Satisfied

Chapter 11.

*present*

"Hello everyone and welcome to Ham4Ham!" Lin said into the bullhorn and the crowd cheered. "Thank you guys for coming out. We have the entire cast out here today—" Lin was cut off by the crowd's screaming.
"Yep! They'll be helping these two performers tonight. Give it up for Zinyla Belts and Daveed Diggs!" the crowd applauded and cheered as we walked outside. We waved at the crowd; Daveed waited for the crowd to settle down before he started,
"How does a ragtag volunteer army, in need of a shower
Somehow defeat a global superpower?
How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?
Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross's flag higher?
Yo, turns out we have a secret weapon
An immigrant you know and love who's unafraid to step in
He's constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen" he looked to me, smiled and gestured his hand toward me.

"Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!!"
"Lafayette!" The ensemble yelled.

"I'm taking this horse by the reins
Making redcoats redder with bloodstains" I said in my best French accent. The crowd started to scream again, impressed that I was rapping as fast as Daveed

"Lafayette!" Daveed said with the ensemble

"And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop
And burn 'em up and scatter the remains
I'm—"

"Lafayette!"

"Watch me engaging 'em, escaping 'em, enraging 'em, ow"
"Lafayette!"
"I go to France for more funds"

"Lafayette!"
"I come back with more guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts" Daveed said with me.

"We rendezvous with Rochambeau
Consolidate their gifts"

I stepped over and touched his chest, trying to mimic what he does on stage. He could help but laugh.
"We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need"

"I know"
"Hamilton!" Lin jumped out in front of us and posed making us and the crowd laugh.

"Sir, he knows what to do in the trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French
I mean"
"Hamilton!"
Whoops and woos came from the crowd.

"Sir, you're going to have to use him eventually
What's he going to do on the bench
I mean"
"Hamilton!"

"No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical, tactical brilliance"
"Hamilton!"

"You want to fight for your land back?"

"I need my right hand man back"
"Hamilton!"
"(Ah, uh, ) get your right hand man back
(You know you gotta get ya) right hand man back
I mean, you gotta put some thought into the letter
But the sooner the better
To get your right hand man back!"

The crowd went crazy. I laughed as Lin walked over and dapped me up. Daveed kissed the top of my head and then ruffled my hair. He grabbed my arm and put it up in the air as a ref does to a boxer and the crowd screamed louder.

"Zinyla Belts everybody! She'll be playing Angelica Schuyler tonight in place for our beautiful Reneé Elise Goldberg while she is away for family matters. Thank you so much for coming tonight! Keep coming back in hopes to win the raffle! Love you, goodnight!" Lin said and we all made our way inside.

"Zinyla 'I'll take your role' Belts is at it again!" Ephraim said. I burst out laughing
"Shut uppp" I playfully pushed him and he laughed.

After taking two hours to get my hair and makeup ready, I have 15 minutes to spare before places. I decided to wait to put my dress on until the five minute mark and in the mean time I'm in my kimono and ugg slippers.