Midnight:
Chapter 7:
March 10th
Campus Library
4 PM
"There you are."
John looked up from his notes, watching as Hercules came over to him sitting himself down in the chair that was directly across from where John was sitting at the table. He rose an eyebrow before turning back to his computer and continuing to work on what he was working on.
Hercules sat there for a long moment, eyebrow raised, and lips pursed as he stared at John. "Seriously?"
John let out a sigh as he saved the paper he had been writing before shutting his laptop. "Is there something I can help you with?"
A small pause. "Yeah," Hercules began a moment or two later. "You can tell me why you're hard to track down."
John rolled his eyes as he took his laptop off the table and slid it into his backpack. There was no use trying to work now as he knew that Hercules just would not leave anytime soon. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Really now? Just since you came back from Spring Break you're impossible to find. Gilbert says he can't find you, Alexander said that you haven't spoken to him for a few days."
John finished zipping his backpack as he turned to look over at Hercules, frown on his lips. "You've spoken to Alexander?"
Before he could accuse Hercules of prying into her personal life, Hercules spoke up again, eyeroll added, "He has classes with Ellie, remember? And she's been bugging me to see where you've been."
John stood up from the table, slinging the strap of his backpack over one shoulder as the two of them began making their way over to the door. "I've just been working on a paper for my class is all."
Hercules was silent for a long moment. "John?"
"What?"
"Are you sure it's not because you feel guilty?"
John paused, standing right outside the door of the library before turning to look at Hercules, frown on is face. "Excuse me?"
"Are you sure you're not feeling guilty because you haven't been honest with either Alexander or Martha and you just got back from seeing Martha all of spring break and you don't want to see Alexander yet because you feel guilty?"
John's brows furrowed, hands clenching into fists. "I thought you were my friend."
Hercules sighed as he took a step towards John. "I am! I just don't think any of this is right. You need to tell one or both." He paused a moment to step out of the way of students that were making their way into the library. "You need to be honest!"
John let out a huff and turned on his heels before turning to look over his shoulder at Hercules. "Fine, tell Alexander that I'm in my dorm if he wants to see me."
John's Dorm
6:30 PM
Alexander shifted on his feet as he stood outside of John's dorm, staring at the door. His lips pursed for a moment or two as he lifted his hand and knocked. He had gotten a text from Ellie saying that John was in there. He sighed as he let his hand fall back to his side.
Spring Break had come and gone and while he had missed John it almost seemed like John was avoiding him. Part of Alexander could not help but wonder what he had done to offend John. Part of him wanted to turn around and just leave but as he was about to, the door opened, and John was standing there.
His hair was disheveled and looked like he had been upset but Alexander just smiled at him. Without saying a word, John moved out of the way and Alexander filed into the room, glancing around before turning to John with a smile on his face. "You have nice room."
John gave him a half smile as Alexander sat down on the edge of the bed, he took the seat across from him. "So," Alexander began after a moment or two of silence.
"So," A small pause from John before he continued. "I'm sorry I've been avoiding you. I just wanted to be alone after coming back from spring break. It wasn't…the spring break I had been expecting and I suppose I should have told you."
Alexander glanced down at the floor nodding his head as John spoke, shrugging his shoulders. "I couldn't help but wonder if I said or did anything."
John shook his head. "No, it's not you." Another moment of silence as he shifted in the chair he was perched in. Hercules' words playing in his head again. "Alexander?"
"Yeah?"
John glanced down at the floor before looking up at the other letting out a small sigh. A hand came up and ran through his hair as he offered Alexander a small smile. "There's actually more."
"What is it?"
"I wasn't on spring break with my family." He looked up seeing the confused look on Alexander's face before he spoke once again, taking a deep breath. "I was with my fiancée's family."
Alexander didn't say a word for a long moment as he stared at John. John just stared back at him. Finally, after what seemed like a century, Alexander spoke. "Excuse me?"
"My fiancée?" A pause before John spoke once again, digging the hole he was digging himself in deeper than it was already. "Who happens to be pregnant with my child."
Alexander's whole body got tense and John expected him to start yelling or saying anything else than stay quiet. It wasn't like him to not voice his thoughts on what was going on. After a moment or two, Alexander pushed himself up off the bed and walked over to the door without much as another word.
John frowned. "Alexander?" He began as he scrambled to his feet, following him.
Alexander didn't look back at him. "I think we're done here."
John reached out and grabbed him by the shoulder. "Alexander-"
Alexander stopped, turning to glare at him before pushing John's hand off his shoulder. "I think we're done here." He repeated before turning and heading down the hall, leaving John standing there alone.
AN: Short chapter but things are happening. Stay tuned.