Eliza made her way over to her sister's dorm, having moved in with John and Alex. It was May now, the weather was great-ish. At least it was getting warmer, which was why Eliza was no longer decked out in winter gear. She was wearing lighter clothes. And she loved it.
Angelica was actually sitting outside with Maria and they were simply talking.
"Hey, guys." Eliza greeted.
"Hey, Eliza." Maria greeted.
"Eliza!" Angelica greeted happily. "Hey, have you seen Peggy?"
"Not since she had her twenty week scan." Eliza shrugged.
"I know, that was ages ago though." Angelica said. "And, it's been Ned and Dolley's birthdays and you've had your cast off since then." She pointed out.
"And before Good Friday, it was Jefferson's birthday." Eliza said. "Remember that? Alex didn't go."
"He and Jefferson are mortal enemies." Maria said. "That was a long time ago. It's June."
"True. But Jefferson's not as bad as Alex says he is." Angelica said. "Jefferson... Well, he's just a bit Sheldon-y."
"I don't like him either." Eliza said as she took a seat next to Angelica. "I think he's shifty. I don't know why you wanted to move in with a gay couple, Maria."
"They're not a couple any more." Maria said, still looking up at the clouds. "James is still cold to Jefferson, but he finds it-and I quote-preferable to being homeless."
"His birthday party was weird." Eliza hugged her knees to her chest. "There was so much animosity, even though Alex wasn't there."
"Ned's was great though." Maria lay her head down.
"We Hamilsquad sure know how to throw even the newest members a righteous party." Eliza said.
Angelica chuckled. "You're calling us the Hamilsquad now?"
"Let's face it, Angelica, we don't really function as a group when Alex isn't around. Remember when he went out of the country in February."
"Oh. Oh yeah." Angelica nodded. "And when he was shot."
"That was an accident." Maria said.
"Well, yeah, sort of." Eliza shrugged. "I mean, it was his fault he didn't want to be a grown ass man and own up to his mistake that he couldn't tell bullets for blanks. But it was Eaker's bullet."
"I heard he plead 'not guilty' in his first hearing." Angelica said.
"Yeah. It's true. Alex was there and going Tasmanian Devil." Eliza said. "Do you know how hard it is to calm down an angry little paraplegic by the name of Alexander Hamilton?"
"You're the one who's dating him." Angelica said. "And he's dating John. And he's dating you. How does that even work?"
"Easy. I'm straight for Alex, Alex is straight for me, but he's gay for John and John is gay for Alex."
Almost at that moment, Angelica's phone buzzed. She picked it up and looked at it.
"Peggy's gone into labor."
"Aaron!" Theo called out, she stood up, her stomach now protruding-she looked pregnant. "Aaron! I need you!"
"Relax, Theo, I'm coming!" Aaron emerged from their bedroom. "What's up?"
"Peggy Schuyler, she's giving birth." Theo said.
"Oh my god, that's so early." Aaron bit his lip. "She isn't due until-"
"August." Theo finished. "Same as me."
"And it's June."
"Her kids are early." Theo said.
"Twins do come early, generally speaking." Aaron said.
"But Aaron-"
"Theo, you're being monitored as well as you could be." Aaron put his hand on Theo's shoulder. "You're doing great, despite your medical issues. You're going to be a great mother."
Theo put her hand on her belly. "I just don't want her coming early."
"She's going to be fine." Aaron assured. Albeit not confidently.
"She's going to be fine." Theo repeated, less confidently.
"We should-"
"Go and see Peggy." Theo nodded. "Yeah."
"When she's out of labor, at least." Aaron agreed.
Hercules rubbed his face and hair down with a towel and pulled a t-shirt on over his head. He picked his phone up off the bed, where Sally was reading a thick book about Benjamin Franklin that she probably borrowed from the library section.
"Your phone's been buzzing." She said.
Hercules' eyes widened. "And I can see why." He handed Sally the phone, who took it.
I-Am-Lafcelot: Peggy's gone into early labor.
I-Am-Lafcelot: We're at the hospital now.
I-Am-Lafcelot: She's had a girl
I-Am-Lafcelot: Still in labor
I-Am-Lafcelot: Girl is still alive
"Oh god." Sally tossed her thick Chernow book one side. "Why the hell didn't we-we're their roommates!"
"Well, they were staying with the Washingtons." Hercules said. "Ever since Peggy..."
He trailed off. Nobody had really seen Peggy since she found out she was carrying a girl and a boy. If it wasn't for Lafayette, nobody would be getting updates about her. She'd closed herself off from everybody and moved into the Washingtons' New York home. Although their things were still at Hercules and Sally's apartment, they couldn't really be called Hercules and Sally's roommates any more.
"We should go and make sure Laf's okay." Hercules said, after a brief pause.
