Thomas' POV

(Him getting ready for the date)

I plug my ears as Lafayette screams in my ear because I told him I have a date with James.

"Jesus Christ Laf!" I scream over him.

"Désolé! I'm just excited!" He screams hugging me. I shake my head but hug back.

"This is amazing! Where are you going?? What're you gonna wear?? When is it? Are—.."

"Laf, Calm. Down." I say. Almost instantly after, Hercules, John, and Alex burst through the door.

"WE HEARD THOMAS HAS A DATE!!" Alex exclaims.

"HOW DID YOU KNOW??"

"I predict the future dude.." John says crossing his arms.

"Oh... yeah.." I say awkwardly.

After that I was basically attacked with questions and outfits. It took us about an hour to get an outfit. Is this happening to James too? But like, with the Schuyler sisters?

Nah.. probably not.

😂

We finally decided on a black flannel and jeans. It took forever just to decide that.

"Oh! You know what would be cute?? Get him a necklace or something!" Laf suggests while jumping up and down. I roll my eyes.

"I don't have time!" I tell him, making sure I have everything before we head to the Schuyler's house.

"YES YOU DO!" Laf screams dragging me to his car with everyone else. We head to a jewelry store and spread out. Looking for a necklace. Lafayette is looking with me and everyone else is spread out looking.

"James likes flowers right?" Lafayette asks me and I nod. He points to a section with necklaces with flower gems. One specifically caught my eye though.

It was expensive.. but perfect... I show John the necklace.

"That's perfect." He comments, looking at the necklace in the display case. We buy it and head to the Schuyler's mansion.

James' P.O.V.

Peggy walks down the stairs and I hear her greet Thomas. I freeze halfway down the stairs.

"JJ! Come on!" Peggy yells for me and I squeak. I make sure my outfit looks okay then very slowly walk down the stairs. I see Thomas, the sisters, John, Alex, Hercules, and Lafayette. Everyone smiles at me as I slowly walk down the stairs. I nervously walk forward in front of Thomas. He stares at me wide eyed.

"H-hi..." I mumble.

"W-wow.." he stutters out. I feel my cheeks heat up. He seems to snap back into reality and blushes.

"Shall we?" He says, holding out a hand for me to take it. I smile and shakily take his hand. Lafayette and Peggy squeal.

"I ship it!!" Peggy exclaims.

"Oui!" Laf agrees. We both roll our eyes, and walk out the door.

"Don't forget to use protection kids!" Eliza screams, before closing the door behind us. I feel my face heat up. We walk down the street to Thomas' car hand in hand. He opens the door for me jokingly and I go in.

"You look really hot.." He comments, while starting the car. I blush for the 50th time and thank him.

"You do to.." I say quietly back. He thanks me as his face goes pink. He takes me to the park with a garden. A flower garden. Like the one we went to after the paintball fight, but bigger. I smile brightly and we both get out. He takes me to the garden in an area surrounded with roses and other flowers with a small picnic in the center of a grassy area.

"Thomas..." I say in amazement as I put my hands over my mouth. He grins at me and motions me over to come sit with me.

"You really shouldn't have done this much.." I tell him.

"I wanted to make this special.. like you... you deserve something like this after all the drama that has been happening." He tells me. I smile at him.

"This is too much.. you really shouldn't have.." I mumble, sitting on my knees as he takes out food from the basket.

"I insist.. really." He tells me, making our plates. He starts to eat his sandwich and I just take in the scenery. All different colored flowers fill the scenery and there is a perfect view of the sunset.

"Hey James?" Thomas asks and I hum in response.

"When did you eat last?" He asks, seeing that I haven't touched my food. I hum.. thinking for a second.

"I don't know.."

"Can you eat at least some crackers?"

"I'm not hungry"

"James"

"Thomas"

"FlowerBoy"

"Shush. I'm not hungry" I say. He sighs and pushes crackers towards me.

"Just a little." He suggests. I sigh and slowly eat some crackers. I finish about 6, then lean my head on Thomas' shoulder. I sigh contently and smile. He suddenly sits up, and sits behind me.

"Thomas what're you—.."

"Close your eyes! I have a surprise." He tells me.

"No! I don't deserve anything else!" I say with a giggle.

"Shush and close your eyes."

"This is stupid.."

I close my eyes and I feel him put something around my neck and I feel him place something behind my ear.

"Alright! Open!"

I slowly open my eyes and see him smiling in front of me. I watch him take a quick picture of me and smile. I look down and see a rose necklace tied around my neck. I gasp in shock.

"Thomas! This is gorgeous!" I say, admiring the necklace.

"Thank you so much.." I say, sitting up and hugging him. He hugs me back.

"It's really nothing Jemmy.." he whispers. I pull away and look into his eyes. His chocolate brown eyes I could get lost in. He leans in quickly and pecks my lips. I stay silent and frozen.

"S-sorry!" He says, moving away from me a bit.

"I-I should've asked." He says.

"I-it's fine. A-and I-if w-we should ask th-then can I kiss you..?" I ask shyly. He looks at me surprised but then nods. I sit up on my knees and wrap my hands around his neck. I slowly lean in and kiss him softly. His lips felt like silk, soft, and warm against my chapped and cold ones. I feel his hands on my hips as he kisses me back. We kiss for what seemed like hours and I finally let go. I look away from him and blush madly. He sits next to me and a comfortable silence fills the atmosphere. We watch the sunset across the flower field. This is so perfect...

Time skip.

Thomas drops me off at the Schuyler house and I thank him for everything. I peck his cheek before leaving and walk into the Schuyler house.

"JJ! GIVE ME ALL THE DETAILS!!" Peggy screams right away. I plug my ears and chuckle. Eliza and Angie run up to me, excitement in their eyes.

"Did you guys kiss??" Eliza asks right away.

"Maybe... But-.." I'm cut off with screams.

"COME ON! TO MY ROOM!!" Peggy yells out and runs up the stairs to her room. We all run up the stairs. The sisters get changed into pajamas.

"JJ." Peggy says from the bathroom.

"What?"

"Come here." She demands from me. I walk in and she's standing their in yellow pajamas and she's holding another pair in her hands.

"Um, nope." I say, knowing she wanted me to change into it.

"You need to take off your binder." She tells me. I shake my head at her.

"James."

"No."

"James Madison."

"No."

"James!"

"No!" I say, facing away from her. She sighs and sets down the outfit. I feel her rest her chin on my shoulder.

"I want you to be safe." She whispers. I wipe a tear that fell from my eye.

"I know..." I whisper back.

"James, look at me." She demands. I face her, my arms crossed. My eyes feel hot..

"I know.. you don't like your body.. but if you don't take it off it can affect you greatly.. I want you safe. Just for a little while okay..?" She tells me. I feel tears run down my face.

"I really hate myself..." I tell her as I cry more. She hugs me tightly.

"Hey, where are you— James? What's wrong?" Eliza asks has she walks into the room. Peggy shakes her head and I feel another pair of arms around me. Then a third.. I knew they were all hugging me...

"I love you guys.." I whisper to them, wiping my tears. They all say they love me too. Eliza and Angie walk out of the room and Peggy helps undo my binder.

"I need to buy you a new one, this one is pretty small." She comments. She walks out of the room. I sigh and look at myself in the mirror with my sports bra on. I sigh again and put on the pjs and walk where the sisters are. They don't mention anything about my big chest and we gossip. Like a girls sleepover. I tell them everything that happened on my date. We finish the evening by all cuddling together and watching Mean Girls for the 50th Time.

I'm glad they're in my life...