Chapter 27

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Lizzie's POV

We sat in the center of the first row and waited. Our hands interlaced on the armrest between us. The announcer said the usual about how our phones should be on silent and stuff and I held Nadine's hand tightly. The lights went down and the velvet curtain opened. 

The cast sang the first song and we clapped hard when it ended. They all had amazing voices singing live and even the dancers sang while doing the most impossible moves. I couldn't even choose where to look. There was so much going on onstage. I had my eyes glued to the stage throughout the whole show and when the intermission arrived, we clapped so hard my hands hurt afterwards.

I learned towards Nadine. 

"This is being the best day of my life. Thank you" I kissed her cheek and put my head on her shoulder. I saw Phillipa waving at us from under the stage and I waved back. She had a different dress on. I wondered, how do they switch costumes so fast? That's so cool. She had a teal silky dress that almost reached the floor. 

The play went on and Phillipa slayed in "Burn" Making a tear slide down my cheek, which Nadine dried with a kiss. I softly laughed and clapped hard when the song ended. The last few songs were so heartbreaking I couldn't stop crying. Nadine rubbed my shoulder and held me against her as the audience faded away and it felt like it was just both of us watching the play. 

The curtain call arrived and all the actors and the ensemble bowed to then extend their hand to the director, who was so incredibly close to us. Everyone clapped and whistled. The curtain fell and the actors went backstage. 

I was going to stand up to leave with the rest of the VIP audience members to meet the cast but Nadine held my wrist, pulling me back down. 

"Stay. Trust me" She said. 

"Always" I answered before sitting down next to her again. 

"You are so beautiful" She whispered, stroking my cheek. The theatre was now empty and it was just the two of us in the room. 

"You are a million times more beautiful than me and a lot of people think so according to the internet and magazines" I replied. 

"Something tells me you've read a magazine or two" She lowered her voice, making me a bit nervous. 

I flushed. 

"Uhm- Uh… no- I-I…"

She laughed. 

"That's alright. I just hope it was one of the good ones" She leaned back to her chair again. 

"What do you mean good ones?"

"Nothing"

"Um… I think we're missing the meet and greet" I changed the topic. 

“Don’t worry. I have everything under control. Just let it flow” she said, leaning towards me and stroking my fingers on the armrest one by one.

⚠️TW: Very light smut

I shuddered at the feeling of her warm hands and she smiled before leaning in for a kiss.

She gave me a little peck and slightly pulled away. I stared at her lips trying not to give in. We would spend all night here if I did what I wanted to do with her. Screw that. I leaned in, hungrily capturing her lips with mine. She softly moaned into the kiss and a shiver went down my spine. She bit my lip, making me moan quietly. I pushed her away, my cheeks burning.

⚠️End of TW

“Um… W-we shouldn’t- Uh- here…” I breathed.

Her cheeks were slightly pink and she took in big breaths. She smiled.

“Of course. Follow me” she stood up and went down a corridor. I ran behind her to catch up to her and I took her hand as she walked past the changing rooms of the actors and actresses.

“Hey Nick” she called.

A security guard turned to us.

“Is the meet and greet over?” Nadine asked.

“Almost. Go ahead. They’re in Lin’s changing room” he pointed three doors down.

“Thanks”

“Do you know everyone here or what?” I asked, excitedly.

“And what if I do?” she chuckled “Being famous isn’t easy and there’s no one that understands better than celebrities themselves. I’ve been watching Hamilton since they started it off-Broadway”

“So you just watched it for the thousandth time because I was excited for it?” I asked.

“Just the best for you” she smiled.

“You’re going to make me cry” My eyes started getting a familiar tingling sensation “That is so sweet…”

“Come on, you’re about to meet the entire cast! Don’t ruin your makeup with tears that are not worth it” she dried the little tear that was about to fall out of my eye. I laughed.

“Okay” I softly replied.

We stopped in front of Lin Manuel Miranda’s changing room.

Oh gosh, I can’t believe I’m a door away from one of the best actors, directors and songwriters in the world!

The handle turned and a group of people with VIP tickets came out of the gigantic dressing room. Phillipa held the door open for us.

“Come in, you two!” she happily said.

“Pippa! That was one hell of a show!” Nadine said, hugging her tight.

“Will you stop saying that after literally every show please?” she laughed.

“Nope” Nadine smiled.

“Lin! Jas! Daveed!” She started calling actors by their name and hugging them like old friends. Well, they probably were.

“Everyone,” she announced “tonight, I’ve brought my girlfriend Lizzie with me. She is such a big fan and she loved the show tonight. Didn’t you?” she asked.

“H-hi everyone. I did. The show was amazing and your performances were perfect!”

“Very nice to meet you”

“Thank you”

“You’re so nice”

Everyone said something different and it felt nice to be accepted by such incredible humans.