James was walking the usual path from the student store up to his and Jefferson's place when he saw Dolley, looking flustered.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Peggy, Peggy Schuyler-"
"I don't know any other Peggy." James said. He considered it to be a name a kindly old grandmother would have, rather than an eighteen year old.
"-She's giving birth." Dolley finished.
James stood there, looking at Dolley before shaking his head. "No."
"Yes!" Dolley nodded fervently. "According to Lafayette, she's had one of her kids already. A girl. She and Lafayette have a daughter."
"Holy shit."
"Lafayette hasn't said anything about the second baby. Or Peggy." Dolley said. "But there's still time. Sometimes twins come, like, twenty minutes apart or whatever. I don't know. I'm not a twin."
"Neither am I." James said. "I should probably let... Let Thomas and Maria know."
"I'm going down there!" Dolley exclaimed. "The hospital."
"Good luck with that." James turned away and bolted to his building, taking the steps up to the apartment, rather than the elevator.
He pulled his key from his pocket and opened the door, with some struggle. Once he was in, he dumped the shopping on the floor and shouted out; "Peggy's having her babies!"
William Van Ness was sitting on a bench, people watching. He noticed someone familiar pass by and jumped to his feet. "Hey, Martha." He greeted.
"Hello, future NSA employee." Martha said coolly.
"Did you hear about Peggy Schuyler?" William asked carefully.
"No, because nobody's seen her since April."
"She's in labor." William said. "Had a little girl already."
"Really?" Martha raised an eyebrow. "How do I know you're not making it up?"
"Have I ever made anything up, Martha?"
Martha thought for a few moments. "No. Not really." She said. "It just seems implausible."
William snuck a look at his phone when Martha had briefly glanced away. "She's just had her little boy now." He said.
"How the hell-"
"I have my ways, Martha Wayles." William said. "Go forth and spread the word! The omnipotent William Peter Van Ness says that Margarita Schuyler has successfully given birth to two babies!" He shouted. "But are they Lafayette's?" He added quietly."
Martha frowned as Nathaniel, who heard the shouting, rushed over.
"Two things;" Nathaniel began, "number one, since when do you call yourself by your full name and number two, Peggy's had her kids already?"
William nodded. "Yes indeed."
"But it's so... Early." Nathaniel protested.
"Don't tell me! Tell that to her little sprogs!" William said.
"Sprog?" Both Martha and Nathaniel shared a glance of confusion.
"Child." William said. "It's a Britishism."
Martha snickered. "Suddenly I have this image in my head of you watching Downton Abbey. And crying."
"Remember, I know your secrets. I knew what the Cursed Child was about before it debuted!" William said.
"And you know what's going to happen in Game of Thrones." Nathaniel added mockingly.
"Shut up." William said indignantly.
"Guys!" John Jay shouted. He rushed into the classroom where he was holding a Black Lives Matter meeting. "Meeting canceled today." He panted. "John... Alex... Stay. Need to talk."
Everyone piled out of the room except for Alex and John Laurens, who made their way to the front of the classroom.
"What's up, John?" Laurens asked.
"You need a minute or two to catch your breath?" Alex asked.
Alex was sitting in a new wheelchair, this one seeming to fit him perfectly. The chair itself was black in color, down to the spokes, and missing several features of a medical wheelchair, such as the armrests, the handles, the shorter back and the footplates, which was now just one footplate. According to John and Eliza-and all his other friends-Alex agreeing to this type of chair, rather than keeping the old medical chair, meant that he was coming to terms with his disability, accepting it.
"No." John Jay shook his head. "'M good." He nodded. "Peggy isn't."
"What happened to Peggy?" Alex leaned forward in his chair, as if he were dreading something.
"She's had her kids." John Jay said. "Both of 'em. All made it."
"That's... Good." Laurens said. "Peggy survived the birth. The babies are alive."
"They're early." John Jay said, still panting for breath. "Might not."
Laurens looked over at Alex. "Should we...?"
"We should!" Alex blurted out.
The two of them hurried out of the classroom as fast as they could.
A/N: Hey! I haven't abandoned this verse-I love living in it. I've just had a lot of personal issues these last few months and I've been in musicals-by the way, our production of In the Heights won an award! Yay!
Ned Stevens' birthday was in April, I made that up. His birthdate is unknown. But Thomas Jefferson's birthday was in April and Dolley Madison's birthday was in May. Historical facts.
Jefferson is Sheldon-y because it's thought that Jefferson had Asperger Syndrome-a form of autism that I believe I mentioned before that I'm writing him with.
Theo is six months pregnant. She is going to be big.
Ron Chernow didn't write about Benjamin Franklin-to my knowledge-but he did write about George Washington, a book I've read, so his book on Benjamin Franklin in this universe is the equivalent to that George Washington book in ours.
Peter was indeed William Van Ness' middle name. Historical fact.