Alexander tenses up and quickly turns to leave the hallway as soon as he sees his soulmate. While he misses the other, he does doesn't want to see him just yet. Aaron raises an eyebrow as he looks at Alexander before looking over at the magenta mess at one of the lockers. He raises an eyebrow before looking over at Alexander. "Is that your soulmate and enemy?" He asks after a moment.
"Yes," he says. He begins to walk away, beginning to take another path to class. Aaron doesn't hesitate to follow. He walks with him to their classroom, pausing at the door.
"I thought you didn't mind seeing him?" He asks. "You told me it was mutual." Alexander is silent for a moment before he nods.
"It was but like- I think we both may need space. When we met, we kind of rushed into it and on top of rushing into it, we more or less disregarded that we are each other's enemy. I think it will happen again if we spend time together again. We need to be apart for now." Alexander says honestly. The rest of the day is spent with Aaron warning Alexander whenever he sees Thomas as well as Alexander hiding around corners to avoid his soulmate.
It stops when Alexander comes to the cafeteria to see Thomas sitting with James, Hercules and Lafayette. He frowns a bit and looks at Aaron. "I'm going to sit with someone else." He says with a small smile. "You can join me if you want, but I would't blame you if you sat with them." His friend nods hesitantly and makes his way to the table with Thomas.
Alexander looks around the cafeteria. His eyes land on a group of girls. There's about four of them at the table. They each look gorgeous and rather confident. He makes his way over to the group and gives a small smile. "May I sit with you ladies?" He asks softly, shifting from foot to foot. The girl who looks the oldest gives a smile. It's bold but kind, and he can't help but relax. She's so confident, and he can't help but wish that he has her confidence. It's something so many should aspire to have.
"Of course," she says, watching as Alexander sits with them. He smiles gently at them and starts to pull his lunch out.
"I'm Alexander," he says with a small grin, watching the four ladies.
One of them smiles gently. It's calm, nice. Something that makes him rather happy, actually. "I'm Eliza," she says. She's wearing short sleeves, like the confident girl. The name on her left wrist is Angelica Schuyler, with the name on her right being Maria Lewis.
"I'm Angelica." So that is her soulmate? He looks at her wrist curiously, not caring about being sneaky. She doesn't seem to mind. Elizabeth Schuyler is printed nicely and neatly, and he raises an eyebrow. "My sister, we are soulmates in more of a sibling sense." She says. Her right wrist has the name Maria Lewis, the same as Eliza. "And your enemy and soulmate is Thomas? I'm glad I finally get to meet you."
"How do you know Thomas?" He asks, purely curious. He hasn't seen them talk yet, and he hasn't heard Thomas mention a girl named Angelica.
"He's in a few of my classes, we've been friends for a long time," she says honestly. "We haven't spoken in a little while though, we've gotten rather busy." She says smoothly before looking at the other two girls at the table. "The youngest here is Peggy, she's our sister too. And that is Theodosia," Alexander feels as though he should remember that name, "she's my age."
"Theodosia," he says, his eyes narrowing slightly. She looks a bit nervous.
"Did I do something wrong?" The girl asks, her eyes holding a nervous look. Alexander quickly shakes his head.
"No, of course not! I just feel like I should recognize your name. I'll let you know if I remember," he promises before looking at Peggy and smiling. "It's nice to meet you all."
Thomas is still sitting at his table with Lafayette and Hercules, the smile on his face manipulating the others into believing that he is completely fine. The truth is that he isn't fine. He feels a bit guilty, as if he has done something wrong. The break up was mutual though. Perhaps he feels guilty for separating the friend group that Alexander is apart of. Whatever it is, he chooses to ignore it.
Aaron sits next to them and stares at Thomas for a moment before giving a small smile. "He's doing alright, just needs distance." He blinks but nods, accepting the information given to him.
"I still don't understand why you two broke up, you're soulmates." Hercules mutters, and Thomas doesn't pay attention to the hostility that Hercules clearly feels towards him. The other is close to Alexander and is clearly biased.
"Because we were always arguing, and it made us both miserable." Thomas says politely.
"It was mutual, my treasure." Lafayette says softly, gently taking Hercules' hand in his own. "They were having issues, they broke up. It was their decision. Let them find themselves and take time, I'm sure they'll begin dating again eventually."
Thomas nods and begins to eat, smiling when James sits with them as well. "We will, but right now this is perfectly fine." He says smoothly. James raises an eyebrow and gives him a look he chooses to ignore.
He continues to eat his lunch, glancing at Alexander every once in while as he listens to the conversation. He can't help but smile when he sees him laughing. Yes, this is perfectly fine, he'll be back together with Alexander soon, he's positive he will be.