Beauty To Broadway (Hamilton)

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

I spent the next two weeks miserable. If my hip didn't hurt, my heart did because Chris dumped me. I guess he and I weren't really a couple, but I really liked him and I thought he really liked me. He said that I had too much going on. But yeah, I mean, I told him I was pregnant five minutes into our first date, he knew what he was getting himself into. I spent my 19th birthday laying in bed crying, my heart broken. I've skipped going to physical therapy and opted to do workouts at the house, I'm just not in the mood to leave, or move, or breathe. I haven't been working on my book, I haven't even been working on keeping up a good diet. It was 9 am, Lin came into my room.
"Tobi needs a walk," he said. I pulled my blankets over my head.
"Then take her," I grumbled.
"I don't want to go alone. It's so dark in here," he noticed. He went up to my big windows and opened the curtains, letting in the sunlight.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I want you to get out of bed," he replied. He came and sat on my bed, he pulled the blankets away from my face.
"I don't want to get out of bed," I said.
"Saint, even the doctor said that you have to move your hip or you'll risk never walking the same again," Lin urged. I pulled my blankets over my face again. Lin sighed and left my room.

Lin came back about an hour later, I pulled the blankets over my head again. He put something on my bed and it started moving.  I whipped the blankets off of me and saw a fluffy calico cat.
"Oh my god!" I screeched. I picked up the cat and pulled her close to me.
"Her food and water is in the kitchen and her litter box is in the bathroom on the main floor. There are some toys down in the living room that will stay there. To feed her, clean her litter box, or play with her, you have to get out of bed and go downstairs," Lin said. He grabbed her out of my arms and left my room.
"Lin wait!" I yelled after him. He was already gone. I grumbled, turned to drape my legs over the side of my bed, and reached for my new cane, which I got a few days ago after turning in my crutches. I slowly got out of bed and carefully inched my way towards the hallway. I turned to the right and went down the stairs. Lin was at the bottom waiting.
"Took you long enough," he teased.
"Shut up and give me the cat," I replied. He smiled and happily handed me the cat. I let my cane fall to the ground and I leaned against the wall for support. I snuggled my new cat and started crying.
"What? What's wrong? Does your hip hurt?" he asked.
"No, I just love her so much already," I replied wiping the tears from my cheeks.
"Well, I hope she gets you up and out of bed more often. You opted out of physical therapy, but if you ever want your hip to be better you need to start exercising it," he said.
"Yes Doctor Miranda," I teased. Lin came and pulled me away from the wall to hug me. He then picked up my cane and helped me go into the living room. He took my fluffy new best friend and put her on the couch. He grabbed one of Vanessa's yoga mats and laid it on the ground. Reluctantly, Lin helped me lay on the mat and he started talking me through some exercises that the doctors had talked about, they would improve the range of motion for my hip. After about an hour Lin had to leave for the show.
"Do you want to come?" He asked.
"Yeah sure. Let me change quick and we can go," I replied. I slowly crept upstairs and went into my room. I changed into yoga pants and a Victoria's Secret sweatshirt. I went to my bathroom and noticed my nasty, hadn't been washed in three days, hair. I brushed through the greasy mess and put it in a high ponytail, success, it no longer looked like trash. Mom win.

