Logan and Carlos walk back into the shelter hand in hand, Kendall quickly glances up from the fire and notices their hands, he smiles and nods to James and Katie.
"Well now you to idiots have sorted everything out, can you tell us when we are likely to get out of here?" Katie says looking at Logan.
"Yeah about getting out of here" Logan says nervously biting his lip and waiting for the inevitable James panic "it probably won't be until tomorrow"
"3,2,1" he hears Carlos whispers.
"WHAT?!" James yells
"And there we have it" Carlos whispers again.
Logan starts to giggle.
"What is sooooooooo funny about being stuck here, Logan!" James shouts right in Logan's face.
"James he is not laughing at being stuck here, he is laughing about something else and do not shout at my boyfriend" Carlos says pulling Logan aside.
"Your boyfriend?" All the others say looking at Carlos.
"Yeah" he says determinately
"But we haven't even gone on a date" Logan tells him.
"I like you, always have, you like me, so why not?" Carlos looks at him smiling.
"Ok then" Logan smiles.
"Well now your love life is sorted. What the hell did you mean by saying we aren't going to get out of here until tomorrow?" James mutters angrily.
"There's a sand storm, a large one by the looks of it. It's not moving that fast so by the time it clears it will be dark and they won't look for us at night as it would be pointless" Logan calmly tells his friend, looking at Katie and Kendall for support, hoping to avoid the Diamond patented melt down.
Before James even gets a word out, Katie takes his hand, squeezes it and turns to Logan "So what do we need to do for our overnight stay?"
"It's going to be cold so we need to keep the fire going, so more wood and we should put on some more layers. It would probably be a good idea for us to sleep in shifts just in case of animals on the prowl, it's not likely but better stay that sorry. I still have some water left so I recommend if the rest of you do it's used sparingly and a human can survive for days without food so I'm not worrying about that."
"I have snacks" Carlos says.
"You brought snacks? For our short flight?" Kendall looks at him.
"I always bring snacks just in case the place we are going has no fruit smackers" Carlos tells him.
"How many packs do you have?" Kendall asks raising his eyebrow.
"17" Carlos mumbles, hoping no one will really hear him.
"Did you say 17?"
"Yeah, it should be 20 but I got hungry waiting for the limo to the airport"
"Ok" Logan continues "We have food, if you can call fruit smackers food"
"Hey!" Carlos lightly smacks the back of his head "bad boyfriend"
"Sorry Carlos"
"You're forgiven" kissing Logan on the cheek "continue"
Logan blushes "I think that's everything we can do except, James, can I have your mirror"
"What? What mirror? I don't know what you are talking about" James says quickly.
"Which mirror, Logan?" Katie asks "his pocket one? His back pack one or his suitcase one?"
"Three mirrors, really James?" Kendall looks at him
"Actually I only brought two this time, didn't think I need the suitcase one for such a short trip" James tells them proudly.
"Oh that's good to know, where did you and Carlos think we were going? I'm sure the hotel has food and mirrors" Kendall tells them both.
"Yeah but we are not in a hotel are we so there" Carlos sticks out his tongue.
"Why do you need the mirror Logan?" Katie asks ignoring the immaturity around her.
"We can use it to reflect the fire light so that it's kind of like a beacon. I know the search and rescue people with stop looking at sun down but I have a feeling that night-time isn't going to stop Gustavo, Kelly and Mama K" he smiles.
"I think you're right" Katie smiles back "Ok James and Kendall go get more wood, Carlos get a pack of fruit smackers for everyone, Logan you and I will set up the mirrors at the best angles for outside to see and then we can all layer up ready for night fall"
"Sounds like a plan" James kisses Katie on the cheek, stands and leaves the shelter with Kendall.
Carlos and Logan look at each other and then at Katie "What just happened there, young lady?" Logan asks.
"Oh, that"
"Yeah, that"
"James" she pauses "askedmeout"
"Repeat, please, slowly" Logan says.
"James asked me out"
"Like on a date?" Carlos asks trying to contain his excitement.
"Yes on a date"
"When?"
"Friday"
"Ok Logie mirror thing now, there is no way I am letting Katie miss that date" Carlos tells his boyfriend.
"What about our date?" Logan asks feeling kind of disappointed that Carlos is thinking about Katie and not him.
"If that's your way of asking me on a date I'm not impressed, you can do better" Carlos tells him, smirking.
"Huh?" Logan looks blankly at his Latino friend.
"Well you haven't asked me out yet Mr. Mitchell" Carlos tells him sweetly.
"Carlos Garcia would you like to go to dinner with me?"
"Love to Logie" he says engulfing Logan into a hug "Now how about get the mirror sorted"
xxxxx
A few hours later, the five friends are wrapped up warm and sitting around the fire.
Katie can feel her eyes getting heavier.
"Guys, me and Katie are going to get a couple of hours nap and then we'll take over the lookout shift" James says laying down and pulling Katie into a cuddle.
"That's fine, Kendall you might as well sleep now too as there is no point in us all being awake" Logan tells him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, Carlos will keep me company while you guys nap"
Kendall curls into a sleeping position close to James and Katie and closes his eyes.
"DOGS"
Kendall eyes spring open "Did you hear that?" he looks at Carlos and Logan.
"Hear what?" Carlos asks him.
"DOGS"
"That!"
"Is that... Gustavo?"
A/N Sorry, I forgot I left these guys stranded.