The Turtle and the Lion -A lams Fan Fiction

Chapter 3

~John~

I was thinking about what Peggy had said as I sat in my biology class. Normally I love biology, that's why I'm majoring in it, but today my mind was somewhere else as my teacher blabbed on. How in the world will I ask him out? I thought to myself. I don't even know if he likes me back. In fact...I don't even know if he's even gay or at least bi! I let out a sigh as the teacher dismissed the class.

~Alex~

I kept replaying the day me and John met in my my head. I wanted him to like me so badly. I would find myself wanting to pull his face close and to lock lips with him when ever he ever got within 8 feet of me. I oppressed the thoughts because he would have to stupid to go out with a ugly immigrant like me.
Occasionally I would catch him looking at me from the corner of my eye, but I tried not to get my hopes up too high and just always assumed I had a stain on my shirt or something stupid like that. I had heard from Thomas Jefferson that he was gay, but Thomas really isn't a reliable source of information.
One day I was sitting at my desk writing a paper for US history about Lin Manuel Miranda, the founding father when two men burst through the door. One of them had dark skin and hair with a large burly stacher and a grey bandanna around his head. The other one was tall and muscular with curly brown hair tied back into a ponytail. I almost jumped out of my seat. "Uh.. who are you?" I said as I saved my document.
"Oh, pardon! Je suis Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, but you can call me Laf." The taller man said in a French accent. "And this is Her-"
He was cut off by the other man jumping up on the table screaming, "I AM HERCULES MULLIGAN! I NEED NO INTRODUCTION!!"
Laf smiled and said, "Yeah, and that's Herc..."
I smiled at him. "We're John's friends." He said, again in his French accent.
"Oh cool." I said awkwardly not really knowing how to respond.
"Where is he by the way?" Herc said like he just notice, but he didn't wait for a response."You're Alex right?" I nodded. "Oh man! John has told us a lot about you!"
I could feel my face burning.
They both laughed, but before it could get anymore awkward John walked in. God, he's cute.
I thought. He turned to me and said, "Sup, Alex." My heart fluttered when he said my name. He then turned to Herc and Laf and addressed them. "You're early!" he exclaimed "We don't have to be at the Peggy's for three more hours!" His friends shrugged.
"Would you like to come with us Alex?" I was taken aback by this request but then I thought he probably just asked me to be polite. I agreed because I needed to make some new friends anyway, but mostly because I knew John would be there. He beamed at me and I got a warm feeling inside. Maybe he does like me.

