Angelica danced around her room as she held the letters from Alexander. She was smiling and jumping around like she was a teenager again
Peggy leaned against the doorframe and watched her sister with a smile on her face, it made her happy to see Angelica so excited, she hadn't been this way for years
But at what cost?
"Angelica, I'm pleased that you went through with the plan, but maybe you should speak with Eliza. I don't want the both of you to hate each other. She was very upset at the ball." Peggy advised
"You're right, even though I was angry, I shouldn't have snapped at her like that. I just felt as if she was undermining all of the sacrifices I've made." Angelica replied, ashamed
Angelica got up and strut down the corridors of the Schuyler Mansion to Eliza's room
She walked in to find her reading letters addressed to her from
A. Hamilton
She knocked the door slowly
"Eliza, May I come in? I wish to speak with you." Angelica announced herself
Eliza was laying on her bed face down, her face buried in a pillow "What's the use? You made your feelings of me clear at the Winter's Ball." Eliza said sadly
Angelica sat on her sister's bed and stroked Eliza's hair in an attempt to comfort her
"Eliza...you're my sister and I love you more than anything in this life. I would never try to intentionally do anything that could hurt you. I said what I said because I was angry. Not at you, but at the world. I felt as if it was keeping me from being happy and only forcing me to make sacrifices I didn't want to make. I'm so sorry, 'Liza. We've lost so many siblings... I couldn't bare to lose you due to a lapse in my judgement. Please forgive me?" Angelica spoke sincerely
Elizabeth Schuyler, so trusting, so kind
So forgiving
Eliza looked up and saw the sincerity in her sister's eyes and enveloped her in a hug that spoke words
Love
Patience
Forgiveness
"Angelica, I forgive you. However, I must also apologize. I was very selfish that night and I shouldn't have yelled at you. You're right, maybe this crush on Alexander is temporary. It was an 'in the moment' sort of thing. However there is something I must know. Why is it that whenever I think of that speaker in the square, my heart begins to flutter?"
Angelica gasped "Oh lord, please no. Is it who think it is?"
"You're not talking about Samuel Seabury, are you? He's so stuffy, so formal, so—" Angelica ranted about everything unsavory about Samuel
"That one! He was quite charming, I must say. Devilishly handsome as well..." Eliza looked up into the sky with dreamy eyes
"Eliza...of all people, you chose Samuel Seabury? His opinions are disgraceful to our country and he is siding with Britain? How would Alexander and his fellow soldiers feel knowing they sacrificed so much and won this war to have someone bash them. It's disgusting." Angelica sighed bitterly
"Angie, we haven't won the war...the war isn't even over. What do you speak of?" Eliza said with confusion
Peggy told me don't mention anything from the present!
"Oh nothing, wishful thinking, that's all..." Angelica covered
"Oh alright, well I love him. I wish to meet him and marry him. I pray father will like him." Eliza said
"Eliza, he's a loyalist, father is a patriot. He's fighting for the other side! Do you truly think he will approve of this, do you?"
"We'll elope!" Eliza suggested
"You say it like it's easy, 'Liza..." she said
"It is, I will meet with him every Sunday, he'll fall in love with me, we'll run away and get married, we'll have 12 beautiful children, and we'll grow old together, and—" Eliza started to ramble
"Eliza. Let's meet him first. Alright?"
"Alright...oh, there's also a surprise for you, Angie! I forgot to mention." she suddenly realized
"Oh?" Angelica asked
"Hello, mon chèri." A male voice joined in
Alexander Hamilton stood leant up against Eliza's door frame
"Alexander? Alexander! What are you doing here, mon chère?"
Angelica ran into Alexander's arms and he spun her around the room, the same way he did a few chapters ago
"General Washington let me go home early to visit you all." Alexander explained
Eliza looked away, a pang of sadness hitting her suddenly
"Oh, and Eliza?" Alexander asked
Eliza turns around, hopeful, "Yes, Alexander?"
"May I speak with you please? Alone?"
"Of course, I'll be back, Angelica." Eliza said. She seemed composed on the outside, but on the inside, a whirl wind of emotions took up her thoughts. She loved Samuel, but she still held small feelings for Alexander
He took her into a secluded hall of the Schuyler mansion
"Eliza, I shall get straight to the point. I want to marry Angelica. I'm in love with her, but I'm aware of your feelings for me."
Eliza gasped
"Y-You know? You know everything?" Eliza panicked
"Yes. I don't want us to never see each other again, so I want to tell you that I wish to remain friends. Send letters back and forth, talk, have fun. As friends. I don't wish to lose you over something that won't matter in a few years." Alexander held Eliza's hands
"Something that won't matter?" Eliza thought
"You're right, I suppose. But how did you know?" Eliza asked him
Alexander had a look of panic on his face
"I had a feeling." He said
"Oh. Well, I suggest you ask father. If you get rejected, please don't take it personally, father has always been a bit more of a serious man." She warned him
"Alright, thank you Eliza. For everything. You truly are an incredible woman." Alexander told her in admiration
"Thank you, may you always be satisfied."
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Alexander and Eliza has returned and found Angelica sitting on the bed reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
"Angelica, walk with me will you love?" Alexander outstretched his hand to her
"Absolutely." Angelica agreed
The two walked all the way down to the garden. It was still winter, so a blanket of snow covered the bushes and trees. The water was frozen in the fountain and the winter flowers were covered in snowflakes.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Angelica asked rhetorically
"Yes, you are indeed." Alexander said
She looked at him and then looked away with a blush on her face
Alexander grabbed her chin with his hand and locked his eyes with hers.
"Angelica, I have not known you long. But I know you are the one for me. You are stunningly beautiful, match my intelligence, and believe in the same things I do. I cannot imagine a world where you do not live, for it is too torturous. My dearest Angelica, I am in love with you." Alexander held her hand and bent down one knee. He pulled out a pastel pink, velvet box and opened. A gold, sizable ring sat there, shining in the winter's light
Angelica held a gasp. She was so happy, she was getting what she wanted at last.
"Which is why I ask you, Angelica Schuyler, to become Angelica Hamilton. Or Angelica Schuyler-Hamilton. Whichever you prefer. I don't know which one you—"
Alexander is cut off by Angelica jumping into his arms on the floor
"Oh shut it you. I will marry you." Angelica had tears if joy in her eyes
"Oh Angelica, thank God..." Alexander held her, even though he was cold from the snow melting into his jacket
Eliza watched from a window, picturing her and Samuel Seabury. But she still felt hurt at the scene
She didn't know why it affected her so much, it just did
The reason?
In another life, it was the same spot Alexander proposed to her, with a pastel blue box and Angelica had Eliza's place by the window
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Author's note: woooooow. I finally updated after 4 days. At least it isn't 4 years. Oh well, we've got a few more chapters left and then this story will come to a close. I'm gonna miss it man. But it's good, that's not for a long ass time. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Love,
Kennedy Brown❤️