Hello everyone! I am GravityUniverse (you can call me Gravity or GU or just whatever). This is my first fanfiction on this site/app so I hope you all enjoy it. At the end I will paste a section answering all your reviews. Obviously this chapter won't have that section, but hopefully the next will have lots. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1: Hurricanes of Life

Alex looked down at his old, crappy iPhone 4s. 4:00 PM. Dammit, he was late. He ran to the bust stop and kept onto a bus just as the doors closed. He paid his fare and sat down in a seat towards the back. His suitcase and laptop back took up the seat next to him. Alex quickly pulled out his laptop and opened it. As he turned it on, he saw the picture of him, his mother, brother, and cousin all looking happy on the beach in Nevis. It had always been like that... before the hurricane wrecked his life.

Nevis had been hit hard by a terrible hurricane. It had killed his mother and brother, as well as the majority of the population of Charlestown. "You should write about this... give yourself a new life.", was the last thing his cousin had said to him right after the hurricane. One day later, Alex found his cousin hanging in the bathroom of the refugee shelter in Key West, Florida that they had been moved to. Alex had decided to take this advice.

Apparently, everyone thought Alex's work was amazing and somehow, the president of Columbia College in New York, New York thought so too. They offered Alex a full scholarship to major in writing. He had taken the deal and also decided to minor in art. He wasn't too good at art, but he was able to make do and thought this would better his skills.

He was still 17 at the time and legally was in the foster care system. His foster parents, George Martha Washington had taken this as an opportunity to explore the world, and had moved with Alex to New York City over the summer. Alex thought it was good, even though he wouldn't be staying with them, to have someone close by that he trusted.

But there was something special about today. It was his 18th birthday. He quickly typed in his computer passcode (1776) and opened his email. There wa some from Columbia University reminding him school started next week and that dorm registry closed today. WAIT! Today?! "I thought it was tomorrow.", Alex thought to himself.

He jumped off at the next bus stop which was thankfully near the dorms. He ran to the main building whilst being guided by the slow and glitch GoogleMaps on his phone. Once he arrived, he ran in and filled out everything he needed to. Apparently, there was only one spot left in a dorm shared by 3 other people. "Hat were there names? It said it on the paper.", Alex mumbled to himself as he walked to the nearby Starbucks. "Marquis, Hercules, John. At least one of them has sensible parents.", said Alex laughing as he walked in to the modern looking coffee shop.

As he ordered the Unicorn Frappucino (Did he seriously just order that? His curiosity for the drink had gotten the better of him), he couldn't help but notice a cute guy sitting in the corner. He had long hair pulled into a fluffy ponytail, and freckles that scattered his face. He was watching a video on his laptop that made him smile. His smile was contagious too, as Alex found he was smiling too.

"Here you go, sir. One Unicorn Frappucino.", said the Barista.

"Oh, thank you uhm... Adrienne.", Alex said sheepishly as he read her name tag.

"My pleasure. So are you new around here? I haven't seen you before?", Adrienne asked causing Alexander to blush a bit. He was extremely shy.

"Yeah actually, I'm from Nev- Key West, Florida.", he stuttered.

"Wow, Key West, I heard it's beautiful. Oh wait! Are you that prodigy scholarship kid?", she asked a little loudly causing the boy in the corner to look up from his video. Alex saw him or if the corner of his eye and started to blush even more.

"Yep, that's me, Alexander Hamilton. Do you go here too?"

"Yes I do. Adrienne Noailles, by the way. It's nice to finally meet you. I read a lot about you. My boyfriend, Marquis de Lafayette, said you were signed up to be in his dorm."

"Did someone say Lafayette?", asked the boy from the corner who had apparently walked up for the counter. This had made Alex jump a bit.

"Oh John, you're gonna give Alex a heart attack.", Adrienne scolded.

"I'm sorry", said John, "I'm John Laurens, and if I'm not mistaken, by what I heard form the conversation, you are Alex Hamilton? I think we share a dorm. Adrienne's boyfriend, Lafayette, and his best friend, Hercules Mulligan, live there too, so you won't be bored. Ever."

"Good to know.", said Alex. They were both blushing and smiling like two madly in-love fools. Adrienne could feel the romantic tension. She felt bad for shipping her boyfriend's roommates together, but with both Lafayette and Mulligan being bi and John being gay, she was used to LGBTQ. She just hoped that Alex wasn't a homophobe, because Lafayette Mulligan acted really gay for each other (Adrienne knew they were just kidding around, Lafayette would never betray her) and John was openly gay as well.

"Well, you two better go get Alex settled. School starts next week.", said Adrienne noticing she had some customers walking in the door.

"Right," said John, "follow me Alex. It's ok if I call you Alex right?"

"Of course. I perfer Alex actually. It just roles off the tongue better than Alexander."

"Alright, well, I like Laurens better, so call me that if you don't mind.", he said smiling from ear to ear.

"Of course, my dear Laurens.", Alex said while attempting a fancy bow. They both just laughed and laughed. It seems the world was starting to take it easy on him. At least... for now.

Wow... howdy! That was a lot longer than expected. I'll probably post the second chapter tomorrow, but I can't promise anything. Soccer tournament is going on right now and review for finals starts next week so there might not be a consistent posting schedule. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed! Please leave me a review and follow... it really helps motivate me! Thanks ~GU.