(ON HOLD) Always, always - Hamilton Fanfic

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Chapter Two

Ani POV

"I-I'm sorry, sir. I'll put it back", I don't dare to look him in the eyes and I place the the Lunchable back on the shelf.

"Just-why- were you going to steal that?", he asks sympathetically, which surprises me because he is supposed to be angry.

I hear Lily gasp and I look at him. Oh my Gosh! Lin Manuel Miranda is standing right in front of me!!! Embarrassed, I look back down and reply,"I'm sorry, my sister and I were just hungry and we didn't have money."

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to you eye? And your arm?", he asks me then points to Lily's arm. She got "punished" last week and the bruise is still there.

"I ran into a pole, and my sister-", I paused waiting for her to finish.

"I- I tripped and fell", she lies. Lin looks at us not believing what we just told him.

Lin picked up two Lunchables and sets them in his cart. "Follow me", he says. I look and Lily and she nods to say we should.

I slip the Banana back where it was in the fruit section, and followed him. He payed for them and we followed him out of the store.

"Do you mind if we talk for a little bit?", he asks sweetly, handing us both a Lunchable.

"Sure and thank you so much. You didn't have to buy these for us", I give him a smile. I haven't genuinely smiled in awhile, unless it was because Lily did something sweet.

"Oh, it's no problem", he grins back at me. His face turns more serious, "What are your names?"

"I'm Ani, and this is-"

"Lily", she looks at him with wide eyes. "And your Lin Manuel Miranda!"

"Ah, you guys know who I am", he chuckles. "Well, Ani and Lily, where are your parents?"

"Um we're foster kids. We lost out parents two years ago", I answer trying not to think about that horrible day.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that", he frowns. "Are your foster parents hurting you?", he asks us in a hushed voice. Lily looks at me with sad eyes.

I don't know if I should tell. Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Hallie would kill us, and we are probably already going to get in trouble if we aren't back at home.

"N-no. We're just super clumsy", I sigh. "Lily, we better go. They're probably wondering where we are", I lie standing up and grabbing her hand.

"Wait! Do you mind if I give you my number, in case you two ever need anything?", Lin gives a caring look, not wanting us to go.

"Okay", I hand him my phone and he puts his number in my phone. "Thank you, Lin!"

"Thank you", Lily waves to him as we walk back home.

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Lin POV

"What if they are being abused?", I ask Anthony, Phillipa, Renée, and Jazzy.

"Well, first you need evidence. Then you can call social services and get those poor girls out of there", Renée replies.

"Maybe they really are just clumsy. Not all foster parents are bad, but I hope they aren't getting hurt", Anthony says and Jazzy sits on his lap holding his hands.

"I wouldn't want to tell anyone. Maybe they are afraid of getting in trouble", Jazzy points out and we all nod our heads in agreement.

"Do they have any social medias?", Pippa asks curiously.

"Um..I don't know about the younger girl, Lily, but Ani has a twitter because she tweeted about meeting me", I reply as I favorite her tweet.

"I guess for right now, just wait it out. But if you see they are in danger then we have to get them out", Anthony says like an overprotective older brother. He hasn't even met them yet, and he already cares so much.

Ahh.. I just wish I knew if they were in serious trouble. For now, I have to put it to the side, because we have a two show day, and it's going to be exhausting.

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Ani POV

We got back to the house without a problem. There wasn't too much of concern about them coming home and not finding us, because they only come home at lunch. Thinking about that, I need to get started on lunch.

Lily has been acting strange since we met Lin this morning. She's probably just star-struck, but I'm wondering what's up.

"I gotta fix lunch. Want to join me?", I ask opening our bedroom door.

"I guess", she shrugs and follows me.

"What's going on with you?", I ask as I open the refrigerator scanning for anything I can make a meal out of.

"W-what? Nothing", I hear her say as she plops down on a chair by the window.

I close the fridge door and roll my eyes at her. "Did you like meeting, Lin?", I ask her.

"Of course! He was amazing and so incredibly kind", she gushes about him.

"Mhmm", I smile thinking about him. I start cutting slices of ham for a sandwich.

I hear Lily sniffle and I stop what I'm doing. "Lils, please tell me what's wrong"

She starts crying. I sigh and walk over to her and wrap my arms around her. "I wish we could've stayed with Lin and never came back here. They hate us and it's not fair that we have to deal with this", she hugs me tight.

"Shh, I know. But if we tell Lin, we could get in big trouble", I try to reason.

"So what? If we don't tell him, we get beat. If we do tell him, Mr. Ralph and Mrs. Hallie will get mad and beat us. But what if Lin could help us? I'm not meaning him adopting us, but he could get us out of here", her blue eyes look into mine.

"And then what? The foster people will just put us in some other family and we will be right back where we started. No family wants us but our own, and the rest of ours is dead", I yell, not really meaning to. It just sort of came out.

"I- I didn't think about that", she backs away.

I sigh and sit down with my hands over my face. "I'm sorry, Lily. I didn't mean to yell at you."

"No, it's fine. I get what your saying", she says and after a few minutes of silence,"We should probably finish their lunch, before we get punished."

I nod and get back to work.

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AH This had some drama towards the in but Lin!!! Precious cinnamon roll :) Well, I hope you guys liked this (I wrote this chapter when I had the flu...so I apologize for any mistakes)

Thanks for reading ❤

- Makaila