TRIGGER WARNINGS: Mentions of self harm, anxiety, depression and bullying.
- ALEXANDERS POV -
We get home from the hospital and Thomas unlocks the door. I step in and hear a chorus of,

"Welcome home, Alexander!" I see John, Herc, Laf, Maria, Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza, who's crying. They pull me down on to the floor in a group hug. Soon I'm crying too. We all stand up and Eliza pulls me to the side while everyone talks together.

"Alexander, when Thomas called us about you being in the hospital, we thought you attempted again." She said, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

"After the other day we didn't know if you were really ok. I just don't want anything to happen. We love you too much." She says, smiling. I wipe away her tears and kiss her on the cheek in a brotherly way.

"I don't think anything is going to happen," I tell her, hugging her again. "Because I found my SoulMate." I whisper in her ear, smiling. She gasps and smiles.

"Oh my goodness, Alexander! I'm so happy for you! Do we know them?" I nod my head and she jumps around happily.

"I'll tell you, but you can't tell a soul. I'm going to tell them in a little bit." I say, gesturing towards the group.

"Tell me, please! I'm absolutely dying to know!" She says, still jumping. She really is happy for me.

"It's Thomas Jefferson." I whisper into her ear. She gasps again and grins larger than I've ever seen.

"I KNEW it! After the panic attack it was so obvious!" She was glowing in happiness. It was like she was even more happy finding out than I was when I found out. It was nice. She really cared.

"What's all this happiness about?" Maria asks, walking over. Eliza looks at me. I nod my head.

"Alexander found his SoulMate!" Eliza says to her.

"No shit! That's fantastic! I'm so happy for you, Alexander!" Maria coos to me. "When are you telling everyone?"

"Now." I respond simply.

"Want me to get their attention?" She asks. I nod and she calls, "Hey guys! Alex has something to say!" Thomas glances at me and I look at him, a question in my eyes. He knows what I'm going to say and thinks for a second, then nods and walks over to me with everyone else.

"I know these past few days have been... stressful. For all of us. I want to say I'm sorry for worrying you guys. I truly am. But, through all this shit, something fantastic happened. I found my SoulMate!" I tell them. I hear gasps and see Angelica and Lafayette with their hands over their mouths, grinning. Maria and Eliza are just looking at me like proud mothers. Hercules and Peggy are cheering. John is just sitting and smiling slightly, but he looks... sad? I turn to Thomas who is blushing and smiling at me, love in his eyes.

"Well, who is it. A-Man?" Peggy asks, wanting to know desperately. Instead of saying anything, I just yank Thomas to me and kiss him passionately. Both of us are bright red and the cheers in the background are deafening. Until, that is, someone in the dorm next to us tells us to,

"Shut it before I report you idiots!" We all laugh.

"Yeah.. so Thomas and I are SoulMates!" I say, blushing and rubbing my neck.

"Welcome to the club, mon ami!" Laf says, embracing Hercules, who kisses him.

"Actually.. Alex isn't the only one with a SoulMate announcement!" Maria says happily.

"Oh my God, Maria, really? Who is it?" Hercules called to her gently.

"It's... Eliza!" She says and Eliza grasps her hand, smiling at her.

"Yay!! I shipped it since day one!" Peggy screamed, running to her sister and squeezing her tightly.

"Congrats, you two! One third of the Schuyler sisters have their SoulMates now!" Angelica said, and excited hollow on her face. I realized that except for joining the cheering, John hadn't said anything, for both of the announcements. I walk over to him.

"Are you ok, John? You seem... distant." I'm a little nervous. He looks sad.

"Well, here's the thing. I'm not saying this to ruin your relationship. I'm happy for you, but... Alexander, I've had a crush on you since 9th grade. I know it's weird because we were best friends but-" I cut him off.

"What do you mean, were? We're still best friends John. And, quite frankly, I liked you in 11th grade for a little while. It won't ruin our friendship. I'm sorry I'm such an idiot and couldn't notice you liked me." I say, putting my hands on his shoulders and patting them.

