This is absolutely not going to be historically accurate but like most of this book isn't so you probably knew that. Y'all ready for tea? Btw this is the same day as the last chapter.

PHILIP POV

"So how was school guys?" Ma asked while we ate dinner.

"Well Mary passed out in class today. I'm worried about her." Angie said while she played with her food.

"Sweetie-" My mom started but without thinking I cut her off.

"Mary, like Mary Jefferson?"

"Yeah? Why?" Angie answered.

"Ma may I be excused?" I asked while tons of thoughts filled my head.

"Sure Pip, but what's wrong?" Mom replied.

"Oh, I'm just going somewhere... I'll text you ok" I smiled, grabbed shoes and ran outside.

I have to get to Ella. If something happened to Mary, Ella is going to be a mess.

I rang the doorbell and a maid answered it.

"Hello, Welcome to the Jefferson house, how may I be of service?" Said a girl that looked slightly younger than me.

"Are Ella and Mary home?" I asked, still breathing heavy from running.

"Mr. Jefferson and Mary are not home right now but Ella is" She smiled. "And you are?"

"Philip Hamilton"

"Oh! Philip! I should've recognized you, come in"

"And what's your name?" I asked the girl.

"My apologies, my name is Charlotte, but the Jefferson girls call me Lottie. I can take you to Ella if you'd like"

"Yes please, and thank you Charlotte"

Charlotte led me to a room and said "Ella should be in there, if you need anything else come find me"

"Thank you"

I knocked on the door and no one answered so I opened it. I saw Ella on her bed, crying into a pillow while she hugged it.

"Ella?"

Ella looked up her eyes were red and puffy from crying. "Philip?" She sounded surprised.

I sat down next to her and wrapped my arm around her. "Hey what's wrong?"

She just dissolved into my arms and started sobbing.

"What Happened? Does this have to do with Mary?"

"M-Mary has... cancer" Ella then went back to sobbing in my chest.

I just held her closer to me because I didn't know what to do.

"Mary's strong, she'll get through this" I said still holding Ella.

"You don't understand... That's how my mother died"

Oh shit

I don't know how to comfort her now... She's seen the bad side of it.

"But Medicare is different now..." I tried but I couldn't think of anything "Mary will be ok..."

She cried a little more than said, "Pip, I'm scared for her"

Pip? She's never called me Pip. Shit why was that cute? Snap out of it Philip she's Ella Jefferson for crying out loud.

I lifted her chin and looked in her eyes, "But you have to stay strong, for Mary"

"Oh my goodness" she whispered.

"What?"

"Who's gonna tell Angie?"

"Um, I think she'll take the news better from you... but she's worried about her so we should probably tell her today, if you're ready"

She nodded and put her head on my shoulder.

"Thanks Pip" she quietly said after a while.

What? Thanks? Odd...

"For... Everything. I know I'm a jerk sometimes but you still comforted me today..." She looked at me and gave a small, sincere smile.

"Hey if anyone should be apologizing, it's me. It's no big deal, you're welcome" I smiled at her and tapped her nose. "Just remember... You owe me"

She giggled at my mimicking of her. Not gonna lie it was cute. Wait what? Philip Hamilton what the fuck.

"We can go tell Angie now" Ella smiled.

"Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, let's go"

We walked out of her house and down the sidewalk. Our street wasn't busy so it was pretty quiet.

I wasn't paying attention and tripped on air I guess. You know right into Ella. She held me up which was shocking because I like a good 4 inches taller than her.

"Aw look who's falling for me now" She snickered mimicking me.

I stood up. "You wish" I was totally not hiding a blush, nope, not me.

"Let's be honestly, if one of us was falling or falling first, it'd be you." She giggled.

"Says who?"

"Me!" Ella giggled again and I tried not to laugh because it was contagious when she laughed.

I stopped walking and pulled her face close to mine, "Well I'd like to see that, Tiny Jefferson"

Her face tensed up and went slightly red.

She kept her face there. "Princess~" She said it in a flirtatious way and oh boy did my face turn red.

She giggled and I just turned away. We got to my house and I opened the door.

"Pip, you're back, where did you go?" Mom looked at me then saw Ella. "Hi Ella! What brings you here?"

"Hi Eliza" Ella smiled.

"Ma can we talk to Angie in private about something?" I asked.

"Yeah, she's in the kitchen"

Me and Ella walked to the kitchen, get Angie and decided to go out to the treehouse to talk in private.

"Does this have to do with Mary?" Angie asked with worry in her voice.

"Angie... Mary has" Ella took a breath like she was saying it to herself. I could tell she was scared so I put my hand on her back and it seemed to calm her down a bit. "Mar has cancer"

"W-what?" A few silent tears fell down Angie's face. "Is she going to be ok?" Her voice shook and she cried more. Ella went and sat beside my sister, wrapping her arms around her.

"I don't know... but I know she won't be alone" Ella smiled through her tears. She lifted Angie's head and looked at the smaller girl. "I'm gonna tell you something Pip said, We have to stay strong... For Mary"

"Yeah..." Angie gave Ella a small smile then smiled at me. Her smile fell and she looked confused. "Wait a minute. Does that mean that when I said Mary passed out in class, Philip immediately thought of Ella and how it might have effected her? Like her cared about her?" Angie smirked.

"I- What? No! I just..." I quickly tried to think of something but to be honest I think I did it because I care about her. That felt weird to think about.

Ella giggled a bit.

"Ella do you know if I'll be able to see Mary?" Angie asked.

"Oh definitely, they said they caught it pretty early on so her treatment shouldn't be that hard. They actually said what you told my dad helped tons. So you did a ton Angie." Ella smiled at my sister.

Angie just smiled and I could tell Ella saying that helped tons. Angie hugged Ella.

"Just don't forget you and Mary are not alone. You'll at least have me... I don't know about Pip." Angie said to Ella.

I moved closer to the girls and put my hand on Ella's thigh. "I'll be here too"

Ella looked at us and smiled. "I may hate Philip but thanks, a lot."