1780, A Winter's Ball Pt. 2
A/N Theo is Burr's sister, just so u know.
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Aaron's POV
"Burr, I thought you weren't coming" I heard Alexander Hamilton come in, with his friends, Laurens, Lafayette, and Mulligan. I just grunted. My sister, Theodosia, dragged me here so she could "commend the brave soldiers on their duty to America." Theodosia-talk for "I'm going to go dance until sunrise with random soldiers, and you can not and will not stop me otherwise I will rip your throat out."
"Monsieur Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters are here!" Lafayette said. I looked over to where he was pointing. I saw two girls with copper hair and the other three with dark brown hair. The oldest appeared to have dark brown hair and was in a pink dress. She was talking to two younger girls, one of the redheads and one of the darker haired girls.
"I'm going to ask that one out to dance" Mulligan said, pointing at the younger, copper haired girl.
"I'll come with you, her sister is very- how you say-pretty" Lafayette says, Laurens having already slipped away to terrorize the ladies. I caught him dancing with a rather lovely young lady in a yellow dress. My eyes slipped back to the woman in pink, now sisterless and-
"So all of the boys are trying to catch Schuyler sisters, -well there are two more left but still-and we are just standing here talking-" I zoned out again. I was thinking about being at home, reading, when I felt something prodding me. Hamilton. Of course.
"Burr! Burr! God, Burr, pay attention!"
"Huh Alexander? What do you want?" I asked, annoyed
"This is Angelica Schuyler" he introduced the pink dressed woman who I had seen earlier.
"Aaron Burr"I say.
"Its nice to meet you, sir" she was clearly more interested in Hamilton. I inwardly sighed. Of course. Then her sister popped up behind her and whispered something in her ear. She made her excuse and walked away with her sister.
"What do you think?" Hamilton asked me.
I shrugged, "you probably have better luck" he laughed at my remark.
"So you do like her?" he teased
"Never said I didn't"
Then, Angelica came back.
"Come with me" she said to Hamilton, they walked away. I watched as she introduced him to her sister. After a minute or two she walked back.
"So you're a daughter of Philip Schuyler?" I ask.
"The oldest. My sisters are: Eliza, who is now dancing with your friend." I laugh at her look of disapproval "Peggy, Cornelia, and Catherine. People have called me, Peggy, and Eliza the Schuyler sisters because we are the ones usually seen in public. Kitty and Nelia are too young to be seen in public unless all five of us are together. And that almost never happens because me and Eliza stick together, Peggy's a loner, and Kitty and Nelia stay together." she tells me.
I was at a loss for words, she was beautiful. Trying not to make a fool of myself I asked her to dance.
"Would you dance?" I say, a look of surprise swept her face.
"Of course" she said surprising me. As the next waltz started, I took her hand and guided her to the dance floor.
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