laurens swept around the bend. he wasn't going to the grocery store, he was doing something else.

he and peggy had actually been going out for a couple years, but never told anyone. he wanted to get her something.

something special, a ring. (im killing myself too omg)

he walked into the closest jewlers shop and was really shocked at his view.

"alex?" he said and laughed.

"hey, man!" he laughed back and hugged laurens.

"what are you doing here?" john asked.

"i'm getting eliza a birthday present." he smiled and looked at the promise rings.

"a promise ring?!" he fangirled.

"y-yeah." he laughed and scratched his neck.

"what about you?" he asked.

"a promise ring, but times 100." he winked.

"you're engaging?!" alex's eyes widened and he smiled wide.

laurens nodded and bit his lip. he looked around and turned towards the engagement rings. this was a place where you could engrave so that's exactly what he was going to do. he was going to do one of their most memorable moments.
–

flashback to kindergarten:

peggy tucked a piece of hair behind her hair behind her head as she was tracing letters and eating her goldfish in class. she yawned and looked at the clock.

11:54 AM

peggy didn't like school, because she was separated from her sisters and was really depressed about it.

what she didn't know is that laurens was looking from afar, he walked over to her being the little man he was.

"you look sad, can i sit with you?" he smiled and she smiled back.

"yeah!" she giggled and he laughed.

"what's the matter?" he asked.

"my sisters are both bigger than me, i lonely." she explained sadly.

"ill be your friend, will you be mine?" he asked sweetly and smiled brightly.

"sure! im peggy." she giggled.

"im john." he smiled brightly.
–

john went up to counter lady and asked for an engravement.

"what do you want to be engraved?" she asked.

"make it say 'ill be yours, will you be mine?'" he smiled.

the lady told him it would take about 2-3 business days to complete, and he nodded, as he walked off.
–

peggy was in bed thinking of all the places john could be.

he could be cheating on her.

that was the one thought that killed her mind as she sat in bed, thinking.

peggy's phone
5:32
to: laurens (contact name: hun💕)

you: where are you...?
you: im getting rlly scared john. i love you and trust you... but... where are you that it could take this long...?

peggy shut off her phone when she looked at the time. 5:35. she groaned and took a sip of her water and ate a cracker. she felt the water and salt mix in her mouth as she gagged in disgust.

sadly, this is the only thing angelica would give her.

peggy slowly turned to her side, falling back asleep and just hoping that john would be back when she woke up.
–

it was already pretty late and john was closer to his home by 9:30. he decided to just go home, he texted angelica and peggy.

he turned on his phone and immediately was scared and shocked.

he saw peggy's texts right away, shoot! he said he was going to the grocery store. he was out for way too long. he'll have to lie, he couldn't tell her! but he can tell angelica.

he ringed her phone and when she answered he started rambling right away.

"angie?!" he yelled, cautiously.

"yeah, john, WHERE ARE YOU?" she yelled into the phone.

"i was - let me explain. i was out... getting peggy something, ill explain where i was tomorrow! but i have to get home. i WILL tell you where i was but don't tell peggy!" he said strictly.

"o-okay..." she responded and hung up.
–

it was two days later and john finally got a call to come pick up the ring. he went straight the angelica's house after that.

he wasn't proposing that day, but he had to explain to angelica and he didn't the day before.

when he got there he knocked on the door nervously.

angelica finally answered and scowled.

"i want an explanation." angelica said sternly whilst crossing her arms.

"come with me." john looked around and dragged angelica to another room.

"what happened??" angelica said a bit more scared.

"i told you- i got her something." he grinned and blushed.

her eyes widened, "what?" she asked.

"this." he bit his lip and took out the box.

"you're proposing?!" she squealed and smiled brightly.

"yeah, on our anniversary. next week." he smiled.

"EEK!" she giggled and wrapped her arms around him as he spinned her around.

"don't tell her." he whispered, she rolled her eyes.

