Oh look. A new fic. For those of you reading There's Nothing Wrong with Two Dads, don't worry. I'm not abandoning it. It may be put on hold as I write this, but I know I'll be able to pick it up again easily. And I have too many emotions and whatnot invested in it to leave it unfinished.

Anyway, the idea for this popped into my head one day while I was listening to "Blame it on September" by Allstar Weekend. So yeah. I hope you all like it.

Chapter One

Kendall Knight sighed as he rested his head against the window. He had gotten up early and wanted to sleep, but he just could not sleep in a car. His little sister Katie was fast asleep in the front seat, as was his best friend Carlos Garcia who was sitting next to him. Carlos was snoring too. Kendall sighed again.

"Kendall, stop sighing," his mom said from the driver's seat. "It's not like this summer is going to be horrible."

"You don't have to spend it with Dad," Kendall reminded her.

"Honey, you never see him. It'll be good for him, you, and Katie to spend the whole summer together. And since you have Carlos, you won't be all alone. Plus, you love the beach and your dad lives in a lovely little beach town."

"I hate small towns."

"You're from a small town."

"Exactly."

Now it was his mom's turn to sigh. "You know this town is different. This town and the surrounding areas are very accepting of gay people. You and Carlos should have fun this summer."

"I hope you're right." He really did. He and Carlos were the only gay kids in their town—at least the only ones who were out. And they both got shit all the time from their neighbors. School wasn't so bad since it was out of town. But in town was hell. Kendall actually had stuff thrown at him before. Little old ladies screamed "faggot" at him once or twice. Kendall couldn't wait to go to college and escape it all. Just one more year of high school.

Kendall glanced at Carlos. All the shit they got affected Carlos much more. He was such a sweet guy, and was nice to everyone. It killed Carlos every time someone was cruel to him. Kendall figured that was why Carlos' parents were letting him spend the summer away from home. They probably didn't want his feelings to get hurt too much this summer.

"Are we almost there?" Kendall asked his mom.

"About twenty minutes."

Kendall was silent for a moment. "You excited about having the house to just you and Jerry?" Jerry was his mom's boyfriend. They'd been together for three years, and he was finally moving in.

"It'll be nice not having annoying children around," his mom teased.

Kendall laughed. "You'll demand us back in a week."

"You wish."

…

"First day of summer vacation!" Logan Mitchell's best friend James Diamond did a happy dance in front of him.

Logan laughed at him. "You sure are excited to be working." They were preparing to open Mitchell's Cafe, a little coffee house owned by Logan's grandparents—his dad would one day be in charge. It was located on Main Street in Sandy Dune—which Logan thought was a stupid name—a nice beach town. A small town where everyone knew the year-rounders' names, and those of people who owned vacation homes there. Sandy Dunes got a lot of business during the summer thanks to tourists. Tone of people rented houses on the skirts of the town. Logan's mom and James' mom were the local realtors and killed it every summer. The coffee house always did great in the summer too.

"Dude, we get off at two," James said. "Perks of knowing the owners. We should hit the beach."

"Totally," Logan agreed. He loved going to the beach. The feel of the sand, the sound of the ocean. He was so grateful that his house was close enough to the water that he could hear the waves from his room. "Though tourists and summer people won't be here for about another week. So no eye candy."

"Who cares? We need time to enjoy the crowd-free beach."

"The Food Shack won't be open yet either."

"I'm very aware of that, Logan. Why are you trying to be a buzz kill?"

"So you'll work instead of jumping around," Logan told him. He loved his beast friend and all, but the guy just could not concentrate sometimes. James occasionally slacked at work, but his flirting skills got him some nice tips. Logan was always jealous of James in that aspect. All James had to do was smile and guys came running. Guys could take one look at James and fall for him. Logan always had to work so hard to get a guy's attention. All James had to do was breathe. Every summer, tons of guys—and girls—hit on James. Only a handful would give Logan the time of day. It was so frustrating.

"I'm just excited for the summer," James said. "Maybe a summer fling will lead to love."

Logan rolled his eyes. James believed that he would find the love of his life during the summer. That was the main reason James upped his game during the summer. "Keep dreaming, buddy."

"I will. And I feel that this is the summer."

"You say that every year."

"Whatever. This could be your summer too."

"I highly doubt that."

…

"Hello, kids," Kendall's dad greeted when they got out of the car.

"Hi, Dad." Katie went up to him and gave him a hug.

"Hey, Dad," Kendall said then went to get his bags out of the car. He and his dad were never close, so Kendall didn't bother to pretend.

"Hi, Mr. Knight," Carlos said with a wave.

Kendall's mom let out a breath. "I should get going." Kendall knew she didn't like being around his dad for too long. Fighting might break out. She always resented him for choosing his career over his family.

