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Not too long after that, the red car pulled up to an extravagant mansion with at least a dozen elegant white columns. A huge dome stretched across the top of the huge home. Alex's eyes bugged out of his head. Damn. He hadn't even known that houses could get so big. If he had seen that before he left the Caribbean, he would've thought that he had died and gone to heaven.

"Your house is really nice," Alex gushed.

"I know, right? Welcome to Monticello." Jefferson stepped out of the car, straightened his purple sweater and took off his black sunglasses.

"Monticello," Alex breathed. He still couldn't believe what he was in front of.

"You gotta check out his mom's face," James opened his car door. "Plastic surgery made her nose huge," He and Aaron giggled as Thomas shot them an angry glance. Alex couldn't help but feel sympathy for Thomas for a second. His mom was a whore. He knew how that felt.

Thomas led the group through the gigantic doors into a living room that was bigger than three houses put together in Nevis.

"Hey, Jane!" Thomas waved to a girl sitting on the couch.

Jane stopped putting on red lipstick and looked up at the group. "Hi!"

"Hey, friends!" Thomas's mother ran up to the group, "How are you all doing? Need anything?" James was right, she had definitely had plastic surgery on her nose. She was wearing more than enough makeup and her bra showed though her tank top.

"Hi, Mrs. Jefferson!" James greeted her.

"Mom, this is Alex," Thomas said over his shoulder.

"Welcome!" She pulled him into a hug and Alex could feel her breast implants. "If you need anything, let me know. I'm not a regular mom, I'm a cool mom." She turned to Thomas. "Tommy, show Alex your room!"

He nodded, starting to walk up the stairs before turning to his mom, who was following him.

"Mom, can you go fix your hair now?"
"Oh, of course," She scurried away before Jefferson led the group into a room bigger than Alex's entire old house.

"Your room is huge," Alex gasped.

Thomas shrugged. "It was my parent's room, but I made them switch." He put his bag on his bed and breathed deeply.

Aaron walked over to a Bluetooth speaker and turned it on. Bouncy rap music came blaring out, and the three friends bobbed their heads to it.

"Alex, do you even know who sings this song?" Thomas asked.

Alex smiled awkwardly. "One Direction?"
Thomas laughed. "You're so funny. Just like an alien."

"Oh, I remember this!" James walked over to Thomas' bookshelf and pulled out a thick book.

"Oh yeah!" Thomas and Aaron crowded around him, peering at it as he opened to the first page.

"What's that?" Alex asked.

"These are our Federalist Papers." James giggled.

"What are the Federalist Papers?"

"We cut out pictures from the yearbook and wrote snarky things about all the kids in our grade," Thomas explained.

"David Brearly-" Aaron read. "Made out with a hot dog."

Thomas and James collapsed into laughter as Aaron turned the page.

"Thomas Mifflin is a fat virgin."

"Still half true." Thomas pointed out.

Alex stood to the side, trying to ignore the conversation. Some of these comments were getting really mean.

"John Laurens- well, John Whore-ens."

Alex's quickly turned around to see that that cruel name was indeed written in the book. Holy god damn. He tried not to let his shock show on his face.

"Who's the kid in the back?" James asked, pointing to Lafayette, who was sitting behind Laurens in the photo.

"That's Lafayette," Alex said nervously. "Supposedly he's too French to function."

"Put that in," Thomas commanded Aaron, who dutifully grabbed a pen.

Alex's face flushed. Uh oh. Maybe it was only okay when Laurens said it.

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"So they have this big book called the Federalist Papers," Alex explained to Laurens a little while later. He had Thomas drop him off at the mall so he could talk to Laurens and Lafayette about what he had seen and heard during his day with the Democratic-Republicans. "Where they write mean things about all the kids in our grade."

"What does it say about me?" Laurens asked.

Alex sucked in his breath, remembering what was written in that book. "You're not in it."

Laurens shook his head. "Those bitches."

"Hey, look who vit vis." Lafayette pointed to Ms. Dandrige, who was looking at a stand of coffee mugs in the corner of Bed, Bath and Beyond.

She approached the students. "Hey, kids! John, I didn't know you worked here." She was carrying a stash of books and was wearing a waitress apron.

Laurens shrugged. "Been a cashier for five months now. This place isn't bad. I get free toiletries."

"He likes it because they give him soap dispensers in shapes of turtles," Lafayette jeered.

"Shut up!" Laurens shouted.

"By the way," Ms. Dandrige pointed out. "I'm not here to buy anything, I work occasional shifts at TGI Fridays upstairs. That's me- working three jobs and still not paying the bills."

Lafayette pretended to cough. "And still single," Ms. Dandrige shot him a look.

"Well, see you boys on Tuesday!" She turned around and left the store.

"Guys." Alex sighed. "I can't keep doing this. I can't continue spying on them. It's just…weird."

"Come on," Laurens hissed. "I'm just saying, it would be…fun if you kept hanging out with the Democratic Republicans and told us everything they said."

"You told me the same thing yesterday."

"It still applies today. Just do it. At least for the rest of the week."

Alex groaned. "Fine. Do you own anything pink?"

"No!"

"Yes!"

Alex and Laurens turned to look at Lafayette, who awkwardly grinned.

Alex checked his watch. "Well, I have to skedaddle. My ride is here." Hercules was picking him up in five minutes.

"No! We'll come with you!" Laurens stood up. "I can leave my shift for a few minutes. "My boss doesn't give a flying shit."

"You really don't have to do that." Alex tried to reason with him.

"We're coming." Lafayette practically dragged him out of the store.

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Hercules was already waiting for Alex in his Honda Civic when they arrived at the parking lot.

"Nice car your folks got, Alex." Lafayette nudged him.

"Wait. Is that Hercules Mulligan in the car?" Laurens squinted to see through the windows. "Where do you know him from?"

"He…he's just giving me a ride today." How was he supposed to explain to Laurens that he lived with him?
"Well, see you tomorrow." Laurens and Lafayette turned around after Alex hopped into the car. Throughout the whole ride home, one thought kept running through his mind.

What would happen if Thomas found out the truth?

Sorry if my updates are getting inconsistent. I have school, extracurriculars and other writing projects to deal with. Also, I seem to be running out of ideas. I think I need to watch Mean Girls again.

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