John Pov
So, playing Dungeons and Dragons until four AM, was a bad choice, no matter how fun it was.
I passed out around Five, in my attic and woke up at six when Peggy and Laf were trying to literally pull me out of the attic.

Then I got one hour of sleep and went to school.

I still did my speed walk thing out of habit and got to school early. I sat down at a bench and out my head in my hands. Do I have a test today?
Who cares.

Fuck it, I'll cheat off Burr.
Is Burr even in my class?
Or any of them?
I think so.

Jesus take the wheel.
"Hey." Alex said, sitting down next to me.

"Yo," I replied, not taking my head out of my hands.

"What's with you?" He asked, taking out a cig and lighting it.

"I didn't sleep last night. I mean, I kind of did but that doesn't count because I was being dragged of an attic and I hardly call that a good nights sleep." I told him, taking my head out of my hands and resting my chin in them.

"Want one?"
He asked, handing me a cig.

"Mm. Lighter,"
I hummed.

He gave it to me, and I lit the cig, handing his lighter back.

"You've smoked before?" He asked. "Yea." I said, rubbing my eyes.

He raised an eyebrow and looked into the parking lot.

"Well you seem oh so mildly surprised." I muttered.

"I don't get it." He said.
"What?" I asked.

"You chase me around like a puppy, and you're not a loser. And when I think you're average, you take a cig in your mouth and light it. You're just
..full of surprises." He said, sighing.

"..I was being sarcastic, but okay."
I muttered.

"Hey, what's your name anyway?"
He asked.

"The name's Laurens.
John, Laurens."
I said.

He snickered.
"Nice."

"Oh wow, I made you laugh."
I mumbled, still extremely tired.

"Hey idiots. Are you two friends now?" Peggy asked, sitting on the other side of the bench.

I glanced at Alex who gave a neutral look of discomfort.

"What he said,"
I murmured, jabbing my thumb towards Alex.

"Ah, I see.
So, I was thinking for Prom, I could wear a dress that's-"

I zoned out.
I really don't care about what dress she wants to wear.

Or what shoes.
Or what color she'll paint her nails.
She's nice, I just don't care about that kind of stuff.

I like it when Peggy goes all..
geeky and shit, not all girly.

I mean, not that being girly is bad but I still look down whenever I pass a women's underwear section in stores.

I glanced over to Alex, who had put his head down on the bench and started to fall asleep.

Sorry Pegs.

"Guys? Are you listening?"
She asked.

I gave a thumbs down and Alex flipped her off.

"Wow, Love you guys too."
She muttered.

"Who do you want to go to Prom with?"  Peggy asked.

"Fuck it, I'll go with Donald Trump and grab his hair and be like, 'Wig Snatched'." Alex said, half asleep.

I like half asleep Alex.

Peggy and I burst out laughing and Alex cracked a grin.

"I wanna see that." I said.

"Wait, Alex did you go to school here last year?" Peggy asked.

"..what's it to you?"
Alex asked, lifting his head from the table.

"Just a question."
Peggy shrugged.

"No." He replied.
"Oh. Where did you go?" She asked.

"Up your ass and to the left," He said, cutting himself off by coughing.

I snickered and did a handshake with him. Since when have we been on handshake level of friendship? It wasn't like a super complicated handshake, but it was like that basketball bro handshake thing.

"Yeah, yeah real funny. The gate opened dipshits." Peggy said, getting up.

"How the hell aren't you tired?"
I asked, following Peggy.

I glanced to my side thinking I'd see Alex but I was wrong. Peggy started to reply, but I was too busy trying to pinpoint Modern Day Jason Dean.

I saw him talking to some girl by the cafeteria. I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Yeah, yeah that's great Peggy. Got to go," I said, walking away.

I walked over to Alex and the girl.

"Hey, so I had a question."
I said.

"And that is..?" Alex said, trailing off.

Shit.
What's my question?
Why'd I even come over to talk to him? Kill me.

"I..uh..was going to ask if..heh..Friday! Are you actually going to come to the park with me or am I kidding myself?" I asked.

He glanced towards the girl.
"Uh..Yeah. Yeah, I'll see you there."
He said. "

"Cool,"
I said, giving thumbs up and walking away.

The second I turned around, I facepalmed, shaking my head.

What the fuck was that?