In the morning they were able to sleep in for an extra hour due to the previous day's activities. Though, when the light began to shine through the windows at about 6:30 it cause Kendall to stir. He opened his eyes and saw that Carlos was also on his stomach though the light didn't seem to faze him a single bit. Kendall watched for a moment as he saw his body rise and fall with every breath. He thought about how he loved Carlos and he didn't know what the hell he would do without him every single day. He was like a brother he never had. He was always there for him and always stuck up for him no matter what happened.

"Carlos" Kendall watched the other male for any response what so ever. He didn't get any and he really didn't want to get out of his warm bed, hell he had 45 minutes before he had to be to the hospital. "Carlos" He said a little louder.

"What?" The Latino said back though he didn't move a single bit nor did he open his eyes.

"How ya feelin?" Kendall asked with a small smile.

"Like I wanna freaking sleep." He responded before pulling the blanket over his shoulders.

"Guess what?" Kendall asked as he pulled the blanket tighter around himself as well and closing his eyes again.

"What?"

"Logan and James come back on Monday."

There was a short pause and Kendall thought that Carlos had fallen back to sleep before he heard a pathetic and high pitch voice squeak back to him, "I know. I'm so happy!"

Kendall opened his eyes and couldn't help but smile and give a small laugh at what he saw. Carlos was smiling a huge smile though at the same time he was laughing. Kendall got up and sat next to Carlos who was now sitting on the edge of his own bed. He wrapped his arm around the Latino's shoulders and said "Hey buddy. It's ok. I'm gonna be super happy to see them to."

Carlos couldn't even speak because he was in a hysterical state. He nodded his head in response before he began to choke on his own tears. Kendall patted his back more forcefully and laughed. "Dude, I don't need you dying on me!"

This made the smaller boy laugh even more. He forcefully whipped the tears from his face as he stood and began to pull his clothes together. "I'm good!" He said through his wavering voice.

"Just think about how happy you're gonna be when they actually get here!" Kendall said as he stood to do the same.

After they had gone and ate what was left of their late breakfast they went to the hospital to start their day.

"Hey, let's go see how Christopher is." Carlos said as they pulled the door open and entered. They immediately wandered to the bed that they had left him in the night before….it was empty. Kendall turned to look for one of the medics. When he found one he walked quickly to him Carlos following on close on his heels.

"Hey." Kendall said in a harder voice than he meant to. The man turned around pausing his med-pass and Kendall spoke again trying to control his voice though it wasn't much better, "What happened to the guy in that bed?"

"Oh," The man looked to the ground before regaining his composure and continued, "He didn't make it through the night. The doctor said that the grenade had caused blood in the brain and the inflammation killed him early this morning. I'm sorry guys." He turned back to what he had previously been working on.

Kendall walked back to the bed that had been stripped and freshly made. He sat on the side knowing that they weren't supposed to due to contamination. He put his head in his hands and tried to choke down the tears that were now threatening to fall. He stood up quickly and began to pace back and forth.

Carlos wasn't dealing with this well either. He followed the blonde back to the bed and he stood silently and almost as still as a statue. He had his fist to his mouth biting down on his knuckles as if he were holding in a scream. He was the one to speak first, "How the fuck did he die. Kendall, we worked so hard! We saved him!" Carlos dropped his arms to his side and threw his head back hoping the tears would leave his eyes. "How could this happen! You were right about the concussion!"

Kendall wrapped his arms around the Latino as he let one tear that he couldn't control roll down his cheek. "I don't know buddy. I don't! And don't think about that! You know there was no way that we would have known. When he got here there was probably nothing that they could have done about it." Kendall released the boy and took a step back now regaining his composure.

Carlos took in a deep breath and said, "Alright, let's get to work. There is a shit ton for us to do today with everyone new."

Kendall nodded as he followed behind the dark haired boy to retrieve their med carts for their specific sections. Their day went by slow and they felt the sting of what had happened but it lessoned as they spoke with the men that had just come in with them the night before.

It was almost time for them to get off when they heard a plane. It wasn't like the small ones that are always coming back and forth with supplies and carrying men back and forth from places farther off. It was larger, much larger than anything they used over here. Kendall turned and looked at Carlos who was still looking in his med book though he soon noticed it too. They locked questioning eyes and ran to the front of the hospital. They saw the large white plane landing and Carlos spoke what both of them were thinking, "Is that from America?"

"I think so. But it doesn't make sense. They aren't supposed to be here till Monday. It's only Saturday!" Kendall shook his head knowing that he shouldn't get his hopes up and he advised the other boy of the same thing, "Come on. Let's finish and get out of here in 10 minutes. Don't get your hopes up. It's probably just supplies from the U.S."

Carlos nodded as they made their way back to the carts. They passed the last of their meds and packed their carts and relocked them, done within 5 minutes!

"Let's go change and get ready for dinner." Carlos said as he rubbed his stomach with a smile.

"Damn, is that all you think about is food?" Kendall asked with a small chuckle as they walked out of the hospital.

"Not quite." He narrowed his eyes with a devious hint in them and said, "I also think about…" he paused and scoped out a group of people that were walking towards the sleeping quarters that the corpsmen stayed in his eyes widened and he screamed at the top of his lungs, "LOGAN!"

Yay! Early surprise! I'm excited for the next chapter…and the one after that!