*anthony pov*

i was so nervous last night i got one of the worst migraines i've ever experienced. in all of the mayhem i didn't check my alarm. with my amazing luck the alarm was set for 8:30pm not 8:30am. the advil pm messed up my body's internal clock so i woke up at the perfect time of 10:45.

rehearsal started at 11.

as to avoid the horrendous new york traffic i ran to the theatre. my adrenaline fueled me- which is good because there was no time for coffee. i was very excited to see lin, my biggest mentor, again. he worked with me in 21 chump street.

finally i had showed up at the theatre. my phone said it was 11:10- fantastic. i took a deep breath and shuffled into the theatre. as i was hustling in i saw a girl sitting down. she looked right at me. i thought she was very pretty- especially her wonderful curly hair.

as i approached a group that i assumed was the main cast lin stared me down. "anthony, you're late!" he boomed. i panicked because it takes a lot to anger him- at least i assumed so because i had never seen it. "what the heck i gotta do to get you to read a clock?"

i mentally shook my head at his horrible reference to our show. i started apologizing, "i'm so sorry. it won't hap-"

lin cut me off and set everyone off by laughing, "sit down chump." he balanced on the back of the chair behind him and addressed everyone, "welcome to our first day of hamilton!" we all clapped. "before we start i planned a get-to-know-you game. it's very cheesy but hey, it's effective" we all followed him to the stage and he explained the game.

i went third and said what i had prepared in the short amount of time i had, "i'm anthony ramos- the one who has to learn to read a clock. i'm cast as john laurens who's like in love with hammie and phillip hamilton- his son."

we kept going around saying our names, characters, and facts. the last person to go was the cute girl from earlier. her speech went like this: "my name's jasmine cephas jones. i have the roles of peggy schuyler and maria reynolds. peggy actually fought if some tories to save her little sister catherine."

huh, i thought. peggy as in 'and peggy'? i didn't really know much about her before now.

"welp!" lin started, smiling. "i sure picked a wonderful cast. go find your dressing rooms- they're labeled. talk to whoever you'll be sharing with and meet back down here at noon to meet our wonderful ensemble. off you go!"

while everyone got up i noticed jasmine's phone fall out of her pocket. that was because i may have been staring at her the whole time. giving her back her phone would be the perfect opportunity to talk to her! if you couldn't tell already i wasn't great at talking to girls.

i picked up her phone and walked to my dressing room. i was sharing with oak- he looked like he could beat you up but, as i found out, he was actually really nice.

"hey i'll be right back. i have to go give jasmine her phone," i explained to him.

he gave me a quizzical look but said, "okay dude."

as i maneuvered my may through the halls trying to find her dressing room i looked at her screensaver. it was a picture of her and a couple other people. she looked stunning. i was so distracted i crashed right into someone. they then proceeded to fall right on top of me.

it was jasmine!

she stood up quickly. "a-anthony!" she said- flustered. "i am so sorry! i was looking on the ground for my phone and then i tripped on nothing. it happens a lot don't worry. but i really didn't mean to knock you ov-"

she was so embarrassed and i felt bad so i stood up and hugged her to try and ease her anxious mind, "it's okay! you seem pretty nervous because it's the first day. relax!" she smiled. god i love her smile. "for the record, i didn't see you coming because i saw that someone left their phone on the stage," not a lie. "and i was trying to find out who's it was," that was a little white lie. "so i looked at the screensaver and saw your pretty- i mean pretty cool, um, hair!"

yeah okay i lied. but hey i pulled it off while talking to my crush! oh my god. i like jasmine.

her soft voice pulled me out of my thoughts, "well uh thanks!" she took the phone from me. "i'm gonna go back to my dressing room, but i'll see you later."

i waved at her and slowly made my way to my dressing room. maybe i should ask her out? no i can't do that. i stopped in the middle of the hall. i just met her, so i don't really know her. i also don't have her number.

i needed advice from someone. lin's happily married to vanessa. he'll give me advice.

a/n

i really love this plot so i'm going to write this story until i can come to a conclusive ending and then write a separate one-shots book. as i mentioned in the previous note the next chapter will be lin's pov! it's so cute i love it.

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