Eliza was sitting on her bed in absolute shock. She stared at what laid before her, The Reynolds Pamphlet. She'd been married to Alexander for years, and she thought she knew him well enough. She thought that Alexander loved her enough to not even think about being with another woman. Clearly she was wrong, because she had just learned that her husband had an affair with Maria Reynolds.
She'd gone upstate along with her children on a visit to her father, she remembered how overworked Alexander had been before she left. He needed a break, and he certainly had one in her absence.
Tears slowly began to form as she fully comprehended everything. It was all so sudden- things were just fine with her father, the only thing that had been bothering her upstate was her want to see Alexander's face. But that was back then, and now she felt that if she saw her husband's face again she'd tear it off.
"Eliza…?" Eliza turned around to Angelica standing at the doorway, concern deep in her sister's eyes. "Eliza, I read all about it, and… I'm so sorry."
"Don't be," Eliza breathed.
Angelica walked over and sat next to Eliza on the bed. "Eliza, he's a fool. You've married an Icarus, he's flown too close to the sun. You don't deserve this, Eliza."
"Maybe I do," Eliza whispered. "Maybe this is someone's cruel way of getting back at me for doing something wrong." Tears were now streaming down Eliza's face, and she wiped off her right eye with her arm.
"Elizabeth!" Angelica snapped. Eliza froze- Angelica never said Elizabeth, only when she was seriously upset about something. "You've done absolutely nothing to deserve what Alexander's done to you, don't blame yourself for his idiotic actions!"
"I can't help it," she murmured.
"I know." Angelica sighed, and reached over to hug Eliza. "But out of everything I've ever said in my lifetime, this is the truest thing I will ever say: It is not your fault, Eliza."
Eliza wrapped her arms around her sister, and burst into tears. "How could I let this happen? How- how could he do this?"
"I don't know, Eliza," Angelica whispered. "I don't know."
At the moment, Eliza felt anger boil up inside of her. If I mean that little to him, then fine. He can be satisfied with his cleared name, and I can only hope that he burns.
I've always thought that Angelica and Eliza had a cute sister relationship, not only that, but a strong one. And I'm absolutely obsessed with Hamilton, so I decided that it was time to write something for it. This is a scene that was only briefly mentioned in one line of the song "Burn", my favorite song in the musical.