I walked outside two days later and got in the car that was waiting for me. Lin and Vanessa were already in the car with a little boy who I assumed to be their son, Sebastian. 

"Hey Holly. Before we go home, I need to stop at the Richard Rogers Theater for a few hours to get some rehearsal time in with the new cast. Is that ok? Vanessa will drop us off and take Seb and your stuff back to the apartment." 

"Sure. What cast are we talking about? In the Heights?" 

"No, I have a new musical coming out this summer, and don't tell anyone but the title is Hamilton." he explained. I wonder what it's about. We drove for a little bit and then pulled over in front of the theater. We got out and walked inside. We got up to the stage and a tall man with an afro came running from stage left. 

"Hey Lin, costume department was looking for you. They want your input on the costumes for the opening scene." 

"Ok Daveed. I'll be right there." He turned to me. "That was Daveed. He plays Lafayette and Jefferson in the play. You wanna come give some input on the costumes?" I nodded and we waked back, we came to a final decision that the opening and closing scene costumes would be white/cream colonial suit outfits, so the ensemble would match without having to change. I was walking out of the costume room when I found myself on the stage. It really was cool to be able to see it from the actor's perspective. 

"Hey! If you don't work here, get off the stage." called a guy with long brown hair and freckles. 

"Chill out Anthony, she's my new daughter." called Lin walking up to us. 

"Ohhhhh, that makes sense. Nice to meet you, I'm Anthony Ramos, but please call me Anthony." he walked over and shook my hand. 

"Hi, I'm Holly. Nice to meet you too." 

"Hey Ant, do me a favor and get everyone here so we can formally introduce them to Holly." Anthony nodded and ran backstage. Twenty minutes later, everyone brought a chair with them and sat in a circle onstage. 

"Ok everyone. Let the round table meeting commence."

"Lin please cut it out with the weird summons to discuss issues from the middle ages." said a guy from the back with a red outfit like a king on.

"Shut up Groff! Anyways, that's not what this is about. Everyone this is Holly, my adopted daughter." 

"Oh my gosh! That's so cool Lin." called the king guy (who I assumed was called Groff). 

"Now go around the circle and introduce yourselves. Groff, you start since you already began talking."

"Ok. Hello. I am King George the Third and I play Jonathan Groff in this insane play."

"Groff, please be real here."

"Fine, I"m Jonathan Groff and I play King George the Third."

"Hi, I'm Anthony and you already met me. I play John Laurens and Philip Hamilton."

"Hey! I'm Phillipa Soo, but call me Pippa or Pip. I play Eliza Schuyler Hamilton."

"Sup! I'm Daveed and I play Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson."

"I'm Renee and it's great to meet you. I play Angelica Schuyler."

"Hey I'm Jasmine, but call me Jazzy or Jazz. I play Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds."

"I'm Oak, please don't ask for my full name, everyone just calls me Oak. I play Hercules Mulligan and James Madison."

"I'm Thayne, I'm in the ensemble, but I do play Samuel Seabury in one song." He grabbed a jar from next to his seat. "Want a cookie?" I gladly accepted a cookie.

"Always the cookies with you." said Jazzy with an eye roll. 

"Shut up!" Thayne said with a cookie in his mouth.

"Anyways, moving on past whatever that was. I'm Leslie. I play Aaron Burr."

"Sir." coughed Lin. I looked at him with a confused expression. "It's a play joke. You'll get it soon."

"I'm Chris, and I play George Washington."

"I'm Ari. I'm in the ensemble. It's nice to meet you."

"I'm Sasha. I'm in the ensemble too." Once everyone had introduced themselves, Anthony stood up. 

"Who wants to go get Pizza Hut?"

"Why specifically Pizza Hut?" asked Ari.

"It's close by and it just sounds freaking good and I want a skillet cookie."

"Cookies are my job Ramos!" yelled Thayne from somewhere backstage.

"Shut up Jasperson! I'm allowed to want cookies too. I will find that stash of yours eventually!" he turned to me, Ari, Pippa, Jazzy, and Renee. "Jazzy, text the squad tell 'em to figure out carpool. We're getting Pizza Hut!"