Chapter 1

Alex walked into the campus of his college, King's College. It was August 26th, his first day of school, and he was nervous. The sky was a nice shade of blue, and the sun was a bright white. Puffy clouds dotted the sky.

'The sky is so beautiful today,' Alex thought to himself.

He looked at his schedule once more and then looked at his map of the school. It said that the principal's office was in room A201. Alex quickly shoved his schedule and map into his book bag and walked towards the principal's office.

Alex knocked at the door, and he heard a voice say, "Come on in."

Alex opened the door and a man was staring at him. He wore a navy blue suit and he was bald, and his nametag read "Principal Washington". His eyes were sparkling kindly.

"Have a seat, son." he said.

Alex sat down, a bit disgruntled at the way Principal Washington had so easily called him "son".

"So, what's your name?" Washington asked.

"Uh, Alexander Hamilton." Alex stammered.

"Oh, so you're Alexander." he said, looking Alex up and down. "I know that you've come from a. . . ruined home, and I want to tell you how sorry I am. Really."

'Sorry doesn't bring back the dead.' Alex thought.

"So, anyways," Principal Washington said, clearing his throat loudly and uncomfortably, "I read your essay and I thought it was very good. Even though you are only a sophomore, I believe that you have the potential to take the senior courses."

Alex nodded vigorously and excitedly. "Wow, thanks!"

"Yes," Washington said, "I was going to ask you what you majored in, so do you care to tell me?"

"I major in law, minor in English." Alex said.

"Oh, yes, those suit you." Washington said, his eyes sparkling.

"Yeah," Alex agreed.

"So, I-" Washington was interrupted by a soft tapping at the door.

"Come on in!" he called.

The door creaked slowly open, and a boy stuck his head inside, his hair was shaved, and he has a permanent scowl.

"You called me, sir?" he asked.

"Ah, yes, Aaron, please, sit down next to Alex here." Washington pointed to a chair next to Alex.

Aaron sat down and slumped over. His phone buzzed and he silenced it.

"So, Aaron, please show Alex around today." Washington said. "Please do not neglect him."

Aaron nodded, but he wasn't really listening. He was now staring out the window with a slightly less scowl that had been gracing his face earlier.

Alex looked out of the window and saw nothing but a few girls in the distance.

"Okay, better leave before you're late!" Principal Washington declared.

Aaron got up and slouched towards the door. Alex followed and said "thanks" to Washington before closing the door behind him.

"So, you're new here?" Aaron asked as they started down the crowded hallways.

"Yeah, just moved," Alex replied.

"Hmph. Give me your schedule." Aaron said.

Alex handed over his schedule and Aaron looked at it up and down.

"Are you a senior?" he asked.

"N-no. I'm a sophomore." Alex stammered, a little taken aback.

"You are taking almost all senior classes," Aaron observed mildly before scowling even more heavily than before.

"I'm your age too, but I just skipped one grade. I wasn't advanced enough to take senior courses, though I tried many times." he said bitterly.

"Oh." Alex said, not knowing what else to say.

"Here," Aaron sighed, "your first class is right here, C212, right?"

"Yes," Alex said. "Thanks for showing me to my first class."

"See you later when class ends. Just stay right here and I'll pick you up." Aaron said very patronizingly.

"Okay," Alex agreed.

As Aaron turned to go, suddenly, someone shouted, "Well if it isn't Aaron Burr!"

Alex looked up to see a short boy with curly hair and lots of freckles flounce up to Aaron. His bright hazel eyes were shining mischievously.

"Are you still a prick? Or did you manage to finally cure yourself this summer?" he said cheekily.

Alex stifled a laugh.

"Afraid I'm still a prick," Aaron said heavily. "Now get to your class, John."

"My class's right there!" John exclaimed, pointing to the sign "C212".

"Hm," Aaron said. "That's Alex's first class too. Okay, you two have fun together in your extremely advanced class and I'm heading off now. Don't want to be late to my first class."

Aaron strode off without a backwards glance.

