Listen To Your Heart

Carlos, The Idiot

"Sup guys!" Jay greeted as he entered the lunch line. Carlos trailed behind him. Mal turned to see that they already had packed their trays with food. Carlos, seemingly had gathered enough food and started heading to their normal table. Mal had gotten her food and was heading to the picnic table, when she noticed Jane was wandering around, looking for a seat.

"Jane!" Mal called over. The mentioned girl turned her head to see the older girl making her way to her. "Wanna have lunch with us?"

Jane smiled timidly. "Sure." She followed Mal to the table that Carlos was already seated at. She widened her eyes in horror, not wanting to interact with him, because of what happened the day before. "Um, actually, I-I forgot...uh.. I forgot that I had to, uh, do something for my-for my mom. So...uh...I'll see you at the tourney game, okay?" She left the courtyard in a hurry, heading to her dorm to calm down.

Mal just stood there, shocked, mind reeling on what just happened. She didn't know what had caused Jane to all of a sudden change her mind. Mal looked around at the table, and all she could see was Carlos, eating his lunch. Carlos! He must've done something.

Carlos was enjoying his lunch, eating the chocolate that Chad had given him earlier, when he noticed a shadow looking over him. He looked up to see a very angry Mal. This could not be good.

"What did you do!" Mal demanded.

Carlos had no idea what she was talking bout. "Um what? What are you so angry about?"

"You know what I'm talking about! Jane didn't want to have lunch with me today, and I know you had something to do with it. So I'll ask you again, what did you do!" Mal yelled through gritted teeth.

Carlos looked down at his tray, realization dawning on him. He felt guilty about what happened yesterday, but Mal could never find out, or she'd kill him.

"Ooh, Carlos did something bad! What did he do?" Jay came up with Evie, Doug, and Ben in tow.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out!" Mal yelled frustrated.

"Now Carlos," Evie spoke up. She held her magic mirror, with a smirk on her face. Carlos gulped. "You can either tell us, or I can ask my mirror. You're choice."

"Okay, fine!" Carlos said, giving up. "Well, since you all ditched me yesterday I had lunch with Jane, no big deal."

"Oh, no, no, no!" Jay waved his finger. "It is a big deal-"

"Jay.." Carlos threatened.

"Let me finish." Carlos glared at him. "Carlos totally has a crush on Jane!"

The four other teen's jaws literally dropped to the floor. Carlos just reddened at their stares, while Jay was cracking up, laughing.

Jay began singing. "Carlos and Jane sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-oof!" Carlos punched Jay to shut him up.

Evie just giggled. "How could you not tell us? You know we would've helped. You two would be soo cute together." Her and Mal just squealed and gushed about the new found knowledge.

"That's exactly why I didn't tell you guys. You would all get involved and make things worse. " Carlos sighed and covered his face with his hands.

"Wait a minute," Mal said. "Just eating lunch with her would not make her freak out like that. What else happened?"

"Oh," Carlos again looked flustered and red. " Isortakindakissedher.." He mumbled really fast.

"Come again?"

"I kissed her! Alright?!"Carlos braced himself for the teasing that was about to begin.

"What!?!" The five other teens yelled simultaneously.

"Carlos, do you know what you did?" Doug says incredulously.

"Yeah, man. Do you?" Ben added.

"What did he do?" Evie asked.

"Um, Carlos..you were Jane's first kiss," Doug explained, rather awkwardly. Evie and Mal both started smacking and hitting him.

"Ow!" Carlos yelled in pain. "Why are you hitting me?"

"This-is-what-you-get-for-being-an-idiot!" Mal screamed between hits.

"Yeah," Evie glared. "How could you just steal her first kiss like that? There are certain things you never do to a girl. Stealing their first kiss is one of them!"

Carlos looked down at his tray, guilty and embarrassed about what he did. "Well, then what do you suggest I do?"

"Apologize!" Both girls said.

"Hold on ! Wait a minute." Jay was smirking. "Oh, Carlos. You do realize what this means, don't you?" Mal and Evie caught on to what he was talking about while Ben and Doug looked confused. "Jane was your first kiss, too!"

Ben and Doug joined in on their laughter. Carlos looked even more embarrassed than before and his scarlet face was proof.

"Jane and Carlos sitting in a tree.."Jay started.

Mal caught on. "...k-i-s-s-i-n-g.."

Evie joined in. "..first comes love.."

Ben could resist joining in on the fun. "..then comes marriage..."

"...then comes a baby, sitting in a carriage!" Doug finished. And then, all of them burst into laughter. Carlos was fuming and decided that he no longer had an appetite. He got up and started to go to his room.

"Oh no you don't!" Evie grabbed him by his sleeve. She pulled him in the direction of the girl dorms. "You are going right now to apologize to Jane, understand?"

Carlos merely nodded and pouted, knowing very well he had no choice. He looked back to see the others were still laughing at his situation, but he didn't see the humor. Well, he realized he brought it upon himself, but they really were getting annoying, making fun of him.

Evie finally stopped and let go of him. They were standing in front of Jane's door. Evie knocked on the door and ran away, around the corner. Carlos reacted too late, and just as he was about to make a run for it, the door opened.

"Carlos?" Jane looked confused to see him standing in the hallway. "What are you doing here?"

"I-I, uh, can I come in?" Carlos was flustered and didn't exactly know what to say. Jane stepped aside to let him in. Carlos stepped into a very neat, clean room that had stuffed animals literally everywhere. "I know what you're thinking," she spoke up, seeing him stare. "I must be pretty childish to have so many toys in my room." Jane looked down blushing, slightly embarrassed. No one had ever visited her, or entered her room, besides herself and her mother.

"Actually, I think it's kind of cute," Carlos answered. That only caused Jane to blush even more. She sat at her bed and motioned for him to take s seat at her desk.

"So,not to sound rude or anything, but why exactly are you here?" Jane questioned.

"I was in the neighborhood and decided to say hello?" Carlos answered, almost questioning. He scratched the back of his neck, a nervous habit she had noticed. Carlos sighed. "Okay, the truth is, I came to apologize."

"Apologize?"

"Yeah, for kissing you." Carlos looked at the floor, missing the hurt that flashed through Jane's eyes. "It was a spur of the moment thing, and I never meant to hurt your feelings or anything. And I know that it was your first kiss." At this Jane looked down, trying to hide her tears. "You know I just hope you can forgive me and we can still be friends."

"Um, yeah, I'd like that," Jane answered weakly. She still didn't look him in the eyes. Carlos, happy that she agreed to be friends, was relieved that she accepted his apology. He went up, gave her a hug and left to get ready for the tourney game.

As soon as the door closed, Jane fell on her bed and cried softly. She never thought a guy could like her, and she honestly believed Carlos did. He kissed her. But now she knew he didn't like her that way, and just wanted to stay friends. She didn't like him that much anyway, well actually didn't know him well enough to know, but the chance that he liked her made her heart soar. But now she knew it was a mistake.

But he still stole her first kiss.

The jerk.