It took John a while to realize the letterman jacket. But the more he thought about it, that's all Alex ever wore! He wasn't complaining, though, it was really adorable.

As John spent more and more time with Alex, he noticed more things. First off, the jacket. But in top of that, he realized that Alex always smelled like strawberries and vanilla custard. Plus the way Alex scrunched up his nose when he laughed. Plus how much he played with his hair 24/7. Plus.... Oh man, John was in deep this time.

He was finally certain; it was time to admit it to Herc and Laf. John called them over for a meeting one day during biology.

"Um, guys," he said, "I have some really important news."

"What is it?" asked Laf.

"I, uh, like Alex?"

Laf and Herc's eyes grew wide. Then, all of a sudden, they punched their fists in the air and started yelling out in victory.

"YES!" Herc shouted. "I KNEW IT!"

"OH MY GOSH, YOU CAN GET MARRIED NOW!!" Laf screamed.

"I CALL FLOWER GIRL!" Herc responded. John stood there, blushing harder than he ever had before.

"This is just between us, though, ok?" he confirmed.

"Definitely," Laf said, while Herc nodded. At that moment, Alex came over. In his letterman jacket, of course.

"Hey guys!" he said, grinning.

"JOHN LIKES YOU!" Herc blurted out.

John turned bright red. "What? N-no I don't!" he stuttered.

Alex laughed. "Please, guys, John's too good for me," he joked.

"ALEX LIKES YOU BACK!" Laf shouted.

Alex fell silent.

"You two stop making up lies," he muttered. Alex walked away.

As soon as he was out of earshot, John turned, seething, to the two boys.

"What the hell was that?" he hissed.

Laf and Herc laughed. "What you gonna do, shorty?" Herc said. "He didn't believe us anyway."

John pulled back. "Fine," he replied, stomping off.

AN: Sorry for the short chapter. More to come!