Blow Us All Away

Chapter Six

Pippa and I beat Jazzy and Renée to her apartment. We high five as we pull up to the curb.

Jazzy pulls up next, and once again we have to wait for Renée to arrive. After a few minutes she pulls up. She gets out of the car, slams the door, and walks around to us.

"Ugh!" She says.

The three of us giggle. We walk upstairs to Pippa's apartment. She orders pizza and then asks, "What movie should we watch?"

I shrug. Renée starts thinking, and Jazzy exclaims, "We should totally watch The Fault in our Stars!"

"Yes!" Renée exclaims. Pippa starts flicking through the movies and it eventually comes up.

"I've never seen it," I say.

Renée gapes at me. "It is, like, the best movie of all time." Jazzy nods in agreement.

We get into more comfortable clothes to watch the movie in. I borrow a T-shirt and a pair of shorts from Pippa. They are a little big on me, but she is only a few inches taller than me.

About ten minutes into the movie the pizza arrives. We eat it on the couch in front of the TV. I watch the movie in amazement, my eyes wide. By the end we are all sobbing, and it is almost one o'clock.

"Why did they have to end it like that," I bawl, wiping my eyes.

"I don't know," Pippa says, "It's the saddest movie ever."

We talk for awhile about Hamilton, my life, their lives, and our families.

"You act too?" Renée asks when I tell them.

"We can be the acting sisters!" Pippa says.

"Yeah," Jazzy says.

Renée starts singing the Friends theme song, and we all join in. A fit of giggles overtakes us when we finish.

"Well," Pippa begins, yawning, "We should probably get to bed."

"Mmm," Jazzy agrees, then her head falls back and she begins to snore. The rest of us snicker, but eventually we fall asleep too.

*****

I awake to the sound of Jazzy snoring, still. I check my phone and see it is only six. I am used to waking up early because of my foster parents, so I open another game on my phone and begin to play.

"Up so soon?" Pippa says from behind me. I jump.

"You scared me!" I whisper.

She giggles, "I know."

I calm my heartbeat and put my phone back on the coffee table.

"All I have for breakfast is eggs, is that okay?" Pippa asks quietly. Renée and Jazzy are still sleeping.

"Yeah," I say.

"So," she continues, "Shopping for your room today. Are you excited? She bounces up and down.

"I guess," I shrug.

"You guess?!" She exclaims.

Jazzy sits up suddenly, looking at us, "What's with the yelling?" It's, like, six thirty."

Pippa and I both just giggle. Jazzy's hair is sticking up everywhere.

"What?" She questions. "Oh. It's my hair, isn't it?"

Pippa nods while I continue to giggle.

Jazzy walks out to tame her hair and Pippa and I go to the kitchen to make eggs. We manage to make omelettes for all of us, then we wake up Renée to eat.

We finish eating quickly, get ready, and head outside. In Pippa's car on the way to Lin's place we belt out Hamilton. We sing the Schuyler Sisters, and they all switch parts. Jazzy is Angelica, Renée is Eliza, I am Peggy, and Pippa is Burr.

"You are a better Peggy than me," Jazzy says when we finish.

"No one is a better Peggy than you, Jazzy," I reply.

"So true," Renée giggles.

"Totally true," Pippa adds.

We arrive at Lin's house after a few more songs and they burst through the door like it's their house.

"Lin!" Renée shouts. "Here we are!"

He comes down the stairs with a little kid who I assume is Sebastian. He buries his head in Lin's shirt when he sees us.

"It's okay, Sebby," Lin says. "Hey guys."

"Hi," I say.

Lin sets down Sebastian. He walks around, still obviously a little new to walking.

"So," Lin says, "You excited to set up your room?" I nod ecstatically.

"Great," he replies. "Then let's go!"