Chapter 4: (874 words)

John Laurens cared about his friends.

They were his true family, the family he chose. Every person he was close to, including Madison and Jefferson, even though he wasn't really close with them, mattered to him.

However, he put Alex before all others, they were the closest of friends after all.

So, when John learned that a certain Thomas Jefferson could possibly make his best friend happy, he agreed to help James bring them together.

After separating with James, he turned on his phone.

-Imaynotlivetoseeourglory: im going to the schuylers

-Wehavetowin: ok good luck

He then went to Eliza, the middle Schuyler Sister's contact number.

-Imaynotlivetoseeourglory: hey liza im coming over

-theresalakeiknow: that's fine john were all here

-Imaynotlivetoseeourglory: brt

This was a rare day. Usually, at least one of the sisters were out. Eliza would be at the library or at the nearby orphanage, or sometimes she would be out on dates with Maria Lewis, her girlfriend and a sweet girl with a troubled past. Or Peggy would be out at bars drinking with the revolutionary gang. Or Angelica would be out at the library learning as much as she can, or out with John Church, a boring man that Angie was dating.

The Schuyler Sisters were lucky to have a three-person dorm room. Their dad was a politician after all, he was rich, so it made sense in a way.

Knocking on their door, 1780, he was thinking of the best way to tell the sisters. He could just blurt it out, or he could ease into it.

Interrupting his thoughts, the door opened to reveal Eliza. "John! Come in! Peggy and Angie are in the kitchen."

When he reached the kitchen, he saw Peggy, the youngest Schuyler Sister, playing Candy Crush on her phone and Angelica, the eldest Schuyler Sister, writing an essay on her expensive laptop on the dining table.

"Hi girls," began John.

The other two sisters lifted their heads up from their respective devises to look at John.

"Oh, hey Laurens," Peggy rushed as she ducked her head back down to her phone.

Angelica let out a sigh and responded, "Good evening, John. What brings you here?"

"Well, I've come to tell you guys a secret!" All of the sister's heads turned to look at him with the utmost attention. "Only me and Madison know about it. It's about Alex if you guys were wondering."

If they weren't giving John their full attention before, they certainly were now. They all cared about the short man. They could all sense that he had a pretty bad past if all he said about it was that he came from 'far', and his loud opinions had secured him a place in all of their hearts.

"Me and Madison decided to let you in on it because to be honest, you guys will figure it out in seconds." They all looked smug at that remark.

"Go on then!" encouraged Peggy.

"So, earlier today, Alex went to the library," began John. He saw a confused look on Eliza's face which soon turned into worry and concern.

"What was wrong?" she eventually asks.

"Yo, Liz, whatcha mean?" Peggy questions.

"I volunteer as librarian there. When Alex came, he was close to crying and he was running really fast inside. He didn't even say hi!" Eliza rushed.

The same emotions crossed the faces of all of the members of the room until John responds, "I don't know what that was about. Madison only heard Jefferson's side of the story, which is likely to have some holes and lies, or at least a lack of truth."

"This involves Jefferson? Is Alex OK?" Eliza fussed.

John grins slyly and replies, "Oh, trust me, he's fine."

Angelica suddenly squealed loudly. A lightbulb could practically be seen floating above her head. "Are you saying that they like each other!?"

"Bullseye, Ang'," John pointed a finger at her as if it was a gun.

The second that particular comment left John's lips, all four of them were squealing like crazy. After a few seconds, John started again.

"Me and Madison- "

"'Madison and I', John," Angelica corrected.

"Right, ugh, sometimes you're just as bad as Alex, y'know," John complains. "Madison and I decided to not do anything about it yet. Just to spy on Alex and Jefferson, see how they react in the same room, that kind of thing. Alex didn't tell me anything so let's wait until he's ready to tell us what the crying was about. Plan?"

"Good enough for me," responds Peggy as she returns to her phone.

"That's fine, John. They both go to the library so I'll keep an eye out there," Eliza replies thoughtfully as she starts to walk to the door.

"I'm in the debate club with them like you John, I can help, and anyways, they're probably adorable together," Angelica grins slyly as he mirrored her expression. She then makes her way to the fridge to cook dinner.

John then goes to the door where Eliza is waiting for him.

"See y'all!" he shouts back to them. He gives Eliza a hug and tells her to not worry about Alex and the reason that he was crying.

A/N: Welp, I thought that I should do one of these author note thingys in this series, since I started doing it on my Miraculous Ladybug series too.

Anyways, this chapter, we had… the Schuylers, Laurens, and Madison being sneaky and plans of messing with people. Well, that was last chapter but it dives a bit deeper this chapter.

And last but not least… enjoy!