Alexander breathes deeply, remembering when he first met Eliza.

~x~

Alexander had been turned out on the street a few years prior. He had stopped trusting anyone. This was before he had met John.

But trust aside, he still needed to eat if he wanted to stay alive, since he was 16.

So, he had stolen apples and other various goods from merchants in the street markets. He was careful not to steal from the same market every time, so that the merchants didn't recognize his face.

One day, as he was about to make off with his prize, a pale hand gripped his wrist. Alexander turned, scared the merchant had caught him and would send to prison.

But, it had not been a merchant. It had been the beautiful hand of a young lady.

Even though Alexander did not trust anyone, something in him sympathized with this lady, who did not seem to be as aware of the market and style as he was.

He saw the hand of the guard on her wrist, realizing that she had been caught.

"Hey! No stealing! You are going to be locked up for a very long time!" The guard yelled.

Alexander decided that he had to save her, something about her just requested it.

He grabbed a couple more apples, knowing full well this was greedy, and the wrist of this lady.

He took off running, pulling the lady, who was stumbling and had almost fallen, along beside him. He tugged her up to a tree and onto the rooftop of one of the buildings.

The woman stopped panting and looked up at Alexander, and Alexander realized that she had the most beautiful eyes in the world.

He inquired about her name.

"Elizabeth, technically. But you please call me Eliza. It suits me a lot better, I think. I am 15."

"Yes, it does. You look like an Eliza. My name is Alexander Hamilton." Alexander responded.

"Please, I just ran off from my horrible family. They wanted me to marry this evil guy, and I couldn't take it anymore. Please teach me about how to live on the streets."

"Well, you got caught this time, so maybe you need some help." Alexander said, then mentally slapped himself for how dumb that sounded.

"How about you come back here tomorrow and I'll teach you a couple more tricks of the trade?" Alexander suggested.

Eliza had nodded excitedly.

She had returned the next day and the next day and each day learned a little more.

Six months later, she was almost better than Alex.

Alexander had fallen in love with Eliza, and her actions suggested that she felt the same. But that aside, they were partners in crime.

One day, despite their amazing skills, Alexander and Eliza had been caught stealing by very alert guardsmen. Both were taken to prison.

Alexander had been separated from Eliza in prison, and suffered out the whole year. He hadn't known anything about any child.

But if what Philip said was true, once they were in prison Eliza had found out that she was pregnant with Philip.

Alex supposed that the guards had told Eliza that she would be released at the birth of the child, and just to torture Alex had not told him about the child.

In this case, Eliza had named the child Philip, and then taken him to an orphanage. They had both been poor, and Eliza likely did not have enough money to provide for this child, so she had left him at the orphanage where he had been adopted by Jefferson.

He loved Eliza so much. He had been helpless. But she had disappeared, nowhere to be found after Alex's eventual release. A few days later, Alexander had found John, and the connection was instantaneous.

~X~

Alexander sighs. Well, I can't change the past.

That's how Alexander met Eliza. It sounds so much like Aladdin at the beginning, that is an accident. Also, I realize the story fell into backstories that leave off the action from Chapter 1, so maybe that will pick back up soon. Happy December! Sorry, so busy! Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! I am thankful for my family and friends, and for the amazing reviewers that help me keep writing. I wrote this part in one day on and off. I have returned to this story! Also, I notice several guest reviewers leave multiple reviews that are completely unconnected, I would advise those to check that people are not using their names to make me confused. I will be adding Lafayette and Hercules soon!

M.J.: I cannot take credit for originality, unfortunately. I play it by ear according to the reviewers. But thank you for reading! I will continue adding this information into future chapters. Do you want this story to wrap up? If so, please suggest how.

Annie Samsons: Happy Thanksgiving to you too! I read your review and it made me so happy that you wished me a Happy Thanksgiving. Reviewers are amazing! Thank you for your additional information for Chapter 2, that chapter might take a while, because two-shots are really hard.

Sam Parks: Thank you! I will add in this information.

Batgirl'66: Thank you. I do not know where Alex gets tortured. Please tell me!

Jessie B: I am trying to find in my review list thing when you would like this story out. Is it by Christmas? Sorry, there are so many fantastic reviewers that things have gotten very lost. I loved your description of Beauty and the Beast, by the way. I hope to start working on that story soon. Also, is this a one-shot or two-shot or multi-chapter or what? I can't find the request, but I do remember that you asked for this story.

Hamilfan 321: Your story is next! I think. I have seen those shows, because my brother was into them.

I tried to review to reply to you all, but that apparently doesn't work. Please put the date on which you requested it please, when you suggest, so that I can keep them in order. Also, the updates are going to be messed up until the Winter holiday, maybe just one update per week or something, please be patient, I will attempt to resume in January, except that's when my hard classes start. I will let you know. Please review! ;)

-HamiltonAsparagus