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“Can we skip questions here because I really want to see this song,” Hamilton asked Evangeline, who had just opened her mouth.
“You know what, sure,” She said before pressing play.
Hamilton and the revolutionaries laughed as the actor portraying the king walked onto the screen.
You say
The price of my love's not a price that you're willing to pay
“Are we operating under the assumption that he is capable of love here?” Lafayette asked.
Washington said, “I think so,”
“Even though in real life he is not,” Hamilton said.
“At all,” Laurens acted.
Evangeline stared at them for a few seconds before shaking herself.
“Do you all share the same brain cell?”
“What?” Mulligan asked.
“You just always seem to have the same train of thought,”
“Perks of living in close proximity with each other for ages?” Hamilton offered, glancing at Laurens, who smiled at him.
Evangeline caught this interaction and smirked to herself.
You cry
In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by
“Also known as the Boston Tea Party,” Evangeline said.
“I was just thinking that! Perhaps you could-” Jefferson said before Evangeline interrupted.
“No,”
“But,”
“I’m sorry, is your brain so limited that you can’t process what the word no means?
“No but-”
“Then you should understand that when I say the word no, I mean it. So the next time that you try and persuade me that you are worth my time after I say no I will kill you. And even though it wouldn’t stick in this room, I will make it. Got it?”
Jefferson nodded frantically.
Why so sad?
Eliza laughed at the actor pouting at this line. When her sisters asked what she was laughing at, she pointed it out to them, and they consequently delved into peals of laughter.
Remember we made an arrangement when you went away
“No you made one,” Jefferson said.
“Yeah, we didn’t have a seat at the table then,” Hamilton said then looked at Jefferson in shock.
“Did we just agree on something,” Jefferson asked.
“I think so,” Hamilton said, “I feel weird,”
“Yeah I don’t like this,”
“It never happened,”
“Nope,” Jefferson said before realizing, “Wait, we just did it again!”
Evangeline rolled her eyes, before playing the recording.
Now you're making me mad
“He already was mad,” Burr said.
“Yep, he definitely was,” Laurens said.
Remember, despite our estrangement, I'm your man
“Why is he making it out to sound like we were in some kind of relationship?” Washington asked Evangeline.
“Entertainment,” Was all Evangeline offered before she got up to get more lollies, after playing the recording.
You'll be back, soon you'll see
You'll remember you belong to me
“Not anymore!” Mulligan yelled.
“And never again!” Laurens yelled.
“See this is what I mean when I say that you all have one brain cell,” Evangeline said as she walked back to her couch.
“I don’t see it,” Lafayette said.
“I can,” Washington said.
“Me too,” Eliza said and Burr nodded.
“Really?” Hamilton said.
“Yep,” Evangeline said.
You'll be back, time will tell
You'll remember that I served you well
“Sure you did. Whatever helps you sleep at night,” Madison said.
“Yeah, does ‘served us well’ relate to the taxes or the occupations of the cities?” Hamilton asked.
“I think it means both,” Laurens said.
“Oh then he definitely served us well,” Hamilton said.
Oceans rise, empires fall
“I wonder why he made the rise line go down and the fall line go up,” Maria said quietly.
“I’m not sure but it is quite smart,” Peggy said.
We have seen each other through it all
And when push comes to shove
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!
“You need therapy my dude,” Evangeline said.
She then tilted her head to the side and wrote down something in her notebook, which was getting quite full.
“What does ‘my dude’ mean?” Washington asked.
“I’m actually going to screw up all of US history with popular culture references. I’m gonna be killed by Americans. I have no regrets though,” She said before continuing, “It means like my friend, but more casual. But he’s not my friend, I just use it anyway,”
She looked away for a second before turning around with a massive smile on her face.
“Please call the king ‘My Dude’ in any future correspondence,” She begged Washington.
“Why not?” He said and she laughed.
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
“How did the writer somehow make me like the king?” Washington said.
“I don’t know, but I love it,” Hamilton said.
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Jefferson started subconsciously singing the lines and when Hamilton spotted it, he alerted the other members of the room and they watched him singing. When he noticed them watching him he turned red and hid his face in the couch in front of him.
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da
You say our love is draining and you can't go on
Laurens laughed at the king's face as he sang.
You'll be the one complaining when I am gone
And no, don't change the subject
'Cause you're my favorite subject
“Oh my goodness,” Hamilton said.
“Please tell me I didn’t imagine that,” Mulligan said.
“I don’t think that you did,” Washington said, looking at the actor onstage,”
My sweet, submissive subject
My loyal, royal subject
Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Maria flinched at the lines which reminded her of her husband. Peggy, however, caught this and asked her what was wrong. Maria shrugged her off, thinking to herself how they wouldn’t treat her the same once they found out about her husband's abuse. She subconsciously rubbed the scars on her arms, part of the many that littered her skin.
You'll be back like before
I will fight the fight and win the war
“But you didn’t,” Burr said.
“And he never will!” Hamilton said.
For your love, for your praise
And I'll love you 'til my dying days
“Why does he sound like a jealous man?” Angelica asked and Peggy and Eliza nodded.
“I’m not sure,” Evangeline said, “You’ll have to ask Lin-Manuel Miranda,”
When you're gone, I'll go mad
“Do you mean you’ll go madder than you were?” Mulligan asked.
So don't throw away this thing we had
'Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat—
Everybody!
Various members of the people in the room laughed. Hamilton and the revolutionaries stood up and started singing as dramatically as they could.
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
Da da dat dat da ya da!
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da
Dat dat da ya da!
“I hate that I love this song,” Hamilton said.
“Mood,” Many people said.
“What have I done?” Evangeline said.