Right after I got the acceptance letter I started to pack. The sooner I can get to College the better. 

"Bye Mom. I'll visit, and Dad can update you too." I was saying goodbye to my mom. Currently, I was in what seems to be an inescapable hug. 

"Bye Alex. I love you, don't get into too many fights." 
"I'll try."  
"Good."  
With that I left to my car and hen started the not so short drive to Kings. The drive was full of singing my heart out and being on the phone with my friends. --

"LET'S GO KINGS COLLEGE BABY!"  
"Shut up Herc!" Alex knew that french fry anywhere. 
"Are you hungover Laf?" I ask knowing I would probably get a yes. 
"Maybe..." 
"HERC DONT TOUCH MY TURTLE!" 
"BUT I WANNA BET SHELLY!" 
"NO!" 
"SHUT UP YOU TWO!" 
"Guys Do I need to come over there?"
"No. " They all said in unison. 
"Good. John let Herc touch your turtle, it won't kill ya. Nobody  yell cause Laf is hungover, and Laf, stop drinking cause I know you got a bottle of beer in your hand now." 

I hear Laf curse in French.  

"I got to go guys. I'll see you at orientation." 
"BYE HAMIL-HAM!" 
"Shut up Herc." 
"Bye Alex, Shelly says high!" 
"Bye Guys." 

I got to Kings within 2 hours (Maybe not right but live with it.) Once I got there all thee freshmen were herded to an area where they have hundreds of chairs set out and a stage in front. One of those stages that take 30 minutes to set up. Kids start filing in and I see my friends and wave them over. 

"HERC! LAF! JACKIE! OVER HERE!" 
"HEY ALEX!" 
They start running over to me and then they start to shove kids out of their seats. I'm laughing hysterically, while we just earned glares from everyone else. We take our stolen seats and get ready for the lecture of expectations and rules. We have been sitting here for about 5 minutes when The Dean of students walks up onto the stage. 

"Welcome students. Here we expect the best of you, we want you to be the best you can be. We do not have strict rules. The curfew is 12 am, no you will be rooming with opposing genders, and these are all for the greater good. There will be no skipping classes unless you are sick. We want you to succeed and have a successful life after college. Breakfast will be provided but no other meals. --" It was then when an all too familiar poofy haired man walked in and sat down a few rows in front of me. 

I started to reach and try and grab Johns' arm. He turned and looked at me. 

"Alex buddy, whats up? Whats wrong? Are you having a panic attack?" I frantically nod my head. 
"Alright, we're going let's go." 
"John, where are you and Alex going?" 
"Nowhere, nothing lets go, Alex." 

I cling and grab onto John for dear life. He took me to a bench by a pond. The cool breeze seemed to calm me down. 

"Alex, why did you have a panic attack?" 
"I-I...I saw Jefferson..." 
John hugs me tightly. 
"Oh Alex, I'm so sorry. It'll be okay. Are you okay to go back?" 
I slowly nod. I think I'm okay. I stand up and start to walk away. Right, when  John stands up to walk with me he grabs my hand. I blush and turn to face him. 

"John?" 
"Alex, I'm here for you, okay?" 
"I know John." 
"Alex..."
"John?" 
"I... nevermind."
"John somethings up. Whats wrong?" 
"I um...Alex, I think well I know, well I think but um-" 
"John-" 
"Alex I'm in love with you." 

Did... did he just. Am I--

"I love you, Jackie." 
"Y-y-you do?"
"Yes, Jackie I do." 
He smiles widely and brings me in for a warm hug.

"Should we be heading back?"

He nods and we walk back hand in hand. 
We get back just in time to hear the end of his speech. 

"Now go to the reception desk to get your dorm numbers.Goodbye." 

We all stand and head to the reception desk.

"Alexander Hamilton." 
"Here you go." She hands me an envelope with big bold numbers and letters on the back and a what I'm guessing is a key.
"Thank you."

I inspect the number on the back. 

C328Alexander Hamilton

Alright then, I guess I'm on the third floor, room 328. Great. 

"Jackie, what did you get?" 
"B250" 
"Darn, I got C328." 
"Oh, well I guess I can always sleep over," He says winking at me.
"What did you guys get?" 
"Herc got B248, and I got C320" 
"Oh well, I and Herc are two dorms apart.." 
"I and Laf are 8 dorms apart." 
"Well, then we can head up together. I wanna get first dibs on my room." I say already heading to the stairwell. 

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I get to my dorm and it's pretty empty, which is good so I get first dibs on a room. I choose the room closest to the bathroom and it's not the biggest room but its a decent size. Its a dorm for 2 so we'll see who my other dormmate is. 
I hear the door open and close as I'm unpacking. I step out to greet my dormmate whoever it is.

"Hey, I'm Al-NO! IM NOT DORMING WITH YOU!" I start to scramble backwards to my room but trip over myself and fall over. I start to crawl away. Jefferson starts to walk towards me. It makes me panic more. I already know what he is going to do. He will punch me then call me a crybaby and a trip up mistake. 

"Hamilton, Are you okay?" He starts to reach out his hand to grab me but I slap his hand away and end up backing into a corner. 

