2. PHILIP HAMILTON IS CAMERA SHY (1/2)
an: welcome back guys! much longer chapter for you this time, but he, we get to meet philip! enjoy!
theteebvlogs posted a new video: hair, parties and philip hamilton is camera shy
"be proud of me guys, i've made a total of four friends!" theos' voice came from behind the camera as it panned around the room showing two men and a woman, "meet georges lafayette, angie hamilton and phil church." the camera focused on each of them in turn, all of them dressed in a similar semi-formal style, "now, i know i said four – and trust me there is a fourth person, but i've made a startling discovery," the camera turned back to theodosia, who was grinning slyly (as the camera turned, a mass of curly dark hair could just be seen jumping out of shot), "philip hamilton is camera shy."
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the first time philip hamilton met theo burr, he was 12 and a half, she was 10, and it was at her mothers funeral. the hamilton family, at that point consisted of himself, angie, alex jr., jamie and john, and all together they took up a whole pew in the old church the funeral was being held at. at the time, philip had marvelled at how theo had remained vigilantly by her fathers side throughout the whole affair, never letting a single tear fall. philip didn't think he could stay that quiet if anyone he knew died.
it was that moment when he was 12 and she was 10 and her mother had just died, that philip realized how much he respected theodosia burr.
they didn't meet again after that for many years. its not that he was avoiding her, or vice versa, they just ran in different circles, went to different schools, shared different interests. he still managed to keep up with big events in her life through second-hand knowledge from his parents – and there was no way he could have not heard about it when her youtube channel went big. he never really watched any of her videos, despite hearing almost everyone he knew (including his younger sister) sing their praises for them – philip had never really gotten into youtube, watching other peoples lives through the screen of his computer never seemed that attractive to him.
that didn't mean to say philip didn't know the internet.
his internet footprint started at age 14, when his friends introduced him to tumblr and the constant debates about politics/general social rights issues. it started out with additional comments calling people out on their bullshit, and by the time he was 17, he was regularly posting essay-length opinion pieces about politics, and occasionally defending his fathers latest stunt. it was not long after this that he started his own official blog, which functioned similarly to his tumblr (with everything posted on both forums), if only a bit more official and better regarded over a tumblr he started when he was 14.
this was, however, the extent of his internet usage. his twitter and facebook accounts were mainly to keep up with whatever shit his dad didn't
ing up at the dinner table, and even then, he didn't really use them. angie was constantly teasing him that he was more senile on the social media front than some of their most senile politicians, but after a while, philip stopped listening to her taunts.
at least he knew how to search something without having to first search google.
he wasn't that ignorant.
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it was angie that noticed her first. the four of them – philip, angie, georges and phil – had been laughing at something georges had said when angie had nudged philip, nodding towards behind him, "don't look now, but you've got an admirer." he flicked his head around in the direction she'd pointed, before feeling her nails dig into his arm, "i said don't look!" she hissed, "idiot."
"well if you don't want me to look, don't tell me about something i'm obviously going to want to look at!" he hissed back, twisting his neck to try and get a glimpse of his so-called 'admirer'. "and what do you mean by admirer?"
angie tilted her neck, "she was looking at you. well us, but she focused on you more than the rest of us." she furrowed her
ow, "i feel like i've seen her somewhere before."
philip scoffed, "probably at the many work functions dad drags us too. it's the same people everytime."
she shook her head, "no, its not that. i just… i've definitely seen her before, but -" angie
oke off suddenly, eye
ows jumping up her forehead, mouth forming a small 'o', "that's theodosia burr! that's how i know her!" she grabbed philips arm excitedly, "philip that's theo burr, as in theteeb from youtube ohmygod i love her videos, you have to go introduce yourself."
"why me?" philip asked pulling his arm out of his sisters grasp, "you've seen her videos, why don't you talk to her?"
"because i wasn't the one she was making eyes at." angie gave him a teasing grin.
philip rolled his eyes, "yes but you're a female. its scientifically proven that girls respond better to other girls approaching them compared to men. you want to talk to her, you talk to her."
angie frowned at him for a moment, before straightening her shoulders, "she looks lonely, i'm gonna see if she wants to join us." she announced to the rest of the group, "seeing as someone," she glared at philip, "won't be a gentlemen and ask her himself."