They said their good-byes and she drove off. Kendall and Katie had promised to call her that evening.

Mr. Knight led them inside. "I'll show you to your rooms first."

As they walked, Carlos said, "This is a big house for one guy."

Mr. Knight laughed. "I wanted one of the nicer houses in town. Especially since I hoped my kids would visit more often if I had a bigger house."

"And now we're visiting," Katie said. "You're stuck with us all summer."

"I'm sure you kids will end up keeping yourselves busy and hardly see me."

"We probably won't be that busy," Kendall said. He was pretty sure he wouldn't be making any friends. He knew how small towns worked. People stuck together and shunned outsiders. He doubted people would be accepting of him, Katie, and Carlos.

Katie's room was the first door on the right when they got upstairs. It was painted a light purple color. All the furniture was white, as well as the bedspread. Across the hall was Kendall's room. It was It was painted a light green color and the furniture and bedspread were different shades of brown. Carlos' room was right next to Kendall's. It was painted a light yellow color. The furniture was a light brown, and the bedspread was a light blue. Whoever decorated the second floor clearly liked light colors. His dad's room was at the end of the hall, and the bathroom Kendall would share with Katie and Carlos was next to Katie's room.

Kendall placed his bags on the bed and took in the room. There were two dressers, one with a mirror. There was a small closet. There was also a desk with a cushion-y chair. The bed was full-size. When he sat on it, he found it was very comfy. At least he'd be able to sleep.

He started to unpack. He was pretty confident that the room would never feel lived in to him. It would never be his room. He thought of it as a hotel room. There wouldn't be any pieces of him left behind when he went back home at the end of the summer.

After he was finished unpacking, he ventured downstairs. Katie was in the living room watching TV. He found his dad in a room that had been set up as a home office. Carlos was in the kitchen, looking out the screen doors leading to the back porch.

"You can hear the ocean," Carlos said.

"Nice." Kendall stood next to him. "So. You happy to be here?"

Carlos smiled at him. "I like that I'm less likely to be harassed this summer. Maybe I can actually have fun. We can have fun, Kendall. Maybe we'll manage to get summer boyfriends."

"We don't need boyfriends, Carlos."

Carlos snorted. "Says the guy who's actually had a boyfriend before."

"Hey. You'll find someone great. Just don't be upset if it doesn't happen this summer."

Carlos shrugged. "I'll just be happy with having fun. Even if it's with you and Katie."

Mr. Knight joined them. "You two can go explore the town."

Kendall and Carlos turned around.

"Why? Do you have to go to work?" Kendall asked.

Mr. Knight shook his head. "I'm working from home today. I just figured you kids would want to get a feel for the town."

Kendall could feel Carlos' eyes on him. He looked at Carlos. "You wanna?" Carlos nodded. "OK. Let's go ask Katie if she wants to join us." They left Mr. Knight in the kitchen to go to the living room. "Katie, we're gonna go look around town. Wanna join?"

"Nah," Katie said from the grey couch. "I just wanna chill today."

"Lame," Carlos said. He grabbed Kendall's wrist. "Let's go."

They left the house, Kendall promising to leave his phone on—as if he ever turned it off. They walked to the end of the street and continued down the large hill to exit the development.

"I think Main Street's that way," Carlos said and pointed. They headed that way, and sure enough, a few minutes later they were on Main Street.

They passed a real estate office, and next to that was a law office—where Mr. Knight worked. There was a diner and bookstore. A Bed-and-Breakfast. There was a shoe store, several clothing stores, and an accessory store. There was a pub, and across the street from that was a coffee house.

Coffee sounded like a really good idea to Kendall since he didn't sleep in the car. He made the suggestion and Carlos was cool with it, so they went inside.

…

Only the usual customers had been in all day. So Logan was a little bored. He liked when the tourists came around because they got some interesting characters.

He looked up when the door opened and suddenly he wasn't bored anymore. In fact, his breath had been taken away. The most attractive guy Logan had ever laid eyes on had just walked into the coffee house. He was looking around with his friend.

James was suddenly by Logan's side. They both said, "Dibs." Then they looked at each other and asked, "Which one?"

James said, "The Latino" as Logan said, "The blonde." Logan was relieved. He would never get the blonde guy if James wanted him too. Guys always picked James over Logan.

"I get to take their order," James said.

"No way! I wanna."

"I'm the one who's looking for love, Logan."

"You're the one who's looking for sex."

James pushed Logan away as the guy and his friend came up to order. Logan huffed and went to clean off the table that had just been vacated. Stupid James always getting his way. At least James didn't want the guy Logan wanted. So Logan didn't really have anything to worry about. Logan watched James smile at the friend. The friend blushed like crazy. Logan figured he was cute, but he didn't really do it for Logan. The blonde guy sure as hell did.

