One Last Time //Lams//University AU//Part 1

Chapter 43

March 17 2018
Wednesday

Alex POV
I walk through the apartment door after the Schuylers drop me off and John immediately jumps onto me and kisses me. "Hey~" he says, I break away, "What was that for?" I ask, he shakes his head, "Nothing, I just really wanted to kiss you." he says and resumes kissing me.

"What time is dinner?" I ask through kisses, "Six." he replies. I check my phone. 16:55, we need to get ready. "We should get ready." I say and he pouts. "We just need to shower and get dressed. That's quick!" he whines. "Well, you can take a shower with me if you want." I say and he perks up, then goes back down.

"Wait, are you sure? We haven't done anything like that since before the whole... Thing." he says, I kiss him again. "John, I trust you. And I love you." I say and he nods his head, "Well if you're sure then-" he cuts himself off by dragging me to our bathroom.

~time skip~

We get out of the shower and get dressed. It's now 5:31. "We should get going, it'll take us like a half an hour to get there anyways." John says grabbing a jacket and his phone. He calls an Uber because he can't drive with one hand and I don't have a license, we head out and get in.

It takes us almost a half an hour of just random conversations but we finally arrive at his dad's house. We walk up to the door and knock.

The door opens to a little boy, he was also pretty tanned with short curly brown hair, brown eyes and covered in freckles. He looks like a mini John. He looks at John and his eyes light up, "John!" he yells and hugs him. "Hey there Henry, how are you?" John asks moving his arm in the sling out of the way and hugging back. "I'm great!" he replies.

We walk inside and Henry shuts the door, "Is this your new boyfriend?" he asks looking at me, John blushes and nods his head. He smiles, "Hi! I'm Henry Jr." he says, "Alexander." I reply smiling back.

We walk into the living room, "There you two are! Right on time." Henry Sr says waving at us. John waves back and looks to the two girls sitting on the couch. "Miss me?" he asks as the little one jumps up and runs to hug him. "Johnny!" she yells excitedly. She's also covered in freckles and has big brown eyes but she has dark, straight hair.

"Wow, what happened to your arm?" the other girl asks looking at John's arm, "Long story, I'll tell you later." John says hugging the little girl.

"Hey Mary. Hi Martha, how have you been?" he asks the other girl as she gets up off the couch. She has brown curly hair and no freckles with blue eyes. "School is a dick and I want to die." she says in a joking tone, I see John's face go into an anxious expression as he whispers something in her ear. Her expression changes slightly and she nods, John walks back to me.

"Martha this is Alexander. You two have a close IQ and are roughly the same age. Have fun." he says and walks into the kitchen. I glare at him as he leaves and then I turn to Martha. "We're the same age?" I ask and she shrugs, "I'll be 17 in November, how old are you?" she asks, "I turned 17 in January." I say and she smiles. "Guess we are."

She sits down and pats the spot next to her. "You like Harry Potter?" she asks, "Heck yeah!" I reply and she switches it on. Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets, honestly that's my favorite one.

We spent a good half an hour just making random jokes and getting along really well. She's a lot of fun and we have a lot in common. This is great!

The front door opens and a boy walks in. He has a few freckles here and there, short, straight black hair and blue eyes. "Dad, I'm home!" he says taking off his jacket and putting his school bag down. He walks into the living room and stops when he sees me.

"Please don't tell me this is your secret boyfriend Martha." he says and she shakes her head, "Nah, this is John's secret boyfriend." she says and turns back to the TV. His eyes widen in surprise. "John has a secret boyfriend? AND HE DIDN'T TELL US?!" he sprints into the kitchen probably to give John a peice if his mind.

"And that would be James." Martha says and I laugh. "Was it nice growing up with a lot of siblings?" I ask and she sighs. "We're all a handful. John would constantly be sneaking out to meet his ex's in the middle of the night and I would have to cover for him. James is loud and always has friends over. Mary and Henry just can't get along."

I nod, "So, not so much?" I ask, she smiles. "They may be a handful but they're family and I love them. Growing up with them was an adventure and I wouldn't change a thing." I lean back on the couch. "Do you have siblings?" she asks, I nod.

"I had an older brother. We grew up together until I moved to New York at 13. We would always have each other's back in any situation. We had it pretty tough." I say, "What happened to him?" she asks, "He drowned two years ago." she looks at me shocked. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" she says and I shake my head. "I never would have seen him again anyways. But I still remember some of the nights we shared just sitting up late talking about our fantasy futures."

I smile at the thought. She turns back to the TV. "I have a sister too, she's Mary's age." I say, "Really? Maybe they'll end up in the same school." she says and I nod. "Maybe."

John walks back out with James trailing behind him. "James, meet my boyfriend." he says in an annoyed tone. "Thank you." James says glaring at him. "Hi, I'm James." he says, "Alexander." I reply. John sits down and leans his head into my shoulder, "Help me." he whines and I laugh rubbing his back.

"So, how long have you two been together?" Martha asks and before John and I could answer, James answers for us. "Five months! THEY'VE BEEN DATING FOR FIVE MONTHS AND JOHN DIDN'T TELL US!" he yells and glares at John. "It'll be five months tomorrow." I say and John kisses my cheek, "I'm starving, let's go." he says pulling me up and then pulling Martha up.

We enter the dining room and sit down. Henry Sr brings out the food and we all dish up. "This looks great dad." John says.

~time skip~

"Thanks for dinner, this was great! We should do it again sometime." John says as we walk out of the house. "Bye John! Bye Alexander!" Mary calls out to us as we get into the Uber.

"Well? You have now met my crazy family." John says as we drive back to the apartment. "Are you kidding? Your siblings are awesome!" I say and he smiles. "I'm glad you got along so well with Martha, you two really hit it off." "You think?" I ask, "Yeah!" John says, "She's pretty freaking cool." I reply.

We get back up to the apartment. "So, is it too late or do you wanna...?" I ask as John puts his jacket away. "Are you really sure you want to? It's hasn't even been a week since the incident. Shouldn't you take more time off?" he asks as I change out of my clothes. "John, I'm fine. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I trust you and I love you."

"I should be more worried about you. Can you even do anything with a busted arm?" I ask and he laughs mockingly, "Ha! Sure I could... Maybe." he says and I laugh sitting down on the bed, "Please baby?" I plead with big eyes.

He sighs and sits down next to me. "Okay, but the moment you want to stop just tell me and I'll stop." he says and I smile, I kiss him gently, "I love you." I say and he pushes me back onto the bed, "Hope you'll love me more after this."