I'll Be There For You ~ Lams College AU

Chapter 17

A/N: So... Short filler chapter? Lo siento~

John's POV-

"Aw..." a voice said, awakening me up. It looked like it was about noontime already. I quickly closed my eyes to see what would happen.

Wait, noon?

Oh.

17 hours of Harry Potter.

Best way to spend the whole night with your friends.

I think, we fell asleep about halfway at Deathly Hallows Part 2.

At least, me, Alex, Maria, and Peggy. The others...couldn't handle it.

"Shhh! We might wake them up!" Came a voice with a French accent, which could not be mistaken to be Lafayette's.

"Let me just take a few pics!" A bubbly voice came. Peggy?

"Fine, Pegs." Angelica said.

Yep. Definitely Peggy.

I saw my eyelids brighten up into a red color.

"Whyda put a flash!" Angelica whispered.

"Sorry!"

"Shush. They might wake u-" Eliza whispered.

I felt something behind me stir.

Or someone.

"Huh?" A groggy voice came from behind. I tried my best to act like I was asleep. "Wha- oh."

The familiar voice of Alex went through my ears.

"No, guys! Don't even think about it."

"But you guys are so cute!" Eliza's voice appeared.

"Shush!" Alex whispered. "He's asleep! Cute..."

Time to rise up.

"Well, I was asleep until someone squealed." I opened my eyes and rose to a sitting position. "Or some people."

Alex blushed as he realised that I was awake the whole time.

"Now...brunch?" I asked as my stomach started making weird noises. We all laughed.

-time skip brought to you by brunch-

After we had 'brunch', which consisted of pancakes and bacon, we ran to our rooms to get ready and pack our stuff. 

After I finished freshening up in the bathroom, I changed into my new outfit.

Gay.

Gay.

Gay.

Yeah...

I walked out to see Alex stuffing some paper in his bag. "Oh! Hi John. Wow you look... gay." He chuckled.

"Always." I laughed retrieving my clothes from the closet.

I heard Alex shout from the other room. "I'll just use the shower!"

"Kay!" I yelled back.

I grabbed all my used clothes and stuffed them in the laundry bag. I carried it back to the bedroom, along with my unused clothes.

I placed them all in my suitcase and tried to close it. "Ugh! It's no use!"

I noticed a sheet of paper at the desk. I thought, Huh. Alex left one of his papers...

I made my way across the room to the desk and read three words.

I must have thought it wouldn't harm.

But, no.

My dearest, Laurens

In the very same font at my previous letter.

It can't be.

But it is.

No wa-

My thoughts were interrupted by the shower stopping. I ran back to my suitcase and literally jumped on it to close it.

The door opened revealing Alex, dressed in white jeans and a blue button up. "John?" He looked at me quizzically.

"Yeah? Oh, uh. No pude cerrar mi maleta..." I nervously chuckled, embarrassed. (Translation: I can't close my suitcase.)

"Oh. Need help?" He walked towards me.

"Oh, uh, sure." I said, standing up.

"So you lock it and I jump on it-"

"Now way! You're so small and cute!" I laughed until I realised what I said in the end. We both blushed. "Uhm... Yeah."

"Alright, fine." He agreed. "And I'm not small!"

"For a 11-year old." I muttered as he rolled his eyes.

-time skip by procrastination-

We all arrived at our respective dorms. It was still Christmas break until next week.

We agreed to meet up at the nearby café after we unpacked our stuff. Not the one where Thomas works in.

"John?" I turned around to see Hercules leaning at my bedroom doorframe.

"Mm?" I hummed, turning back to feeding Alex.

"So... Have you read the chat?" He asked slowly.

"Nah. But it's been erupting with notifications." I chuckled.

"You haven't check TheSquad™ yet?" He asked. I nodded.

He crossed his arms. "Dayroom."

"Am not!" I dropped the lest piece of lettuce on the floor. "Sorry, lettuce."

Hercules laughed. "Now you're talking to a lettuce. Well I suggest to check it before you get a thousand messages."

He turned around and went back to his room.

I rolled my eyes.

A thousand messages?

Pfftttt-

Holy shi-

I do have a thousand messages. 999 to be exact.

So that's why it was exploding.

I checked the chat and scrolled around. Pictures of presents, us, random messages, and-

My face just became a whole new color.

(last photo)

"Uhm..."

"Uhm..." Herc mocked appearing next to me.

"Herc!" I whined.

"John!" He laughed. "Alright, lez go. The others are already there."

We walked towards the café-

No, HERC walked as he dragged me all the way there.

"Stop. People are giving us weird looks." I grumbled.

"We're late and I walk faster."

Eventually, we made it to the café. We saw Maria, the sisters, Alex, and Laf seated near the counter.

"Sonny, y'late." Angelica crossed her arms.

"Chillax! You know you love me!" I fluttered my eyelids. "And notcha son." I pouted.

"Washington and Alex version 2!"Peggy laughed, causing us to join along.

"So... Where are the Burrdosians?" Herc asked, taking a seat next to his boyfriend.

"Theo has fever." Eliza frowned. "They skipped the plans."

"Oh, alright. I'm just gonna get some coffee." I walked to the counter and see:

"Hi, what would you like-"

"Sally?!"

"Jack?!"