(John P.O.V)

It's finally summer break, so we're all heading up to New York this time. Eliza couldn't come for a bit, but James would be there. The thing I was most excited for was seeing Alex again, obviously. I hadn't see him in so long and I was so freaking exited!

"Hurry up Peggy!" I yelled, clutching my suitcase excitedly. "You too Ria! We're gonna be late!"

"Chill John, we're early!" Peggy shouted back from the living room.

"The airport is gonna be busy, so get over here!"

"Fine fine." Maria tugged her complaining girlfriend to where I was standing.

"You made it, let's go girls." I hurried them out.

"John, calm down." Peggy grumbled dragging her suitcase behind her.

"Well you've been in the same state as your girlfriend. I have not, on the other hand, seen my boyfriend for multiple months. So let's go." I urged and opened the car door.

"What on earth are we teleporting or something?" Maria commented.

"No clue, I guess the author didn't want to write about us walking." Peggy shrugged.

"Quiet you two, the author's not supposed to know we know!" I shushed hurriedly.

(Get the tape, hurry up it's crumbling fast)

"Oops." Peggy sighed.

(Move on with the plot, forget I exist)

"Anyways." Maria moves the conversation along. "I can't wait till we meet little Theo!" She squealed.

"Yesss! I have a niece!" Peggy chirped from the back seat where she was sitting.

"Yeah she sounds cute." I commented, tapping on the steering wheel as I waited for the light in front of me to turn green.

"John couldn't care less though." Maria told the reade– no one in particular. "He only wants to see Alex."

"Guilty as charged." I shrugged and hit the gas pedal, trying to not miss the light, I succeeded.

Peggy laughed from the backseat and I raised an eyebrow. She shook her head and smiled, which only worried me more.

We pulled up at the airport and I parked the car, pulling out the suitcases and leading my friends into the building.

Laf and Herc were supposed to meet us on the plane, we had booked seats right next to each other.

(Time skip to them being on the plane, cause airports? They're stressful)

I was playing uno with Herc while everyone else was amusing themselves in separate ways. Which resulted in Laf cursing quietly in French every few minutes at whatever thing he was watching on his phone. Peggy has fallen asleep on Maria, who was listening to music and drawing.

"Reverse card." Herc smirked, putting down his card. "Uno." He played s skip card. "I win." He played his last card.

"How?!" I complained, setting down my hand on the pile.

"You just suck at uno." Maria piped up, looking up from her iPad.

"Go back to drawing, Ria." I poured.

"Sure thing." I saw her turn the volume up on her headphones and shift her attention back to her drawing.

I yawned and leaned back in my chair, putting the uno cards in their box and handing them to Herc who took them and stashed them in his bag. What can I watch/listen to to understand Alex more?

I pulled out my phone, looked through our messages and made a mental list.

Rent

Dear Evan Hansen

Legally blonde. Wait, that's a musical? Amazing.

Be more chill

Heathers

Wicked

(I just casually insert my favorite musicals, not counting the Lin-Manuel Miranda ones because cOnSisTeNcY)

Sadly, I have no WiFi up here, so that won't work. I decided to have a conversation with a fellow human, and Herc was closest talking partner.

"Hey, Herc." He ignored me. Clearly not a good talking partner.

"Maria?" I tried, she just nodded and hummed along to her music.

I was bored and everyone's ignoring me. Can I talk to the readers?

Hey y'all, how are you tod—

(John no stop right there)

This sucks. I leaned on Peggy because she was closest and tried to fall asleep. That didn't work out for me either.

(Time skip because, as I said, airports=stress)

Herc got us a taxi and we crammed in, asking the driver to go to the hotel we'd booked. The drive was short, and we got to our room feeling tired but more or less alive. James was there, which surprised me, and he was working on his laptop, curly red hair hanging around his face in random places.

"Hey James, long time no see!" Maria smiled.

The older boy's head shot up and he smiled, noticing our existence. "Hi. Let's go see Alex now!"

"Jesus Christ. And I though John would be the most excited." Peggy muttered.

We unpacked (which means we claimed beds and shoved our suitcases underneath) and all decided walking so do us some good. So we walked to the park we'd decided to meet Alex, Angie and the Theos in, shooting them a text before heading out. We got there early so Laf and Herc went off to get some food and Maria pulled out a stack of cards that she procured from god knows where. Peggy places her bet and began playing cards with her girlfriend. Then the New York residents showed up. Yay!

Theo was carrying the baby in her arms, looking tired. Angie also looked exhausted, and Alex just always had bags under his eyes from his lack of sleep, so he seemed fine. James spring up and rushed over to his brother, hugging him tightly.

"James. Hi. Air please." Alex said and his brother let go slightly.

"You're alive."

"I noticed that. You also appear to be in a living state, which is good."

"Angie told me about..." He sighed. "I know it's nothing but you have me a heart attack."

"Yeah sorry, Burr overreacted. I'm alive, well and not in the mood for dying right now, so that's good." Alex shrugged.

I watched as my boyfriend walked over to me and smiled. He pulled me into a quick kiss then sat down next to me and watched Peggy and Maria play their game. It was nice to know he was physically there next to me. I could reach out and come in contact with solid flesh and know that that solid flesh was Alexander Hamilton. Is that weird? Oh well, that doesn't matter right now. Big Theo sat next to me, her child asleep in her arms. Little Theo was cute, but all babies look cute to me.

I sighed and leaned on Alex, and he wrapped an arm around my waist. "This is a great moment, can we pause life right here? Keep it like this? Probably not, it's probably going to go downhill."

"You can blame the author for that." Alex muttered and I nodded.

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a / n: I give up y'all they're just gonna keep shattering the fourth wall and there's nothing I can do about it.