Hey I'm dedicating this (admittedly short) chapter to guest reviewer 'Hammy' who said they were making fanart for this, my email is mayalynnmcmullen PLEASE SHOW IT TO ME I WANT TO SEE IT AHHH I'M SO HAPPY!
Alexander left the band hall as the rest of the band, including King George, were staring at him in shock. Two minutes later he was met by the rest of his gang running up to him laughing gleefully.
"Man that was fucking amazing! You fucked him up!" Herc shouted, punching him on the arm. Alexander laughed nervously. "I shouldn't've done that should I? I'm so gonna get detention for that."
John shook his head, "Hey if you get detention I'm so gonna stand up to him too. I might do it anyway."
"Christ, John, don't get in trouble for me, I'm not worth it."
"Well I think you are." John mumbled. Herc and Lafayette glanced at each other and snorted. John punched them both respectively. Alexander sighed. "No I'm not. Just don't get yourself in serious trouble for me." John looked like he was going to argue.
"I'm serious. I don't want you getting in trouble with King George for such a tiny thing."
"No. I'm serious." John countered. "King George is a dick, he deserved every word and more."
"As much as I agree," Aaron Burr walked up, "You're in a whole lot of trouble with the King, Hamilton. In the meantime, you've almost got Angelica kicked out because she's taking your side. Eliza was shouting at him when I left, Jefferson is rallying a petition to get George fired, and the King is threatening to get everyone that signs it expelled.
"While I can't say I agree with you and your friends' methods, perhaps this will do some good. With the stuff Jefferson has included in his petition, it just might be enough to actually get George fired."
"Thomas isn't my friend." Alexander mumbled. John snorted.
"Well whether he's your friend or not doesn't particularly matter. But I'd watch your back. George has been known to fight dirty. Someone tried to get him fired before, and George did something, and pot was found in the kid's locker. Now none of us really knew the kid, he was a bit of an outcast, and George really picked on him, but none of us knew him to smoke at all."
Alexander shuddered, not surprised that George would do that, but suddenly he got a bad feeling about what he just said to the king. For a moment, Aaron looked at him with something that looked like pity, before turning around and walking back into the band hall.
"Heh." Alexander turned to look at John. "Not only am I going to get detention, but I'll get expelled too. Now you'd better not do anything stupid, John, I'm not worth it."
"Well maybe I think you are." John shot back, somewhat angrily.
"God dammit, John, stand up for Lafayette, but don't you fucking dare stand up for me." John looked taken aback, as did Lafayette and Herc.
"No offense to Lafayette, but I'd rather stand up for you." John told him quietly. Now it was Alexander who was taken aback. "But… he's your boyfriend, why-"
"My boyfriend?" John asked, confused. Lafayette laughed. "No, mon ami. No offense to John, but there's no way in hell that I would date him."
"None taken, I'd rather not date you either." John muttered. Herc looked like he wanted to say something, but decided against it.
"Wait, you aren't dating?"
"That's what we're trying to say." John responded.
"But you were flirting, and… I think Lafayette blew you a kiss or something?"
"Harmless flirting. That's just Lafayette's thing. He flirts with everyone, surely you've noticed."
"Yeah but I guess I just…" Alexander trailed off, not wanting to say 'didn't want to get my hopes up'. He flushed with embarrassment, before falling into step with the rest of his friends, and joining in on the next topic of conversation of who in the school they'd date, refraining himself from saying 'John.'