Chapter 1, The New Kid

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Authors Note
Alexander and Burr's heights are based off the original cast of Hamilton, but I couldn't find the heights of anyone else so I'm just going to say that John is 6 foot and 4 inches, Herc is 6 foot, and Lafayette is 6 foot 7 inches. I know I'm wrong okay
Also I'm just assuming this is what school dorms look like. I mean it is a nice college soo yah.

Alexander

I walked around campus trying an Aaron Burr. He was supposed to be waiting for me outside but no one had specified as to where outside. Every now and then I would see someone and ask them if they were Aaron or at least knew where he was, but no one was completely sure.
What a great way to start off, I grumbled to myself. They hadn't even given me a picture.
After about half an hour I noticed a figure standing outside two large doors. I ran over and practically shouted, "EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU AARON BURR??" The man winced and chided myself for being so loud.
"That depends, who's asking?" He replied with a small frown. We were the same size surprisingly, as  most people were taller than me, he had pretty brown skin and eyes.
"Alexander Hamilton... You're supposed to show me around."
He gave me a small smile, "Right. Tomorrow I'll show you the way around to get to your classes but right now lets get you familiar with the grounds. Okay?" I nodded and adjusted my huge backpack which was overflowing. and I followed him.

Time skip

"Well it's getting late," Burr noted then turned to me. "I can walk you to your dorm."
I frowned, "How'd you know I had a dorm?"
"The backpack. No one who lives around here would willingly walk around with a backpack that large." He smiled and held out his hand for the paper with my dorm number on it and I pulled it out of my pocket and handed it to him.
He read it and smiled, "Looks like you're roomed with John Laurens."
I nodded, "Yes I am. Do you know him?" He handed me the paper back.
"Yah, I do. we hang out sometimes. Fair word of warning-he has a turtle." I frowned as we headed to the dorms, a turtle? Huh, that's interesting.
Soon enough we reached the dorms. Burr sighed and started walking up the flight of stairs. I glanced down at the paper, I was on the top floor. I grit my teeth and started the long walk up.

Short time skip

"Why isn't there an elevator?" I wined as we trudged up the third flight.
Burr shrugged. There was a moment of silence as I waited to see if he'd say anything.
"You really don't talk much do you?" I asked tilting my head to the side.
He smiled, "Talk less, smile more. That's my moto."
I snorted, "Really?" He gave me a look then sped up bit.
"Not much further now."
A few minutes later we reached my dorm and I pulled out my key. "Thanks for showing me around Burr."
He nodded, "See you tomorrow." and left back down the stairs.
I unlocked the door and stepped in. There was three people inside and they all turned to look at me as I walked in.
A cute boy with curly hair, and freckles hopped up and stuck out his hand. "I'm John Laurens." He winked and I shook his hand.
"Alexander Hamilton..." In John's other hand he held a cup of what smelled like coffee. The other two people didn't bother to stand up and just introduced themselves from where they were seated.
"Bonjour Alexander! Je m'appelle Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette!" Said the taller one.
"Hello, I'm Hercules Mulligan, but feel free to call me Herc. Everyone else does. And you can call him Laf." said the other one, who was wearing a gray beanie.
"Hello Herc. Laf." I smiled and stepped inside, closing the door behind me. I looked around, gathering my bearings, they had been watching something that I highly suspected to be cooking wars, and the room itself was fairly tidy. I sat down my bag and took off my jacket, then I turned to John. "Where is the turtle?"
John paused for a moment looking confused then the realization hit him. "Burr has been showing you around then?"
I nodded and he blushed, grabbed my hand, and pulled me into our room. "That's Bobert. My turtle," he informed me gesturing to the tank on the dresser.
I laughed. "You named him Bobert?" John looked a bit nervous as he nodded. After a moment though he smiled at me making my cheeks turn a bit pink, damn he was really cute.

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