Thank you

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by tpwk_cookie

by tpwk_cookie

~Alex's POV~

*Time skip to Friday afternoon*

John convinced me to stop working every night this week. I only had 5 pages of my essay done. It only needed to be 2 pages but that's beside the point. There's too much to say to fit into 2 pages. Now it was Friday, I just left my last class. I was going back to the dorm to type, and see John of course. I stopped in front of the room. I heard murmurs. Weird. I slowly opened the door.

Sam and John were sitting on the couch. Sam was crying on John's shoulder. John was hugging Sam, rubbing his back. My heart skipped a beat. Would John cheat on me? And with Sam? I doubt it. Sam was saying something between sobs. I tried to make out what he was saying.

"I... He... I don't.... the money.... he's gonna..... hurt...." Samuel kept crying. I walked closer to them and John noticed me. He shot me a worried glance. He's not the best at talking to people. Luckily, I am. I walked up to them and sat on the couch next to Sam. He flinched.

"Hey, Sam. What happened? It's okay, you can tell me. Just calm down." I asked in a sweet voice, like I was talking to a puppy. I waited a few minutes for him to calm down.

"My dad. Well he's not really my dad. I hate him. He wants money. I don't have the money he needs. He's.. he's." He started to break down again. "He's threatening me."

"With what? Your life?" I asked him, worrying.

"Not really." He looked up at me and John let him go. "I'm tr-" He stopped. He looked down and shook his head.

"Can I really trust you guys?" He asked, looking back up. I looked and John and we both nodded.

"I'm... transgender." He said in a whisper.

"Oh that's okay. But what is he threatening you with?" I asked. He smiled and let go a breath.

"He says he's going to take away all of the money I've been using for hormones, binders, and surgery. Well, I was saving for surgery. It's actually my mom's money. I don't know how he could take it but he can find a way. He'll probably beat me too. He has before." He took a deep breath and continued ranting.

"He hates me. He doesn't use the right pronouns for me. He doesn't call me Samuel. I think he wants the money for drugs. I can't say no though, I can't be a girl again." He started crying.

"Okay, we can lend you the money for now. If it happens again, tell us and we'll do something about it." I told him. He leaned over and hugged me and then hugged John too.

"Thank you so so much. Someday I'll make it up on you." He grinned.

"Of course Sam, nobody should be discriminated for how they identify." John spoke for the first time since I got here. I pulled my wallet out of my pocket.

"How much?" I asked him.

"Two... hundred...." He whispered. I pulled four 50$ bills from my wallet. It wasn't that big of a deal, the other day I found my brothers old college fund account. My cousin said I could have it. Sam hugged us both again.

"Thank you."