John's POV

"What if it all goes wrong? What if I mess up? Or trip like Jennifer Lawrence? What if I make a bad joke that nobody finds funny? wHAT IF NEIL PATRICK HARRIS IS THERE AND HE LAUGHS AT ME BECAUSE HE IS A FLAWLESS, TALENTED HUMAN BEING AND I AM.....ME!?" Alex paced around the empty grass field our graduation ceremony would be held at while Eliza tried her best to calm him down.

"Again, your boyfriend, right here" I huffed, jokingly.

"You'll do fine Alex, let me see your speech" Angelica held out her hand for him to place the palm cards she expected to be handed.

Alexander unzipped his backpack and with great difficulty, dropped what was probably more than 100 pages into Angelica's hands

"This is your graduation speech? We'd like to graduate before I turn eighty if you don't mind" Peggy threw her arms up in the air.

"No, that is not going to be your speech." Eliza stuffed the pile of papers back in Alex's backpack and folded her arms, raising an eyebrow at the stressed boy.

"If I was you, I would just say, 'SUCK MY DICK'" I suggested to my boyfriend, only to receive Alex shaking his head with a confused and slightly angry facial expression.

" I think, you should say whatever you want. Improvise Hamilton!" Angelica encouraged, placing the blue hat on his head.

Before there was anything more to say, Students started to file in, signalizing the start of our graduation ceremony.

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"And now, words of wisdom from Alexander Hamilton, we hope you remember these words forever" the principal sat back down in his seat.

"This college has brought me great happiness, because of the people" he smiled at me and then at the rest of the group who waved like excited fangirls at a concert. "The teachers" he turned to Washington who was ugly crying and mouthing 'I'm proud of you son' "I also wouldn't have the feeling of upmost happiness thanks to this place, the happiness is mostly coming from the fact I get to leave " students erupted into laughter and so did some of the teachers, except Mr Washington, who was still crying over Alex.

"I'm so proud of you son" Washington sobbed.

"Don't call me son"

"If I'm waking you down the isle then I'm going to be your father" George responded. Alex gave him a confused by happy look before returning to his speech.

"Well, thank you fellow peers, my friends, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy Schuyler, Lafayette Mulligan, Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, thank you to my boyfriend, John Laurens, thanks to the teachers... Mr Washington. Thank you for everything you have done, to help make my future what it will become" I smiled as I wiped away tears with the back of my sleeve, I looked around and almost everyone was crying. Even Thomas Jefferson. Might be because of the drugs but who knows.

"And now a piece by John Laurens" the principal said.

"John, you didn't tell me you were making a speech! Good luck!" Alex gave me a thumbs up and kissed me on the cheek. I instantly felt a lump in my throat and my stomach flip inside out. I breathed out deeply and took the microphone. I saw all the camera flashes, the graduation was being recorded and there would probably half a billion photos of it. They took photos of everything. Especially what I was about to do.

"For this, I'll need your luck the most" Alex looked a little confused by this but quickly smiled again and moved to the right of me. I wiped away some tears and reached for my back pocket.

I can do this? He loves you? Right? Does he love you? Maybe he doesn't love you. maybe he's Thomas Jefferson in disguise. Ew. Just get to the speech Laurens! Full House and Suite Life of Zack and Cody were really good sho- SPEECH!

Alex's POV

He pulled a small, black, velvet box out of his back pocket and flipped open the box as he got down on one knee. I'm pretty sure my stomach just turned into a gymnast and did a back handspring.

"Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my dear Hamilton, it were in my power, by actions, rather than words, to convince you that I love you. If I'm honest, I hardly knew the value you had taught my heart to set upon you. You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent. But as you have done it, and as we are generally indulgent to those we love, I shall not scruple to pardon the fraud you have committed, on one condition; that for my sake, if not your own, you will continue to merit the partiality which you have so artfully instilled into me. By this condition, I must ask, if I, John Laurens, can possibly be allowed to ask you one, simple, four word question which will lead to a vow. A vow to promise, that I will never leave you again and will stay by your side, through sickness and health and even through all the other crap that life takes us through. I love you with all my heart, and my heart tells me that I am head over heels in love. So, Will you marry me?"

The tears I had been trying my best to hold back suddenly let loose and my hands flew to my mouth. My thoughts were running a million miles a millisecond, picturing the family we'd have, in our house, with our friends, the places we'd go, and being married to him. I could picture everything but it all races through my mind too quickly to even contemplate what was happening.

"YES I WILL" I practically screamed before melting into him with a kiss. I saw even more camera flashes from the corner of my eye. The students and teachers cheered louder than ever as he pulled out of the kiss and with ease, slid the ring down my finger. Everyone was cheering and I think I could hear Eliza's cheering, yes, it was that loud. I also heard Lafayette scream "Faites maintenant les bébés" which I honestly didn't bother to translate through my head I was so caught up in the moment.

