The first day in Orange Groove was a blur and didn't really matter. No one seemed to notice or care about the two new kids, which was somewhat good. Alex didn't speak that whole day to anyone. The next day came and same thing. He went to the dining hall, ate what they had served for breakfast, and then went back to laying in his bed. The third day came and Alex had planned to just lay in bed again, but one of the care takers told him to go outside and make some friends. It didn't really sound like a suggestion and for the first time, Alex didn't feel like arguing about it, so he did as told. He went outside to the snowy field where kids where running, screaming, playing with balls, playing hop scotch, jump rope, and other games, but he just sat up against the wall of the building with his knees to his chest, but put his head sideways so he can look at the other kids playing. He then caught a boy about his age looking at him. Once they made eye contact though, the boy looked away. Weird. He did it twice that day, and then some more the next day after that. The sixth day there, Alex was outside sitting against the wall wrapped up in a Coat, which was really baggy on him, but he was cold so still wore It. He wasn't used to the cold and so far he didn't like it, but he learned from his island to never complain. The boy that had been staring at Alex for the past two days started to walk up to him though that day. He slid down next to Alex and sat next to him.

"Hi. My name is John. John Laurens. What's your name?" He said looking at Alexander.

"Uh h-hi. My name Is Alexander Hamilton." Alexander said shyly.

"Nice to meet you Alex. Wait is it ok if I all you that?" John asked. This made Alex giggle a little.

"Sure."

"OK great. Well Alex, I've noticed that you're new here. Where are you from?" John asked curiously.

"Oh um, I come from this Island. It's called Nevis. I had to come here though. What about you?" Alex said opening up a little more.

"I'm from here. So how old are you? I'm 8!" He proudly said.

"I'm about to turn 8 next month." Alex Said with confidence.

"Cool! So we are pretty much the same age! Hey, wanna be friends?!" John asked optimistically.

"Yeah I would love to be friends with you!" Alex said excitedly. And this was the beginning of a friendship that would last for a long time.

The two got closer each day and soon became best friends. They traded beds with a kid there so they could be closer, since their beds weren't really that close in the room and would stay up and talk every night. When school started again after winter break, the two were lucky enough to have the same class. John was Alex's guide at school and helped him out with regular things such as school work, rules, and what they had to do at certain times since he was new there and obviously didn't know any better. Everything was good.

"6 AM! EVERYONE UP!" One of the care takers yelled at the top of her lungs as she turned on all of the lights as to wake up all of the children at once for school. Everyone groaned and dragged themselves out of bed and began to get ready for their school day. Alex threw on a blue long sleeved shirt, along with jeans. He then took out a jacket, a hat, and gloves from the chest and left it there to grab before he was to leave. John put on an aqua blue long sleeve with a turtle on it along with some dark blue jeans. He also took out a jacket, hat and gloves from the chest and left it there like Alex. They went to the dining hall together silently, and sat at a table together. Soon, the cook Came out with a big bowl of simple, scrambled eggs and put some on each child's plate. Everyone ate quickly without saying a word to each other then put Their plate in the huge dish washer and continued to get ready by doing things like brushing their teeth, doing their hair, and making sure their homework was done. Once the clock struck 7:17 am, some of them left to catch their bus including Alex and John. The walk wasn't that far, maybe about 5 minuets away from the orphanage. Once they were there, Alex and John sat on the curb and started to talk.

"So yeah, like I was saying before, Imelda started to talk smack about Marco to everyone, so someone then told him what she was doing and now he is mad at her because it's all lies right? So now he's saying that he is going to confront her in front of everyone today at around 3 maybe."

"And where did you hear all of this?" Alex asked John, confused about how his friend was so involved in the gossip of the orphanage.

"Ok well you know Marie Ann right?" John said.

"Yea…"

"Ok so she is friends with one of the older kids from room 645 and he told her about it, then I heard her blabbering it all to Abigail."

"… So you were eavesdropping?"

"Ummmm…. Noo???" John said, trying to sound innocent. The bus then came at that exact moment. They got on and sat in the somewhat middle, closer to the front. They continued their conversation and got to school in about 10 minuets. Once there, they went to their class and waited for the class to start.

"Yay! Lunch! Finally!" John said with enthusiasm.

"When aren't you hungry?" Alex asked, laughing.

"That is a good question, that the world may never be able to answer!" he said and they both laughed. They both ate pizza with Apple slices, along with chocolate milk. They finished pretty quickly and were soon on their way back to class.

Before they knew it, the school day was over and they were on the bus again, on their way to Orange Groove. At the orphanage, they ran into their room, 176, and did their homework as soon as possible as to get it out of the way. They always did this so that they could then relax and play, and all that good stuff. All they had for homework was to solve some math problems, then write on a paper about what they learned in class today. After they were done with that, they colored, then solved some puzzles. Then just like John said, at 3 pm, Marco confronted Imelda and everyone sat there and watched like if it was a movie. Soon it was 9:30 pm and everyone started to head to bed so that they can get ready early in the morning the next day.