As the bus came to a halt at the camp that they were to be arriving at Kendall was jolted awake not quite remember exactly where he was. When he looked to his left he remembered. James had also fallen asleep but wasn't disturbed by the sudden stop. His head was tilted back against the back of the seat in a way that Kendall knew his neck was going to hurt when he woke. Kendall reached over and shook his leg. "James, wake up. We are here." Kendall could hear the people outside the bus beginning to gather to find out where they were supposed to go. When James didn't move Kendall shook his leg harder and said in a louder tone "James, get up right now!" The boy startled and sat straight up, his hand going straight to his neck.

James looked at Kendall and before he could say anything he was pushing him out of his seat as he said, "Let's go before me miss anything."

They quickly scurried off the bus with each other as they joined the line with the rest of the men in their division.

As Kendall stood erect in front of another new place he felt his heart start to flutter as he became nervous. He thought about all the things that he would have to learn and live up to in the next 90 days as he became a corpsman. He listened to a short muscular man talk about what was expected from them. It wasn't any different than boot camp. They would be expected to sleep from 10 to 5 and then be up for a morning workout and then books in the afternoon.

He was broken out of his thoughts as they were to be given a small tour of the new camp. They followed in a silent single file line. Kendall looked over his shoulder at James who followed close behind him. James gave him a small smile looking a little nervous himself.

'Well, maybe it won't be so bad knowing someone here.' Kendall thought to himself as he returned forward and looked at the floor. 'He can't be that bad if Xander had liked him.' Kendall didn't know why he was so hell bent on hating this guy but every time he smiled at him Kendall's walls came down a little.

They walked into a large room that was all white and gray they were told to pick beds and unpack their few belongings. The room was filled with other boys that had arrived earlier that day. Kendall began to walk away when he felt a nudge on his arm. He turned to be face to face with James who said, "Hey, let's find beds next to each other." He then led Kendall to a pair of beds that he had already scoped out.

When he stopped at the end of the bed he said "Is this ok with you?" The looked on his face was so peaceful and genuine Kendall just nodded throwing his bag down on his bed.

He turned and noticed a boy on the bed next to him. He had dark short hair and deep chocolate eyes, he was also rather small. Kendall smiled at him and introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Kendall. I guess we are going to be bunking next to each other." He pointed down at his bed.

The other boy jumped up off of his bed and reached his hand out to Kendall over Kendall's newly claimed bed with a crooked smile and said "Hi, I'm Logan." After Kendall had let go of his hand Logan turned and pointed to a dark skinned boy who was sprawled out over the bed on the other side of Logan's with his arm covering his eyes. "And this is Carlos." Logan's smile widened as he introduced his friend.

Kendall turned and grabbed James's sleeve as he was trying to put his things in the cabinet that him and Kendall would be sharing and said "And this is James. It's good to meet you." Kendall smiled and James waved at the other boy. Kendall then pointed to Carlos and said "James. That's Carlos."

Logan climbed to the other side of his bed and slapped Carlos on his leg then pushed his arm off of his face. "Carlos, get up! I want you to meet some guys." Carlos groaned as he sat up on the side of his bed revealing large dark eyes. Logan gave Carlos a nudge on the shoulder and said "Hey, this is Kendall and James." The small Latino boy stood as him and Logan both leaped over the bed as he said "Well, it's good to meet you guys. Where are you all from?" The boy was still trying to wipe the sleep from his eyes.

James spoke up first saying with a bright smile "Oh, I'm from New York!"

Kendall looked at him and thought, 'And that is why he is cocky! He's from New York of all places!'

Kendall then said "I'm from Michigan." He shook his head when his mother and sister popped into his head the feeling of home sickness hitting his stomach immediately. "What about you guys? Where are you from?"

"I'm from Texas" Logan said as he sat on his bed. His smile faded for a moment as he thought about home, Kendall noticed and thought that maybe he felt the same way he did, missing his family and friends that he left at home.

Carlos' voice broke through Kendall's thoughts as he spoke "I'm from Columbia, Missouri."

"TEN MINUTES TILL YOU MUST ALL REPORT TO DINNER!" A large man yelled throughout the hall.

"Hey, let's get this shit put away before we have to go to dinner." Kendall said turning to James who nodded his agreement.

Over dinner all four boys talked about what it was like to grow up in their different places. They talked about their dreams after the marines and their families. What they did for fun as they grew up.

As Kendall finished his dinner he looked at the three boys sharing a table with him and thought to himself, 'I guess they are cool enough. They can't be that bad.' And with that, Kendall decided that these three cheesy boys, including James, were going to be his best friends, at least for this time in his military career. He then silently hoped that he wouldn't have to say goodbye to all of them as he moved onto the next.

Hi guys. I hope you like this new chapter! I spend forever on this one! I was finally able to introduce Carlos and Logan! Please, please, please review or send me a message if you have any ideas or suggestions that you would like to share with me. Don't be shy!