A.N: Hey everyone! I'm finally back! ^^ You all probably thought I was gone for good, huh? You probably thought that I stopped writing this story because certain people thought that their really harsh reviews would be enough to tear me down. Well that's not enough! Those people dared me to post another chapter, so I have done it! :) I'm not going to stop writing this story no matter how much you berate me, because I have plenty of people who actually CARE...So you haters might as well step back a bit because I don't want any trouble. Thank you very much ^^
So, yeah. The real reason I was gone was because I had a lot going on at once. I had a summer job, not like a part time job, like a real legit job. Then I started my Senior Year of high school, my dog died and we got a puppy ^^ and I had other Fanfics to work on and I also had the WORST case of writer's block EVER! So obviously I had to put this story on the backburner for a while...but hey, I'm back now! ;D
So in the last chapter, Rose and Alexander had a really big argument but made up and apologized and finally decided to start over as friends this time. In this chapter, we're going to see Rose give Alexander a bit of a history lesson...okay! Enjoy the chapter! ;)
A Few weeks Later:
Alexander opened his eyes to see the ceiling of his room. It was another beautiful day in New York. Today, for the first time in forever, he couldn't help but smile. He and Rose had finally made up and were now friends. It made him feel better knowing that he could have someone to lean on now, that he was no longer alone.
He got up from bed as Rose was entering the room. She noticed that he was still struggling a bit to get up with his wound.
She hurried over to his bed and grabbed his arm. "Okay, Alex. On three. One. Two. Three." She pulled him up and he winced in slight pain only for it to immediately subside.
He smiled at her thankfully. "Thank you, Rose."
"No problem." She winked, she walked with him out of the room and down the hall to the dining room where breakfast was already set out. They both sat down and began to eat. They were eating in silence for a few minutes, but it didn't take long for it to become really unnerving. Rose tried to hurry up and finish eating.
"So uh, Rose," Alexander said awkwardly trying to start up a conversation, "Do you have any plans today?"
Rose looked up and shook her head. "Not really, mostly chilling around the apartment. why?"
"Well, I was...I was hoping that maybe I could...that maybe I could leave the apartment…?" Alexander asked,
Rose was sipping on her coffee when she heard that. She choked on it slightly and she looked at him nervously. She wasn't sure that he was quite ready for going out into the world. His wound was still affecting him pretty badly. Plus he had yet to learn how to be around people again. He may had been slowly getting adjusted to modern life, but he understandingly still kept his colonial mannerisms close to his heart.
"Uh...I don't know if you're ready yet," Rose said biting her lower lip, "You're still having trouble standing up on your own,
Alexander sighed, "Okay Rose. Whatever you think is best for me." He replied with a weak smile,
She patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll get you out there. But I was thinking that today we could start our first history lesson."
Alexander blinked once in confusion. "History lesson?"
Rose nodded, "Yeah, since you missed the last two hundred years, you need to catch up on everything that has happened since your demise." She said,
"What'd I miss?" Alexander asked her,
Rose sighed, "A lot I'm afraid. But don't worry, I'm studying to be a Historian anyway. Showing you all this history stuff will be great practice for me as well." She smiled,
Alexander gave a smile too. "Okay then, let's do this."
Rose gathered up all of her history textbooks and they both sat down on the couch.
Alexander's eyes widened in slight wonder. "Wow, you have a lot of books." He pointed out,
Rose giggled, "Yeah. I try to have every history book I can get my hands on." She picked up one of the books entitled: "American History".
"Okay Alexander. I think it's best that we start with what happened in the early to mid 1800's." Rose said,
"Okay." He nodded,
Rose opened her textbook and flipped it open to the section of the 1800's.
"Alright. Let's start with 1812. As in, the War of 1812."
"There was another war after I was gone?" Alexander said surprised, "Figures."
"Trust me, you're going to be hearing about more of them." Rose told him, "So the War of 1812. It went from 1812 to 1815. It was caused by economic conflicts between the United States and Great Britain."
Alexander rolled his eyes. "Red coats. I should've known."
"Well it ended with the exchange of ratifications. The "Treaty of Ghent"...you following so far?" Rose asked him,
Alexander nodded.
"Good. Now let's see...what else…". Rose flipped through another page or two until she stopped again. "Aha! Here's something you might be familiar with. One of the commanders that fought in this war was President James Madison." She smiled up at him. "You knew him, right?"