John looked Alex up and down, I mean really looked, and his eyes, if possible, sparked even brighter than before.

"I'm John Laurens in the place to be!" he exclaimed, holding out a hand for Alex to shake.

Alex shook it and said, "Alexander Hamilton, and there's a million things I haven't done, so just you wait!"

John winked. "I will!"

Alex blushed at John's casual flirting. "Okay." he stammered.

John laughed and threw his arm around Alex. "We're going to get along just fine, I can tell!"

"Okay," Alex said, smiling.

They walked inside the classroom and sat in desks next to each other. A boy with very poofy hair sauntered up to John and plunked down on top his desk. He had a scarlet trench coat and what looked like a pimp cane.

"Oooh, John, found someone else to be gay to?" he sneered.

Alex and John both blushed and John said, "G-go away, Jefferson. It's not like you're not gay too. What's up with you and James over there?"

Jefferson raised an eyebrow and replied, "James and I are just friends. Purely platonically. Unlike you and your other two boyfriends over there."

"Laf and Herc are NOT my boyfriends!" John said loudly.

"So you say," Jefferson sneered.

Alex was liking Jefferson less and less by the second.

"Hey, lay off of John," he growled.

Jefferson's eyes widened. "It talks!"

"Yes he does!" Alex said angrily. "Don't call me an 'it!' I am a person, thank you very much! Unlike you, who barely qualifies as a human."

Jefferson rolled his eyes. "Well, at least I'm not going to Hell for being gay!"

"Yeah," John said angrily, "you're going to Hell for being a racist, sexist, little piece of shit!"

Jefferson rolled his eyes again. "Oh, shut up, and watch your language around me. You're purging the ears of the innocents who flock me. I take their innocence, not you."

John went stark white while Alex gagged.

"Not cool, Jefferson." John said, his face in shadow. "That's not right."

Jefferson sighed. "Well, according to the bible being gay isn't right either. Ta ta, see you later, bitches."

He hopped off of John's desk and sat down in his own just as the bell rang.

"Hypocrite!" John yelled while Alex said, "Burn in Hell, Jefferson!"

"He is disgusting," Alex muttered darkly.

John nodded. "I know."

They spent the rest of the class talking and laughing.

"So, what'd you have next?" John asked.

"Uh, AP US History, level D."

JOhn whistled in appreciation. "Good luck with that. You're going to need it. Lots of people dropped it and chose easier courses, just a heads up."

"Thanks," Alex said warmly, and they smiled at each other.

Alex felt something warm rush through him and he smiled wider.

"So, what do you have?" Alex asked.

"I have math. Algebra," John groaned. "Well, see you later."

He took a few steps forward before turning around. "Hey, meet me here after your second class? I want to introduce you to my friends!"

"Sure! Bye!" Alex called as John disappeared into the flock of people.

Just then, Aaron strode out, looking disgruntled. "Okay, let's go, and I'll pray to God that Jacques doesn't catch me alone again."

"Who's Jacques?" Alex asked.

"The worst person on the face of the Earth," Aaron grumbled.

"I thought the worst person on the face of this Earth was Jefferson!" Alex exclaimed.

Aaron shrugged and grimaced. "Fine. Jacques is the worst person in my world. Fair?"

"Fair enough!" Alex exclaimed cheerfully, his thoughts wandering back to John.

For some reason, Alex had taken a great liking to the bubbly, freckly, boy. John was really nice and so interesting. He was also kinda cute. . .

'What?!' Alex thought to himself. 'Woah, where did that come from? John? Cute? Alex, get a grip! You've known him for like only two hours!'

But Alex couldn't stop thinking about cute John Laurens all through history. He was really excited about meeting him at lunch, and he also couldn't wait to meet his friends.

'I've never had any friends before.' Alex thought. 'I promise that I'll make them proud!'

***Author's Note: Hey all of you guys! This is my first fanfic EVER and I really hope you like it! You can leave suggestions into the reviews section, I'll read every one of them! Also, could you guys please tell me how I could improve? Thanks!

~Hamiltrash