~alex pov~
they were fucking amaizing. they're also so cute together. maria asked who should be next with the improvised mic in her hand and laf took it "alex, man, i remember you singing some sea shanties from way back in the day, what about you give us the chorus and we accompany you and you sing the verses" he said to me with a smile on his face
i am originally from an island in the caribbeans called nevis so even before my father left i used to hang around sailors and i learned many sea shanties first hand. i used to help them out on shore to get some money and after mt father left i started also stealing from there.
"i- ugh- sure. lemme just write the chorus on the phone and i'll send it to you. gimme your number." i respond.
i remember loving hearing those sea shanties, falling asleep sometimes with some of the sailors when they'd just fuck around and have some free time. they'd put a campfire and sing around it. i never got to experience a voyage since they'd not let me be away from shore but from what i know the wellerman is one of the most known and easiest to sing. can't go wrong with it
"okay, here is the chorus. sing after every verse" i say and go to the table and pull a chair for me to sit on and start hitting the table rythmically and some followed by either clapping, also hitting the table, snapping their fingers or hitting the floor since there were people on the floor.
"there once was a ship that put to sea
the name of the ship was the billy of tea
the winds blew up, her bow dipped down
oh blow, my bully boys, blow" i sang, the rest in silence listened and bobbed their heads, they looked to be enjoying the shanty and i wouldn't blame them
"soon may the wellerman come
to bring us sugar and tea and rum
one day, when the tonguing is done
we'll take our leave and go~" we sang- more like i sang and they mostly hummed, maybe next time they'll actually sing, but it still sounded very good
"she'd not been two weeks from shore
when down on her a right whale bore
the captain called all hands and swore
he'd take that whale in tow" i sang with a hit of the table and eliza started beatboxing, unexpected but good.
"soon may the wellerman come
to bring us sugar and tea and rum
one day, when the tonguing is done
we'll take our leave and go~" we sang and it sounded so damn good. the harmony and the vibes and everything was so good, john looks like he is enjoying this, he started to also beatbox but he still hits the table, eliza only beatboxes
after i sung the shanty (i'm not gonna write the whole shanty) everyone started clapping and cheering. we met earlier today and now we're bonding trough singing acapella? best scenario.
"that was so good man, i remember this one, i remember a handfull of other ones?" laf said, a hand on my shoulder, looking down at me
"not now, maybe with another occasion?" i say and he nodded and went by herc's side.
"who wants pizza" (please me, i literally want pizza now but it's 3 am) laf says and approaches the table again. literally everyone gathered around the table and we moved it around 4 meters from the wall and everyone took a seat and we started eating and drinking and talking. we ate less than drinking and got pretty tipsy.
"wanna play the truth or dare on shots now? it's more fun when we're drunk" peggy suggested and since we were bored of just chatting we agreed. laf got the shot glasses on the table and we took the rest of the vodka we had and put some in our shot glasses
"okay i ask first. laf truth or dare?" peggy asked, neither of us were that drunk but there was enough alcohol for literally all of us so that wasn't a problem
"truth" he answered, he sat next to herc, on the opposite side from her.
"are you still a virgin, was herc your first?" she said and got a few giggles from the others and laf was so red.
"well that's two questions but i am feeling generous so i'll answer both. no and yes" he said, honestly i don't think any of us needed to know this but hey, that's peggy ig. "okay, john, truth or dare?"
"dare, what could happen" he said with a chill expression.
"okay seven minutes in heaven with alex, but" he said and then he whispered something in his year and he tensed up.
"but he has to agree, i can't-" he was saying untill baguette cut him off
"alex your dare is to agree." i was frozen in place. what the fuck was actually happening i have no fucking clue.
i tried to say something but laf made me sit up and pushed us towards the closet. once we were both in we looked at each other for a second. he really is damn charming. his poorly illuminated features, his eyebrows, his eyes, his lips~
"okay, um, alex. the thing you had to agree to was to.. make out.. with me" he said watching my face. inside i was literally jumping around, confetti, glitter, yk? "d- do you wanna?" he asked and i just nodded so he moved closer to me, my back was against the wall already so i han nowhere to go backwards, and he leaned in, i leaned in too, closing the already short distance between our lips.
we stayed like that for no longer than a second and our lips then moved together in sync, his right hand going against the wall for balance and his left held my cheek, his touch was so gentle, it felt so good. my hands went up to his body and traced upwards until i reached his shoulders, when i hooked my arms around his neck. as my hands reached around his neck he slightly moved his head, deepening the kiss and he took a step forward, our chests almost touching and one of his legs between mine, not moving.
at some point when we were making out he accidentally pulled on a hair and i let out a gasp to wich he pulled a bit away, a string of saliva still connecting our lips together
"i'm sorry 'lex, i didn't meant to hurt you-" he was saying but i placed my index finger over his beautiful lips
"don't be, i kind of..liked it" i hesitantly say "don't overdo it" i say and smashed our lips back together, eagerly, his hand that was on my cheek is now on the back of my head, deepening the kiss even more, stepping even closer to me. this is getting heated up. i pull away and look john in the eye "we're not gonna have enough time for more."
he nods and removes his leg from between my legs and we continue to kiss in the poorly illuminated room until we hear a knock at the door and we try to fix ourselves as much as possible and as i was pulling my hair in a quick ponytail john spoke low
"so is this- does this mean we-" he asked and i cut him off as i finished the ponytail
"yes, we're a thing, if you'd like to be my boyfriend, of course" i say and he smiled to me and we left the storage closet.
we got to the table and it was john's turn to give someone a dare. "umm angie, truth or dare?" he asked angelica, who was drinking some beer out of a beer bottle.
"gimme a dare, but not a bad one. laurens" she said in a warning tone, with a smile on her face.
" um, i dare you to kiss any-" he was saying, stopping himself when angelica just took a shot mid sentence with no reaction and spoke over him
"liza truth or dare?" she asked, liza looked a little tipsy ngl
"truth" she responded as she filled her shot glass with a bit of vodka
"tell me who your crush is! and for the name of god if it's seabury i'll-" she was saying as eliza took the shot and made a face at her sister
"okay, herc truth or dare?" asked eliza but i felt a hand being placet on my thigh and i almost flinched, but i realized that the hand belonged to john and i relaxed.
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A/N
That was it for this chapter, i'll try to put the warnings as accurate as possible, but i'm not good at deciding what is too far for a certain TW and go to another.
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