"I love you" John cupped his soft hands around my wet cheeks that were warm with tears while he wiped a tear away with his thumb. "I mean it, not in the sense where we throw that word around like it's just cute. I mean, I'm helplessly, head over heels in love with you" once he said that, that's when I realised I was 1000000% sure I wanted to be with this man until the day I die and if heaven is real, even longer.

"And I mean I'm helplessly, head over heels in love with you every time I say it back" I mumbled through the tears before he kissed me again and the cheers grew louder. We pulled out due to laughter when we heard Hercules scream.

"I DIBS BEING THE FLOWER GIRL MOTHER FUCKERS"

I felt two flower crowns hit me right in the face, Laughing I placed one on John's head and he placed the other on mine.

"You look cute" I rubbed the petal of a purple flower from John's crown between my forefinger and thumb.

"You look cuter" defeating the idea of impossibility, John looked even more beautiful than ever. His freckles somehow looked even cuter, his eyes browny-green eyes twinkled more, and his tear stained cheeks which were wrinkled by his large smile and his hair fell loosely around his beaming face.

I screamed in surprise when he picked me up bridal style before grabbing my hand as we walked back into the crowd too see our friends.

"WOO I'M ENGAGED MOTHERFRICKERS" I screamed while everyone in the group ran to hug me.

"thank you John" I hugged him tightly letting my shoulder length brown hair get messed up.

He kissed the top of my head and we got ready to throw our hats. It reminded me of New Years.

"3...2...1"

We threw our hats in the air and I pulled John into a long kiss while everyone around us cheered.

"LET'S GO GET DRUNK" Hercules cheered and we all screamed and ran to our car.

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John's POV

The next morning

I woke up next to Alex in bed, the sun shining through the window onto his skin. His brown hair was ruffled up messily and his small frame was cuddled up to my chest. I pulled up the blankets and looked down.

Yep, we done did it.

I cautiously got out of bed, deciding I should make my fiancé breakfast to start off our day. Somehow living with him felt different now. It might be because now we're engaged or maybe because we have our own place, either way, I didn't care, it was nice.

I turned on the TV to see Eliza reporting on the news. She's now a very accomplished news reporter and her co anchor is James, life sometimes worked out like that.

I made Alex and I our special hangover drinks as well as chocolate milkshakes and pancakes with scrambled eggs, and balanced the pepper shaker on the plate, Alex loves extra pepper.

I was about to turn off the TV when I heard some news about South Carolina.

"There will be a pride parade held in South Carolina next week and a special marine life exhibition, more details are being sent out tomorrow" Eliza smiled.

"And a prisoner escapee-" I switched off the TV to take our breakfast upstairs, if I say so myself, it smells amazing.

"Alex, drink this" I handed him the hangover drink. He groggily took a big sip of the purplish green concoction before scrunching up his nose and practically inhaling his chocolate milkshake.

"Johnnn thank you but you seriously need to let me do some things for you" he laughed, rubbing his eyes.

"It's fine, I enjoy making you happy and doing this for you made you happy" I crawled back under the sheets with my milkshake in hand. Alex lifted up the blankets and looked down, I giggled at the fact that he made no expression and just shrugged it off before taking a forkful of scrambled eggs and stuffing his mouth.

"What do you want to do now?" I took a bite of my pancake and leaned back onto my pillow. I was really tired.

"How I met your mother?"

"Perfect" I kissed him before our door burst open and a panting Lafayette entered.

"Ew put a sign up or something" he grumbled at the assumption we were going to have sex.

"Lafayette we're having breakfast and watching tv! And this is our house we don't need a sign" Alex threw a lion plushie at him.

"Is that a metaphor?"

"LAF!" I laughed, glaring at the Frenchman standing in our doorway. "What are you even doing here? How are you even in here, the door is locked"

"Yeah I crawled through your window, also you should totally give me a key, I'm your best friend!"

"Peggy's our best friend" Alex and I both mumbled with a mouthful of pancakes.

"Anyway, you guys, we need to plan your wedding!" Lafayette clapped his hands and jumped up and down.

"We got engaged last night laf, are we really in that much of a rush?" Alex responded. I wasn't personally in that much of a rush either.

"Weddings are stressful and take a long time to plan, you of all people should know that. I think Alex ripped half his hair out planning our wedding" Lafayette teased.

Alex frowned and turned around to look in the mirror. "Your hair's fine don't worry" I assured him.

"Ok fine" I mumbled, but if you put us under stress and Alex ends up throwing his engagement ring down the toilet I'll punch you all the way to South Carolina" I joked.

"YAY" Lafayette slammed the door closed and apparently the rest of the group had climbed through our window too because we heard his muffled screams through the door.

"WE'RE GONNA START PLANNING THE WEDDING" a bunch of people cheered and Alex face palmed.

"We need to lock our window" he muttered, finishing off his milkshake.

"We need to plan a wedding"

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