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Forgivness

Alex's POV
I had just given Peggy Maria's number and she was lying on the floor with her legs on the bed, she was text flirting with Maria. We heard a knock at the door and then a voice.
"Can I come in?" It was John
"No fuck off you Dick" Peggy yelled at the door. We then heard a key in the lock and Peggy sprung up and sprinted to the kitchen reappearing with a knife and a bin lid. She stood right by the door as it swung open and smacked her in the face.

"Son of a-!" Peggy ran towards John. I grabbed her by her arm and yanked her back. I stepped in front of Peggy who was currently growling at a very scared John
"What do you want?" I snapped at him crossing my arms. I wasn't in the mood to talk to but he had made some sort of an effort so I humoured him. 

"I-I just wanted to say, I was really mean to you this morning and I'm sorry." My face immediately softened and John obviously noticed and he breathed out a long sigh of relief. Peggy was still muttering *certain* words under her breath but I could tell that she had softened a bit too.

"Why the hell did you unlock the door, who gave you a key." Peggy finally demanded.
"Eliza" John muttered.
"Damn her!" Peggy stormed past me and shoved John into the wall. We could hear her screaming Eliza's name even after the door closed. John laughed and looked at the floor shuffling his feet awkwardly.

"I feel like such a dick I shouldn't have yelled at you, you just wanted to talk and I was awful to you" John stuttered again I could tell he felt bad and I pulled him into a hug. He stiffened at first but he wrapped his arms around me and I buried my face into his neck. After a few seconds I pulled away and I could see him blushing.
"Alex I want to talk to you now" he whispered.

I sat on Peggy's bed and he sat next to me. "Alex I-I-I" he couldn't seem to think of the words he wanted to say "Alex I like you too!" He breathed. I looked at him shocked. I wasn't expecting him to say that he likes me back. I smiled and rested my head on his shoulder. We sat there in peace and happiness for a few minutes. That was before I heard a squeal and looked over at where it came from.

In the doorway was I saw Laf and Herc grinding the air. I grabbed John's hand and pulled him to leave.
"I fucking knew it" Laf grinned. I rolled my eyes and pushed past the still holding onto John.

I saw John give Herc a high five as we walked past him and I couldn't help but smile at the adorable dork. My adorable dork. John's hand fit so well in mine. I felt so safe with him.