Like a Dream - A Hamilcast Story

Chapter 1

~Written by Pearl~

Cora's POV

I'm sitting in my hospital bed, wondering if this is all a dream. I mean, yeah I used to joke about getting some disease, and how the Make-A-Wish foundation was the only way I'd ever see Hamilton. I guess I never considered it might actually happen. I never thought I would be in this situation, but you can't exactly include "Cancer Years" in your life-plan can you? You can't plan something you don't know will happen. I didn't get to choose what happened to me, but I get to fight through it.

"Cora?" a male voice snaps me out of my thoughts. Connor, a representative for Make-A-Wish, looks at me, a bit concerned. He raises an eyebrow at me questionaly.

"Hmm?" I respond kinda forgetting what I was supposed to be doing. Daydreaming about times when I wasn't in a hospital bed seems to take up most of my time nowadays.

"You were telling me about what you want your wish to be." He said with a chuckle, looking back to his notepad.

"Oh! Well this is kind of a big wish, but I've always wanted to see Hamilton performed by the original cast, and get to meet the cast!" I say shrugging my shoulders with a smile. "With my friends of course." I add remembering the deal I made in grade school with my best friend, Ivy.

We were in band class and Ms. Jones was focused on the woodwind section, meaning the percussionists were bored as fuck. Ivy came over and sat by me, 'Ya know, the only way we'd ever see Hamilton would be, if we were somehow connected to the Make-A-Wish foundation,' She had said this jokingly as we both knew Hamilton tickets were extremely expensive. We both chuckled at this remark. 'Yeah, like if I got cancer that would definitely be my wish. I'd also include you and the rest of the hamtrash of our friend group,' I said smiling at her. 'You'd better!' she responded with the same amount of humor in her voice as was in the beginning of our conversation. Oh, the good times when I could be around other people without the constant worry of dying.

"You're right, that is quite a big wish. I'll have to talk to the board of directors, as with any other wish. Though, this one might take a bit more time to authorize and organize," Connor said smiling at me. "I'll be back in about a week to discuss things with you and your parents. Well, me or another representative will be here," he added with a snicker.

"Thank you, really! You don't know how much this means to me." I sit up, hugging Connor before he leaves.

"Well, it is my job. But, you're a pretty awesome kid Cora." he gave me a nuggie, much to my protest. He was still smiling on his way out the door, and I waved goodbye, returning his smile with my own.

*DRAMATIC SIGH* Lonely, I am so lonely~ I sang the lyrics to Lonely by Akon in my head.

"CORA!" Ivy crushed that thought in seconds, careening into a table on her way into my room.

"Ivy?! What the fuck, how'd you get in here? No visitors today, remember? Hold on, you didn't sneak in again did you?" I asked speaking a million miles a second.

"Come on, Cora, live a little. I've only done it one or two times... well maybe more like twenty or thirty," Ivy conceded with a smirk.

"Maybe, don't get caught by security again. They'll move my room if you do. Then you won't know where to find me." my eyebrows furrowing at the memory of Nurse Beth telling me that if there were any more security breaches then she would have to move me to a different room. I look up at Ivy sadly, glad she was here but concerned I wouldn't see her again for awhile.

"Don't worry Cora. I'm a master at covering my tracks." Ivy declared with the confidence of a lion on the prowl. "Also, I got you something!" she screeched, reaching behind her back to grab something in her left hand. She's gonna murder me with a baseball bat! My eyes widened as she pulled a....beanie?....from behind her. Yep thats a beanie! YES! "I got you that beanie you were wanting. The one that has "Forever Hungry" across the front of it in fancy font!" she held the beanie out for me to take.