Alex's POV
During my last period gym class (aka my own personal hell) that I have with Thomas, he was smirking at me the entire time from across the room, almost begging me to go over there and confront him. Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I walked over to him. I grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into the locker room.
"Why have you been looking at me like that all of class?" I demanded once the door was closed.
"I know your little secret." He cooed to me like I was a baby.
"How many times do I have to tell you that John and I aren't together!" I exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure you still are. That fight today at breakfast? So fake." He said like a fifteen year old girl.
"Is that what you have. Are you done?" I said, annoyed.
"I'll tell you what." He started, sneering. "I won't tell anyone your little secret IF you and John break up. For real."
"Listen to me speak, I said, getting up in his face. "We. Are. Not. Together. Just leave it alone."
"Fine." He said. "But if I see anything that indicates that your together, even a smile, I'm going to Johansson. Got it?" He asked.
"Fine." I said, still in his face.
Then the gym teacher walked in, and be and I scrambled backwards.
"Get back to class boys." He said, confused. He shrugged, then walked out. We followed him.
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"Thomas knows." I said to John as soon as we were both back in our dorm.
"Knows what?" John asked, unconcerned.
"He knows that we're together." I explained. John whipped his head around and looked at me.
"What?" He exclaimed.
"He talked to me in gym class today. He said that he knows that we're together and that he's gonna tell Johansson if we don't break up for real." I explained.
"We'll work through it. Just like we always do." He said, coming over to me and running his hands up and down my arms. Then, he pulled my into a hug.
We stood there in the middle of the room hugging for a few minutes until Laf and Herc came bursting into the room. We pulled apart.
"Nous avons un probléme." Laf said frantically, and John looked over at me, confused.
"He said 'we have a problem.' What's up?" I asked.
"Thomas and his posse just came to our room. They said that they're going to tell Johansson about you two. Right now." Herc explained quickly.
"We need to stop him!" John exclaimed, grabbing my hand.
"We're they on their way there when they came and saw you?" I asked.
"They said they were going to slowly walk to take the scenic route down to the office, and then talk to her." Laf explained.
John looked thoughtful for a minute, then he said, "I have a plan."
"What?" I asked, turning to him.
"We wait somehwere in the hallway and do a fake breakup scene in front of them when they come over. Make it seem like we don't know that they're there and don't seem like we know anything." John explained.
"That might just work." Herc said, thinking.
"If we want to do this, we need to get down there right fucking now." I said, pulling John out of the door and down the hall.
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John's POV
While Alex and I were running through the halls looking for a good spot, we came up with what we were going to say.
We found a good spot in an all but abandoned hallway that we knew Thomas and his posse would use.
"They're coming." Alex said once he heard them coming down the hall, and we started 'fighting'."
"Alex, this just isn't working." I said, taking a step back and looking at the floor.
"What do you mean?" He asked, moving closer to me.
"Look around!" I said, moving into the middle of the hall. "We go to a Christian school. We can't do this anymore."
"Oh come on. You I both know we don't believe in that stuff." He said
"I know, but we need to stay strong. Like we said." Alex pleaded. I heard the footsteps in the hallway stop, so I raised my voice.
"Alex, I'm not doing this anymore! I can't deal with all the sneaking around and shit!" I exclaimed.
"But... but... don't you love me?" He questioned, looking terrified of my answer.
"No." I replied hardly. "Not anymore." I turned and walked in the opposite direction of Thomas, around a corner, and Alex started crying.
Wow. I thought to myself. He's a good actor.
Thomas walked back out into the hall and started slow clapping.
"What a great performance. Really. I almost believed it." He sneered. "You can come back now John."
I walked back around the corner. Alex was wiping away his fake tears, and looked pissed.
"Don't think I'm not still going to Johansson, because I am." He mused, then walked away towards the office. His posse followed him.
I walked over to Alex. "What are we going to do?" I asked.
"I... I don't know." He replied.
We stood in the hallway for a few minutes in silence. Then, Thomas walked back out of the principal's office with a smug look on his face.
"Good luck." He sneered, and his friends snickered.
Then, Johansson walked out of her office and into the hallway. She looked around for a few semiconductors before seeing us.
Then, she looked us dead in the eyes and said, "Boys, I need to speak to both of you."
(A/N - Uh oh! The boys are in trouble now! What's Johansson going to do to them? Find out in the next chapter! Don't forget to review!)