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Alexander Hamilton awakes to his love passed out on his shoulder. They're laying on a soft, fluffy gray couch, of unknown materials in a warmly light room. 

"Alex?" John Laurens asks groggily, blinking his eyes open. 

Alex smiles softly. "Hey," he responds as John sits up.

"Where are we?" John asks as he surveys the room.

"I have no idea," Alex says. "As far as I can tell, we're in this room alone."

"And there isn't a door," John adds. He's right, the room looks to be a simple, four walled room painted in a mellow yellow, with a light grey rug covering the entire floor. 

"Where were we before ..." Alex trails off as the memories impact him like an infallible topic sentence.  

John had died, they won, he had a son. He became a lawyer and Washington became president. He was Treasurer. The affair. Burr and Jefferson and Madison. The duel. He ... raised his gun. To the sky. Towards John and his mother and Washington and Philip. Burr shot. Alex was ....

"I'm .... dead," Alex whispers, shell-shocked.

John stares at him, shock making his adorable freckles stand out against white skin. "That's impossible," he whispers, trying to deny the fact. "I would know if you were-" he stops as his memories paint their way back to him.

A blue sky. A red army. The single shot, sprouting red against his blue. 

"I-I, I'm, I, I died," John stutters out, trembling. "Alex ... that can't ... that can't be ..." 

"John," Alex gasps out, wrapping his arms around the taller male, trying to stop both of their trembling. 

John keeps shaking as tears appear. "N-no, no no no."

"Shhh," Alex croons quietly, rocking him slightly. "It's okay, let it out." John sobs into Alex's shirt as Alex whispers comforting words.

After a couple minutes, John pulls back, wiping his eyes. "Thanks," he whispers to Alex, not caring that he, a grown man, had cried on another grown man as he and Alex done it enough times in front of each other to be completely comfortable with it. Besides, they love each other, and all they want is the other's happiness. 

"Always," Alex replies, wiping John's cheek with his thumb.

Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette is safe. Strong arms are gently wrapped around his chest, holding him so his back's flush to his love's chest. Normally he hates being held, he can't stand physical contact from most people. But, his friends, Washington, and his ours doux are very much an exception. 

"Lafayetté?" Lafayette's heart melts every time his ours doux says his name, because he always pronounces it with a strange accent on the last e. It also could be because he is saying it in a sleepy, warm voice that envelopes him in happiness.

"Hello, mon amour endormi," Lafayette replies without opening his eyes. 

"I can't believe it..." his love whispers. Lafayette frowns and opens his eyes, turning to look into the teary-eyed face of Hercules Mulligan. 

"What-" Lafayette stops as memories hit him like a sneak attack. 

John's death. The American revolution, then his French revolution. Alex's death. Hercules's death. Pneumonia. His . . . death.

"Impossible! Tu ne peux pas être mort! Je ne peux pas être mort!" Lafayette exclaims, shocked.

 Herc's head slowly shakes in a silent no. Lafayette's eyes widen and his lips move, silently begging it to be a joke, trying to deny it. Herc pulls him closer, holding him as silent sobs rock his body.

"I'm so sorry Lafayetté," Herc whispers in his ear. That just makes Lafayette cry harder, causing Herc to release his gathering tears. 

After that, Lafayette and Herc stand up, drying their tears. Going through a hidden door, they emerge into a cozy room with a weird black metal-like thing covering the front wall. They spot their two best friends, Alex and John, who should be dead, and run over to them.

Alex pulls John up off the couch, and the two are immediately engulfed in a giant group hug.

"JOHN!!" Lafayette and Hercules scream, over the top happy.

"Hey guys!" John says laughing, once the revolution group finally untangles from the hug.

"You're suppose to be dead!" Herc accuses. "Both of you are dead!"

"I am, I guess," John sorrowfully responds.

"So am I, apparently," Alex adds, trying to comfort John by wrapping an arm around his waist.

Lafayette frowns. "Strange, as we appear to be dead as well."

Soon, the Schuyler sisters, Aaron Burr, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Maria Renyolds appear, one after the other, from the secret door. 

Maria hides from everyone, sitting herself in the farthest corner. Jefferson and Madison talk to each other apart from the other groups: the revolution group, Burr, and Washington along with the Schuyler sisters.

When Burr and Alex see each other, Burr does a half-straggled scream and Alex gives him a sad smile. They hug it out, Burr understanding that Alex had forgiven him, had forgiven because he knew it would happen. 

Washington brings the Schuyler sisters into the revolution group's and Burr's conversation and they catch up, as they all died at different times.

Eliza notices as she talks with everybody that Alex, John, Herc, Lafayette, Burr, and Washington stay close together. In fact, Lafayette and Herc stay right next to each other, their arms almost always in contact. 

She whispers to Angelica, "Have you ever noticed the Lafayette and Hercules?"

Angelica smirks. "It's obvious, isn't? Herc's been pining for a while, and Lafayette used to like Alex, but then he saw he wasn't on Alex's radar, so then he saw Herc and it connected. You never noticed at all?"

Eliza smiles, "I never really paid attention to Alex's friends. They were always either drunk or fighting."

"Aren't Alex and-" Peggy starts to say, before being cut off by Angelica's hand.

"Alex and who?" Eliza asks as Angelica and Peggy panic slightly.

"Peggy," Washington warns, joining the smaller group. 

Meanwhile, a young woman slips into the room and sneaks over to Maria. "Maria?" the woman asks softly, kneeling down next to Maria, who is huddled against the wall, covering her ears.

"Please go away," Maria mutters without venom. 

"You're sensitive to sound, right?" the woman asks kindly, not moving.

Maria looks at the woman, who looks at her with compassion. Maria nods slowly.

The woman holds out two oddly shaped small things the color of Maria's skin. "Put these into your ears, they'll help soften the harsher sounds."

Maria slowly takes the objects and fits them into her ears. Instantly, the loud talking of the revolution group quiets down enough so Maria can hear without pain.

"Thank you," she says, her face lighting up in joy.

The woman smiles. "No problem!" She stands up, Maria following suit. She's surprised, as the woman is shorter than Maria by a couple inches.

Right as Eliza is about to ask what 'Alex and someone' is, the young woman walks over to front of the room, catching people's attention.

"Hello everyone, and welcome!-" she starts to say before Alex cuts her off.

"Where are we, why are we here, why are we all dead, and why do we look like we did before the revolution?!" he demands.

"Alexander I swear to God-" the woman breathes in deeply. "You remind me of a friend of mine. As for those questions, you're all in the future, on Earth. I felt like you deserved to know this, and I thought you'd be more comfortable," she says, waving at their younger bodies. "Younger, less stressed."

"And who might you be?" Jefferson snarkily asks.

The woman smirks and bows deeply, saying, "My name is Ink Stella." 

"Where are you from?" Madison quietly asks.

"America," Ink answers immediately. They all look confusedly at her. "America. You know, the US?" she sighs. "The United States of America. The country you created?"

Everyone but Ink gasps in shock.

"The United States of America," Washington whispers, pride choking his voice.

"Two...hundred...years..." the Schuyler sisters and John say reverently. 

Alex just stares at Ink, for once speechless.

"A honor to meet you, young lady," Washington says, bowing. 

"T-trust me sir, the honor's all mine, Mr. President sir," Ink gasps out.

"Good God, not another one!" Burr protests.

"HEY!" Alex yells, snapping out of his shock. "A pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ink," he says, bowing to Ink. 

"Wow," Ink whispers. "Alexander Hamilton in the flesh!"

Burr sniffs, jealous.

"AARON BURR, SIR!?" Ink screeches, amazed. "So cool." She clears her throat. "Sorry, you're all super famous. Well," she amends, "the men are. We woman never got our moment in the spotlight until the late 1900s." 

"Famous?" the men exclaim.

"Famous," Ink confirms. "Anyway, the reason I brought you all here is to show you something," she says as the black screen lights up to white. "Also, women are equal to men, men can marry men, and women can marry women."

The entire group cheers with joy. 

"Congratulations everyone," Burr says, because yes he knew everyone except Washington isn't straight. 

"My sons," Washington gasps out, staring at Alex, John, Lafayette, and Herc. Tears appear in his eyes. "I'll finally have sons-in-law," he says.

Herc and Lafayette passionately kiss, hands, cupping the other's face.

John and Alex hug, shedding tears of joy.

Madison and Jefferson stare at each other in shock, before interlacing their fingers, obviously in love. 

Eliza and Maria lock eyes and have a moment, charged with regret, sorrow, and something else, something fragile.

Peggy screams, "Fuck yes! Ira, where are you?! I need to kiss a girl so bad right now!"

Angelica laughs, smirking, and says, "I'll settle for anyone currently."

Once everyone settles down a little, and Ink pulls out a seating chart. "I called every canon," she says in awe. "Alex and John, you have the love seat in the middle. Herc and Lafayette, the closet couch to them is yours. Jefferson, Madison, and Washington, you're on the couch on the other side of Alex and John. Angelica, Peggy, and Burr, you have the couch behind Herc. Eliza and Maria, you two get the couch behind Madison. And I get the chair in between Angelica and Maria."

Everyone except John (and Ink, as she made the chart) are surprised when Eliza and Maria don't fight and sit side-by-side on the couch.

"I married Eliza," Alex explains. "-"

"I was there Alex," John says, the words coming out harsher than intended because he's trying very hard not to cry.

"Hey, I'm here," Alex soothes, bumping his shoulder softly to John's shoulder. "I love you John. She was the next best person, and while I did, do, love her, you are the only one for me."

"I know," John smiles ruefully. "But it still hurts."

"If we could have been married, I would have done so in a heartbeat," Alex vows. "Anyway, after Philip died, my oldest son, I kinda sorta had an affair with someone-"

"ALEXANDER!" John yells. "Who?" he asks angrily.

"Maria."

"YOU CHEAT ON ME WITH TWO WOMEN!?" John yells again.

Alex winces. "You were dead, I didn't have any hope or reason for life. Once our country was secure, I didn't matter. I wanted to die." He stares directly into John's eyes. "I wanted to see you again."

John has tears in his eyes as he clears his throat. "Alex ..."

"So, I blew my legacy and announced my affair to everyone, then got into a duel with Burr and let him shoot me," Alex finishes, now looking at his feet, unable to meet John's loving eyes.

John turns Alex's face to face him. "I love you," he whispers, gazing into Alex's beautiful blue eyes.

"I love you too," Alex whispers back, touching foreheads with John.

While that's going on, Angelica sidles up to Ink. "Alex and John?"

Ink smiles and nods. "John and Alex."

Everyone gets seated and the lights turn off. The screen glows white, then black. Then the words in bold white letters spell out Hamilton.

"Me?" Alex asks, confused.

The screen then shows a logo. Bright gold background, a black star in the middle, the top point replaced by the outline of a man pointing his gun at the sky. 'Hamilton' is spelled out in white letters inside the star.

Ink whispers, "And so the American experiment begins."

The show had begun.

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[BURR: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore/ and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean/ by Providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?]

"So this is based on me? Wow, rude," Alex comments. 

"Oh, that's just Aaron Burr, the king of salt," Ink says laughing. 

"Dhdjcjfgxdaausbja-" Burr sputters, confused.

[LAURENS: The ten dollar/ Founding Father without a father/ Got a lot farther by working a lot harder, by being a lot hot- smarter/ By being a self-starter, by fourteen they placed him in charge of a trading charter.]

"Aww, he's cute! But he almost messed up a line, I think," Alex comments.

Ink nods. "Yeah, he's adorable. And no, he didn't. He almost said 'hotter' instead if 'smarter', which lays the ground work of a beautiful romance that was cut off too soon."

"Ten dollar Founding Father?" Peggy asks.

"Alex is on the ten dollar bill, and he's considered a Founding Father, because he founded the bank and was important in our history," Ink explains. "Oh, and that guy's John Laurens." She adds under her breath, "My gay turtle son." 

Alex kisses John on the lips and whispers, " He's almost as beautiful as you are."

John smiles and giggles, kissing Alex back.

Ink discreetly wipes a tear away. If only they had been able to marry back then. Things might have ended so much better.

[JEFFERSON: And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted/ Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up/ Inside he was longing for something to be a part of/ The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter]

"Stealing, Alex?-" Jefferson starts to say.

"Yes, yes I am," John interrupts.

The revolution group laugh and high five John.

"I should have known you stole," Jefferson drawls, seemingly undaunted. "That Mister High and Mighty act is just that, an act."

John growls as Alex protests, "I was starving! Have you ever starved, Thomas? No! Because you are rich. You were born rich. You didn't do anything to earn your wealth and luxury. I did. I wrote my way off my island, I wrote myself to the colonies, I worked and fought to be where I was. What did you do?" Tears are making Alex's eyes shine, but none fall. 

In the dead silence after Alex's question, Ink quietly says, "That was Thomas Jefferson."

"What?!" Jefferson yelps out, shocked and scandalized to be played by a colored man. Everyone glares at him, all except for Madison. Madison whispers in Jefferson's ear and Jefferson nods slowly and settles down.

[MADISON: Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned/ Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain/ Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain/ And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.] 

"He's voice is amazing," Angelica comments.

"How'd he know all that?" Alex wonders out loud. "How'd he know exactly how I felt that day?"

"James Madison," Ink calls out.

"What?" Madison asks, startled. "Me?"

"Yes," Ink replies, smiling warmly. 

[BURR: Well the word got around, they said 'this kid is insane man'/ Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland/ 'Get your education, don't forget from when we you came, and/ The world's gonna know your name. What's your name, man?']

"Those people were so kind," Alex says, tearing up. 

Ink gasps. "You'll love this next part," she says. 

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton]

Everyone cheers.

[A. HAMILTON: My name is Alexander Hamilton/ And there's a million things I haven't done/ But just you wait, just you wait.]

Everybody stares in awe at the actor and his beyond amazing emotional feeling in his voice. 

[ELIZA SCHUYLER: When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden]

Alex gasps, face paling.

[E. SCHUYLER: Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden/ Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick.]

Holding in sobs, Alex shudders. John wraps an arm around Alex's shoulders. 

"Elizabeth 'Eliza' Schuyler Hamilton," Ink whispers, her voice sounding strangled, burdened with sorrow. Eliza gasps in surprise. Everyone else stays listen, wanting to comment on the actress's beautiful voice, but feeling it might be the wrong time. 

[COMPANY: And Alex got better but his mother went quick.]

A heart-wretching sob fills the room, coming from Alex. Everyone sorrowfully looks at him, more than a couple with tears falling freely down their cheeks.

"Son," Washington whispers as Lafayette whispers, "Frère," and as Herc whispers, "Alex." Said person shakes his head no, forcing them to stay where they are, instead of going to Alex like they yearn to.

[WASHINGTON: Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.]

Herc, Lafayette, and Washington go and envelop Alex in a group hug as he sobs again.

[WASHINGTON: Left with nothin' but ruined pride, somethin' new inside/ A voice saying

WASHINGTON AND COMPANY: 'Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.'

WASHINGTON: He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the self.]

"George Washington," Ink names quietly. 

[BURR: There would've been nothin' left to do/ For someone less astute/ He would've been dead or destitute/ Without a cent of restitution/ Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord.]

"I hated that man," Alex mutters, voice wavering. The hug breaks, but they sit around Alex instead of leaving.

[BURR: Tradin' sugar cane and rum and other things he can't afford.

COMPANY: Scammin'

BURR: For every book he can get his hands on.

COMPANY: Plannin'

BURR: For the future see him now as he stands on/ The bow of a ship headed for a new land, in New York you can be a new man.

COMPANY (HAMILTON at the same time as the words after his): 

In New York you can be (Just you wait!) a new man.

In New York you can be (Just you wait!) a new man.

In New York you can be a new man.

WOMEN: In New York

MEN: New York

A. HAMILTON: Just you wait!

COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)/ We are waiting in the wings for (waiting in the wings for you)/ You could never back down/ You never learned to take your time!/ Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)/ When America sings for you/ Will they know what you overcame?/ Will they know you rewrite the game?/ The world will never be the same, oh.

BURR (MEN at the same time as the words after theirs): 

The ship is in the harbor now/ See if you can (Just you wait.) spot him./ Another immigrant/ Comin' up from the bottom.

COMPANY: Just you wait.

BURR: His enemies destroyed his rep/ America forgot him.]

"Oh! This is double-casted, so Madison and Hercules share an actor, Jefferson and Lafayette share an actor, and Peggy and Maria share an actress," Ink blurts out.

[MULLIGAN/MADISON AND LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON: We fought with him.]

"Clever," Lafayette comments. "Mon amour and I-"

"-fought next to him-" Herc continues.

"-and James and myself-" Jefferson adds.

"-fought against him," Madison finishes. 

"OH! John and Philip Hamilton share actors!" Ink yells out. John looks at Alex with wide eyes.

[LAURENS/PHILIP HAMILTON: Me? I died for him.

WASHINGTON: Me? I trusted him.]

"I always will," Washington adds softly.

[E. SCHUYLER, ANGELICA SCHUYLER, AND PEGGY SCHUYLER/ MARIA REYNOLDS: Me? I-

*Laurens bursts through the crowd of women*

LAURENS: Me? I loved him!]

Ink cackles in the background as everyone stares at the screen, amazed that something like that could happen and be okay in theater.

John kisses Alex's cheek. "I still do," he whispers. 

"The girl on the left is Angelica, and the girl to the right is Peggy/Maria," Ink adds.

[BURR: And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him.

COMPANY: There's a million things I haven't done/ But just you wait!

BURR: What's your name, man?

COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!]

The screen goes black as everyone breaks into applause. 

"Those vocals," Angelica breathes.

"Those costumes," Herc says, awed and inspired.

"Me," Jefferson comments, smirking.

"Eliza's actress's voice," Maria whispers.

"My last line," John mentions quietly.

"I love you all," Alex says, hugging John, Washington, Herc, and Lafayette. "Except for you two, Jefferson, Madison-"

"You mean Madison-Jefferson," Jefferson says. "We're getting married after all this." Madison looks at him, confused, blushing, and very surprised.

"I tolerate you two. Burr, we're on rocky ground," Alex continues.

"Lin-Manuel Miranda is our Lord and savior," Ink causally says. 

"Who?" Eliza asks.

"Lin-Manuel Miranda, the human god who wrote this entire play, and plays Alexander Hamilton," Ink responds.

"Oh my God," Peggy swears. "One man wrote an entire play? With that kind of music?"

Ink chuckles. "Oh, not just that. He wrote a two hour musical, using many different types of music, that has become the gold standard for plays and musicals alike, and created a fan base that will not only never die, but has grown to include about 80% or more of the human race." She smiles. "Lin-Manuel Miranda is miracle and gift to us all. It's an honor and privilege to be alive while he is."

"Just so you know," Peggy says, leaning towards Alex as Washington, Lafayette, and Herc return to their seats, "I only love you as a brother. I personally prefer women."

"I love you as a sister too Pegs," Alex replies, smiling.

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The screen lights up as everyone settles down. 

[COMPANY: 1776./ New York City.

A. HAMILTON: Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?]

Burr groans. "Not this again."

[BURR: That depends. Who's asking?

A. HAMILTON: Oh, well, sure, sir/ I'm Alexander Hamilton, I'm at your service, sir./ I have been looking for you.]

"Stalker alert!" Peggy yells.

"Not creepy at all Hamilton," Jefferson drawls.

Alex grumbles something under his breath.

[BURR: I'm getting nervous.

A. HAMILTON: Sir . . ./ I heard your name at Princeton./ I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours./ I may have punched him. It's a blur, sir. He handles the financials?

BURR: You punched the bursar.]

Herc laughs. "Your face Burr!"

Burr just sighs a very long sigh. 

[A. HAMILTON: Yes!/ I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two/ then join the revolution./ He looked at me like I was stupid, I'm not stupid./ So how'd you do it? How'd you graduate so fast?]

"Why would you want to graduate so fast?" Angelica points out. "Enjoy it! At least you're allowed the chance to get an education!"

Alex argues, "To prove that I wasn't wasting those people's money and wasn't completely  worthless."

Burr whispers, "Because my parents wanted me to."

Lafayette snarkily says, "To show up my father, bien sûr."

John angrily says, "What else is there for a son to do but be forced to be the best?"

Jefferson replies with "To satisfy my father."

Madison quietly says, "There was nothing else to do but be sick and study. It was the only way to keep my father off my back, and even then . . ."

The girls, Washington, and Herc stare at the boys in varying degrees of horror, sadness, and understanding. Ink writes down on her arm in pen, "Therapy during intermission?"

[BURR: It was my parents' dying wish before they pasted.

A. HAMILTON: You're an orphan. Of course! I'm an orphan/ God, I wish there was a war!]

Stunned silence as Ink quietly hums a melody that sounds like the song that's going on. 

"Alexander-" everyone yells at once. 

Alex cringes. "Sorry."

[A. HAMILTON: Then we could prove that we're worth more/ than anyone bargained for . . .]

Cue tears in the previously angry eyes.

[BURR: Can I buy you a drink?

A. HAMILTON: That would be nice.

BURR: While we're talking let me offer you some free advice./ Talk less.]

Everyone laughs, including Alex. "Yeah, right," Alex snorts.

[A. HAMILTON: What?

BURR: Smile more.]

"Hmm, he has that right," Eliza comments.

Alex laughs. "I never had a reason to growing up, unless I was with my mom. Then during the war I could only really smile with the Family," here John, Herc, Lafayette, and Washington smile, "and after, well, there wasn't a lot of time or reason to smile."

[A. HAMILTON: Ha.

BURR: Don't let them know what you're against or what you're for.

A. HAMILTON: You can't be serious.

BURR: You wanna get ahead?

A. HAMILTON: Yes.

BURR: Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.]

"Foreshadowing?" Madison asks.

"Maybe," Angelica muses.

[MULLIGAN (speaking): Hey, anyone know who the guy with Burr is?

LAURENS (speaking): You think he's into guys?

LAFAYETTE, LAURENS, AND MULLIGAN look at each other and smirk. LAURENS jumps up.

LAURENS: Yo yo yo yo yo!/ What time is it?

LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: Show time!

BURR: Like I said . . .

LAURENS: Show time! Show time! Yo!/ I'm John Laurens in the place to be!/ Two pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm workin' on three, uh!/ Those redcoats don't want it with me!/ Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I'm free!]

The revolution group laughs and claps. 

"That's exactly what happened!" Laurens says, shocked. 

[LAFAYETTE: Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette!/ The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!/ I came from afar just to say 'Bonsoir!'/ Tell the King 'Casse toi!'/ Who's the best?/ C'est moi!]

Everyone laughs at that. 

[MULLIGAN: Brrrah! Brraaah!/ I am Hercules Mulligan up in it, lovin' it,/ yes I heard ya mother said 'Come again?'

LAURENS AND LAFAYETTE: Ayyyyyyyyy.

MULLIGAN: Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course/ it's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets . . .]

Eliza and Maria have this horrified/appalled look on their faces. Angelica slaps Herc's head as Peggy says out loud, "I agree, corsets are the death of love life."

Lafayette lightly punches Herc's arm and rolls his eyes. "He was joking. I think."

"Um, I don't like horses," Herc says, confused. "Weddings yes, but horses?"

Ink laughs. "Lin needed another word to go with women, so he put in horses because of this one old movie he watched that jokingly talked about having sex with horses. I don't know why, but hey, it's our child Lin. We love him," she explains, shrugging her shoulders.

"Okay then," Madison comments.

"But that did come up," Burr says. "He actually said something close to that the first time we all met."

"Woah." It's unclear how many of the group says that.

[LAFAYETTE: Wow.]

"That's right around when I started to fall for Hercule {quick author note: look up Hercule (it's French) because the way it sounds is so pretty and Lafayette must have said it in his French at least a dozen times}," Lafayette comments. "I didn't realize it, but that's when it started."

"But you liked Alex . . ." Herc trails off.

"Only aesthetically," Lafayette says, looking away. "Only on the surface. You . . . you I feel for body, heart, mind, and soul," he finishes, looking into Herc's eyes. 

"That's love, son," Washington says warmly. "Loving someone for all that they are, on the inside and out."

"Or that could be a platonic friendship, but aces are special," Ink murmurs. 

"What?" Angelica asks.

"I'll tell you later."

[LAURENS: No more sex, pour me another brew, son!/ Let's raise a couple more

LAURENS, MULLIGAN, AND LAFAYETTE: To the revolution!]

"To the revolution!" everyone cheers.

[LAURENS: Well, if it ain't the prodigy of Princeton college!

MULLIGAN: Aaron Burr!

LAURENS: Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

BURR: Good luck with that: you're takin' a stand/ You spit. I'm 'a sit. We'll see where we land.]

"BOO!" everyone yells as one.

[LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Boooo!

LAURENS: Burr, the revolution's imminent./ What do you stall for?

A. HAMILTON: If you stand for nothing, Burr, what'll you fall for?]

"Oooooooo" It's unknown how many said that, but all eyes are fixed to the screen.

[MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE, LAURENS: Ooh

LAURENS: Who are you?]

"You were trying to pick me up," Alex says, chuckling. John blushes and Alex just gives him a chaste kiss on the cheek.

[MULLIGAN: Who are you?]

"You sound confused," Eliza comments.

"Which is surprising considering you jumped in so John could talk to Alex," Angelica adds.

[LAFAYETTE: Who are you?]

"Why were you so suspicious of Alex?" Washington asks, holding back his laughter.

Lafayette shrugs. "Je ne sais pas."

[MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE, AND LAURENS: Oooh, who is this kid, what's he gonna do?]

"I'm Alexander Hamilton, and there's a million things I'm gonna do!" Alex replies.

Everyone claps at the end and laugh at Alex, some good-heartedly, others *cough, Jefferson and Burr, cough* at him.

Ink glances off, staring at the metaphorical camera. "He said it," she whispers, tears brimming. "If only he knew how much pain there is to come."

If only he knew. If only they all knew. 

Angelica's love. John's love. Lafayette's love. Eliza's love. Maria's heartache and confusion. James Reynolds's evil. 

If only it could all be prevented.

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"Oh, before I forget! Angelica, you reminded me that I hadn't explained the many sexualities!" Ink says.

Everyone looks at her, interested.

"So, this isn't cut and dry, you can love so many different ways, but let's start with the the basic." Ink pulls out a small black, rectangular box. She presses a couple buttons, and the screen behind her lights up. "Hetrosexuality," she continues as the screen turns to stripes of black, grey, and white. "Also known as being straight or hetro, is supposedly the most common sexuality. It probably isn't, but whatever. It means you like the opposite gender of yourself. So a man who is hetro likes only women and a woman who is hetro likes only men."

"So I'm hetro," Burr says. 

"And I would be straight," Washington muses.

"Yep!" The screen changes to a rainbow. "Homosexuality, also known as gay, is when you like your own gender. A gay man only likes other men, and a gay woman only likes other women. Of course, another term to use for women who are gay are lesbian. But you only use lesbian for gay women."

"Gay!!" John yells.

"Lesbian!" Peggy cheers.

"I think I'm gay," Lafayette murmurs.

"I knew I was lying to myself," Madison says. "I'm gay."

"Also, the color on the screen is the sexuality's flag. So you four are rainbow!" The screen changes again, this time to pink, purple, and blue. "Bisexuality, also known as bi, that's b-i, means you like more than just one gender. For example, a bi man likes both men and women. Or a bi woman likes men and non binary. There's a lot of different combinations, but I think you-"

"Non binary?" Herc asks.

"Uh, how do I explain this? People who are not male or female. It can refer to not having gender, intersex, gender fluid, bigender, polygender; it's an umbrella term so it could mean a lot."

"People who don't feel like they belong to either gender?" Lafayette asks.

"Yeah, that's under the non binary umbrella. If they aren't sure, they could use gender queer until they know what label they want to use. But don't quote me on that, I don't know as much about gender." 

Alex, Maria, and Jefferson all confirm that they are bisexual.

"I think I'm gender queer," Lafayette whispers.

"Congrats!!" Ink cheers. "I'll pull up some definitions of gender types for you to look at." The screen changes to pink, yellow, and blue. "Pansexuality, also known as pan, means you are attracted to all gender or non gender types. It doesn't matter to you what gender they identify as."

Herc, Eliza, and Angelica end up identifying as pan. 

The screen changes to black, grey, white, and purple. "Asexuality, as known as ace, means you aren't interested in anyone. It's also an umbrella term, because an ace could be romantically inclined, but not sexually. An ace might only fall romantically in love with someone after they get to know each other, that's demisexual. An ace might only fall romantically in love rarely, which is greysexual. Or an ace could never fall romantically in love, which means they're aro ace."

"Wow," Eliza says. 

"That's a lot," Jefferson comments.

"Yep, but it's my sexuality, so I roll with it," Ink admits.

"So you never feel sexually or romantically inclined towards someone?" Madison asks.

"Two times, romantically, right around when I was ten. A good friend and Harry Potter."

"So you're greysexual?" Maria asks quietly.

"Maybe." Ink laughs. "I actually haven't decided yet! It's either grey or demi. And of course, I'm still figuring out if I'm panromantic, so it's just a little confusing."

"Panromantic?" John asks.

"There's sexual attraction, romantic attraction, and aesthetic attraction. Sexual attraction is when you want to have sex with someone. Romantic attraction is when you're attracted to someone, but you don't want to have sex. Aesthetic attraction is when you admire someone's body, personality, or a combination of both. People might have aesthetic attraction to everyone, sexual attraction to only women, but romantic attraction to men and women. Or something," Ink explains. "Most people's sexual and romantic attraction are the same, so they have it easy. Some figure out they're sexual and romantic are different, but that's less than 50%, at least that I know of." She takes a deep breath. "I'm guessing none of you feel ace?"

Everyone shakes their heads. 

"Ah well. Laf, here," Ink taps another black thin box and then hands it to Lafayette. "Push your thumb up the screen and it'll scroll down. Do the opposite, and it'll go up. I need to sleep." She collapses onto her seat. Her muffled voice filters through the fabric. "Take a break guys. Talk about your feelings or something, I just need five minutes."

Lafayette and Herc stare at the black box, which has a screen with words on it, and they read it. 

Alex and John go over to Eliza and Maria. 

"Hey, I'm sorry ladies," Alex says. The girls look at each other then give him the look. The 'for what, and why, and are you really sorry and continue' look. He sighs. "Eliza, you remind me of John, and you were so sweet that I thought I would learn to love you more than him." John sighs from behind Alex. "I didn't, but I do love you. Just . . . as a friend." Eliza nods once. "Maria."

"I'm sorry, Alexander," Maria says before he can continue. "I-I . . . James hurt me. He wasn't a good person and I guess I just wanted to be loved and not feel dirty. I'm truly sorry. To both of you," she looks directly at Eliza. 

"Maria, hon," Ink says, suddenly appearing. She slowly reaches for Maria's hands, letting her have time to retract her hands. Maria doesn't. "It wasn't your fault. James was an evil person. People like him, they get locked up in jail nowadays. Never think it was something you deserve. Ever." 

"She's right," Eliza speaks up suddenly. She carefully wraps an arm around Maria's waist. "You should have said something to me, Mari. I could-"

"What could you have done?" Maria asks. "We're women. Back then, we had no power. No one would have believed us."

"She could have told me," Alex vehemently says. "If you had come to me, I could have sued him!" He crouched down in front of Maria. John walks over and sits down next to Alex.

"You remind me of my sister," John says quietly. "My dad wasn't the nicest man-"

"Henry Laurens was a mother-effing Southerner. I wish he had died before he burned your letters," Ink mutters.

"What?"

She blushes. "Nothing . . ."

"My sisters were a lot like you. I wish you could have met," John continues.

"Thank you," Maria whispers. 

"Miss Ink," Jefferson says, approaching the group. 

"Yes?" she asks, looking over at him.

"Can I speak with you for a minute?" 

Ink looks at Maria. "Tell them," she says before walking away with Jefferson.

"What's she talking about," Alex asks.

"Eliza," Maria says, turning to face her. "I- I love you. I still love you. I never stopped," she starts sobbing. "He was right there, I didn't know he was yours, you were out of town and James had been awful and I'm so sorry . . ."

Eliza shakes her head and hugs Maria, who sobs into Eliza's dress. 

"Alex, John, I met Maria after Philip was born. We became friends, and eventually fell in love." Eliza soothingly runs her hands through Maria's hair. "However, after your little affair Alexander," Alex winces, "we broken all connections. I never told you Mari, but I never stopped either." Eliza starts crying as well.

Alex and John leave the two women to their emotions and join Lafayette and Herc. 

Meanwhile . . .

"Can you get me a ring?" Jefferson asks Ink.

"Yeah, but what for?"

"James is sleeping. And, I know I said we were getting married, and he's all for it, but I never proposed. So-"

"What do you want it to look like?" Ink cuts him off.

"A band of dark blue sapphire or diamond, with a band of amethyst underneath that, and two gold bands above the blue and below the amethyst."

"Done." Ink rushes off, disappearing into a hidden door.

Chapter Text

Ink slips back in, and yells, "Alrighty people, on to the next song!" 

Eliza and Maria cuddle together, Herc and Lafayette hand Ink her phone back, John and Alex go back to their seats, and Jefferson gently wakes up Madison. Angelica, Peggy, Burr, and Washington break up their group and go back to their seats. 

The screen lights up.

[A. HAMILTON: I am not throwing away my shot!/ I am not throwing away my shot!/ Hey yo, I'm just like my country,/ I'm young, scrappy, and hungry]

"Hey, it connects to the last song!" Peggy points out.

"Oui," Lafayette says.

[A. HAMILTON: And I'm not throwing away my shot!/ I'm 'a get a scholarship to King's College,]

"You've already said that," Burr says.

[A. HAMILTON: I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish]

"Modest Hamilton, modest," Jefferson drawls.

[A. HAMILTON: The problem is I got a lot of brains, but no polish/ I gotta holler just to be heard,/ With every word, I drop knowledge]

"You need to for such a short child," Herc teases.

