I go back to school on Monday like normal.

When I walk through the school doors everyone stops and stares at me. I see Peggy run over to me. She pulls me aside.

"Is it true?"

"Is what true?"

"That you slept with Charles Lee and Alexander Hamilton?"

"What?! I would never sleep with them."

"Oh. Someone started spreading rumors." She takes out her phone and shows a picture of me with the hashtag #JohnLaurensIsASkank.

There's over 500 pictures with the hashtag. I feel sick. I wanna go home and never come back to school.

I start to cry. "Why would someone do this?"

Peggy hugs me. "I don't know."

"I didn't sleep with them though. Lee tried to fucking rape me. And all me and Alex did was kiss!"

"Wait. You kissed Hamilton?"

"Y-yes?"

"That's all you did?"

"I stayed the night with him but we didn't do anything else!"

Peggy sighs and puts her phone back in her pocket. "I can't believe someone would do this to you."

"I will fucking kill Charles Lee," I say and stomp away. I spot Lee and push him up against a locker.

"Can't get enough of me can you, Laurens."

I slap him as hard as I can. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

He grabs his face. "What do you mean?"

People start to crowd around us. "You know we didn't have sex! You tried to rape me!"

The students that gathered around start to whisper amongst themselves. I feel someone pull my arm. "John, I think you've proved your point."

I snatch my arm down and turn around. "No Alex. I wanna know what gives him the right to publicly shame me like this!"

I turn back to Lee. "Delete every post you've made about me. And I mean every single one." I give him one last shove and walk away with Alex right on my heels.

I close my fist tightly. Alex grabs my arm. "Let go Alexander."

He pulls me close. I try to squirm out of his arms but he has a strong grip on me.
"Let go."

He leans in and kisses me. Anger fills me but I melt into the kiss. He pulls away.

"I thought you were gonna kill Lee back there."

"Let's just say I considered it. But now everyone knows. He deserves every bad thing that will ever happen to him."

He sighs. "Come on lets go to class."

At lunch, a bunch of students crowd around me. I make some room for Alexander and Peggy.

"D-did he really try to.." Theodosia Bartow says.

"Sadly, yes," I sigh.

A bunch of girls ask me questions, then they go silent when Alexander sits down next to me. He kisses my cheek and I smile, earning a bunch of 'awws' from the girls at the table.

"Are you guys dating?" Martha Manning asks.

"Just friends." I smile.

"Damn," says Sally Hemings.

I rest my head on his shoulder and he wraps an arm around me.

"You guys are so fucking cute," Peggy says.

I blush. "Thanks Pegs."

"Aww look at Laurens, he's blushin," Alex teases.

I shove him lightly. "Oh my god."

"I'm just teasing, John."

"I know," I say and boop his nose.

I look around at the girls at our table. "S-sorry."

They smile. "You're fine," Maria says across the table.

The bell rings telling us to go to our next class. Alex and I have different classes. I give him a quick kiss and get my stuff from my locker and bring to my class.

At the end of the day, Alex and I leave the school together.

"I-I got something for you," he says and takes a box out of his pocket. "Open it."

I open the box and see a ring inside. It has my name carved into it. "Alex, it's beautiful. Thank you so much." I hug him tightly. "I love it."

He takes the ring and puts it on my finger. "I knew you would," he says and kisses me. I tilt my head to deepen the kiss. I pull away and he makes a pouty face.

"What?"

"You pulled away."

I smirk. "And?"

"I didn't want you to."

"Sorry."

He kisses me again then pulls away.

"I just realized," I say. "We kiss a lot."

"Yeah we do I guess."

Alex walks me to my house and goes to the front door. "I'm sorry for everything Lee said and done to you."

"It's not your fault Alexander."

He shrugs and kisses me roughly. He starts to kiss my neck but I stop him.

"Sorry."

"It's okay."

I hear a loud thud come from inside. I open the door and see my mom passed out on the living room floor.