Wish: A Hamilton Fanfiction

Chapter 13: Electric

And just like that, it had been a month of rehearsals. We had all improved so much since we'd arrived. I loved looking over everyone, seeing both the persona they'd shown me in that introduction circle a month ago and who they'd really become. People had changed and the growth was amazing. 

As for me, I still felt like the same Zoey that had barely arrived in New York. Maybe my acting had improved but I still knew nothing about myself. 

At least I knew how confused Eliza felt during Burn.

I watched Mariah try to force her way into Carson's life, again and again. She was trying so hard I wondered if she knew what her endgame would be. And I wondered how she had time. We were all scrambling so much to get ready to move to the Richard Rodgers that I could barely think about anything else. 

Noelle's phone chimed and she glanced at the screen quickly before zeroing in on the message. "Oh, no," she groaned and dropped her head into her hands. Noelle already seemed off, probably thanks to stress, and this definitely wasn't going to help.

"What's going on?" I asked. When she didn't respond I lifted my head from where I was marking up my script. "Noelle?"

"Charlie lost their voice," she said nervously.

"What? Now? We're about to go to tech and it's just gone?"

"Yeah. This is going to be....bad," Noelle added in an imitation of Dr. Dillamond. We both tried to keep a straight face but ended up laughing. 

"Alright everyone, we're going to try running Non-Stop and Helpless right now. There's a couple corrections I want to make," one of the heads yelled. I snapped my script shut quickly and shoved it into my bag; it had been stepped on more than once and I was trying to prevent it from being covered in shoe prints. 

We entered our rehearsal space and got into our places for the top of Non-Stop, Charlie's standby in their normal spot. They were sitting off to the side, scribbling on their script like crazy and drinking tea. The music started and I waited for my cue. 

Well, this would certainly be easier once we had the turntable. Honestly, trying to mimic that movement was always a complete adventure in itself. Still, we tried to stop it from looking awkward, as much as we could. But we could all fix this next rehearsal when we made it down to the real theater, and we got to work on the real stage. I wasn't sure if we could fill that entire space since we'd been working in a more compacted area. We had to, though. 

Noelle came and went. I tried to keep my transition steady as I made my way around. Carson grabbed my hands and we looked each other directly in the eyes. 

And all of a sudden it felt like time slowed down around us. I forced myself to keep singing even though I couldn't tell what I was saying anymore. His hands were warm around mine. My eyes were glued to his. I had no idea what was happening.

And just as quickly as it started it was over. My solo was over and I somehow must have said something close enough to the lyrics as nothing had stopped our rehearsal. I took Carson off to the side and then exited. My heart was going crazy, my heart rate definitely through the roof. I didn't know what just happened or why it did, but it felt like a real...connection. And maybe it was, because when he passed me I felt electricity crackle between us. 

We finished Non-Stop and got our corrections, then ran it again. It felt like such common nature that we all could go through the motions while enjoying it; at the same time, though, it was simple. 

Next up was Helpless. The choreography to this song had tormented me for a long time, but practicing with Noelle helped fix some of that. Pippa gave me some tips too, and Claire had even tried to teach me. I felt so lucky to have this system of people who could help me like that. I'd improved so much because of them. 

I drew on my usual source of emotion as I sang, but this time I had something else. I looked straight at my Alexander Hamilton, looked into his eyes. It did feel like the sky was the limit. I'd learned how to show my love for someone from that first spark, but it wasn't hard to apply it to others. Carson was truly amazing and it was easier than ever for me to be his onstage wife. 

Lin and Phillipa were standing near each other, his arm around her waist, probably remembering their time as Alex and Eliza. The time that had brought them together in real life. "Alright," Lin said, grabbing our attention. 

"That'll be enough," the two of them said at the same time before laughing. They definitely hadn't forgotten their days in the show. Having the two of them as an example, and just there for support, helped me so much, and I knew Carson benefited from it too. 

The rest of the cast members, though? Since we were about to move to tech, they'd been trying to fit in their other duties before we took that time. Renée was gone taking care of her kids a lot because most of that family time would go out the window in the next few weeks. Jazzy was still filming something else so she wasn't around a decent amount of time. Anthony was trying to get out of shooting some kind of secret project, or at least get the date moved. Many people were just tired. It was a month of long hours, who could blame them? Especially because I was tired too.

They say we are asleep until we fall in love. But I'm so ready to wake up, I hummed to myself. And maybe I was starting to wake up.

a/n

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(why did i ship lippa? god knows. who cares.)

i hope you enjoyed this chapter and i can't wait to show you next chapter because of the big move!

anyway have a great week! <3