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14; oh lover boy!

" how long have you been working with alex ?" eliza passes me a cup of tea. it smells really good, so i can't really say no.

" almost a month, it really hasn't been that bad, i can deal with him ." i gush, not meaning to panick over such a simple question.

" you like him ?" she looks up from her tea bag, making me question what she really meant. maybe i'm over analyzing.

" what do you mean by that ?" i lean on the counter with my elbows, she takes a sip of her tea.

" do you like him, in a partnership way ?" she makes it sound obvious, but i'm still getting a feel of mixed signals.

" yes ?"

" are you two romantically involved then ?" i almost choke on my tea.

" no, we're not like that at all -"

" do you want it to be ?" there's dead silence and uncomfortable tension that fills the air.

" he's asleep, hopefully, what are you guys talking about ?" hamilton walks in, taking a seat on the stool next to me. i drink my tea because i don't know what to say.

" nothing really . . . so are you guys staying the night? i'd hate for you to have to sleep in that musty motel ." eliza, thankfully, changes the topic. i look over at hamilton, knowing it's his decison if he wants to stay or not.

" yeah, i kind of wanted to anyways . . . " hamilton spins back and forth in his chair for a while, leaving awkward silence as i look at my tea.

" i have to run to the tiny store, down the block, really quick though, i need more milk ." eliza starts to get up but hamilton interferes.

" no, i'll walk down there, i'd rather you not go out right now, because of what we're doing ." hamilton gushed, i guess i'm not the only one who feels the need to over explain near her too.

" i don't want you going alone either ." she stressed, touching his arm. i almost felt jealous, but then i remembered what type of telenovela shit is going on right now, so i brushed it off.

" i can protect myself eliza ." she pouts at him, then looks at me, doing a tiny gasp.

" you should take thomas ." he looks at me then back to her, at this point im just the awkward third wheel, so i take a sip from my mug.

" no, i'll stay here, and incase something happens here, tho- jefferson, will be here ." hamilton starts to walk out but eliza stops him.

" alexander ."

" i have to leave ."

" alexander !" she raises her voice slightly more, almost as if her voice finally got through, he comes back. it's scary how he obeys her, that's seriously never happened like this before. that only proves my point of eliza being the second fiercest woman, besides my family, i've met, my first being agent schuyler.

oh god, i sound gay.

" you always do this. for once listen to me." she pleads, he slides his hand down from his temple, and makes a hand motion for me to go.

" oh, okay ." i get up from the stool and follow, as usual. eliza stands at the doorway, waving as we walk off into the distance.

" mother of hell, why is it so cold ?" he hugs himself, like that'll make him any warmer.

" why hug yourself when you could hug me ?" i had been waiting to use this line, but never had the perfect timing to use it.

" fuck off with your one liners ." i laughed at his face, he looked honestly annoyed, and that was pretty funny. it was beat red.