*leslie pov*

my alarm went off just like any other day. the love of my life kissed my cheek and snuggled into my front.

"are you ready for this?" she asked.

i half heartedly smiled, "i will never be ready."

"i know les," nicolette agreed. "but now we can start a family!"

"you're right, as always, but it's still really hard. this cast is my family too!" i explained.

she smiled, "and family never leaves."

"i love you so much- thank you for your support in this," i admitted.

nicolette hugged me really tight before getting out of bed and saying, "i will love you forever and always."

my heart was fluttering, no soaring, in that moment.

*pippa pov*

as i opened my eyes on my final day in hamilton i was met with a familiar sounding piano intro. then i cringed as i heard my voice sing 'best of wives and best of women.'

i put my pillow over my head and cried out, "steven stop that! i don't want to cry today."

he lifted up my pillow and smirked, "what are you going to do when anthony dies?"

i sighed, "probably sob because i won't get to watch him die in my arms again."

steve laughed, "that's probably a good thing!"

"it's so surreal. like how am i leaving this already?" i asked.

"when you love something as much as you do this show, you never truly leave."

i kissed steven in the lips, "i love you and i'm so excited to spend more time together. sometimes i feel as though i never get to see you."

"i promise we'll enjoy our much-needed time together," he said with a knowing grin.

i rolled my eyes, "smooth pasquale. very smooth."

he laid on top of me and i started laughing to keep myself breathing. to get him off i started tickling steven in all of his weak spots until he got up in surrender.

time to say goodbye (for now) to my second family.

*jon pov*

i had trouble sleeping last night because i was not looking forward to today. i mean, yeah i was because i was going to be with this cast that i love so much. but i'm going to miss them!

just then there was a knock on my bedroom door. i panicked because no one was supposed to be in my apartment, but my best friend opened the door.

"surprise!" lea michele exclaimed. "i flew in for your last show in hamilton!"

my face brightened up and i jumped out of bed to hug her, "thank you so much! i missed you."

lea went into my living room while i got dressed. then i went and joined her in the couch under her favorite blanket of mine.

"so are you excited for tonight?" she asked.

i shook my head and exhaled with a lame smile, "no, not really. i love the show and everyone in it so much!"

"it's okay though jon," lea told me, gently rubbing my arm. "you guys are all famous now- you'll all run into each other and go to the same parties and work with them for forever! i mean don't get me wrong- it totally sucks to leave a cast that you get along with so well. the only reason i could leave wendla and spring awakening was because i knew i had made a new best friend, that would be you, and i knew we would all support each other in our own new projects."

i nodded along to her dramatic and convincing speech given in total lea style. i conceded and we laid on the couch. she turned in the finale episode of glee and we watched it criticizing ourselves and laughing the entire time.

maybe today was going to be a good day after all.

*lin pov*

all of the sudden i felt a weight (one close to a sebastian) on my chest. i opened my eyes to see my son holding a piece of paper with the biggest smile in his face.

"he made this for his daddy's last show," vanessa explained.

i took sebby and hugged him closer to my chest, "thanks bud! let's see what you made."

he smiled and clapped his hands mumbling, "dada" over and over again. i opened the card and patted his head.

at the top 'bye bye hammie' was written in my wife's handwriting but below was a squiggly star with a mass on top. sebastian drew the hamilton logo! under it there was a rainbow of hearts.

i kissed him on the nose, "thank you so much mijo!"

i scooted over in bed a bit allowing room for vanessa. she jumped right into our family cuddle and started tickling sebby who was cracking up.

"i love you guys so much," i said through a wide smile. "and i am so excited that we'll get to spend more time together."

my son started clapping his little, chubby hands together. i blew a raspberry on his forehead.

and in that moment- life was great.

*jasmine pov*

anthony and i walked into the richard rodgers theater holding hands. today was the day some of our best friends would be leaving hamilton. we were swept into our different dressing rooms.

throughout the entire show we were having the time of our lives. at intermission we had our little dance party on the stairs just like we would in a regular show day. actually, the show seemed pretty normal except for the thunderous applause even louder than usual after every song.

sadly, our saturday evening show seemed to fly by. the last show with the entire original broadway cast of hamilton.

after bows we all crowded into the green room. our tony winners, specifically lin and leslie, got their engraved awards back. chris led a special after-show prayer circle. then we got changed into our regular clothes. i took this as my chance to go around and say my goodbyes. i grabbed ant from his dressing room and we started our rounds.

first was leslie odom jr.

i gave him a big hug and said, "goodbye les! i'm gonna miss you and your voice so much. we already got tickets for one of your upcoming concerts."

leslie hugged me back and moved behind me to bro hug anthony, "i'm going to miss the two of you so much as well. i swear you kept me young!"

"thank you? anyway, you were a great mentor and such a fun dude to me around," ant told him.

"see you guys after my concert soon!"

second was phillipa soo.

"bye pips! i'll miss you telling me to not go die eight times a week," anthony smiled.

pippa laughed, "i was just telling steven this morning that i was going to miss you dying in my arms." she moved towards me. "and i'm going to miss you and renee so much. us sisters will still see each other right?"

i hugged her tight, a tear dripped off my cheek, "of course! i love you guys too much."

third was jonathan groff.

i practically ran into his dressing room and jumped onto him, giving him a big hug. more tears started to fall and groff wiped them away.

"i don't know what i'm going to do with out my king george. you keep me sane and happy!" i told him.

he put me down and kissed my forehead in a friendly way, "you have anthony remember? and you can facetime, call, and text me whenever."

i nodded and hugged him one more time before moving away to allow ant a turn.

"i'll miss you buddy," he told jon. "we'll be watching your new show when it comes out!"

he hugged anthony too, "let me know what you think!"

fourth, and last, was lin-manuel miranda.

i walked into his section of the dressing room belonging to him and groffsauce and did a double take.

"you cut your hair already!" i exclaimed.

lin just laughed, "v prefers my usnavi hair."

anthony and i both hugged him. "thanks for being such a great older brother figure for us. and for hiring us to be in this amazing show of yours," i said.

"we wouldn't be the happy couple we are without you," anthony added.

lin smiled, "janthony is my otp! i have to make sure you two end up together in the end."

after july 9th, it felt as though we were always saying goodbye. our cast was slowly leaving. each and everyone of us moving to the next stage of our career.

a/n:

sorry this is a day late! i was having some tech issues, but i was home sick today so i got a chance to finish this up.

i also can't believe i'm writing this chapter already. i feel like i just started this! as this chapter title states this will be the beginning of the end for this book and for jasmine and anthony's time in hamilton. but do not fear because i will give you a satisfying ending complete with epilogues!

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