Alex laughs good naturally. 

[A. HAMILTON: I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal,/ Tryin' to reach my goal, my power of speech, unimpeachable.]

"More like you can't get a word in edgewise," Burr mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: Only nineteen, but my mind is older/ These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder/ Every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage.]

"Oh Alex," Angelica whispers.

[A. HAMILTON: I don't have a gun to brandish, I walk these streets famished.]

"We all did back then," John says.

"What?" Eliza says. "But, John, your father-"

"-abandoned me when I went to New York," John finished.

"Why?" Maria asks.

"I'm against slavery and he owns slaves," John explains matter of factly.

[A. HAMILTON: The plan is to fan this spark into a flame,/ But damn, it's gettin' dark so let me spell out my name.]

"We all know it by now!" Jefferson complains.

[A. HAMILTON: I am the

A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: A-L-/ E-X-/ A-N-D-/ E-R/ we are/ meant to be]

"Woah, that rhythm!" Peggy exclaims.

[A. HAMILTON: A colony that runs independently/ Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly/ Essentially, they tax us relentlessly/ Then King George turns around and runs a spendin' spree.]

"Truth!" everyone yells.

[A. HAMILTON: He ain't never gonna set his descendants free/ So there will be a revolution in this century/ "Enter me!"

LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: He says in parentheses.]

"Like stage directions," Washington says.

[A. HAMILTON: Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.]

"And they do," Ink says. "Almost everyone in the world knows your name."

[A. HAMILTON: I will lay down my life if it sets us free/ Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy./ And I am not throwing away my shot!

LAURENS: My shot!

A. HAMILTON: I am not throwing away my shot!

LAURENS: My shot!

A. HAMILTON: Hey yo, I'm just like my country,/ I'm young, scrappy, and hungry.

A. HAMILTON AND LAURENS: And I am not throwing away my shot!]

"The chemistry is so good between the actors," Lafayette comments. "It has a lot of the same energy as the real thing."

[A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: I am not throwing away my shot!/ I am not throwing away my shot!/ Hey yo, I'm just like my country,/ I'm young scrappy and hungry,/ And I'm not throwing away my shot!/ It's time to take a shot!]

"And you're all getting drunk," Angelica comments.

"DRUNK!" Peggy and Herc cheer.

[LAFAYETTE: I dream of life without the monarchy/ The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy/ 'Onarchy? How you say? How you...?/ Oh, anarchy!]

"Was I really that bad?" Lafayette asks as everyone laughs.

"Yes," Herc answers. "But it's loveable." He kisses Lafayette's forehead.

[LAFAYETTE: When I fight, I make the other side panicky with my-

A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, AND LAFAYETTE: Shot!

MULLIGAN: Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice/ And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis/ I'm joinin' the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance to socially advance/ Instead of sewin' some pants.]

"You said that you're their parents now," Washington says.

Herc blushes. "I may have adopted Alex as my son."

"And me?" John asks.

"Son-in-law," Herc admits.

"I was the other parent," Lafayette adds.

"It was weird to watch," Burr speaks, giving in his two cents.

[LAURENS: But we'll never be truly free/ Unless those in bondage have the same rights as you and me.

A. HAMILTON: That's right.

LAURENS: You and I, do or die, wait until I sally in on a stallion,/ With the first black battalion/ Have another-

A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, AND LAURENS: Shot!]

"You and I, do or die," Alex says. "Wait, were you . . ."

"Maybe?" John says, blushing.

"Yes," Alex answers.

"Yes?"

"Yes." John squeals and hugs Alex, who hugs him back. 

[BURR: Geniuses, lower your voices,/ You keep out of trouble and you double your choices./ I'm with you, but the situation is fraught/ You've got to be carefully taught/ If you talk you're gonna get shot!]

"Foreshadowing a lot?" Eliza groans.

[A. HAMILTON: Burr, check what we got,/ Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot]

"Aww, thank you mon ami," Lafayette says.

[A. HAMILTON: I think your pants look hot]

"Thanks?" Herc says hesitantly.

[A. HAMILTON: Laurens, I like you a lot]

"I do too," John laughs, kissing Alex's forehead.

[A. HAMILTON: Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' in the pot/ What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot?/ Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not/ A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists,]

"That actually describes you all pretty well," Washington comments.

[A. HAMILTON: Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

Oh, am I talking too loud?/ Sometimes I get overexcited, shoot off at the mouth/ I never had a group of friends before,/ I promise that I'll make y'all proud.]

"He's so adorable!" Angelica whispers.

"We're always proud of you, Alex," Herc says.

"Except when you have an affair," John adds.

Alex, Eliza, and Maria wince but give hesitant smiles to each other.

[LAURENS: Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!

LAFAYETTE, HAMILTON, LAURENS, MULLIGAN, AND COMPANY: I am not throwing away my shot/ I am not throwing away my shot/ Hey yo, I'm just like my country,/ I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,/ And I am not throwing away my shot/ I am not throwing away my shot/ I am not throwing away my shot/ Hey yo, I'm just like my country,/ I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,/ And I am not throwing away my shot!

LAURENS: Ev'rybody sing:/ Whoa, whoa, whoa/ Hey!/ Whoa!/ Wooh!!/ Whoa!/ Ay, let 'em hear ya!/ Let’s go!/ I said shout it to the rooftops!/ Said, to the rooftops!/ Come on!/ Come on, let's go!]

"FOR THE REVOLUTION!" Everyone cheers.

[A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Yea!

COMPANY: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Yea!

LAURENS: Rise up!/ When you're living on your knees, you rise up/ Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up/ Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up!]

"You said that . . ." Angelica trails off.

"We all deserve our rights," John confirms. "All of us."

[LAURENS AND COMPANY: When are these colonies gonna rise up?/ When are these colonies gonna rise up?/ When are these colonies gonna rise up?/ When are these colonies gonna rise up?/ Rise up!

COMPANY: Whoa! Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Whoa!/ Rise up!

A. HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory/ When's it gonna get me?/ In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?/ If I see it coming, do I run or do I let it be?/ Is it like a beat without a melody?]

"RUN!" everyone yells.

"Alex, life is better than death," John whispers. 

"Who knows if he's right?" Ink says. "For some, death is better. And for others, we can't see that life is better." 

Everyone else looks at each other and glance at Ink, wondering . . .

[A. HAMILTON: See, I never thought I'd live past twenty/ Where I come from some get half as many/ Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask/ We have to make this moment last, that's plenty/ 

Scratch that/ This is not a moment, it's the movement/ Where all the hungriest brothers with/ Something to prove went?/ Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand/ We roll like Moses, claiming our promised land]

"Yeah!" the revolution group yells. 

[A. HAMILTON: And? If we win our independence?/ Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?/ Or will the blood we shed begin an endless/ Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?/ I know the action in the street is excitin'/ But Jesus, between all the bleedin' n fightin'/ I’ve been readin' n writin']

"No surprise there," Burr says.

[A. HAMILTON: We need to handle our financial situation/ Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?/ I'm past patiently waitin'. I'm passionately/ Smashin' every expectation/ Every action's an act of creation!/ I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow/ For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow!]

Everyone cheers. "I hope you continued to!" John whispers to Alex. 

"Umm..." Alex grimaces.

"Alex."

He melts into John. "I know. It's just easier to when I have a reason to." He kisses John's forehead. "And now I do."

[A. HAMILTON AND COMPANY: And I am not throwing away my shot/ I am not throwing away my shot/ Hey yo, I'm just like my country/ I'm young, scrappy and hungry/ And I'm not throwing away my shot!

A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, AND MULLIGAN: We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot! We're gonna

A. HAMILTON: Time to take a shot!

A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, LAURENS, AND MULLIGAN: Time to take a shot!/ Time to take a shot!/ Take a shot!/ Shot!/ Shot!/ A-yo it's/ Time to take a shot!/ Time to take a shot!/ And I am-

REVOLUTION GROUP AND COMPANY: Not throwing away my shot/ Not throwing away my shot/ We're gonna/ Rise up!/ Rise up!/ Rise up!/ Rise up!/ Rise up!/ Rise up!/ Ri- ri- ri-/ Time to take a shot!/ Time to take a shot!/ And I am-

A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, LAURENS, AND MULLIGAN: Not throwin' away my-

REVOLUTION GROUP AND COMPANY: Not throwin' away my shot!]

Everyone cheers.

Alex and John go over to Ink and quietly ask for matching simple gold band rings.

Chapter Text

Ink ducks out for a minute, then comes back into the room. 

The screen opens on the group sitting around a bar table. 

[REVOLUTION GROUP laughs together, when a pause noise sounds and everyone on stage freezes. LAURENS stands up as music starts and background actors move around.

LAURENS: Boy you got me

MEN: Helpless!]

"Um, what?" Burr asks.

"Shhh, you'll see," Ink whispers.

[LAURENS: Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit I'm

MEN: Helpless!

LAURENS: Down for the count, and I'm drownin' in 'em./ I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight./ We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night.

The scene shifts to MULLIGAN and LAFAYETTE talking together at a bar table. LAURENS sits next to them, singing. No one in the scene seems to notice his singing, it's like his singing is all in his head.]

"Revel? Doesn't that mean a ball or dance?" Peggy asks.

"Nah, it basically means a loud party-like event," Ink answers. 

[LAURENS: Laughin'at Lafayette as he's dazzling the room.]

Lafayette blushes and the group laughs good naturally.

[LAURENS: Then you walk in and my heart goes "Boom!"

A. HAMILTON and BURR walk in.

LAURENS: Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the bar room./ Everybody's drunk and they're all top volume.

LAURENS watches A. HAMILTON from his seat.

MEN: Blind to the rhythm as you sigh and pine.]

"Alex, you are so clueless," Angelica says.

[LAURENS (leaning towards LAFAYETTE'S ear): Grab Lafayette, and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine."

WOMEN: Ooo

LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, and LAURENS walk over to A. HAMILTON.

LAURENS: We make our way across the room to you.

WOMEN: Ooo

MULLIGAN and LAFAYETTE talk with A. HAMILTON, copying the scene from Aaron Burr, Sir. LAURENS stands next to the table, an observer of the scene.

LAURENS: And I get nervous, thinking "What're you gonna do?"

WOMEN: Ooo.

BURR grabs A. HAMILTON'S arm, pulling him away from the men.

LAURENS: He grabs you by the arm, I'm thinkin' "I'm though"

WOMEN: Ooo.]

"This is so good," Madison says, munching on popcorn in a tub. 

"Uh, where did the food come from?" Eliza asks, staring at the tubs that sit next to the seats. 

"I can sneak when I want to," Ink says, calmly snacking.

[A. HAMILTON pulls away from BURR and turns to LAURENS.

LAURENS: Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm 

WOMEN AND MEN: Helpless!

LAURENS: Oh, look at those eyes

MEN: Look into those eyes.

WOMEN: And the sky's the limit.

WOMEN AND MEN: You're helpless!]

"His eyes are deep," John comments. Alex blushes red.

[A. HAMILTON approaches LAURENS.

LAURENS (MEN AND WOMEN at the same time as the words after): (Down for the count and you're drownin' in 'em) Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em.

WOMEN AND MEN: You're helpless!

LAURENS: I'm so into you.

MEN: Look into his eyes.

A. HAMILTON stops in front of LAURENS.

LAURENS: I am so into you!

WOMEN: And the sky's the limit, you're helpless!

The scene changes back to the beginning of the song, MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE, and A. HAMILTON laughing together as LAURENS and the background actors sing.

LAURENS (WOMEN AND MEN at the same time as the words after): (Down for the count and you're drownin' in 'em) I'm down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em.

LAURENS turns away to walk off stage, when A. HAMILTON stands up and approaches LAURENS. 

A. HAMILTON (speaking): John?

LAURENS (blurts out): I love you!

LAURENS slaps his mouth shut with his hand, instantly regretting everything. He makes to run past A. HAMILTON, who grabs his wrist and turns LAURENS back. A. HAMILTON steps up into LAURENS's personal space and leans into LAURENS's blushing face.

A. HAMILTON (speaking): I love you too.]

"Subtle Laurens," Peggy drawls.

"That works?" Burr sputters.

Maria sighs happily. "It's romantic. They obviously love each other, and that's enough for it to be perfect."

[A. HAMILTON: John, I don't have a dollar to my name/ An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame./ All I have's my honor, a tolerance for pain/ A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain/ Insane, your family brings out a different side of me/ Herc drinks with me, Lafayette tried to take a bite of me.

LAURENS glares at LAFAYETTE. A. HAMILTON turns LAURENS's head back towards him.

A. HAMILTON: No stress, my love for you will never be in doubt/ We'll get a little place in town and we'll figure it out/ I've been livin' without a family since I was a child/ My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild/ But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real/ And long as I'm alive, John, swear to God/ You'll never feel so . . .]

Almost everyone gasps at the deep voice and emotion the actor uses.

"Why that voice?" John asks.

"Because it's used in the other Helpless Alex sings, and he figured he should do the same in this one," Ink explains. 

[WOMEN AND MEN: Helpless!

A. HAMILTON: John

LAURENS: Helpless!

A. HAMILTON spins the couple around.

A. HAMILTON: I've never felt so-

WOMEN AND MEN: Helpless!

LAURENS: Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em

MEN: You're down for the count, you're

WOMEN: Helpless!

LAURENS and A. HAMILTON stop spinning and stand there, holding hands.

A. HAMILTON: My life is gon' be fine 'cause John's in it.

They touch foreheads.

WOMEN AND MEN: Helpless!

LAURENS: I look into your eyes and the sky's the limit, I'm-

WOMEN AND MEN: Helpless!

A. HAMILTON AND LAURENS: Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em

WOMEN: In New York, you can be a new man . . .

MEN: In New York, you can be a new man . . .

WOMEN AND MEN: In New York, you can be a new man . . .

LAURENS: Helpless.

A. HAMILTON and LAURENS kiss.]

John and Alex kiss.

"It's very beautiful," Washington says, wiping a tear away with his handkerchief.

"Our children are all grown up," Lafayette murmurs, leaning against Herc.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up with the same scene at the beginning of Helpless Prologue. 

[A. HAMILTON: I may not live to see our glory!

LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, AND LAURENS: I may not live to see our glory!

A. HAMILTON: But I will gladly join the fight!

LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, AND LAURENS: But I will gladly join the fight!]

"This one's a lot slower than the others," Angelica notes.

"Maybe it's the calm before the storm?" Eliza observes. "Or in this case, the war?"

[A. HAMILTON: And when our children tell our story . . .

LAFAYETTE, MULLIGAN, AND LAURENS: And when our children tell our story . . .

A. HAMILTON: They’ll tell the story of tonight.

MULLIGAN: Let’s have another round tonight.]

"You've had at least twenty in the last hour!" Burr complains.

[LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight.]

"Are you kidding me! Why are you encouraging him!?"

[HAMILTON: Let’s have another round tonight.]

Burr moans in defeat.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up, showing the bar scene, only everyone's standing.

[A. HAMILTON AND LAURENS: Hey, hey, hey, hey.

MEN (except for MULLIGAN AND LAFAYETTE): Hey, hey, hey, hey./ Hey, hey, hey, hey./ Hey, hey, hey, hey./ Hey, hey, hey.

The scene resets to the bar before A. HAMILTON walked in.] 

"Is it just me, or is the music similar to what John sang?" Eliza asks.

"I'm not sure," John says, staring at the screen.

[LAFAYETTE: Oooh! I do, I do, I do, I do! Hey! Oooh! I do, I do, I do, I do! Boy you got me

LAFAYETTE AND MEN: Helpless! Look into your eyes/ and the sky's the limit/ I'm helpless./ Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em.]

"Almost exactly the same," Burr agrees.

[MULLIGAN: I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.

LAFAYETTE: I was at a revel with some rebels on a hot night.]

"Aww, it's a duet!" Angelica says.

[MULLIGAN: Laughing at Lauren's as he's dazzlin' the room.

LAURENS is taking shots as the COMPANY cheer him on.]

Everyone laughs at that.

"Classy," Jefferson mutters.

[LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Then I see you and my heart goes 'boom'!

MULLIGAN: Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the barroom.

LAFAYETTE: Everybody's movin' and the they're all top volume!

LAFAYETTE walks through a crowd of people, trying to meet MULLIGAN who is trying to get to LAFAYETTE. They struggle to get to each other.]

The two entwine their hands.

[LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Grind to the rhythm as we sigh and pine.

They give up, the crowd pushing them away. MULLIGAN grabs LAURENS.

MULLIGAN: Grab my brother and whisper, "Yo, this one's mine."

MEN: Oooh]

Laurens smirks. "He did do something similar to that."

[MULLIGAN (MEN): My brother makes his way across the room to you. (Oooh)

LAURENS walks over to LAFAYETTE, grabbing his arm.

LAFAYETTE (MEN): And I got nervous thinking "What's he gonna do?" (Oooh)]

"What's he gonna do?" Peggy asks.

[MULLIGAN (MEN): He grabs you by the arm/ I'm thinking I'm through (Oooh)

LAURENS whispers something in LAFAYETTE's ear, who looks over at MULLIGAN.

LAFAYETTE: Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm

LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Helpless!/ Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit/ I'm helpless!/ Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em.

MEN: Helpless . . .

LAFAYETTE walks over to MULLIGAN.

MULLIGAN: I'm so into you.

LAFAYETTE: I am so into you.

MEN: Helpless . . .

LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em.]

"So romantic," Madison whispers, wiping away his tears.

[LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: One Beer Later.]

Everyone erupts into laughter.

[MULLIGAN: I'm watchin' him lovingly

LAFAYETTE: Now my life gets better every glance he grants me.]

"Ooo, that alteration," Burr comments.

[MULLIGAN: Laughing at my brother 'cause he wants to get the details.]

"But . . . nothing happened yet?" Maria asks.

"That's what makes it funny," Ink answers.

[LAURENS: I'm just saying if you really loved me you would share them.

MULLIGAN: Ha!

LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN (MEN): Two Beers Later at the bar counter stressin' (stressin')]

"Why?" Washington questions.

[MULLIGAN (MEN): My brother stone-faced/ While you're askin' for his blessin' (blessin')]

"What?" Eliza asks as the revolution group starts crying from all the laughter.

[LAFAYETTE: I'm dying inside as we wine and dine.

MULLIGAN: And I'm trying not to cry

LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN (WOMEN): 'Cause there's nothing that we can do. (Oooh)

MULLIGAN (MEN): My brother makes his way across the bar to you. (Oooh)

LAFAYETTE (WOMEN): I panic for a second thinking we're through. (Oooh)]

" . . . Why?" Burr asks in a monotone. "That is completely useless."

[MULLIGAN (MEN): Then he shakes your hand and says "Be true". (Oooh)

LAFAYETTE: And I turn back to you, smiling, and I'm

LAFAYETTE AND MULLIGAN: Helpless!/ Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit, I'm/ Helpless!/ Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em./ I'm helpless!

The scene is back in the position it was on when the song started. MULLIGAN kisses LAFAYETTE, and A. HAMILTON and LAURENS cheer in the background.]

The screen goes dark as the revolution group cheer Herc and Lafayette on. The two kiss.

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The screen lights up. 

[BURR: There's nothing rich folks love more/ Than going downtown and slummin' it with the poor]

"Oh no." The Schuyler sisters look at each other with grimaces. 

"It's that one time Angelica insulted Burr," Eliza sighs.

"Bet," Peggy finishes.

[BURR: They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the common/ Just to watch 'em talk/ Take Phillip Schuyler; the man is loaded/ Uh-oh, but little does he know that his daughters/ Peggy, Angelica, Eliza/ Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—]

"Sneaking out of the house?" Washington laughs. "You know your father hated that, right?"

"Whatever, we had fun," Angelica defends. 

[MEN: Work, work!

ANGELICA: Angelica!

MEN: Work, work!

E. SCHUYLER: Eliza!

PEGGY: And Peggy.

MEN: Work, work!/ The Schuyler sisters!

ANGELICA: Angelica!

PEGGY: Peggy!

ELIZA: Eliza!

COMPANY: Work!]

"So this all about the sisters?" Herc comments.

"It seems so," Maria says.

[PEGGY: Daddy said to be home by sundown.

ANGELICA: Daddy doesn't need to know.]

"Wait what?!" the group yells, whipping around to stare at Peggy.

She winces and laughs half-heartedly. "So did I ever tell you guys the time I was Dad's little princess?"

"No!"

[PEGGY: Daddy said not to go downtown.

ELIZA: Like I said, you're free to go.] 

"This hurts to watch," Peggy grumbles. "Why was I ever this stupid?"

"Trust me Pegs," Alex comforts, "it didn't last long."

[ANGELICA: But—look around, look around,/ the Revolution's happening in New York...

PEGGY AND ELIZA: New York!

COMPANY: Angelica...

ANGELICA, ELIZA, PEGGY, and COMPANY: Work!

PEGGY: It's bad enough Daddy wants to go to war.]

"That's more characteristic of you Pegs," Eliza laughs.

[ELIZA: People shouting in the square.

PEGGY: It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore.]

"And I won't be able to see it," Peggy adds.

[ANGELICA: New ideas in the air!

ANGELICA AND MEN: Look around, look around—

ELIZA: Angelica, remind me what we're looking for...

MEN: She's looking for me!

ANGELICA (COMPANY): Eliza, I'm looking for a mind at (Work, work!)]

"Oof, sick burn!" the revolution group call out.

[ANGELICA (COMPANY): I'm looking for a mind at (Work, work!)/ I'm looking for a mind at/ Woah!

ANGELICA, ELIZA, and PEGGY: Woah!

ANGELICA, ELIZA, PEGGY, and COMPANY: Work!]

"I'm really liking this. Less romance, more action," Jefferson snarks.

[BURR: Wooh, there's nothing like summer in the city/ Someone in a rush next to someone looking pretty]

"fOrEsHaDoWiNg!" Ink whispers.

[BURR: Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny/ But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money]

"Creep alert," Madison says, causing everyone but Burr to laugh. Burr instead attempts to sink into the couch.

[BURR: Why you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels?/ You searching for an urchin who can give you ideals?

ANGELICA: Burr, you disgust me.

BURR: Ah, so you've discussed me.]

"Okay that was smooth. Creepy, but smooth," Herc acknowledges.

[BURR: I'm a trust fund baby, you can trust me.

ANGELICA: I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.]

"You did too!?" Alex vibrates, fangirling.

"Wasn't it good?!" Angelica fangirls back.

[ANGELICA: Some men say that I'm intense or I'm insane/ You want a revolution?]

"YES!" the revolution group yells.

[ANGELICA: I want a revelation!/ So listen to my declaration:

ANGELICA, ELIZA, and PEGGY: "We hold these truths to be self-evident/ That all men are created equal"]

"I wrote that!" Jefferson exclaims, satisfaction glowing in his face.

[ANGELICA: And when I meet Thomas Jefferson?]

"Uh no," Lafayette stage whispers.

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"How many songs is this?" Madison asks Ink.

"Oh, about fifty one," she answers. 

The screen brightens.

[S. SEABURY: Hear ye! Hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury.]

"Please no," Laurens groans.

"This idiot? Really?" Herc complains.

"Who is he?" the girls ask, having not been there.

"Some Loyalist guy I bashed in the street," Alex answers flippantly.

[S. SEABURY: And I present "Free Thoughts on the/ Proceedings of the Continental Congress!"/ Heed not the rabble who scream revolution/ They have not your interests at heart.]

"Booooo!"

[MULLIGAN: Oh my god, tear this dude apart!]

"Yes!!"

[S. SEABURY: Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution/ Don't let them lead you astray./ This Congress does not speak for me.]

"Not in this economy," Ink mutters.

[BURR: Let him be.]

"That's rich coming from the guy who challenged Alex over nothing," Lafayette snorts.

[S. SEABURY: They're playing a dangerous game./ I pray the king shows you his mercy.]

"Wouldn't want it anyways," the revolution group yells.

[S. SEABURY: For shame... for shame...

HAMILTON (S. SEABURY at the same time): Yo!/ He'd have you all unravel at the (Heed not the rabble)/ Sound of screams, but the revolution is comin' (who scream revolution)/ The have-nots are gonna win this (They have not your interests)/ (at heart) It's hard to listen to you with a straight face!]

"Woah," everyone breathes out, stunned.

[HAMILTON (S. SEABURY at the same time): Chaos and bloodshed (Chaos and bloodshed)/ Already haunt us, honestly (are not)/ You shouldn't even talk. (A solution.)/ And what about Boston? (Don't let them lead you)/ Look at the cost and all that (astray...)/ we've lost and you talk about Congress? (This Congress does not speak for me)]

"I mean it still doesn't but okay," Ink mumbles.

"What do you mean? Congress wasn't perfect but it should have been improving over the years right?" Madison asks.

Ink laughs. "There's been amendments to the Constitution and such, but everything's such a mess that it honestly doesn't represent the country anymore. We're stuck with representatives that are old, Catholic, hetronormative, white males who couldn't care less about the people and a President no one respects who acts like a rich spoiled brat-" she cuts herself with a gasp. "Trump's a King George," she whispers in horror. 

"Does anyone understand what she's saying?" Eliza whispers quietly.

"I think she's saying America has become very different from what we hoped for," Alex answers.

"I WANT SONE MORE DIVERSITY OKAY?" Ink yells. "I want more women, I want more people of color and ethnicities, I want more religions represented, I want more sexualities, I want more genders, I want people to not be afraid to be themselves and to feel represented in their government!" 

"Dear God," Jefferson whispers. 

"And we thought it was oppressive when we lived," John comments.

"Oh it's gotten better, just not as much as you would have wanted," Ink says.

[HAMILTON (S. SEABURY at the same time): My dog speaks more eloquently than thee (They're playing a dangerous game)/ But strangely your mange is the same! (I pray the king shows you his mercy).

HAMILTON: Is he in Jersey?]

"Oooooo."

[S. SEABURY: For shame...

HAMILTON: For the revolution!

S. SEABURY: For shame!

COMPANY: For the revolution!]

"FOR THE REVOLUTION!"

[S. SEABURY: Heed—

HAMILTON: If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna—

 S. SEABURY AND HAMILTON: Scream—

HAMILTON: Honestly, look at me, please don't read!]

"Why does that bug you?" Peggy asks.

"Because it shows he doesn't know his speech, and plus it was really annoying," Alex answers.

[S. SEABURY: Not your interests—

HAMILTON: Don't modulate the key then/ Not debate with me!/ Why should a tiny island across the sea/ Regulate the price of tea?]

"Truth!"

[BURR: Alexander, please!

HAMILTON: Burr, I'd rather be divisive/ Than indecisive/ Drop the niceties!]

"He is right, if you let things slide by, you'll never live in the moment," Washington advises.

[RED COAT COMPANY: Silence! A message from the King/ A message from the King!

COMPANY: A message from the King!]

"Wait what."

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[The stage goes dark, with only a red spotlight in the middle. King George walks into the light, posing in the center of the spotlight.]

Ink giggles in anticipation. The others stare at her in confusion and disbelief.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: You say/ The price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay.]

"Oh. My. God." Jefferson actually shivers. 

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: You cry/ In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by/ Why so sad?]

Offended sounds from the group.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Remember we made an arrangement when you went away/ Now you're making me mad!]

"He's already mad to begin with," Herc argues.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Remember, despite our estrangement, I'm your man.]

Gagging. Ink has to check to make sure they're actually fine.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: You'll be back, soon you'll see/ You'll remember you belong to me.]

Alex holds up a double bird. "Hell no!"

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: You'll be back, time will tell/ You'll remember that I served you well.]

"Excuse me?!" Washington yells.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Oceans rise, empires fall/ We have seen each other through it all/ And when push comes to shove/ I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!]

"That took a sharp turn," Maria comments.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da dat dat da ya da!]

"Why is it so catchy?" John whispers loudly.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da dat dat da.../ You say our love is draining and you can't go onnnnnnnn!]

"Why does he keep referencing his love?" Madison asks. "It's genuinely creepy."

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: You'll be the one complaining when I am gone...]

"Ah, no. No we didn't," Angelica interjects.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: And no, don't change the subject!/ Cuz you're my favorite subject./ My sweet, submissive subject.]

Maria shivers. "He sounds like James..."

"It's not him, he can't hurt you anymore," Eliza comforts. 

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: My loyal, royal subject/ Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever.../ You'll be back like before./ I will fight the fight and win the war!]

"Um no, you lost the war!" Lafayette corrects.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: For your love, for your praise.]

"Again with the love? This is getting out of hand," Burr mutters.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: And I'll love you till my dying days.]

"Bleh."

"Disgusting."

"I don't want it anyway!"

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: When you're gone, I'll go mad!]

"Already mad!" Peggy reminds.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: So don't throw away this thing we had.]

"What thing?" Washington questions. "The only thing I recall is your blatant disrespect."

Ink takes a sharp intake of breath.

"You okay?" Angelica asks, worried.

"Fine," Ink replies.

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Cuz when push comes to shove/ I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love!]

"Please don't," Alex whimpers. "They're the only ones left."

[KING GEORGE THE THIRD: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da dat dat da ya da!/ Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da dat—/ Everybody!

The entire cast bolts out on to the balcony and sides.]

"Woah."

[LITERALLY EVERYONE: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da dat dat da ya da!]

They join in to, laughing.

[LITERALLY EVERYONE: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da/ Dat dat da ya da!]

"Well that was..." Madison starts.

"Unexpected," Angelica finishes.

Ink laughs. "The King really is something, huh?'

Chapter Text

Once again the screen lights up, green and blue lights creating a tense, watery scene.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up and Ink winces in sympathy. No one notices.

[BURR: How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore/ Go on and on/ Grow into more of a phenomenon?/ Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother,]

“So does he always introduce me like that?” Alex asks.

“Hmm, basically yes,” Ink replies.

[BURR: Be seated at the right hand of the father./ Washington hires Hamilton right on sight,/ But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write.]

“We all did, back then,” Herc comments.

“Oui! Our friends were dying in the trenches and we couldn’t do a thing,” Lafayette adds.

[BURR: Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniable./ But what do we have in common? We’re/ Reliable with the-

MEN: Ladies!]

“Um.... no.”

[A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, and MULLIGAN join in unenthusiastically, glancing at each other awkwardly.]

“Well that’s accurate.”

[BURR: There are so many to deflower!]

Angelica starts to launch herself at Burr, murder in her eyes. Burr yelps and leaps away, Peggy barely holding her sister back. “I’M GONNA KILL YOU BURR! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU’RE A DEAD MAN!” she snarls, struggling against her youngest sister.

“Burr you’d best switch with Washington,” Ink recommends, not doing a thing to help.

Burr and Washington switch seats, Angelica calming down enough to sit down. She meets Burr’s eyes and runs her finger across her throat, anger burning bright in her eyes. Burr gulps and sinks lower into his seat.

[MEN: Ladies!

BURR: Looks! Proximity to power!]

Peggy growls lowly. Burr starts sweating. 

[MEN: Ladies!

BURR: They delighted and distracted him.]

“Not really, I already had John.”

[A. HAMILTON grabs LAURENS and tries to leave the party but BURR pulls them apart by slinging an arm around A. HAMILTON's shoulders. 

BURR: Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!

A. HAMILTON, obviously lying through his teeth: That’s true.]

“No it’s not,” everyone says.

[COMPANY: 1780.

BURR: A winter’s ball/ And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all./ Yo, if you can marry a sister, you’re rich, son.]

Eliza cracks her knuckles, Maria edging away from her. Burr isn’t visible from the back.

[A. HAMILTON, trying to not seem rude: Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?]

“To clears things up it’s obvious the actor doesn’t want to be there so please don’t murder me,” Alex says, glancing nervously at the Schyler sisters.

[BURR: Hey.

BURR nudges A. HAMILTON.

BURR AND A. HAMILTON: Hey.

BURR harshly nudges LAURENS.

BURR, A. HAMILTON, and LAURENS: Hey hey.]

Burr runs as soon as the screen darkens, the Schyler sisters racing after him with murder bent hearts.

Madison, ignoring the murder happening, goes up to Ink. “Was it just me or was that the intro to the love song we’ve heard twice now?” 

Ink smiles. “It is.”

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The screen lights up, the past song transitioning to this one. 

[A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, BURR, WOMEN: Hey, hey, hey, hey]

“Well this looks interesting,” Burr comments.

[ELIZA (WOMEN): Oooh! I do I do I do I (Hey, hey, hey, hey)/ Dooo! Hey! (Hey, hey, hey, hey)/ Oooh! I do I do I do I (Hey, hey, hey, hey)/ Dooo! Boy you got me (Hey, hey, hey)]

“Well this is going to be awkward,” Eliza stage whispers.

“I think it’s similar to the other love songs, but with more layers,” Hercules adds.

[ELIZA AND WOMEN: Helpless! Look into your eyes/ And the sky's the limit/ I'm helpless/ Down for the count and I'm drowning in 'em.

ELIZA: I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight./ We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night./ Laughing at my sister as she's dazzlin' the room.]

“Hell yeah, I’m slaying out there!” Angelica yells happily.

[ELIZA: Then you walk in and my heart went ‘boom’./ Tryin' to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom,/ Everybody's dancin' and the band's top volume.

ELIZA AND WOMEN: Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.

ELIZA: Grab my sister and whisper, “Yo, this one's mine”.]

Angelica winces slightly.

[ELIZA (WOMEN): (Oooh!) My sister made her way across the room to you (Oooh!)/ And I got nervous thinking "What's she gonna do?" (Oooh!)/ She grabs you by the arm/ I'm thinking I'm through (Oooh!)/ Then you look back at me and suddenly I'm-

ELIZA AND WOMEN: Helpless!

ELIZA (WOMEN): Oh, look at those eyes, Oh... (Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit)/ Yeah-]

“Can someone please explain the obsession with my eyes? Please?” Alex begs.

“They’re gorgeous,” Eliza replies.