"im not stupid." she laughed and then giggled again.

laurens tucked the box back in his suit and ran upstairs to meet a sleeping peggy.
–

nathan's POV
nathaniel paced outside of alexander's apartment door, questioning if he should answer or not.

what if he shuts the door in your face?
what will he say when he opens the door?
will he even open it?!

the thought of them reuniting in a good way made his stomach churn in regret. he ruined his life and persuaded him to leave the country without even saying goodbye.

alex and nathan used to be bestfriends, that changed drastically after alex's 18th birthday when they got into a huge fight.

pretty much, nathan slept with alex's past girlfriend and then alex found out but then slept with nathan after a drunk night of influence from nathan trying to make him more drunk.

yes, he messed up, badly. but he regrets it, and now they are adults, mature adults. who know what to do with their lives.

nathaniel breathed and hesitantly knocked on the door.

no answer.

another knock.

"ONE SECOND, one second!" why was he yelling? it could've been his precious girlfriend behind the door.

alex slowly opened the door.

nathaniel first noticed that the room was very clean and neat, the next thing he noticed was that eliza was asleep on the couch in a solid, short white dress and a brown blanket wrapped around her waist.

"oh... hi." alex started and scratched his neck, his hair was messed up and sticking up in random places. "what do you want?" he said a bit more annoyed.

"u-um... i c-came to apologize..." nathaniel started, it was true.

"o-oh... come in but be quiet." alex whispered

"so.. um... im sorry. im a stupid person, and i just - i... i messed up... badly... but we were kids and i just i..." nathan bit his lip hard to keep him from stuttering.

"i - i know... i-its okay." alex stuttered, whispered, but stuttered.

"s-so who's the girl?" nathan asked, he already knew he just didn't want to do with awkward silence.

"eliza. she's my girlfriend." alex smiled at her.

"is she nice?" he asked a bit more confidently.

"she's the most trusting, kind person i've ever known." alex kept her eyes on her.

"why is she in a dress?" he asked since alex was in pajamas.

"she stayed the night. had a rough time last night, and tomorrow is her birthday." alex explained and crossed his arms, limping his leg a little.

eliza whimpered and turned over in bed. she squealed again and woke up with cold sweat on her forehead. nathaniel stood there, not in concern, but in shock.

meanwhile, alex rushed over to her.

"what's the matter, hun??" alex whispered calmly and stroked her cheek.

"should i go?" he asked a bit nervous.

"no, it would actually be better if you stayed." alex laughed.

eliza was crying a bit now and her hair was only on one side of her face.

"j-just th-the same n-nightmare...." she choked.

"can you get her some water?" alex asked, eliza turned her face around, nathaniel never got a clean shot of her face before, he had to admit, she was pretty.

she had caramel brown eyes and brown silky hair. her eyes shined with tears as more fell down her face.

nathaniel turned around and started getting the water. he finally brought it back and handed it to eliza.

"thanks." she said softly, and it wasn't mean or strict either, it was like... thankful.

eliza finally stopped crying, and started making breakfast. she made eggs, pancakes, and toast.

"would you like anything?" eliza asked softly.

"n-no, im fine." he said and smiled half-heartedly.

"hey 'liza, angelica called." alex said walking into the room.

"really, what did she say?" eliza said a bit nervous, looking up from her eggs.

"she told me peggy is doing fine, and john returned this morning. but, peggy did throw up again this morning..." he bit his lip.

"okay... um... how's angie?" eliza asked trying to change the subject.

"she said she's doing fine! she went to the grocery store yesterday to get more medicine for peggy. angelica thinks she might have pneumonia." alex sighed.

"she needs to go to the doctor." eliza sighed.

"who's peggy?" nathaniel asked trying to get into the conversation.

"my sister. she's been sick for a week. isn't getting any better..." eliza sighed and picked at her food.

"her and john's anniversary is next week." alex reminded eliza after sipping his coffee.

