carlos heard the front door open and close again, figuring it was just Kendall running home to get clothes or something.

"Eating? On MY couch?" came a familiar woman's voice as Mrs. Diamond stood before them, arms crossed.

"Hey, Brooke." Carlos said, eyes wide.

"Good to see you Carlos. Now get the FOOD off of my white couch." she said and the boys jumped up. "Who's this?" she asked about Logan.

"Oh, this is Logan." Carlos said. "He's my- buddy."

Logan shot him a look.

"Where's Jamie?" Mrs. Diamond asked, going for the stairs.

"Oh, he's just- eh- doing homework." Carlos said, racing to block her off of the stairs. From behind him, he heard faint grunts and groaned, which he hoped Mrs. Diamond was too old to hear.

"My son? Doing HOMEWORK?" Mrs. Diamond asked, a perfectly shaped brow raising up. "I doubt that. What? Does he have a girl over?"

"No! C'mon, Brooke. I told you. He's doing homework. Loge, get Brooke some grilled cheese and I'll get James. Kay? Kay." Carlos said quickly, turning Mrs. Diamond away. As soon as she started walking, Carlos darted up the stairs.

"GUYS!" Carlos said, banging on the door. The disturbing sounds stopped.

"LOS! I told you not to disturb us." James growled from inside the bedroom.

"Your mom is here!" Carlos said. "She wants to see you! HURRY UP!"

James was silent and Carlos heard a thump, figuring James tripped, trying to get pants on. Suddenly the door opened and James came out, baggy PJ pants on over briefs in attempt to hide his erection, a hockey jersey, trying to smooth down his hair. He rushed down the stairs and found his mother in the kitchen.

"What do I do?" Kendall whispered, eyes wide, on the bed with a pillow over his crotch- completely naked.

Carlos clapped a hand over her eyes.

"Put some clothes on and come downstairs. Say that you had to put the books away- she thinks he was doing homework." he said before uncovering his eyes and going downstairs.

James was hugging his mom, being sure to keep his crotch away from her.

"I missed you, Mom." he smiled when he pulled away. "I'm glad you're home."

"I'm leaving again tomorrow, I'm sorry to say, but I just wanted to see my son while I could." she said.

Kendall came slowly down the stairs, fully clothes.

"Sorry- I was cleaning up... The books." he said when everyone turned to him. "We were doing... Homework."

"And who's THIS?" Mrs. Diamond asked. "Why are there so many strangers in my house?"

"Oh- Mom, this is Kendall." James said. "He lives across the street."

"I didn't know that Jane and Rod had a kid."

"He's adopted. Him and his little sister." James explained. "Just moved in before school started."

"Oh- so this is the boy you were talking about on the phone the other day?"

"Mom!" James said, blushing.

"He IS cute." his mom admitted. "Not sure he's cute ENOUGH for you, but he's cute."

"MOM!"

"Carlos, should I be concerned that my son was just 'doing homework' upstairs alone with his blonde boyfriend?" she asked, turning to Carlos.

"MOM!"

"Wait- you know?" Logan asked, confused.

"Of course. My son tells me everything over the phone. We're secretly quite close. And I ALSO know that you and Carlos are also... Really close."

"Brooke!" Carlos groaned.

"Don't worry, Carlos!" Brooke laughed. "He's definitely cute enough for you."

"Mom, are you drunk?" James asked wearily. She was never this loose and smiley.

"Of course not." she said with a wave. "But I'm not sure that I'm okay with my two sons having their boyfriends over at my house unsupervised. I don't WANT to know what goes on here."

"Mom!" James groaned.

"Just make sure you use protection. Not that I think ANY of you have any diseases, but you need to be careful."

"MOM!" James yelled as Carlos yelled "BROOKE!"

Mrs. Diamond smirked and pinched James's chin on her way to the kitchen to get one of Logan's grilled cheeses.

I know this isn't how Brooke Diamond would actually react, but I just needed something funny to put in here, cause I'm in a funny mood. :D

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