John's POV
I woke to the beeping of Alex's alarm, and looked over at the clock. It read 5:00. I saw Alex get up and out of bed, and walk over to me.
"Why is your alarm going off this early?" I asked drearily as he layed down next to me.
"I wanted to have some private time with you before we had to get ready for classes." He answered.
"Mm. I like that." I smiled.
Alex sat back up and took his shirt off. He then layed back down and kissed me. I pushed him away and took mad my shirt, then pulled him back and he kissed me again. We rolled around on the bed and ended up spending about a half an hour doing it, and then the alarm went off again.
"What's that for?" I asked, pulling away.
"To remind is to get ready." Alex said, then kissed me and got up to get ready for breakfast. I ran up after him, and pulled out a uniform from my dresser.
We were just about to walk out the door when Alex said, "Tuck in your shirt."
"What?" I asked.
"It'll show off your amazing abs more." Alex smiled while he come over and tucked in my shirt.
"Your award we go to a Christian school, right?" I asked. "Do we really want to be showing off my abs?"
"Is it bad that I like my boyfriends body?" He asked, and I flushed.
"B-boyfriend?" I stammered.
"Petit-Dejuner, mes amis!" Laf called from the hallway.
"He means breakfast." Alex explained while he opened the door and walked out into the hall.
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We walked to the cafeteria, and I was silent the entire time.
Boyfriend? I thought to myself. Alex called me his BOYFRIEND?
"Hey, John, you ok?" Herc asked once we got to the cafeteria.
"Yeah, yeah. Just thinking." I replied, then turned to Alex, "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." He replied, then we walked to the corner of the room.
"Ok, so you said boyfriend this morning." I said to him. "What do you mean by that?"
"Well," he explained, "I mean I want to be your boyfriend, if you'll let me." He smiled. "I didn't mean to put a label on things, but..."
"Yes." I smiled.
"Yes? Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes." I confirmed, then leaned in to kiss him.
"Uh, John? What are you doing?" Alex asked. "We're in the cafeteria."
"Oh, shit." I replied, looking around to make sure no one was watching. It looked like we were ok.
"Come on, let's go get some breakfast." Alex smiled, walking away.
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Alex's POV
"What was that about?" Laf asked when we sat down with our breakfast trays.
"I just wanted to make sure John remembered to turn the lights off in the dorm before we left this morning." I lied.
"Are you sure?" Laf pushed.
"Of corse I'm sure." I replied hardly, shutting the conversation down.
It was silent for a few long seconds before Herc said, "Did you guys do the notes for Dell's class?"
"Oh, shit, I forgot." John cursed.
"Laguage, Mr. Laurens." Angelica scolded as she walked by.
"Sorry, Ms. Schuyler." He half heartedly apologized.
"You can copy mine in first period, mon amie." Laf offered.
"Thanks, man." John said.
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I was already exhausted by the time Dell's class rolled around, I just wasn't in the mood to deal with him, or his class.
"Today," Dell started as the bell rang, "we will be talking about the holy abomination that is homosexuality."
John and I exchanged a nervous glance, and I pulled out a peice of paper.
Do you think he knows? I scribbled and passed him the note.
He looked it over and scribbled something else on it, then passed the note back.
No, it read, we've kept it so hush-hush that there's no way he knows.
"The Bible says that a man lying with another man is a great sin." Dell said, walking up and down the rows of the classroom, and I hid the note.
"A great sin," he continued, "that would send a man to hell if he commits it."
It was that point that I tuned him out. I've heard this lecture so many times before from all my studies teachers, that I know it by heart at this point - two men being in a relationship with each other, sexual or otherwise, will send both men strait to hell. I just can't listen to it again.
"Mr. Hamilton." Dell said, pulling me out of my daze. "What do you think?"
"Umm..." I said, thinking. "Could you repeat the question." Dell looked pissed as soon as I said that.
"Can someone please inform Mr. Hamilton What we have been discussing, since he very obviously hasn't been listening?" He said as he turned to the class.
Thomas Jefferson raised his hand and said, "He asked what you think of the sin that is homosexuality."
I looked at John, trying my best to convay an apology, then turned to Dell and said, "Its an abomination."
Dell, looking satisfied, turned around and continued his lecture, while I pulled out another peice of paper.
I'm so sorry, John. I wrote, then passed him the note.
He looked it over, smiled a bit, then wrote something on it, then he passed me the paper.
It read, Its ok. I would've done the same thing in your situation. I looked over to him, and he smiled. I smiled back. It was then that I knew that if our relationship could survive this, we could survive anything.
(A/N - I just want to say that this chapter was in no way meant to offend anyone, and that this story will be talking about some pretty heavy topics, so I'll put a warning at the beginning of chapters that may have those from now on. Don't forget to review!)