John's POV

I stepped into the Hall D of my new boarding school.

"D17... D17..." I muttered to myself as I went looking for my dorm room. "Ah! Here it is!"

I saw the name tags on the door of my new dorm room. The second one said 'Alexander Hamilton'.

"Hey! Are you John Laurens?" A stranger voice asked.

"Uh... what...?" Was all I could mange when I turned and looked at him. God damn, this boy was the sexiest person I have ever seen. He had fair skin with long jet black hair, and a really cute smile.

"I'm Alexander Hamilton, your roommate! You can call me Alex" He said to me as he held his hand out for me to shake it. As soon as I did, I blushed HARD. I thought to myself, there is absolutely no way this man is gay.

I guess I should introduce myself. Hi, my name is John Laurens. I'm SUPER gay. I go to St. Jude's Christian Prep School for Boys. My dad sent me here when he found out I was gay. He's super conservative Christian, and super homophobic. He figured that if I went to a Christian school, he could 'de-gay-ify' me, even though anyone with a brain knows that's not how it works.

Anyway, Alexander reached around my and opened the door to our shared dorm room. He walked in and set his stuff down on the bed on the right side of the room.

"Is it ok if I take the right?" He asked.

"Sure" I said as I waked over and out my bags on the bed on the left. I looked around the room. There was a bed, a dresser, and a desk on each side of the room, a door to the bathroom in the back of the room.

Alex started digging around in his bag until he found his laptop. He pulled it out and started typing.

"So," He said, still typing, "what landed you in the hell hole that is St. Judes?" He asked.

"My dads a conservative Christian, so I've always gone to Christian schools." I told him. There was absolutely NO WAY I was coming out to Alex right here and now. He seemed cool, but if I had any chance of surviving here, I wasn't going to tell anyone I was gay if I could help it. Christians always look at you weird once they know your gay. "You?" I asked him.

"Oh... a little bit of this, a little bit of that..." he trailed off, looking sad, almost distant. "Anyway, your a sophomore, right? Let me see your schedule." He said, regaining his light, happy vibe as he reached over to grab my schedule off my nightstand. He looked it over and compared it to his. "It looks like we have the same homeroom, Christian Studies together in second period, and Lunch C together."

"Cool." Was all I could think to say.

"So, it looks like dinner is being served now. Wanna go down to the cafeteria?" He asked, finally looking up from his computer and closing it.

"Sure" I told him, getting up.

"Huh," he breathed.

"What?" I asked.

"The doors don't lock." He told me, while giving me the weirdest look. I couldn't quite tell what it was. Was it... lust?

No. I thought to myself. There's absolutely no way it's lust.

"Oh" was all I could think of saying.

"So, ready to go eat dinner?" He looked back at me, normal face again.

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When we got down to the cafeteria, it looked like the entire school was there, excpt for a few stragglers, like us, coming in late.

"They're all here!" Someone called from the back of the cafeteria. That seemed to quiet everyone down pretty quickly.

"Welcome to St. Judes Christian Prep School for Boys." An adult near the front of the room started. "My name is Mrs. Johansson, and I am the principal here at St. Judes. The teachers and I are very excited to start our year with you. You are all here this evening so we can go over your daily schedule. Breakfast is served in the cafeteria from 7 to 7:45 AM. Your first class starts at 8. Your last class ends at 3:30. After that, you are to go to your dorms and do any homework your teacher assigns you, and then the rest of the day is yours. Dinner is served from 5:30 to 6:30. You are expected to be in your dorms by 8:30 and lights out is at 9. No exceptions!" She said.

"Geez," I turned to Alex and said, "this place is no joke."

"Yeah." Alex said. "They mean business."

"Now," She continued, "eat your dinner. Talk to your friends. We hope to have a great school year ahead of us. May god be with you."

"May god be with you." The rest of the room repeated, almost robotically.

Alex got up to go to the food line and I followed him. We filled our trays and sat down at a table near the edge of the cafeteria.

"Bonjour, Alex!" Another kid at our table said with a heavy French accent. "How was your summer?"

"It was ok." He said.

"Who's the new guy?" Another kid asked.

"Laf, Herc, this is John Laurens, my new roommate." Alex said. "John, this is Lafayette," he pointed to the French kid, "and Hercules Mulligan." He pointed to the other kid at our table.

"Hi." I said. "Are you guys sophomores?"

"Oui, oui, mon amie!" Lafayette replied.

I looked to Alex.

"He said yes." He replied to my silent question. "Not everyone knows French, Laf." He turned to Lafayette, or Laf, I guess, and said.

Alex, Laf, and Hercules fell into a flurry of conversation that I could barely follow along with. I just sat there and listened to them talk while we ate.

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"How do you like Laf and Herc?" Alex asked one we got back into our room.

"They seem cool." I replied. "How long have you been going here?" I asked him.

"I've went through their their kindergarten through sixth grade day school, and then I started coming here in eighth grade." He informed me. "Laf and Herc both started here last year."

"How did you all meet?" I asked.

"They were roommates last year, and again this year, actually, and then they were in my homeroom last year, so that's how I met them." He explained.

"Cool." I said, and looked up at him. He was staring at me with a curious look in his eyes.

"Where did you go before here?" He asked.

"I went to school in Virginia since I started school, but my family moved to New York over the summer, so I go here now." I told him. He didn't need the whole truth if I could help it.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Lights out!" Someone called from the other side.

Alex got up and turned the lights off.

"We'll need to go get our school supplies and uniforms tomorrow." He said. "So don't sleep in too late."

"Ok." I said.

Alex went into the bathroom and changed into his pajamas. As soon as he came out, I did the same. Then, we went to sleep.

(A/N - I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this fic! It looks like Alex and John are going to be great friends! But is that as far as their relationship will go? New chapters should be up coming soon! Don't forget to review!)