Alex's POV

It has been two weeks, and it's John's last day in the hospital.

The doctor told us that his wound wasn't deep; it was a surface wound, and so John could go home now, so long as we made sure the wound was kept clean and he didn't do any sports.

Lafayette, Hercules and I grabbed an Uber with John.

As we were waiting, I decided to tease my boyfriend.

"You said you wanted to kiss the shit out of me when we got back to the dorm. You gonna stick to that?" I nudged him.

Little to say, he went bright pink in the face.

"Oh-uh-mm-well-ah-hm-i-" John stammered. I laughed. He had his pale green hoodie on. Perfect. Hamilton, you're a fucking genius.

I saw the little draw strings and took a hold of them. I gradually pulled him closer to me. And just as we were about to connect, I stopped and let go.

I didn't know that if you stopped someone from kissing you, they actually whined. John quickly slapped his hand over his mouth.

I couldn't stop laughing. John smacked me gently on the arm.

"Not much of a talker now, are you, hm?" I questioned. John answered by turning his head away to hide his face. I took of hold of his chin and gently moved his head so he looked at me. My eyes flitted over his freckles.

"You're too cute, why're you made like this?" I complained, letting go of his face.

He re-tied his hair, putting it into the poof that it was normally always in. I couldn't help but tuck some of the stray hairs behind him ears. John shivered under my touch.

God fucking dammit John, stop being adorable please it's going to kill me at some point.

Before I could tease him any more, the Uber arrived. John looked relieved.

"HEY LOSERS GET OVER HERE WE HAVE TO GET TO THE CAMPUS!" I yelled at Hercules and Lafayette. They'd been playing cards in a sheltered spot on a bench. The boyfriends complained that they had to stop playing and picked up their cards.

I turned to the driver. "Washington College, please."

The driver didn't ask questions, just nodded and let us get into his cars.

Hercules was in the passenger seat, so me, Laf, and John were crammed into the back.

We made it back to the campus in one piece, and slowly make our way towards our dorm. Students flocked to see John. We looked like a misfit band of bodyguards, what with Hercules shooting down any looks given to us, Lafayette glaring at any passerby pointing, and me with a protective hand on John's good arm.

We made it to the dorm and settled down on the sofa for a few minutes.

And then Lafayette and Mulligan nodded to each other.

What are they planning, I thoughts. Those bastards have something up their sleeves, I know it.

"Well, mon amis, Hercules and I are going to go on a date to a coffee shop nearby. We will be back in forty-five minutes."

Lafayette smiled at me innocently. You sick son of a bitch. I swear to God, Lafayette, I WILL verbally end you in a debate that will last an extremely long time.

He and Mulligan left very quickly, arm in arm, and I was left with John.

"I'm sorry about them."

"Don't be. They've given us some alone time. It's nice to be alone with you, Turtle."

"Same to you, Lion."

Silence.
Roaring silence.
You could cut the tension with a knife.

What do I do? What do I say? I thought frantically. Then John put his hand over mine and turned my head.

"Drawstrings?" He asked with a smile. I knew what he was getting at. I tugged my hand out from underneath his, and took a hold of the drawstrings of his hoodie. I gradually pulled him closer, and:

wham.

We kissed, then broke off.

Fireworks. My heart was thudding. I could feel it through my chest. I could feel it through my whole body. John crashed into me with a hug.

"You're a great tease, Hamilton," he said.

"Same to you, Laurens. I had to wait two bloody weeks."

He let me straighten myself back up. I grabbed my laptop and leant against John's shoulder. I pulled up YouTube and typed in some random thing. I didn't remember what. It didn't matter.

I just had my first kiss with none other than John Pretty-Cute-Hot-Boy Laurens.

HEY HEY HEY ITS LAMS MOTHERFUCKER BET YOU THOUGHT I WAS JUST FOCUSING ON MULLETTE WELL YOURE WRONG

so there's never going to be any full-blown smut in this book (because id probably get uncomfortable writing it,
plus i'm 14 and that's ew) but it kinda maybe will get close to it in future chapters? idk i haven't planned ahead that far.

next chapter will have some Alex and Burr actually having a civilised conversation about not being very civil in the dorm ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)