Theodosia opened her eyes and scanned her surroundings. This wasn't her room, or the boat she was supposed to be on. . . Then she remembered: the pirates, Timothy, Philip!
She pulled the sheets off her legs then breathed in the smell of the shirt she was wearing. After that she left the room "Good morning Mrs. Alston!" George said good naturadely, smiling at her from his place on the couch, Theodosia smiled "You can call me Theo Mr. Eacker."
"Well, if I have to call you Theo, then you call me George. She nodded
"Okay George." She looked around "Where's Philip?" George shookhis head
"That kid. . . always working!" Theo chuckled "I still don't understand all this. How is Philip Hamilton alive?" George smiled
"That's not for me to tell you." Then he offered her breakfast, which she accepted with gratitude. They talked for a while before Philip strode in, a huge smile on his face "Hey Philip." George said "You look uncharacteristicly happy!" Philipbeamed
"Sure am! The cap paid me extra!" George smiled widely
"Good for you man!" he gets up and pats Philip's back, a little too hard by the looks of it
"Ow! I burnt my back!" George mutters an apology then sits back down. Then Theodosia stands
"Congratulations Philip!" his face changes when he turns to her
"Um. . . thanks, Mrs. Alston. . ." Theodosia frowns then steps towards him
"THAT IS IT!" She grabs his hand and pulls him out of the house. She begins walking, she doesn't know to where but eventually she stops walking. Somehow she's brought them to a clearing in a forest. "Okay" she finally sighs "Why do you hate me?" Philip frowns
"I dont hate you Mrs-"
"CALL ME MRS. ALSTON ONE MORE TIME!" Philip flinches away from her
"Okay, I'm sorry. . . Theodosia." She sighs and runs a hand down her face
"I just want to know why you don't like me." She starts walking and he follows closely behind.
"It's not that. . . I'm just a bit. . . wary of you." She frowned
"Why?" Philip stopped walking and shrugged as he looked up at her
"I don't know, I guess it's because I tend to get myself and the people around me into trouble and. . ." he trailed off, she was beginning to notice he did that a lot "I mean, look at you! You're so perfect, you're married to Joseph freaking Alston, I mean, I don't want to mess that up!" Theodosia chuckled as they kept walking "Trust me, I'm a complete me-"
"AHHHHH!"
It happened really fast, she almost fell and Philip pulled her back. Shesucked in a breath looking down at the sharp rocks on the bottom of the cliff. She looks back at Philip and he's staring right at her! "You okay?" he whispers she nods slowly as she breathes heavily. They stay staring at each other, his hands still clasping both her arms. He finally broke eye contact by peering down the cliff, then he looked back at her and whispered "Yeah. . ." She stared at him, wondering how anyone's eyes could look that sad but that brilliant "Absolutely perfect." he said.
Would this be considered a literal cliffhanger?
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FanfictionMy name is Philip. I am a pirate. And I can't help it, I fall in love every time I see her gyrate. Theodosia Burr has married Joseph Alston. As it turns out her husband is named governor of South Carolina. So, Theodosia has to sail north without him...
