Forever Yours

Chapter 12

Five years later. Angelica is twelve, Phillip is thirteen
Angelica's POV
My alarm went off at 5:30 this morning. Why am I up this early? The only acceptable answer. School. My door opened and Phillip came in.

"Hey Ange. Ready for school?" Ugh middle school. A place where stereotypes exists. Not that I'd have trouble fitting in with the populars.

To answer my brother I just wrapped myself in my blanket. He laughed and left the room. Moments later my dad stepped in.

"Angelica, you've got to get up. I know you don't want to go but you have to." He rubbed my back through the blanket before kissing my head.

"But my bed is so warm! And I'm cozy." I grabbed my stuffed turtle and hugged it.

"Angelica, you used to love school. What happened?" He sat beside me on the bed and folded his hands.

"Boys happened." I was now sitting upright and was fully awake.

"Boys? What's going on?"

"It's my appearance. You said I can't date and they keep asking me out. My breasts are way too big for a seventh grader and I'm pretty."

"Honey, why didn't you say something?" He pulled me against him and held me. "Listen, you’re gonna go to school and you're going to blow those boys away."

"How?" He got up and went to my closet. He threw a grey dress at me and a red flannel with some timberlands and black leggings.

"Get dressed." He ushered me into my connected bathroom and I changed and threw my hair into a high pony tail.

"Dad. There is way too much cleavage on this. I can't go to school like this."

"You can and you will. Show those boys your true self and if you have any problems ask to call me or your Father. Now go eat. We leave soon." He draped a black sweater over my shoulders and pushed me towards the stairs.

Phillip's POV
I sat at the table eating my breakfast while scrolling through Instagram. I heard my sister's voice and looked towards the stairs to see her walking down. I got a glimpse of her outfit and almost fainted.

Our "cousin" Nathaniel told me just a couple of days ago that he's getting the hots for my sister. I let it slide but I know my parents would freak if they found out. Not only was her outfit going to cause Nathaniel a problem but she also had to sing at our assembly today in front of the whole school.

"Hey Pip." She took a seat beside me and I gulped.

"Angie, you sure that's what you're going to wear to school?" She nodded.

"Yeah why? You got a problem?" I shook my head and kept eating. I saw that Theo had posted something on her Instagram. It was a picture of her and Joseph Alston. He was kissing her cheek as she hugged him. I dropped my phone and almost screamed. "Phillip you okay?" She looked at my phone and screamed. I've had a crush on Theo since we were in sixth grade and she knew that.

"I'm fine. I should've known she would get with someone else. Alston has been after her all last year." Tears pricked at my eyes and Angelica came and hugged me. I let silent tears fall as she rubbed my back.

"I'm so sorry Phillip. I know you really liked her." She saw my tears and wiped them away. "Hey no crying. You're a Hamilton, you're strong. Let's go tell dad and Father that we're ready to go." I nodded and wiped my face with my sweatshirt sleeve. Little did we know that my parents were listening in on everything.

Alex's POV
John and I stood behind a corner listening to our children's conversation between each other. I heard Phillip pour his heart out to Angelica.