Just Getting Started On A Big Night

Fox

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Carlos

I sat at the dining room table downstairs eating breakfast with my Mami and Papi; Mami was trying to make small talk while Papi was trying to at least sound interested while he was barely paying attention to her and trying instead to read his magazine. I just sat and drank my coffee. The other guys went home about an hour after we had all fallen asleep and the movie ended. They all said that they had wanted to spend a bit of time with their families after being gone for two days. We all planned, however, to meet up at the park down the street from all of our houses later on in the afternoon.

I was pretty bored and I had lost my appetite by the time I had already been sitting at the table for half an hour. I was just pushing the food around. I excused myself from the table, cleared away my food and dishes, then headed upstairs to my room to try and figure out what to do with myself or to just take an early nap.

I got into my room and sat on the edge of the bed to look outside through the window for a bit. After about ten minutes of mindless staring and daydreaming, I decided to open the window to let in some fresh air. I walked over to the window and undid the locks. I pulled up the pane and saw Logan's house. I saw a window open right across from mine and saw that it was Logan who had opened it. I saw tears streaking his face and I called out to him since he didn't seem to see me.

"Hey, Logan!" I called through the open window.

He looked up and saw me. I could tell that his face brightened as soon as he saw me. "Hey, Carlos! What's up?" I saw that he was trying to keep his voice steady as he talked.

"Logie... Are you okay?" I asked.

He sniffled and wiped a tear from his face before saying, "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just... Having some stomach pains..." he said, probably lying to me.

"Must me some pretty painful stomach pains." I mumbled.

"Huh?" he yelled.

"What? Oh, nothing." I said.

We stayed in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before we both heard a noise toward James' house. We both turned our attention over there and saw James trying to open his window with a bit of difficulty. Once he had it open, Logan yelled, "Jamie!" catching James' attention.

"Oh, hey guys, what's up? Why are both of your heads sticking out of your windows?" he asked.

"I was trying to get some fresh air into my room when I saw Logan open his window. I called out to him like he did to you."

"Oh. Okay." he said, semi-cheerfully. Then he grew serious, "Wait, Logie, why did you open your window?" asked James.

Logan looked away guiltily before looking at me and saying, "I was just telling Carlos that I was having a stomachache and I was just opening the window for fresh air as well. And maybe to throw up if I needed to..." he said the last part so quietly that I could almost hear it.

All of a sudden, the house behind ours', since James' was across the street, made a noise. All of us looked toward Kendall's house and saw him opening his window. He poked his upper body outside.

"Could you guys be less... Loud? I'm pretty sure you're waking up the whole neighborhood with all of your yelling." he called.

I hadn't realized we were yelling.

"Sorry!" called James, probably being even louder on purpose.

"Hey, my Mom's about to make lunch,, you guys want to come?" asked Kendall.

"Sure! My Mom's not here, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind." said James.

"I'll ask." I said before pulling my head through the window and running to the top of the staircase. "Mami! Kendall asked if me and the other boys could go to his house for lunch; do you need me for anything before I leave? Ahem, I meant, could I go?" I tried.

"Sure!" I heard her answer before hearing a clang and someone moaned.

Was that Papi? Eww! They're probably doing it on the table or something.

I shuddered at the thought.

I ran back upstairs and saw Kendall and Logan out in front of Kendall's backyard since the back of his house was the side facing the rest of our houses.

"She said yeah, I'll be there in five." I told them when they looked up at me. They nodded and I saw James walking out of his house with a small puppy on a leash in his arms.

I hurried up to get dressed and ran out of the door.

-o.O.o-

I stopped in front of the other three boys and eyed the dog in James' arms.

"And who's this?" I asked.

"Ah, this is Fox." he said before taking the dog's paw in his hand and extending it toward me. "Say hi, Fox. This is Carlos! He's our new friend!"

I pet the little guy's head and asked, "What breed?"

James answered, "He's an Alaskan Klee Kai." he said before shrugging, "He's a husky I put in the dryer."

We all laughed. Then, Kendall invited us inside.

"Oh, be careful. I don't think you've met my baby sister, Katie. She bites." warned Kendall.

I gave Logan a look that said Is-He-Serious? He shrugged.

"Kendall!" I saw a brown-haired girl yell while trotting down the stairs by the front door. "I do not bite, quit telling people that!" she shouted before stopping in front of me. She immediately brightened up, "Hi, I'm Katie! Kendall's little sister. As you've probably figured out by now..."

"Uh, hi. I'm Carlos, the 'new neighbor'."

"Oh, so you're the new kid Kendall keeps talking about!"

I only opened my mouth to respond when I heard Mrs. Knight scolding Katie from somewhere down the hallway.

"Katie! No scaring off Kendall's new friends!"

Katie rolled her eyes, "Right, Mom, I won't." she replied before hugging Kendall, Logan, James, and Fox and trotting back upstairs.

"Wait, so why did you bring Fox, again?" questioned Logan.

"Oh, he's been cramped up in the house for a while and I figured he could play with Yuma or something." James explained.

"Who's Yuma?" I asked.

"Kendall's pig." James and Logan answered simultaneously.

I answered with an "ah" and Mrs. Knight called us to the table, saying lunch was ready.

-o.O.o-

After we all finished lunch, we figured it was time to go to the park. I sent Mami a text telling her where we were going and James and Logan did the same with their moms.

James put Fox down on the ground to walk as we all went over to the park as planned. Mrs. Knight had given us a basket with a few blankets, water bottles, and snacks in case we got hungry.

We got to the park and spread out two blankets on the grass. James and Kendall shared one while Logan and I got the other.

We all sat in silence, just comfortable with each others' presences.