“I’m actually going to act in my school’s production of Hamilton and I was thinking I could ask for advice from you about the whole experience of being in such a big musical and staying calm in front of an audience and stuff” I nervously said.

“Of course!” Jasmine Cephas Jones said, patting an enormous bean bag couch next to her. Nadine and I sat together due to the size of the comfortable, fluffy bean bag.

“Who are you playing?” Oak asked.

“Eliza Hamilton” I proudly said, glancing at Phillipa.

Her face brightened.

“That’s brilliant!” she said “You got a main role!”

I smiled, happily. 

We spent the next thirty minutes talking about theatre and they gave me advice and vocal warm up exercises. Daveed and Phillipa even taught me how to beatbox and we had a friendly beatboxing competition that Daveed won. We laughed a lot and then Anthony looked at his watch. 

"I'm so sorry man, but I gotta go" He said. 

"Me too" Leslie frowned. 

"It's okay. I gotta have dinner sometime too" I said, making them laugh. 

"Do you want to join us?" Phillipa asked. Renee, Jas and I are having dinner together tonight. I can give you some advice on playing Eliza and more information about her if you want" She spoke to me. 

"Of course!" I looked at Nadine "You coming?"

"With you? Anywhere" She answered, making me blush and everyone whooped and awed. 

We said goodbye and each person went their way. 

Nadine and I waited in the hallway while the three actresses changed to their street clothes. This was definitely going to be the best night of my life. 

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Colette's POV

I got ready and called a cab to the airport to pick up Amélie. I didn't want her first purchase to be an expensive cab to NYC. I could pay for that. 

I waited outside, leaning against the cab, deep in thought. I was saving up to go back to France and visit Amélie but now that she is here, I guess I can upgrade my apartment and spend more money. 

A/N: Please don't judge my French, I haven't used it in a year or two and I was offline so I couldn't use Google Translate. I'm too lazy to do it now soooo… Here u go. Terrible French: 

French

Translation

"Colette!” Amélie's voice pulled me out of my thoughts. She ran towards me, dragging her red suitcase behind her. She pulled me into a tight hug. 

"Tu m'as manqué! I missed you!” she exclaimed. She was a bit different since I last saw her. Her short hair almost reached her shoulders

"Je suis très heureuse de te voir mais tu dois parler en Anglais ici. C'est New York! I'm very happy to see you but you have to speak in English here. It's New York!"

"Ouff… Mon Anglais est mort… My English is dead…" She said. 

"Je peux te donner des leçons! I can give you lessons!"

"Ce serait génial! That would be great!” 

I helped her put her bags in the trunk and she sat next to me in the back seat and I helped her practice the basics in English. I think she'll need me to go everywhere. Her English is terrible. 

" My flight was…" She stopped to think of the word "Oh! Oui, exhausting" Her heavy accent made me laugh. 

My accent had changed a bit since I've been living here for a couple years but hers was so… Parisian. 

"So you understand most of the words in English but you have trouble creating sentences?" I asked. She nodded and yawned. 

"You can sleep a bit if you want. It's a long way to NYC" She smiled, showing her dimples. Just friends, just friends, just friends… 

She leaned back on the seat and soon, she was deep asleep. Some curves came in the road and her head slid onto my shoulder. I smiled at the feeling of her warmth near me, like old times. A curve that went the opposite way showed up and I delicately held her head against my shoulder so she didn't hit it against the door. Her short light brown hair felt so soft and silky and it made me want to run my fingers through it. No! Just friends, just friends. 

I took out my phone with my other hand and texted Jake that I wouldn't be able to go to tonight's date. He understood and told me to say hi to Amélie for him. 

Amélie shifted a bit, getting comfortable on my shoulder and softly sighed, bringing me too many inappropriate memories for the moment. Just friends. 

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We arrived at my apartment and I gently shook her shoulder. 

"Oh, je suis désolée I'm sorry" Amélie said, regarding the fact that she fell asleep leaning against me. 

"It's okay" I smiled. I won the argument to pay the cab driver. Amélie wanted to do it but I paid since I had a lot of money to spend now that I didn't have to go back to France. 

I took a few of her bags and helped her carry them inside. 

"I'm going to speak to you in English so you can practice and get used to it but we can talk in French if you prefer" I said as we went up the stairs. 

"English is okay" She smiled. 

We had agreed that she would live with me until she found a place for her. 

"I can give you the position of waitress in my restaurant for now if you want. We are a bit short on staff and our waitress is better at cooking than doing her job" I offered. 

She stopped a bit, probably translating some words in her mind. Her eyes widened a bit when she understood what I had said and I smiled. 

"Yes, please" She said "thank you, um, very much"

It was funny to see her struggling to find the right words for sentences. 

I turned the key when we reached the door, revealing a small but cozy apartment. 

