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Eliza Schuyler has always had an idea for her future all planned out: open her own café, go to college in her home state of New York, make new friends, and fall in love. So far, she's got all of those things covered except for the last one. Maria Reynolds never had a plan. Well, not since James came along. But now she has her own ambitions and one of those is to fall in love. For real, this time. Two opposite lives about to collide. One struggling with the idea of her sexuality and the other with her abusive boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?…

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Peggy Schuyler: she's always been the forgotten Schuyler. "And Peggy" was practically her catchphrase as this point. The yellow loving, happy-go-lucky insomniac simply wants one persons affection and care, or at least for one person to remember her name. When a cute, freckled boy arrives at her school for the first time and goes to her first, it gets her thinking. Could this be the person to give her the only thing she ever wanted?…

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• Sequel to Lift •Fighting and recovering from cancer at age 17 is never easy, especially when it seems like all it does is tear away your dreams and future, right before your eyes. This is how Alexander Hamilton feels as he sits in a hospital bed all day long, unable to go to school or practice dance like he wants to. On the other hand, his girlfriend Eliza Schuyler seems to be doing it all. It seems like she's being handed everything she could ever want: high grades in honors classes, dance recognition, and endless opportunities for her future. But throughout all this, her anxiety and insecurities reach an ultimate high, creating unbelievable difficulty in her everyday life.In this sequel story to 'Lift', Alex and Eliza struggle through Alex's brain cancer recovery and Eliza's anxiety together, as well as outside problems with family, friends, school, and their shared passion of dance. Will they crack under the stress or will they be able to soar above it?…

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The two boys met as children in New Jersey and bonded immediately, until Laf had to go home to France. But what happens when after all those years, the two meet up again?…

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FINISHED :)Ever since Alexander was a child, he found comfort in dance. Through all the troubles in his life he knew that if he walked into a studio and turned on some music, everything would be fine. Alexander was a loner, but that was before he met Elizabeth Schuyler. Elizabeth, called Eliza by pretty much everyone, had been dancing almost as soon as she could walk. Her life was a beautiful whirlwind: competitions all the time, choreographing her own dances, attending dance classes, as well as being a high school student on the honor roll. Both Alexander and Eliza have a lot on their plates, not just as dancers but in their personal lives too, which were indeed about to become tangled together.…

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FINISHED :)Modern Day AU, Soulmates AUAbout: Alexander Hamilton is not happy with his life at all. He has terrible anxiety and depression, and self harms daily. All because of Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, James Madison, and Charles Lee. He's heading off to college hoping for a new start. Thomas Jefferson regrets his high school life. After relentlessly bullying Alexander Hamilton, he wishes he could make things right, but fears it's too late. He's heading off to college hoping for a new start.Soulmates AU: When you write/cut/do something on your arms, it appears on your soulmates arms. For things like self harm, it hurts the person doing it, but the soulmate only barely feels it.…

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FINISHED :)John Laurens has lived in South Carolina all his life. So far, nothing has changed. His town is still filled with the homophobic, racist people he's always been surrounded by, and not to mention his abusive father. Alexander Hamilton, a selective mute, has finally had enough. He leaves the Caribbean and moves in with his cousin Usnavi. So, little did John know, what's been the same for years was about to get flipped upside down, just because of one day and one silent boy.…

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- Sequel to Speak Up -Alexander and John are taking on life in New York. Finding a place to live, getting a job, and most importantly, making sure Alexanders eating disorder and speech therapy programs are working. Will they be able to deal with all the issues thrown at them? Or will NYC, which seemed like a dream to the couple, become a living nightmare?…