John's POV

"George, I told you to take that down, it's none of your business." I hear a masculine voice say as I wake up slowly.

"Aw, but you guys look so cute in it!" A different voice whines.

"George, take it down. I don't want people getting the wrong idea, he's got enough shit to deal with right now." The first voice pipes up again.

I open my eyes and look around to see I was definitely not in my room. I see Francis and another guy and then realize that I must've fallen asleep here.

Francis looks over and notices I'm awake. He smiles gently at me before sitting at the foot of the bed. I sit up so I can make room for him.

"How'd you sleep?" He asks.

I smile back at him and nod. "Really good, actually. Thanks for letting me stay, I don't even remember falling asleep."

He shrugs. "It's no problem."

I look over at his roommate and then raise an eyebrow. "What were you guys talking about?" I ask.

"Oh, just a picture that George was actually deleting from his story right now." He says sternly as he looks over at him.

George, I'm assuming, rolls his eyes and shows me a photo of Francis and I both asleep, cuddling. "It's cute, is it not?" He asks.

I blush madly and clear my throat. "Um, sorry I'd actually prefer if you took that down as well.." I say, trying to control myself so I wouldn't stutter.

"See? Just delete it, George." Francis says and George sighs dramatically but agrees in the end. Francis then looks over to me. "Did you want to go grab breakfast?" He asks nervously.

I smile and nod. "Yeah, I'd love to. Let's just stop at my dorm room first, ok? I need to change."

Francis nods. "Yeah, sounds good. I'll meet you over at your dorm, I have to get changed as well."

I smile and then leave the room, walking down the hall to my dorm room. I enter my room to see Hamilton sitting on his bed, typing away on his laptop. Not surprising, seeing as that was what he was always doing.

He looks up at me and smiles. "Oh, hey John." He says.

I stop in my tracks and raise an eyebrow at the sudden change in his mood. Am I dead? Is this even Hamilton? Or is he just playing a trick on me?

"What...What are you doing?" I ask, not quite sure how to respond.

"What do you mean?" He asks, tilting his head.

"Why are you sounding nice? Did something happen? Are you even my roommate? What kind of prank are you trying to pull on me?" I ask crossing my arms.

"I'm not trying to pull a prank, I just...I realize you've been through a lot and I want to start being nicer to you.." He says, smiling up at me.

I scoff. "Yeah, okay. I don't know why you're pretending to be friendly right now, but I don't want you doing that anymore. I know you hate me." I say before grabbing some clothes and changing my shirt.

He sits in silence for a little bit as I face away from him and change into a different pair of pants. Once I'm changed, I grab my wallet and start to exit before Hamilton speaks back up.

"John, wait," He starts. I left the door open as I turn back to face him, raising an eyebrow.

"What? What is it?" I ask in an annoyed tone. I don't like whatever game he's trying to play.

He starts to roll up his sleeve and stands up, walking up to me. "I just wanted to tell you that-"

"Hey John, you ready?" Francis interrupts him.

Hamilton stares at him before sighing and rolling down his sleeve. "Nevermind." He says before returning to his bed.

I hesitate but nod. "Yeah, yeah I'm ready. See you around, Hamilton." I say cautiously as I exit the room with Francis. I close the door and walk next to him as we go to exit the dorm building.

"What was that about?" Francis asks.

I shrug. "Honestly, I have no idea. He was acting so nice, which has never happened before. Except for when he was nice to my friends to piss me off."

He nods slowly. "I'm sorry about that, I don't really know him well enough to make an accurate judgement about that."

I smile slightly. "It's okay, I'm just going to try and ignore it for a little bit. You know, focus on me?"

He smiles brightly. "I think that's a great idea."

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"Wait, you're from South Carolina too?" Francis asks, tilting his head.

I smile slightly. "Yeah, I am. Are you?" I ask him.

We were sitting in a quiet little diner a little walk away from the college and it was actually really nice. The diner was old fashioned but in a cute way, and getting to know Francis was just a nice change from all this drama.

"Born and raised." He chuckles. "What city did you live in?"

"Charleston. You?"

"Georgetown." He smiles. "Wow, so kind of far but not too bad. I wonder if we ever met."

I shrug. "It's possible, I guess. You may know my father, Henry Laurens." I mumble, sipping my water.

"Oh, I do! He's pretty famous in South Carolina." He nods and then seems to notice my uncomfortableness. "Something wrong?"

"No, I'm okay." I tell him. I wasn't completely lying, but I do feel a bit uncomfortable talking to him about my dad. "Anyway.."

He sighs. "Hm...Well, why'd you come to New York?" He asks. "Like, obviously for college but is there a specific reason you came to King's College?"

I shrug. "I mean, I wanted away from South Carolina and luckily, my dad had pre-approved this school. Not as far as I'd like to be, but it's far enough." I say. "My dad wants me to become a lawyer so I can eventually take over his law firm someday."

"But..You don't want to?" He asks. I look up at him and smile slightly, him returning the expression while sighing. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's alright, at least I get to be here with all the wonderful people." I say sarcastically. "No offence to you."

"None taken." He bites his lip and leans forward a bit. "So..What is it you want to do, then?"

I look around, as if there would be someone here to tell my dad what I was saying. I then look at Francis and smile brightly. "I want to be a Marine Biologist...or a soldier. I think serving the military would be pretty fucking awesome."

Francis nods slowly. "So....Marine biology. What exactly is that?"

I chuckle and begin to explain it to him, glad someone was actually willing to listen and talk with me for once.

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