Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“My mother just died.” He looks up at Alex and blinks rapidly. “I have to go home to Virginia.”
George's mother dies, and his presidential campaign has to make an unexpected campaign stop.
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- Part 1 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George Washington is about to be the youngest man ever elected President. He's a little nervous about it.
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- Part 2 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“So I’m assuming that I’m looking at an airstrike that may not work, or a raid that may end in dead American soldiers.”
“Yes Sir,” Knox, Randolph, and Lee say almost simultaneously.
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- Part 3 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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It's been 5 years since Martha died. That doesn't make it any easier. Scenes from the past five years of George's life as he struggles with his wife's death.
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- Part 4 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George squeezes his fists and takes a small breath. Alex probably has the stomach bug. He’s going to be fine.
But a little voice in the back of his mind is listing off a million diseases, a million things that could be wrong
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- Part 5 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“Alex, I brought you some clothes for you to change into if you want,” Adrienne says softly. “The pants may be a bit too big, but they should still work.”
Alex looks down at his blood-soaked tuxedo and smiles ruefully. He feels like Jackie Kennedy.
“I’m okay in these clothes,” he says firmly.
All he needs is a pink pillbox hat.
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- Part 6 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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Alex is blowing George off for dinner with John Laurens—a mysterious friend he's never mentioned before.
This is fine…
Right?
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- Part 7 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George is blissfully half asleep when his bedroom door slams open so hard that it collides into the wall. He makes a strangled, shouting noise and jerks himself up, nearly falling off the bed.
“We’re suing Fox News for libel!” Alex shouts.
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- Part 8 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“George, honey, it’s your birthday party. You can’t skip it.”
“I’m turning 37; why do I need to celebrate that?”
“Because you’re president and you’re important.”
“It’s just a waste of taxpayer dollars... and I hate parties.”
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- Part 9 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George would make such a good dad.
What if Alex is holding him back?
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- Part 10 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“That was totally an ice cream date. We ate ice cream together. Which is, in essence, an ice cream date.”
“George, to go on a date you have to go out somewhere and then buy the product.”
“We technically did go out; we left the bedroom, and I mean, I didn’t pay for it, but someone did.”
“Okay, your logic is completely and totally flawed, but you’re cute so I’ll let you get away with having a shitty argument.”
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- Part 11 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George has come to realize that life can change in an instant. All it takes is the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind, or the screech of a tire.
Blink and it's over. Then everything you thought you knew is gone.
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- Part 12 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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"I don’t want you to give up the presidency for me. I want you to be president because that’s what you’re meant to do. You’re not supposed to sit around planning fundraisers with a bunch of wine moms; you’re supposed to lead America.”
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- Part 13 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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Something twists in Alex’s stomach, a shot of nervous anticipation.
This is their watershed moment. Alex is sure of it.
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- Part 14 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“George Washington? I’ve been looking for you all night,” a sweet, Southern voice suddenly says behind him. George immediately straightens up, the breath catching in his throat.
He hasn’t heard that voice in a long, long time.
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- Part 15 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George marvels at the way Lafayette, Adrienne, and Martha seem to complete each other’s sentences, always on the same page.
George leaves for class with the promise to get dinner later and Lafayette’s number scrawled on a napkin burning a hole in his pocket.
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- Part 16 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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Alex Hamilton may be a lot of things, but he never has been, and never will be, a loser. Come Hell or high water, George Washington is winning this election.
But, as Alex sits there watching the rainy Florida countryside speed by outside the window, a thunderstorm building on the horizon, he gets the sinking suspicion that Hell may be coming sooner than expected.
From across the bus, Burr meets his eyes and gives him a big, toothy grin.
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- Part 17 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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“Are you okay, George?”
The breath gets caught in George’s throat and he shrugs helplessly, not knowing what to say. Thousands of people are dying in Ceylon, Martha has been dead for 10 years, and George is getting remarried in a month and a half.
Okay is a relative term.
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- Part 18 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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George sighs and smiles a little sadly. “I never thought we’d be here. Another wedding,” he murmurs. Then, meeting Lafayette’s eyes, he rolls his shoulders back and stands up a little straighter. A soldier going into battle. “Thanks for always being there for me, Gilbert.”
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- Part 19 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry
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The Alex from Ten Years Ago would’ve laughed if you told him he’d be married to the goddamn President of the United States. He would’ve told you to fuck off if you explained that, one day, he would be soothing his sick husband at four in the morning. Alex never used to be this caring, this domestic.
The change happened so gradually that he didn’t even notice it. He just woke up one morning and was a different person. A better person.
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- Part 20 of Young, Scrappy, and Hungry