twenty-nine
"Aunty Y/N!", little Philip squealed, running towards the auburn haired woman as she limped into the living room, John right at her side, his arm wrapped around her waist as a mean of support.
"Hey there lil' guy!", she giggled and watched as John picked the child up and held him to you. He didn't allow you to carry him, but at least allowed you to look at him when John carried him.
Philip looked at John and pouted "Why can't Aunty Y/N carry me?" John chuckled and replied "Because Aunty Y/N is having back pain and she isn't allowed to carry anything."
Philip pouted even more and looked over at Y/N, who had a bright smile on her lips. "Soon I will be able to carry you again, lil' guy. Until then, I need to be careful though. And I need to sit down."
"Here, let me help you," a voice suddenly tuned up from behind her.
Her face was suddenly drained from any color and the voice sent an unpleasant shiver down her spine. An arm wrapped itself around her waist and she was led to the couch to sit down. Philip squealed in excitement "Uncle George!"
As Y/N sat down, she looked up to find George standing there in informal attire, his blond-brownish hair pulled into a ponytail. There was a smile on his lips as John handed over Philip to George for him to carry the small child.
"What...", Y/N tried, but failed to find the words.
George smiled at Y/N and then at Philip, asking "How has my favorite nephew been?"
Philip giggled and said "I lost another tooth!"
George poked Philip's side, evoking a giggle from the child, saying "Well isn't that great?"
George now glanced over at Y/N and his smile was replaced by a frown "Is everything alright, my love? You look rather pale." Y/N didn't meet his gaze.
What is going on here?
What...
"Aunty Y/N!", little Philip squealed, running towards the auburn haired woman as she limped into the living room, John right at her side, his arm wrapped around her waist as a mean of support.
"Hey there lil' guy!", she giggled and watched as John picked the child up and held him to you. He didn't allow you to carry him, but at least allowed you to look at him when John carried him.
Philip looked at John and pouted "Why can't Aunty Y/N carry me?" John chuckled and replied "Because Aunty Y/N is having back pain and she isn't allowed to carry anything."
Philip pouted even more and looked over at Y/N, who had a bright smile on her lips. "Soon I will be able to carry you again, lil' guy. Until then, I need to be careful though. And I need to sit down."
"Here, let me help you," a voice suddenly tuned up from behind her.
Y/N gasped and turned around towards the voice.
"Hercules?", she exclaimed, rather surprised by his appearance.
Hercules grinned at her and held out his arms, asking for a hug. Y/N laughed in delight as she complied to his wishes, hugging him. John beside her grinned brightly at Y/N and Hercules reuniting. John had thought it might be a good idea to do Y/N something good and so he had managed to reach out to Hercules. Not just him, though.
"Oh my god, what are you doing here?", Y/N asked. The fact that John could hear the smile in her voice just made him smile even brighter. This woman sure knew how to make him smile without even intending to.
"I was invited, along with a friend of mine, by that turtle lover over there," Hercules grinned and pulled back from the embrace, nudging his head in John's direction.
"Who else was invited?", Y/N asked skeptically, only to begin grinning even broader than before when she heard a French voice yell "Everyone give it up for your favorite fighting frenchman!"
Y/N turned towards the culprit and yelled back "Lafayette!"
Lafayette laughed and yelled "Hamilton!"
The two embraced each other as well, before Y/n finally said "Okay, now I really need to sit down, my back is trying to kindly murder me." The guys laughed, Philip didn't understand though. Lafayette led Y/N to the couch and sat her down.
John left the room to hand Philip off to Eliza, probably, and came back with Alexander, the latter greeting Hercules and Lafayette as well, before they all sat down. John sat beside Y/n, his arm barely noticeably slipped around her waist and holding her close to his side. Alex, Hercules and Lafayette sat opposite of them.
"Y/N, mon amie, how have you been?", Lafayette asked and grinned at Y/N, who smiled back and said "I must say, I've been quite alright."
Alex shot her a glance with a raised eyebrow, to which she sighed and mumbled "Well, I almost died, but other than that I am fine."
"What do you mean, you almost died? Y/N, what happened?", Hercules asked worriedly. The younger Hamilton sibling thought for a moment, before she began to tell the story of how she fell sick, barely noticeably slipping in the fact that the child she carried had been a dangerous factor as well during that week.
Hercules stared at her with no real emotion in his face, while Lafayette stared at her with wide eyes. Hercules blinked a couple of times, then took a deep breath and asked "You're pregnant?"
Y/N leaned a little more into John's side and nodded, looking down at her hands.
"Mon dieu, that's amazing!", Lafayette nearly yelled and when Y/N looked up again, she found Hercules and Lafayette looking at her with big smiles on their faces.
"Who's the father?", Hercules asked, but something in his eyes and in his smile-turned-smirk told her that he already had an assumption.
Y/N glanced over at John beside her, who she now realized had been staring at her with a loving smile. She didn't know for how long, she only knew he was staring by the way he blushed a few seconds after she looked at him. The smile though, as well as the look in his eyes, never faded.
"John is," Y/N whispered, barely audible, as she smiled at the freckled soldier beside her.
"How long have you known?", Lafayette asked and looked at John as he asked that question.
Both John and Y/N chuckled awkwardly and looked away, not meeting each other's gazes as John then said "I found out through the doctor who diagnosed how long Y/N might have had if she hadn't survived her fever."
Hercules gasped "You didn't tell him?"
Y/N blushed a little as she nodded and replied "I've known for about a month at the time. I was worried that the child wouldn't make it, as I've dealt with quite some miscarriages in my life so far. I just wanted to go a hundred percent sure that this child would make it past the miscarriage age, before I wanted to tell John."
The two soldiers opposite of her nodded in comprehension, Hercules then saying "That is reasonable. I believe I would have done the same, would I have been in your place."
"Well, but now I know and I am as happy as I've never been," John said with a bright smile and leaned over to Y/N, pressing a short kiss to the top of her head, which resulted in Y/N smiling softly.
Lafayette and Hercules looked at each other and grinned a little, before looking back at the couple.
Hercules then smiled innocently as he said "I hereby announce myself to be the flower girl at your wedding."
Needless to say, John and Y/N were blushing messes, while the other three men howled with laughter.
HAPPY NEW YEARS Y'ALL HOPE I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK WITH THE BEGINNING OF THIS CHAPTER
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