Abi's POV

"I WILL FIT LEGACY INTO THIS CHILDREN'S MOVIE IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO!"

You may be wondering who on earth would be yelling at 7:00 in the morning. On a Sunday. In an apartment. About a Disney movie. Well, this may come as a surprise to you, but, it was my father, Lin-Manuel Miranda, yelling about including the concept of legacy into a Disney movie. I got out of bed and wandered into the living room where he was sitting.

"Dad." I addressed him, "why?" I asked.

"Oh. Sorry peanut." He apologized, "come here," he motioned to me, "read through this."

"Okay." I yawned, and padded over to the couch, and sat by him, looking at his computer screen. He played the bit of music he had saved on the program.

"And this," he handed me handwritten sheet music, "is the melody line."

"Alright, so, um..." I yawned, "do you like, want me to sing it?" I asked.

"Sure sure." He said, and I walked over to the piano. I played the basic melody, and sang as best as I could without hearing the song, and, the aforementioned its 7:00 a.m. "Awesome, now, can you sing that with the backing?"

"Sure, maybe, I don't know."

"Can you try?" He asked, and didn't wait for an answer, he played the backing track, then pointed at me, when Auli'i was supposed to come in. I sang through it with the back track, then looked at him. "One sec peanut, this chord sounded off with the singing."

"That was most likely me." I admitted.

"No, you sang the right note, I just have to fix something." He fiddled around on his computer. "Okay, let's try this again." He started the track and gave me my cue, I sang through it a third time. "YES!" He yelled.

"Um..." I was a little taken aback.

"We have the first page!" He smiled, then shut his computer.

"Fantastic." I smiled, then turned my attention to Tobi who just ran into the room.

"It is. I accomplished something today. I can go to bed now."

"Actually," Vanessa started, walking in, "you can't, we have court." She announced.

"What?" I asked, Tobi on my lap with her paws and head on my shoulders.

"Sentencing." She said, simply.

"Ugh." I groaned. "Why can't I be a dog?" I asked, which inspired my dog to lick my face.

"Sorry Mija." Lin said, and I stood up, still holding Tobi on my hip, like one would a small toddler.

"I'll go change." I announced, then sulked off to my bedroom, hugging Tobi.

"Honey!" I heard Vanessa yell, "we really are sorry." She admitted as I turned around.

"I know." I sighed, then walked into my room. I set Tobi on my bed, where she curled up and put her head on her paws, watching me. I changed into a dress, with flats. I pulled half of my hair up and tied it in a little bun on the top of my head, then put make up on. "How do I look Tobi?" I asked, kneeling in front of the dog on my bed. "Do I look okay? Because, well, you know, if I look too good, Nick won't get any jail time because if a girl is attractive, apparently you can legally assault her." I digressed angrily.

In response Tobi barked, I scooped her up, and walked out of my room.

"Done." I said, forcing a smile.

"Don't forget to take your meds Mija, they're on the counter." Lin reminded me, pulling a sports jacket over a t-shirt and jeans.

"Okay." I said, turning to walked into the kitchen, where I found my two pills sitting on the counter next to a glass of water and an apple. I took both of the pills, then walked back into the living room, eating my apple.

"Kara from downstairs will be up in a minute for Sebastian, and other than that, we're good to go." Vanessa said, walking into the room.

"Awesome." I forced another smile.

"This shouldn't take long sweetheart." She said, looking at me, "I swear, at most, an hour." She hugged me.

"I don't want to see him." I complained, "or his parents, I hate them." I admitted.

"Hey, I hate them too." Lin added, "I mean, if it makes you feel better."

"Come on, we have to go." Vanessa said, walking out of the apartment.

"Okay." I sighed, and followed.

The drive down was mostly silent, with the exception, of course, of Lin singing along to Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple. We pulled up in front of the courthouse, and went through security at a snails pace. I went through first, I had purposely worn slip on shoes and no metal, so I went through quickly. Which, of course meant that they randomly selected Lin to be searched. I was sitting on a bench, waiting for my parents, when I heard Mr. Walter.

"Why are you here?" He asked, standing in front of of me.

"I have to?" I said, with a questioning tone, staring at my lap.

"You're here to gloat over sending my son to jail." He accused, then grabbing my chin, to make me look at him.

"No I'm not. I'm the victim, I have to be here." I said, trying to avoid eye contact.

"Doesn't mean you're not going to gloat." He added.

"Please please leave me alone." I whispered, yanking my head away.

"Why would I? You obviously hate this, and I hate the fact that you're sending my son to jail, this way, you understand what it feels like."

"I'm sorry." I spat.

"There you go." He nodded, "learning to apologize is a big step for a little girl." He voice turned condescending, "now, you should apologize to my son as well." I could feel his smirk, but I refused eye contact again, "just say you're sorry. Say you're sorry that you're making a big deal out of nothing, and you should have kept quiet." He put his hands on my hips, "can you do that? Can you say sorry?" I wanted to slap him. I really did, I knew I would get in trouble, especially with sentencing today, Nick might get a lighter sentence if the judge found out I hit his father.

"Walk. Away." I looked up to see Lin standing next to Mr. Walter, as he was pulling his jacket back on.

"Big talk from a guy in a Where's Waldo t-shirt." He retorted, standing up.

"I literally said two words. How is that big talk? Did I threaten you? No. Will I threaten you? Maybe. Will I hit you? No. When we're out of the courthouse? Maybe. Now, leave my daughter alone, worry about your own kid." With that, Mr. Walter turned around and walked into the courtroom. "I'm sorry darling." Lin said, pulling me up from the bench.

"I hate him." I whispered.

"I know." Lin said, wrapping his arm around me, and taking Vanessa's hand. "I know." He walked the two of us into the room, and we took seats in our assigned table.

I sat there fussing with my thumbs on the table, when I gave in, and made the mistake of looking at Nick. He was glaring at me. He was in a suit, that looked a size too big, and his hair had grown out a little, making him look scruffy. He flashed me a little smirk, and nodded up at me. I immediately looked back at the table in front of me.

The hearing started and I couldn't focus on it, they read Nick his charges, and I only looked up when the judge asked this.

"Would you like to take this time to make an apology to Miss Miranda, and the prosecution as a whole?" I looked up at Nick, who was standing, and I could now see he was handcuffed.

"No, I don't want to waste any more of the courts time." He said, smirking at me again. I returned my gaze to my lap, not wanting to look at him again.

"Alright, so, Mr. Walter, you have been charged with 3rd Degree Physical Assault, and you have also shown no remorse for your actions. The court finds you guilty of the accusation, and you are herby sentenced to 3 months incarceration in Horizon Juvenile Center, and a fine of 500 dollars." My heart sunk a bit. So, he goes to jail over the summer, he'll be back on the first day of school.

"Sweetie you okay?" Vanessa asked me, as everyone was leaving.

"I'm fine." I grumbled walking out with my parents.

"I'm sorry." She said, "it's pretty short I know." She rubbed my arm a bit.

"Peanut?" Lin started, "when he gets out, we'll get a restraining order, he'll have to switch schools."

"Okay." I said, "I'll be okay, I really will, I'm just, never mind." I hung my head a bit. "I'm okay." I leaned my head on Vanessa's shoulder and she rubbed my arm again.

"I love you Mija." She whispered.

"I love you too Mom."

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Sup.

This is on time my gosh what is life?

Guys, it's 10:43.

This is amazing

I get to sleep tonight my gosh yay

Thanks for reading!

- Abi