Lafayette's POV

Next Wednesday, Madison and I went to the mall to go shopping.

"You gonna wear a suit or a dress?" Madison asked, jokingly.

I laughed. "Maybe a dress. Mulligan liked it last time I wore one." I said, winking.

Madison snickered. "Oh yeah? When was the last time he saw you in a dress?"

"Last night." I commented. "He loved it so much that he wanted me out of it immediately."

Madison rolled his eyes, flustered. "Didn't need to know that much. All I asked was when you last wore a dress."

"Well, then you shouldn't of asked." I replied.

~<•>~

We went to this store, looking at suits. "Does this look good?" Madison asked, holding up a deep purple suit.

"Try it on, just to be sure." I told him. He went in a nearby dressing room, and a few minutes later, he came out wearing the suit. I nodded and smiled. "Mon ami, the suit looks amazing on you! The color suits you perfectly!"

He laughed. "Heh, th-thanks. I just hope I don't steal Thomas' spotlight." He smiled.

"I doubt it." I said. "And even if you do, we both know that Thomas will steal it back."

Madison laughed. "Yeah, he would." He smiled. "One of the reasons why I like him so much." He muttered, barely loud enough for me to hear.

Suddenly, Thomas walked in the store, I'm assuming because he too doesn't have anything to wear. He spotted us and ran towards us, smiling. "Hey Lafayette, James-"

Thomas stoped when he saw Madison's suit. He then smiled and bowed down, getting in his face. "Ya know, James, purple is my color."

"U-uh, I-I kn-know!" Madison said, flustered. "I-I was just trying it on!"

Thomas giggled as he stood back up, waving Madison off. "Calm down, James. I'm just playing. I'm not bothered by it. Honestly, it suits you, probably better than it does me, heh."

Madison started blushing when I left the two of them to find an outfit for Friday.

~<•>~

~<Friday after school-Hercules' POV>~

"You here all alone?" I asked Laurens, who nodded.

"Yeah, but it's fine." He replied. "Besides, I have a chance for a cute guy to ask me to dance or something, so that's a plus." I laughed. Laurens then pointed to the doors. "Speaking of which."

I looked to the doors to find James and Jefferson talking. James was wearing a deep purple suit, and Jefferson was wearing a sky blue suit. "Huh, that's new."

"At least this way, you know that they went together." Laurens joked, looking back to the door. "Uh, Herc, did Laf say that he was gonna wear a dress?"

I looked at him, confused. "What the fuck do you mean?" I said looking at the door. "Laurens, are you going crazy? That's just some girl."

"Wrong." Laurens said. "What girl has facial hair and curly ass hair?" He pointed back to the "girl". Upon closer expectation, i realized that it was, in fact, my boyfriend. He was wearing a deep wine red dress with a slit in the side, and his hair was up in the bun and part of it covered the left half of his face.

Laf chuckled as he got close to us. "Like what you see?" He said mockingly. I didn't even realize that I was blushing until he said that. "Mon amour, you're drooling."

~<•>~

Laurens' POV

I was bored, I'll admit. I mean, I was here, single, and my phone was about to die. I would hang out with my friends, but they're making out somewhere, if not fucking. James hasn't left Jefferson's side, and Jefferson scares me, so....

Suddenly, a girl walked up to me, holding a drink. She was a little shorter than me, a bit chubby (in the cute kinda way), and curly brown hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a yellow dress that went down to her knees, nothing special about it really.

"Hi!" She said. "I'm Peggy!"

"Laurens." I said, shaking her hand. "Your friends left you alone too?"

"Yep." She said. "You came alone too?"

"Yep." I smiled. She seems like a good friend.

~<•>~

James' POV

For about the past hour or so, I've been standing near Thomas, and he has paid no attention to me. I feel like a puppy dog vying for attention.

"Uh, hey, Thomas?" I said, getting his attention. "I'm gonna go get a drink. If you need me, I'll be by the snack bar or something."

Thomas nodded. "Okay, see you in a few then, James." He said, waving me off. I walked towards the snack bar, upset. I know that he only thinks of me as a friend, but still. I can't help but feel shy and flustered around him.

After hanging around the food for a bit, Thomas comes over to refill his cup. "Hey babe." He smiled. I felt my entire face go red.

"D-did you just call me-" I started before I felt something on my lips, cutting me off. It was Thomas. Thomas was kissing me! I was confused and happy and...oh. I taste liquor on his breath, meaning that someone probably spiked the punch, if he didn't spike it himself, I mean. He's probably drunk, and if not, he's probably doing it for a dare. Still, my heart is doing somersaults, I'm so happy, even if it's fake.

Thomas eventually pulled away, his face red. He smiled. "H-hi."

"H-hi." I stammered, face red.

~<•>~

Laurens' POV

It was nearing the end of the night, and the DJ called for the last song.

"Grab a partner for this one!" He called. I go to find Peggy to see her hanging with some girl. I then realized that everyone was taken except for some kid. I walked towards him.

"You don't have a partner, do you?" I asked him. He shook his head and I grabbed his hand. "Great, because I don't either!"

We started dancing as soon as the song started. I couldn't get a good look at him, since it was dark. What I could tell, however, was that his hair was in a low ponytail, and that he was a little shorter than me. Not by much, maybe by a few inches.

"Don't think I recognize you." I said. "My names John."

"Alex." He said. "I'm here for the next month or so, visiting family, ya know?"

He sounded a little younger than me, probably a first year. "How're classes?"

"Oh, ya know." He said, nonchalantly. "Boring, heh."

"Si nous le faisions plus fort, je ne pense pas que j'aurais été capable de supporter." I heard Laf say, walking back into the gym.

"Gross." Alex said.

"What, you speak French?" I saw the silhouette of a man nod.

"Quite a bit, yeah." He said.

Suddenly, the DJ said that the dance was over. I looked back at my partner as they start turning the lights back on. All i could see was his brown eyes, bright and beautiful, sparkling in the little bit of light we had. I felt my face go hot.

"Will I ever meet you again?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "I doubt it, but don't count one what comes out of my big mouth." He chuckled. I was going to let go of him and try and find Laf, but he suddenly pulled me back in, and our lips met. He felt...warm, comfortable. Almost like a fire in between us. He pulled away, and before I knew it, he was gone.

Oh, I hope we meet again soon.

1274 words

Jesus Christ

Translation:

If we do it harder, I don't think I would have been able to endure

Oof, I didn't wanna say anything, but there's only 19 chapters in total.

This is chapter 13.

Y'all do the math, I'm too lazy.

To be fair, I never actually finished the book, but I don't want to continue an older book.

Mostly bc I think it'd look weird seeing a drastically different writing style halfway through the book, and also major improvements.

But that's just me

But I'm kinda sad that this book is ending soon. I genuinely love this book, despite the fact that I'm not writing it. I think I fell in love with it again.