Lin and I arrived at the theatre half an hour later. We went to his dressing room and sat around. He had a ham 4 ham at 12:30, so in half an hour. We both were on our phones when someone came in.
"GROFFSAUCCCCEEE!" Lin exclaimed. I looked up from my phone and saw Jonathan Groff as he wrapped Lin in the biggest hug. "How was vacation?"
"It was nice, I missed you so much though," He replied seductively. They both burst out laughing. Then they noticed me.
"Groff, this is Saint, she's living with Vanessa and I," Lin said. I used my cane and slowly stood from the couch.
"Yeah, you played Eliza a few months ago," Jonathan said.
"Yeah, 26 weeks to be exact," I replied.
"You've kept track?" He asked with a laugh, completely oblivious to the fact that I'm pregnant.
"No, I found out I was pregnant around the time I was in the show," I replied with an awkward laugh.
"Oh, wow, congratulations," he said. He then turned to Lin. "So what's on the ham 4 ham schedule today?"
"I was thinking I would have Saint come out, she and I could relive her time in the show by singing a song," Lin replied looking at me, this was the first I'd heard of this idea.
"I'm not so sure that's a good idea," I said.
"Why not?" Lin asked.
"Yeah, I think that's a wonderful idea," Jonathan said.
"I'm kind of not in the greatest position to be performing," I replied.
"We'll do That Would Be Enough, it takes no dancing, just sitting," Lin urged.
"I don't know, it's hard for me to get around. The area where you do the show is weird," I replied, making up excuses.
"I'll help you out," Jonathan butt in.
"Exactly! Wonderful! It's set!" Lin exclaimed. Just then Phillipa, Renee, and Jasmine (aka Eliza, Angelica, and Peggy) burst into the room.
"We heard you were here!" Renee exclaimed. They all hugged me.
"It's nice to see you all," I said. Soon enough they were dragging me out of the room and wanted to know everything about my pregnancy. Lin and Jonathan stayed in the dressing room. Jon made sure everyone was gone and then he shut the door.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to take her around with you?" He asked. Lin was confused.
"What do you mean?" Lin asked.
"It's not your baby is it?" Jon asked.
"Oh god, of course not!" Lin exclaimed.
"Look, as soon as I heard she got pregnant around the time she was in the show, I instantly thought she was pregnant with your baby. If I, your best friend, thought she was carrying your baby, the press will think so too. I just think it's not a good idea to be parading her around like you have been today," Jon said.
"I brought her to work. How is that parading her around?" Lin asked, getting slightly irritated.
"I heard some cast from the ensemble and some band members talking about you two. Everyone is talking, they think she lives with you because it's your baby," Jon said.
"That's absurd! How dare they all spread rumors. I'm not going to correct anyone, there's no need. Let them talk, my family and close friends know the truth and that's all that matters. Saint lives with me because her abusive ex boyfriend abandoned her and she was all alone in this town, I was her only friend. She was pregnant and needed my help, so I helped her and I'll continue to help her until she lands on her feet and can support herself and her daughter, whether that takes two months or two years," Lin argued.

The next time I saw Lin was right before he walked out of the theatre doors to start the ham 4 ham show. He was talking about the show, how understudy's worked, and why I was put in the show for Phillipa. Then he was banging on the door and Jonathan was helping me out of the doors as well. Lin was sitting down on the top step, Jon helped me sit next to Lin and then he went back inside.
"This is my good friend Saint Ayala. She's nineteen years old and she's the strongest young woman I've ever met." He grabbed my hand, "Today Saint and I are going to sing a song from the show," Lin said as he handed me a mic.

The music for That Would Be Enough came on and I started singing and then Lin sang and we sang together and it was just so.. Ugh... INCREDIBLE to be performing again, especially with someone like Lin. I hope I can get back into acting after Coral is born, maybe I can experiment with television acting if Broadway doesn't work out. I can't and won't give up yet, I've only lived here for less than two years. I can't wait until Coral is born so I can get back to work, and she can grow up with a successful mother instead of a Broadway failure who got abused by her father and thrown to the curb. With Lin's help and support, I can do this.

A/N
I don't really like writing Author's Notes so I'll make this quick

Helllloo! Thank you for reading. Just a little message to send to you all, I post status's on my page all the time about this book. So go ahead and follow me for updates on the story! I always post there if chapters will be late or if I have any other news for the story.

I hope I see your name added to my followers list! I appreciate all of you and your patience as I slowly creep back into my old routine of writing (as you see from past stories, I used to be quite the writer last year). Love you guys! Thanks for all the loving and hilarious comments!

Xx
-Alyssa Lynn