John P.O.V.

"Hey Babe" Alex said as he approached me at my locker.
"How was class?" I asked trying to change the subject. My face was bright red.
"Lafayette was being a bitch and we both got detention for arguing and cussing. Then I fell asleep and got another day of detention, so just the usual" he shrugged.

"Oh....." I said looking back at my locker.
"Awww, is that a picture of me?" He asked looking at the picture I had on my locker.
"No! Shut up!" I said closing my locker.

He laughed, "calm down, I have a picture of you, too" he said kissing my forehead. My face flushed bright red.
"Can you come over after school?" Alex asked me.
"S-sure. Yeah. W-why not?" I responded making him laugh.
"You're adorable" he said causing me to blush even more.
"I-I have class" I said.
"Ok. Seeya at lunch" he said smiling.

I walked to class with Peggy.

"And then he said he had a picture of me, too!" I said as I ranted about Alex. Peggy laughed, "you guys are like my OTP"
",and he wants me to come over after school!" I continued to rant.
"Sounds great and all, but we're gonna be late for class!" She said pulling me into the classroom. I laughed and sat next to her.

Once class was over I put my books in my locker and went to lunch. I got my food and sat next to Alex. Eliza glanced at me then smiled at Alex.

"Will you need help? I can always come over and help finish setting up" she said to Alex in a flirty voice. I stared at her and Alex in confusion.
"No, it's fine. I got it." Alex said looking back at me.

"Help with what?" I asked.
"Nothing" Eliza said "I need to go to the library and get a book for my report" she claimed before getting up and walking away.

"What was she talking about?" I asked Alex.
"Nothing." He said smiling charmingly.
"Mk..." I mumbled. I didn't believe him at all. Why was he being so secretive? He grabbed my hand and kissed it, "it was nothing, don't worry about it" he tried to assure me. I pulled my hand away, "if it was nothing you'd tell me!" I argued.
"She was talking about a project assigned in class this morning" he said calmly.
"....oh" I mumbled apologetically.

"Enough arguing! Kiss!" Peggy said rather loudly. I shot her a glare but when I turned back to Alex he- he kissed me. My eyes widened and my face turned bright red. I pulled away and got up, I ran off not even knowing where I was going.

I ran to the boys bathroom and hid in a stall. I leaned against the stall door and tried to gather my thoughts, I put a hand over my lips.
'He just kissed me' I thought in disbelief.

I jumped as I heard Alex come in the bathroom.

"John?" He asked. I tried to back up so he couldn't see anyone in the stall, thankfully it worked.
"John?" He called again "John, I saw you come in here"

'Damn it' I thought. I opened the door and looked at Alex.

"I'm sorry" he said hugging me. I awkwardly stood there. He pulled away from the hug.
"I'm really sorry if I crossed a line or something" he said continuing to apologize.
"I-it's ok, I've just..never kissed anyone before" I mumbled a bit embarrassed.
"Oh...I didn't know..I'm so sorry" he said.
"It's ok. It wasn't bad I was just embarrassed" I said burying my face in his chests. He hugged me and kissed my forehead. I looked up at him and he looked back at me. It was silent for awhile. I stood on my toes to make myself seem taller and I kissed Alex softly.

"I love you" Alex mumbled. That took me by surprise, he was great but- did I love him?
"I-I..." I stuttered "I" I mumbled struggling to get the words out.
"You don't have to say it if you're not ready" he said calmly. He sounded calm but I knew it had to hurt.
"I-I l-love you, t-too" I stuttered. He smiled and kissed me softly.
"Let's get to class" he said pulling away. I nodded and held his hand as we went to class.

I like history, it's my favorite subject, but I just can't do this project. I was assigned to do a report on Anthony Ramos but I can't do it.

"Need help?" Alex asked. I shrugged.
"Who did you get assigned?" Alex asked me.
"Anthony Ramos" I mumbled quietly
"Easy." He said bringing up a website almost immediately
"-wha" I mumbled surprised

"Need anymore help?" He asked. I shook my head.
"I can do it for you" he offered.
"Alex! I'm not going to cheat!!"
"Shhhh" he mumbled nudging my arm playfully. I held back laughter.

