Hey guys. Been a while. Sorry about that I got distracted with school. I'd like to note that POV will be switching like three times so. . . Enjoy! Now another thing. Some of the time spans just don't make sense to me so if something doesn't seem the same to you know that I changed it for logical reasons. One sided Lams. I had to.
CHAPTER FIVE: Meeting the Schuylers
Alexander's POV
Alexander walked in with Laurens and Burr. He was laughing at something Laurens had said.
"Lots a ladies, aren't there?" Burr said, nudging the other two trio smirked and started to flirt with a few. "You know I still can't believe Martha Washington named her feral tom cat after you." Alexander's face turned red in embarrassment. Laurens laughed and slapped him on the back.
"Shut up." Alexander said glaring at Burr.
"Looks like the Schuylers have arrived." Burr said. A group of men had started crowding around one certain woman. She had a red dress on. Her hair was pulled away from a face in a curly up-do. Two other women were sneaking away from the men, leaving their companion to fend for herself. Alexander's brows furrowed and walked up to them.
"Alright guys. Give some space. You'll get your chance later." he laughed, herding the crowd away. The woman smiled gratefully.
"Thank you." she said.
"It was no trouble." Alexander said.
"Angelica Schuyler." she said. Alexander took her hand and kissed her knuckles.
"Alexander Hamilton." he said.
"Where's your family from?"
"Unimportant there's a million things I haven't done." Alexander responded nervously. "Just you wait."
Angelica looked at him strangely before accepting his answer.
"You're Washington's right hand aren't you?" she said. Alexander smiled and nodded.
"Writing's a talent of mine." he said. "I taught myself when I was younger." Angelica cocked an eyebrow.
"Couldn't a teacher have taught you?" she asked. Alexander bit his lip.
"My family didn't have access to those." he said. Suddenly Laurens called him over to their group of friends. Thankful for an excuse to leave Alexander said, "Well, I best get going. My friends are waiting."
Laurens slapped him on the back. "You looked like you needed rescuing. What'd she asked you?"
"She asked me where I was from." Alexander asked. Laurens nodded. Washington came up to the four men.
"Hamilton, there's someone I want you to meet. Come with me." he said. Alexander nodded and followed.
Eliza's POV
Eliza watched as the man who'd just finished talking to her sister laughed at something the General said. The two men were stand at the stairs most likely talking about the other men in army, probably bad mouthing a few. Peggy nudged her and smiled knowingly.
"You seem to have taken a liking to him." she said. Eliza feigned cluelessness.
"I don't know what you mean." she said. Peggy smirked. Eliza could see the gears turning in her head. Despite being the least acknowledged Schuyler, Peggy was a very independent girl. Lack of attention didn't really bring her younger sister down. Eliza saw Angelica once again escaping a bunch of men. She grabbed her older sister's wrist and pulled her aside.
"You know it would be nice to have a little help with the men." Angelica said. Eliza laughed and leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"Yeah, that's never going to happen. Speaking of men, you see that man talking to the General?" she asked. She watched her sister turn her head then turn back to her.
"Yes. What about him?" she asked, smiling slightly.
"This one's mine, okay?" Eliza said. Angelica looked over her shoulder again and nodded. She walked over to the man and grabbed his arm. What's she doing? Eliza thought. She watched her sister lead him away from the other men. Eliza looked down, disappointed. In her mind, compared to her sister she was nothing. Then someone tapped her shoulder. She looked up.
"Eliza this is Alexander Hamilton. I just met him earlier." Angelica said. Alexander smiled at Eliza.
"Elizabeth Schuyler. It's a pleasure to meet you." Eliza said, curtsying. Alexander looked over at her sister.
"Schuyler?" he asked. Angelica smiled sweetly, an expression that looked almost foreign on her.
"My sister. Our younger sister Peggy is off getting a drink." she said. "Not alcohol, I hope." she said. Eliza laughed quietly.
"Thank you for all your service." she said turning to Alexander. The young man took her hand and kissed it. Eliza felt her face heat. Angelica laughed silently beside her.
"If it takes fighting a war for us to meet it will have been worth it." he said.
"I'll leave you to it." Angelica said, joining the dancing people on the floor.
Eliza and Alexander talked for the rest of night dancing every once in awhile.
She looked over his shoulder during one dance to see her father glaring at Alexander's back intensely.
"My father looks like her wants to kill you." she said to him quietly. He looked over his shoulder and chuckled.
"That's natural." he said. She laughed.
The ball ended a few hours later and the troops had to go back to the battlefield. Alex said goodbye to Eliza the day he left and promised to send her letters.
Sure enough she received a letter the next day. Of course she was surprised, not really expecting him to be able to send a letter so soon. This continued for a long time.
One day she was talking with Angelica and was surprised by something she said.
"Why don't we form a harem?" she asked. Eliza started laughing.
"You're very funny, you know that?" she said to her older sister. Angelica crossed her arms over her chest and leaned back in her chair.
"I'm just saying if you really loved me you would share him." she said nonchalantly. She leaned forward and grabbed one of the letters Eliza was holding in her hand.
"Ha!" Eliza laughed in her sister's face.
