John Lauren's POV

I had my feelings for a certain boy and I thought that maybe he returned those feelings. His name was Alexander Hamilton. Every second of every day I spent hoping that he liked me back. My friends, being the nosy but amazing people they are noticed and decided to help.

"John, he's my friend and he's super nice and I'm sure he would like you, can I ask him about you?"Lafayette asked.

"Um, I guess if you want to you can," I replied, "thanks!"

"Of course! I'll tell him that you think he's cute and that you're interested in getting to know him better!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. I spent the rest of the day either stressing about it or regretting letting him do it. After he told me that he thought I was a nice person and probably liked me back. That he gave him my phone number and me his so that we could text.

John: Hi!

Alex: Hi!

John: I'm the person Lauren told you about.

Alex: Oh, I thought so. From me, it's probably a yes but I still need to think before giving you a real answer.

John: Ok! :)

The next day I decided to try and talk to him before school because I'm impulsive and don't think about things before I agree to do them.

"You're really going to?" asked Lafayette.

"Well yeah, I have to ask him some stuff," I said.

"Like what?" Hercules asked while raising his eyebrows annoyingly.

"Well for starters he has to say that he's John, the boy I told him about," Lafayette said. Just then I saw him going towards his classroom. The bell ran making things slightly more complicated.

"Hey, Alex!" Lafayette shouted, "Alex! John wants to ask you something." Well, I had five minutes before class started, why not try? It was at that moment that his teacher decided to come outside.

"Hey, what's going on here? Is it lovey stuff? You know, Alex is a really nice boy," Mr. Washinton said through light laughter. People were crowding around now. I looked to Lafayette for help and he urged me to talk to him.

"Um, hi. I'm John and I like turtles!" I blurted out about as awkwardly as I could.

"Ok. I'm Alex," he said, a bit confused. After a bit of laughter from some of his classmate's I decided to run off in the direction of my class.

Later that day before lunch period I apologized for the drama before school and was immediately forgiven. Lafayette decided he was going to ask him his opinion on turtles.

"What do you think about turtles?" Lauren asked him.

"Um, I guess they're ok." He replied.

"Ok, have fun in class," I said as I went to lunch to joke around with friends about their crushes. The rest of the school day dragged on. After school, I went to find him and apologize for everything.

"Hi," I said.

"Oh, hi," he replied.

"I'm really, really sorry about what happened before school and your Spanish class. I'm kind of super weird." I said because it was the only thing I could think of to say.

"It's fine," he said with a small laugh, "weird is cool. Bye!"

"Bye, have a good weekend!" I called as I was walking away. Lafayette and Hercules got all the details of our conversation out of me as we left the school. They both thought that this was a good sign and we all got really excited.

"Text him, text him!" Lafayette and Hercules shouted at me while we walked home.

"Ok, ok," I reassured them while I took out my phone.

"Haha! I'm going to text him for you now," Lafayette said as he held my phone out of my reach. Why did Lafayette have to be so tall? He gave me my phone back and I saw this:

John: Have you made up your mind yet? No pressure though ;)

"Oh my gosh! I'm going to end you!" I shouted at him while I typed an apology.

John: Sorry.

Alex: I was thinking about it and I really think we are too young and I don't want to be in a relationship rn, sry.

John: Oh, ok.

John: I'm really sorry about everything.

I got really quiet and Lafayette stole my phone again.

"Oh, um well it could have been worse," Lafayette said sadly as he handed my phone back over.

"What does it say?" Hercules asked. I showed him the screen and his reaction was extremely similar to Lafayette's.

"Hey, are you ok?" Lafayette asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I lied. We got to the park and did what we would usually do.

~Two days later~

I was sitting on my bed reading fanfiction when I got a text from Alex.

Alex: It's fine.

John: Hi. How are you?

Alex: Um...I have to confess something.

John: Ok.

Alex: I like you

John: What?

Alex: I like you a lot. The only reason I said what I said earlier was because I was scared and I didn't know what to say. I like you a lot and I have liked you for a few weeks. I'm sorry about what I said before.

John: OMG! Wait...you aren't joking, are you?

Alex: No, of course not.

John: Yay! I like you a lot, but you already know that.

Alex: Hey, are you free at 2:00? We could go to the park together. It would be a date I guess.

John: Yes! I'll see you there!