“They’re intelligent looking,” Angelica adds.

“They're filled with hidden pain, which is at odds with your smile,” Maria continues.

“They’re deep, with differing layers of emotions and feelings that would takes years to decipher but make anyone who sees them want to spend those years,” John answers.

Dead silence.

“They’re ugly,” Jefferson mutters. 

“Yeah well so are you!” Alex fires back.

“SAY THAT TO MY FACE YOU PRICK!”

“Son, Jefferson, stop,” Washington orders. The two grumble but follow his orders.

[ELIZA AND WOMEN: I'm helpless!

ELIZA (WOMEN): I know... (Down for the count and I'm)

WOMEN: Drownin’ in ’em/ I'm helpless

ELIZA (WOMEN): I'm so into you (Look into your eyes)/ I am so into you (and the sky's the limit.)]

“You’ve never talked to him yet, how are you in love?” Madison asks.

“I don’t know, he was so handsome in the light I guess,” Eliza answers.

[ELIZA AND WOMEN: I'm helpless

ELIZA: I know I'm-

ELIZA AND WOMEN: Down for the count and I'm/ Drownin’ in ’em.

A. HAMILTON: Where are you taking me?]

“Away to discuss politics,” Lafayette deadpans.

Everyone erupts into giggles.

[ANGELICA: I'm about to change your life.

A. HAMILTON: Then by all means, lead the way.]

“And change you did,” John whispers. Alex sighs and gently kisses his boyfriend, silently reassuring him of his love.

[ELIZA: Elizabeth Schuyler, it's a pleasure to meet you.

A. HAMILTON: Schuyler?

ANGELICA: My sister.]

“And that’s when Burr’s words before hand are starting to gain relevance,” Ink says.

“Oh yeah, something about marrying a Schuyler sister, oui?” Lafayette rememberers.

[ELIZA: Thank you for all your service.

A.HAMILTON: If it takes fighting a war for us to meet,/ it will have been worth it.]

“Smooth,” Peggy murmurs appreciatively.

“Shut up,” Alex groans out.

“Hey, it’s better than when you met John for the first time.” Herc smirks.

“We agreed to never talk about that!” Alex yells.

“Aww it was cute Alex!” John giggles.

“Like you were any better Johnny boy,” Lafayette reminds.

“mOVING ON.”

[ANGELICA: I'll leave you to it.

ELIZA AND WOMEN: One week later.

ELIZA: I'm writin' a letter nightly./ Now my life gets better every letter that you write me./ Laughing at my sister 'cause she wants to form a harem!]

“Sorry but I’m not sharing,” John snarks.

“Good,” Alex replies.

[ANGELICA: I'm just saying, if you really loved me, you would share him.

ELIZA: Ha!/ Two weeks later in the living room-

ELIZA and WOMEN: Stressin’

ELIZA: My father stone-faced/ While you're askin' for his-

ELIZA and WOMEN: Blessin’]

“I love the layering here, how they say only one word together but it lines up beautifully,” Angelica comments.

[ELIZA (WOMEN): I'm dying inside as you wine and dine./ And I'm trying not to cry/ ’Cause there's nothing that your mind can't do (Oooh)/ My father makes his way across the room to you (Oooh)/ I panic for a second thinking we're through (Oooh)/ Then he shakes your hand and says "Be true." (Oooh)]

“You didn’t listen though,” Jefferson snarks.

“So I kissed John a couple times after that so what?” Alex shoots back.

“Whaaaaaat?”

“He means Maria, Alex,” Eliza reminds her former husband.

“Oh.”

[ELIZA (WOMEN): And you turn back to me, smiling, and I'm (helpless!) 

ELIZA (WOMEN): (Look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit) I'm-

ELIZA AND WOMEN: Helpless!]

Maria shifts uncomfortably and Eliza gently wraps an arm around her shoulders, reassuring her that she’s here and loving her.

[WOMEN: Down for the count and I'm drownin' in 'em, I'm 

Eliza (WOMEN): (Helpless) That boy is mine,
That boy is mine! (Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit/ (I’m helpless) Helpless!

Eliza and WOMEN: Down for the count, and I'm/ Drownin' in 'em

A. HAMILTON: Eliza, I don't have a dollar to my name]

“None of us back then,” Herc comments.

“I did, but that’s only what I smuggled out of France in my dress,” Lafayette replies.

“DRESS?!” everyone who didn’t fight in the war yell.

“Oui, I had to dress as a girl to go to America and fight. My father refused to allow me so I dressed as a woman and escaped under his nose.”

The revolution group look at the others in confusion. “Did, did you guys not know that?” Burr asks weirdly.

“So it wasn’t a rumor!?” Ink bursts in. “You really did cross dress to fight!”

The soldiers smile at the starry eyed girl. “Yes. Besides, I learned to never disrespect a woman after that, I thought I would die in that corset.”

[A. HAMILTON: An acre of land, a troop to command/ A dollop of fame/ All I have is my honor/ A tolerance for pain/ A couple of college credits, and my top-notch brain.]

“More like you can’t stop speaking but sure,” Burr argues.

[A. HAMILTON: Insane!/ Your family brings out a different side of me/ Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me-]

“Eliza looks like she’s going to murder someone,” Peggy teases her sisters.

“Hey, you try seeing a man with red hair and freckles and an actual brain and just try to not want some of that!” Angelica defends.

Alex blushes bright red as John laughs.

[A. HAMILTON: No stress, my love for you is never in doubt]

“Wellllllllll...”

[A. HAMILTON: We'll get a little place in Harlem/ And we'll figure it out.

I've been livin' without a family since I was a child/ My father left, my mother died/ I grew up buckwild/ But I'll never forget my mother's face, that was real/ As long as I'm alive, Eliza, swear to God/ You'll never feel so...]

Everyone gasps. “He did the voice again...”

“If I wasn’t already in love with you Alex I think I would try for that man...”

Ink giggles. “Sorry John, Lin-Manuel Miranda is married to his wife Vanessa.”

“Hmm, pity.”

[ELIZA (WOMEN): (Helpless) I do, I do, I do, I do!

A. HAMILTON: Eliza.

ELIZA (WOMEN): (Helpless) I do, I do, I do, I do!

A. HAMILTON: I've never felt so...

ELIZA (WOMEN): (Helpless) Hey, yeah yeah!/ (Down for the count and I'm) I’m down for the count, I’m/ (Drownin’ in ’em) 

A. HAMILTON (WOMEN): My life's gonna be fine/ (Helpless) ’Cause Eliza's in it.

ELIZA (WOMEN): (Helpless) I look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit/ (Helpless) I'm—

WOMEN: Down for the count and I'm—

ELIZA and WOMEN: Drownin' in 'em.]

“Is that a wedding march? Is that a wedding?!” Peggy yells.

“That’s a wedding and I’m the flower girl!!” Herc screams excitedly. “Alex, when you and John get married I better be the flower girl or else!”

“I call the rings!” Lafayette shouts.

“Why are we planning my wedding when we’re all dead?” John asks.

“Well technically you’re all dead except for me. I’m still alive,” Ink corrects. “And when you get married I expect to be invited. Same with the rest of you.”

[WOMEN: In New York you can be a new man./ In New York you can be a new man./ In New York you can be a new man...

ELIZA: Helpless

Lights on COMPANY fade to black as they freeze, the only spotlights on ANGELICA and LAURENS. They both gaze at A. HAMILTON longingly from opposite sides of the stage.]

The screen goes dark.

Angelica and John look at each other, knowing what the next song with be about.

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The screen lights up and Angelica and John steel themselves for the worst.

[LAURENS smiles but it’s obviously fake.

LAURENS: Alright, alright! That’s what I’m talkin’ about!]

“John...” Alex whispers. John swallows hard and hugs Alex tighter.

[LAURENS: Now, everyone, give it up for the maid of honor:/ Angelica Schuyler!

ANGELICA: A toast to the groom!]

“Oh so this must be the party after the wedding,” Burr comments.

Lafayette and Herc look over at John, knowing exactly how that wedding made him feel.

[MEN: To the groom!/ To the groom!

MEN and WOMEN: To the groom!

ANGELICA: To the bride!]

Eliza winces and curls into Maria’s side.

[WOMEN: To the bride!

MEN: To the bride!

WOMEN and MEN: To the bride!

ANGELICA: From your sister...]

Peggy hugs Angelica, knowing exactly what went through her head during her toast. She was the one comforting her afterwards, afterall.

[MEN: Angelica/ Angelica

ELIZA, WOMEN, and MEN: Angelica

ANGELICA: Who’s always by your side...]

“She has a great voice,” Maria comments.

The others chime in with various terms of agreement.

[MEN: By your side.

WOMEN: By your side.

ANGELICA: To your union!

MEN and WOMEN: To the union/ To the revolution!]

The revolution group smile thinly but don’t join in. Already, they can tell that this song is going to be painful.

[LAURENS walks off to the side of the stage, staring longingly at A. HAMILTON.]

“So that’s why I couldn't find you there...” Alex whispers.

John can only nod.

[ANGELICA: And the hope that you provide...

MEN: You provide.

MEN and WOMEN: You provide.

ANGELICA and LAURENS: May you always...

MEN and WOMEN: Always...

ANGELICA and LAURENS: Be satisfied.

EVERYONE (except ANGELICA and LAURENS): Rewind...]

“Wait what?” Madison asks.

[Rewind, rewind
Helpless, helpless
Sky’s, sky’s
Drownin’ in ’em
Drownin’, rewind

Everything moves back to how it was at Winter’s Ball.]

“Are- are they revisiting past songs?” Burr questions.

“Yep,” Ink replies, bringing out more tissues.

[I remember that night I just might— (rewind)
I remember that night I just might— (rewind)
I remember that night, I remember that—

ANGELICA: I remember that night,

LAURENS: I just might regret that night,

ANGELICA and LAURENS: For the rest of my days.]

“Why?” Jefferson asks snobbishly.

“Um, I don’t know, because I loved him?” Angelica sasses.

“And maybe because he promised to stay with me but got married to the next woman he saw,” John whispers, silencing the room.

[MEN: Ladies

ANGELICA and LAURENS move through their original choreography, a spotlight lighting them up and leaving the rest in shadow.

ANGELICA: I remember those soldier boys/ Trippin’ over themselves to win our praise.]

“They let them have too much drink,” Washington comments, trying to ease the tension.

[MEN: Ladies

LAURENS: I remember that dreamlike candlelight/ Like a dream that you can’t quite place.

MEN: Ladies

ANGELICA and LAURENS: But Alexander, I’ll never forget the/ First time I saw your face.]

“It’s really not that impressive,” Jefferson snarks.

“Shut up Jefferson,” everyone else snaps.

[A. HAMILTON looks at the them, ANGELICA and LAURENS next to each and staring back at him.

ANGELICA and LAURENS: I have never been the same/ Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame.]

“Yeah well I was starving.”

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: And when you said “Hi”, I forgot my dang name/ Set my heart aflame, every part aflame...

FULL COMPANY: This is not a game.]

“It never was back then...” the revolution group whispers sadly.

[A. HAMILTON approaches ANGELICA, LAURENS looking on sadly in the background.

A. HAMILTON: You strike me/ As a woman who has never been satisfied.

ANGELICA: I’m sure I don’t know what you mean,/ You forget yourself.]

“Men,” Angelica grumbles. “Always want the body and not the person.”

“Too true,” Ink sighs.

[A. HAMILTON: You’re like me;/ I’m never satisfied.

ANGELICA and LAURENS: Is that right?

LAURENS is near tears.]

“John, ma petite tortue...” Lafayette whispers. John doesn’t say a thing, tears building.

[A. HAMILTON: I’ve never been satisfied

LAURENS turns away from the scene, falling into the far back.]

Alex hugs John tightly, kissing his forehead and trying not to cry over his mistakes.

[ANGELICA: My name is Angelica Schuyler.

A. HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton.]

“We know,” Burr complains.

[ANGELICA: Where’s your family from?

A. HAMILTON: Unimportant, there’s a million things I haven’t done/ Just you wait, just you wait.]

“Nice deflection,” Angelica says without humor.

[ANGELICA: So so so/ So this is what it feels like to match wits/ With someone at your level, what the hell is the catch?]

“Have you never had a proper conversation before?” Jefferson asks.

“More like I wasn’t allowed to have proper conversations about real issues,” Angelica snips.

[ANGELICA: It’s the feeling of freedom, of seeing the light/ It’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite/ You see it, right?

LAURENS returns to the front as ANGELICA spins across the stage.

LAURENS: The conversation lasted two minutes/ Maybe three minutes/ Everything they said in total agreement.]

“The pain in his voice,” Peggy whispers softly.

“Yeah actors take their parts very seriously,” Ink replies after blowing her nose. "In another musical, one actor had to go to therapy to keep him from developing more social anxiety due to him playing a charcter with social anxiety.”

[LAURENS fades back as ANGELICA comes back on.

ANGELICA: It’s a dream and it’s a bit of a dance/ A bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance/ He’s a bit of a flirt, but I’ma give it a chance/ I asked about his family,/ Did you see his answer?/ His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance/ He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat of his pants.]

“I mean we all were?” Alex protests lightly.

[LAURENS joins her at the front.

LAURENS: Handsome, boy does he know it.]

“Thank you darling,” Alex says into John’s hair. John hums in acknowledgement. 

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: Peach fuzz, and he can’t even grow it/ I wanna take him far away from this place,

ANGELICA: Then I turn and see my sister’s face, and she is—

ANGELICA turns to see ELIZA while LAURENS turns to see A. HAMILTON who is looking at ELIZA.

ELIZA: Helpless...]

Eliza coughs, uncomfortable.

[LAURENS: And I know he is

A. HAMILTON: Helpless...]

“Jesus, you can see his heart breaking,” Jefferson says in a rare show of caring about others.

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: And their eyes are just

ELIZA and A. HAMILTON: Helpless...

ANGELICA: And I realize/ Three

ANGELICA and LAURENS: fundamental truths

ANGELICA: at the exact same time

A. HAMILTON: Where are you taking me?

ANGELICA: I’m about to change your life

A. HMAILTON: Then by all means, lead the way]

“I’m starting to wish you hadn’t,” Alex comments.

“Me too,” Angelica replies.

[COMPANY: Number one

ANGELICA: I’m a girl in a world in which/ My only job is to marry rich/ My father has no sons so I’m the one/ Who has to social climb for one/ So I’m the oldest and the wittiest and

LAURENS: The gossip in New York City is insidious.]

“Ah the rumor that you two were more than just friends,” Lafayette says. John winces and nods.

[ANGELICA: And Alexander is penniless

ANGELICA and LAURENS: Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less.]

“Does it ever?” John whispers, the first thing he’s said since the song came on.

“In my research on love?” Ink says. “Never. People will love no matter what, no matter the situation, no matter the things in their way. The only difference is that some push through the obstacles, and some deny themselves the love they feel, though it kills them a little each day.”

A shiver runs up the group’s spines as they realize that they’ve all fallen under the later at one point or another.

[ELIZA: Elizabeth Schuyler/ It’s a pleasure to meet you.

A. HAMILTON: Schuyler?

ANGELICA: My sister

COMPANY: Number two

ANGELICA and LAURENS: He’s after me (her) ’cause I’m (she’s) a Schuyler sister/ That elevates his status, I’d (she’d)/ Have to be naïve to set that aside,/ Maybe that is why/ I (she) introduced him to Eliza, now that’s his bride/ Nice going Angelica (John), he was right/ You will never be satisfied...]

“That was all everyone was after back then, power. Status. Money,” Eliza comments.

“Even now,” Ink adds.

[ELIZA: Thank you for all your service.

A. HAMILTON: If it takes fighting a war for us to meet,/ It will have been worth it.

ANGELICA: I’ll leave you to it.

COMPANY: Number three

ANGELICA: I know my sister like I know my own mind/ You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind/ If I tell her that I love him, she’d be silently resigned/ He’d be mine/ She would say “I’m fine,”/ she’d be lying.]

Eliza whips around to see her sister. “Wait... you knew?”

“Of course I did,” Angelica replies, tears in her eyes. “I knew you would let me have him if I asked, but I knew it’d break your heart. So I let you have him.”

Eliza sniffs and hugs her sister. “I love you.”

“I love you too.”

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: But when I fantasize at night,/ It’s Alexander's eyes.]

“Again with the eyes!” Alex complains without heat.

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: As I romanticize what might have been if I hadn’t/ Let him go so quickly...

ANGELICA: At least my dear Eliza’s his wife

LAURENS: At least I keep his eyes in my life...]

“I love you John,” Alex whispers.

“I love you too, Alex.”

[LAURENS watches from a distance, tears on his cheeks but smiling anyway.

ANGELICA and LAURENS, back in the present: To the groom!]

“Ah, we’re back in the present?” Madison asks.

“Yep,” Ink confirms, blowing her nose with a tissue. “And now for the saddest part of this song!”

[MEN: To the groom/ To the groom!

MEN and WOMEN: To the groom!

ANGELICA: To the bride!]

“You can hear your heart breaking on stage,” Madison whispers. 

[WOMEN: To the bride!

MEN: To the bride!

MEN and WOMEN: To the bride!

ANGELICA: From your sister...

LAURENS: From your brother...]

A collective gasp.

“You- you gave up my love.”

“I did.”

[MEN: Angelica!

A. HAMILTON: John...]

“He sounds so lost,” Burr mumbles.

[A. HAMILTON looks away from ELIZA and stares at LAURENS, shock and regret in his eyes.]

“That’s what you get,” Herc snaps.

Alex bites his lip, guilty.

[ELIZA, MEN, WOMEN: Angelica!

ANGELICA and LAURENS: Who is always by your side!

LAURENS doesn’t look away, singing his pain at A. HAMILTON.]

“God the emotion in their voices,” Washington whispers in awe.

“Bittersweet,” Ink sums up.

[MEN: By your side...

WOMEN: By your side.

ANGELICA and LAURENS: To your union!]

Alex and Eliza shiver uncomfortably.

[MEN and WOMEN: To the union!/ To the revolution!

ANGELICA and LAURENS: And the hope that you provide...

MEN: You provide...

MEN and WOMEN: You provide!

ANGELICA and LAURENS: May you always..]

“Her voice can go that high?!” Burr gasps.

“Oh yeah,” Ink answers.

[MEN, WOMEN, A. HAMILTON, and ELIZA: Always...

ANGELICA and LAURENS: Be satisfied

A. HAMILTON looks away, back to ELIZA.]

“No...”

[MEN: be satisfied

WOMEN: be satisfied

MEN: Be satisfied

ANGELICA: And I know...

MEN: Be satisfied/ be satisfied/ be satisfied

WOMEN: Be satisfied]

“That layering,” Maria gasps.

[LAURENS: He’ll be happy at her side...]

“No I wasn’t... I wanted you,” Alex whispers.

[MEN: Be satisfied/ be satisfied

WOMEN: Be satisfied

ANGELICA and LAURENS: But I know...

MEN: Be satisfied/ be satisfied/ be satisfied

WOMEN: Be satisfied

LAURENS: He will never be satisfied.]

“In more than one way,” Jefferson snarks.

[ANGELICA and LAURENS: I will never be satisfied.]

The screen goes dark and everyone lets out a breath. 

Chapter Text

The screen lights up and everyone settles down, many wiping away tears.

[LAURENS: I may not live to see our glory~

LAURENS is clearly drunk and is barely hiding tears. MULLIGAN and LAFAYETTE are also very very drunk.]

"Drowning your sorrows?" Peggy asks.

"Yep."

[MULLIGAN and LAFAYETTE: I may not live to see our glory!

LAURENS: But I’ve seen wonders great and small

MULLIGAN and LAFAYETTE: I’ve seen wonders great and small]

"Suggestive much?" Eliza complains.

Ink snickers. "Oh just you wait."

"It gets worse?!" she yells.

Ink just smiles and turns back to the screen.

[LAURENS: ‘Cause if the tomcat can get married

LAFAYETTE: If Alexander can get married...?]

"He sounds sad," Maria comments.

"I was," Lafayette answers.

[The music takes a sharp turn to dark and tragic.

LAURENS: There’s no hope for our ass, after all.]

"What does that mean?" Jefferson asks.

"If Alex could get married but still love John, then there was no hope for us," Herc replies.

It's silent as they process that.

[The music slowly goes back to it's drunken joy through the next couple lyrics.

A. HAMILTON enters. LAURENS, MULLIGAN, and LAFAYETTE quickly pretend to be happy.

LAFAYETTE: Raise a glass to freedom!

LAURENS and MULLIGAN: Heyyyyyy/ Something you will never see again!

MULLIGAN: No matter what she tells you.]

"More like she'd never be free but sure, claim marriage is so terrible," Angelica snips.

[LAFAYETTE: Let’s have another round tonight!

LAURENS: Raise a glass to the four of us!

LAFAYETTE and A. HAMILTON: Ho!

MULLIGAN: To the newly not poor of us!]

"Was it just the money?" Eliza asks.

"Not all of it, but part of it." At the scoffing from the ladies, he adds, "Look I had nothing to my name, I was starving in the streets, I liked you and you had money."

[LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, and A. HAMILTON: Woo!

LAFAYETTE: We’ll tell the story of tonight

LAURENS: Let’s have another round—]

"You are completely drunk yet you go for more," Madison tisks.

"Oi, let me drown my sorrows okay?"

[A. HAMILTON: Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr

BURR: Sir!]

Burr sighs as the others laugh.

[A. HAMILTON: I didn’t think that you would make it

BURR: To be sure

MULLIGAN, LAURENS, and LAFAYETTE: Burr.]

"So hostile!"

"Oh shut it Jefferson."

[BURR: I came to say congratulations.

MULLIGAN: Spit a verse, Burr!

BURR: I see the whole gang is here

LAFAYETTE: You are the worst, Burr!]

"You guys really hated me."

"Yeah well you're not the easiest guy to be friends with."

[A. HAMILTON: Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel/ I wish I had your command instead of manning George’s journal.]

"At least you were safe!" the revolution group argues.

"But-"

"One time on a mission you fell out of a boat into a freezing river! We thought you were dead!"

"But I wasn't!"

"But you could have been!"

[BURR: No, you don’t.

A. HAMILTON: Yes, I do.

BURR: Now, be sensible/ From what I hear, you’ve made yourself indispensable.]

"Uh... okay."

"You were fundamental to how it worked out Alex," Washington says.

[LAURENS: Well, well, I heard/ You’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr.

A. HAMILTON: Is that so?]

"Oooooooooo."

"Shut up up."

[LAURENS: What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr?

BURR: I should go.]

"Suspicious~"

"Shut up."

[BURR shoves LAURENS off of him, and a paper falls out of LAURENS' pocket. It goes unnoticed by the everyone.]

"Did a paper fall out of his pocket?" Lafayette asks.

"I think so..." John replies, staring intently at the screen. 

[A. HAMILTON: No, these guys should go

LAFAYETTE: What?

LAURENS: No!

A. HAMILTON: Leave us alone.

MULLIGAN: Man!]

"Boooooo!"

"To be fair you three were too drunk."

[LAURENS, LAFAYETTE, and MULLIGAN leave.

A. HAMILTON: It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr.

BURR: You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir.]

"IT'S A GUY?!" the revolution group shrieks.

"No."

"Boooooo!"

[A. HAMILTON: What do you mean?

BURR: She’s married.]

"Seriously?! She's married you idiot, why are you going after a married woman?!" Angelica rages. Peggy snacks on popcorn next to her.

[A. HAMILTON: I see—

BURR: She’s married to a British officer

A. HAMILTON: Oh shit...]

"Yeah no shit!" John says.

[BURR takes a drink.

BURR: Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more.]

"Nah."

[BURR: I’ll see you on the other side of the war

A. HAMILTON: I will never understand you/ If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?]

"DUDE!"

"It's not me!"

[BURR: I’ll see you on the other side of the war

A. HAMILTON: I’ll see you on the other side of the war...

A. HAMILTON leaves and BURR picks up LAURENS' dropped paper.]

The screen fades to dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights and everyone settles in.

[LAURENS walks in, searching for something. He looks scared.]

"He must be looking for something," Washington says.

"Probably that letter he dropped," Maria comments.

[BURR emerges from the back of the stage, holding a letter. 

LAURENS lunges at him, trying to take the letter, but BURR gets away.]

"Whatever's on that letter must be serious," Eliza muses.

Alex, John, and Burr are silent.

[BURR speaking: "Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships]

A sharp inhale from Alex.

[BURR speaking: I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you." Nice letter.]

A sharp inhale from everyone but John and Burr. John is blinking away tears while Burr looks away, ashamed.

Ink appears to be crying.

[LAURENS looks away, tears in his eyes. 

LAURENS speaking: How did you get that?

BURR speaking: Found it, on the ground. 

A pause. 

BURR speaking: He loved you.]

"Key word, loved," John snaps.

Alex hugs him tighter.

[LAURENS speaking: I love him.

BURR speaking: I know what it's like to love someone you can't have.]

"Yeah you and that MARRIED WOMAN!" Angelica yells.

[BURR hands LAURENS the letter. LAURENS pockets it and leaves.

The lights focus on BURR. Music starts.

BURR: Theodosia writes me a letter every day/ I'm keeping her bed warm while her husband is away.]

"Wow, such an upstanding citizen," Jefferson drawls.

[BURR: He's on the British side in Georgia, he's/ Tryna' keep the colonies in line/ But he can keep all of Georgia,/ Theodosia, she's mine.]

"Possessive much?" Ink mutters.

[BURR: Love doesn't discriminate,/ Between the sinners and the saints]

"HELL YEAH!" they yell.

[BURR: It takes, and it takes, and it takes./ And we keep loving anyway.]

"Oh do we," Ink whispers. 

"What do you mean?" Peggy asks.

"What? Oh that. Um, well in the future people are still killed all the time for loving who they love but that doesn't stop us. It really rings true."

[BURR: We laugh and we cry/ And we break and we make our mistakes.

And if there's a reason I'm by her side/ When so many have tried,/ Then I'm willing to wait for it./ I'm willing to wait for it.

My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher.]

"Talk about topic change much?" Alex mutters.

[MEN: Preacher, preacher, preacher...

BURR: But there are things the homilies/ And hymns won't teach ya.]

"Oh ho ho," Jefferson laughs. "What kind of things Burr, what kind of things?" He wiggles his eyebrows suggestively.

"Stop it and watch the play!" Washington orders.

"Washington, more like Washing-dad," Peggy whispers causing everyone to giggle.

[MEN: Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya... 

BURR: My mother was a genius.]

"Yesssss females!" Angelica cheers

[WOMEN: Genius.

BURR: My father commanded respect.

MEN: Respect, respect...

BURR: When they died they left no instructions,/ Just a legacy to protect.]

"Yeah that's parents for you, annoying with their deaths," Herc complains.

[BURR and ENSEMBLE: Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints,/ It takes, and it takes, and it takes.]

"Too true," Alex whispers, kissing John's forehead.

[BURR and ENSEMBLE: And we keep living anyway,/ We rise and we fall and we/ Break and we make our mistakes.

And if there's a reason I'm still alive,/ When everyone who loves me has died]

"Ayyyyy," Ink cheers to the concern of the others.

"Um, you okay Miss Ink?" Eliza asks.

"I have never been okay, only brief moments where everything sucks less than usual." Silence. "A lot of people that I care about either leave or we grow apart and it hurts a lot."

[BURR: I'm willing to wait for it./ I'm willing to wait for it.

Wait for it.]

"That's all you ever do though!" Lafayette complains.

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it. 

BURR: I am the one thing in life I can control!]

"I mean duh."

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it.]

"I really like the echo," Madison comments. "It's a nice emphasize on the words."

[BURR: I am inimitable, I am an original!]

"Are any of us truly original though?" Alex asks. "Or are we all just unintentionally copying things we've seen?"

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it.

BURR: I'm not falling behind or running late.]

"You sure about that?"

"Stop it Hamilton!"

"I'll stop when you stop Burr!"

"Both of you stop it!" 

"Yes sir."

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it/ Wait for it. 

BURR: I'm not standing still,/ I am lying in wait!]

"Sounds like an excuse."

"Be quiet Jefferson."

"Make me." Burr shoves Madison at Jefferson, and the couple end up kissing.

"Done."

[ENSEMBLE: Wait/ Wait/ Wait.

BURR: Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb!]

"What, to out rank you? I did that a while ago bitch."

"You want to say that to my face?!"

"YEAH!" Alex stands up and walks over to Burr. "Bitch."

"Why you little-" They start punching each other and Washington breaks it up.

[ENSEMBLE: Climb/ Climb/ Climb.

BURR: He has something to prove/ He has nothing to lose.]

"He's not wrong Alex," Angelica comments. 

[ENSEMBLE: Lose/ Lose/ Lose/ Lose.

BURR: Hamilton's pace is relentless,/ He wastes no time...]

"You better believe it bitch!"

"Alex?"

"Yeah John?"

"Stop it."

"Fine."

"Thank you love."

[ENSEMBLE: Time/ Time/ Time.

BURR: What is it like in his shoes?]

"Smelly."

The room fills with laughter.

[BURR: Hamilton doesn't hesitate,/ He exhibits no restraint.]

"He's not wrong," Eliza admits.

[BURR: He takes and he takes and he takes./ And he keeps winning anyway./ He changes the game,/ Plays and he raises the stakes.]

"What a bitch."

"SAY THAT TO MY FACE JEFFERSON!"

"BITCH!"

Yet again Washington and Madison have to break up a fight.

[BURR: And if there's a reason he seems to thrive/ When so few survive, then Goddamn it/ I'm willing to wait for it (willing to wait for it).]

"Little does he know," Angelica narrates, "that in a few years Alexander will be making stupid decisions that would end in his death because he was stupid!"

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it/ Wait for it.

BURR: I'm willing to wait for it!

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Life doesn't discriminate/ Between the sinners and the saints,/ It takes, and it takes, and it takes.]

"Life is a real bitch," Ink grumbles.

"It's keeping you alive though," Eliza says.

"And who's fault is that?"

[BURR: We keep living anyway.

BURR: We rise (ENSEMBLE: and we fall) We fall]

"That line is beautiful!" Maria says.

[ENSEMBLE: And we break and we make our mistakes

BURR and ENSEMBLE: And if there's a reason I'm still alive,/ When so many have died,/ Then I'm willin' to-

BURR: Wait for it.]

"Not me, I'm waiting for all my mistakes to come back and kill me because that's the only reason they should come back."

Everyone's silent while Ink laughs over her gen z fatalistic humor.

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it.

BURR: Wait for it/ Wait for it.

ENSEMBLE: Wait for it.

MEN: Wait for it.

WOMEN: Wait for it.

MEN: Wait for it.

WOMEN: Wait for it.

MEN: Wait for it.

WOMEN: Wait for it.

ENSEMBLE: Wait....]

The screen goes black. 

"Wow," someone breathes out. 

Chapter Text

The screen lights up with the stage alight in blues and greens.

[ELIZA: Stay alive...

ELIZA, ANGELICA, and WOMEN: Stay alive...]

"Well this is vastly different tone," Burr comments quietly.

[A. HAMILTON: I have never seen the General so despondent/ I have taken over writing all his correspondence./ Congress writes, "George, attack the British forces."/ I shoot back, "We have resorted to eating our horses."]

"Is- is that true?!" Angelica asks.

"It was bad," Herc whispers. It's not an answer, but the revolution group's silence speaks volumes. 

[A. HAMILTON: Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance./ They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence.

WASHINGTON: The cavalry's not coming.

A. HAMILTON: But sir—]

"God when we heard that..." John shudders. "We thought we were going to die."

[WASHINGTON: Alex, listen./ There's only one way for us to win this./ Provoke outrage, outright.]

"What do you mean by that?" Peggy asks cautiously. 

"Provoke outrage at the crown by any means necessary," Alex replies. 

"I'm not proud of all of it, but it won the war," Washington admits.

[A. HAMILTON: That's right.

WASHINGTON: Don't engage, strike by night./ Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight.]

"That breaks all rules of war!" Jefferson yells, shocked.

"And it changed warfare forever," Ink replies. "For good or bad, it did."

[A. HAMILTON: Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight.]

"Wish we could go back to that," Ink mutters under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing Maria, it's fine."

[WASHINGTON: Outrun.

A. HAMILTON: Outrun.

WASHINGTON: Outlast.

A. HAMILTON: Outlast.

WASHINGTON: Hit 'em quick, get out fast.]

"I'm still shocked you did such things!" Jefferson exclaims.

"Dude how did you not know what we were doing?" Herc asks.

"I was in France, no one told me!" 

[A. HAMILTON: Chick-a-plao!]

"What?"

"It's just a sound effect he made to emphasize the point," Ink explains.

[WASHINGTON: Stay alive 'til this horror show is past.]

The revolution group shudders. "Truth," Lafayette whispers.

[WASHINGTON: We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.

A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, and LAURENS: Raise a glass.]

"The people we lost..."  Herc nods in agreement with his partner's statement.

Alex gently kisses John's forehead. "Too many."

[MULLIGAN: I go back to New York and my apprenticeship.]

"Why?" Eliza asks.

"Don't answer!" Ink says before Herc can explain. "That's explained in a later song!"

[LAFAYETTE: I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship.]

"The desperation in his voice, God," Burr notes.

[LAURENS: I stay at work with Hamilton,/ We write essays against slavery.]

"Yesssssssssss," Ink says. At the looks she gets, she explains. "Slavery took a long, long time to get abolished, and took many movements for equal rights. We're still not at the truly equal part, so many things are still wrong. It's just, I appreciate that there were people even back in your time trying to get rid of it because sometimes it feels like it'll never be truly gone."

[LAURENS: And every day's a test of our camaraderie,/ And bravery.]

"Not love," Maria whispers to Eliza. "Just friendship. It's small but incredible." Her girlfriend hums in agreement.