We arrived a little later and I was nervous because John told me some of his other friends were there. John had also told me not to worry though because they were really cool people. Something about his voice made all of my stress go away and I felt like if he told me to do anything in the world, I would do it. When we got there a 7:30 my jaw almost dropped to the floor after I got out of the taxi and saw the house. It was a huge mansion with huge golden "S" embellishments. "You didn't tell me that the party was being hosted by the queen of england!" I said almost in a whisper to John. He laughed and only his attractiveness could distract me from the "house." "This is Peggy and her sisters house. Well, their dad's house, but Angelica and Eliza still live here. Peggy has a dorm room up at college, she's a bit of a free spirit..."
"Wow" was the only thing I could manage to get out as I watched Herc and Laf run down the massive front walk way up to the door.
We were greeted by a tall girl in pink, dark hair and skin with her curls pulled into a half ponytail like Peggy's always was. She beamed at us and said, "I'm so glad you guys could make it!" She noticed me and exclaimed "You must be Alex!" I nodded. "I'm Angelica Schuyler." I smiled as she closed the door behind me. The interior was exquisite, but nothing could keep my eyes from John for more than 10 seconds. We were greeted a couple second seconds later by a pale girl with her black hair in the classic Schuyler half ponytail wearing blue jeans and a blue cardigan. The 7 of us all sat down on the living room carpet in a circle. Me purposely sitting next to John. They were all chatting with each other when the doorbell rang, and Peggy sprang up and yelled "I got it!" Everyone laughed at her childish nature. As John grinned I found myself staring at him. When I realized what I was doing I quickly looked away and blushed, hoping no one noticed.
A minute later Peggy ran in being followed by two people. One was a tall black man with shortly shaven hair. The other person was a short tan girl with bouncing dark curls who had her hand wrapped around his. Everyone greeted them as they sat down.
"This is Aaron Burr," Peggy said as she gestured to the man and he waved, "and this is Theodosia Bartow!" She smiled and said, "Call me Theo."
I shook their hands as I said, "Alexander Hamilton, but you can call me Alex." They nodded.
"Let's play a game!" Peggy suggested, "How about spin the bottle?!" She giggled. Everyone nodded in agreement including me even though I was internally screaming. Peggy left and came back a little later with a glass bottle. She sat down next to Theo and me, and placed the bottle in the middle of the circle. I wanted to curl up into a ball but I suppressed the urge. "We have have to kiss on the lips by the way, that's the rule." Oh god, I know none of these people! I thought as she spun the bottle. Thankfully it landed on Angelica and not me. They giggled and pecked each other on the lips. We when around the circle and I swear when Herc kissed Laf I saw a bit of tongue. Apparently I was having a lucky day because the bottle had not landed on me yet, but I knew my luck was running thin because it was my turn next.
It was currently John's turn and he leaned across the circle to kiss Eliza. Everyone seemed to be having such a fun time while I was praying that Zeus would strike me dead. John handed me the bottle. I spun it and my heart started thumping. It spun for what felt like years. Finally it started to slow down. It passed me, then Peggy, then Theo, then Aaron, then Angelica, then Eliza, then Herc, then Laf, then it came to a stand still, right in front of John. I felt as if I might explode. I slowly lifted my eyes up from the bottle to John's face. He had an expression on shock on his now tomato red face. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" Our friends started chanting. I saw John bite his lip and give a nervous glance towards Peggy. I slowly leaned in moving closer to John's face. My heart beating so fast and loudly I was scared John could hear it. My nerves taking over I almost started shaking. I knew I was bi but I had never kissed another man before. My face was about three inches away from his and John must have seen I was nervous because he whispered in a low, gentle voice "don't worry Alexander, relax," and gave a shaky smile, he seemed nervous, but confident at the same time. I shivered as he said my full name, he said it before but something about it this time relaxed me and made me feel like it was alright. We moved closer to each other and he pressed his soft lips against mine, he cupped his hand around my face as we slowly got more into it. It's like the others disappeared for those seconds. Our mouths moved together in perfect sync as if they were programmed to be interlocked. Someone coughed uncomfortably and we snapped out of our trance. I pulled away an inch so I could breath. Then John did the unexpected. He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and pulled me in for a second kiss. At first I was startled but then I started to kiss back again. The feeling was like fireworks and his lips felt like gold against mine. Then I was suddenly aware of the other people in the room when I heard the sound of someone's phone camera snapping a picture. We pulled away and he was beaming at me so I couldn't help but smile back. I looked around at my new friends and all their jaws practically hit the floor. Well except for Peggy, she was grinning at us like an idiot. "IT'S ABOUT TIME!" She exclaimed.

TIME WARP!!

I sat on the couch next to John trying not to meet his eyes. "So does this mean you're gay?" He said awkwardly breaking the silence. "Uh.. no." I said.
"Oh." He said and he looked crestfallen.
"No that's not what I meant!!" I said as I faced palmed. "I'm no full out gay! I'm just bi.."
I looked at him and he smiled. "Are you gay?" I asked him. He nodded and he smiled. All I wanted to do at that moment was kiss him, but I wasn't one to take action. He shifted his position so he had his head resting on my shoulder. I kissed his forehead and he grinned. We both shifted this time so we were laying down. He wrapped his arm around me and we fell asleep like that. My life felt perfect like nothing could break the harmony. Boy was I wrong.