Carlos and Kendall sat at a table after they ordered. The pretty guy said he'd give them their drinks when they were ready.

Carlos felt like an idiot. He knew he blushed when the pretty guy smiled at him. The pretty guy probably thought Carlos was pathetic.

Carlos looked at Kendall and saw a goofy smile on his face. "What?"

"Did you see that?" Kendall said. "That dude is so into you."

Carlos shook his head. "No way. Someone like him would never like someone like me." The pretty guy probably wanted Kendall anyway. Everyone liked Kendall more.

"You should talk to him," Kendall said.

"No. I doubt he wants me."

"Excuse me." The shorter brunette guy the pretty guy had been talking to was at their table. He was looking at Carlos. "You don't think my friend is into you?"

Who was this guy? "Um..."

"Well, he is. Into you."

"What?" Carlos couldn't believe it.

"He seriously called dibs on you when you walked in."

"And why are you telling us this?" Kendall asked.

Carlos watched the guy finally look at Kendall. It seemed like it was harder for him to breathe all of a sudden. And Carlos noticed it was the same for Kendall. Interesting.

"Your friend seems insecure," the guy said. "I know what that's like. I wanted to ease his worries a bit." He looked back at Carlos. "My friend James is into you."

"LOGAN!"

Logan's eyes widened and he turned around. "Hi, James."

"Why'd you tell him?"

Logan took the coffee out of James' hands and placed the cups on the table. "He thought you'd never be into him."

James' eyes softened. "Aw. What's your name, cutie?"

Carlos knew he turned bright red. "C-Carlos." He wondered if he was dreaming. This gorgeous guy was actually into him? How was this possible?

"And I'm Kendall," Kendall said, looking at only Logan.

"So you guys aren't from around here," Logan said, his eyes on Kendall.

Kendall nodded. "We're here for the summer. We're staying with my dad. Tom Knight."

"Oh," Logan and James said.

"Mt. Knight did say his kid and his son's friend would be here this summer," Logan said.

"You know my dad?"

"He stops by here every morning and afternoon."

A few more people walked in and James and Logan had to get to work.

Carlos smiled. It was going to be an interesting summer.

…

Carlos was absolutely giddy as they walked back. That made Kendall happy. Carlos deserved this. Needed this. Not may guys had shown interest in Carlos, and that caused Carlos to have low self-esteem.

'He didn't seemed to mind my stutter," Carlos said.

Kendall smiled. "He probably thought it was cute."

"I know it's stupid to already have fantasies about us getting together, but they're there."

"Aw. Carlos has a crush."

"He's like a model, Kendall. And he called me cute. Is this real life? Pinch me." Kendall did. "Ouch. OK. Not a dream. Yay." He did a little jig.

Kendall laughed. "I'm glad you're excited.

"This never happens to me. Of course I'm excited. And that Logan guy likes you."

Kendall felt the flutter of butterflies in his stomach. "You think?"

"Definitely. You two were staring at each other like crazy. Kendall. We both could have a summer romance."

"That does sound enjoyable." They reached his dad's house and they went inside. They headed to the living room where Katie and Mr. Knight were.

"Did you boys have fun?" Mr. Knight asked.

"Yes! We went to that coffee house," Carlos said excitedly. "And we met two really cute and nice guys."

"Oh? Who were the guys?"

"James and Logan."

Kendall sat on the empty couch. "You got any dirt on them, Dad?" He was really curious about Logan. The guy was so beautiful it made his chest hurt. He also got a good vibe from Logan. Especially since Logan told Carlos that James liked him. Anyone who was nice to Carlos was cool in Kendall's book.

"Well, Logan's grandparents own the coffee house," Mr. Knight said. "Both their moms are the town's realtors. Um. They're nice boys. Just..."

"Just what?" Carlos asked.

"Well. They both kind of date around during the summer. James more so than Logan."

"Oh." Carlos' face fell a little.

"They're not sluts or anything," Mr. Knight said. "They just always have a boyfriend over the summer. But they only date one guy at a time. Just... I don't want either of you getting hurt if it turns out to be strictly a summer fling."

"We'll be careful," Kendall said.

Carlos nodded. "Really careful."

…

James and Logan walked home together after an afternoon at the beach. They lived right across the street from each other. And in the same development as Mr. Knight. They paused in front of Mr. Knight's house.

James wondered what Carlos was doing. Something about that guy got to James. He seemed so sweet and his little stutter had been adorable. James had never dated a sweetie pie before. Maybe that was what he needed. He usually went for looks first—not that Carlos wasn't gorgeous. He should be looking for personality. Carlos clearly had both. James couldn't wait to get to know him more.

"Thinking about Carlos?" Logan asked.

"Don't act like you aren't thinking about Kendall." James felt a sense of victory when Logan's smirk fell. "This is shaping up to be a good summer."

So I hope this was OK.