It was now August 15, Carlos 22nd birthday.
Like most days, he had work, but fortunately, he had an opening shift which meant no staying late.
He had work from only 9am until 4pm, which meant he would make it in time for dinner.
The only thing he knew about dinner was that Logan, James, Kendall, Zane and his parents were gonna be there.
But he didn't know what they were exactly planning.
Right as he woke up, he got a call from Logan.
"Hello"
"Happy birthday"
"Thanks."
"Remember to ready by 6 so we can take you to dinner."
"Okay. Love you Logie"
"I love you too"
After that, he got ready for work.
When he got there, everyone in the Waterfront said "happy birthday!"
"Thanks."
"Are you doing anything special for today?" Randy asked him.
"My boyfriend is taking me to dinner."
"Where to?"
"No idea. He said it's a surprise."
Carlos then went to the pizza side, and started to slice the pizzas ready for guests.
As he kept on slicing pizza, more and more guests came.
However, as more guest came, he noticed that the majority of the guests went to the other side.
Near the end of his shift, he started singing a song that fitted him on that day.
Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmm
May be surrounded by
A million people I,
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know
And I've been keeping all the letters
That I wrote to you
Each one a line or two,
"I'm fine baby, how are you?"
Well I would send them but I know
That it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that
Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I'm lucky, I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I've got to go home
Let me go home.
As he finished singing, a guest at a window motioned for him to come closer towards him.
"Yes?"
"Excuse, me? When are you doing an encore of that song?"
"An encore?" Carlos asked shocked.
"Yes, it says that there are singers supposed to be here, would that happen to be you?"
"Oh no, I'm not. The performers on their way, but I'm not a performer. I'm just a shift Leader."
"Oh."
"What was that about?" Randy asked.
"She thought I was a performer cause she heard me sing." Carlos laughed.
"Oh. Awkward."
Several hours later, it was finally time for Carlos to go home.
After he got ready, he picked up his parents, and made it to Logan and James' house.
"Hey" Carlos said as he kissed Logan.
"Hey." Logan said as he kissed back.
"Hi, Zane!" Carlos said hugging the toddler.
"Hi, Carlos. Happy Birthday!"
"Thank you. Are we ready to go?"
"Yup."
They made their way to Thai Barbeque in Northridge for dinner.
"Wow. I've never been here before."
"Neither have I." Logan said.
While they got the food, Logan asked Carlos "So how was work?"
"Today, a guest thought I was a performer because she heard me sing"
"What song was it?" Mr. Garcia asked.
"Home by Michael Buble."
"You sang that?" James asked.
"It fit. It was kind of a slow day, and I wanted to go home." Carlos said.
"Weird, I was singing that at work today." Kendall said.
"All the more reason for you two to join the band if you want." Logan said.
"So how's work with you two?" Mr. Garcia asked.
"Good. We finally wrote all the songs for the album" James answered.
"Really?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah. Next week, we're gonna start brainstorming ideas for the next one."
"That's good. Have your songs been on the radio lately?"
"Not yet. But KIIS-FM is gonna play one starting on Monday."
Carlos' father was impressed at Logan's answer.
"And what's this I heard about you guys going to Six Flags?" Mr. Garcia asked.
"We already went. Right Zane?"
"Uh-huh! It was so much fun!"
"Really? What did you do there?" Mrs. Garcia asked.
"We went on the rides, and played games and I saw Kendall there!" Zane answered happily.
"You did?"
"That's right. Zane here won a stuffed Roadrunner from me at the ring toss." He said proudly.
"And I saw daddy's favorite superhero there!"
"Who?"
"Batman!"
"Yup, and then Zane gave me one of the prizes he won"
"Yeah, because Carlos isn't allowed to play the games and it made me sad, so I gave him Daffy Duck"
"Aww, that's sweet. Where's the Daffy Duck?" Mrs. Garcia asked.
"On the shelf in my room."
About a few more topics later, it was time to go.
"Bye, mom, bye dad!" Carlos said.
"Bye, you guys! Happy birthday!"
"Thanks!"
When they got to Carlos' house, James and Kendall went in first followed by Carlos and Zane.
"Something wrong, Logan?"
"No. I'm just gonna go get your present from the car. No peeking through the window. It's a surprise."
"Okay."
"Where's daddy?"
"Gettting my birthday present from the car."
Outside, Logan got his present for Carlos from the trunk.
It was a small box containing his and James' album.
Just then, a man appeared and asked him "excuse me, are you Carlos Garcia's boyfriend, Logan Mitchell?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Nothing, just wondering."
When Logan turned away to go to the front door, he saw Carlos sitting down both eager and excited to see what he got.
"Happy Birthday, Carlos!" Logan said as he gave him the small gift-wrapped box.
"It's your album!" Carlos said.
"Yeah, I managed to asked Gustavo for an advance copy."
"How?
"I just told him it was for Cargan's sake." Logan said as he smiled.
"Thanks Logan." Carlos said as he kissed his boyfriend.
"I have a present for you too, Carlos!" Zane said.
"You do?"
"Uh-huh. I picked it out myself."
Along with the album, was a plastic bag containing a monkey from build-a-bear.
"I picked a monkey cause that's your favorite animal!"
"Thank you Zane, now my Daffy Duck has a friend!"
After that, they decided to go watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
When the movie was done, Kendall and James were already in Kendall's room.
All that left was Logan, Carlos and Zane who was sleeping on Logan's lap.
It was now way past midnight, so Logan brought Zane to Carlos and Kendall's guest room.
When they reached Carlos' room, Carlos offered Logan extra pajamas, to which he actually changed into as opposed to having sex like last time.
"Good night, Logan. Thanks for everything."
"You're welcome." Logan said kissing Carlos on the lips before finally sleeping.
It was a perfect ending to his first birthday with Logan, and he hoped there would be a lot more in the future. Hell, he knew there would be more birthdays with Logan in the future.
The next day, he woke up and saw Logan snoring lightly.
He went to the kitchen to start the coffee and bacon, when he heard a knock on the door.
When he answered it, he found a note on the ground.
Carlos read the note shocked at what it said:
If you think I'm gone, you thought wrong. YOU AND KENDALL ARE MINE
-Jett Stetson.
A/N: The part where Carlos was confused for a performer was based on my own experience. I actually was confused for a performer by a Six Flags guest due to singing loud enough for them to hear me.(AND I WORK IN FOOD SERVICE).
A/N 2: to the person who pm'ed me saying they want to be anonymous(you know who you are), Carlos works in Food Service because I work there. And Kendall works in Games because I originally applied for Games.
A/N 3: THIS IS MY LAST UPDATE FOR A WHILE. I'M GOING TO SEATTLE NEXT WEEK UNTIL FEBUARY 3RD.