[A. HAMILTON: We cut supply lines, we steal contraband.]

"Ah yes, the illegal stuff I turned an eye to," Madison comments.

[A. HAMILTON: We pick and choose our battles and,/ Places to take a stand./ And every day, "Sir, entrust me with a command."/ And every day—

WASHINGTON: No.

A. HAMILTON: He dismisses me out of hand.]

"For good reason!" the others yell.

"Alex, you could have died if you got it!" John protests.

[ELIZA and ANGELICA: Stay alive...

A. HAMILTON: (ELIZA and ANGELICA: Stay alive...) Instead of me, he promotes

A. HAMILTON and LEE: Charles Lee.]

"Not that joke, anything but him," Lafayette groans.

[A. HAMILTON: Makes him second-in-command.

LEE: I'm a general. Whee!]

"Accurate."

[A. HAMILTON: Yeah.../ He's not the choice I would've gone with. 

A. HAMILTON, LAFAYETTE, and LAURENS: He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth.]

"Or literally any battle he was in!" Herc complains.

"He couldn't have been that bad," Jefferson says.

[WASHINGTON: Everyone attack!

LEE: Retreat!

WASHINGTON: Attack!

LEE: Retreat!]

"Okay that's bad," Jefferson admits.

[WASHINGTON: What are you doing, Lee?/ Get back on your feet!

LEE: But there's so many of them!]

"Yeah it's called war," Alex snarks.

[WASHINGTON: I'm sorry, is this not your speed?/ Hamilton!

A. HAMILTON: Ready, sir!

WASHINGTON: Have Lafayette take the lead.

A. HAMILTON: Yes, sir!]

"Oof, the pain in his eyes..." John comments.

[LAURENS: A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat.]

"Was it really that bad?" Angelica asks.

"Yes."

[LAFAYETTE: As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat.]

"It took a lot but we managed to turn the tide so we didn't lose," Washington says.

[A. HAMILTON: Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in./ He started saying this to anybody who would listen:

LEE: Washington cannot be left alone to his devices./ Indecisive, from crisis to crisis.]

"Yeah, totally not just describing you," John snaps.

[LEE: The best thing he can do for the revolution is,/ Turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon.

COMPANY: Oooh!]

"Harsh."

[WASHINGTON: Don't do a thing. History will prove him wrong.]

"Did it?" Washington asks.

"Oh it did," Ink answers.

[A. HAMILTON: But sir!

WASHINGTON: We have a war to fight, let's move along.

LAURENS: Strong words from Lee, someone ought to hold him to it.]

"I wish I could have," Alex mutters.

"You would have fought everyone if you could have," John points out.

"So?"

[A. HAMILTON: I can't disobey direct orders.

LAURENS: Then I'll do it.]

A collective gasp.

[LAURENS: Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got.]

"Ouch."

[A. HAMILTON pulls LAURENS into a forehead touch.]

"I'm weakkkk," Peggy gasps out as everyone almost melts with the sheer amount of emotion in the action and looks.

[A. HAMILTON: Laurens, do not throw away your shot.]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up and they turn their attention back to the screen. 

[MEN: One, two, three, four 

FULL COMPANY: Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

A. HAMILTON, BURR, LEE, and LAURENS: It's the Ten Duel Commandments.

FULL COMPANY: It's the Ten Duel Commandments.]

"This feels foreboding," Maria comments, curling up into Eliza's side more.

"Oh it's supposed to," Ink replies. "If it gets too much just tell me."

[COMPANY: Number one!

LAURENS: The challenge, demand satisfaction./ If they apologize, no need for further action.]

"It's covering dueling rules," Herc says, confused.

"Don't you guys have dueling in your future?" Alex asks.

Ink laughs. "Ha, no. That became illegal and fell out of popularity or something, I think it's because of all the people who were being killed because of it. We use courts to settle disagreements and stuff."

"Strange," Laf muses, "but understandable."

[COMPANY: Number two!

LAURENS: If they don't, grab a friend, that's your second.

A. HAMILTON: Your lieutenant, when there's reckoning to be reckoned.]

"You were his second?" Angelica asks Alex.

"Yeah."

[COMPANY: Number three!

LEE: Have your seconds meet face-to-face.]

"BURR?"

"But... that's not what happened?" Burr says. "I wasn't his second, that was General Edwards."

"He's right," Ink says after scrolling around on her phone. "According to the National Archives General Edwards was Lee's second."

[BURR: Negotiate a peace.

A. HAMILTON: Or negotiate a time and place.]

"Always for violence," Eliza sighs out.

"V I O L E N C E!!" Peggy screeches.

[BURR: This is commonplace, 'specially 'tween recruits.]

"Really?"

"Well yes, tensions are always high in an army and this did happen a lot," Washington answers.

[COMPANY: Most disputes die and no one shoots.]

"But not once in this musical," Ink says sarcastically, "because why not make it impossible to listen to the soundtrack on shuffle without crying in public?"

Everyone looks at Ink in concern. 

"It's a thing," she says that offers no explanation. 

[COMPANY: Number four!

LAURENS: If they don't reach a peace, that's alright./ Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site.]

"What's that going to do?!" Peggy protests.

"Well it did delay the deaths of at least two of people in the musical for hours so...." Ink points out. 

[A. HAMILTON: You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility.

BURR: You have him turn around so he can have deniability.]

"No officer I did not see this man get shot to death," Alex sasses.

[COMPANY: Five!

LEE: Duel before the sun is in the sky.]

"Because who cares if you miss your target in the dark?" Jefferson snaps.

[COMPANY: Pick a place to die where it's high and dry./ Number six!

A. HAMILTON: Leave a note for you next of kin./ Tell them where you've been./ Pray that hell or heaven lets you in.]

"Whoo boy, the things I've done..." the revolution group say.

[COMPANY: Seven!

LEE: Confess your sins, ready for the moment of adrenaline,]

"Ah yes, my sins," John laughs.

[LEE: When you finally face your opponent.

COMPANY: Number eight!

A HAMILTON, LEE, BURR, and LAURENS: Your last change to negotiate./ Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight.]

"This doesn't end well," Madison guesses.

[BURR: Alexander.

A. HAMILTON: Aaron Burr, sir.

BURR: Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

A. HAMILTON: Sure./ But your man has to answer for his words, Burr.

BURR: With his life? We both know that's absurd, sir.]

"Shots fired," Peggy whispers.

[A. HAMILTON: Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous?]

"True!"

[BURR: Okay, so we're doing this.

COMPANY: Number nine!

A. HAMILTON: Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher.]

"What does that do?" Maria asks.

"It helps you at least keep the muzzle pointed in the general direction of the chest area," Ink replies.

"...how did you know that?" Burr asks, leaning away from her even though they're on different couches.

"I don't know, it's an American thing. Guns, knowing there's a McDonalds in every city, and how to weaponize anything in case of danger is kinda just instilled in you from a young age."

"Oh my God..."

[A. HAMILTON: Summon all the courage you require./ Then count.

MEN: One, two, three, four

FULL COMPANY: Five, six, seven, eight, nine...]

"Still spooky."

[A. HAMILTON and BURR: Number

COMPANY: Ten paces

A. HAMILTON and BURR: Fire!]

The screen goes dark. 

"Oh good, the blaring alarm was cut off," Ink says.

"The WHAT?!"

Chapter Text

"Everyone have their ear protection on?" Ink asks.

"Yep."

"Yeah."

"Oui."

"Good, this may be a little uncomfortable at first. I promise it eases up quickly."

The screen lights up.

[A thick gunshot-like sound and then alarms start blaring, fading away as the song starts.]

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Herc yells.

"That," Ink answers, "was the beginning of the song."

[A. HAMILTON: Lee, do you yield?

BURR: You shot him in the side./ Yes, he yields!]

"Burr, you can use sarcasm?" Lafayette snarks.

[LAURENS: I'm satisfied.]

John winces.

[BURR: Yo, we gotta clear the field!

A. HAMILTON: Go, we won!]

"Ah yes, you shot him in the side, now let us leave to celebrate," Madison mutters. Jefferson laughs and kisses his forehead.

[COMPANY: Here comes the General.

BURR: This should be fun.]

"Oh dear," everyone says.

[WASHINGTON: What is the meaning of this?/ Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General!]

"Wait... wasn't there a doctor there already?" Eliza asks.

"Yeah, but to keep up the pretense that he had no idea what was going on he has to hide on the sidelines," Alex explains.

[BURR: Yes, sir.

WASHINGTON: Lee, you will never agree with me,/ But believe me, these young men don't speak for me./ Thank you for your service.]

"Boooo!"

"What service, he sucked!"

[BURR: Let's ride!

WASHINGTON: Hamilton.]

"Oh shit."

[A. HAMILTON: Sir!

WASHINGTON: Meet me inside.]

"Has anyone ever told you that you're scary?" Maria asks. "Because I feel that it needs to be said."

[COMPANY: Meet him inside./ Meet him inside./ Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside!

WASHINGTON: Son—

A. HAMILTON: Don't call me son.]

"Son?"

"Yes?" 

"Oui?"

"Laf- never mind. Are you two okay with me calling you sons?"

Lafayette nods frantically. "Yes yes yes!!!"

"Yeah, you're good."

[WASHINGTON: This war is hard enough without infighting.

A. HAMILTON: Lee called you out, we called his bluff.]

"Or you just wanted to shoot him," Peggy snarks.

"I mean, yeah?"

[WASHINGTON: You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south!]

"What, like my dad?" John snaps. "Like he'd care."

[A. HAMILTON: You're absolutely right, John shoulda shot him in the mouth,/ That woulda shut him up.]

"That- that would have killed him," Eliza points out.

"Good."

[WASHINGTON: Son—

A. HAMILTON: I'm not your son.]

"Why do you hate that so much?" Burr asks.

"My father left me and my mom to die, you really think I'd like to remember that?"

[WASHINGTON: Watch your tone./ I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown.]

"Oof."

[A. HAMILTON: Charles Lee, Thomas Conway,/ These men take your name, and they rake it through the mud.

WASHINGTON: My name's been through a lot, I can take it.]

"Boy, could you take it. To insult your name nowadays is like blasphemy," Ink comments.

"What?!"

"I mean, you lead the war, you were the first president ever, and you watched over the country in it's first years. You're almost a god to be honest."

[A. HAMILTON: Well I don't have your name,/ I don't have your titles, I don't have your land./ But, if you—

WASHINGTON: No—

A. HAMILTON: If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead,/ I could fly above my station after the war!]

"You and leveling up," Peggy snorts.

[WASHINGTON: Or you could die, and we need you alive.]

"Do we though?" Jefferson asks.

"YES!"

[A. HAMILTON: I am more than willing to die!]

Ink sprays Alex with a water bottle. "No! Live! Living, in the long run, is better!"

[WASHINGTON: Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive—]

"Awww."

[A. HAMILTON: Call me son one more time!]

"He messed up."

"If the dead silence besides for the foreboding beat says anything, yes."

[WASHINGTON: Go home, Alexander./ That's an order from your commander.]

"He messed up big time."

"Stop Jefferson!"

[A. HAMILTON: Sir—

WASHINGTON: Go home.]

"Cold."

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

"This sounds a lot calmer than the last one," Maria points out.

[ELIZA: Look around, look around,/ At how lucky we are to be alive right now./ Look around, look around...]

"I mean, we're all dead so um... sure," Peggy comments.

[A. HAMILTON: How long have you known?

ELIZA: A month or so.]

"Oh she's pregnant," Jefferson says.

"What else would she be?" Angelica asks menacingly. 

"Fair point," he agrees quickly.

[A. HAMILTON: Eliza, you should have told me.

ELIZA: I wrote to the General a month ago.]

"So.... I got to know before the father..." Washington says.

"I thought you were going to spend him back to me instead of him just not doing anything," Eliza protests.

[A. HAMILTON: No.

ELIZA: I begged him to send you home.]

"See!"

[A. HAMILTON: You should have told me.]

"Really you should have."

"Shut it Alexander."

[ELIZA: I'm not sorry./ I knew you'd fight until the war was won.]

"Fair enough, he would do that," John agrees.

[A. HAMILTON: The war's not done.]

"Oof."

[ELIZA: But you deserve a chance to meet your son.]

"Son's not done," Alex shoots back cheekily.

[ELIZA: Look around, look around, at how lucky we are/ To be alive right now.]

"True, I feel like I should be dead five times over at this point," Alex says.

[A. HAMILTON: Will you relish being a poor man's wife./ Unable to provide for your life?]

"Poor people problems," Jefferson sighs out.

[ELIZA: I relish being your wife.]

"Maria," Eliza finishes. Her girlfriend blushes and kisses her. 

[ELIZA: Look around, look around...

Look at where you are./ Look at where you started./ That fact that you're alive is a miracle,]

"So true," John says.

[ELIZA: Just stay alive, that would be enough.]

"I did that for a while at least!" Alex points out.

[ELIZA: And if this child,/ Shares a fraction of your smile,/ Or a fragment of your mind,/ Look out, world, that would be enough.]

"Well...." Alex trails off, looking over at Eliza, "he was pretty cool."

"He got through college, was flirty to everyone, and then got himself killed in a duel," Eliza says, unimpressed. "I think he was a bit too much like you." 

"Fair point."

[ELIZA: I don't pretend to know,/ The challenges you're facing./ The world your keep erasing and creating in your mind.]

"All writers ever," Ink says.

"Truth," Alex sighs out.

[ELIZA: But I'm not afraid./ I know who I married.]

"Do you though?" Jefferson asks.

"Shut it!"

[ELIZA: So long as you come home at the end of the day,/ That would be enough.]

"The bar is so much lower than it should be," Herc comments.

[ELIZA: We don't need a legacy.]

"I think we do," Alex snaps.

[ELIZA: We don't need money.]

Jefferson snorts. "Poor people."

[ELIZA: If I could grant you peace of mind,/ If you could let me inside your heart...]

"Ehhhhhh no."

[ELIZA: Oh, let me be part of the narrative,]

"In this patriarchy?" Ink asks.

[ELIZA: In the story they will write someday./ Let this moment be the first chapter:/Where you decide to stay.]

"Not staying."

"Nope."

[ELIZA: And I could be enough./ And we could be enough./ That would be enough.]

The screen goes dark.

"That was really sweet," Madison comments.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up and Ink grins. "This next song is Broadway history in the making."

[BURR: How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower,]

"Hey!"

"To be fair we didn't exactly have the ability to clean up," John argues.

[BURR: Somehow defeat a global superpower?/ How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?/ Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross's flag higher?]

"I don't know but I bet you're gonna tell us," Alex sasses.

[BURR: Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon./ An immigrant, you know and love who's unafraid to step in.]

"Based on what he's been sayong since the beginning, Hamilton," Madison guesses.

[BURR: He's constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen./ Everyone give it up for America's favorite fightin' Frenchman!]

"WHAT?!"

[COMPANY: Lafayette!]

"YESSSSSS!!" the revolution group cheer.

[LAFAYETTE: I'm takin' this horse by the reins,/ Makin' redcoats redder with bloodstains.]

"Holy shit that's fast," Peggy swears.

[COMPANY: Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE: And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop/ And burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm]

The viewers stare at the screen in awe and shock.

[COMPANY: Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE: Watch me engagin' em, escapin' em,/ Enragin' em, I'm—]

"How can he sing that fast?!" Eliza asks.

"Oh well, it's actually classified under 'rap', which is basically sing-talking at a faster pace than normal. But, like I said, this is Broadway history," Ink explains. "This song holds the most words a person has ever sang or rapped on stage: nineteen words in just three seconds."

"That's incredible!" Angelica says.

"Yeah it really is!" Ink says. "I mean, there are faster raps out there, but it's historical from a Broadway perspective."

"WHAT?!"

[COMPANY: Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE: I go to France for more funds.]

"Because we were poor back then," Washington comments.

[COMPANY: Lafayette!

LAFAYETTE: I come back with more

LAFAYETTE and ENSEMBLE: Guns./ And ships./ And so the balance shifts.]

"Ships," Ink hums appreciatively. 

[WASHINGTON: We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts.

LAFAYETTE: We can end this war in Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but/ For this to succeed, there's someone else we need.]

"Let me guess," Jefferson grumbles. "Hamilton?"

[WASHINGTON: I know.

WASHINGTON and COMPANY: Hamilton!]

"Knew it."

[LAFAYETTE: Sir, he knows what to do in a trench./ Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—]

"Ah yes, all you need in someone: knows how to use a trench, can think for himself, and can talk French," Peggy snarks.

[WASHINGTON and COMPANY: Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE: Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually./ What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean—]

"Exactly!" Alex points out. "I wasn't helpful off battle, you needed me!"

[WASHINGTON and COMPANY: Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE: No one has more resilience or/ Matches my practical tactical brilliance—]

"Excuuuuuuse me?" John asks. 

"What?"

"I was there too!" 

"You were off in Carolina dude, I couldn't call you up. Plus, Herc was out being cool."

"Fuck yeah I was!" Herc cheers

[WASHINGTON and COMPANY: Hamilton!

LAFAYETTE: You wanna fight for your land back?]

"Yeah!"

[COMPANY: Hamilton!

WASHINGTON: I need my right hand man back.]

"Yesssss get me. You need me! I hate not doing anything!"

[WOMEN: Hamilton!

MEN: Your right hand man back!

LAFAYETTE: Yeah, uhn, get your right hand man back (MEN: Hamilton! Ha—Ha—)./ You know you gotta get your right hand man back (WOMEN: Hamilton! Hamilton!).]

"I love the intensity that's building,": Angelica says.

[LAFAYETTE: I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter (MEN: Hamilton Hamilton!).]

"Well duh," Washington comments.

[LAFAYETTE: But the sooner the better (COMPANY: Ha—Ha—)/ To get your right hand man back!

WASHINGTON: Alexander Hamilton,]

"Woah." 

[WASHINGTON: Troops are waiting in the fields for you./ If you join us right now, together,/ We can turn the tide.]

"That long note," Maria breathes out.

[WASHINGTON: Oh, Alexander Hamilton./ I have soldiers that will yield for you./ If we manage to get this right,/ They'll surrender by early light./ The world, will never be the same]

"The emotion in his voice..." Alex gasps.

[WASHINGTON: Alexander...]

"HOLY SHIT!"

Three notes play, then the screen goes dark.

"That was unbelievably amazing!" 

Chapter Text

The screen lights up. 

[WASHINGTON: I was younger than you are now,/ When I was given my first command,]

"Oh no..." Washington breathes out, knowing where this is going.

[WASHINGTON: I led my men straight into a massacre./ I witnessed their deaths firsthand.]

"Sir..." the revolution group says before going over and hugging him tightly. 

Washington allows a few tears to trickle down, but no sound escapes his lips.

[WASHINGTON: I made every mistake,/ And felt the shame rise in me./ And even now I lie awake/ Knowing history has its eyes on me...]

"That would be the PTSD as well," Ink whispers. "It's okay to let it out."

"Is there a way to get the images out of my head?" Washington asks.

"No." They can hear the heartache in her voice. "Even hundreds of years later, we still have no solid cure. You just, have to live with it. Go to therapy. Talk about it. Accept it as part of you. Keep living."

[LAURENS and MULLIGAN: Woah.../ Woah.../ Woah.../ Yeah.

A. HAMILTON and WASHINGTON: History has its eyes on me...

COMPANY: Woah.../ Woah.../ Woah.../ Yeah.]

"I love the layering of this," Eliza whispers. 

"It's very haunting," Maria comments.

"It should be like that," Washington says.

[WASHINGTON: Let me tell you what I wish I'd known./ When I was young and dreamed of glory./ You have no control 

WASHINGTON and COMPANY: Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.]

"As we've seen," Jefferson mutters.

[WASHINGTON: I know that we can win,]

"And we did," Alex says.

[WASHINGTON: I know that greatness lies in you,]

"Blow up his ego even more why don't you," Burr quips.

[WASHINGTON: But remember from here on in 

WASHINGTON, A. HAMILTON, and MEN: History has its eyes on you.]

"So that's what made you so paranoid..." Eliza whispers.

[ENSEMBLE: Woah.../ Woah.../ Woah...

COMPANY and WASHINGTON: History has its eyes on you.]

The screen goes dark. 

"Great ending," Laf says without sarcasm for once.

"I liked it, even if it was haunting," John says.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[COMPANY: The battle of Yorktown. 1781.]

"That was..." Washington trails off, lost in the memories.

[LAFAYETTE: Monsieur Hamilton!

A. HAMILTON: Monsieur Lafayette!]

"Pfff, you two look so happy to see each other," John laughs.

"I wasn't sure if Dad would let him back in!" Laf protests.

[LAFAYETTE: In command where you belong.

A. HAMILTON: How you say, no sweat.]

Washington sighs and rolls his eyes.

[A. HAMILTON: We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run!

LAFAYETTE: Immigrants:

A. HAMILTON and LAFAYETTE: We get the job done.]

"Hell yeah we do!" Alex and Laf yell, high fiving. 

[A. HAMILTON: So what happens if we win?

LAFAYETTE: I go back to France,/ I bring freedom to my people if I am given the chance.]

"Did we?" Laf asks, turning to Ink.

"Yes, yes you did," she confirms. "It was bloody and chaotic, but it is a democracy right now."

[A. HAMILTON: We’ll be with you when you do.]

There are very uncomfortable looks in the room.

[LAFAYETTE: Go lead your men!

A. HAMILTON: See you on the other side!]

"This is really hyped up," Peggy comments.

[LAFAYETTE: ‘Til we meet again, let’s go!

ENSEMBLE: I am not throwin’ away my shot!/ I am not throwin’ away my shot!/ Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young,/ Scrappy and hungry/ And I’m not throwin’ away my shot!/ I am not throwin’ away my shot!] 

"Again with these lines!" Burr huffs out.

"Well yeah, it's kinda the continuing theme that symbolizes his will to forge on," Ink explains.

[A. HAMILTON: ‘Til the world turns upside down!

ENSEMBLE: ‘Til the world turns upside down!]

"Interesting wording," Angelica says.

[A. HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory./ This is where it gets me: on my feet,/ The enemy ahead of me.]

"Alexander," John warns.

"Yes...?"

John sighs and presses a soft kiss to Alex's forehead. "Just... don't expect death at every turn. Live, okay?"

"Okay love."

[A. HAMILTON: If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me,/ Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me./ Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me.../ Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting.]

"Yeah, you gotta live for your kid," Herc says.

[A. HAMILTON: We gotta go, gotta get the job done,/ Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!]

"And boy, did you do just that," Eliza comments. It's hard to tell if she's being sarcastic or not.

[A. HAMILTON: Take the bullets out your gun!

ENSEMBLE: What?]

"Oh yeah!" Alex remembers. "This!"

"What do you mean by that?" Maria asks.

"Bullets rattle in the gun as you walk or run, so if we took them out they didn't do that and we were able to sneak up on the Redcoats easier."

[A. HAMILTON: The bullets out your gun!

ENSEMBLE: What?

A. HAMILTON: We move under cover and we move as one./ Through the night, we have one shot to live another day./ We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away!/ We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it./ It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet.]

"And those hurt," the revolution group chorus. 

[A. HAMILTON: The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me?]

" 'Dig me'? What does that mean?" Madison asks.

"Oh that just means, 'do you understand what I'm saying?'," Ink replies. 

[ENSEMBLE: Rochambeau!

A. HAMILTON: You have your orders now, go, man, go!/ And so the American experiment begins,/ With my friends all scattered to the winds./ Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery.]

"Again with the friendzoning," John sighs. 

"John baby, I love you so much and I was stupid for giving you up," Alex replies.

"Love you too."

[A. HAMILTON and LAURENS: We’ll never be free until we end slavery!]

"Preach it!" Ink yells.

[A. HAMILTON: When we finally drive the British away,/ Lafayette is there waiting—

A. HAMILTON and LAFAYETTE: In Chesapeake Bay!

A. HAMILTON: How did we know that this plan would work?]

"Best part right is coming up," Ink comments. "I'm looking at you Herc."

"Me?"

"You."

[A. HAMILTON: We had a spy on the inside; that’s right-

A. HAMILTON and COMPANY: Hercules Mulligan!]

"Yesssssssss," Laf says. "That's my man!"

[MULLIGAN: A tailor spyin’ on the British government!/ I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it

COMPANY: Up

MULLIGAN: To my brother's revolutionary covenant./ I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!]

"I'm glad they're talking about my part, a lot of us thought they may keep it quiet," Herc comments.

[MULLIGAN: See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians./ We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!/ Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction,/ When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!]

"Um, no. My boyfriend is the best and deserves an introduction," Laf snaps.

"Aww," Herc coos before kissing Laf.

[COMPANY: Left! Right! Hold!/ Go!/ What! What! What!

A. HAMILTON: After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet.]

"Fun word. Parapet."

[LAFAYETTE: We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief.

MULLIGAN: And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead.]

"So many...." Alex murmurs quietly.

[LAURENS: Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom.

WASHINGTON: Not yet.]

"The way he punctuates it," John sighs before continuing. "When was slavery abolished?"

Ink takes a deep breath. "Well, it was officially ended in 1865, though it took years until they were not only given the right to vote but weren't prevented from voting. And it took many decades until women got the vote, and of course there was the Civil Rights movement which has had many different waves throughout the years because of the lingering racism in the world, so it's hard to say when exactly."

"Did I do anything to help?"

"It took countless efforts over the years since slavery began, but if it weren't for the early ones like yours, the world I live in wouldn't exist."

[A. HAMILTON: We negotiate the terms of surrender./ I see George Washington smile./ We escort their men out of Yorktown.]

"I love how the way they're describing everything brings the feeling of shock and uncertainty of the aftermath," Jefferson comments, surprisingly not sarcastic for once. 

[A. HAMILTON: They stagger home single file./ Tens of thousands of people flood the streets./ There are screams and church bells ringing./ And as our fallen foes retreat,/ I hear the drinking song they’re singing...

MEN: The world turned upside down...]

"Oh, so that's why those words were important in the beginning of the song," Angelica figures out.

[COMPANY: The world turned upside down.../ The world turned upside down.../ The world turned upside down.../ Down/ Down, down, down...]

"It's incredible how it goes from so fast to slowed down back to this strange middle ground," Eliza says.

[LAFAYETTE: Freedom for America, freedom for France!]

"Viva la France!" 

[COMPANY: Down, down, down...

A. HAMILTON: Gotta start a new nation,/ Gotta meet my son!]

"Are they stating their hopes for the future?" Washington asks.

"Eh... kinda?" Ink replies.

[COMPANY: Down, down, down...

MULLIGAN: We won!

LAFAYETTE: We won!

MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE, and LAURENS: We won!

MULLIGAN, LAFAYETTE, LAURENS, A. HAMILTON, and WASHINGTON: We won!]

"I love how it collected voices as if the cheer is spreading down a line of soldiers," Alex comments. 

[COMPANY: The world turned upside down!]

The screen goes black.

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The screen lights up.

[KING GEORGE: They say/ The price of my war’s not a price that they’re willing to pay./ Insane!]

"Not really but okay," Peggy quips.

"I'd have to say the insane one is him," Herc laughs.

[KING GEORGE: You cheat with the French, now I’m fighting with France and with Spain.]

"Um... since when did we have the ability to cheat with an entire country?" Laf asks.

[KING GEORGE: I’m so blue,]

"Okay but that's hilarious how they changed the lighting to blue," Alex says.

"And impressive to have it in sync with his movements," Eliza adds.

[KING GEORGE: I thought that we’d made an arrangement/ When you went away./ You were mine to subdue.]

"Never," Washington states.

[KING GEORGE: Well, even despite our estrangement, I’ve got/ A small query for you:]

"Oh dear god what now?" Jefferson asks.

[KING GEORGE: What comes next?/ You’ve been freed.]

"The disgust in his voice is perfect," Angelica says.

[KING GEORGE: Do you know how hard it is to lead?/ You’re on your own,/ Awesome. Wow!/ Do you have a clue what happens now?]

"Nope not in the slightest," Alex answers.

"But we figured it out anyway," Washington adds.

[KING GEORGE: Oceans rise,/ Empires fall!/ It’s much harder when it’s all your call.]

"He's probably right, but like, overthrow the government anyway," Ink says.

[KING GEORGE: All alone, across the sea/ When your people say they hate you, don’t/ Come crawling back to me.]

"I'd rather die," Alex retorts.

[KING GEORGE: Da da da dat da dat da da da]

Everyone joins in.

[KING GEORGE: Da ya da/ Da da dat/ Da da ya da...

You’re on your own.]

The screen goes black.

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The screen lights up.

[BURR: Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?/ You have my eyes, you have your mother's name.]

"I'm already sobbing over how beautiful this is and it's only the first two lyrics goddamnit," Burr mumbles, wiping away tears.

"To be fair it is talking about your daughter and like, holding your child is one of the most surreal feelings in the world," Eliza says.

[BURR: When you came into the world you cried,/ and it broke my heart.]

"Same here when Philip was born. I- It's beyond words."

[BURR: I'm dedicating every day to you.]

"I mean... same," Alex says. "They're just so small and you can't help but immediately swear to love them forever."

[BURR: Domestic life was never quite my style./ When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart./ And I thought I was so smart.]

"This is all so true," Eliza says.

[BURR: You will come of age with our young nation./ We'll bleed and fight for you,]

"And I'd do it again and again for her," Burr whispers, tears rolling down his cheeks.

[BURR: We'll make it right for you./ If we lay a strong enough foundation,/ We'll pass it on to you./ We'll give the world to you.]

"If I could, I would always give it to them," Washington says. 

[BURR: And you'll blow us all away, someday, someday.../ Yeah, you'll blow us all away, someday, someday...]

"Mr. Miranda knows exactly what it's like to be a parent," Eliza says.

"Um.... well I mean he has a son right now, but at the time he wrote it about his new dog," Ink corrects.

"....WHAT?!"

[A. HAMILTON: Oh... Philip, when you smile I am undone./ My son. Look at my son!]

"He looks so proud, my hEaRt," John says clutching at his chest.

[A. HAMILTON: Pride is not the word I'm looking for,

There is so much more inside me now.]

"There always is once you see them," Washington says. "It feels like your heart doubled in size."

[A. HAMILTON: Oh, Philip, you outshine the morning sun,/ My son./ When you smile, I fall apart./ And I thought I was so smart.]

"Children, no matter whose they are, always make me feel hope," Maria says.

[A. HAMILTON: My father wasn't around...

BURR: My father wasn't around...]

"Daddy issues immaright?" Ink says.

[A. HAMILTON: I swear that

A. HAMILTON and BURR: I'll be around for you...]

"Until you weren't," Eliza snaps.

"Things... things changed," Alex whispers.

"He was your son!"

"I lost the one person I let into my heart," Alex throws back quietly.

[A. HAMILTON: I'll do whatever it takes...

BURR: I'll make a million mistakes...]

"And I made a lot of mistakes," Alex says.

[A. HAMILTON and BURR: I'll make the world safe and sound for you.../ ...will come of age with our young nation,/ We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you.]

"Wish all parents were like that," Ink mutters to herself.

"What was that?" Angelica asks.

"hmm? Oh nothing."

[A. HAMILTON and BURR: And you'll blow us all away, someday, someday.../ Yeah, you'll blow us all away,/ Someday, someday...]

The screen goes dark.

"That was beautiful," Burr sobs.

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The screen lights up. 

"Oh hang on, this is gonna hurt," Ink says. She passes out tissues to everyone. "Okay, since no time can prepare someone for the emotional pain this brings, let's get started!" 

"Wait what?!"

[LAURENS: I may not live to see our glory...]

"This version sounds sorrowful," Eliza comments. "Is this going to be sad?"

"Oh you have no idea," Ink mutters as she cries into her tissue.

[ELIZA (speaking): Alexander? There's a letter for you.]

"No..." Alex looks at Ink in horror. "Please tell me it isn't..."

[A. HAMILTON (speaking): It's from John Laurens. I'll read it later.]

"You..." 

"That was then, this is now." Alex kisses John lovingly, holding him tightly in his arms.

[LAURENS: But I will gladly join the fight...]

"Anyone else getting chills from the song?" Angelica asks, tension building.

[ELIZA (speaking): No, it's from his father.]

"No...." Laf and Herc look at John with open terror. 

"Come here," John whispers. They all pile up together in a giant cuddle pile. 

[A. HAMILTON (speaking): His father? But he hates me.]

"Always thought you were a bad influence," John chokes out, tears spilling down.

[LAURENS: And when our children tell our story...]

"Wait, is that Laf and Herc above the main actors?" Peggy asks.

"And they're holding letters," Maria whispers.

[A. HAMILTON (speaking): Will you read it?]

"That was very risky of you," John says.

"I know," Alex chokes out, tears falling. 

[LAURENS: They'll tell the story of tonight...

ELIZA (speaking): "On Tuesday the 27th,]

"So this is..." Washington whispers, breathes short and uneven, tears brimming.

[ELIZA: my son was killed in a gunfight against British troops retreating from South Carolina.

A. HAMILTON drops his quill.]

"But... the war was done," Madison says.

[ELIZA: These soldiers had not yet received word that the war was already over.]

"No..." Burr whispers, shocked.

[ELIZA: As you know, John dreamed of emancipating and recruiting 3,000 men for the first all-black military regiment.]

"I was so close," John whimpers, crying. "One more battle, and we would have made it. We could have done it."

[ELIZA: His dream of freedom for these men dies with him."]

"What- what happened to them?" John asks.

"They were returned to their masters," Ink replies. 

[A. HAMILTON looks to LAURENS, crying. 

LAURENS: Tomorrow there'll be more of us...

LAFAYETTE bows his head. MULLIGAN grabs his flask and takes a swing recklessly.]

The revolution group is trembling. 

[ELIZA (speaking): Alexander, are you alright?]

"I was never alright from then on," Alex whispers.

[A. HAMILTON (speaking): I have so much work to do.]