The next time Alexander took a leave of absence he visited her house. He immediately approached her father and asked to talk to him privately. Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy leaned against the door to hear what was happening.
"What is it that you want, Hamilton?" Eliza heard her father ask.
"I understand that I have only know your daughter for a few months." Alexander started. "But I love her very much. More than you could imagine." Eliza blushed bright red at this comment. Angelica chuckled quietly. Eliza pulled her sisters away from the door.
"What do you think they're talking about?" she asked sitting down on the couch.
"Maybe he's asking for your hand in marriage." Peggy said hopefully.
"You think so?" Eliza asked. Little did she know, Angelica was chewing her lip as if holding back a snide comment.
"He'd better." Peggy responded. "You two are more smitten than any couple I've ever seen." Eliza smiled. They waited for a long time. Then the door opened, Alexander and the girls' father in the doorway.
"Be true." their father said, shaking Alexander's hand. Alexander smiled and nodded before taking Eliza's hand and pulling her away from the family.
"Eliza, I'm not rich. I don't have own my own land. I'm not a general. I don't have a position of power what so ever. And I'm certainly not famous." he said.
"Do honestly think I care about that?" she asked. Alexander smiled and kissed her cheek.
"No. That's what I love about you." he said. "Anyway, the only thing I have is my honor and my smarts. But. . . Your family has really changed me these last few months. Peggy tells me everything and Angelica. . . Well, she tried to take a bite of me." Eliza rose an eyebrow. "No stress my love for you is never in doubt. We'll get a little place in Harlem and we'll figure it out. I've been living without a family since I was a child. My father left, my mother died, I grew up buck wild, but I'll never forget my mother's face that was real and as long I'm alive, Eliza I swear to God you'll never feel so-" Eliza cut him off with a kiss.
"You were saying?" She asked. Alexander laughed.
"Will you marry me?" He asked. Eliza's face broke into a grin.
"Yes! Yes. A million times yes." she said jumping into his arms. Alexander laughed and spun her in the air.
Angelica's POV
Eliza pulled Angelica by the arm, veil covering her face. Even though Angelica was smiling, inside she was grimacing. Of course, this was her sister and she'd do anything for her. So when Eliza told her that she was in love with Alexander, Angelica had let her have him. The man was poor and Angelica knew her duty as the eldest of the family. Her job was mary a rich man to uphold the family name. Eliza, however had to do no such thing, even though their father would most likely prefer her to marry someone of his status as well.
She spotted Laurens at the door of the church (I'm deciding it's a church cause I don't know what else to call it.)
"Angelica this Laurens, Alex's best friend." Eliza said gesturing to the man. "Although. . . I think you already knew that. After all, Alex won't shut up about him. Peggy's already with Lafayette." Angelica look over her shoulder to see her youngest sister conversing with the Frenchman. Mulligan was standing off to the side holding a basket of flower petals. Uh. . . Okay?
The music started as Angelica and Laurens started walking down the aisle. Then came Lafayette and Peggy. The bridesmaids and the groomsmen stood at the sides of the bride and groom. Mulligan came down the aisle scattering flower petals everywhere. Angelica looked at Alexander out of the corner of her eyes. He fighting back a laugh. She chuckled quietly. Then her sister came down the aisle. She looked beautiful in her dress and veil. Angelica heard Alexander take in a breath. Eliza handed Angelica her flowers. Angelica watched sadly as the happy couple said their vows and kissed. Yet, she cheered with everyone else in the church as Eliza and Alexander walked back down the aisle.
At the reception she gave a speech.
"I'd like to give toast to Alexander and my sister." she said, raising her glass to the couple. Eliza smiled happily at her. "I would like to congratulate you two on your union. I hope the two of you will always care for each other and may you always be. . . Satisfied." The guests rose their classes as Angelica thought back to the night she had met Alexander. Probably the one night of her life she would always regret.
She remembered when he came up to her and introduced himself.
There's a million things I haven't done. Just you wait. His words echoed in her head. But, she had a duty to her family. Her only job in life was to marry rich. Her father didn't have any sons, there for she had to marry into another family.
Another thing, that night Angelica had been sure that Alexander had tried to charm her because she was a Schuyler. Getting married to a Schuyler meant you were set for life. Plus it'd elevated one's status. She'd have to be naive to assume he hadn't approached her for his own benefit.
Plus, Angelica knew her sister like the back of her hand. She was trusting and kind. If she told Eliza that she loved Alexander, she would step back and let her have him. She'd insist she was fine, but Angelica knew that would be a lie.
Suddenly a hand on her shoulder snapped her back to reality. She jumped a little bit and turned to see Laurens standing behind her.
"Sorry I startled you. You spaced out for a bit." he said.
"Oh, did I?" Angelica asked. Laurens chuckled.
"Yeah. You alright?" he asked. Angelica looked back at her sister and Alexander. "I know how you feel."
"Huh?"
"What? You think you're the only one with feelings for Alex?" he asked.
"Uh. . ." Angelica trailed off. She had never been under the impression that Laurens had been, well you know.
"Yep." Laurens said. And with that he walked away.