~John~
I woke up in my bed and didn't feel sick anymore. I looked down and saw Alex cuddling me.

Alex started to wake up. "Hi, Jackie."

"Hi, Alex. Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah did you?"

"Mhm." I nodded.

"Good."

"Are you still sick?"

"No, but I am hungry."

"I'll go make us food." Alex started getting up.

"Nooo," I whined and pulled him back down.

"Then how am I supposed to get food?"

"Fine, let's go."

We got up and walked to the kitchen.

~Time skip~

"Hey, Laf can I talk to you?"I asked after we finished eating.

"Of course Mon ami! What do you wanna talk about?"

"It's about...you know."

"Non, I don't."

"I um...follow me." I dragged him to my room and made sure to shut the door. "How do I tell him I like him?"

"You mean Al--" I put my hands over his mouth.

"He could be listening! But yes, I do mean him."

"Then just tell him mon ami."

"That's horrible advice."

"Well I didn't tell Herc I liked him and we didn't date but once I did tell him we did."

"It's still horrible advice. I'm gonna go ask other people."

"Good luck mon ami."

I walked out and the first person I saw was Burr.

"Hey, Burr!" I said.

"Hello, Laurens. How are you?"

"I'm good. You?"

"I'm good as well. Did you need something?"

"Yeah, I need some advice."

"About what?"

"I like a guy and I wanna know how I should tell him."

"You should talk less and smile more."

"What?"

"Alex talks a lot so--"

"Wait how did you know it was Alex?"

"It was obvious. Now as I was saying...Alex likes to talk so if you listen instead of talking he's bound to accidentally admit he likes you."

"But he probably doesn't. Why would he? He deserves so much more than me."

Jefferson and Madison walked by. They were about to keep walking but Madison saw me.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"He wants to tell Alex he likes him but doesn't know how."

"Just tell him. It's not that hard." Jefferson said.

"Thomas you were worse than this when you wanted to tell James," Burr said.

"Shut up!" Jefferson glared at Burr.

"Laf also told me to just tell him."

"Because it's good advice," Madison said. "If you wait, he'll start dating someone else."

"Like who?" I asked.

"Elizabeth Schuyler has been eyeing him lately. So has Angelica Schuyler, Maria Lewis, and everyone else that likes dudes." Burr told me.

"I don't have a chance."

"You are a fucking idiot," Jefferson said. "Hamilton has shown no interest in them at all, is obsessed with school and getting good grades but he skipped to stay home with you, you guys kissed and he kept trying to have sex with you when you guys were drunk, and has probably done a lot more gay shit with you behind closed doors."

"Well yeah but--"

"No buts, just tell him." Jefferson interrupted me.

"Why are you giving me advice?" I asked.

"Because I'm tired of listening to you whine," Jefferson answered.

Alex walked in. "Hey, Jackie! I asked Laf what you were talking about but he told me to ask you so-- Jeffershit." Alex glared at Jefferson. "What are you doing with John?" He noticed Madison and Burr. "Oh hi, guys."

"We're giving him advice," Madison answered.

"Oh about what?" Alex asked.

"Noth--" I was interrupted by Jefferson.

"He wants to tell a guy he likes them."

"Oh...ok."

Does he look sad or am I going crazy?

"How would you want a person to tell you they like you?" Madison asked.

"I'd want them to tell me."

"Ok but how?" Jefferson asked.

"Um...open their mouth and say 'hey I like you' or something. Then if I liked them back we'd go on a date and if I didn't like them like that then we'd hopefully be able to be friends."

"You think it's possible for someone to be friends with someone else that likes them? And know about it?" I asked.

"Of course! I like-- I mean I have this friend that likes their friend."

"Hamilton you don't have any friends besides Lafayette, Mulligan, and Laurens. Lafayette and Mulligan are dating so you can't be talking about them." Jefferson asked.

"No one asked for your opinion!" Alex glared at Jefferson.

"It's not an opinion it's a fact."

"Whatever, let's go, Jackie. Bye Madison, bye Burr." He grabbed my hand and started pulling me away. "You wanna go for a walk?"

"Sure!" I smiled.

