Tomorrow There Will Be More Of Us (Jeppy)

Chapter Two

A Winters Ball

I, of course, was standing alone waiting to dance with anyone. I'm sipping champagne out the glass, looking around the room seeing me sisters dazzling the room. A man in a soldier uniform and a bandanna walks up to me, smiling. "May we dance together?" I put a fake smile on, placing my glass on the persons tray that passing by. I take his hand. "Sure." While we were dancing he keep looking at everyone and thing other then me. I'm guessing that he wanted to hide or not seem out of place like I was.

As the guy moves away from me, going to another girl, another soldier comes up to me, stealing me away. We go up to the stairs, he sits down and I stand on the last step. He has curly brown hair polled into a ponytail, like mine, and bright blue with slight green eyes. He's looks handsome in his uniform. "Thank you."

"For stealing you from Herc? It's no problem. He can a bother sometimes." He says as he side-eyes with an uneasy face. I giggle a little, earning a soft smile from him. I blush a little seeing that smile, making me smile a real one. I turn seeing Eliza talking to a guy. "Who's that man my sister is dancing with?"

"Oh. It's Alex." He says turning to where I'm looking. He whispers. "That was fast." I give them a confused face then a girl asks the guy to dance. He says 'yes' and says 'I'll see you around'. I give him a fake smile walking away.

Well that was close. And he was perfect too.

It's been hours since I talked to Mr. Perfect. I have decided that I'm done and started stuffing the second brownie into my corset when I hear. "I am going to guess that you enjoy treats." I turn around to see him again. A soft smile crosses my face, blushing as I got caught.

"Yes. You may say that about me."He smiles making me want to melt. He's so handsome. I take out the brownies and puts them on a plate.

"I am John Laurens. And you miss?" He takes my right hand, kissing the back of it. I blush as red as a rose.

"I am Margarita Schuyler." I grab bunches of my yellow skirt as I curtsy, being proper. "But you can call me Peggy."

"Well Peggy, would you like to dance with me?" He asks as he bows down, following the 'being proper' suit. I brightly smiles as he looks up at me. "Yes. I love too." We walk to the dance floor, him sayings. "I'm sorry about earlier. That girl wanted to dance with me to make her man jealous. I have no idea where she went." I say it's okay and we start dancing.

We dance for hours, talking about stuff that popped into our minds. John told me he is from South Carolina and he has a large family. He says that it's beautiful down there. I asked him to describe it to me. "Well, you can see the whole sky at night with the stars shining. The sunsets fill up the whole sky it seems, leaving it a beautiful orange yellow mess with purple, pink, and red pouring in. The air feels clean and crisp with the sweet smell of apple in it."

"That sounds beautiful. It must be nice down there." He nodes smiling brightly, probably thinking about his home. As we dance along with everyone else, he dips me, like the rest of the men did, causing me to giggle at the fast movement. He smiling at me, making me smile, as he lifts me up from the dip. We dance like we're floating on air. He twirls me causing me to crash my back into his chest.

He whispers into me ear while smirking, making me blush bright red.

"Let's get out of here."