Cupid's Arrow:
Chapter 1:
Colonial Studios
Office of Angelica Church
The sound of fingers typing on a keyboard was the only sound that could be heard in the office. Brown eyes closed as Angelica let out a small sigh as she turned from the screen, from answering the emails that had been flooding her inbox over the past week. Although it seemed as soon as she had her moment of peace, there was a knock on her office door. "Come in," she called before taking a sip of coffee from the mug that was seated next her.
"Angelica," Thomas the show's executive producer called to her as he stood in her doorway, arms in front of his chest.
"What do you want, Thomas?" Angelica asked, turning back to her emails.
Thomas was silent for a moment as he moved from where he was in the doorway and over to Angelica's desk. His gaze drifted over to a picture on her desk of her and her sister's. "I see you made quick work of getting rid of pictures of you and your husband."
She shrugged, glancing up from her emails and over at him. "I'm going to reiterate; what do you want, Thomas?"
He crossed his arms in front of his chest, leaning up against the wall in her office. "I just wanted to come and see how you were doing in finding our line of women for our guy to pick in the next season of the show."
Angelica's lips pulled tight as a sigh left her as she stared at the emails in her inbox in front of her. "No, not yet. I'm sifting through emails right now. Remind me why we can't hire a casting agent to do this instead?" The show was a surprise success and took off in it's first season. Angelica would have thought they would have more than enough money with the bigger budget they were suddenly given.
"I told you before, I don't think it's authentic enough if we have a casting agent to do it. We do that and we'll turn into every other dating show that's out there. There's no magical formula in real life for people to find love so why should there be on TV?"
A hand came up and ran through her hair, eyes leaving the screen as she looked over at Thomas. "How are we going to pick him? What personality type this season?" The man they picked for last season was a bad boy and were they going to pick the same? Or someone else?
"Don't worry about that. You keep sifting through emails for the girls. I have someone picked out and was just going to email him to see if he would accept being our contestant this year."
She nodded, turning back to her emails. "Why don't you see what his type is in that email as well, that way, we have a better chance of making a match, yeah?"
Thomas nodded as he pushed himself off the wall and began walking over to the door. "Yeah, and I'll email you the details about when you're going to meet him if he accepts."
Angelica rolled her eyes as she shook her head, opening a new email. "You do that, make sure you have the contract drawn up too for that matter." She called as she heard the door shut behind Thomas.
"Oh boy," she muttered under her breath as she began reading the email of an utterly desperate sounding woman. Not all the emails were that bad but the one before her she could almost smell the desperation and quickly deleted the email. Sometimes there were no time for an email to decline an applicant.
"On to the next one," she murmured under her breath as she opened the next email and began reading.
Washington & Associates Law Firm
Office of Alexander Hamilton
"Hamilton."
Alexander glanced up from the casefile that he was reading, frowning. "Yes, sir?" He asked, watching his boss come into his office, shutting the door behind him. His lips pursed together as he sat up in his chair.
Normally, when Washington wanted to talk to him, he sent him an email and he had to go into his office. This was different. He couldn't help but not be worried about what was going to happen.
Washington made his way over to one of the chairs, sitting down in it, sitting back as he watched Alexander.
"Is something wrong, sir? If I messed up on anything you can let me know and I'll make sure I don't make the same mistake again." He couldn't help but wonder what mistake that he had made, but he would work hard to fix it.
"Relax, Alexander, you're not in trouble."
A sigh of relief escaped his lips. "Then, can I ask, what is this all about?"
"Well, you know those reality dating shows?"
An eyebrow arched as he watched Washington for a long moment. This is what his boss wanted to talk about? Reality dating shows? "What about them, Sir? Are you trying to tell me that you're going on one?" A grin played on Alexander's lips at those words. That didn't seem to amuse Washington, he sat there staring at Hamilton with a frown.
"No, of course not. You know Martha and I are happily married."
Alexander hummed a moment. "Then why are we talking about them?"
"Right, well, some mornings you come in here complaining about never finding the right person? Well, there's a new dating show and I nominated you to be on the show."
"You what?" Alexander exclaimed. He could hardly believe his ears. His boss of all people nominated him to be on a television dating show? "Those shows are fake and half the people on them get divorced within the first year anyways."
"Alexander, I think it would be a good experience for you. You'd get away from here and meet some new women."
"I still can't believe you, sir!"
"Alexander, I stand by what I said. I think this would be a good experience for you. You would take a well-needed break from work. Part of the reason you never meet anyone is because you spend so much time with your ass tethered to that chair of yours."
Alexander shook his head, glancing over his shoulder back over at the office. "What about my work? I can't just leave to go participate in this stupid show."
A frown graced Washington's lips for a moment as he watched Alexander. "I was going to give you paid time off work and well, everyone will just have to do a little more work until you came back. It's only for a few weeks and then you'll be back with us. We'll be fine. Don't worry so much."
Alexander sighed, sitting back in the seat. Washington stared at him for a long moment, a small frown on his lips. "Please just think about it. I care about you, son, and I want you to be happy."
Alexander shifted, nodding as he pushed himself out of his seat to stand up. He needed coffee, a gallon of it to. As he made his way over to the door, he looked over his shoulder at Washington, opening his mouth before speaking. "When do they need to know by?"
"They need to know by tomorrow afternoon."
Alexander's gaze drifted down to the floor for a long moment before he nodded. "Fine," he muttered under his breath. "Can I take the night to think about it? Let you know first thing in the morning?"
Washington nodded. "Go ahead."
"Thank you," Alexander muttered as Washington left the room. He sunk back into his chair and closed his eyes. He couldn't believe this was happening.
"Hammy?"
As soon as he was resting, he was pushing himself back into a sitting position. Glancing over at the door he saw McHenry coming into his office. "You okay?"
Alexander let out a loud laugh, shaking his head. "Oh, I'm just wonderful." He said dryly as a smirk played on his lips. "Our boss signed me up for something and now I have the night to think about it."
McHenry leaned against the door, arms crossed in front of his chest as he watched Alexander for a long moment. "You want to talk about it?"
"Nah, I'll just hold it in as always, it's what I'm good at doing anyways." A grin appeared on Alexander's lips before just shaking his head. "Thank you though."
McHenry nodded. "Well, I'm here if you ever want to talk about it."
"I know, thank you."
As McHenry turning to leave, Alexander took out his phone. He did want to talk to someone though. With quick fingers, he sent a text to John asking him to meet him at their usual spot for coffee after work.
He couldn't believe any of this and needed to tell him soon.
As soon as he rested his hands against the keys his phone went off. Looking down at the lit screen, it was just John saying that they could meet around five.
He glanced over at the clock and back at the case file before him. He had three hours to look through this before meeting him.
AN: Heyo, everyone! I know I have another chapter fic I'm working on but I've had the first five chapters of this fic written for a while. I have time now to work on both now. FYI, this fic is going to have both Hamgelica and Hamliza in it. So, strap in because this story is going to be one hell of a ride. Stay safe and healthy!