"I got it" I assured him.
"Let me know if you need help" I said.

The bell rang and I sill barely had my report done. I started to stress.
"Let's go" Alex said noticing me staring off into space.
"I-I'm coming" I stuttered embarrassed as I stood up.

After school I went to Alex's house as I promised earlier that day.

"Laurens!" Washington said sounding happy the see me "I hear you and Alex are a thing" he added nudging my arm. My face heated up and I started to feel very uncomfortable.

"Stop you're gonna freak him out" Alex says standing in front of me. He turned to me, "Let's go upstairs" he offered. I nodded in response.

We went upstairs to Alex's room. I sat on the end of his bed awkwardly and he sat in a chair at a desk close to the window. He spun the chair in circles a few times.

"Do you need anymore help with your report?" He asked me. I shook my head despite the fact that I had no idea what I was doing.
"Mk" he mumbled. His phone buzzed and he looked at it excitedly.
"Let's go back downstairs!" He insisted
"Why?" I asked suspiciously. He didn't answer, he had already gotten up and started going downstairs. I followed behind him. When we reached the end of the staircase I was shocked.

There was a big sign strung across the walls and Eliza threw glitter at us for some strange reason then handed Alex a bouquet of flowers. Alex turned to me with the roses Eliza had handed him.

"Will you go to the dance with me?" He asked handing me the flowers. I took the flowers reluctantly. This had to be a trick. Where's Lafayette to tell me all about how Alex was plotting this to humiliate me? Why wasn't Eliza doing something like saying 'jk he's my boyfriend so back off'? Where were the lockers for him to pin me to and punch me.

They all stare at me expecting me to say something. I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out. My face was bright red.

"Please" Alex added. I returned his gaze but only for a moment as I looked around. There was a huge banner that read 'will you go to the dance with me?'. 
I looked down at the flowers then at Alex.

"U-um...sure" I mumbled still flustered. He hugged me, being careful not to destroy the flowers I still held in my hand. I stood there awkwardly as he hugged me. Eliza threw more glitter at us causing Alex to pull away from the hug and look at her with a 'the fuck' expression on his face. Eliza threw glitter in my face then in Alex's.

Alex looked at me and chuckled.

"There's glitter in your hair" he laughed running his fingers through my hair. I didn't tie my hair in a ponytail that day.  I felt my face heat up even more.

"T-Thanks for t-the flowers" I stuttered nervously. I was still expecting Lafayette to pop out or for Eliza to kiss Alex or something.
"Y-you d-didn't have t-to do all th-this" I stuttered.
"You stutter a lot." Alex pointed out with a worried expression on his face. I only stutter when I'm scared.
"U-unimportant" I stuttered as I kissed him softly, I really only did it so he would be distracted.

"Eh hem" Eliza said with a fake cough. Me and Alex pulled away from each other, both of our faces red.

"It's a joke, he's my boyfriend" Eliza says. For a second my heart stopped. I felt like breaking down to my knees and sobbing.
"I'm just kidding!! Relax!!" Eliza laughed. Alex gave me a look full of disbelief. He was mad that I thought he would do something like that and as soon as we went back to his room he's going to say something about it and I'm going to stutter and he's going to yell at me.

"Alright well, I'll leave you love birds to it!" Eliza said happily "glad I could help!" She said before leaving. Me and Alex went back to his room, I was preparing for the worse.

"Did you really believe her?" Alex asked as he held my hand. I was silent.
"W-well -" he cut me off. For a second I teared up expecting him to yell at me and break up with me.
"I'm sorry! I know I've treated you awful! I don't know why you even like me!" Alex said as tears rolled down his cheeks. I was shocked and relieved.

"I like you because you can admit your mistakes and try your best to fix them. I like you because even though you knew I was uncomfortable and nervous you still tried and you did all of that just for me" I said with sudden braveness. I hugged him.
"I like you because you stick up for me" I added.

"I love you" He said.
"I l-love you too" I replied