"Burying yourself in work to hide the pain," Washington numbly says. 

[ELIZA exits stage. A. HAMILTON waits a minute, then he takes a shaking step towards LAURENS. LAURENS watches him, a sad smile on his face. When A. HAMILTON is foot away, he reaches out to cup LAURENS' check. LAURENS covers the hand with his own, then rushes off stage, leaving A. HAMILTON reaching out for him.]

The screen goes black. 

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The screen lights up.

[BURR: After the war I went back to New York.]

"Well that's a nice transition," Angelica grumbles. "Sad lovers and then bang! Back to the story."

[A. HAMILTON: A-After the war I went back to New York.]

"And proceed to throw yourself into work, but sure," Eliza says.

[BURR: I finished up my studies and I practiced law.

A. HAMILTON: I practiced law, Burr worked next door.]

"Wow," Burr snaps. "So nice Alex."

[BURR: Even though we started at the very same time/ Alexander Hamilton began to climb./ How to account for his rise to the top?/ Man... the man is

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!]

"It's cool what you can do when you're trying to drown your feelings in work," Alex comments.

John sighs and kisses his boyfriend. "Remember, you're not doing that anymore."

"I know love."

[A. HAMILTON: Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me/ Are you aware that we’re making history?/ This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation./ The liberty behind/ Deliberation—

ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!]

"Not this case," Burr groans.

[A. HAMILTON: I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt/ With my assistant counsel—

BURR: Co-counsel./ Hamilton, sit down.]

"Ugh."

[BURR: Our client Levi Weeks is innocent, call your first witness./ That’s all you had to say.

A. HAMILTON: Okay.../ One more thing—]

Burr groans. "That's our Alex for ya!" the rev group cheers.

[BURR: Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?]

"Because I am," Alex replies.

[BURR: Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?/ Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?/Soon that attitude may be your doom.]

"Talk about foreshadowing," Angelica mutters.

[ENSEMBLE: Awwww!

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Why do you write like you’re running out of time?

BURR: Write day and night like you’re running out of time?]

"All the writers in the group say 'yes'," Ink says.

"Um... what?"

"Nothing."

[BURR and ENSEMBLE: Every day you fight, like you’re running out of time

BURR: Keep on fighting, in the meantime...]

"Rude."

[ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!

A. HAMILTON: Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony]

"Too true," Ink sighs. 

[A. HAMILTON (BURR and ENSEMBLE): And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany./ This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and/ Honestly, that’s why public service (he's just)/ Seems to be calling me (Non-stop!)]

"So you never stopped talking even before I came along," Jefferson sighs. "Typical."

[A. HAMILTON: I practiced the law, I practically perfected it./ I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it../ Now for a strong central democracy,/ If not, then I’ll be Socrates,/ Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities!]

"He's like a little dog," Peggy says. "Vicious and way too angry all the time."

"Realistic," John says.

[BURR: Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention.

A. HAMILTON: I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!]

"Fan boy."

"Simp."

"What the hell is a 'simp'?"

"I have no clue, but I felt like I'd disappoint millions of young teens if I didn't say it."

[BURR: There as a New York junior delegate.

A. HAMILTON: Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate...]

"Aka: everything that comes out of your mouth," Jefferson snarks.

[COMPANY: Awwww!

BURR: Goes and proposes his own form of government.]

"What?!"

[COMPANY: What?

BURR: His own plan for a new form of government!

COMPANY: What?!

BURR: Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!]

"Actually I thought it was quite brilliant," Washington says. 

[ENSEMBLE MAN: Bright young man...

ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN: Yo, who the f is this?]

"Exactly," Jefferson says.

[BURR: Why do you always say what you believe?]

"Because I believe it bitch!"

[BURR and COMPANY: Why do you always say what you believe?

BURR: Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies...]

"The amount of 'fight me' moments he's had makes it a wonder he survived as long as he did," Eliza sighs.

[COMPANY: Aww!

BURR and MEN: Why do you write like it’s-

BURR, MEN, and WOMEN: Going out of style?]

"Bruh same," Ink says.

[WOMEN: Hey!

BURR and MEN: Write day and night like it’s-

BURR, MEN, and WOMEN: Going out of style?]

"Gotcha get down as much as I can," Alex says.

"Have to make sure you have all your ideas down in case you die," Madison adds.

[WOMEN: Hey!

BURR and COMPANY: Every day you fight like it's going out of style/ Do what you do-]

"Very systematic knocking."

"It adds to the song," Maria agrees.

[BURR: Alexander?

A. HAMILTON: Aaron Burr, sir.]

"Jesus Christ please someone get him to stop saying that," Burr groans.

[BURR: Why, it's the middle of the night.

A. HAMILTON: Can we confer, sir?

BURR: Is this a legal matter?]

"In the middle of the night?" Peggy says. "Yeah no buddy, it's probably gonna be illegal."

[A. HAMILTON: Yes, and it's important to me.]

"Okay that's weird. It should definitely be illegal if it's at night."

[BURR: What do you need?

A. HAMILTON: Burr, you're a better lawyer than me.]

"Flattery," Laf muses. "It will get you everywhere."

[BURR: Okay?

A. HAMILTON: I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive./ You're incredible in court,/ You're succinct, persuasive.]

"He's really laying it on thick," Herc mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: My client needs a strong defense,/ You're the solution.

BURR: Who's your client?

A. HAMILTON: The new U.S. Constitution?]

"Yeah, no."

[BURR: No.

A. HAMILTON: Hear me out.

BURR: No way!]

"You really hate that idea," Eliza says.

"Of course I do!" Burr snaps back. "It was guaranteed trouble."

[A. HAMILTON: A series of essays, anonymously published]

"And yet, we know exactly who wrote which ones," Angelica says.

[A. HAMILTON: Defending the document to the public!

BURR: No one will read it.]

"Eh, I thought it was a good read," Jefferson comments.

"You only read it so I knew what they had put down," Madison says.

[A. HAMILTON: I disagree.

BURR: And if it fails?

A. HAMILTON: Burr, that's why we need it!]

"Right!" 

[BURR: The constitution's a mess!

A. HAMILTON: So it needs amendments.]

"And ho boy did we get them!" Ink says. "Some a bit too late for my taste, but hey, white heteronormative patriarchy sucks."

[BURR: It's full of contradictions.

A. HAMILTON: So is independence./ We have to start somewhere.]

"Exactly!" Alex yells.

[BURR: No./ No way.

A. HAMILTON: You're making a mistake.

BURR: Goodnight.]

"See Alex, that's what we call a 'dismissal'. You should leave now," Peggy sasses.

[A. HAMILTON: Hey!/ What are you waiting for?/ What do you stall for?

BURR: What?]

"Poor dude, he looks so confused that Alex didn't actually leave," Herc laughs.

[A. HAMILTON: We won the war, what was it all for?/ Do you support this constitution?

BURR: Of course.

A. HAMILTON: Then defend it.]

"Not with mistakes in it, so no," Ink snaps.

[BURR: And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

A. HAMILTON: Burr, we studied, and we fought, and we killed./ For the notion of a nation we now get to build.]

"So take apart in it!" Alex says.

[A. HAMILTON: For once in your life, take a stand with pride./ I don't understand why you stand to the side.

BURR: I'll keep all my plans close to my chest.]

"Like always," Laf comments.

[ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...

BURR: I'll wait here and see-

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Which way the wind will blow/ I'm taking my time/ Watching the afterbirth of a nation/ Watching the tension grow...]

"Playing it safe," Maria sums up.

[ANGELICA: I am sailing off to London./ I am accompanied by someone who always pays./ I have found a wealthy husband/ Who will keep me in comfort for all my days./ He is not a lot of fun but there is no one/ Who will match you for turn of phrase./ My Alexander...]

Angelica sighs. "It wasn't fun, being separated from everyone else." 

[A. HAMILTON: Angelica...

ANGELICA: Don't forget to write...]

"In a song about how he can't stop writing," Jefferson says.

[ELIZA: Look at where we are./ Look at where we started./ The fact that you're alive is a miracle./ Just stay alive, that would be enough.]

"I did pretty well for a couple years!" Alex protests weakly.

[ELIZA: And if your wife could share a fraction of your time./ If I could grant you peace of mind.../Would that be enough?]

"You knew, didn't you?"

"That a part of you died with him? Yes, I knew."

[BURR: Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay/ To write a series of essays defending the new United/ States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers.]

"Oh great," Alex and Madison sigh.

[BURR: The plan was to write a total of 25 essays, the work/ Divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote/ eighty-five essays in the span of six months.]

"That's- how?"

"Little to no sleep, barely eating, and basically forgetting to take care of ourselves," the two say in unison.

[BURR: John Jay got sick after writing five./ James Madison wrote twenty-nine./ Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one.]

"HOLY SHIT HOW?!?!"

"Like I said, zero taking care of myself."

[BURR: How do you write like you're-

BURR and WOMEN: Running out of time?

BURR: Write day and night like you're-

BURR and WOMEN: Running out of time?]

"If you look at it, we're always running out of time," Alex says.

[BURR and MEN: Every day you fight like you're-

BURR, MEN, and WOMEN: Running out of time.

BURR and MEN: Like you're-

BURR, MEN, and WOMEN: Running out of time.

BURR and MEN: Are you/ Running out of time?]

"Awww do you care Burr?" Alex asks.

"Not really but it was concerning to watch you work."

[WOMEN: Awwww!

FULL COMPANY EXCEPT A. HAMILTON: How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?/ How do you write like you need it to survive?]

"Because words are my heartbeats, ink is my blood, and stories are the only thing that keep me alive," Ink says. "What? Any writer will tell you that, if they have enough passion for it."

[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT A. HAMILTON: How do you write every second you're alive,/ Every second you're alive, every second you're alive?]

"To be fair, I swore you'd die sometimes from how badly you worked yourself," Eliza says.

[WASHINGTON: They are asking me to lead./ I'm doing the best I can/ To get the people that I need./ I'm asking you to be my right hand man.]

"Niiiiiiice."

[A. HAMILTON: Treasury or State?

WASHINGTON: I know it's a lot to ask.

A. HAMILTON: Treasury or State?]

"He's so impatient," Peggy giggles.

[WASHINGTON: To leave behind the world you know...

A. HAMILTON: Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

WASHINGTON: Treasury.

A. HAMILTON: Let's go.]

"That's it. That's all you needed to hear?" Washington asks.

"Yep."

[ELIZA: Alexander.]

"Those notes add the scary to her voice," Angelica says.

[A. HAMILTON: I have to leave.

ELIZA: Alexander...

A. HAMILTON: Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!]

"Don't you dare repeat my words back to me!" Eliza growls.

[ELIZA: Helpless...

A. HAMILTON: They are asking me to lead!

ELIZA: Look around... isn't this enough?]

"You have to be satisfied somehow," Angelica says. "But you never got there, did you?"

[ANGELICA: He will never be satisfied.

ELIZA: What would be enough?

ANGELICA (ELIZA): He will never (to)-

ANGELICA and ELIZA: be satisfied/ Satisfied./ Satisfied...]

"I never was satisfied," Alex whispers.

[WASHINGTON (drawn out over the next couple lines): History has its eyes on you...

BURR (at the same time as the below singers): Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?/ Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

ELIZA: Look around...

ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!

BURR: Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

ELIZA: Look around./ Isn't this enough?

ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!

ANGELICA (ELIZA): He will never be satisfied (Isn't this enough?)/ Satisfied (What would be enough?)/ Satisfied...]

"They- what- how?"

[BURR: Soon that attitude's gonna be your doom.

WASHINGTON, MULLIGAN, LAURENS, and LAFAYETTE (drawn out over the next lines): History has its eyes on you...]

"It's so beautiful and haunting as it builds in intensity," Angelica says.

[BURR (ANGELICA): Why do you fight (Why do you write like) like you're running out of time?

ENSEMBLE: Non-stop!

BURR and ELIZA: Why do you fight like-

COMPANY: History has its eyes on you!?]

"That. That is incredible," John says.

[A. HAMILTON: I am not throwing away my shot!

MEN: Just you wait!]

"Foreshadowing?" Peggy suggests.

[A. HAMILTON: I am not throwing away my shot!

FULL COMPANY: Just you wait!]

"Definitely foreshadowing," Maria agrees.

[A. HAMILTON: I am-

A. HAMILTON and FULL COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!

FULL COMPANY: Hamilton/ Just you wait!]

"That harmony," Eliza breathes.

[A. HAMILTON: And I am not throwing away my shot!]

The lights go black.

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"Alright people, it's intermission time!" Ink says. "That means I'm taking a nap and you all can, I don't know, sleep too? You have fifteen minutes, then we'll start the Second Act."

"Actually, how many acts are in this?" Washington asks.

"Two acts, and trust me, it all goes downhill from here so take the time to emotionally prepare or something." With that, she snuggles up to a pillow and falls asleep.

"By downhill... does she mean most of my bad decisions?" Alex asks.

"Probably," Angelica says. 

"Well, this should be fun..." John sighs. 

"I think I'm going to follow Ink and take a nap," Maria says to Eliza, who nods in agreement. They relaxed back into their couch and fall asleep.

The revolution group sit by each other talk over some stuff, while Burr and Washington talk.

Peggy dares Angelica to a drinking game, whoever can take ten shots faster wins. Surprisingly, Angelica wins. 

Jefferson and Madison start making out, or maybe they were sleeping. Doesn't really matter either way.

Then a single beep goes off and Ink wakes up. "Okay peeps, time to start the next act. Maria, Eliza?"

"We're awake," Eliza says.

"Great." People shuffle back to their seats, ans the screen lights up.

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The screen lights up and everyone gets settles back into their places.

[COMPANY: Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen.../ Se-se- seventeen...]

"Interesting start," Angelica notes.

[BURR: 1789./ How does the bastard orphan/ Immigrant decorated war vet/ Unite the colonies through more debt?/ Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?/ Have it all, lose it all./ You ready for more yet?]

"Jeeze, it's like an insult reel every time he begins to sing," Alex groans.

[BURR: Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the President./ Ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent./ Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him,/ Pissed him off until we had a two-party system.]

"Which sucks, so thanks for that," Ink comments.

[BURR: You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance./ ‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to France.]

"Oh shit I know where this is going," Eliza sighs.

[BURR: But someone’s gotta keep the American promise/ You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!]

"Me!!!" Jefferson says happily.

[MEN: Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

WOMEN: Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

MEN: Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

WOMEN: Thomas Jefferson's coming home!

ENSEMBLE: Thomas Jefferson's coming home!/ Lord, he's been off in Paris for so long!]

"It was really nice too," Jefferson says.

[ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!/ Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON: France is following us to revolution,/ There is no more status quo./ But the sun comes up/ And the world still spins.]

"Woo, revolution!!" the group yells.

[ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON: I helped Lafayette draft a declaration/ Then I said, ‘I gotta go./ I gotta be in Monticello.'/ Now the work at home begins.]

"So much paperwork too," he groans.

[ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON: So what’d I miss?/ What’d I miss?/ Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss/ Muah.]

"Okay but that coat," Peggy says.

"I know right?!"

[JEFFERSON: I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies.../ I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties./ I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this.]

"What a wreck, Mister high and mighty." 

"Alex."

"Sorry John."

"Whipped."

"Shut up Jefferson."

[ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!

JEFFERSON: There’s a letter on my desk from the President./ Haven’t even put my bags down yet.]

"You're not even carrying a bag though??" 

[JEFFERSON: Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?]

"Oh Jefferson? We know about Sally," Ink says.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa."

"It's in a bunch of museums too."

[JEFFERSON: It says the President’s assembling a cabinet/ And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!/ And that I’m already Senate-approved./ I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York!]

"Fun."

"I wish you had stayed out of New York," Alex says.

[ENSEMBLE: Headin’ to New York!/ Headin’ to New York!

JEFFERSON: Lookin’ at the rolling fields/ I can’t-

JEFFERSON and ENSEMBLE: Believe that we are free.]

"I love how the beat works with this!"

[JEFFERSON: Ready to face/ Whatever’s awaiting-

JEFFERSON and ENSEMBLE: Me in N.Y.C.]

"What kind of music is this anyway?"

"It's kinda like jazz, but honestly many of these songs are almost in their own category." 

[JEFFERSON: But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place?/ My friend James Madison, red in the face.]

"FRIEND?!" Jeffferson shrieks. "He is my boyfriend!!"

[JEFFERSON: He grabs my arm and/ I respond/ “What’s goin’ on?”
 
ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!
 
MADISON: Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soul./ Can you get us out of the mess we’re in?]

"Of course I can," Jefferson boasts.

[ENSEMBLE: Aaa-ooo!

MADISON: Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less/ Than government control!]

"Hey!"

[MADISON: I’ve been fighting for the South alone./ Where have you been?

JEFFERSON: Uh...France.]

Everyone laughs at the confused tone in his voice.

[MADISON: We have to win. 

JEFFERSON (ENSEMBLE): So what’d I miss? (Wha? Wha? What’d I miss?)/  What’d I miss? (I’ve come home to this?)/ Headfirst into a political abyss! (Headfirst, into the abyss)]

"Isn't that just life today?" Ink asks.

[JEFFERSON (ENSEMBLE): I have my first cabinet meeting today (Chik-a-pow!)/ I guess I better think of something to say.]

"Yeah probably."

"Says the guy who never shuts up!"

[JEFFERSON: I’m already-

JEFFERSON and ENSEMBLE: On my way

JEFFERSON: To get to the bottom of this.../ So what did I miss?/ Ahhh ah!

WASHINGTON: Mr. Jefferson, welcome home-]

"He rocks that," Peggy says.

[A. HAMILTON: Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton.]

"Ew." 

[WASHINGTON and ENSEMBLE: Mr. Jefferson, welcome home!

COMPANY: Mr. Jefferson, welcome home!/ Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!

JEFFERSON: So what did I miss?]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[WASHINGTON: Ladies and gentlemen, you could have been anywhere in the world tonight,/ but you're here with us in New York City./ Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?]

"The big question is, why would they be there if they could be anywhere else in the world?" Peggy asks.

"Right?" Eliza says.

[WASHINGTON: The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir.]

"Oh no," Alex groans.

[JEFFERSON: 'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'/ We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less./ These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em,/ Don't act surprised, you guys, 'cause I wrote 'em.]

"Prick."

"Peasant."

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: Oww

JEFFERSON: But Hamilton forgets/ His plan would have the government assume state's debts./ Now, place your bets as to who that benefits—/ The very seat of government where Hamilton sits.]

"Not true!" Alex yells.

[A. HAMILTON: Not true!

JEFFERSON: Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it./ If New York's in debt, why should Virginia bear it?]

"Asking the real questions," Burr says.

[JEFFERSON: Uh! Our debts are paid, I'm afraid./ Don't tax the South 'cause we got it made in the shade.]

"Wonder why," John grumbles.

[JEFFERSON: In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground./ We create. You just wanna move our money around./ This financial plan is an outrageous demand,/ And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand!]

"Or maybe you're too lazy to actually read!" Alex argues hotly.

"Alex, mon frère, it may be too many pages," Laf suggests.

[JEFFERSON: Stand with me, in the land of the free!/ And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy.]

"Not saying he was right, but you never did run," Herc says.

[JEFFERSON: Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky./ Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky.

CROWD: *screams*]

"That's right random person I heard," Peggy says, "Not my alcohol!"

[WASHINGTON: Thank you, Secretary Jefferson./ Secretary Hamilton, your response?]

"So polite," Angelica comments.

"I was raised to be polite."

[A. HAMILTON: Thomas. That was a real nice declaration,/ Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation./ Would you like to join us? Or stay mellow/ Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?]

"Madison."

"What?!"

"Umm...

[A. HAMILTON: If we assume the debts, the union gets/ A new line of credit, a financial diuretic./ How do you not get it? If we're aggressive and competitive,/ The union gets a boost. You'd rather give it a sedative?/ A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor,/ Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labor./ "We plant seeds in the South. We create."/ Yeah, keep ranting/ We know who's really doing the planting.]

"Yesssssss," John cheers.

[A. HAMILTON: And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment./ Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it!/ You think I'm frightened of you, man?/ We almost died in the trench,/ While you were off getting high with the French!]

"Telling it how it is," Alex says as the crowd in the musical gasp.

[A. HAMILTON: Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President./ Reticent—there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison./ Madison, you're mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine.]

Jefferson nearly jumps out of his seat to punch the screen.

[A. HAMILTON: Damn, you're in worse shape than the national debt is in!/ Sittin' there useless as two shits/ Hey, turn around, bend over/ I'll show you where my shoe fits!

CROWD: *screams*]

"I mean that's an accurate reaction," Eliza says.

[WASHINGTON: Excuse me!? Madison, Jefferson, take a walk!/ Hamilton, take a walk!]

"You sound so scandalized," Herc says, laughing.

[WASHINGTON: We'll reconvene after a brief recess.]

"I tried to be civil to the ones who deserve it.”

[WASHINGTON: Hamilton!

A. HAMILTON: Sir!

WASHINGTON: A word.]

“Rest in peace man, that’s scary as hell,” Herc says.

[MADISON: You don't have the votes.

JEFFERSON and MADISON: You don't have the votes.

JEFFERSON: Aha-ha-ha-ha!]

“Very mature,” Alex growls.

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: You're gonna need congressional approval and/ you don't have the votes!

JEFFERSON: Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder/ Why I even bring the thunder?

MADISON: Why he even brings the thunder.]

“Copycat!”

“Best boyfriend ever!”

“Ha! You’re wrong!” the revolution group yells.

[WASHINGTON: You wanna pull yourself together?]

“Is that even possible?” Jefferson quips.

John has to hold down Alex to keep him from attacking Jefferson.

[A. HAMILTON: I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather.]

Washington coughs.

[WASHINGTON: Young man, I'm from Virginia, so watch your mouth.

A. HAMILTON: So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?]

“Nothing’s changed huh,” Ink muses. “I mean, it’s not the south anymore but still.”

[WASHINGTON: You need the votes.

A. HAMILTON: No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan!

WASHINGTON: No, you need to convince more folks.]

“Politics in one sentence.”

“Hey!”

“I’m telling the truth aren’t I?” Angelica asks rhetorically.

[A. HAMILTON: James Madison won't talk to me, that's a nonstarter.]

“Ah, smart, going to the boyfriend first,” Maria comments.

[WASHINGTON: Ah, winning was easy, young man. Governing's harder.]

“Is that like, your catchphrase?” Peggy asks.

[A. HAMILTON: They're being intransigent!

WASHINGTON: You have to find a compromise!]

“Life wisdom,” Ink says.

[A. HAMILTON: But they don't have a plan, they just hate mine!]

“Fair.”

[WASHINGTON: Convince them otherwise.

A. HAMILTON: What happens if I don't get congressional approval?

WASHINGTON: I imagine they'll call for your removal.]

“I wish we could have.”

“eXCUSE ME?!”

[A. HAMILTON: Sir—

WASHINGTON: Figure it out, Alexander.]

“Ooooo, cold.”

[WASHINGTON: That's an order from your commander.]

The screen goes dark. 

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[ELIZA: Un deux trois quatre]

"Finally! Someone speaking my language!" Laf cheers.

[PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre]

"Wait who's he? Same actor, different character," Alex asks.

"That would be Philip. Your son."

[ELIZA: Cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Cinq six sept huit neuf]

"Aww, learning piano," Maria coos.

[ELIZA: Good! Un deux trois quatre

PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre

ELIZA: Cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Cinq six sept huit neuf

ELIZA: Sept huit neuf—

PHILIP: Sept huit neuf—]

"Um... you good Ink?" Aneglica asks Ink, who looks like she's about to cry.

"Just some foreshadowing stuff hitting hard," Ink sniffs. "I'm fine."

[ELIZA: Sept huit neuf—

PHILIP: Sept huit neuf—

ELIZA and PHILIP: One two three four/ Five six seven eight nine!]

"Well that's not foreboding at all," Herc comments.

[A. HAMILTON: My dearest, Angelica/ “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow/ Creeps in this petty pace from day to day”/ I trust you’ll understand the reference to/ Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play.]

"Oh good, I thought he was about to say it," John sighs out.

"Oh, you guys know about the curse of Macbeth?" Ink asks.

"Yeah, it's notorious after all. It's bad luck to say it in theatre," Jefferson says.

[A. HAMILTON: They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly]

"HOLY SHIT WHY DID HE SAY THAT?!" everyone yells.

[A. HAMILTON: I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain./ Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff,/ And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane.]

"Very poetic, but why did he say it?!" Peggy complains.

[A. HAMILTON and ANGELICA: And there you are, an ocean away/ Do you have to live an ocean away?/ Thoughts of you subside,/ Then I get another letter./ I cannot put the notion away…]

"Oh... not this...." Angelica sighs.

[ELIZA: Take a break!]

"Um, have you met the guy?" Burr asks.

[A. HAMILTON: I am on my way.

ELIZA: There’s a little surprise before supper/ And it cannot wait!

A. HAMILTON: I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate.]

"Wrong answer," Burr stage whispers.

[ELIZA: Alexander—!]

"Run mate," Herc suggests.

[A. HAMILTON: Okay, okay.

ELIZA: Your son is nine years old today/ And he has something that he’d like to say./ He’s been practicing all day,/ Philip, take it away—]

"....anyone else notice that he's supposed to be nine but he's as tall as the actor playing Hamilton?" Jefferson asks.

"Yeah...."

[PHILIP: Daddy, daddy, look—/ My name is Philip./ I am a poet./ I wrote this poem just/ To show it.]

"He is too cute!!" Peggy says.

[PHILIP: And I just turned nine,/ You can write rhymes/ But you can’t write mine!

A. HAMILTON: What!]

"So adorable," John comments, smiling.

[PHILIP: I practice French/ And play piano with my mother.

A. HAMILTON: Uh-huh!]

"He's so eager and happy," Maria says.

[PHILIP: I have a sister, but I want a little brother!

A. HAMILTON: Okay.]

A sharp intake of breath from Eliza. "Honey?" Maria asks, looking at her.

"We had Angelica after that," Eliza whispers sadly. "She- she was never the same after Philip's death... I hoped- I had hoped she would-"

"Your daughter Angelica lived a good life, until her death three years after yours," Ink answers softly. "She never recovered, but she was taken care of until she died." 

[PHILIP: My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank/ Un deux trois quatre cinq!

A. HAMILTON: Bravo!]

"Awwwww."

[ELIZA: Take a break.

A. HAMILTON: Hey, our kid is pretty great.]

"Damn right he was great," Eliza grumbles.

[ELIZA: Run away with us for the summer/ Let’s go upstate.

A. HAMILTON: Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate.]

"Don't we all," Jefferson sighs out.

[ELIZA: We can all go stay with my father,/ There’s a lake I know...

A. HAMILTON: I know...

ELIZA: In a nearby park...

A. HAMILTON: I’d love to go.]

"But parks!" Peggy insists.

[ELIZA: You and I can go when the night gets dark...

A. HAMILTON: I will try to get away.]

"Not exactly a 'yes'..." Washington says.

[ANGELICA: My dearest Alexander,/ You must get through to Jefferson,/ Sit down with him and compromise,/ Don't stop ‘til you agree.]

"Um, eXCUSE ME?! Agree with HIM?!"

"Yes Thomas," angelica says, glaring at him. "Compromise."

[ANGELICA: Your fav’rite older sister,/ Angelica, reminds you/ There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea.]

"Something tells me something bad's gonna go down between them," Burr whispers.

[ANGELICA: In a letter I received from you two weeks ago,/ I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase./ It changed the meaning. Did you intend this?]

"Grammar," Peggy says with a sigh, "it changes everything."

[ANGELICA: One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days./ It says:

A. HAMILTON and ANGELICA: “My dearest Angelica”]

"Nothing weird about that."

[ANGELICA: With a comma after “dearest.”]

"Oh well that changes everything!" 

[ANGELICA: You’ve written: 

A. HAMILTON and ANGELICA: “My dearest, Angelica.”]

"Damn that was a dramatic but well used pause," Herc says.

[ANGELICA: Anyway, all this to say,/ I’m coming home this summer/ At my sister’s invitation./ I’ll be there with your family/ If you make your way upstate./ I know you’re very busy./ I know your work’s important./ But I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait.]

"Makes sense, you've been living in England for a while, wanna see the fam," Peggy says. 

[A. HAMILTON and ANGELICA: You won’t be an ocean away./ You will only be a moment away…]

"Tension is high between those two," Maria comments. "Not even romantic it's just tensely awkward."

[ELIZA: Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s arriving today!]

They smile when the sisters are reunited.

[ELIZA: Angelica!

ANGELICA: Eliza!]

"Oh, there was a pause where Peggy normally says her line," Madison observes.

"I wasn't dead by then though," Peggy says. "I died around a decade later."

[A. HAMILTON: The Schuyler sisters.]

"It's so sad, just being sung by one instead of the ensemble," Eliza says. "It doesn't hold that energy it used to have."

[ANGELICA: Alexander...

A. HAMILTON: Hi.]

"See!" Maria says. "Awkward tension!"

[ANGELICA: It’s good to see your face.]

"Again with the face and the eyes!" Alex protests.

"Yeah I don't get it either dude," Jefferson says.

[ELIZA: Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family.]

"Good jab," Burr compliments.

"Thank you, I learned from Peggy and him," Eliza says, pointing at Alex.

[A. HAMILTON: Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’t have a real job anyway.]

"Oooooooo!" the revolution group yell.

[ANGELICA: You’re not joining us? Wait...

A. HAMILTON: I’m afraid I cannot join you upstate.]

"Seriously dude?"

[ANGELICA: Alexander, I came all this way...

ELIZA: She came all this way—

ANGELICA: All this way—]

"Yeah, she came all that way!" Washington says.

[ELIZA and ANGELICA: Take a break!

A. HAMILTON: You know I have to get my plan through Congress.]

John sighs. "I wish you hadn't worked yourself to death."

[ELIZA and ANGELICA: Run away with us for the summer/ Let’s go upstate.

A. HAMILTON: I lose my job if we don’t get this plan through Congress.]

"Okay that's fair."

[ELIZA and ANGELICA: We can all go stay with our father...

ELIZA: There’s a lake I know...]

"Again with the lakes," Peggy complains.

[ANGELICA: I know I’ll miss your face—]

"I, for one, will never miss looking at that ugly mug for as long as I'm dead," Jefferson argues.

"Same," Madison adds.

[ELIZA: In a nearby park...

ANGELICA: Screw your courage to the sticking place.

ELIZA: You and I can go—

ANGELICA: Eliza’s right—

ELIZA and ANGELICA: Take a break!]

"That moment when you have a really pretty overlap of song and it's just about self-care," Ink mutters.

[ELIZA: and get away—

ANGELICA: Run away with us for the summer—

ELIZA and ANGELICA: Let’s go upstate.

ELIZA: Where we can stay...]

"Damn."

[ANGELICA: We can all go stay with our father./ If you take your time...

ELIZA (ANGELICA): Look around, look around (and dash)/ At how lucky we are to be alive right now— (You will make your mark)]

"It's very telling that she tries to reassure you that your mark will still be made if you take a break," Washington comments. "She's also right."

[ELIZA: We can go—

ANGELICA: Close your eyes and dream—

ELIZA and ANGELICA: When the night gets dark.../ Take a break.]

"They sound exhausted trying to convince him," Maria says.

[A. HAMILTON: I have to get my plan through Congress./ I can’t stop until I get this plan through Congress.]

The screen goes dark as everyone shivers at the ending note.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up and Ink sucks in her breath. “Everyone, I highly recommend that you remember that you all love different people and please don’t let this ruin everything that we’ve gone through already.”

“Oh no,” Alex and Maria whisper in sync.

[BURR: There's nothing like summer in the city.]

"This is really chilling and off," Washington says.

[BURR: Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty.]

"It's copying the Schuyler Sisters' opening," Angelica notes.

[BURR: There's trouble in the air, you can smell it./ And Alexander's by himself. I'll let him tell it.]

"Oh no," Peggy whispers.

[A. HAMILTON: I hadn't slept in a week,]

“Love, what did I say about sleeping?”

“It’s good to do...”

John sighs and kisses his boyfriend with a bittersweet smile.

[A. HAMILTON: I was weak, I was awake./ You never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break.]

“Whole song about taking a break and he says no,” Eliza grumbles.

[A. HAMILTON: Longing for the sisters,/ Missing Laurens,]

Alex sniffs and tucks his head into the crook of John’s neck.

[A. HAMILTON: That's when miss Maria Reynolds walks into my life; she said:]

“Oh shit,” Jefferson eloquently says.

[MARIA: I know you are a man of honor./ I'm so sorry to bother you at home,/ But I don't know where to go,/ And I came here all alone.]

“Honey....”

“I know...”

Eliza just holds Maria and peppers soft kisses to her face.

[A. HAMILTON: She said:

MARIA: My husband's been doing me wrong./ Beatin' me, cheatin' me, mistreatin' me.]

Maria shivers and Eliza tightens her hold, whispering, “It’s over, he’s dead. He can’t hurt you anymore.”

[MARIA: Suddenly he's up and gone,/ I don't have the means to go on.

A. HAMILTON: So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said:]

“Good, good, now how the fuck did you mess up?” Angelica narrates.

[MARIA: You're too kind, sir.

A. HAMILTON: I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away]

“DUDE!” they all yell at the screen.

“That’s crazy money,” Herc comments.

“What do you mean?” Ink asks. “It’s just thirty bucks, that’s not that much. OH WAIT I FORGOT ABOUT INFLATION!”

[A. HAMILTON: She lived a block away, she said:

MARIA: This one's mine, sir.]

“Like, I get that it’s kinda creepy, but the actress’s voice is so good!” Peggy says.

[A. HAMILTON: Then I said, "well, I should head back home,"]

“But ya didn’t.” Jefferson smirks.

[A. HAMILTON: She turned red, led me to her bed/ Let her legs spread and said:]

“She could have me any day,” Peggy mutters.

“Same,” Angelica says.