"This is all there is for now but I'll probably upgrade my house soon" I said. 

"Um… upgrade?" She was confused at the word. 

"Améliorer" I translated. 

"Oh! Okay" She giggled. 

"This is your room" I showed her the master bedroom with a queen sized bed. I didn't have a guest bedroom so I would sleep on the pullout couch. 

"No, no. Je te connais. Ça n'est pas la chambre d'amis. Où vas-tu dormir? No, no. I know you. This is not the guest bedroom. Where will you sleep?"

"I'll sleep on the couch. Is okay. Really"

"Mais non! Tu peux dormir avec moi. Ce n'est pas un problème. Le lit est grand. No! You can sleep with me. It's not a problem at all. The bed is big" She said, putting her hands on her hips. 

"D'accord… Sure..." I sighed. 

I helped her unpack and made some dinner for us. She complimented my cooking and after dinner I took my laptop to send an email to our current waitress to inform her of the change. She would probably be glad to be a cook instead of what she did now. 

Then, I opened the staff list and moved the waitress's name to a vacant cook position to then write Amélie's under the title of waitress. I showed it to her and she gave me a smile along with a thumbs up. 

I spent the rest of the afternoon teaching her the system of the restaurant and teaching her all the English she would need in the restaurant. We would cover the rest in the next few days. After she could string perfect sentences and understand every word related to food and the kitchen, I dismissed her and she went to my bedroom to change. I tidied up, piling up papers, notes and notebooks and I shut down the computer. 

"You ready?" I knocked on the door. 

"Almost" I heard through the door "but you can come in" I turned the knob and caught a glimpse of her bare back before she slipped her pajama top on. 

I cleared my throat. 

"I made some thé if you want" I said, barely able to look at her. 

"Did you mean tea?" She laughed. 

"Uhm yeah. That" I shifted my weight from one foot to another. 

She got out of the room and I started undressing myself to get into my pajamas. I can't believe we still have that spark. I'm so happy with Jake though… I don't want him to feel bad. I can tell that he is happy with me too and I don't want to ruin things for us… I put the final piece of my PJs on and got out of the room. I served myself some tea and sat in front of Amélie, making small talk for her to practice English. 

"How's… Nino?" The name hurt to get out of my lungs. He was the reason Amélie and I broke up and having to act nice to him made me feel sick. The worst thing is that he was genuinely nice to me and seeing her with such a nice person instead of me made me sink deeper. 

"We… Uhm… Are not together anymore" Amélie explained. 

"Why? What happened?" Okay, um… I didn't expect this. 

"He moved to Marseille and long distance relationships are not easy…" She frowned and her eyes were glassy. 

"Hey, hey, hey" I softly said "It's okay. I know you. You're strong and you will make it through that" I put my hand over hers and smiled. Oh no. Wrong move. She's looking at me with a weird look in her eyes. I took my hand off her and looked away, taking a sip of my tea. 

"What about you? Have you found quelqu'un? (someone)" She asked. 

"Actually yes. His name is Jake and he is like a doctor from one of those shows" I joked. 

The conversation went on until bedtime arrived. 

We set the cups on the sink and went to bed. I could feel her heat behind me and it felt so good and relaxing. 

During the night, I felt her scoot closer to me and she put her hand around my waist, hugging me from behind and nuzzling up to my neck. I smiled and dozed off to sleep. 

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Lizzie's POV

We went to a nearby restaurant and Nadine chatted with Jasmine and Renee while Phillipa explained everything she knew about Eliza Hamilton. Having her as my sort of mentor felt so cool. She even gave me her number so I could call her if I had any questions about anything at all! With her explanations, tips and extra information I felt so ready for my role. 

We asked for drink after drink and I was feeling a bit tipsy even though I ate enough. I wasn't really drunk but my vision was slightly blurry and I felt just a little bit light headed. I leaned on Phillipa's shoulder since my neck was tired of holding my head straight. Nadine noticed and she pulled my arm to put me against her. Oh, she was jealous. I smiled at the thought and hugged her arm. Phillipa giggled. 

"You're a jealous girl huh, Nadine?" She said. 

"Oh, shut it, Pips" Nadine replied. I smiled against her arm. 

"And don't you dare laugh, Lizzie" The actresses laughed and Nadine pouted. 

"I think we should go home" Nadine said. 

"Yeah. I'm tired" I said. 

"I'll take you home" Nadine offered. 

"Yes please"

We said bye to the actresses and got out of the restaurant. 

We walked beneath the starry sky. 

"You know… Lucy will spend the night with her new boyfriend and Amanda is on vacation. I have the apartment all to myself if you wanna…" Nadine suggestively said. 

"Take me there please" I looked at her piercing brown eyes to then drive my gaze to her soft lips that looked more kissable than ever now. 

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I hope you liked this new sort of filler chapter :) 

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