"ROLE CALL!" Alexander Hamilton shouted from the back of the room. It didn't work. Almost everybody was still talking and laughing to each other.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Angelica Schuyler bellowed, who was one of the few people who stopped talking. Dead Silence.
"Thanks," Alex whispered to Angelica, then to everybody, he said, "You may be wondering why I have summoned you all here tonight. You may be thinking, 'I have things to do, like sleep! And sleep! Why has this idiot called us here at a devastating," Hamilton checks the clock, "4:53 PM!?' Well I'll tell you why. We're all broke college kids, right?"
"Yea!" Everybody shouted in agreement.
"We cannot afford anything!"
"YEA!"
"BUYING A 25 CENT GUMBALL IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US!"
"YEA!"
"So, we are going to do a... Drumroll please!"
"I ain't got no drums." Mulligan said.
"I HAVE THE SOLUTION!" Lafayette cried, and started hitting his chest like an ape, "That's what you Americans do, right?"
"Close enough!" Laurens agreed, and did the same, this set a chain reaction.
"SECRET SANTA!" Hamilton cheered, throwing a hat in the air, which made small slips of paper fall out, he dropped to the ground and picked up the paper.
"But I can't buy anything!" Eliza cried.
"I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY I'M NOT TRYIN TO BE FU-" Laurens shouted, who was interrupted by Jefferson, "NO NOT THAT SONG AGAIN!" and threw is cup of apple juice at Laurens.
"EW EW EW!" Laurens screeched, "IT SMELLS LIKE PEEEEEE!"
"Anyway..." Hamilton said, concerned, but then shaking his head as if to shake the concern out of his head, "The budget is $30, so you don't have to spend too much, and you'll only get one person, so you don't have to spend too much money, any questions?"
"How will the names be picked?" Eliza asked.
"Ah, yes. I have this hat full of all of your names, Laf, Eliza, Angelica, John, Herc, Jefferson," Hamilton said Jefferson's name like it was cringy, and then continued, "Madison, Washing Machine, Burr, and myself."
"AND PEGGY!" Peggy shouted.
"Ah, yes, I forgot to say you..." Hamilton said, scribbling Peggy down on a sheet of paper nearby and throwing it in the hat.
"You will each pick a name, and you have to get a present for that person, don't tell ANYBODY who you got! Any more questions? No? Okay!" Hamilton picked up the hat and showed it to Eliza. She shut her eyes tight and pulled out a name, she remained expressionless.
Laurens pulled out a name, "Uhh... What if we get ourselves?"
Hamilton laughed, "Put it in the hat."
"Wait, I get nobody?"
"No! Pick a new one!"
"Oh!" He swirled around the papers and picked a new one. " Um, wait, let me just,"
"You got yourself again?" Angelica sighed.
"Yup," Laurens said, and picked a new one, which, thankfully, wasn't himself. Although, there was a happy expression on his face.
Hamilton continued passing the hat around, after Jefferson groaning, but then smiling about the name he had gotten. Laf seemed disappointed, but everybody else managed a straight face.
"Well!" Hamilton said, "You have until December 20th, that gives you 21 days to get a present! Be sure to get to my house a 4:30 on that day!"
"So, we can leave?" Jefferson asked, at the door already.
"Yes! Have fun!" He called to everybody starting to leave his dorm.
When the room was empty. He sprawled down on the floor, and started thinking of gift ideas for Washing Machine.