[MARIA: Stay?

A. HAMILTON: Hey...]

“As awkward as awkward can get,” John laughs.

[MARIA: Hey...

A. HAMILTON: That's when I began to pray:]

“That the actress is single because goddamn she’s hot in that dress,” Peggy breathes.

“She’s married to the actor for Laurens and Philip,” Ink informs her.

“Eh, I’m probably too old for her anyway,” Peggy sighs.

[A. HAMILTON: Lord, show me how to say no to this.]

“Oh, the Lord has nothing to do with this,” Laf snarks.

[A. HAMILTON: I don't know how to say/ No to this.]

“You just said it though?” Burr says.

[A. HAMILTON: Oh my god, she looks so helpless./ And her body's saying, "hell yes"]

“Well this is uncomfortable,” Washington says.

[MARIA: Woah...

A. HAMILTON: No, show me how to say

A. HAMILTON and ENSEMBLE: No to this]

“You say the word no. It’s not that hard,” Madison instructs.

[A. HAMILTON: I... don't know how to say

A. HAMILTON and ENSEMBLE: No to this]

“The man of many words, rendered speechless,” Jefferson drawls.

[A. HAMILTON: In my mind, I'm tryna go...

ENSEMBLE: Go! Go! Go!]

“Nice echoes.”

[A. HAMILTON: Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say...

[ENSEMBLE: No! No!/ Say no to this!/No! No!/ Say no to this!/ No! No!/ Say no to this!/ No! No!/ Say no to this!]

“Yeah listen to the singers!”

[A. HAMILTON: I wish I could say that was the last time./ I said that last time; it became a pastime.]

“Yeah....” Alex and Maria pointedly don’t look at each other and instead concentrate on their respective partner.

[A. HAMILTON: A month into this endeavor, I received a letter/ From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:]

“Oh no.”

[J. REYNOLDS: Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health,/ And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth/ In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck/ You see, that was my wife who you decided to

A. HAMILTON: Fuuuu—]

“Sounds like a slimeball,” Burr says.

[J. REYNOLDS: Uh-oh, you made the wrong sucker a cuckold!/ So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled./ And hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife,/ If this price is right: if not, I'm telling your wife.]

“Wow okay that’s disgusting.”

[A. HAMILTON: I hid the letter and raced to her place,/ Screamed, "How could you?!" in her face./ She said:]

“Well that just went from bad to worse.”

[MARIA: No, sir!

A. HAMILTON: Half-dressed, apologetic, a mess,/ She looked pathetic, she cried:]

“That’s rude,” Peggy snaps.

[MARIA: Please don't go, sir!

A. HAMILTON: So was your whole story a setup?]

“Turning the tables on her?”

[MARIA: I don't know about any letter!]

“He never mentioned a letter though?”

[A. HAMILTON: Stop crying,/ Goddamnit, get up!]

“Harsh.”

[MARIA: I didn't know any better!

A. HAMILTON: I am ruined!] 

“Only thinking of yourself yet again.”

[MARIA: Please don’t leave me with him!]

“Remeber kids, always get out of abusive relationships. They aren’t worth it,” Ink says.

“Who are you talking to?”

[A. HAMILTON: I am

A. HAMILTON and MARIA: helpless]

“Stealing Eliza’s line.”

[A. HAMILTON: how could I do this?

MARIA: Just give him what he wants and you can have me...

A. HAMILTON: I don’t want you.]

“Setring boundaries, good, good.”

[MARIA (A. HAMILTON): Whatever (I don’t want you) he wants/ If you pay, (I don’t-) you can stay...]

“Copying Take a Break.”

[A. HAMILTON: Lord, show me how to

A. HAMILTON and ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!

MARIA: Tonight...

A. HAMILTON: I don’t know how to 

A. HAMILTON and ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!

A. HAMILTON: ’Cause the situation’s helpless...]

“They’re really taking Eliza and Laurens’ lines.”

[MARIA: Helpless...

A. HAMILTON: And her body’s screaming, “Hell yes”

MARIA: Woah...]

“Extremely uncomfortable here,” Alex mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: No, show me how to 

A. HAMILTON and ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!

A. HAMILTON and MARIA: How can I (you) 

A. HAMILTON, MARIA, and ENSEMBLE: Say no to this]

“Very easily.”

[A. HAMILTON: There is nowhere I can go...

ENSEMBLE: Go! Go! Go!]

“There are so many places to go dude.”

[A. HAMILTON: And when her body’s on mine I do not say

ENSEMBLE: No!

A. HAMILTON: Yes]

“Highly uncomfortable right now,” Maria whispers.

“It’ll be over soon darling,” Eliza whispers back to her.

[ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!

MARIA: Yeah...

ENSEMBLE: No!

A. HAMILTON: Yes

MARIA: Yeah...

ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!/ No!

A. HAMILTON: Yes

MARIA: Yeah, yeah yeah...

ENSEMBLE: Say no to this!/ No!

A. HAMILTON: Yes

MARIA: Yeah...

ENSEMBLE: Say no to this...]

“Well it seems to almost be over thankfully,” Washington says.

[A. HAMILTON: Yes

A. HAMILTON: Say no to this/ I

A. HAMILTON and MARIA: don’t say no to this...

A. HAMILTON: There is nowhere I can go.

ENSEMBLE: Go, go, go...]

“They sound so defeated.”

[J. REYNOLDS: So?

A. HAMILTON: Nobody needs to know]

The screen goes black.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[BURR: Ah, Mister Secretary.

A. HAMILTON: Mister Burr, sir.]

“Okay, that’s it! I’m so done with that, I’m not sorry I killed you!” Burr yells.

“It’s not even me up there saying that,” Alex points out.

[BURR: Did ya hear the news about good old General Mercer?

A. HAMILTON: No.]

“Bit unfocused, thinking about what ya just did?” Jefferson drawls.

[BURR: You know Clermont Street?

A. HAMILTON: Yeah.

BURR: They renamed it after him. The Mercer legacy is secure.]

“So really, it’s Mercer Street now,” Eliza says.

“I mean, yeah.”

[A. HAMILTON: Sure.

BURR: And all he had to do was die.]

“Like us!”

“Well, minus me,” Ink says. 

“Oh right.”

[A. HAMILTON: That’s a lot less work.

BURR: We oughta give it a try.

A. HAMILTON: Ha]

“Heh yeah, so funny Burr...”

“Shut up.”

“You can’t make me!”

“Laurens, control your boyfriend.”

“Fiancé actually, and no.”

[BURR: Now how’re you gonna get your debt plan through?

A. HAMILTON: I guess I’m gonna finally have to listen to you.]

“Bad idea.”

“Hey!”

“I stand by what I said.”

[BURR: Really?

A. HAMILTON: “Talk less. Smile more.”]

“Ew,” Peggy says

[BURR: Ha]

“Zero out of ten, very bad laugh.”

“Peggy that’s rude!”

“So?”

[A. HAMILTON: Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the Congress floor...

BURR: Now, Madison and Jefferson are merciless.]

The couple high five each other.

[A. HAMILTON: Well, hate the sin, love the sinner.]

“It’s not sin if it’s love.”

[MADISON: Hamilton!

A. HAMILTON: I’m sorry Burr, I’ve gotta go.

BURR: But—

A. HAMILTON: Decisions are happening over dinner.]

“Sounds awful.”

[BURR: Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room,

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Diametrically opposed, foes.]

“I like how everyone else joins in, as if to add weight to those words in particular.”

[BURR: They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Previously closed,

ENSEMBLE: Bros.]

“We are not!” all three yell.

[BURR: The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power,/ A system he can shape however he wants.]

“And shape it he did.”

“Hey! It’s awesome!”

“Sure.”

[BURR: The Virginians emerge with the nation’s capital,/ And here’s the pièce de résistance:]

“Viva la France!” 

[BURR: No one else was in/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened/ No one else was in

BURR and ENSEMBLE: The room where it happened

BURR: The room where it happened

BURR and ENSEMBLE: The room where it happened]

“They really drove home that the room is important,” Maria comments.

[BURR: No one really knows how the

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Game is played.

BURR: The art of the trade, 

BURR and ENSEMBLE: How the sausage gets made.]

“The citizens should know though,” Angelica says.

“It’s the way government works, not much can change that,” Madison replies.

[BURR: We just

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Assume that it happens. 

BURR: But no one else is in

BURR and ENSEMBLE: The room where it happens.]

“Oh, what he means is that no one knows what really went down,” Peggy says. “Cool.”

[BURR and COMPANY: Thomas claims—

JEFFERSON: Alexander was on Washington’s doorstep one day,/ In distress ‘n disarray.]

“He gets it.”

“Liar.”

“And you’re also a bitch, anything else you’d like to yell about yourself?”

[BURR and COMPANY: Thomas claims—

JEFFERSON: Alexander said—

A. HAMILTON: “I’ve nowhere else to turn!”

JEFFERSON: And basically begged me to join the fray.]

“I am never that desperate. I have standards.”

“Um, love?”

“They’re not the greatest standards but they do exist.”

[BURR and COMPANY: Thomas claims—

JEFFERSON: I approached Madison and said:/ “I know you hate him, but let’s hear what he has to say.”]

“You’d definitely say that.”

[BURR and COMPANY: Thomas claims—

JEFFERSON: Well, I arranged the meeting./ I arranged the menu, the venue, the seating.]

“Macaroni, it was heavenly,” Jefferson sighs out adoringly.

“It was disgusting,” Alex mutters.

“We must have very, very different Mac&Cheese,” Ink says.

[BURR: But!/ No one else was in—

BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happened/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened.

BURR: No one else was in—

BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happened/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened.]

“I’m sensing a theme.”

[BURR: No one really knows how the

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Parties get to yes.

BURR: The pieces that are sacrificed in

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Ev’ry game of chess.]

“The people that are left behind because of politics,” John says. “That’s sick.”

“That’s politics,” Alex sighs.

[BURR: We just

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Assume that it happens.

BURR: But no one else is in

BURR and ENSEMBLE: The room where it happens.]

“Maybe there should be. Someone in the room, I mean,” Herc says. “Someone to tell the citizens what they got, and what they lost because of that.”

[BURR and COMPANY: Meanwhile—

BURR: Madison is grappling with the fact that not ev’ry issue can be settled by committee.]

“Uh...”

[COMPANY: Meanwhile—

BURR: Congress is fighting over where to put the capital—

COMPANY screams in chaos.]

“It did not go well,” Madison admits. 

[BURR: It isn’t pretty./ Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite,]

“Wasn’t that uncommon.”

[JEFFERSON: And Madison responds with Virginian insight:

MADISON: Maybe we can solve one problem with another and win a victory for the Southerners, in other words—

JEFFERSON: Oh-ho!

MADISON: A quid pro quo.]

“My Latin’s rusty, what’s that again?” Peggy asks.

“Doing something to get something, basically. Like a favor for a favor,” Eliza explains.

[JEFFERSON: I suppose...

MADISON: Wouldn’t you like to work a little closer to home?]

“Home is with you darlin’,” Jefferson says.

[JEFFERSON: Actually, I would.

MADISON: Well, I propose the Potomac.

JEFFERSON: And you’ll provide him his votes?

MADISON: Well, we’ll see how it goes.]

“So, let me get this right,” Maria says. “Jefferson and Madison give Alexander the votes on his plan, and he lets them decide where the capital goes?”

“Yep.”

[JEFFERSON: Let’s go.

BURR: No!

COMPANY: —one else was in/ The room where it happened.]

“Good transition from story to chorus,” Washington comments.

[BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happened/ The room where it happened./ No one else was in/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened/ The room where it happened. 

BURR: My God!]

“Oh really? You’re bring him in now? And only now?”

[BURR and COMPANY: In God we trust,/ But we’ll never really know what got discussed./ Click-boom, then it happened.

BURR: And no one else was in the room where it happened.]

“I love how this lays out the context around the meeting, but doesn’t try to say what actually happened,” Washington says. “It leaves it open to interpretation.”

[COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!

BURR: What did they say to you to get you to sell New York City down the river?]

“He almost sounds betrayed.”

“I love this line, I don’t know why, I just do,” John says. “Maybe it’s because it shows how politics isn’t clean, not but a long shot.”

[COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!

BURR: Did Washington know about the dinner?/ Was there Presidential pressure to deliver?]

“No, of course not!” Washington argues.

[COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!

BURR: Or did you know, even then, it doesn’t matter/ Where you put the U.S. Capital?

A. HAMILTON: Cuz we’ll have the banks./ We’re in the same spot.]

“Cold.”

[BURR: You got more than you gave.

A. HAMILTON: And I wanted what I got./ When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game./ But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game./ Oh, you get love for it. You get hate for it,/ You get nothing if you...

A. HAMILTON and COMPANY: Wait for it, wait for it, wait!]

“Singing his theme back to him, oh that’s poetic.”

[A. HAMILTON: God help and forgive me,/ I wanna build something/ That’s gonna outlive me!]

“You always have,” John whispers, looking at his fiancé.

[A. HAMILTON, MADISON, JEFFERSON, and WASHINGTON: What do you want, Burr?

COMPANY: What do you want Burr?

A. HAMILTON, MADISON, JEFFERSON, and WASHINGTON: What do you want, Burr?

COMPANY: What do you want, Burr?

A. HAMILTON, MADISON, JEFFERSON, and WASHINGTON (COMPANY): If you stand for nothing (What do you want, Burr?)/ Burr, then what do you fall for?! (What do you want?!)]

“Now that’s a climax.”

[BURR: I.../ Wanna be in/ The room where it happens/ The room where it happens...]

“The way he delivers this is really powerful,” Angelica says, “like he’s deciding on what he wants for the first time.”

[BURR: I.../ Wanna be in/ The room where it happens/ The room where it happens...

COMPANY: I wanna be in

BURR: I...

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: Wanna be

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR and COMPANY: (In) The room where it happens]

“Building up the tension, as if he’s growing into what he wants,” Laf says.

[BURR: I...

COMPANY: I wanna be in the room

BURR (ENSEMBLE): I wanna be in the room... (Where it happens/ The room where it happens/ The room where it happens)

BURR: Oh/ Oh...]

“Good layering.”

[ENSEMBLE: I wanna be in/ The room where it happens

BURR: I wanna be

ENSEMBLE: The room where it happens

BURR: I wanna be

ENSEMBLE: The room where it happens

BURR: I’ve got to be 

COMPANY: I wanna be in

BURR: I’ve got to be

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: In that room...

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: In that big ol’ room...!]

“I think this is where he cements his desire, where he decides to do whatever he needs to do to get to his goal.”

[COMPANY: The room where it happens!]

“Dramatic beats, always a good touch.”

[COMPANY: The art of the compromise:

BURR: Hold your nose and close your eyes.]

“Clever, calling about it as if it’s a foul smell.”

“You mean, as if entering politics is like entering a foul place.”

“That works too.”

[COMPANY: We want our leaders to save the day—

BURR: But we don’t get a say in what they trade away.]

“What rights they leave out, the people they leave behind.”

[COMPANY: We dream of a brand new start—

BURR: But we dream in the dark for the most part!

BURR and COMPANY: Dark as a tomb where it happens,]

“Driving in that we don’t know what our politicians do behind the closed doors.”

[BURR: I’ve got to be in

COMPANY (BURR): (The room...) The room where it happens

BURR: I’ve got to be...

COMPANY: The room where it happens 

BURR: I’ve got to be...

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: Oh I’ve got to be in

BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: I’ve got to be, I’ve gotta be, I’ve gotta be...

COMPANY: The room where it happens

BURR: In the room...!

COMPANY: I wanna be in the room/ Where it happens]

“This whole part is just so good!”

[BURR and COMPANY: Click-boom!]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[PHILIP: Look! Grandpa's in the paper!]

"Awwwwwwww."

[PHILIP: "War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate/ seat to young upstart Aaron Burr"]

"Oh, so this must mean he finally stopped waiting and started taking," Angelica says. 

"It's a good bridge from the last song," Eliza says.

[PHILIP: Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate.

ELIZA: Sometimes that's how it goes.]

"Yeah, you never know what could happen," Alex says.

[PHILIP: Daddy's gonna find out any minute...

ELIZA: I'm sure he already knows...]

"She looks worried," Burr comments.

"She knows Alex is gonna do something stupid," Herc says.

[PHILIP: Further down-

PHILIP and ELIZA: Further down-

PHILIP: Let's meet the newest senator from New York,

ELIZA: New York...]

"I love their small duets, it's really sweet," Washington says.

[PHILIP and ELIZA: Our senator...

A. HAMILTON: Burr?]

"That's a good transition, from a sweet conversation to crazy man yells at former friend," Peggy laughs.

[A. HAMILTON: Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?

BURR: Since being one put me on the up and up again!]

"Changing parties to further your career seems a bit deceitful," Maria says.

"I mean, it is," Alex replies.

"Is not!" 

[A. HAMILTON: No one knows who you are,/ Or what you do.

BURR: They don't need to know me./ They don't like you.]

"Ooooooo."

[A. HAMILTON: Excuse me?]

"He sounds so insulted!"

[BURR: Oh, Wall Street thinks you're great./ You'll always be adored by the things you create,/ But upstate—

A. HAMILTON: Wait.

BURR: —people think you're crooked.]

"Oh sure, the guy in charge of your finances is corrupt, that's just a stereotype!" 

[BURR: Schuyler's seat was up for grabs so I took it.

A. HAMILTON: I've always considered you a friend.]

"Oof, I think that was a poor life choice."

[BURR: I don't see why that has to end.

A. HAMILTON: You changed parties to run against my father-in-law.]

"Not exactly the best defense."

[BURR: I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw./ I swear, your pride will be the death of us all.]

"Agreed."

"True, but hey."

[BURR: Beware, it goeth before the fall!]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[WASHINGTON: The issue on the table: France is on the verge/ of war with England, and do we provide aid and our/ troops to our French allies or do we stay out of it?]

"Oh fuck," Washington and Alex swear at the same time.

"Oh fuck indeed," Laf grumbles. 

[WASHINGTON: Remember, my decision on this matter is not subject to/ congressional approval. The only person you have to convince,/ is me. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir.]

"ONLY PERSON TO CONVINCE!" Laf yells.

"I know, I know," Washington says.

[JEFFERSON: When we were on death's door, when we were needy,/ We made a promise, we signed a treaty.]

"Funny, America kept it's trend of breaking promises!" They can't tell if Ink's laughing or crying, and figure it's best not to know.

[JEFFERSON: We needed money and guns and half a chance./ Uhh, who provided those funds?

MADISON: France.]

"Power couple," Peggy mutters. 

"Hell yeah we are," Jefferson says, kissing Madison.

[JEFFERSON: In return, they didn't ask for land.]

"Yeah because they owned everything," Angelica mutters.

"They got close to beating Russia," Ink agrees.

"Whatever happened to all that land that France owned by the way?" Burr asks.

"That stuff above the USA is called Canada now and is its own country. The whole country is a saint compared to the illegal marijuana lab that the USA is," Ink says.

"Oh."

[JEFFERSON: Only a promise that we'd lend a hand/ And stand with them if they fought against oppressors,/ And revolution is messy but now is the time to stand./ Stand with our brothers as they fight against tyranny.]

"Yeah! Tyranny!" Laf echoes, glaring at Washington and Alex.

[JEFFERSON: I know that Alexander Hamilton is here/ And he would rather not have this debate,/ I'll remind you that he is not Secretary of State!/ He knows nothing of loyalty!

ENSEMBLE MAN: Nothing!]

"Oof."

[JEFFERSON: Smells like new money, dresses like fake royalty.]

"Says the man in purple velvet."

"iT'S MAGENTA AND IT MATCHES HIS EYES YOU PRICK!!"

"You- you literally disliked him for his skin an hour ago."

"Well maybe I changed my mind!"

[JEFFERSON: Desperate to rise above his station,/ Everything he does betrays the ideals of our nation.

ENSEMBLE: Ooh!!]

"He's just pulling everything to insult him," Eliza comments.

[JEFFERSON: Hey, and if ya don't know,/ Now you know, Mr. President.]

"Oooooookay then..."

[WASHINGTON: Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary Hamilton, your response.]

"Oof."

"RIP."

"This is gonna end badly."

"Hey, rude!"

[A. HAMILTON: You must be out of your Goddamn mind/ If you think the President is gonna/ Bring the nation to the brink of/ Meddling in the middle of a military mess./ A game of chess, where France is/ Queen and King-less.]

"Damn, right out of the gate he did rapid-fire insulting with facts," John says. 

[A. HAMILTON: We signed a treaty with a King/ Whose head is now in a basket./ Would you like to take it out and ask it?/ "Should we honor our treaty, King Louis' head?"/ "Uh, do whatever you want, I'm super dead!"]

"Quick but to the point," Angelica acknowledges.

[ENSEMBLE: (frenzied chatter)

WASHINGTON: Enough. Hamilton is right.]

"You name your one kid after your dad, and he abandons your entire country," Laf grumbles.

[JEFFERSON: Mr. President—

WASHINGTON: We're too fragile to start another fight!]

"....fine."

[JEFFERSON: But, sir, do we not fight for freedom?

WASHINGTON: Sure, when the French figure out who's gonna lead 'em.

JEFFERSON: The people are leading!]

"He's trying his best, that's nice."

[WASHINGTON: The people are rioting,/ There's a difference, frankly/ It's a little disquieting you would/ Let your ideals blind you to reality.]

"And a little concerning how you abandon old friends and promises so quickly but I guess we're dead so it doesn't matter."

[WASHINGTON: Hamilton?

A. HAMILTON: Sir.

WASHINGTON: Draft a statement of neutrality.]

"Love how Alex goes to start immediately." 

[JEFFERSON: Did you forget Lafayette?

A. HAMILTON: What?]

"That pause..." 

[JEFFERSON: Have you an ounce of regret?/ You accumulate debt, you accumulate power,/ Yet in their hour of need, you forget.]

"Harsh but true."

[A. HAMILTON: Lafayette's a smart man, he'll be fine.]

"I died fighting for a revolution you abandoned," Laf mutters. "But sure, I'll be fine."

[A. HAMILTON: And before he was your friend, he was mine./ If we try to fight in every revolution in the world, we never stop,/ Where do we draw the line?]

"Always with an excuse," Jefferson says with an eye roll.

[JEFFERSON: So quick-witted.

A. HAMILTON: Alas, I admit it.

JEFFERSON: I bet you were quite a lawyer.]

"Oooo he's close to snapping."

[A. HAMILTON: My defendants got acquitted.

JEFFERSON: Yeah. Well, someone oughta remind you-

A. HAMILTON: What?

JEFFERSON: You're nothing without Washington behind you.]

"SNAP!"

[WASHINGTON: Hamilton!

JEFFERSON: Daddy's calling.]

"OH MY GOD"

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[BURR: It must be nice, it must be nice,/ To have Washington on your side./ It must be nice, it must be nice to have/ Washington on your side...]

"I'm on the side of America though..." Washington says.

Jefferson scuffs. "You favored Hamilton over all of us."

[JEFFERSON: Every action has its equal opposite reaction.]

"Oh really? Wonder where this is going."

[JEFFERSON: Thanks to Hamilton, our cabinet's fractured into factions,/ Try not to crack under the stress, we're breaking down like fractions./We smack each other in the press, and we don't print retractions.]

"True," Alex mutters.

[JEFFERSON: I get no satisfaction witnessing his fits of passion,/ The way he primps and preens and dresses like the pits of fashion.]

"Hey I look great!"

"You look terrible and you know it."

"Says the guy in-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP HAMILTON!"

"MAKE ME JEFFERSON!!"

"Boys," Washington warns. "Stop."

"Yes sir."

"Yes dad."

[JEFFERSON: Our poorest citizens, our farmers, live ration to ration/ As Wall Street robs 'em blind in search of chips to cash in.]

"I wouldn't say all the farmers were living ration to ration..."

"So I was embellishing a little, that doesn't matter."

[JEFFERSON: This prick is asking for someone to bring him to task./ Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass/ So we can at last unmask him.]

"Okay but it's impressive that he was able to say that."

"I know, imagine trying to say that five times fast."

[JEFFERSON: I'll pull the trigger on him, someone load the gun and cock it!]

"Burr did it first."

"Dude."

[JEFFERSON: While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket.

JEFFERSON and BURR: It must be nice, it must be nice,/ To have Washington on your side./ It must be nice, it must be nice, to have/ Washington on your side...]

"You're just jealous we got a cool dad," Alex and Laf say.

[JEFFERSON and BURR: Look back at the Bill of Rights.

MADISON: Which I wrote!]

"You did and it's beautiful," Jefferson comments.

[MADISON, BURR, and JEFFERSON: The ink hasn't dried./ It must be nice, it must be nice,/ To have Washington on your side.

MADISON: So he's doubled the size of the government/ Wasn't the trouble with much of our previous government size?]

"First it's too big, then it's not big enough, make up your mind!"

[BURR: Look in his eyes.

JEFFERSON: See how he lies.

MADISON: Follow the scent of his enterprise.]

"I am not corrupt!"

[JEFFERSON: Centralizing national credit/ And making American credit competitive.

MADISON: If we don't stop it, we aid and abet it.]

"Oof."

[JEFFERSON: I have to resign.

MADISON: Somebody has to stand up for the South!

BURR: Somebody has to stand up for his mouth!]

"Sounds like Jefferson."

[JEFFERSON: If there's a fire you're trying to douse,

JEFFERSON and MADISON: You can't put it out from inside the house.]

"Huh, that's smart because he works at the 'house'," Angelica says.

[JEFFERSON: I'm in the cabinet, I'm complicit in/ Watching him grabbing at power and kissin' it./ If Washington isn't gon' listen/ To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:/ This kid is out!]

"Damn that's good."

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Oh!/ This immigrant isn't somebody we chose./ Oh!/ This immigrant's keeping us all on our toes.]

"It's subtle, but you can tell they're diminishing him by calling him an immigrant even though they're all technically immigrants from England," Herc muses.

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Oh!/ Let's show these Federalists who they're up against!/ Oh!]

"Oh so scary," Alex mutters. "I'm shaking in my boyfriend's arms."

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: Southern motherfuckin'—

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Democratic-Republicans!]

"Okay but that's actually cool."

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, BURR, and ENSEMBLE: Oh!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Let's follow the money and see where it goes!]

"Ah yes, the nonexistent corruption money."

[ENSEMBLE: Oh!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Because every second the Treasury grows!]

"It's called taxes, they're incredible," Alex deadpans.

[ENSEMBLE: Oh!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: If we follow the money and see where it leads,/ Get in the weeds, look in the seeds,/ Of Hamilton's misdeeds.]

"Good lyrics, but what the fuck??"

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: It must be nice, it must be nice...

MADISON: Follow the money and see where it goes.

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: It must be nice, it must be nice...

JEFFERSON: The emperor has no clothes.]

"Bitch have you seen my closet? It's beautiful."

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: We won't be invisible, we won't be denied./ Still,/ It must be nice, it must be nice,/ To have Washington on your side.]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

I have to go on hiatus. 

I just didn’t have time to write the next chapter and am super burnt out, so I’ll be back the first Wednesday of January okay?

Thank you all for sticking with me, I promise to be back!!

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[A. HAMILTON: Mr. President, you asked to see me?

WASHINGTON: I know you're busy]

"He always is," Eliza mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: What do you need, sir?/ Sir?

WASHINGTON: I want to give you a word of warning.]

"Finally! Talking some sense into him!" Jefferson yells.

[A. HAMILTON: Sir, I don't know what you heard/ But whatever it is, Jefferson started it.]

"Bitch."

"Slut."

"Bitch!"

[WASHINGTON: Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning.

A. HAMILTON: You're kidding.]

"Please, pretend you're so disappointed," Washington deadpans.

[WASHINGTON: I need a favor

A. HAMILTON: Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior.]

"Oh dear," Burr sighs.

[WASHINGTON: Shh, talk less.

A. HAMILTON: I'll use the press, I'll write under a pseudonym/ You'll see what I can do to him—]

"Everyone would know it was you," John points out.

[WASHINGTON: I need you to draft an address

A. HAMILTON: Yes! He resigned, you can finally speak your mind—]

"Hey!"

[WASHINGTON: No, he's stepping down so he can run for President.

A. HAMILTON: Ha! Good luck defeating you, sir!

WASHINGTON: I'm stepping down, I'm not running for President.

A. HAMILTON: I'm sorry, what?]

"His face!" Angelica and Peggy laugh.

[WASHINGTON: One last time./ Relax, have a drink with me/ One last time./ Let's take a break tonight,/ And then we'll teach them how to say goodbye/To say goodbye.../You and I!]

"No..."

[A. HAMILTON: Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time—

WASHINGTON: I want to warn against partisan fighting.]

"What's that?" Ink asks.

"The parties fighting the others' ideas."

"Oh you mean politics?"

[A. HAMILTON: But—

WASHINGTON: Pick up a pen, start writing.]

"The one time he isn't already writing."

[WASHINGTON: I want to talk about what we have learned,/ The hard-won wisdom I have earned.

A. HAMILTON: As far as the people are concerned,/ You have to serve, you could continue to serve—]

"I agree with Alex on this," Laf says. "You could have kept us going for longer."

[WASHINGTON: No. One last time,/ The people will hear from me/ One last time./ And if we get this right,/ We're gonna teach 'em how to say goodbye,]

"I'm not going to cry," Herc mutters.

[WASHINGTON: Goodbye./You and I...

A. HAMILTON: Mr. President, they will say you're weak.

WASHINGTON: No, they will see we're strong!]

"Fine, you have a point."

[A. HAMILTON: Your position is so unique-

WASHINGTON: So I'll use it to move them along!]

"Okay but he's killing this role right now."

[A. HAMILTON: Why do you have to say goodbye?

WASHINGTON: If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on,/ It outlives me when I'm gone.]

"No..."

[WASHINGTON: Like the scripture says:/ "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree/ And no one shall make them afraid."/ They'll be safe in the nation we've made.]

"I refuse to cry," Alex whispers, John shaking his head with a smile and hugging him closer.

[WASHINGTON: I want to sit under my own vine and fig tree,/ A moment alone in the shade,/ At home in this nation we've made./ One last time...

A. HAMILTON: One last time...]

"The emotion in their voices..."

[A. HAMILTON, spoken: Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration/ I am unconscious of intentional error,/ I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it/ Probable that I may have committed many errors.]

"That's your speech, your goodbye speech," Madison says, looking over at Washington.

"Alexander wrote it for me," Washington replies, wiping a tear away.

[A. HAMILTON, spoken: I shall also carry with me

A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: The hope

A. HAMILTON, spoken: that my country/ Will

A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: view them with indulgence

A. HAMILTON, spoken: And that

A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: after forty-five years of my life/]

"The way it blends together is so beautiful," Maria whispers.

[A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: Dedicated to its service/ With an upright zeal

A. HAMILTON, spoken: The faults of incompetent abilities will be

A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: Consigned to oblivion, as I myself/ Must soon be to the mansions of rest.]

"I have no idea what you're talking about a mansion of rest dude," Ink says. "If anything this is a mansion of emotional issues being worked out."

[A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: I anticipate with pleasing expectation/ That retreat in which I promise myself/ To realize the sweet enjoyment in partaking,]

"I think it's powerful how Alexander's voice is getting quieter as Washington becomes louder, giving him more of the song now," Angelica comments.

[A. HAMILTON, spoken, and WASHINGTON, sung: in the midst of my fellow citizens, the/ Benign influence of good laws/ Under a free government,/ the ever-favorite object of my heart,/ and the happy reward, as I trust/ Of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

WASHINGTON: One last time...]

Alex is sobbing into John's shoulder by now, tears in the rest of the revolution group's eyes. 

[WOMEN: George Washington's going home...

A. HAMILTON: Teach 'em how to say goodbye...]

"He's repeating back what Washington told him in the beginning, as if he's accepting what Washington is doing," Peggy muses. Everyone looks at her. "What? I can be deep too."

[WOMEN and MEN: George Washington's going home...

WASHINGTON: You and I!]

"His voice!"

[WOMEN and MEN: George Washington's going home...

WASHINGTON: Going home...!

WOMEN and MEN: George Washington's going home...

WASHINGTON (WOMEN and MEN): History has its (George Washington's going home...) eyes on you...]

"Repeating that line he sings at Alex a lot."

[WASHINGTON: We're gonna teach 'em how to say goodbye!

WOMEN and MEN: Teach 'em how to say goodbye!

WASHINGTON: Teach 'em how to say goodbye!

WOMEN and MEN: Teach 'em how-

WASHINGTON: To say goodbye!]

"The emotion in his voice..."

[MEN: Say goodbye!

WASHINGTON: Say goodbye!

WOMEN: Say goodbye!

WASHINGTON: One last time...!

COMPANY: One last time!]

The screen goes black.

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The screen lights up.

[KING GEORGE: They say/ George Washington’s yielding his power and stepping away.]

"This guy? Again?"

[KING GEORGE: Is that true?/ I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do.]

"Yeah cause you're a rich idiot!"

[KING GEORGE: I’m perplexed./ Are they going to keep on replacing whoever’s in charge?]

"Yep!"

[KING GEORGE: If so, who’s next?/ There’s nobody else in their country who looms quite as large…]

"That's fair."

"Yeah it was kinda awkward."

[A SENTINEL whispers in KING GEORGE's ear

[KING GEORGE: John Adams?]

"The confusion in his face matches the news perfectly," Angelica says.

[KING GEORGE: I know him./ That can’t be./ That’s that little guy who spoke to me,]

"Love how he shows us how small he thinks Adams is."

[KING GEORGE: All those years ago./ What was it, eighty-five?/ That poor man, they’re going to eat him alive!]

"Clearly he thinks the country's going to die under him."

"But he's wrong!"

[KING GEORGE: Oceans rise,/ Empires fall.../ Next to Washington, they all look small.]

