What Once Was

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Alex's POV

I woke up with John's arms around my waist and his face in the groove of my neck. I tried to get up without waking him, but I only made him hold onto me tighter. He looked so peaceful laying there. I stayed a little longer while playing with his hair. Don't judge me it was so fluffy and irresistible. I had to touch it.

Slowly he started to ease off of me. I got up and decided to make pancakes, but failed because I was no good of a cook. I ran to the Starbucks across the street and got two cups of coffee. When I got back to his dorm I can't say I wasn't shocked at who I saw sitting on the couch.

"Well, if it isn't the bastard orphan of Kings Collage." Jefferson got up from the couch and started to walk over to where I was standing."J-Jefferson." I tried to stop my stutter but that didn't work. He started to lean over me.

"Tell anyone abou what happened last night and say good-bye to your scholarship. Does anyone know?"

"N-no. John knows I got beat up but that's it." I saw John walk out of his room. "What the hell are you doing!" He ran over and threw Jefferson off me. "Can't you see he's uncomfortable and don't you have a boyfriend!" I hid behind John as Thomas got up.

"Jemmy broke up with me." He mumbled. "That doesn't mean you can go around harassing people!" John started to push me behind him even more when Jefferson walked over to us. "Whatever." He walked out the door and left.

After he left I broke down in tears. John picked me up and brought me to the couch. Two maybe three minutes passed before he asked "Do you have any classes today?"  I shook my head no. "Do you want to go back to your dorm or do you want to stay here?" I looked up at him and my breath hitched. He's just so magnificent and perfect. "Can I stay here? I'm roommates with James and I know he didn't break up with Jefferson. I'm kind of scared to go back." He just nodded.

"We can have a movie marathon! What kind of movies do you like?" I laughed as he got more and more excited. "I like Disney movies." I started to panic a little thinking he would see me as childish for liking those kinds of movies. "Great! I have a whole stack of 'em in the corner. You can pick the first one." I walked over to the giant stack of movies and picked out my favorite Disney movie of all time, Moana. John walked into the room carrying some yellowish fluffy stuff, his eyes were wide and bright.

"You look like a kid in a candy store." He laughed and said "Well then, welcome to my candy store." He smirked and we broke out in a fit of laughter. "Was that a heathers reference."

"Maybe. So you know heathers?" He sat on the couch and handed me a bottle of pepsi. "Of course! It's like one of the best musicals I know! Also what's that stuff you're eating?" John just stared at me shocked before he said "You've never had popcorn?!" I shook my head and started to get really embarresed. "I didn't have the best experience growing up."

"Why dont you have a seat and I can put the movie in." I nodded, handed him the movie and sat down.

John's POV

We watched a couple more movies and Alex fell asleep during Snow White. It was getting late and he looked really cute laying there, so I decided he could stay in my bed again. I set him on the bed and as I was about to leave he started to say something.

"Mom! Mom don't leave me again! Please stay! Please, please don't go!" I went over to check and see if he was okay. When I reached him I saw he was crying and it broke my heart seeing him like that. I crawled in the bed with him and tried my best to comfort him.

"Shh, shh. It's okay, you're alright. I'm here." I rocked him back and forth, while trying to calm him down. Slowly he started to relax and I drifted off to sleep with him in my arms.