Taking My Shot- Adopted by Hamilton

Chapter 2-Life is Funny and Revenge is Sweet

*DISCLAIMER! Recently I realized people aren't being able to see chapter 1 I don't know why that's happening but chapter 1 is the exact same as the description to the book so just know you didn't miss anything :) thanks for reading!

1 Month Earlier

I jolt out of bed to the sound of Lin's voice. I turn to my bedside table seeing my phone playing 'My Shot'. Yeah maybe I shouldn't have Lin screaming "I am not throwing away my shot!" as my alarm at 6am. I quickly turn it off, hoping it didn't wake anyone, the last time that happened it wasn't pretty-well at least for my face it wasn't. That's probably another reason I should change it but I like to live life on the edge. I fall back into bed and yawn not wanting to leave the warmness of my sheets, but then I remember today is the day. Today is the day my class gets to go see Hamilton, not only that but we are the first school to do so. We also get to preform a rendition of a song from Hamilton or just preform a song from it, and I get to give a speech on what Hamilton means to me. Yep that's right I'm going to preform and give a speech in front of Lin Manuel Miranda and all the other amazing Hamilton cast members. I may just be freaking out a little bit, okay by a little I mean an amount that I am painfully aware is a lot more than 'a lot'. And with that thought in my head I start to get ready for school faster then I ever have. I put on plain black dress that has three-quarter cut sleeves and goes to about mid thigh, and slip on a sliver bracelet I made that had the words, "Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?" stamped into it. I then go to put on my black combat boots but one is missing, I look for it but I assume it must be in the living room even though I've never put my shoes out there. Well I'll check once I'm ready to go. I then throw my hair up in a bun which will be in a small ponytail later anyway so doesn't need to look super nice. While I get ready I quietly sing 'My Shot' to myself since that's what I'm preforming at the theater today. Well it's not just me it's also my friends: Jed, Isaac, Conner and Sam. We're starting at the "Aaron Burr, Sir" song and going through my shot to the end of "The Story of Tonight" so I needed other people to do the scene. My friend Jed is tall and like a big teddy bear, he has black hair and brown eyes and he's playing Hercules Mulligan in the scene. Isaac is on the shorter side, about the same height as me and has blondish brownish hair that's right in between being curly and being fluffy and he has green-blue eyes that look like the ocean, He'll be playing John Laurens. Then there's Conner, he has brown curly hair and brown eyes and he's playing Aaron Burr. And last but not least there's Sam who has brown hair and beautiful hazel eyes and he's playing Lafayette. So yes I am the only girl in my friend group besides my friend Penny but she doesn't take AP History (APUSH) so she's not going and it's killing her. I wish I could just sneak her into my backpack but I can't, her big brown hair would not fit, I'm being literal like her hair is so poofy and long it wouldn't fit into my backpack. But that also means that yes I'm playing Alexander Hamilton which was my groups decision, I mean I'm not opposed to playing Hamilton. It's one of my dream roles and getting to do in front of the man that plays him every night and created the show is even better. Obviously I won't be playing him in a dress so I grab my black leggings and white button up shirt with a brown jacket that kinda looks like the one in the show, I found it at good will, score! I throw all of these clothes in my bag and walk into the bathroom to keep getting ready.  But that's not where the excitement stops, since so many kids that are in my APUSH class are also in choir our teacher had us learn "Non-Stop", which is my favorite song, and we're also doing that-well the 10 of us that are in choir are. And I got to direct the choreography for my choir and my group in class so I was pretty happy with the scenes. And I'm also Hamilton in the choir group so I get to preform four songs from the show for Lin and I couldn't be more excited! I mean it's not like am Chase Parker, he was doing practically every scene with everyone and was Hamilton in all of them, and had told me, and I quote: "Lin is never gonna notice you when I'm the only good Hamilton". Yes and he also told me that he was going to give the speech representing our school right before my teacher gave it to me, damn that felt so good. I know why my teacher chose me, I'm the writer of the class. Plus my APUSH teacher is also my AP English teacher so she knows my writing and apparently she trusts me enough, oh what a mistake she's made. As these thoughts are racing through my head I suddenly hear a scream and cursing, I run out in the hall to see Mr Brown, my foster dad, laying on the floor in pain. I run over to help him, unsure why he's laying there but when I reach my hand out to help him up I am pulled down by him and thrown against the wall. It takes me a minute for me to understand whats going on but by the time I do I'm being slapped and Mr Brown is on top of me.