John's Pov

When we went back to school after Christmas break, everything was pretty normal. The only thing remotely different was that Rich and Michael were dating now. Speaking of Michael and Rich, those two were literally inseparable.

When I sat down in my second class of the day, I pulled out my notebook and started scribbling down drawings of turtles. One of my favorite pastimes was drawing. Alexander sometimes liked to look over my shoulder and watch me draw. He says I'm talented.

I tried to bring myself to pay attention to whatever Mr. Smith was saying, but eventually I just started to doze off. I didn't get much sleep last night because I was just studying for my math test tomorrow.

I heard him call on a few students to read something from one of our textbooks, and thank goodness, he didn't call on me. I glanced over at the boy sitting next to me.

Surprisingly, he was fast asleep, with his hair falling down over his eyes. Normally Mr. Smith gets pretty mad if he spots someone sleeping during his class, so I used my foot to tap his leg under the desks.

His head jolted up, and he glanced around for a moment. I gave him a tiny smile, and he gave me a confused look back. I shrugged and turned my attention back to the front of the classroom.

All of a sudden, the sound of the school's high pitched fire alarm filled the air, causing half the kids who had nearly fallen asleep, to jump in their seats. I winced and reached up to rub my forehead lightly. That's definitely gonna give me a headache.

Mr. Smith sighed and slammed close the book he had been reading from.

"Okay, everyone, I'm assuming you all know what to do, so grab your things and head to the front of the school."

I couldn't help but look back at the boy sitting next to me again. Somehow, he had once again fallen asleep, and slept right through the fire alarm. I reached down and gently tapped his arm, making sure not to startle him.

After a few seconds he looked up at me, and I was a little taken aback upon seeing how tired he looked. I awkwardly stepped back from his desk, almost tripping the people walking towards the door behind me.

"You slept through the fire alarm," I told him quietly as he stood up and slung his bag over his shoulder.

"Thanks for waking me up," he said as we both made our way towards the door. "You know, I didn't sleep at all last night."

I nodded. "Studying?"

"Yeah. I'm Moritz by the way."

It wasn't long before we both had reached the crowded hallway, so we both exchanged a quick smile, before I went to go and try to find some of my friends. Nobody looked too worried about the fire alarm, mostly because it goes off all the time to keep us on our feet, I guess.

I never did end up finding any of my friends before we got out the building, but once we got outside, I spotted Alexander standing near the fountain in front of the school. I smiled and hurried over to where he was.

Alex gave me a quick hug as I stood beside him.

"So, have you seen Michael or Jeremy?' I asked him, pulling my jacket tighter around myself against the wind.

Alex shook his head, then quickly grabbed my elbow.

"Hey, do you see that?" he said, pointing towards the left side of the college. I gasped, and covered my mouth with a hand. There was a huge cloud of smoke coming from the building.

"I hope everybody is okay," I whispered under my breath, waving at Moritz who was standing with a group of people I'm assuming are his friends.

"Who's that?" Alexander asked, leaning back against the fountain. I shrugged.

"A friend."

It wasn't long before we could hear fire trucks in the distance. Around the same time, our other friends started to show up. Rich came over first, looking for his boyfriend, then Michael and Jeremy got here.

Jeremy looked really relieved to see us, while Michael and Rich only seemed to be happy to see each other. I almost laughed when Rich jumped into Michael's arms and kissed him.

Over where the fire was, firefighters were starting to take care of it, so I sat down on the edge of the fountain. A few moments later, some teachers came around to make sure everyone was alright. They told us nobody had gotten hurt, but they found evidence that someone had purposefully started the fire in the cafeteria.

After they left, I thought to myself: Who would have tried to burn down King's College?

I shook my head in confusion. Rich gave me a strange look.

"Why did you shake your head?"

I smiled softly. "I was just thinking about something."

Alexander sat down next to me and we both watched as the firefighters struggled to put out the flames.