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(Hercules' POV)
It's Thursday, and Peggy hasn't spoken to us since Monday. Eliza and Angelica say the only time Pegs talks to them is at the dinner table, and that's only to pass the food and such. John has been quiet too, but he still speaks to us every once in a while. Me and Lafayette were walking to school when Alex came running up behind us. "Eliza just called. She said Peggy went to the hospital." I spun to face him. "Did she say why?" He shook his head. "She was crying too much. From what I could make out, they had an argument with each other and all three of them said some stuff that they wish they didn't say." I felt sick. We all had a soft spot for the youngest Schuyler Sister. Laf was staring straight ahead with a thoughtful look. "I wonder if John knows." he muttered.
John did know. He didn't talk much, which wasn't unusual this week, but when he did, it was depressed and sorrowful. Alex pulled his arm across John's shoulders as we walked back home. Eliza was crying into Angelica, who was stroking her hair. "Shhh. She'll be fine. Shhhh." I walked near Lafayette. " you guys want to come home with us?" Angelica asked the lot of us. Everyone nodded as one, not daring to speak. "Angelica, why did she even go to the hospital?" I whispered to her. She squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, like she not dare think about it. "Eliza and I had a row with her. We said- sorry- we said that 'no one loved her anyway and that we were wrong to think it'. Two seconds later she was pale white, laying on the floor. She had..." She trailed off. "Fainted." Eliza's quivering voice echoed through the empty street. "Barely a pulse. From what, they're trying to figure out." Eliza buried her head back in Angelica's shoulder after speaking. We stopped in front of a grand mansion, the Schuyler's were one of the richest families in town. Alex took a key from Eliza's hands and opened the door. We walked over to the one of the living rooms and we settled down. I sat with John and Lafayette. Alex was sitting with Eliza and Angelica. We sat in silence for what seemed like forever. "Can I lighten the mood? Cause we sitting like a bunch of lost little kittens on a rainy day. Going ahead, let me take it away." John grinned at my rhymes and nodded eagerly. Once everyone else saw this, they wiped their eyes and smiled. I pulled out my phone and played my favorite song ever; 'Guns and Ships'. Obviously Alex had wrote it and since he got mad skills, Laf had rapped it for him. "I'm taking this horse by the reins, making redcoats redder with bloodstains! (Lafayette!) And I'm never gonna stop, until I make um' drop, and scatter their remains, I'm! (Lafayette!) Watch me engaging, I'm escaping, I'm enraging, I'm out! (Lafayette!) Go to France for more funds, (Lafayette!) Come back with more guns, and ships... You know I'm tired of this song. Let's do... Satisfied!" Lafayette cheered. i clicked 'Satisfied' on my phone and John started us off. "All right all right! That's what I'm talking about! Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, Angelica Schuyler!" "A toast to the groom!" This was followed by Helpless, Hurricane, Take a Break, and ended with I Know Him. Angelica left and got a bunch of snacks from the kitchen and we ate away. Everyone fell silent as Eliza's phone rang. "It's the hospital! Hello? Yes this is Elizabeth Schuyler. That's amazing! Oh. is it severe? How long? Okay. When? Okay thank you. You're very kind. Good night." We all leaned in to hear her. "Okay so they figured out what's wrong. The bad news is that she had a heart attack. The good news is, it's not severe, she'll live." We all exhaled at the same time, relieved. "But she'll be there for a while. It could happen again too. We'll be able to visit tomorrow at seven."
Hope you enjoyed that chapter. Sorry for the depressing note but, welp! As you see, I tried to bring Hercules and Lafayette into the story more. Tell me if you think it worked. Next chapter might be depressing, I don't really know yet.