Chapter Six
"Peggy, what are you doing?" John asked, confused as the young girl ran up to him. She had been quite a distance away when he heard her yelling for him.
By the time the youngest Schuyler sister reached him she was quite out of breath. She put her hands on her knees and puffed. "Is Alex okay?" She asked once she had caught her breath. "Angelica told me. When's his doctor's appointment?"
"Today. Two-thirty." I said. I didn't want to hurt Peggy's feelings, but this wasn't exactly a subject I enjoyed.
Peggy nodded, bouncing on her toes a bit. She was always so full of energy. Even though she was a senior in high school, she acted seven sometimes.
"Shouldn't you be at school?" John asked.
The teenager shook her head. "Teacher work day or something."
"Okay, well I have to go. I only went out to get some soup for Alex. I'm hoping he can eat something."
"Okay." Peggy nodded. "I should tell you-" She cut herself off.
"What?"
"I shouldn't." She shook her head. Then she smiled her sweet smile and began to jog back to her car.
John realized something about Peggy. She was special. Different from her sisters, but that's what made her special. That's what made all three of them special. Peggy was by no means graceful, but she was strong like Angelica and kind like Eliza.
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"You ready, Alex?"
"No."
"We have to go."
"No."
John sighed. "Alex..."
"No."
"Alexander Hamilton!"
He stood up. "I don't want to, John. I don't need a doctor to tell me I'm crazy."
John sighed. He didn't want to upset Alex, but he knew it was for his own good. "Alexander I'm giving you one more chance. Let's go."
"No."
The taller man sighed and scooped Alex up in his arms quickly. He was much smaller and weighed next to nothing, it seemed.
"JOHN LAURENS!" Alex screamed. "YOU PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!" He kicked his legs.
John seemed unaffected. He simply carried his boyfriend out to their car. Despite Alex's kicking, he was able to buckle his seatbelt and by then the smaller man had settled down.
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"Are you okay?" John asked as Alex exited the office. "How was it?"
Alexander shrugged. "Everything Angelica said was right. And apparently they want me to take some sort of medication."
John nodded. "Are you okay?"
Alex shrugged again. "I guess..." But he didn't sound very truthful.
AN: Just to clear ages up, Peggy is 17, the revolutionaries and Eliza are 20, Maria is 21 and Angelica is 22.