Alexander nodded smiling. "Yes, I did know him. We wrote "The Federalist Papers" with John J. as well." He then scoffed, "Who knew he would become the president!?"
"Yeah, according to the text it says that he wasn't too much of a fighter…" Rose said,
"Of course not, he was always a much better politician than a soldier. Though I bet he did a better job at the presidency than Jefferson did." Alexander retorted,
"Actually, he did. I learned a while back that President Jefferson left office under odd circumstances. Because of him our country didn't really thrive well in employment or economy." Rose told him,
Alexander began to laugh. "Haha! I knew he wasn't really fit for the job! I never agreed with him."
"But in the election of 1800 you voted for Jefferson. Why did you do that?" Rose asked,
Alexander sighed, "Well, he was running against Aaron Burr in that election. It was up to me to choose one...It wasn't an easy decision, but I chose Jefferson. I chose him because, although we never agreed on anything, he still had beliefs, he stood for something. Burr...not so much…"
"And Burr took that pretty hard…" Rose said sadly,
Alexander's smile faded and he looked down at the floor. "Yeah. He resented me for it…it...it was one of the reasons why he challenged me to that duel…
...It was...one of the reasons that I died…"
Rose felt bad for him. She put her hand on his shoulder for comfort. It really wasn't fair. Just because he voted for one particular person, the other man thought that it was okay to kill him? That wasn't right. That wasn't right at all.
She could only watch him as he sat there sadly. He wasn't sobbing like he was the other day, he was quiet and his head was bowed again. Only this time it was not shame, it was sorrow.
"I'm sorry, Alexander...you did the right thing voting for Jefferson over Burr." Rose said,
"It sure doesn't feel like it now…" Alexander replied, after about a minute of silence he pulled on a smile and straightened back up. "So, where were we?" He asked her,
"Oh! Um, let's skip ahead a little to 1844 when Samuel Morse created the telegraph and sent the first transmission…"
A few more hours passed by until the two were done with the 1800's. Rose told Alexander of the events that transpired while he just continued to listen. He felt sorrow for when he heard that Britain burned down Washington in 1814, he felt anger and resentment when he was told about The Civil War and how slaves were still not free even fifty years after his death. But no words could describe the grin that came up on his face at the mention of the "Emancipation Proclamation" and the "Progressive Amendments" that freed and helped the slaves.
"I'm glad that there is no longer slavery in this country." He said smiling,
"I agree. Slavery was horrible." Rose replied,
"I like that Abraham Lincoln guy." He told Rose,
Rose nodded, "I know, isn't he inspiring?" She asked him,
Alexander nodded, "Very."
The brunette then closed the textbook. "Okay, we'll continue later."
Alexander shrugged, "Okay."
Rose set the book down on the coffee table with the other books.
"So, what do you wanna do now?" He asked her,
"I don't know about you, but I'm gonna watch some TV." Rose said, she picked up the remote and began to flip through the channels.
"Maybe I'll watch with you." Alexander replied,
Rose shrugged, "Sure, whatever works for you." She flipped through the channels some more until it stopped on a show that she liked. She and Alexander just watched the show together for about an hour until Rose felt a buzz come from her pocket.
Alexander looked at her oddly. "What's that?" He asked her,
"It's my cellphone." Rose replied,
"Cellphone?" Alexander quirked an eyebrow,
"Yeah, it's like the phone that I taught you about, the one Graham Bell made except it's smaller and more portable." She fumbled to get her phone out of her jean pocket and checked the caller ID. It was Johnson.
"It's my dad. Excuse me." Rose said, she got up from the couch and pressed the answer button in her phone and held it up to her ear.
"Hey, Dad...Oh no, everything's fine...Alexander? He's doing okay. I actually gave him his first history lesson today...uh huh...Yeah, he's doing very well for himself…" Rose then looked over at Alexander who was still watching the television and smiled at him.
"Yeah...uh huh. Yeah, okay. Well, uh...I'll check in with you again tomorrow...okay, love you too, dad." She then hung up and went and joined Alexander on the couch.
"What do you wanna watch?" She asked him,
"Whatever pleases you." He replied,
Rose giggled. "Wow, I guess chivalry isn't dead." She then proceeded to flip through the channels again until she found one that they both liked.
Kind of short, yeah, but hey, more chapters are coming. I didn't want to put too much here because I want to let the story flow without there being too much...So yeah, I'm officially back...I hope to see you all in the next chapter. Bye! ;)