Being a nurse in the revolution is not the pleasantest of jobs, seeing soldiers come in with bullet wounds. Sometimes it's too late for some, but there is one life I'm glad I managed to save and I will never forget that day...
I had just finished patching up a soldier's wound and it was my break time. I walked out of the medical tent to hear shouting,
"Seven!"
"Confess your sins, ready for th moment of adrenaline when you finally face your opponent!" I recognised the voice, Charles Lee, my long time crush.
"Number Eight!"
"Your last chance to negotiate! Send in your seconds to see if they can set the record straight!"
I recognised both the seconds immediately, Hamilton and Burr. I put two and two together. I ran out to where the shouting was coming from, "John! What the actual hell are you doing?!"
He noticed I was there and turned round towards me, "Hey (Y/n)!"
"You're about to duel someone who could potentially kill you and all you have to say is 'Hey'?! I find it incredibly hard to believe I am related to you sometimes!" I started walking back to the medical tent until a hand grabbed my wrist, "(Y/n), can you stay out here please. If one of us shoots we're going to need a medic."
"Fine! I'm on break anyway." I turned back round and walked with him back to where they were dueling.
"Number Nine!"
"Look em in the eye, aim no higher, summon all the courage you require. Then count..."
"One two three four five six seven eight nine."
"Ten paces fire!"
I noticed John shoot and Lee shoot in the air. I immediately ran over to him, "Burr! Help now!" He came running over and picked him up bringing him to the medical tent. On our way there we heard shouting, "What is the meaning of this?" I giggled knowing Alex and John were in for a good telling off. Once I had stopped giggling we had arrived at the tent. I told Burr to put Lee on an empty cot and then he could leave. I started tending to Lee when I was interrupted, "(Y/n), what happened to the general?"
"My brother happened, Mia. Stupid Alex why did he tell John not throw away his shot!?"
I turned back to Lee finishing cleaning his wound.
"I'm going to save you. Just keep still, ok?"
"Yes."
"Thank you for not shooting John."
"I knew that if I did then you'd have my head and then it would ruin my chances with you," he spoke before realising what he said, "should not have said that! I should not have said that! Stupid Lee that's why you'll never get a girlfriend!"
I smiled, "Well, you're all good. You just need to rest, and for your information, you will get a girlfriend," I kissed him before breaking off, "Me."
This made him laugh and I kissed him again. "Now, you need rest."
I left him to sleep before walking out of the tent to be met with three wide-eyed, open-mouthed men, "Laf, Herc and John, you're not codfish, close your mouths." The four of them closed their mouths, "Thank you and shouldn't you be fighting the British right now?"
They all looked to each other, "Yep, you're right but, we came to tell you.."
"Hold on, where's Alex?"
"That's what we came to tell you mon amie. Général Washington renvoyé Alexander à la maison en raison du duel."
"Merci, Laf."
They all turned round and started to walk away before I called out to them, "Oh, and John thanks for giving me a boyfriend!"
This made them turn back round and come running up to me, "What? Who?" I looked at him with a 'seriously?' face and a raised eyebrow.
"Think about it! What did you just do, that got Alex sent home?"
"You mean Lee?!"
"Yep! Now leave!" I finished giving them all a glare, making them all turn round and walk away. I walked back into the tent to see Charles lying in the same place I left him in.
"Don't worry, my brother and his friends won't be annoying you or hurting you again, Alexander's already been sent home, despite the fact John was the one that actually shot you."
"This is why I fell for you, (Y/n)."
"I love you too," I replied kissing him again, tangling my hands in his hair. we eventually broke away.