"Truth."

[KING GEORGE: All alone,/ Watch them run,/ They will tear each other into pieces/ Jesus Christ, this will be fun!]

"For only him."

[KING GEORGE: Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da/ Da da da dat dat da ya daaaaa!]

"Not this shit again."

[KING GEORGE: “President John Adams”/ Good luck!]

"Somehow I get the feeling he's lying."

The screen goes black.

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The screen lights up.

[BURR: How does Hamilton, the short-tempered/ Protean creator of the Coast Guard,]

"Hold up, what?"

"Yeah isn't it cool!?"

"Alex what the- you know what? Never mind."

[BURR: Founder of the New York Post/ Ardently abuse his cabinet post,/ Destroy his reputation?]

"Little did I know how much lower he can go," Burr says.

"That's cold man."

"Burrrrrrrr."

"Burr, what the fuck?"

[BURR: Welcome, folks, to

BURR and COMPANY: The Adams administration!]

"OH HELL NO!" John keeps Alex from fighting the screen.

[BURR: Jefferson's the runner-up/ Which makes him the vice president.

JEFFERSON: Washington can't help you now/ No more mister nice president!]

"He handled the new power well then," Peggy says sarcastically.

[BURR: Adams fires Hamilton./ Privately calls him 'creole bastard' in his taunts.]

"He did not."

"He did." The revolution group stands up to fight the screen

"Boys," Washington warns. "Sit down." 

They sit down.

[JEFFERSON: Say what?

BURR: Hamilton publishes his response.]

"All small children should cover their ears," Ink says. "Wait, we don't have small children around."

Angelica covers Eliza's ears.

[A. HAMILTON: Sit down, John, you fat mother–BEEEEEEEEP]

"Holy shit."

[CROWD yells/reacts

BURR: Hamilton is out of control.]

"Oh really?!" Angelica comments.

[MADISON: This is great!/ He's out of power, he holds no office,/ And he just destroyed president John Adams/ The only other significant member of his party.]

"And he sucked so I don't see the problem."

[JEFFERSON: Hamilton is a host unto himself/ As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat.]

"You better believe it!"

[JEFFERSON: Let's let him know what we know.]

"Uh oh."

The screen goes dark.

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The screen lights up.

[A. HAMILTON: Mr. Vice President,/ Mr. Madison,/ Senator Burr./ What is this?]

“More like what is that walk Jefferson’s doing?” Peggy laughs.

[JEFFERSON: We have the check stubs, from separate accounts,

MADISON: Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts,

BURR: To a Mr. James Reynolds way back in/ Seventeen ninety-one.]

“Ooooo confrontation, whatcha gonna go?” Angelica asks, deadpan. “Maybe, I don’t know, lie?”

[A. HAMILTON: Is that what you have? Are you done?

MADISON: You are uniquely situated by virtue of your position—

JEFFERSON: Though 'virtue' is not a word I'd apply to this situation—]

“No matter what happens, I always have a good insult,” Jefferson smirks.

[MADISON: To seek financial gain, to stray from your sacred mission.

JEFFERSON: An the evidence suggest you've engaged in speculation.]

“Wait so they think he’s, what, skimming off the top?” Herc asks. “Or do they think he’s taking bribes?”

“Both, I think,” Alex answers.

[BURR: An immigrant embezzling our government funds,

JEFFERSON and MADISON: I can almost see the headline, your career is done!]

“Kinda true but not really.”

[BURR: I hope you saved some money for your daughter and sons.

JEFFERSON, BURR, and MADISON: You best g'wan run back where ya came from!]

“Yeah no I’m good.”

[A. HAMILTON: Ha, you don't even know what you're asking me to confess!

JEFFERSON, BURR, and MADISON: Confess!]

“This just ends badly for all of us,” Burr groans.

[A. HAMILTON: You have nothing, I don't have to tell you anything at all/Unless...

JEFFERSON, BURR, and MADISON: Unless?]

“They are so confused, meanwhile we know where this is heading and it’s not good,” Eliza comments.

[A. HAMILTON: If I can prove that I never broke the law/ Do you promise not to tell another soul what you saw?

BURR: No one else was in the room where it happened.]

“That’s not even an answer,” Madison says.

“Whatever.”

[A. HAMILTON: Is that a yes?

JEFFERSON, BURR, and MADISON: Um, yes.]

“They look ready to leak it to the press as soon as he turns the other way,” Laf comments.

“Probably would’ve,” Jefferson grumbles.

[A. HAMILTON brings out a letter and hands it to BURR.

BURR, reading: “Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships,/ I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power,/ by action rather than words, to convince you that I love you.”]

“Fucking plot twist of the century!”

[A. HAMILTON, dashing to take the letter back: Wrong letter!

A. HAMILTON exchanges the letter for another, holding his letter to LAURENS to his heart.]

“Awww Alex...”

[BURR: "Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health/ And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth/ In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck/ You see, it was my wife who you decided to”—

JEFFERSON: Whaaaat?!]

“Well, it’s just getting worse from here,” Eliza says.

[A. HAMILTON: She courted me,/ Escorted me to bed and when she had me in a corner/ That's when Reynolds extorted me/ For a sordid fee./ I paid him quarterly./ I may have mortally wounded my prospects,/ But my papers are orderly.]

“Oh yeah I may have had an affair with this lady whose husband is extorting me for money while I’m married to this other lady while I hang on to love letters to my dead boyfriend but hey, at least my money’s in order.”

“Thanks Angelica.”

[A. HAMILTON: As you can see I kept a record of every check in my checkered/ History; check it again against your list n' see consistency./ I never spent a cent that wasn't mine,/ You sent the dogs after my scent, that's fine.]

“He’s not really fine but let’s ignore that.”

[A. HAMILTON: Yes, I have reasons for shame,/ But I have not committed treason and sullied my good name.]

“Oh buddy, we’re waaaaaaaay past that point.”

[A. HAMILTON: As you can see I have done nothing to provoke legal action./ Are my answers to your satisfaction?

JEFFERSON: My God.]

“Good response.”

[MADISON: Gentlemen, let's go.

A. HAMILTON: So?

JEFFERSON and MADISON: The people won't know what we know.]

“And we actually meant that!”

[A. HAMILTON: Burr!/ How do I know you won't use this against me/ The next time we get toe to toe?/ 

BURR: Alexander, rumors only grow.]

“Totally not using his paranoia against him or anything.”

[BURR: And we both know what we know.]

The screen goes to black.

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The screen lights up.

[A. HAMILTON watches BURR, JEFFERSON, and MADISON walk away. He opens the letter in his hand as LAURENS, as a ghost, appears. A. HAMILTON moves back, allowing LAURENS center stage]

"Oh this is going to be emotional," Washington says, pulling out a handkerchief. 

[LAURENS: I saved every letter you wrote me./ From the moment I read them/ I knew you were mine/ You said you were mine/ I thought you were mine.]

"I mean," john sniffs. "Realistically, I knew you'd find a woman to married, but in a war..."

Alex kisses him, holding him close.

[A WOMAN plucks the letter from A. HAMILTON'S hands and hands it to LAURENS. A MAN walks behind LAURENS, peering down at the letter in hand.

LAURENS: Do you know what my father said/ when he caught me setting letters aside?]

"Your father sucks."

"I know love."

[LAURENS: He said/ "Be careful with that one, son/ he's making you more than just smile."

The MAN mimes yelling at LAURENS and takes the letter from him, walking into the dark behind LAURENS.]

The gay couples wince in sympathy.

[LAURENS: You and your words flooded my senses/ Your sentences left me defenseless/ ruining palaces with your paragraphs/ wrecking cathedrals!]

"Screw the Church," Ink mutters. "The art is beautiful but the system is broken."

[LAURENS: I've re-read the letters you wrote me/ I've searched and scanned for lies in every line/ but saw every sign that you were mine.]

"The way he holds so much emotion in his face is incredible."

[LAURENS: And the world seemed to burn.../ burn...]

"Holy shit he's really just pulling on our heartstrings now."

[The MAN brings out a candle and a stack of letters. He starts lighting them on fire and dropping them into a metal bucket.

LAURENS: He'e igniting the letters I wrote you/ He's erasing the truth of us, hiding it from the world!]

"No..."

[LAURENS: in clearing his name, he's ruining our lives!/ Do you know what my father said/ when he found out what we'd done?]

"He destroyed our letters," Alex cries. John nods sadly.

[LAURENS: He said/ "you've fallen for another man/ I can't bear to call you my son"]

"I'm your new father-in-law," Washington says. "He's no father."

[LAURENS: You and your words, pleading impatiently/ My words rendered too reckless/ They're paranoid of the first paragraph/ "To convince you..."

The MAN leaves, LAURENS rushing to the bucket, pulling out a few letters.]

"That represents the few letters we do have by Laurens," Ink supplies.

[LAURENS: You/ you/ you....]

Washington brushes his tears away.

"It's like his heart is breaking on stage."

[LAURENS: They're erasing myself from your narrative/ Letting future historians wonder what we are and where we all started/ they're tearing us apart/ and I'm watching it burn...

On balcony, figures burn letters.]

"Oh my god..."

[LAURENS: watching it burn...]

"He's beyond good, he's incredible."

[LAURENS: The world has no right to my heart/ the world has no right to my mind/ They won't know what I have said/ They're burning the memories/ burning the letters that could have set us free...]

"Are we sure this isn't a tragedy?"

[LAURENS: They're forfeiting my rights to my heart/ they're forfeiting your place in my head/ I'm bound by the chains of this world/ with only the memories of when you were mine...!]

Everyone's crying by this point.

[LAURENS lets the letters in his hands scatter in front of him.

LAURENS: I hope they don't/ burn.....]

The screen goes dark. 

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The screen lights up.

[LAURENS disappears into the back as A. HAMILTON puts the letter into his jacket and takes center stage.

A. HAMILTON: In the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet./ For just a moment,/ A yellow sky.]

“I completely forgot you survived a hurricane up to this point,” Eliza says.

[A. HAMILTON: When I was seventeen, a hurricane destroyed my town,/ I didn't drown./ I couldn't seem to die.]

“Alex...”

[A. HAMILTON: I wrote my way out./ Wrote everything down far as I could see,]

“So that’s how it started...” 

[A. HAMILTON: I wrote my way out,/ I looked up and the town had its eyes on me.]

“Normal considering you’re so outspoken,” Laf jokes.

[A. HAMILTON: They passed a plate around./ Total strangers,/ Moved to kindness by my story.]

“Or where they happy to get rid of you?” Jefferson points out.

“I got out so it doesn’t matter,” Alex replies.

[A. HAMILTON: Raised enough for me to book a passage/ On a ship that was New York bound...]

“Whooo!!”

[A. HAMILTON: I wrote my way out of hell,/ I wrote my way to revolution!]

“I love the focus on what my writing ability has done for me,” Alex comments. “Especially right after a song about letters and the power of words.”

[A. HAMILTON: I was louder than the crack in the bell./ I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell,]

“Interesting, you could take this two ways,” Herc says. “One, he was in love with her and basically made her fall in love, or two, he fabricated their love to cover for his and John’s love.”

“Nice.”

[A. HAMILTON: I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well./ And in the face of ignorance and resistance?/ I wrote financial systems into existence!]

“Rude.”

“I showed you up though!”

“Whatever Hamilton.”

[A. HAMILTON brandishes his letter to LAURENS. A. HAMILTON: And when my prayers to God were met with indifference,/ I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance!]

“Oooo, implying he tried to not fall in love with boys for God but then said fuck it and let himself love.”

[A. HAMILTON: In the eye of a hurricane, there is quiet./ For just a moment,/ A yellow sky.]

“Woah tone change quick!”

[A. HAMILTON: I was twelve when my mother died.]

“Oh no.”

[A. HAMILTON: She was holding me,/ She was sick and she was holding me./ I couldn't seem to die.]

John presses a kiss to Alex’s cheek.

[BURR: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...]

“Why are we hearing my song inside this one?” Burr asks.

[A. HAMILTON: I’ll write my way out

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...]

“Maybe he’s trying to say that Alex should have waited this one time?” Peggy muses.

[A. HAMILTON: Write everything down, far as I can see...]

“The affair...” Maria whispers. “He’s writing the affair down.”

[BURR and ENSEMBLE: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait...

WASHINGTON, ELIZA, MARIA, and ANGELICA over the next line: History has its eyes on you

A. HAMILTON: I’ll write my way out/ Overwhelm them with honesty.]

“Okay now that’s good, reminding him that history is watching him as he makes his biggest mistake yet,” Angelica comments.

[A. HAMILTON: This is the eye of the hurricane!/ This is the only way I can protect my legacy!]

“Very bad idea buddy.”

[COMPANY, not A. HAMILTON: Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait—

A. HAMILTON: The Reynolds Pamphlet.]

The screen goes dark.

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The screen lights up.

[COMPANY: The Reynolds Pamphlet.]

"Oh shit."

[MADISON, JEFFERSON, and ANGELICA: Have you read this?]

"Sadly," half of the group sighs out.

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair,/ And he wrote it down right there.]

"Like an idiot," Peggy grumbles.

[MADISON: Highlights!

A. HAMILTON and JEFFERSON: "The charge against me is a connection/ With one

A. HAMILTON, JEFFERSON, and REYNOLDS: James Reynolds]

"Die you bastard!" Maria yells. Eliza cheers her on.

[A. HAMILTON and JEFFERSON: For purposes of improper speculation

A. HAMILTON, JEFFERSON, and BURR: My real crime is an amorous/ Connection with his wife]

"Oop Burr saying those lines because he did the same thing," Jefferson snickers. "Wonder which one handled it better."

[A. HAMILTON and JEFFERSON: For a considerable time/ With his knowing consent."

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Damn!]

"They are enjoying this way too much," Alex grumbles.

"You better believe it!" Jefferson yells gleefully.

[A. HAMILTON, MADISON, and JEFFERSON: "I had frequent meetings with her./ Most of them at my own house."

BURR: At his own house?

MADISON: At his own house!

PLAYBACK VOICE: Damn!]

"You really said 'I hate myself' right there."

[A. HAMILTON and JEFFERSON: "Mrs. Hamilton with our children/ Being absent, on a visit to her father."

MADISON and BURR: No.

COMPANY: Boo!

MADISON and BURR: Have you read this?]

"Hey!"

"Oh no, you don't get to judge us. At least we had morals, you just broad-casted that you cheated."

[JEFFERSON: Well he's never gon' be president now.

MADISON and BURR: Never gon' be president now.]

Alex sighs.

[JEFFERSON: Well he's never gon' be president now.

MADISON and BURR: Never gon' be president now.

JEFFERSON: Well he's never gon' be president now.

MADISON and BURR: Never gon' be president now.]

"They done rubbing it in?"

[JEFFERSON: That's one less thing to worry about,

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: That's one less thing to worry about!]

"And perfectly set me up to run but whatever," Jefferson laughs.

[ANGELICA: I came as soon as I heard.

JEFFERSON: Whaaaaat?!]

"Ummmm, why did you run away?" Burr asks.

"Because I scare him," Aneglica says.

"No you don't..."

"Yes I do."

[A. HAMILTON: Angelica...

COMPANY: All the way from London?!/ Damn!]

"That is quite impressive that you came all this way."

[A. HAMILTON: Angelica, thank God, someone/ Who understand what I'm/ Struggling here to do!

ANGELICA: I'm not here for you...]

"Yessssss queen."

The screen goes dark. 

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The screen lights up.

[COMPANY move around the edges, leaving ANGELICA and A. HAMILTON center stage.

ANGELICA: Alexander...]

"Oh she is so going to kill me," Alex says.

"Yesssss Queen," Angelica says.

[ANGELICA: Congratulations;/ You've invented a new kind of stupid,]

"Yelling at him right out of the gate, I appreciate that."

[ANGELICA: A damage you can never undo,/ Kind of stupid.]

"And he never did so she's right."

"I'm always right."

[ANGELICA: An open all the cages in the zoo,/ Kind of stupid./ Clearly, you didn't think this through,/ Kind of stupid.]

"She's ripping into him and I love it," Peggy says, munching on popcorn.

[ANGELICA: Let's review.]

"Oh no."

[ANGELICA: You took a rumor a few,/ Maybe two people knew]

"Three people but whatever, this song rocks."

[ANGELICA: And refuted it by sharing an affair/ Of which no one had accused you.]

"At least they heard it from me rather than rumors?"

Angelica throws a pillow at his head.

[ANGELICA: I begged you to take a break,/ You refused to.]

"She did try, so it's all on him."

[ANGELICA: So scared of what your enemies will do to you;/ But you're the only enemy you ever seem to lose to!]

"Well that and a bullet."

"To soon dude, too soon."

"You literally died, like, two hundred years ago. Chill."

[ANGELICA: You know, Jefferson can do what he wants,/ He doesn't dignify schoolyard taunts with a response!]

"I told him that magenta didn't look good on him and he nearly killed me."

[ANGELICA: So yeah, congratulations!

A. HAMILTON: Angelica...]

"Homeboy about to regret letting her into his house."

[ANGELICA: You've redefined your legacy, congratulations!

A. HAMILTON: It was an act of political sacrifice!]

"Ooooo bitch you are not getting out alive."

[ANGELICA: ...Sacrifice?]

"Dear god someone give her a crown she just hit me in the feels with one word."

[ANGELICA: I languished in a loveless marriage in London,/ I lived only to read your letters.]

"Aww that's nice? I guess?"

[ANGELICA: I look at us and think,/ "God, what have we done with our lives,/ And what did it get us?"]

"Oof, felt that."

[ANGELICA: That doesn't wipe the tears or the years away,/ But I'm back in the city/ And I'm here to stay.]

"Don't you dare let him back into your life girl, you're too powerful for that."

[ANGELICA: You know what I'm here to do?

A. HAMILTON: Angelica...]

"Girl don't do it."

[ANGELICA: I'm not here for you.

COMPANY: Ooo]

"Queeeeeeen!"

"Yesssssss!"

"Let him die!!"

[ANGELICA: I know my sister like I know my own mind,/ You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.]

"Niiiice, callback to Helpless."

[ANGELICA: And a million years ago/ She said,/ "This one's mine,"/ So I,/ Stood by...]

"Still hitting us in the heart."

[ANGELICA: Do you know why?!/ I love my sister more than anything in this life!/ I would choose her happiness over mine/ Every time!]

"Sister of the year!"

[ANGELICA: Eliza..!/ Is the best thing in our lives!]

"I agree," Maria says, kissing her girlfriend.

[ANGELICA: And never lose sight of the fact/ That you have been blessed with the best wife!]

"Yessssss, yell at him!!"

[ANGELICA: Congratulations./ For the rest of your life,/ Every sacrifice is for my sister/ Give her the best life!]

"Please tell me she just kills him right now and that's the end of the musical because that'd be awesome."

"That's not accurate at all though."

"Who cares? It'd be iconic."

[ANGELICA: Put what we had aside./ I'm standing at her side.]

"She's just so cool."

[ANGELICA: You could never be satisfied,/ God, I hope you're satisfied!]

The screen goes dark. 

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The screen lights up.

[COMPANY: Ooooh!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Well, he never gon' be president now.

MEN: Never gon' be president now.]

“Annnnnd we’re back to them celebrating Alex’s ruin.”

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Well, he never gon' be president now.

MEN: Never gon' be president now.]

“You know, you don’t have to sound so happy about it.”

“Yeah we do.”

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Well, he never gon' be president now.

MEN: Never gon' be president now.]

“I mean they are right, you don’t become president after this.”

“Rude.”

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Well, he never gon' be president now.

MEN: Never gon' be president now.

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: That’s one less thing to worry about,

JEFFERSON, MADISON, BURR, and ENSEMBLE: That’s one less thing to worry about!]

“Ha! So you call me a threat!”

“Uh.... sure?”

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: Hey...!

ENSEMBLE WOMEN: Well he's never gon' be president now.

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and A. HAMILTON: At least he (I) was honest with our money!]

“Oh yeah, at least he was honest about money. Let’s just ignore the fact that he cheated on his wife with a married woman!”

[ENSEMBLE WOMEN: Well he's never gon' be president now.

ENSEMBLE MEN: Well he's never gon' be president now.]

“They really like rubbing it in.”

“And I’m loving it,” Jefferson cheers.

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: Hey...!

ENSEMBLE WOMEN: Well he's never gon' be president now.

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and A. HAMILTON: At least he (I) was honest with our money!]

“Doesn’t mean he’s actually honest though.”

[ENSEMBLE WOMEN: That’s less thing to worry about,

FULL COMPANY: That's one less thing to worry about!/ The Reynolds Pamphlet.]

“Damn.”

[JEFFERSON, MADISON, and BURR: Have you read this?!/ You ever see someone ruin their own life?]

“Yep,” everyone but Alex says.

[COMPANY (except A. HAMILTON and ELIZA): His poor wife.]

“Ooooo, please tell me she’s getting her own song.”

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[ELIZA: I saved every letter you wrote me,/ From the moment I read them/ I knew you were mine.]

"Is this Eliza's version, where she talks about how Alex cheated on her, compared to John's, where he talks about how their relationship was hidden from the world?" Washington asks.

"Yep," Ink confirms.

[ELIZA: You said you were mine./ I thought you were mine.]

"Oof." 

[ELIZA: Do you know what Angelica said,/ When we saw your first letter arrive?]

"I know what I wish I'd said," Angelica mutters.

[ELIZA: She said/ “Be careful with that one, love,/ He will do what it takes to survive.”]

"And oh boy did he," Peggy grumbles.

[ELIZA: You and your words flooded my senses,/ Your sentences left me defenseless./ You built me palaces out of paragraphs,/ You built cathedrals.]

"Pretty cool how she's talking about him building things," Jefferson says.

"When in John's song he talked about Hamilton destroying the same things," Madison finishes.

"Reference to people claiming gays destroy the 'natural order' or whatever," Ink explains.

[ELIZA: I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me,/ I’m searching and scanning for answers/ In every line/ For some kind of sign.]

"That he'd be a cheating bastard?" Peggy guesses. "Wish there had been."

[ELIZA: And when you were mine,/ The world seemed to/ Burn.../ Burn...]

"Her voice..."

[ELIZA: You published the letters she wrote you./ You told the whole world how you brought/ That girl into our bed.]

"She is pissed and I am in love."

[ELIZA: In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives!]

"Accurate."

[ELIZA: Do you know what Angelica said,/ When she read what you’d done?]

"Yelled profanities until I died?" Alex guesses.

"Yep," Angelica says.

[ELIZA: She said/ “You have married an Icarus./ He has flown too close to the sun.”]

"Love the poetic-ness of it, but I definitely was cursing him out."

[ELIZA: You and your words, obsessed with your legacy...]

"Seriously though, she has a point."

[ELIZA: Your sentences border on senseless!/ And you are paranoid in every paragraph!]

"Never write when feeling an extreme emotion, it bleeds into what you write waaaaay too much."

[ELIZA: Because heaven forbid someone whispers,/ “He’s part of some scheme”/ your enemy whispers so you have to scream!]

"Oooooo"

[ELIZA: Obsessed with/ How they perceive you...]

"Yessssss, rage sing Queen!"

[ELIZA: You, you, you…]

"I would die for her, that voice..." Peggy mimes fainting.

[ELIZA: I’m erasing myself from the narrative.]

"Okay but the difference between the two? How John was being forced out while she choose to take herself out of the picture?" Herc points out.

[ELIZA: Let future historians wonder how Eliza/ Reacted when you broke her heart,/ You have torn it all apart!]

"Is she burning those letters?" 

[ELIZA: I am watching it/ Burn.../ Watching it burn...]

"Holy shit she is!"

[ELIZA: The world has no right to my heart!/ The world has no place in our bed!/ They don’t get to know what I said!]

"Iconic."

[ELIZA: I’m burning the memories,/ Burning the letters that might have redeemed you!]

"Smart. Don't go back to him, he doesn't deserve you," Maria says, kissing her girlfriend. 

[ELIZA: You forfeit all rights to my heart!/ You forfeit the place in our bed!]

"Good, good, kick him out of there."

[ELIZA: You'll sleep in your office instead/ With only the memories/ Of when you were mine!]

"I'm sobbing does anyone have a tissue?"

[ELIZA: I hope that you... burn...]

"They're like two sides of the same coin. John loves Alex and hopes their relationship lives on, whereas Eliza hates him and hopes no one finds out how she reacted." 

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

"Quick reminder everyone," Ink says, "The actor for Laurens is the same for Philip, and you're going to want some tissues for the second half of this."

"Wait, didn't Philip die sometime after the affair?" Maria asks.

Eliza and Alex share a look. "He did..." Eliza says.

[PHILIP: Meet the latest graduate of King’s College!/ I pro'lly shouldn’t brag, but, dag, I amaze and astonish.]

"He sounds just like you Hamilton," Jefferson snips.

[PHILIP: The scholars say I got the same virtuosity and brains as my pops,/ The ladies say my brain’s not where the resemblance stops.]

"Exactly like you," Jefferson drawls. "You sure he wasn't your clone?"

[PHILIP: I’m only nineteen but my mind is older!/ Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder.]

"Literally one of the worst ideas ever."

[PHILIP: I shoulder his legacy with pride,]

"Bad idea kid!"

[PHILIP: I used to hear him say,/ That someday,/ I would-

ENSEMBLE: Blow us all away!]

"Awwwww."

[PHILIP: Ladies, I’m lookin' for a Mr. George Eacker,/ Made a speech last week, our Fourth of July speaker.]

"Asshole."

"Legend."

[PHILIP: He disparaged my father’s legacy in front of a crowd,/ I can’t have that, I’m making my father proud.]

"Hot-headedly running to yell at someone? Yeah that sounds right."

[WOMAN: I saw him just up Broadway a couple of blocks,/ He was goin’ to see a play.

PHILIP: Well, I’ll go visit his box.]

"Interrupting a ply to yell at someone? Also very on brand."

[SECOND WOMAN: God, you’re a fox.

PHILIP: And y’all look pretty good in ya’ frocks,/ How ‘bout when I get back, we all strip down to our socks?

BOTH: Ok!]

"He gets his moves from his dad."

"No he doesn't, you're awful at flirting in the beginning."

"Hey!"

[COMPANY: Blow us all away!

PHILIP: George!

EACKER: Shh!]

"Poor guy, just wants to enjoy his play."

[PHILIP: George!

EACKER: Shh! I’m tryin’ to watch the show!]

"Who are staring at you rudely too. Love their looks."

[PHILIP: You shoulda watched your mouth before you/ Talked about my father though!

EACKER: I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true./ Your father’s a scoundrel, and so, it seems, are you.]

"Burrrrrrrrn!"

[ENSEMBLE: Ooooooooooh!

PHILIP: It’s like that?

EACKER: Yeah, I don’t fool around,]

"He's going to do something stupid."

[EACKER: I’m not your little schoolboy friends.

PHILIP: See you on the dueling ground!/ That is, unless you wanna step outside and go now?]

"Called it."

[EACKER: I know where to find you, piss off,/ I’m watchin’ this show now.]

"This is going to end so well."

[PHILIP: Pops, if you had only heard the shit he said about you!/ I doubt you would have let it slide and I was not about to.]

"Aka: I'm too much like you."

[A. HAMILTON: Slow down.]

"Kinda funny that he's telling his son to slow down when he refuses to slow down himself."

[PHILIP: I came to ask you for advice. This is my very first duel./ They don’t exactly cover this subject in boarding school.]

"But they do cover gunman drills so you know, priorities," Ink mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: Did your friends attempt to negotiate a peace?

PHILIP: He refused to apologize, we had to let the peace talks cease.]

"Did you really try to talk peace?" Angelica muses. "Or did you just yell at him then leave?"

[A. HAMILTON: Where is this happening?

PHILIP: Across the river, in Jersey.

A. HAMILTON and PHILIP: Everything is legal in New Jersey...]

"Not true anymore," Ink warns. "So don't even think about it."

[A. HAMILTON: Alright... so this is what you’re gonna do:/ Stand there like a man until Eacker is in front of you.]

"Ah yes, because standing like a man will do so much."

[A. HAMILTON: When the time comes, fire your weapon in the air./ This will put an end to the whole affair.]

"Heh, affair."

[PHILIP: But what if he decides to shoot? Then I’m a goner.]

"Very true."

[A. HAMILTON: No, he’ll follow suit if he’s truly a man of honor.]

Everyone side eyes Burr. "Hey!"

[A. HAMILTON: To take someone’s life, that is something you can’t shake./ Philip, your mother can’t take another heartbreak.]

"Yeah because of you!"

[PHILIP: Father—

A. HAMILTON: Promise me; you don’t want this/ Young man’s blood on your conscience.

PHILIP: Okay, I promise.]

"Why do I get the feeling something bad's gonna happen?"

[A. HAMILTON: Come back home when you’re done./ Take my guns. Be smart. Make me proud, son.]

"something bad is definitely about to happen."

[PHILIP: My name is Philip./ I am a poet./ I’m a little nervous, but I can’t show it.]

"His adorable rap..."

[PHILIP: I’m sorry, I’m a Hamilton with pride,]

"All Hamiltons have pride though."

"Shut up!"

[PHILIP: You talk about my father, I cannot let it slide!/ Mister Eacker! How was the rest of your show?]

"Polite to a fault."

[EACKER: I’d rather skip the pleasantries,/ Let’s go.]

"Rude."

[EACKER: Grab your pistol.

PHILIP: Confer with your men./ The duel will commence after we count to ten.]

"Why does that sound ominous?"

[ENSEMBLE: Count to ten!

PHILIP: Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher.]

"Oh, is this a reprise of The Ten Duel Commandments?"

[PHILIP: Summon all the courage you require./ Then slowly and clearly aim your gun towards the sky!]

"He's really following through with it."

[MEN: One two three four

ENSEMBLE: Five six seven—

SHOT FIRES]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[WOMEN: Stay alive.../ Stay alive.../ Stay alive...]

“Oh no...”

[A. HAMILTON: Where is my son?!

DOCTOR: Mr. Hamilton, come in. They brought him in a half an hour ago./ He lost a lot of blood on the way over—]

“Oh my god.”

[A. HAMILTON: Is he alive?!

DOCTOR: Yes, but you have to understand,/ The bullet entered just above his hip and/ Lodged in his right arm.]

“That bastard shot early!”

“Sit down Thomas!” Madison hisses.

[A. HAMILTON: Can I see him, please?]

“He sounds like he’s about to break down on stage.”

[DOCTOR: I’m doing everything I can, but the wound was/ Already infected when he arrived—]

“No...”

[A. HAMILTON: Philip.

PHILIP: Pa.]

“Fuck I’m too emotional for nothing to have happened yet.”

[PHILIP: I did exactly as you said, Pa/ I held my head up high.

A. HAMILTON: I know, I know. Shh/ I know, I know./ Shh. I know you did/ Everything just right.]

“He’s trying to be strong but he’s clearly a hair away from sobbing.”

John hugs Alex closer.

[PHILIP: Even before we got to ten—/ I was aiming for the sky,

A. HAMILTON: Shh/ I know, I know.

PHILIP: I was aiming for the sky...]

“Someone give this guy a metal because I’m sobbing.”

[A. HAMILTON: Shh/ I know, I know./ I know, I know./ Save your strength and

A. HAMILTON and MEN: Stay alive....]

“There are shivers up my spine and tears on my face.”

[ELIZA: No!

A. HAMILTON: Eliza!

ELIZA: Is he breathing? Is he going to survive this?]

“She looks ready to kill anyone.”

[MEN: Stay alive....

ELIZA: Who did this, Alexander, did you know?!]

“Oh boy is so scared.”

[PHILIP: Mom, I’m so sorry for forgetting what you taught me.

ELIZA: My son...]

“IT WASN’T YOUR FAULT PLEASE DON’T DIE!”

[PHILIP: We played piano.

ELIZA: I taught you piano.]

“Adorable mom-son moment.”

[PHILIP: You would put your hands on mine.

ELIZA: You changed the melody every time.

PHILIP: I would always change the line.]

“He would,” Eliza sobs, curling up into her girlfriend.

[ELIZA: Shh. I know, I know.

PHILIP: I would always change the line...]

“Fuck, the emotion is his voice alone...”

[ELIZA: I know, I know./ I know, I know.../ Un deux trois quatre

PHILIP: Un deux trois quatre]

“They’re counting the piano line from before,” Angelica realizes.

[ELIZA: Cinq six sept huit neuf

PHILIP: Cinq six sept huit neuf]

“I don’t think I can watch,” Herc admits, looking away.

[ELIZA: Good./ Un deux trois quatre

PHILIP: Un deux trois...

ELIZA: Cinq six sept/ Huit neuf.]

“He stopped?”

[ELIZA: Sept huit neuf/ Sept huit...

ELIZA screams.]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[ANGELICA: There are moments that the words don't reach,/ There is suffering too terrible to name./ You hold your child as tight as you can/ And push away the unimaginable.]

The group nods in agreement.

[ANGELICA: There are moments when you're in so deep,/ It feels easier to just swim down.]

"God, this is so true."

[ANGELICA and ENSEMBLE: The Hamiltons move uptown/ And learn to live with the unimaginable.]

"Which went sooooo well," Eliza mutters shakily.

[A. HAMILTON: I spend hours in the garden./ I walk alone to the store/ And it's quiet uptown./ I never liked the quiet before.]

"Very true."

[A. HAMILTON: I take the children to church on Sunday,/ A sign of the cross at the door,/ And I pray./ That never used to happen before.]

"Also true," John says.

[ANGELICA and WOMEN: If you see him the street,/ Walking by himself,/ Talking to himself,/ Have pity.]

"Don't we all already?"

"Hush."

[A. HAMILTON: Philip, you would like it uptown,/ It's quiet uptown.]

"You talking about quiet is honestly scary," Herc comments.

[ANGELICA and WOMEN: He is working through the unimaginable.

