Thomas' P.O.V.

I wake up to my stupid alarm...

Ugh..

School alarm... today is Saturday, so no school.

I slowly rise from my bed. Too lazy to get dressed just yet, I slowly walk out the door. I see James on the couch, drawing in his sketchbook. He looks very intently at the paper, careful not to mess up. I walk be hind the couch and watch him draw. He draws arms. One had a blade in their hand and was cutting their wrist. Leaves coming from their cuts..

I clear my throat and he instantly slams his sketchbook shut and snaps his head to me.

"O-oh! I didn't know you were awake..." He tells me startled. I give him a worried look.

"How are you feeling?" I ask him. He whimpering a lot before we went to sleep.. it worried me...

"I-I'm fine... just sore..." he mumbles, looking down. I don't want to push the subject so I just sit next to him.

"Peggy is leaving the hospital soon." He comments, tapping his fingers on his sketch pad.

"Good!" I exclaim. He seems... off... uncomfortable maybe?

"Hey.. how did you know what to do to heal Peggy.? It's said to be impossible to raise someone from the dead." I ask. He tenses up a bit.

"I.. don't know... I'm just weird." He shrugs and looks away from me.

"You're not weird." I say, grabbing his hand. I see him tense up and blush. Cute.

"You're cute." I say bluntly.. oops.. he blushes even more and smiles slightly.

"That was even cuter." I say, inching closer to him. He tilts his head at me.

"What was?" He asks. THAT WAS EVEN CUTER OMG I CANTTTTT!

"That! Stop being so adorable!!" I exclaim, putting my hands over my face. I hear him giggle at me.

"I'm not cute." He argues, crossing his arms. I gasp and put my hand over my chest pretending to be offended.

"Excuse me?? You are the cutest thing ever!!" I exclaim as I look over at him. His face darkens to a red and he laughs.

"Even your laugh! So adorable!" He laughs more, making me laugh. He calms his laughing a bit then snorts at how hard he was laughing. He quickly covers his mouth and I gasp.

"You keep getting cuter!!" I scream out and laugh lightly at him. He looks at me embarrassed and giggles again, bringing his hand down from his face. He sets his sketch pad away.

"Hey Jemmy?" I ask after our laughter had calmed.

He hums in response.

"Do you maybe wanna.. um... go out to like a restaurant with me?" I ask, stuttering and biting my lip. He looks at me a second confused. Thinking of a response?? I visibly gulp.

"I... I'd love that.." he mumbles. I look up to him and smile brightly. My ears heat up and I jump into the air.

"Yes!" I scream out, making James laugh. I pick him up and twirl him around. This is the second time I've done this now wow... he squeals and laughs. I let him down and smile at his blush face.

"C'mon! I made you breakfast." He says, leading me to the kitchen..

I'm going on a date.. with JAMES MADISON!

. . .

AHHHH!!!

Time skip.

James' POV

"No! Wear this!"

"No! He looks better in this!"

"I regret telling you guys!" I yell over the fighting sisters in front of me. It was currently 5:47 and I had my date at 6:30. Peggy is sitting next to me in bed staying silent. Enjoying the view of her sisters fighting. She came back from the hospital, but she's still healing. I got here at 3:30 and they're still fighting... well.. after they were done screaming and fangirling over the fact that their "little brother" has a date. A first date to be exact.

"Guy! It's almost 6! Just pick something!" I exclaim, looking at my watch.

"Ya can't just pick something! It has to be special." Eliza explains to me, looking at me with her teal cat eyes. I roll my eyes at her. Peggy gets up from the bed and everyone tenses up and goes silent.

"Dudes, I'm not broken. Don't tense up I'm fine." She says with a chuckle.

"Peggy, you literally died and James brought you back to life." Angie says putting her hands on her hips.

"And Thomas." I mention and she waves it off. Peggy goes over to the huge closet and picks out an outfit and throws it at me. A saggy long sleeved grey shirt and black leggings. I shrug and go into the bathroom to put it on. I take my shirt off, and look myself in the mirror. My black sports bra under my grey binder... I sigh.. Peggy always suggested top surgery since she knew how I felt about my chest.. she even offered to pay for it. I just can't accept her money though. And the thought of surgery scares me... well... more like terrifies me..

Yeah... that's a better term.

I adjust the straps on my binder, a red mark being left behind, and pull on the grey shirt.

"Peggy!" I call her in. She opens the door and walks in.

"My binder shows..." I tell her, trying to adjust the low straps of the shirt to cover the straps of my binder. She sighs and goes behind me to try and fix it.

"You've been wearing this for too long.. when did you take it off last?" She whispers to me, seeing the red marks from the tight ass binder across my chest.

"Umm... I don't know.. what's the limit again?" I ask. I really have had it on for a long time. She sighs heavily again and loosens the straps on my binder.

"That tells me you've had it on for way too long. After your date, come back here and we can relax and you have to take your binder off." She demands of me. I sigh and shake my head.

"Yes." She says sternly. She makes it so the binder is no longer visible.

"That is, if Thomas doesn't bring you home and duck you first." She says with a smirk. I feel heat rise to my face and hear the sisters outside the door crack up.

"PEGGY WE AREN'T EVEN DATING! SHUT UP!" I scream as Peggy laughs. Angie opens the bathroom door laughing.

"That was great!" She says in between laughs. I can tell I'm a tomato right now... they calm their laughter down.

"We've only kissed once anyway.." I mumble.

"When did you guys kiss??" Peggy asks with wide eyes.

"He kissed me in the flower field on battle day." I tell her blandly.

"You look good J." Eliza comments, looking my outfit up and down, interrupting Peggy and I's conversation. I thank her quietly.

"James! Thomas is here!" I hear Philip Schuyler yell. I squeak and feel my face heat up again. Angelica and Eliza squeal and run down stairs. Peggy walks after them. I stay frozen to the bathroom floor. Peggy looks back at me and giggles. She reaches my hand out for me to take it.

"Ready to go into the unknown?" She asks me with a smile... I smile back... I'm so glad she's here...

"As I'll ever be.." I say and take her hand...

Into the unknown we go....