Adopted By Hamilton

Chapter 23. Public Knowledge

Sam's POV

Tomorrow is the first day back to school since winter break and I don't want to go. Right now Pippa and I are sitting in the rehearsal room; she has been singing a little bit of Helpless and a few other songs from the show. She said "I was out of tune last night," whatever that means. I think that is some bs because I was here last night and she sounded amazing like always. But I guess when you are onstage you notice the mistakes more. I get it. I am the same way with my instruments.

"Hey, can you come here please?" Pippa asked me as she sat at the piano. "Yeah," I stood up and walked over to her. "Can you sing this with me really fast?" She asked and pointed to the sheet music in front of her. It was 'That would be Enough.'

"Um, I don't really sing," I said truthfully. "It's fine, I just need another voice," she said. I nodded and started to sing the familiar tune.

Once we were finished I went to leave. I just embarrassed myself because most of it was just a little too low for me. "Wait," Pippa stopped me. "First off, that was good. Also, can I range test you?" She asked hopefully. "What's that?" I was actually curious. "I see how high and how low you can sing," she explained. If she does that she will see my voice isn't actually low. If I don't she will think something is wrong. Ugh. "Okay. I guess," I agreed.

We did a few singing things. A lot of them were weird. She made me do a lip buzz which made my lips feel weird after. "Okay I'm going to test your low range first," she stated and started playing a not the the piano. I sang the same note. She did this and kept going down until it didn't sound good anymore.

She did the same thing with the higher range and I went up pretty high. "Wow, okay. You have a really good and solid high range for a guy your age." I cringed at her statement. Why did you agree to this? She knows. "Your low rage is really good too. You have about a two and a half octave range," she informed me. "Cool," I said with almost no interest in my voice.

"Are you in choir at school?" She asked. "No, I'm not really a singer. I'm more of a band person," I said truthfully. It's not that I don't like to sing, I just don't like singing in front of so many people.

"Hey how about we go get some food before the Ham4Ham," she said getting up from the piano. I nodded and followed her to the kitchen area.

I sat down in one of the chairs. I had no intent to eat anything. I really am not hungry and I feel like I haven't earned it. Right now I can get out of not eating because Lin is in a meeting right now, so we're all good.

I pulled out my phone and clicked into twitter. The whole 'Mysterious kid' rumors have been spreading like a wildfire. Apparently this is news people can not seem to comprehend.

@OminisSlytherin- I wonder if Lin will ever say anything about this.

@Mariasworld- Once Lin says something then I will believe the rumors. Right now, he hasn't said anything so I wouldn't believe anything.

@NirvanaNick- The HamFam welcomes this kid. I hope he knows that we love him, whoever he is.

After a little more scrolling I shut off my phone. Conveniently Lin came out of his meeting moments after. "Sam, can I talk to you?" He asked, pulling me aside. "Yeah I guess so," I complied. "I think it's time to tell the public about you. We don't have to show your face or anything, I just think people need to know who you are," he rushed to explain. "Okay," I said very bluntly. "Wait really," Lin looked shocked. "Yeah, I don't care. I fully agree with you. Some of these rumors on twitter are wild," I agreed with him. "I was thinking we would do it at the Ham4Ham. You don't have to be outside when we do it, but it's the easiest way," he explained once more. I nodded and didn't say anything. "You are the best kid. I love you," he gave me a warm hug.

"Hey did you eat anything?" Lin asked. God damnit. I shook my head. "Eat hijo," he pushed. I sighed softly and went over to where the premade sandwiches were. I grabbed one and took a small bite; then another, and soon I was done.

"Guys it is time for the Ham4Ham!" Daveed shouted throughout the hallways. I laughed as he ran around like a crazy person getting the message out. We have an intercom system for a reason.

I ended up in Lin's dressing room with the window open so I could hear and slightly see the streets below.

"Hello, Hello, Hello!" Lin shouted as we came out of the stage doors. "Welcome to today's Ham4Ham. Before we get started I want to take some time to address the rumors on twitter," my heart started to race a little bit. I know that this needs to be done.

"Now, I normally do not address rumors publicly, but this is one that needs to be talked about," Lin took a breath and started again. "If you are on the Twitterco like I am, you may have seen the rumors and the posts about the quote mysteriously teen. Now, I have posted multiple photos with him and Seb but I never really said anything. So a few months ago my wife and I decided to foster our son." And like that it was all out in the open.

"So, if you said that he was our son, you are correct. His name is Samuel and he is really cool. He is a multi instrument player, an amazing big brother, and all in all a good person." My heart melted at that. "Now, the same thing goes for Sam as it does for my youngest son Sebastian. I, as of right now, will not be showing his face publicly. He is a minor and does not need to have his face smeared all over the socials." Thank god.

"It is Sam's decision if and when he wants to show his face online. Right now he and I are both not comfortable with showing his face. But I want to say that he has been an amazing addition to our family and both Vanessa and I love him very much," he gushed.

And there we go. It's now public knowledge. I hope this doesn't backfire in my face. Everyone online seems to have been very supportive even not knowing fully what was going on. I really hope it stays like that.

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Te quiero mucho💙 -Sam