"Hamilton, its okay I'm not going to hurt you." I see a sincere look in his eyes and for a second I see a sliver of regret. I start to relax a bit, but then he reaches his hand out for me to grab to pull me up off the floor. 

"Ahh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry please don't hurt me. I swear I'll leave." He stares at me in surprise and guilt. 

"Hamilton, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you this bad. Please forgive me. I know it is impossible to forgive me but come here." He motions for me to come towards him. Cautiously I slide over to him. 

Once I'm close enough he engulfs me in a warm embrace. I tense up but relax just a bit. We sit there in an embrace. I don't know how long we sat there. 

"Hamilton, should I make some dinner?" 
"Um, sure? What would it be?" 
"Mac and Cheese!" 
"NO! I HA- I'm sorry, please I-I didn't I just I wasn't sure if I just don't want to anger you and-" 
"Hamilton, its fine. Don't, don't, you don't need to watch what you say around me. I'm sorry for the way I treated you. I truly am. Please forgive me...?" 
"I-I don't know..." 
"Its fine, I just wanted you to know." 

He gets up and walks away. I stay where I am and look down. I'm thinking.

Thinking
Thinking
Thinking

Thinking

Should I forgive him? He did seem sincere, and he did comfort me when I was having a panic attack. Why did he? 

"Hamilton?" Thomas snaps me back to reality. 
"Yeah?" 
"Do you um, want help unpacking your stuff?" 
"Um sure, yeah?" He just nods and walks over to me. He sticks his hand out and I grab it. He yanks me up and I fly up in the air a few extra feet I start to laugh.

*Jefferson* 

He started to laugh. Oh, my goodness that laughs and then when he smi- SHUT UP MIND! NO, I DONT LIKE HIM!" 

We walk to his room and start unpacking his things trying desperately to make friendly conversation. 

"So... what are you majoring in?" He turns and looks and me and smiles. Then quickly looks back down and continues folding clothes. 

"Law, or politics, I haven't really decided yet. But I'm leaning towards Law more. How about you Tho-Jefferson. What are you majoring in?" 
"Oh well, I know I'm gonna major in Creative Writing and literature. I've always wanted to write a book. So.." 
"I know what you mean." We sit in a comfortable silence until-

"IM JOHN LAURENS IN THE PLACE TO BE!" Al- Hamilton seems to immediately perk up he runs out the room smiling. 

"JACKIE!" He runs up to him and hugs him tight and kisses him on the cheek. 

"Gross." I slap a hand over my mouth.. I didn't mean to say that aloud. Hamilton's face drops and he turns his back to me. John looks outraged. He storms up to me and jabs me in the chest. 

"So you're his roommate. Back off. None of us care for homophobic bullies. You can just go ahead and f*** off. Alex and I are perfectly happy without you here to ruin everything so just go ahead and walk back off into your room and stay OUT of our business and AWAY FROM LEXI!" 

He is right in my face my now. 

"what'll you do "Jackie"?" 
"So you wanna find out huh? Keep talking." 
I see both his hands clench into fists and he is starting to turn red with anger. 
"Keep talking? Okay. So yall are in love. Have you ever thought about if yall weren't soulmates? Have you've checked to see if the writing on his arm is the same as yours? Yall are deeply in love but obviously not meant to be and you know it because if you were meant to be you would have kissed by now and would have been able to see color." John's face drops. 

I see tears in his eyes. He knows I'm right. He turns to Hamilton who is now full on sobbing. My heart breaks. I rush over to him despite objections from John. 

"No, no, no, I'm o sorry Hamilton, I didn't mean to, I didn't want to make you cry. I was just mad and at that moment trying to get under JOhns skin and I didn't mean any of it." 

"Sure... but you have obviously been thinking about it.  mean you made some good points. So why are you thinking about it huh? What made you think saying all of that wouldn't hurt me? You still wanna be friends? Clean up the act. I don't care if we're not soulmates, doesn't mean I don't love him. So... why'd you say it? Why have you  been thinking about it?" He is still crying. Tears in a steady stream down his face. He chokes up a bit though. 

I just stare in astonishment at Hamilton, so does John. He would make an amazing lawyer. I am almost tearing up but I bite my lip and hold it all back. I have to respond. 

"Because, Hamilton... I-I.... I'm writing a book! And I have been thinking about all of this soulmate stuff. Yeah... that's why."  I feel so bad about lying. 

"Oh...Come on John. We'll go to the park." 
"Hamilton, can we still work on this whole being friends thing?" 
"I don't know." With that, he walks away. That's all. John glares at me on the way out. I just look down. 

I screwed up. How do I fix this? 

I walk back to my room and flop down on m bed, towers of boxes surrounding me, making a box fort that I ish could protect me from the crappy stuff happening. It hasn't even been a full day of College. This year will be long and horrible. I start to scroll through Instagram and stop on Hamilton's page.

New Post...

Him asleep on Johns' shoulder. John must've snuck the picture form Hamiltons phone and posted it. 

This is going to be a long year. And I already have a bad start.

A/N So this is a very long chapter. So sorry for not updating for 2 days! But I made a super long one for yall to make up for it. Its as long as 2 normals chapters to make up for the days I was gone. See, see the connection? Yeah okay as always 
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!