the lucky one | adopted by hamilton [1]

21) happy

IZZY SMILED AS SHE looked at the four cast mates she was eating lunch with. They decided to be lame and go to the McDonalds in Times Square.

Anthony was stuffing a cheeseburger in his mouth, Lin was nearly choking on French fries, Leslie was carefully taking small bites out of chicken nuggets, and Daveed was screaming because the McDonald's employee accidentally gave him sweet tea instead of Coke.

Now matter how problematic they were, Izzy loved them. They were her family.

"Geez," Anthony said. "I think I'm about to throw up."

"That's because you just inhaled a cheeseburger in, like, eight seconds," Izzy said as she munched on some French fries.

"Yeah, you're right," Anthony said. "Bad mistake."

Leslie shuddered as he finished his last chicken nugget. "All I wanted was Chipotle."

"Do you not like McDonalds?" Anthony asked.

"Nah, not really. I haven't had it in a long time," Leslie said.

"Yeah, same here," said Anthony.

They all cleaned up their trash and got ready to go. "I have to use the bathroom," said Anthony.

"Okay. We'll wait for you." Lin, Leslie, Daveed, and Izzy stood outside the restrooms.

"And Izzy has to go to the bathroom too!" Anthony said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her away.

"Are you okay?" he asked. "You barely even ate. Do you feel sick?"

"N-no," Izzy said. "I'm just really tired. Maybe I should go home and take a nap."

"Oh, okay," Anthony said. "If you need anything, you can always turn to anyone in the cast. We love you."

They walked out of the restroom area together and met up with Lin, Leslie, and Daveed.

The group of five walked outside into the hustle and bustle of Times Square. "Let's head towards the theater," Lin said.

"But call time isn't until 6:00," Daveed said.

"Oh, yeah. I forgot there's no matinee today," Lin said.

"Yeah, Izzy and I are gonna head back home," Anthony said, and they walked to the Subway station around the corner.

Forty minutes later, they walked into the door of their apartment. Jasmine was on the couch watching TV.

"Hey, how was lunch?" she asked.

Izzy said nothing and went upstairs. Anthony plopped down on the couch next to Jasmine. "She's barely eating."

"Hey, it's okay," Jasmine said, grabbing Anthony's hand. "She's probably not feeling well."

"That's what I asked her, but she denied it and said she was tired."

"Maybe she is tired," Jasmine said. "Give her time. Around five o'clock she's gonna be jumping around all excited to go to the theater. Y'know, that's her favorite part of the day."

Anthony sighed. He knew it was true. It wasn't long before he and Jasmine were asleep in each other's arms on the couch.

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ANTHONY AND JASMINE WERE awoken by Izzy leaping around the kitchen.

"Ugh, what time is it?" Anthony groaned.

"Showtime!" Izzy shouted.

"Ha-ha very funny," Anthony said. "Seriously, what time is it?"

"Im not even kidding. It's 7:00. The show is starting," Izzy said.

"Oh no!" Jasmine groaned. "Why didn't you wake us up earlier?"

"First of all, I was asleep earlier. Second of all, I already called Thayne and Alysha, so they'll be playing your parts tonight," Izzy explained.

"Oh, thank you for existing!" Anthony said, pulling Izzy into a hug.

"Now we can make out all night," he teased Jasmine, leaning in for a kiss.

"Make out less, cook dinner more," Izzy said. "I've been starving!"

Jasmine and Anthony laughed at her Hamilton reference and shared a quick kiss before starting dinner.