broadway kid || an original hamilton cast fan fiction

Chapter 19

Additional chapter: Bam4Ham! I am very excited about this chapter! Let me know what you feel. I may add additional chapter about this one.

Gracie's POV

I woke up in a warm hotel room. I shared a bed with my favorite toddler Seb. He was sound asleep, for once, he cried and whined for hours on the way here.

I hated that Jasmine and Anthony were missing this great event, but I knew that they did deserve a vacation.

Lin screams startled, "I meet Obama today. I mean again."

His screams startled awake his wife and his son, and me. To whom, I am trying to figure everything out.

"What time is it, Lin? " I asked struggling to get to get out of bed.

"It's about seven. We should probably get going," Lin replied to me.

"Papa, I want Chuggington." Tiny Sebastian complained his dad

"You can watch it, buddy. Let's just get ready to meet the president first!" Vanessa said, picking up her son.

"Pres. Pres." Sebastian said those words from his soft, young mouth. 

I laughed at Sebastian, while I shot up out of bed. I took the braids out of my hair, and looked at my pale face.

Well, I have to fix that. I took my straighter out of my suitcase. I started to do my hair until it was completely straight.

Then I took out of my makeup back. I wish Carleigh was in here. She would know exactly how to do my makeup.
Alas, she was probably drinking red wine in her robe and reviewing snapchat filters.

I dabbed on some tan skin color foundation, and then green tinted powder to take away from the sometimes redness.

"Why are you putting on green stuff? You are going to look like Idina, and Nobody should look like Idina but her." Lin looked at me on the floor, to which I roll my eyes.

"It's to take away from the redness on my face. Teenage girls like myself have this thing called acne, I'm just trying to get ride of it."

Lin crouched down to my level, and held my face with his hands.

"Mija, You don't need makeup. I just want you to know that."

I smile and continue to apply the rest of makeup; eyeliner, maskera, highlight, and brownser.

I went and grabbed my purple dress from my suitcase and slid it on. The amount of makeup would never mask what I felt I still looked like.  It was about to my knees, it's just that I can't wear super short dresses. The other girls in the cast look fabulous in short sexy dresses. I guess I can take that I am a dancer so I am skinny so if I wanted to wear those dresses I wouldn't look fat. Other than that, Lin nor Anthony would let me out of the house in one of those dresses.

"Hey Kiddo. We really have to get
going! Are you ready?"

"Yeah. I know you aren't use to having a teenager who takes a long time to get ready."

"Oh, honey. Lin is the longest person to get ready and to get out the door, I believe you take a normal amount of time."

The cab right to the White House was fast, well I mean it was slow but not compared to NYC traffic.

Once we got through security and settled, we did a quick run through of rehearsal. Then Mr. Uh President Obama came and spoke to us.

"There are a lot of teens and kids out there anxious to hear you sing, so knock up dead!" The president joked with us.

I can't believe the President of the United State just spoke to me, well us.
That was unbelievable.

Soon after that, People came flooding into the seats. Young people, Teens, Parents, and kids.

President Obama introduced us to the audience, in his voice almost pride showing. I just stood there off to the side, anxiously waiting our performance.

I could hear the cords play and my nerves go away. I'm one with the music, and it feels so amazing. I am back to my preforming mind set, everything is clear.

The song selections were clean cut and beautiful, and I couldn't Imagine a better performance. After we preformed, we had a long list of things to do.

The whole company sat down and did a Q&A session. A lot of students asked about Alexander Hamilton, and how Lin came about him.

"Next question, oh you in the grey jacket!" I wasn't paying attention just staring at my shoes and shuffling them.

"My question is for Gracie." That got my attention, "What is it like to be in such a monumental show at such a very young age?"

"I am incredibly fortunate to be in this show. I think that history and theatre can teach young people a valuable lesson and everybody can learn from Hamilton. It's a lot- a lot of responsibility but I think that's what a young person can prosper from."

I am growing up. That was a very adult answer.

"Do you ever feel very young compared to the rest of the cast?"

"Defiantly. I'm 15, and some people in this cast are in their 40s, " I coughed, "Chris Jackson." I coughed again.

"I defiantly feel a bit immature occasionally. That's growing up in the theatre world where you are in a wide age range. "

I went with Vanessa and Sebastian to watch Lin rap in the Rose Garden. Man, he could rap to anything he was so talented.

Then I got the opportunity to listen to What did I miss with the White House band. That was wonderful.

We did a couple workshops but I mainly just listened but occasionally Lin would talk about me, which made me blush.

On the way back home Lin put his hand on my shoulder, "That was a very grown up answer, Gracie."

"Thank you, Lin."

(Kenz: I obviously know that Anthony and Jasmine were at Bam4Ham but it's my book and it goes along with the plot)