"Thanks, Alexander. If you're happy with him, I'm happy for you. I truly am." He smiled, and looked much happier after getting his confession off his shoulders. We walked back to the group and Thomas slung his arm around me lazily.

"What was that while think with Laurens?" He asks gently.

"Oh, he looked sort of sad so I asked if he was ok. Turns out he was in love with me," I begin, and Thomas pales. "But, he's happy as long as I am and I know he won't do anything." Thomas sighed with relief.

"Oh, ok. He's actually a pretty cool guy. Talks forever about turtles, though." I laugh at the end of his sentence. John really did love turtles. I leaned in and kissed him, smiling against his lips.

"Does anyone want to have a Grey's Anatomy marathon?" Angelica called. Everyone screamed yes, since we all love that show.

*time skip to 7 hours later*

We all wipe away the last of our tears from the Grey's Anatomy season we just finished. After Season 1, we decide to stop. It is now 1 am, and we're all tired from laughing, crying, and yelling at the TV about our favorite characters doing dumb things or people dying.

"Tommy... can we have a sleepover with everyone?" I whisper to him. He nods his head yes and I announce it. Everyone's down with the idea, so we find all the blankets and pillows we can. Maria and Eliza sleep in Thomas' room, Thomas and I in mine, Peggy and Angelica one couch, Herc and Laf on the other, and John on an air mattress between them. Everyone seems happy with where they sleep.

"You two have fun with your shared room tonight~" Peggy says as Thomas and I walk hand in hand to our bedroom. I flush a deep red, remembering what happened before I got sick.

"Peggy, I assure you, both of us are exhausted. I'm pretty sure we're not going to get at it tonight." Thomas tells her with a smirk on his face.

"You never know!" She replied in a singsong voice, laughing.

"If anyone's getting down tonight, it's Eliza and Maria." I say, just barely holding back laughter.

"We can still hear you! This dorm isn't exactly huge!" Maria shouts from Thomas's room. We all laugh. Thomas and I make our way to our room. I flop onto the bed and he curls around me.

"You're so warm.." I mutter as I snuggle up against him.

"You as well, love." He tells my, stroking my hair.

"Thomas?"

"Hm?"

"Do you really love me?" He looks at me, a bit shocked.

"Love, I can't even believe you need to ask me that. Of course I love you, we're SoulMates, we're meant to be together, we- I - yes. I truly love you and will until the end of my days, and even after that." I melted. He had that Southern charm that just made him so much more attractive.

"I love you too, Thomas. And I as well will do so until I run out of love, which, in case you wonder, will be never." I try to match his level of smoothness, and by the way he blushes, I think I do. He kisses me on the nose and says,

"Goodnight, darling. Sleep well." Before we both fall into sleep.

- JOHN'S POV -
I'm happy for Alexander. I really am. But Thomas? The man who made Alexander cut himself, made him attempt suicide more than once, was his SoulMate? How did this happen? I found it sort of hard to believe.

Watching them kiss so passionately, so happily, I couldn't help but be jealous of Thomas. I mean, I had been in love with Alex for 4 years. I knew there was a slim chance of him being my SoulMate, but still.

When he told me that how I felt about him wouldn't change our relationship, I was happy. It didn't last though. I wasn't ignored tonight, that's for sure. I think Thomas and I were actually becoming friends, which wasn't bad, seeing as he someday would marry Alexander. My thoughts are mixing now. I don't know what I'm thinking. I'm exhausted. I'm on an air mattress between Peggy and Angelica and Herc and Lafayette. I feel far off from everyone. I need to go to sleep. My mind will be clear then.
AUTHORS NOTE: Hey guys!! So Johns POV was added to sort of give more depth but I feel like I'm just writing gibberish. Sorry if it's bad!! I hope you're enjoying the story. Thanks for reading!💕 ps. I suck at writing long chapters! I tried to add more to this but I'm having some pretty bad writers block. Hopefully the next chapter will be 2000+ words like the first two chapters but... idk.
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