Laurens, I Like You A Lot

I Made Pancakes!

Alex's P.O.V

I wake up five minutes before my alarm and normally, I would be jumping out of bed and getting ready for class, but I have no classes today. I just wanted to wake up early to get some work done, but I do have a whole week to finish one more homework assignment, so in the words of my boyfriend, I'm gonna 'take a break'.

Speaking of boyfriend, I look at my sleeping beauty next to me. I take a good look at him, admiring the freckles on his face, noticing how long his eyelashes are. I smile, slowly slipping out of bed and going to the bathroom. I decide that I'm gonna do something nice for John since he always does something nice for me. I decide that I'm gonna cook us both some breakfast.

When I leave the bathroom, I grab my laptop and search up recipes for pancakes. A lot of them involve a lot of things, and even though I like to challenge myself, I want the pancakes to come out good.

I search up if there's an easier way to make pancakes and I see that there's already a prepackaged mix, I just have to add water which isn't so bad. I search up the closest grocery store that John always takes us to when he needs something. I type in the name on the maps app on my phone and they tell me how I can get there by walking, which is only 13 minutes away. I leave the room quietly as I make my way to the grocery store.

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13 minutes became 18 as I accidentally took a (multiple) wrong turn(s), but I get here. I go to the baking aisle cause that's the only place I think the pancake mix will be in. I look up and down the aisle and then I find various pancake mix. I flip the boxes, seeing which one is asking for the least amount of ingredients. I grab one and I also go to the drink aisle to grab an orange juice, but without pulp, since John has this weird thing with pulp. I also make sure to grab some syrup before leaving. I go to the checkout and I pray that the walk back to the campus doesn't take me that long.

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It took 20 minutes, but it was my fault. There was a magic act and I stopped because frankly, it was quite impressive.

I go straight to the community kitchen and I put the juice in the fridge to cool. I place down the box and I realize the recipe makes 24 pancakes.

"What? John and I can't eat 24 pancakes. Guess some of our friends will get some." I say out loud. I open the box and dump the whole thing in a mixing bowl. It isn't until after that I realized I could have simplified the ingredients to how many pancakes I wanted, but it's too late.

I pour the amount of water I need and I mix until it's a good consistency. I pour quite a bit of batter in the skillet and it forms into a circle.

"Perfect."

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John's P.O.V

I wake up to the smell of pancakes and syrup and some sort of liquid being poured into a glass. I flutter my eyes open and I see Alexander with a little breakfast set up. He closes the orange juice and puts it in the mini fridge we have. He notices that I'm awake and he smiles.

"Hi! I made pancakes!" I sit up, scratching my head.

"W-what is this?" I say, standing up. He grabs my arm and leads me to a seat. I sit down and he slides the glass of orange juice over.

"Well, I wanted to do something nice for you and I wanted to cook something, so I went to the grocery store and bought this pancake mix and I made this."

"Wait, what? You went to the grocery store by yourself?" He nods his head and I stand up to kiss him. When I pull away, I smile.

"I'm so proud of you. Did you make these from scratch though?" He shakes his head and I laugh. "It's okay, I wouldn't have either. I'm just, wow. I'm proud. Like really."

"Thank you. I'm proud of myself too. Well, up until the part when I realized I didn't have to use the whole box so I made 24 pancakes in total, so our friends could have those I guess." I haven't even noticed the massive amount of pancakes in front of my plate.

"You made 24 pancakes?"

"Well 26, but yeah." I laugh, taking a sip of the orange juice. "There's no pulp." He says and I smile.

"You remembered."

"I mean, that's something you kind of just remember." I take a couple of pancakes. I take a bite of the pancakes and they're pretty good.

"Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised. Our friends are gonna love these."

"Speaking of friends, I texted them a while ago so they might be on their-"

"We're here!" Peggy says. She walks in, holding hands with Maria. Eliza comes in after, talking with Angelica. Hercules, Lafayette, Aaron, and Theodosia walks in after them. They each grab a pancake from the stack and somehow, they all find a way to fit on the beds.

"Mmm. These are some good ass pancakes." Herc says, already almost done with his.

"Je suis d'accord. qu'avez-vous utilisez pour faire ce?" Lafayette says.

"Um, une galette mélange? Je venez d'ajouter l'eau de la recette." Alexander says. I forgot that he knows French. Lafayette laughs.

"Classic. A pancake mix? That's amazing."

"I'm gonna need you to make these pancakes again, thanks." Maria says.

"I'm doubting that you added just water to the mix." I say. Alexander lifts his hands up in response.

"I swear." My lips curl into a smile as I watch our friends practically devour the pancake stack. I mouth thank you to him and he just smiles.