"yep. wonder what they're going to do." eliza said still picking at her eggs.

"on other news, tomorrows your birthday!" alex beamed and wrapped her arms around eliza.

"happy birthday!" nathan said and eliza smiled.

"thank you!" she giggled and sank into alex's chest.

"how old are you turning?" he asked.

"21." she smiled.

"you get to legally drink now! we can bring 6 drinks to our nights out instead of just 5 now!" alex joked.

"don't count on it, angie might drink, and so might the guys and you but so far, i don't!" she said and raised her eyebrows at him.

"ugh you're so goody two shoes." he complained and stomped off as she rolled her eyes.

"this is my life." eliza joked and took a sip of her water. nathan laughed.

"how long have you known alexander?" nathan asked.

"5 months. im pretty sure." she smiled.

"ELIZABETH SCHUYLER!" someone barged in the room.

eliza immediately turned around to angelica standing at the door, her hand wrapped around something.

"oh my - angie what the hell?!" she jumped.

"come with me. now." angelica, oh her sister, demanded.
–

no longer nathaniel's pov
third pov
with nathaniel and alexander

"what was that about?" nathan laughed.

"i don't know, probably sister stuff, maybe something to do with peggy?" alex shrugged and fixed his collar.

"you aren't concerned?" nathaniel raises an eyebrow.

"angelica knows eliza like she knows her own mind, she wouldn't do anything to hurt her. at all. they love each other." he laughs.

"i saw another guy with her. like standing behind her, he had curly hair." nathaniel shrugged.

"either john or lafayette." alex laughed.

"probably lafayette." nathaniel joked.

"why so?" alex raised his eyebrow.

"well they got along very well in the hospital, they kept speaking french to each other." nathaniel said a bit annoyed remembering the incident.

"they do that a lot. they count in french with each other too, i know how to count to ten. it calms eliza, so i do it when she's scared." alex said sipping his coffee.

"yeah, what happened this morning?" nathaniel asked.

"well, eliza has been having really bad dreams lately. she's been very stressed, she got accepted to yale and doesn't know what to do." alexander rubbed his forehead.

"what did you tell her?" he asked.

"she should go." alex said truthfully, nathaniel nodded and asked more questions, which coincidentally, alex had answers to them all.
–

"A PREGNANCY TEST, ELIZA WHAT THE -" angelica started yelling.

"WHAT?" eliza looked really confused.

"I found this in your trash can, in your room." angelica said holding up a stick.

"not mine." eliza shrugged

"who's is it then...?" she asked curiously.

"maybe.... peggy!" eliza gasped

"you don't think...?" angelica started but was cut off by eliza nodding.

"perfect time for john to propose." she said to herself, well, she thought she said to herself.

"WHAT?" eliza said shocked.

"oh my, god she has a way better love life than us." eliza sighed sarcastically and laughed.

"what are we going to do about peggy?" angelica looked scared.

"guess we'll have to tell her, but we can't tell her about john proposing, we'll do that, then start planning your birthday party." she winked.

"ANGELICA SCHUYLER!" eliza rolled her eyes.

eliza went back inside the apartment as angelica walked off.

"peggy might be pregnant." eliza sighed.

"oh my - AND JOHN IS PROPOSING!" alex gasped.

"how - EVERYONE KNEW BUT ME WHAT THE HECK!" eliza whined.

"i think he told lafayette too. and herc." alexander teased.

"shut up alex!" eliza slapped his arm and pouted.

"so, what about pregnant peggles?" alex sighed.
–

i HAVE TO DO HOMEWORK NOW EW.

anyways, ooo peggy might be pregnant! fun fun and nathaniel is an actual person now. i picture him as dylan o brien but that's just me FREAKING lOVING DYLAN O BRIEN.

ok so nathaniel is right now a pretty decent fellow by what you now but trust me

he won't be lmao.

sorryyy;);)

love you guys sooo much!!!

xx, emma.