"Thomas Jefferson." The curly-haired man answers. "Yep. That's right! I'm your mayor! I heard you requested a private conference, how may I assist you?" He adds rather jovially.

John sends Alex a message with his eyes that says, Rather excited and jovial for an evil mastermind, don't you think?

Yes. Alex responds with his eyes.

"Why don't any of the people here remember their names?" Alex asks aloud.

Thomas whips around, a menacing glare on his face. "What do you know? Who are you? And why are you here?"

He climbs onto the dais in the middle of the room, seeming to want a higher advantage in case of attack.

At that moment, Philip rushes into the room. "Sir, there is a commotion outside!"

"Son, we need to fix this!" Thomas replies.

At this, Alex turns around, confusion on his face, and John's ears start turning red.

"Son?" They ask in unison.

Philip startles. "You guys?"

"Yes, us, Philip, I thought you were my son!" Alex says.

Philip just casts his eyes downward ashamedly, taking the arm of his "father" and leading him out of the room.

Alex looks away, while John explodes, spewing angry words everywhere.

"How dare he do that to you, Lexi?!" He shouts, causing Alex to blush despite the situation as John uses his nickname. John blushes ever so slightly, realizing his use of the nickname.

Oh well. Alex thinks dejectedly. At least Thomas didn't learn who they were.

-X-

John sighs as they open the door to their room. "How can he mess with you, dear Lexi? I will fight him next time."

"Thank you Jackie, but that probably won't be necessary, since we probably won't see him again."

As if on cue, the sound of knocking spreads through the room.

Alex lays backward on the bed. John goes to answer the door. When he sees who it is, his ears turn red again.

"Who is it?" Alex asks curiously.

John doesn't answer, instead he pulls the door the rest of the way open, revealing Philip standing there. He rears back, ready to hit Philip in the face, but Philip pleads for mercy.

Alexander notices the pure desperation in Philip's eyes, so similar to his own, and he calms John. John is upset, but he calms down sufficiently in Alexander's presence.

Seeing that John is not going to hit Philip, Alexander turns his attention to the aforementioned person.

Sensing Alexander's eyes on him, Philip begins talking. "I know you must hate me right now. I'm so sorry. Let me tell you the story."

"There is no story! You screwed over Lexi!" John shouts.

"John, please calm down." Alexander says gently.

Realizing he is allowed to tell his story, Philip begins, "I truly am your son, Alexander. I am certain you remember my mother, Eliza. When she found out she was pregnant with me, in prison, she knew it would endanger you, since she had already heard the prophecy. She was let out after having me, but she did not have the financial capability to give me everything I would need, so she put me up for adoption. I was adopted by Mr. Jefferson, since he wanted children."

"What?!" John shouts. "Alexander's child was adopted by Jefferson?"

"Yes." Philip answers.

This whole time, Alexander has been sitting silently. Now he begins spluttering. "Wh-wh-what? Eliza?"

"That is correct." Philip answers.

"Oh, goodness...I loved Eliza. I was going to propose to her the day we went to prison. I was so surprised, I did not want anyone around me for so many years after I got out, and I never found out what happened to her. I had lived as an orphan since I was five. She made me so happy, she was wonderful and everything I desired to be." Alexander says wistfully. "But then a couple years later, I met John and everything felt better. He had the same circumstances that I did and he was so kind."

At this, he gives John a chaste kiss, which he accepts smiling and forcing harder on Alexander. Philip seems a tiny bit distasteful, but the expression is gone in a split second.

Alexander simply waves Philip out of the room, which Philip gladly obliges.

Bonjour mes amis! I am pleased to present, another chapter. How come Philip is upset? Please suggest, I do not know what to write about that. Thank you to everyone who has read this. M.J., I know I messed up a couple of things from what you told me (I do love your background information, as it makes this story a lot easier to write), and I am sorry. I hope you like this anyway! Look out! Little backstory on Thomas coming up! Sorry about any grammar mistakes, I try to be as perfect as possible, but some of these are uncorrectable. I am probably going to change the title, please suggest ideas! I will tell you what the new name is in advance so you can look out for that as this story. Also, I wish I could respond to the reviews, but I cannot PM some of you since you do not have accounts. But I do read them, so please keep reviewing! Thank you!

-HamiltonAsparagus