Hamilton

Chapter 2

1776, New York City

Alexandra took a second and smiled then said 6 words. "I am not throwin' away my shot!" Everyone looked at her weirdly. "I am not throwin' away my shot! Heyo I'm just like this country! I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I'm not throwin' away my shot!" Everyone just stared and Alexandra got on a table.

"I'ma get a scholarship to Kings Collage! I probably shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish! The problem is I got a lot of brains and no polish!", She took a breath and stomped "I gotta holler just to be heard with every word! With every word, I say I drop knowledge! I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal, my power of speech, unimpeachable! I'm only 19 but my mind is older! These New York streets get colder I shoulder! Every burden, every disadvantage I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish! I walk these streets famished! The plan is to fan this spark into a flame! But damn its starting to get dark so let me spell out my name!"

Alexandra looked to Jona, Helen and Lafayette to help her, and they got on the table. "I am the A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R-A", Then they 3 got down and let Alexandra take the lead "We are meant to be a colony that runs independently! Meanwhile, Britan keeps shittin' on us endlessly! Essentially, they tax us relentlessly!" Everyone at the bar nodded and Alexandra kept going on expressing her ideas and saying her speech. "Then Queen Georgia turns around, runs a spending spree! She ain't ever gonna let his descendants free, so there WILL be a revolution in this century! Enter me!", Alexandra yells and Jona whispers "She says in parenthesis." "Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me! I will lay down my life if it sets us free, and eventually, you'll see my ascendancy!", Alexandra yelled and everyone started.

"And I am not throwin' away my shot (My shot! ~Jona will be the one in parentheses)!", Alexandra said while Jona started to echo the last two words that Alexandra said. "And I am not throwin' away my shot! (My shot!) Heyo I'm just like my country I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I am not throwin away my shot!", Jona joined in to say the ending sentence and everyone started to get into this speech Alexandra was saying. The 4 girls started yelling "I am not throwin' away my shot! I am not throwin' away my shot! Heyo I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I'm not throwin away my shot. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SHOT!"

Lafayette got up on the table and Alexandra got off so Lafayette could have her moment in this speech. I dream of life without a monarchy! The unrest in France will lead to onarchy? Onarchy? How you say, how you say, anarchy?", Lafayette was having trouble pronouncing the word and gave up just t go onto her words,"When I fight, I make the other side panicky! With my", "SHOT!", everyone yelled."

Lafayette jumped down and Helen got up on the table. "And I got y'all knuckleheads in locco parentis! I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance to socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants! I'm gonna take a", "SHOT!", everyone yelled louder than before.

Jona jumped on the table and Helen got off slowly. But we'll never be truly free until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me! You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion! Have another", "SHOT!", everyone yelled again. Adriana walked in and stepped on the table but Jona didn't move.

"Geniuses, lower your voices! You keep out of trouble and you double your choices. I'm with you, but the situation is fraught you've got to be carefully taught:If you talk, you're gonna get shot!", Adriana said sternly. Jona jumped down and Alexandra looked at Adriana dead in the face. "Burr check what we got! Miss. Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot!", Alexandra turned to Lafayette and smiled then looked at Helen, "I think your skirt looks hot", then she looked to Jona, "Laurens I like you alot, Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot! What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot?! oppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not! A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!", Alexandra yelled loudly. Adriana rolled her eyes and got off the table and walked out of the bar.

Alexandra looked around for a minute and her face flushed pink from embarrassment. "Was I talking too loud? Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth..I never had a group of friends before and I promise that I'll make you all proud." Alexandra said shyly.

All the girls looked at each other and Jona yelled "Let's get this girl in front of a crowd!", and everyone cheered. "I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot!" Everyone started to pitch in, "I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry and I'm not throwing away my shot!", everyone yelled and Alexandra smiled.

Jona got on the table again and yelled and smiled "Rise up! When you're living on your knees, you rise up! Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up!Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up!" All the girls nodded and Helen yelled: "When are these colonies gonna rise up?!" Jona started to join in, "When are these colonies gonna rise up?!" Lafayette and Alexandra joined in "When are these colonies gonna rise up?!" and finally everyone joined in "When are these colonies gonna rise up? Rise up Rise up!"

Alexandra raised her hand and made everyone be quiet for just a moment. "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory, when's it gonna get me? In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be? Is it like a beat without a melody? See, I never thought I'd live past twenty..where I come from some get half as many! Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask, we have to make this moment last, that's plenty!" Everyone looked at Alexandra for a minute confused. Scratch that! This is not a moment, it's the movement! Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went? Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand, we roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land! And? If we win our independence? Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?Or will the blood we shed begin an endless cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?I know the action in the street is excitin' but Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin', I've been readin' 'n writin', we need to handle our financial situation! Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?" Everyone nodded for a moment and Alexandra started yelling.

"I'm past patiently waitin'! I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation! I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow! For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow", Alexandra violently yelled.

"And we are not throwin' away our shots!", Everyone yelled, and cheered.

After the big rally, Lafayette, Helen and Jona hugged Alexandra.

"Hey, wanna get drinks tonight?", Helen asked

"Sure", everyone said.

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I know I said I was only going to post once a week but I'm going to do it when I can/want. Plus this was a long chapter so yeah :)

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