"Where should we walk to?" Alex asked.

"Hmm..." I thought for a moment. "I know a place. I also have something to tell you but it can wait until we're there."

"Why can't you tell me now?" Alex pouted.

"Because--" I was interrupted by Eliza Schuyler.

"Um hello, Alex." She smiled nervously. Her sister, Angelica, was with her smiling sadly.

"Hello." He smiled back. "Eliza, right?"

Her smile widened. "Yeah!"

"Did you want to talk about anything specific?"

"Yeah, I um I-i like you." She blushed and looked down.

Alex froze. "I um...I don't like you like that...sorry."

"Oh..." Her face fell for a split second but then she smiled again. "You don't need to apologize, love isn't something anyone can control."

"Friends?" He held out his hand.

"Friends." She shook his hand before walking away with her sister.

"Now let's get back to our walk." He turned back to me smiling. We walked off campus and I led him into the woods. "Are you gonna kill me?"

I laughed. "No, not yet."

"Not yet?" He asked as we walked.

"It means eventually."

"I know what it means." Alex glared at me.

I giggled. "You're like the opposite of intimidating."

"Whatever. Where are we going?"

"You'll see." We kept walking until we got to a small pond. "Here we are."

"It's beautiful." He smiled.

"I come here all the time, it's kinda my secret spot. The only people that know about it other than us are Laf and Herc."

"Thank you for showing me." He hugged me.

I smiled and hugged him back. We put our feet in the water and just talked about random stuff. I don't know who scooted closer to who or if it was both of us, but there ended up being no space between us and Alex's head was on my shoulder.

"Hey, Jackie?"

"Mhm?"

"What did you want to tell me?"

"Oh right. I um please d-don't judge me but I-i--"

"You don't have to be nervous, I won't judge you." Alex smiled reassuringly and grabbed my hand.

I felt my face heat up. "I like you...as more than a friend."

"Laurens..."

Oh, he's using my last name...that's not a good sign.

"I understand if you don't like me but can we still--"

"Laurens."

"Can we still be friends--"

"Laurens!"

"Yeah?"

"Laurens, I like you a lot."

"...what?"

He kissed me. "I said I like you."

"Really?" I smiled.

"Do I have to repeat myself again?"

"No, I'm just surprised."

"Why? I should be the one who's surprised."

"Because you're so amazing and I'm just...me."

"You being you is more than enough for me." He kissed my cheek.

I smiled and blushed. "So do you wanna go out for dinner tonight?"

"I'd love to." Alex smiled.

My phone dinged and I saw I had a text from Herc.

H: are you and alex having sex

Alex and I both blushed. I was about to respond but then thought for a second. "What if we messed with him?"

"Yeah!"

J: we were

H: WHAT!!!

Alex and I giggled

J: yeah

H: WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN

J: like 5 minutes ago

H: AHAKXNEO

J: jk lol

H: oh ok what are you guys doing

J: sitting by the lake

H: you took him to your spot?

J: yeah and I told him

H: WHAT DID HE SAY

J: he likes me back

H: AHDIDNELSAL

H: I GET TO BE THE FUCKING FLOWER GIRL

H: I WILL KILL PEOPLE IF I CAN'T BE THE FLOWER GIRL

J: we haven't even gone on a single date

H: BUT YOU WILL

J: ok you weirdo

"Let's go back, it's getting dark out," Alex said.

"Oh wow, I didn't even realize we spent the whole day here."

"Me neither, I don't regret it though."

"Neither do I." I smiled.

We walked back and we were immediately tackled by Laf and Herc.

"TELL US WHAT HAPPENED!!!"

"OUI!!! WE NEED THE DETAILS MES AMIS!!!"

"We'll tell you when you guys calm down!" Alex said. Once they calmed down we told them but they just went crazy again.

"MY SHIP IS SAILING!!!!" Herc yelled.

"I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WEDDING!!!!!"

"I CALL BEING THE FLOWER GIRL!!!"

I rolled my eyes. "You two are so weird."

"IT'S CALLED FANBOYING!!!!" Herc shouted.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!" Our neighbour yelled and we all giggled.