Jr Rev Squad - ONE SHOTS

Love Story - Part 3

She is not coming.

But... But what if she is just late?

Four hours late?

"She abandoned me..." Alfred whispers in the dark church as the realization hits him.

And so he trudged home, completely devastated and heartbroken.

"Alfred!" His worried mom exclaimed as soon as he closed the front door. She rushed to hug him and then touched his face carefully but he wouldn't look up at her "Where did you go?" She glances the bag he held "Were you- Were you going to leave us...?"

The boy couldn't help but start crying into his mother's shoulders "Mom I'm so sorry..." He sobs as she strokes his back "I thought- I... I thought I had fallen in love..."

Margaret frowned as she realizes what happened "Oh, my poor boy... She left you, didn't she?" She asked softly and all Alfred was able to do was nod as he swallowed the rest of the tears.

She led him to the sofa and he told her everything. From the ball (keeping the parts when they make out (many times) off) to how they planned the whole Paris thing. Margaret, surprisingly, wasn't bothered by the fact her son had fallen for a Laurens. Instead, she was comforting him and telling things would be ok soon.

"You were a fool" Alfred's father walked into the room "How could you fall for a Laurens, son? Over so many women out there how-"

"Charles" Margaret scolded him "It doesn't matter now. The damage is already done. The point is..." She turns to Alfred again with a kind look "What will you do now? If you truly love this lady, just go out and find her! If she doesn't love you back... Well, I guess it wasn't meant to be"

Alfred had millions of thoughts running in his mind as he looked back to his mother.

"BULLSHIT!" His father shouts.

"Charles!"

"That is a terrible idea, Meg! Laurens' don't deserve love. Much less our!"

His mom stands up and scoffs "Charles, yours and John's ridiculous feud needs to end! Don't you see what it had already caused to our family?"

"Of course I do! That man gave me a bullet wound if you forgot about it! I could have died!"

"I know that" She says peacefully "But both sides were wrong by that time. You and Laurens. Isn't it about time for this to end?"

"They are not going to ruin this family" He replies emphasizing his point of view.

"But-"

"Dad is right" Alfred finally says without any hesitation in his voice as his parents turn towards him "I was a fool. You always warned me about them but I got carried away by a pretty face... I'm sorry. Won't happen again"

...

Two weeks.

It had been two (almost three) weeks since Frances had been locked in her room and each day Stephan would feel worst by what he had done.

"WHAT WERE YOU EVEN THINKING?!" Peggy yelled at John one night "Locking her in her room, SERIOUSLY?! That was the best solution you came up with?!"

"Wait, so I am the bad guy now!?"

The couple never had such a heated argue before. Everyone in the house didn't even remember of them arguing before the day John locked Frances' door, they were a truly in love couple even if the many years have passed, but their relation got suddenly colder.