John's POV

I woke up the next morning and saw Alex sleeping in his bed. He looked so peaceful. Then he started to stir.

"Hey." He smiled when he saw me.

"Hey." I replied, grinning.

"So... about last night." He started.

"Well, there's no denying last night was..." I trailed off, looking for the right word.

"Amazing." We both said at the same time and giggled.

"I do want to be with you, if that's what you want." I treaded carefully, "but we would have to keep it a secret. From everyone. Even Laf and Herc." I told him.

"That makes sense." He replied. "And that is what I want." He came over to sit next to me on my bed and kissed me.

We sat there on my bed making out until Alex's alarm started going off. He got up and shut it off.

"I guess we should get dressed." He sighed.

"Yeah." I replied reluctantly.

We both got up and took turns changing in the bathroom. We got our stuff together for school and walked to the door.

"Wait." Alex said as a put my hand on the doorknob to open it. He grabbed my face and kissed me for a few seconds.

"Now go." He smiled. I smiled back as I opened the door.

We walked down to breakfast with big, goofy smiles on our faces. Laf and Herc noticed as we sat down.

"Did someone put a can of happy gas in your room or something?" Herc asked, looking between Alex and I.

"No." Alex said. "Just a really good morning."

Alex and I got up to get breakfast. He reached over and brushed my hand. I brushed back, then pulled it away. I shot him a look.

"We can't. Not here." I wispered in his ear.

"Yeah, I know." He wispered back. "It's just so hard."

"What are you guys whispering about?" Laf butt in.

"Nothing." We said at the same time.

Laf wispered to Alex, and he went on the defensive.

"Stop asking!" Alex stage wispered. Whatever Laf said got Alex angry.

We went through the breakfast line in scilence. Alex seemed agitated.

"Are you ok?" I asked him once Laf walked away.

"Yeah." He sighed. "Laf keeps bugging me to talk to you about... what we talked about last night. And it's not like I can tell him."

"True." I replied.

We walked back to the table and sat down. As soon as Alex sat down, he scooted his chair closer to mine, and brushed my hand under the table. This time, I took it.

Laf seemed to notice, because he snickered and shot a look at Alex. Alex made a face at Laf, telling him to leave it.

We finished eating in silence. It was harder than I thought it would be to eat breakfast one-handed, but I managed.

Once we finished, we put our dishes away and started walking to class. Alex and I were communicating through looks the entire time. I knew we were going to have to get really good at this if we were going to continue the way we were going.

We sat down in homeroom and Laf quickly scribbled a note and passed it to Alex. He read it made a face, then scribbled something down on a new peice of paper and passed it to me.

He's asking about what's going on with us. What do you want me to tell him? He wrote.

Tell him youll talk to him later. We can tell him then. I wrote back. I passed back the note. He read it, scribbled something on the peice If paper Laf gave him and passed it back to him. Laf made a face and looked at Alex, unsatisfied.

I pulled out a new peice of paper and scribbled down, meet me in the bathroom by the auditorium at 8:00. I passed it to him.

He read it, smiled, wrote something on it, and passed it back.

Can't wait. It said.

XXX

Alex's POV

8:00 couldn't come fast enough. First period dragged on, since 8:00 was close to the end. I just hoped there wouldn't be anyone there when we met.

"Mr. Hamilton?" Peggy asked.

"Could you repeat the question, Ms. Schuyler?" I asked.

"What was Newton's third law of motion?" She asked, annoyed.

"Every action has an equal, opposite reaction." I answered.

"Thank you," She said, "Now..." She continued, and I tuned out again, thinking of John.

Thinking of him just made my heart pound. His eyes that I could just drown in, his sexy freckles, his thick, curly hair... I blushed just thinking about him.

"Alex has a crush." James Madison leaned over and sing-songed in my ear.

"Go to hell, James." I replied.

"Woah, let's not go there." James said, hurt.

"Whatever, dude." I replied, bored.

I saw the clock get to 7:55, and Peggy got to a stopping point in her lesson. I walked up to her while she was passing out a worksheet.

"Can I got to the bathroom, Ms. Schuyler?" I asked.

"Sure." She said, distracted.

I started walking to meet John in the bathroom near the art rooms. The science classrooms were on the other side of the school from the art rooms, so I had a pretty long walk.

When I got there, I pushed the door open and found a nervous John waiting near the sinks. He smiled as soon as he saw me, his nervousness melting away.

"I was worried you wouldn't be able to get away." He said, grabbing my hands.

"Here I am." I smiled, pulling him into the handicap stall and locking the door. "Just in case." I informed him.

I grabbed his face and kissed him. He was shocked at first, then melted into me. I pushed him up against the wall of the stall and put my arms around his waist. He ran his hands through my hair, pulling my ponytail out.

We stood there making out in the bathroom until we heard the bell ring.

"Shit." John said, looking around.

"Yeah." I replied. "We'd better get going. If we're late to Dell, he'll have our asses."

"Yeah." He said, unlocking the stall and running out of the bathroom. I fixed my ponytail, then followed him out, running to my next class.

(A/N - It seems like Laf is going to make the boys talk. But will they let him in on the secret? You'll find out in the next chapter! Don't forget to review!)