Alex's POV

I awoke at 6 am, and looked around. I saw John sleeping. He looked so peaceful.

And cute. I thought to myself.

No. I wouldn't let my mind go there. His father was Christian, so he probably was, too. Hell, we go to a Christian school. There's no way he's gay.

Once I got over myself, I got out of bed, took a shower, and went to get dressed.

I rifled through my clothes to look for something nice to wear.

To look cute for John. My mind wandered again.

NO! I thought. I can't go there!

I ended up picking out a dressy shirt, a nice sweater, and khaki pants. Laf and Herc would approve.

When I glanced at the clock again, I saw that it was 6:30. I went to John's duffel bag and picked out an outfit for him to wear. A gray t-shirt with a turtle on it and some blue jeans was the nicest thing I could find in his bag.

"Wake up!" I called, throwing the clothes at him.

"Ugh." He groaned. "What time is it?"

"6:45." I said. "If we want any chance of getting the good food at breakfast we need to get there early."

He rolled - literally rolled - out of bed, picked up the clothes, and walked to the bathroom.

While he was changing, I couldn't help bet think about yesterday when I first got a good look at John.

It was when we were walking out to dinner.

Damn. I thought. I could just drown in his eyes.

"Ready to go?" He asked, walking out of the bathroom.

I stared at his chest through his shirt. He looked hot in that shirt.

"Alex?" He asked again.

"Yeah." I said, snapping back to reality. "Ready."

We walked to the cafeteria in scilence.

"Bonjour!" Laf said when we sat down.

"Hey." John said, timidly.

"Want to get something to eat?" Herc asked, looking at John.

"Sure." He said, getting up. I glanced at John as they walked away.

"Somebody has a crush." Laf sang after John and Herc walked away.

"Oh, come on." I replied.

"Mon amie, I can see it in your eyes." He said.

I looked at the floor.

"Ha! I knew it!" He said just a little too loudly. People from the tables around us looked over.

"Shh!" I wispered. "I don't need everyone in the whole school to know that I'm bi!"

"Oh, no one will care." Laf said.

"Everyone will care!" I exclaimed quietly. "We go to a Christian school!"

"Most of the people here aren't even Christian anyway." Laf said. "They're parents just send them here to get them out of their hair."

"Yeah, I guess." I said.

Herc and John came back and sat down.

"I guess I should go get something to eat, too." I said, getting up and walking away as John and Herc sat back down.

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John's POV

We finished breakfast and went to the uniform shop.

"What size do you wear?" Laf said as we started looking at the shirts.

"Small." I said.

"Ok, try this on." He said, shoving a collared light blue shirt at me.

I started walking to the dressing room.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"To try this on...?" I said.

"You still need pants." He said. "Come with me."

We walked over to the other side of the store where there was a wall full of khaki pants.

"Size?" He asked.

"Small." I said.

He pulled a pair of pants off the shelf and shoved it into my arms.

"Now go try these on." He said.

I went to the dressing room and put the uniform on. I tucked in my shirt. It fit well. I took it off to go buy it.

"It fits." I said to Laf when I came back out.

"Ok, put that back on the shelf and we'll put the order in." Laf said.

I walked over to a screen in the front of the store and put in the order in for five small uniforms.

"You ready to go get supplies?" Alex said, walking up to us with Herc.

"Yep." I said.

We walked down the hall to the supply shop.

"Find the lists for each teacher that you have on your schedule and collect the supplies on that list." Alex informed me.

I found all my lists and collected my supplies. It blew my mind how organized the place was, how fast it was to find everything on my lists.

"Ready to go?" Alex said when we were finished.

"Uh huh." I replied.

We walked back to our dorm room and organized our supplies to be ready for classes the next day.

"Our uniforms should be delivered by dinner time." Alex said.

"Ok." I said, almost mindlessly.

Alex and I both sat on our beds at the same time and looked at each other.

"So..." Alex started. "do you have any pets?"

"Seriously?" I laughed.

"Oh come on." Alex said. "We're going to be roommates this whole year. Maybe for up to two years after that. I'm just trying to get to know you."

"Ok, umm..." I said. "I always asked my dad for a turtle, and he almost did, but when he found out..." I trailed off. "Anyway, I never got one."

"Found out what?" He asked.

"Oh, nothing." I said.

"It can't be nothing. Nothing is nothing." He replied.

"Uh... that I got a bad grade on a test." I lied.

"No, that's not it." He said.

"I don't need to tell you every aspect of my life!" I snapped.

"Geez. Ok." He said. "We should probably get going to lunch anyway."

We both got up and walked out to meet Herc and Laf in the cafeteria.

(A/N - So John and Alex hit a kink! So... what will happen when classes start? I hope your ready, because we're in for a bumpy ride! Don't forget to review!)