A/N - No trigger warnings this chapter.)

Alex's POV

"Dell's class was absolute hell today." I said to John as we got into our dorm and closed the door.

"Tell me about it." He replied, sitting down on the couch and patting the seat next to him. I went down and sat next to him

"I hate that man with a passion." I informed him, laying my head on his chest.

"Your preaching to the choir, honey." He said while he ran his hands through my hair.

I picked my head back up and kissed him. He kept his hands in my hair, and I put my hands around his waist, running them up his chest under his shirt.

"Bonjour, Ames amies!" Laf said as he burst into the room, clearly not seeing us making out on the couch.

"What the..." Herc said, seeing us.

"I knew it!" Laf said when he saw us, pumping his arms in the air.

We sat up on the couch, and John pulled his shirt back down.

"So, yeah..." John said, attempting, and totally failing, to explain.

"We're together." I said simply.

"Since when?" Herc asked, still baffled.

"Since the first day of school." I explained.

"I'm so happy for you!" Laf exclaimed, sitting between us on the couch and hugging us.

"Congrats." Herc said, clearly not nearly as excited as Laf, but still happy.

I pushed Laf off the couch and scooted back next to John, putting my arm around his waist. He leaned into me, and I to him. The room was silent for a few long, awkward moments.

"Did you need something, Laf?" John asked, breaking the tension.

"We were just going to ask if you guys wanted to go down to the arcade." Herc answered for him.

"Arcade?" John asked, pulling his head off my shoulder.

XXX

John's POV

We went to the front office and signed out of the school, saying that we would be back in at most four hours. As soon as the school was out of sight, Alex grabbed my hand. I pulled my hand away. Alex turned to me with a hurt expression on his face.

"What if someone sees us?" I justified.

"Were not in school anyomore, babe." He said, and kissed me, then grabbed my hand. We both walked down the sidewalk with big goofy grins on our faces.

"You two are so cute." Laf commented, falling back to walk with us, and we blushed bright red.

We walked down a few more blocks to an old fashioned arcade, with a whole bunch of retro style games.

"I dont have any money." I wispered to Alex.

"The games are free to play. It's the snacks that cost money." Alex wispered back to me.

We walked in, and Herc and Laf ran to a racing game where they could compete against each other. Alex pulled me along to a Pac Man machine.

"This is the only game in the whole place that I'm actually good at." He admitted, and pressed the start button.

He beat the first, like, ten levels with ease. I lost count after the first seven, to be honest.

"Your, like, amazing at this." I commented.

"I've had a lot of practice." He said, concentrating on the machine in front of him. "My dad used to take me to the arcade al the time as a kid, before he left. He taught me all the tricks about the game. Ah, damn." He said, when he finally lost his last life.

I looked at the screen. It read, NEW HIGH SCORE.

"Teach me." I turned to Alex and said. He smiled.

"Ok, so, I assume you know the basics?" He asked.

"I've never played this game before in my life." I admitted, and he jokingly rolled his eyes.

He grabbed my hands and put them on the joystick and button, his over mine. He stood behind me with his head resting on my shoulder. He pressed the start button.

"It's all about muscle memory." He explained, playing the game with his hands still over mine.

We played the first and second levels this way. It was really nice, with Alex pressed up against me, his head on my shoulder, his hands on mine.

"You try." He said, moving his hands just a few inches off to the side, so he could jump in if I started to bomb it.

"Ok." I said, trying the third level.

I beat the level, but only after loosing two lives and making Alex cringe behind me. I could feel it every time I did something he wouldn't have done.

"Good job!" Alex said when I beat it, kissing me over my shoulder.

"Yeah, right." I said after he pulled away. "I could feel you cringing against me."

"Yeah, you did do pretty terrible." He laughed, and I laughed with him.

I then pulled him in and kissed him, wrapping my arms around his waist. He put his hands in my hair.

"The bathrooms lock." He wispered in my ear.

"How do you know that?" I asked, pulling away a little bit.

"Do you really want to get into that now? Come on!" He said while pulling me along towards the bathroom.

We basically ran across the arcade to the bathroom. I locked the door as soon as we got in, and pulled my shirt off. When I turned around, I saw Alex had already taken all his clothes off.

"Were not wasting any time, are we?" I laughed, walking towards him.

XXX

"Alex? John?" I heard Herc call from outside somewhere else in the arcade.

"Oh, shit." Alex said.

"How long have we been in here?" I asked, and Alex checked his watch. His face turned red.

"An hour." He replied, grabbing his clothes and throwing them on. "I'll go out first then you?" He suggested.

"No, no. Let's just go out together. Laf and Herc already know. They probably guessed what we were doing, anyway." I sighed.

"Yeah." Alex replied, and finished putting his clothes on.

I threw my clothes on and fixed my ponytail. Alex then unlocked the door and we walked out into the arcade.

"Oh my god." Laf said when he saw us walking out of the bathroom together. "We're you doing what I think you were doing in there?"

"Yeah." Alex replied, and grabbed my hand.

"Come on, we have to go back to school." Herc said, walking towards the door of the arcade.

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