Forever and Ever // Lams

The First Date / Truth

A/N: The reason the chapter name has a / is because this chapter will be a bit different, showing Jefferson and Madison's POVs as well as Alex and John's POVs. Hope you enjoy!

JEFFERSON'S POV

I dramatically fell face forward on the bed of the hotel room in Las Vegas. I knew leaving the state made me seem even more guilty, but I didn't know what else to do. James sat down next to me, cautiously petting my fluffy hair, as though he couldn't trust that I was going to stay calm for long.

I had tried to convince him not to come with me, since I knew that would make him also seem even more guilty, but he insisted.

"Jemmy?" I said quietly.

"Yes?"

"What are we going to do?" I groaned, rolling over onto my back.

"We have to tell them the truth." He said quietly.

"NO! We can't, I will literally be shot, Jems!" I yelled.

"No you won't! You just have to come clean to the police, and they'll protect you from him!" He retorted.

"They won't believe me..." I sighed.

"Well if you refuse to do that, then you're going to jail! I might be going to jail!" He seemed to realize he had been talking too loudly, and carefully quieted his voice, "I can't lose you, Tom."

I sighed again. Only James could call me Tom and get away with it.

"What are we going to do?" I asked again.

"We're going to stay here for the night, then go back to New York and tell the truth." He said firmly.

"What if we move to my vacation home in France instead, Jamsey?"

"Thomas." He said warningly.

I flopped onto my stomach again. "Fine."

LAUREN'S POV

I woke up with Alex snuggled close to me, his long hair covering my face. He was awake, because his breathing wasn't slow, but he was still laying there trying not to wake me up.

"Good morning, my sunshine." I said quietly, so I didn't startle him.

He laughed softly. " Good morning, Jacky." He paused for a moment to shift his head on the fluffy white pillow. "I love you, but can we not bring up the lullaby thing in front of anyone? Also this is literally the softest bed I've ever slept on. I'm so glad I could share it with you, because that's the only thing I really need to be comfortable." He was rambling so fast I could barely keep up, like he was suddenly full of energy and ready to start the day.

I giggled. "Me too Alex, and I wouldn't dream of telling anyone about it. I'm a terrible singer anyway."

"Not to me, Jacky." He said timidly, as though we had just met and he was still carefully flirting with me.

He rolled off of me and got up, walking to the closet. I laid there, admiring how the morning sun gently coming through the window made his dark hair shine. He turned back to me and smiled.

"Get up sleepy head, today is our date day, and tonight's our date night. The next 24 hours is our date!" He announced and I laughed.

"Fiiiine, if you insist." I groaned jokingly, and slowly got out of bed. I walked over to him, putting my arms around his small shoulders. "You're okay, right?"

He nodded slowly and I smiled. "Good."

We decided to pick out outfits for each other, just for fun. I picked Alex a dark purple shirt and dark denim jeans. He picked me out some swim trunks and a tuxedo top.