John and Alex VS the World(LAMS COLLEGE AU)

(1)The One With the Bar

The bar was filled with music and the scent of alcohol. Twenty-one year old Alexander Hamilton was there on a double date with his friends Aaron Burr and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. They were currently drunk and on the dance floor. Alexander's date, Elizabeth Schuyler, was off getting another round of beers for the group. Alexander was seated at a table, completely sober and waiting for the others to grow tired. He checked his phone. Twelve fourteen AM.

Alexander watched as Burr and Theodosia approached the table with three strange men, two of whom were very obviously drunk. The first man had curly hair pulled into a messy bun, and was wearing a white sleeveless shirt that stood out against his dark skin. The second man was outrageously tall and had on a plaid shirt and a blue scarf, and was even darker skinned than the first man. The third man, the one who wasn't stumbling drunk, had long curled hair pulled back into a ponytail, with freckles dotting his tan skin.

"Alexander!" Burr cried out upon arriving at the table. "Have you met my friends?" He gestured to the three men. Alexander shook his head. He would remember meeting such an energetic bunch.

"Well then, allow me to introduce you to-" Burr began, he was cut off by the first man jumping on the table.

"Marquis de Lafayette!" The man shouted in a thick French accent. The second man yanked Lafayette off the table, and then he introduced himself.

"HERCULES MULLIGAN!" He shouted, with just as much energy as Lafayette. The third man, the shortest of the group, was standing off to the side laughing and shaking his head. He approached Alexander and reached out for a handshake.

"John Laurens," said the man. He had a nice voice, silky smooth in comparison to Mulligan's raspy shouts and Lafayette's choppy english. Alexander took his hand.

"Alexander Hamilton, it's a pleasure to meet you." Even though Laurens was the shortest of the trio, he was still taller than Alex by quite a bit. Alexander couldn't help but think the man was cute. "Your friends sure are a theatrical group," Alex said, nodding his head in the direction of Lafayette and Mulligan, who were currently engaged in a rap-battle-slash-dance-off. Laurens just laughed.

"They're not usually that loud, just when they're drunk," Laurens said. "I however," he continued, "have to be completely sober and deal with the consequences of their shenanigans." Alexander nodded.

"Designated driver?" He asked. Laurens nodded. "Me too actually. I don't even know why I came. When Burr said double date this is not what I expected." Laurens seemed surprised when Alexander said "date".

"You've got a girlfriend?" He asked. Alexander nodded.

"Here she comes, actually," he said, pointing at Eliza as she approached, beers in hand. She placed them down on the table, spilling a little bit of alcohol on the already disgusting table.

"Who's this?" She asked, gesturing towards Laurens.

"I'm John Laurens," he said. "Alexander is a lucky man to have you at his side." He said with a wink. Alexander saw Eliza blush. Damn, he's smooth.

"Elizabeth Schuyler," Eliza said. "Are you a friend of Burr's?" Laurens shrugged.

"That's one way to put it." Eliza burst out laughing at this. How many beers has she had? Suddenly Theodosia was at the table, dragging Burr behind her.

"Alexander, we gotta go," she said. She then darted towards the door providing no further explanation, but based off of the lipstick stains on Burr's face, he could guess why they wanted to get back to their dorms. Eliza started running after them, chugging down the rest of her beer. Alex turned to Laurens with an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, gotta run. Can I get your number? So that I can get ahold of you later? Maybe we can arrange a meeting where everyone is sober?" He asked. Laurens laughed and pulled out a pen. He wrote his number down on a napkin and handed it to Alexander with a wink. Alexander blushed, then turned and headed for the door.

AN: I hope y'all like this and stick with it, don't worry, I'll get to the Lams eventually ;)