MEN: His hair has gone grey./ He passes every day./ They say he walks the length of the city.]

"There's a reason there's no word for losing a child," Burr quietly says.

[A. HAMILTON: You knock me out, I fall apart. 

ENSEMBLE: Can you imagine?]

"Duh, we've been there."

[A. HAMILTON: Look at where we are,/ Look at where we started./ I know I don't deserve you, Eliza.]

"Damn right you don't."

[A. HAMILTON: But hear me out, that would be enough.]

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh, maybe."

[A. HAMILTON: If I could spare his life,/ If I could trade his life for mine,/ He'd be standing here right now,/ And you would smile, and that would be enough.]

"Also I'd get to finally be dead but whatever."

[A. HAMILTON: I don't pretend to know,/ The challenges we're facing./ I know there's no replacing what we've lost]

"You better believe it boy."

[A. HAMILTON: And you need time./ But I'm not afraid./ I know who I married.]

"I mean I hope so?"

[A. HAMILTON: Just let me stay here by your side,/ That would be enough.]

"Nice."

[ENSEMBLE: If you see him in the street,/ Walking by her side,/ Talking by her side,/ Have pity.]

"Yep, because he has no chance."

[A. HAMILTON: Eliza, do you like it uptown?/ It's quiet uptown.

ENSEMBLE: He is trying to do the unimaginable.]

"What, win over a wife after helping your son die? Yeah he's doomed."

[ENSEMBLE: See them walking in the park, long after dark,/ Taking in the sights of the city.

A. HAMILTON: Look around, look around, Eliza...

ENSEMBLE: They are trying to do the unimaginable.]

"Absolutely doomed."

[ANGELICA: There are moments that the words don't reach./ There is a grace too powerful to name.]

"Oh, she's forgiving him."

"To be fair, I did accept the matter."

"Stilllllllll."

[ANGELICA: We push away what we can never understand,/ We push away the unimaginable./ They are standing in the garden./ Alexander by Eliza's side.]

"Oh cool, a flip on the 'wife by husband's side' usual thing."

[ANGELICA: She takes his hand...

ELIZA: It's quiet uptown.]

"Dammmmmmmn, good for her, but dammmmmmmn."

[ENSEMBLE: Forgiveness.../ Can you imagine?]

"I mean, kinda but not really."

[ENSEMBLE: Forgiveness.../ Can you imagine?/ If you see him in the street,]

"Punch him in the face because he's awful? Yes, yes I will."

"Shut up Jefferson."

[ENSEMBLE: Walking by her side,/ Talking by her side,/ Have pity./ They are going through the unimaginable...]

The screen goes dark.

Chapter Text

The screen lights up.

[ENSEMBLE: The election of 1800.

JEFFERSON: Can we get back to politics?

MADISON: Please?!]

“To be fair, it was a very emotional song,” Madison points out.

[JEFFERSON: Yo. Every action has an equal, opposite reaction./ John Adams shat the bed. I love the guy, but he's in traction.]

“Excuse me?”

“HE’S IRRELEVANT, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I LOVE JAMIE!!”

“I know, just messing with you.” 

[JEFFERSON: Poor Alexander Hamilton? He is missing in action./ So now I’m facing—

JEFFERSON and MADISON: Aaron Burr—

JEFFERSON: With his own faction.]

“Hey!”

“I meant what what that actor said.”

[MADISON: He's very attractive in the North. New Yorkers like his chances.]

“Yeah, ‘cause I’m one of them!”

[JEFFERSON: He's not very forthcoming on any particular stances.]

“Shhh Burr, stop trying to climb the couches.”

[MADISON: Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances!]

“I don’t dance!”

“With your words? Yes. As for your actual dancing... yeah no you suck.”

“Shut up.”

[JEFFERSON: And they say I’m a Francophile? At least they know I know where France is!]

“Thomas...”

“The shrine is nothing more than a healthy appreciation!!”

[MADISON: Thomas, that's the problem. See, they see Burr as a less extreme you.

JEFFERSON: Ha!]

“Mmm, sounds fake but okay.”

[MADISON: You need to change course, a key endorsement might redeem you.

JEFFERSON: Who did you have in mind?]

Alex sighs. “Oh no.”

[MADISON: Don't laugh.

JEFFERSON: Who is it?

MADISON: You used to work on the same staff.]

“Reasonably it’s probably Alex but like... they hate each other so maybe not?”

[JEFFERSON: Whaaaaaaaat?!

MADISON: It might be nice, it might be nice.../ To get Hamilton on your side.]

“So Jefferson’s actor clearly knows Jefferson because that’s his same reaction.”

[JEFFERSON and MADISON: It might be nice, it might be nice.../ To get Hamilton on your side.]

“It was good but like, ew.”

[BURR: Talk less!

ENSEMBLE: Burr!]

“Wait... isn’t that the stuff he told Alex in the beginning?”

[BURR: Smile more!

ENSEMBLE: Burr!

BURR: Don't let 'em know what you’re against or what you're for

ENSEMBLE: Burr!]

“Terrible way to politic but okay.”

[BURR: Shake hands with him!

ENSEMBLE: Burr!

BURR: Charm her!

ENSEMBLE: Burr!]

“Okay but that does work wonders.”

[BURR: It's 1800, ladies, tell your husbands: vote for 

BURR and ENSEMBLE: Burr!]

“Ew, the patriarchy.”

[MAN #1: I don't like Adams.

WOMAN #1: Well, he's gonna lose! That's just defeatist.]

“Down with Adams!”

“Alex, calm down.”

[MAN #2: And Jefferson—

MEN #3&4: In love with France!]

“I’m actually in love with Jamie over here but whatever.”

[WOMAN #2: Yeah, he's so elitist!]

“fUCKING FIGHT ME!”

[WOMEN #3&4: I like that Aaron Burr!

WOMAN #5: I can't believe we're here with him!]

“Why?”

[MAN #5: He seems approachable?

MAN #6: Like you could grab a beer with him!]

“Um... okay then.”

[ENSEMBLE: Dear Mr. Hamilton, your fellow Federalists would like to know how you'll be voting.]

“Because making your own choices doesn’t matter?? I guess??”

[A. HAMILTON: It's quiet uptown...

ENSEMBLE: Dear Mr. Hamilton, John Adams doesn’t stand a chance, so who are you promoting?]

“He just wants to be left alone, sobbing in the streets people.”

[A. HAMILTON: It's quiet uptown...

MEN: Jefferson or Burr?

WOMEN: Jefferson or Burr?

ENSEMBLE: We know it's lose-lose.]

“Hey!”

“I mean, true.”

“EXCUSE ME?!”

[MEN: Jefferson or Burr?

WOMEN: Jefferson or Burr?/ But if you had to choose!]

“I do love the overlap in these lines.”

[VOTERS (MEN): Dear Mr. Hamilton: (Jefferson or Burr?)/ John Adams doesn't stand a chance (Jefferson or Burr?) so who are you promoting?/ But if you had to choose!]

“They’re super desperate aren’t them?”

[A. HAMILTON: Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. Sir!

BURR: Alexander!]

“Stop the sir’s, please!”

[A. HAMILTON: You’ve created quite a stir, sir!

BURR: I’m going door to door!]

“I mean, good for you, but why do we care?”

[A. HAMILTON: You're openly campaigning?

BURR: Sure!]

“Well are you or aren’t you?!”

[A. HAMILTON: That's new.

BURR: Honestly, it's kinda draining.]

“Then why do it??”

[A. HAMILTON: Burr—

BURR: Sir!

A. HAMILTON: Is there anything you wouldn't do?

BURR: No. I'm chasing what I want,]

“Wrong answer.”

[BURR: And you know what?

A. HAMILTON: What?

BURR: I learned that from you.]

“If you learn anything from him, ignore it because you’ll be left drunk at a bar with your leg stuck in a chair,” Herc grumbles.

[ENSEMBLE: If you had to choose./ If you had to choose.

MADISON: It's a tie...]

“God I hated waiting for the results.”

[ENSEMBLE: If you had to choose./ If you had to choose.

JEFFERSON: It's up to the delegates.]

“He sounds so resign, it’s kinda sad.”

[ENSEMBLE: If you had to choose,/ If you had to choose.

JEFFERSON and MADISON: It's up to Hamilton!]

“Oof, good luck then.”

[VOTERS: If you had to choose!

MEN: Jefferson or Burr?

WOMEN: Jefferson or Burr?

ENSEMBLE: Choose,/ Choose,/ Choose!]

“The tension is high and I’m loving the music!”

[ENSEMBLE: Jefferson or Burr?/ Choose,/ Choose,/ Choose!

A. HAMILTON: Yo! 

ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“Is he done sobbing in the street?”

[A. HAMILTON: The people are asking to hear my voice!

ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“They don’t want to hear your stupid voice.”

[A. HAMILTON: For the country is facing a difficult choice!

ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“Technically this isn’t an insult, but still.”

[A. HAMILTON: And if you were to ask me who I'd promote—

ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“C’mon, tell us!”

[A. HAMILTON: —Jefferson has my vote!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and ENSEMBLE: Oh!?]

“OH?!”

[A. HAMILTON: I have never agreed with Jefferson once! 

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“Understatement of the century.”

[A. HAMILTON: We have fought on like seventy-five different fronts!

JEFFERSON, MADISON, and ENSEMBLE: Oh!]

“Accurate.”

[A. HAMILTON: But when all is said and all is done,/ Jefferson has beliefs; Burr has none.

ENSEMBLE: Ooooooo]

“Oh that burns.”

[MADISON and JEFFERSON: Well, I'll be damned,/ Well, I'll be damned.

MADISON: Hamilton's on your side.

ENSEMBLE: Well, I'll be damned,/ Well, I'll be damned!]

“Yeah, I didn’t think that’d actually happen.”

[JEFFERSON: And?

MADISON: You won in a landslide.]

“Yessssssssssssssssssssss.”

[BURR: Congrats on a race well-run./ I did give you a fight.

JEFFERSON: Uh-huh.]

“You suck!” Jefferson calls out.

“Shut up!”

[BURR: I look forward to our partnership.

JEFFERSON: Our partnership?]

“The only partner in my life is Jamie!”

[BURR: As your Vice President.

JEFFERSON: Ha. Yeah, right!/ You hear this guy? Man openly campaigns against me, talkin' bout, 'I look forward to our partnership"!]

“It doesn’t work like that anymore, thankfully,” Ink says. “Nothing would ever work if that happened.”

[MADISON: It’s crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be Vice President.

JEFFERSON: Ooh! Ya know what? We can change that! Ya know why?]

“Because you have all the power now?”

[MADISON: Why?

[JEFFERSON: ‘Cuz I'm the President.]

“Called it.”

[JEFFERSON: Hey, Burr, when you see Hamilton, thank him for the endorsement.]

“Oh shit that’s brutal.”

The screen goes dark.

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The screen lights up.

[BURR: How does Hamilton,/ An arrogant/ Immigrant, orphan/ Bastard, whoreson!]

“Wow, they just keep getting worse and meaner as this goes on,” Alex grumbles.

[BURR: Somehow endorse/ Thomas Jefferson, his enemy,/ A man he’s despised since the beginning,/ Just to keep me from winning?!]

“HOW DOES IT FEEL, BITCH!?” Jefferson yells, Madison fighting to keep him in his seat.

[BURR: I wanna be in the room where it happens...

BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happens,/ The room where it happens.]

“Oooo, reference to his solo.”

[BURR: You’ve kept me from—

BURR and COMPANY: The room where it happens— 

BURR: For the last time...]

“Ominous, very ominous.”

[BURR: Dear Alexander:/ I am slow to anger/ But I toe the line/ As I reckon with the effects/ Of your life on mine.]

“Oof.”

[BURR: I look back on where I failed/ And in every place I checked/ The only common thread has been your disrespect.]

“Doubt it.”

[BURR: Now you call me “amoral,”/ A “dangerous disgrace”./ If you’ve got something to say/ Name a time and place,/ Face to face.]

“You wanna go bitch?!”

“Alexander, calm down.”

[BURR: I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant,/ A dot Burr.]

“I love the difference in his tone from the actual contents to this sarcastic politeness.”

[A. HAMILTON: Mr. Vice President:/ I am not the reason no one trusts you,/ No one knows what you believe./ I will not equivocate on my opinion,/ I have always worn it on my sleeve.]

“Yeah, you haven’t changed much.”

[A. HAMILTON: Even if I said what you think I said/ You would need to cite a more specific grievance./ Here’s an itemized list of thirty years of disagreements!

BURR: Sweet Jesus...]

“Sweet Jesus is right, holy shit.”

[A. HAMILTON: Hey, I have not been shy/ I am just a guy in the public eye/ Tryna' to do my best for our republic!/ I don’t wanna fight,]

“Bullshit!”

[A. HAMILTON: But I won’t apologize for doing what’s right.]

“Yeah that sounds like you.”

[A. HAMILTON: I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant,/ A dot Ham.]

“Again with the sarcastic politeness, I love it!!”

[BURR: Careful how you proceed, good man,/ Intemperate indeed, good man,/ Answer for the accusations I lay at your feet or/ Prepare to bleed, good man!]

“That’s not threatening at all.”

[A. HAMILTON: Burr, your grievance is legitimate/ I stand by what I said, every bit of it./ You stand only for yourself,/ It’s what you do./ I can’t apologize because it’s true.]

“Dammmmmmmn.”

[BURR: Then stand, Alexander./ Weehawken. Dawn./ Guns. Drawn.]

“Oh shit!”

[A. HAMILTON: You’re on.]

“Wait, didn’t Burr kill you?”

“Oh. Oh shit.”

[BURR and A. HAMILTON: I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant!

A. HAMILTON: A dot Ham.

BURR: A dot Burr.]

“Those beats...”

The screen goes black.

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The screen lights up.

[A. HAMILTON sits at his desk, LAURENS with a hand on his shoulder.

ELIZA approaches A. HAMILTON and LAURENS retreats to the side.

ELIZA: Alexander, come back to sleep.]

“Oh dang, he got caught thinking about his dead boyfriend.”

[A. HAMILTON: I have an early meeting out of town.

ELIZA: It's still dark outside.]

“She knows something’s up.”

[A. HAMILTON: I know, I just need to write something down...

ELIZA: Why do you write like you're running out of time?]

“Because I am.”

[A. HAMILTON: Shh

ELIZA: Come back to bed. That would be enough.

A. HAMILTON: I'll be back before you know I'm gone.]

“Yeah no you weren’t.”

[ELIZA: Well, I'm going back to sleep.]

“A woman who has her priorities right.”

[A. HAMILTON: Hey./ Best of wives and best of women...]

“Awww.”

[ELIZA fades into the back as A. HAMILTON stands up and puts his letters away in the desk.

LAURENS approaches again, standing close to A. HAMILTON, who watches him like one would a hallucination.

LAURENS: Go back to sleep Alexander...]

“Why is it that every time someone sings his full name it’s so hauntingly beautiful?”

[A. HAMILTON: Wait for me, that would be enough.]

“Someone stab me in the heart, it’d hurt less.”

[A. HAMILTON reaches for LAURENS but doesn’t quite touch him, then walks off stage. 

LAURENS watches him leave before fading into the wings.]

The screen goes dark.

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The screen lights up. 

[MALE COMPANY: One two three four—

FULL COMPANY, except A. HAMILTON and BURR: Five six seven eight nine—]

"Oh shit."

[BURR: There are ten things you need to know.

COMPANY: Number one!]

"He's gonna die, calling it now," Peggy says.

[BURR: We rowed across the Hudson at dawn,/ My friend William P. Van Ness signed on as my —

BURR and COMPANY: Number two!

BURR: Hamilton arrived with his crew:/ Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew.]

"Please tell me it wasn't the same doctor that treated your son," Laf mutters.

"I- honestly can't remember if he was," Alex admits.

[LAURENS, in white, watches on from A. HAMILTON'S side of the stage.

COMPANY: Number three!

BURR: I watched Hamilton examine the terrain./ I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in his brain./ This man has poisoned my political pursuits!]

"No I didn't!" 

[COMPANY: Most disputes die and no one shoots!]

"Literally every single one of these duels so far have ended with someone getting shot."

[COMPANY: Number four!

BURR: Hamilton drew first position,/ Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission./ This is a soldier with a marksman's ability.]

"Questioning your decision to shoot him?"

"Perhaps."

[BURR: The doctor turned around so he could have deniability.]

"Oh me? No no, I didn't see two middle age politicians try to murder each other."

"Exactly, he didn't see them, so he has deniability." 

[COMPANY: Five!

BURR: Now I didn't know this at the time, but we were—

BURR, PHILIP, and A. HAMILTON: Near the same spot your (my) son died,/ is that why—!]

"No..."

[COMPANY: Six!

BURR: He examined his gun with such rigor./ I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger.]

"Oh god."

[COMPANY: Seven!

BURR: Confession time? Here's what I got:/ My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot.]

"And you proposed a duel??"

"I was mad okay?!"

[COMPANY: Number eight!

BURR, A. HAMILTON, and MEN: Your last chance to negotiate!/ Send in your seconds see if they can set the record straight!]

"But they won't, will they?"

[BURR: They won't teach you this in your classes,/ But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses./ Why? If not to take deadly aim?!]

"Uh, because he's old and needs old man glasses to see anything."

[BURR: It's him or me, the world will never be the same./ I had only one thought before the slaughter:/ This man will not make an orphan of my daughter!]

"She was already married by the time this duel happened, bitch."

"Still..."

[COMPANY: Number nine!

BURR: Look him in the eye, aim no higher./ Summon all the courage your require!/ Then count:]

"I am not emotionally ready for this to be the end," Herc grumbles.

[COMPANY: One two three four five six seven eight nine/ Number ten paces! Fire—

BURR fires his shot, SCENE FREEZES]

"HOLY SHIT!"

[A. HAMILTON: I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory./ Is this where it gets me, on my/ Feet, several feet ahead of me?]

"Always needing the last word, Alexander."

"You know dad."

[A. HAMILTON: I see it coming, do I run or fire my gun or let it be?]

"Always run."

[A. HAMILTON: There is no beat, no melody.]

"Woah, he's right. It's dead silent besides for his voice. It's just him, for once."

[A. HAMILTON: Burr, my first friend, my enemy/ May be the last face I ever see.]

"Sadly."

[A. HAMILTON: If I throw away my shot, is this/ How you remember me?/ What if this bullet is my legacy?]

"Oh god, not the legacy talk again. For once in your life can you not worry about your legacy?"

[A. HAMILTON: Legacy. What is a legacy?/ It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.]

"Fuck that's pretty."

[A. HAMILTON: I wrote some notes at the/ Beginning of a song someone will sing for me./ America, you great unfinished symphony,/ You sent for me!]

"Man, I wish I had that kind of love for America anymore," Ink mutters.

[A. HAMILTON: You let me make a difference./ A place where even orphan immigrants can leave/ Their fingerprints and rise up!]

"Immigrants!" Laf and Alex cheer.

[A. HAMILTON: I'm running out of time, I'm running and/ My time's up!/ Wise up! Eyes up.]

"Gods this is haunting."

[A. HAMILTON: I catch a glimpse of the other side./ Laurens leads a soldiers' chorus on the other side,]

"I'm not crying," John lies."

[A. HAMILTON: My son is on the other side!/ They're with my mother on the other side!/ Washington is watching from the other side.]

"I'm honored," Washington chokes out.

[A. HAMILTON: Teach me how to say goodbye...]

"He then preceded to monologue for the next half hour," Thomas jokes, sniffing and discreetly wiping the tears from his face.

[A. HAMILTON: Rise up, rise up, rise up,/ Eliza!]

"That look..."

[A. HAMILTON: My dear, take your time./ We'll see you on the other side.]

"We? We?!"

"I think he's referring to himself and Philip," Angelica says.

[A. HAMILTON raises his pistol. 

A. HAMILTON: Raise a glass to freedom...]

"He sang my line," John gasps.

[BURR and COMPANY: He aims his pistol at the sky—

BURR: Wait!]

"Oh god..."

[SCENE BEGINS, BURR fires his shot and it hits A. HAMILTON. LAURENS runs to his side and continues to follow his body throughout the song.]

There are screams and strangled sobs.

[BURR: I strike him right between his ribs./ I walk towards him, but I am ushered away./ They row him back across the Hudson./ I get a drink.]

"A drink," Maria giggles, half hysterical. "A fucking drink. Actually, I could use a drink right now."

[COMPANY: Aaaah.../ Aaaah.../ Aaaah...

BURR: I hear wailing in the streets...]

"I didn't know you where that well liked Hamilton," Jefferson jokes, though it doesn't have the usual bite his jabs usually have.

[COMPANY: Aaaah.../Aaaah.../ Aaaah...

BURR: Somebody tells me, "You better hide"...]

"And I did."

[COMPANY: Aaaah.../ Aaaah.../ Aaaah...

BURR: They say

BURR and ANGELICA: Angelica and Eliza—

BURR: Were both at his side when he died.]

"And we were," the sisters say.

[BURR: Death doesn't discriminate/ Between the sinners and the saints./ It takes and it takes and it takes and/ History obliterates.]

"Raw fucking lines."

[BURR: In every picture it paints,/ It paints me and all my mistakes.]

"You did lose the election, get kicked out of your role as vice president, and kill a famous politician." 

[BURR: When Alexander aimed at the sky,/ He may have been the first one to die,/ But I'm the one who paid for it.]

"Surviving is harder than living," Washington agrees.

[BURR: I survived, but I paid for it.]

"Sometimes that's all it feels like we do."

[BURR: Now I'm the villain in your history./ I was too young and blind to see...]

"You were literally in your fifties."

"Actually I was in my late forties."

"Whatever, close enough."

[BURR: I should've known,/ I should've known/ The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.]

"Oh now he realizes that?"

[BURR: The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.]

The screen goes dark.

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The screen lights up.

[WASHINGTON: Let me tell you what I wished I'd known,/ When I was young and dreamed of glory./ You have no control

COMPANY: Who lives, who dies, who tells your story...]

“This is both beautiful and chilling.”

[BURR: President Jefferson.

JEFFERSON: I'll give him this,/ His financial system is a work of genius./ I couldn't undo it if I tried;]

“Awww Jefferson!”

[JEFFERSON: And... I tried.]

“I take it back, you’re a bitch.”

Jefferson shoots him the bird.

[COMPANY: Who lives, who dies, who tells your story...

BURR: President Madison.]

“THAT’S MY MAN!!”

[MADISON: He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity./ I hate to admit it,/ But he doesn't get enough credit for all the credit he gave us.]

“Classic word play, love it.”

[COMPANY: Who lives, who dies, who tells your story...

ANGELICA: Every other founding father's story gets told,/ Every other founding father gets to grow old.]

“I got the short end of the stick,” Alex shrugs. “Not so bad, I get to hang with my boyfriend.”

[BURR: But when you're gone, who remembers your name?/ Who keeps your flame?/ Who tells your story?]

“Hmm, aka legacy.”

[COMPANY: Who tells your story?/ Who tells your story?

WOMEN: Eliza...]

“Woo!! That’s my girl!!”

[ELIZA: I put myself back in the narrative.

WOMEN: Eliza...

ELIZA: I stop wasting time on tears,/ I live another fifty years/ It's not enough.]

“Oh sure, when our son dies you cry but when I die you say ‘fuck him’ and live another fifty years.”

“Remember when your boyfriend died and you never got over it?”

“THAT’S A FUCKING LOW BLOW!”

“FUCKING FIGHT ME ALEXANDER!”

“No need to fight kids,” Washington says calmly. “Stand down kids.”

[WOMEN: Eliza...

ELIZA: I interview every soldier who fought by your side.]

“Oh shit she knows.”

“Oh shit is right boys.”

[LAFAYETTE and MULLIGAN: She tells our story....]

“Okay but they’re holding hands!!”

[ELIZA: I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings,/ I think I understand now

LAURENS: She knows our story!]

“My heart!”

[ELIZA: You really do you write like you're running out of

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time...]

“He always is.”

“I always am.”

[ELIZA: I rely on

ELIZA and ANGELICA: Angelica...

ELIZA: While she's alive

ELIZA and ANGELICA: We tell your story.]

“That’s awfully nice of you.”

“Eliza wanted to, I couldn’t just say no to her.”

[ELIZA: She is buried in Trinity Church

ELIZA and ANGELICA: Near you...

ELIZA: When I needed her most, she was right on

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time.]

“Cause I’m not Alexander ‘time doesn’t exist’ Hamilton.”

[ELIZA: And I'm still not through,/ I ask myself what would you do if you had more

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time?]

“Yell at people, pick fights with Jefferson, mourn John, write at least a thousand more papers,” Alex rattles off immediately.

[ELIZA: The Lord, in his kindness, he gives me what you always wanted,/ He gives me more

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time.]

“Oh of course she gets more time!”

“Alex.”

“Shutting up now.”

[ELIZA: I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument.

WASHINGTON: She tells my story...]

Washington sniffs. “Thank you.”

[ELIZA: I speak out against slavery,/ You could have done so much more if you only had

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time.]

“She- I- Alex-” John chokes out.

“I know love, I know.”

[ELIZA: And when my time is up,/ Have I done enough?/ Will they tell our story?

COMPANY: Will they tell your story?]

“I mean, since this exists, clearly.”

[ELIZA: Oh, can I show you what I'm proudest of?

WOMEN: The orphanage...]

“Orphanage?” Alex gasps.

[ELIZA: I established the first private orphanage in New York City...

WOMEN: The orphanage...]

Alex has tears in his eyes.

[ELIZA: I help to raise hundreds of children,/ I get to see them growing up!

COMPANY: The orphanage...]

“Oh my god...”

[ELIZA: In their eyes I see you, Alexander./ I see you every

ELIZA and COMPANY: Time.

ELIZA: And when my time is up,/ Have I done enough?/ Will they tell my story?

COMPANY: Will they tell your story?]

“Thank you,” he whispers. “Thank you.”

[ELIZA: Oh, I can't wait to see you again,/ It's only a matter of time...

COMPANY: Time..../ Will they tell your story?/ Time.../ Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?]

“This whole thing feels surreal, I love it.”

[A. HAMILTON, LAURENS, ANGELICA, and PEGGY approach ELIZA, who is front center stage.

COMPANY: Time.../ Will they tell your story?/ Time.../ Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?

ELIZA gasps.]

The screen goes dark and the room’s lights gently turn on.

Chapter Text

"Damn."

"Agreed," Peggy nods. "That was.

"Absolutely incredible," Alex says.

"Beautiful," Laf murmurs.

"Okay okay," Jefferson sniffs, dabbing at his eyes before throwing away his handkerchief, "yes it was wonderful and I wish we had this when we were actually alive, BUT I'm marrying my Jimmy James before we leave this place so get your shit together and get ready to go to my wedding."

Ink stands up. "Actually, does anyone else want to get married? It won't be the most legal marriage in the books but I could officiate."

"Actually," Washington replies, "I can do that. It most likely won't be legal currently, but it will serve our purposes just fine."

"Great!" Ink says, snapping their fingers. The room is covered in white and silver ribbons, pastel flowers pinned up with them, the couches turned into two small rows of chairs with a simple archway at the end by the TV. "Is this okay? I have a feeling we're about to have a couple weddings all at once and I don't want to change the room every time a new wedding happens."

"It's perfect," Eliza decides after she adjusts to the change. "Speaking of which," she turns to her girlfriend and kneels down, "Maria, will you marry me and make me the happiest woman dead?"

Maria, tears beginning to trail down her face, nods frantically and kisses Eliza.

"Ahem," Herc coughs, kneeling as well. "Laf, will you please marry me?"

Laf rolls his eyes and pulls his boyfriend up. "Of course, you idiot," Laf replies before wrapping his legs around Herc' waist and making out with him.

"Alex," John starts as he turns to his boyfriend. "Oh..."

Alex kneels on the ground and grabs his boyfriend's hands. "John, my love. When you died, I lost something inside of myself that I never got back, not until we finally saw each other again three hours ago. This may never mean anything legally, but for once I don't care. Time and death may have separated us physically, but nothing could stop my love for you. John Laurens, I wish we had had more time together, but I know this much: I am deeply, invariably, indescribably in love with you, and I want to spend every moment we have together, forever. Therefore, John Laurens, will you marry me?"

Sobbing, John whispers "Yes", then collapses into Alex's arms and presses kisses to his face.

Jefferson watches the couples with Madison besides him. "If that's your way of proposing to me, it worked," Madison says.

"Good," Jefferson replies, pressing a kiss to Madison's cheek. "I call dibs on getting married first."

"Hold up," Herc says, pausing his inspection of Laf's mouth with his own mouth. "We are not getting married in our revolution clothes."

"Feel free to snap yourself into something new then," Ink says. "This isn't exactly a place held down by the laws the real world is governed by."

Herc hums, then snaps his fingers. He's in a white suit with gold accents, small pastel pink flowers embroidered along the hems. Laf smiles and snaps too. They're in a dark blue suit with white and gold accents, military medals gleaming proudly, white and pastel blue flowers forming a flower crown and white veil. "Now that is worthy of getting married in," Herc declares.

Jefferson thinks for a minute, then snaps his fingers. Immediately, he's in a crushed velvet magenta suit, an exact replica of his character in the musical. Madison rolls his eyes but snaps as well, changing into a nice black suit with some blue accents, smiling as Jefferson eyes him up. "Oh, this will do nicely."

"You wanna join in?" Eliza asks her to-be-wife.

"Why not?" Maria replies with a smile, snapping. She's dressed in a layered white dress, much like the one her character wore in the first song, but with a bit more pearls sewed into the bodice. Eliza kisses her before snapping herself into a light blue silk dress with white ribbons and pearls covering the skirt.

Alex snaps himself into a tan orange jacket and white everything else, sweeping his hair back into a nice ponytail. "Ready to get married love?" he asks John, who's humming appreciatively at him.

"Always Alex," John replies, snapping himself into a navy blue suit with white pants.

"Okay, make an orderly line," Washington says as everyone not getting married sits down in a chair. Jefferson forces his way to the front, Madison sighing as a smile tugs at his lips. Next falls Eliza and Maria, then Herc and Laf, and finally Alex and John. "Dearly gathered, we are here to observe the marriage of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They may have been a thorn in my side at times while I was president, but I'm truly happy that they are getting their well deserved wedding. Now, Madison, please repeat after me..."

"I, James Madison, take you, Thomas Jefferson, as my husband. I swear to love you forever, to respect and support you, and to call you out on your bullshit when I need to, no matter what happens after we leave this place. All this I swear in front of the witnesses gathered here today."

"I, Thomas Jefferson, take you, James Madison, as my husband. I swear that I will love you forever, will respect, support, and call you out on your bullshit, no matter what happens after this moment. All this, I swear to in front of everyone forced to be here today."

Washington smiles. "You may kiss the groom." Jefferson sweeps Madison into a kiss, nearly bending him over as they start to make out. Some of the guys wolf whistle at that.

"Alright alright, move along boys," Eliza orders, pushing the newlyweds out of the way.

"Dearly gathered, we are here today to observe the marriage of Elizabeth Schuyler and Maria-"

"Lewis. My maiden name was Lewis," Maria helps.

"Maria Lewis. I may not have known you for long, but I do know that you both have had to survive many obstacles to get here. I'm glad I could help you finally get married. Now, Maria, please repeat after me..."

"I, Maria Lewis, take you, Elizabeth Schuyler, to be my wife. I swear to love you, to respect and support you, to hold you close through thick and thin, no matter what comes after this. I swear to this by everyone here today."

"I, Elizabeth Schuyler, take you, Maria Lewis, to be my wife. I swear to love you, respect you, support you, and cherish you. I will stand with you through thick and thin, no matter what happens. By everyone gathered here, I swear this to you today."

"You may kiss the bride," Washington says.

Maria grins and leans in, Eliza meeting her halfway. They kiss softly, blushing as the others cheer before moving to take some of the open seats.

"Dearly gathered, we are here to celebrate the marriage of Hercules Mulligan and the Marquis de Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette. Or, as we like to call them, Laf." Everyone laughs. "Hopefully Mulligan will be their new name, because I'm fairly sure Herc can't spell half of your name."

Herc laughs. "He's right."

"Now, Laf, please repeat after me..."

"I, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, the Marquis de Lafayette, take you, Hercules Mulligan, to be my husband. I swear to love you, to cherish you, and to respect and support you for as much as forever as we have. All this I swear by everyone gathered here today."

"I, Hercules Mulligan, take you, Laf," giggles break out among the group, "to be my spouse. I swear to love you, care for you, respect you, and support your stupid ideas as long as you don't die, for as long as we have. I swear to all of this by everyone here."

"You may kiss each other," Washington says.

Herc dips Laf as they kiss, one hand holding onto their flower crown so it doesn't fall off. Soon enough he rights them and they move to some empty chairs, letting Alex and John take the stage.

"Dearly gathered, we are here today to celebrate Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens finally getting married. Ever since I first saw the two of them, I knew they were in love. And I may have had a hand in the tent partners, but you can't prove anything." Alex and John turn bright red as the rest laugh and Washington grins. "I'm proud to have you as a son, john. Now, please repeat after me..."

"I, John Laurens, take you, Alexander Hamilton, as my husband. I swear to love you, respect you, admire and support you, and to drag you away from your work when it's late, forever and past that. All this I swear to you by everyone here."

"I, Alexander Hamilton, take you, John Laurens, to be my husband. I swear I will love you forever, that I will respect your decisions and support anything you do as long as it isn't too stupid. I swear that we shall never be parted again, neither by time nor distance or death. I swear all this to you, my love, by my life, my legacy, and everyone here today."

"You may kiss the groom," Washington says.

Alex grins and kisses his husband, who can barely stop grinning to kiss him back, everyone cheering in the background.

They don't know what will happen after this moment, but they do love each other, and really isn't that all they need now?