Chapter 1: One way or Another

"Do you know what colors he likes?" asked a girl.

"Red, White, and Blue," said Mexico.

"What's his favorite food?" asked another.

"Hamburgers and cheeseburgers," Mexico said.

"Do you know what type of girls he like?" asked a third girl.

"I'm not sure. I think sporty and out going," Mexico responded. "That's enough questions please! I really got to go!" Mexico quickly went inside her dorm room and locked the door.

'Man these girls are not going to leave me alone!' she thought to herself. She took off her school blazer and put it on a coat hanger in the closet. She took out her pajamas and hanged them in the restroom as she took off the rest of her clothes and took a shower. School tired her out but what also tired her is the many girls who wanted to be near America.

"Stupid America and his fan club!" she said.

She was beginning to get tired of the girls who wanted to know info about America so they can capture his heart. At first she didn't mind but now she starting to get annoyed.

Reason?

Mexico had also fallen hard for the American.

It just happened suddenly. At one moment she was blaming America for everything and next she realized she couldn't look away from the American whenever he smiled at her.

What else is that she also realized the things she like about him.

His beautiful blue eyes that reminded her of the blue ocean. His amazing hair that he brushed with one hand back whenever he was thinking and especially that one hair that stood out of place. His great treasure smile that she hope that would never go away. His laughter that showed proof that he was happy. Everything about him attracted her.

Though of course she never showed that she liked him.

Whenever he touched her or tried to hug her she would quickly brush him off and say "First, Don't Touch me!", "Stop giving me your American germs!", "Hands off! I'm a Do not touch zone!", or just "Stop touching me!"

She made sure that her feelings for him won't ever be shown.

Mexico did hope there be a day she can confess to him, but she would want to know if she even has a chance with him first.

Mexico got out of the shower and dry herself with a towel. After putting on her pajamas, she went to her computer checking out through the news just in case there's anything major in Mexico.

Luckily there isn't plus even if there was she knew her boss would call her to come.

She then said a prayer and went to bed.

The next day, Mexico and Canada stayed outside the classroom waiting till the bell rang. In the classroom was America and the girls who were all interested in him. Those girls weren't in their class they're from the Central America class, South America class, and the Caribbean Sea class.

The North America class only have three students; Canada, America, and Mexico. The Caribbean Class and the Central America class use to be all in North America class but later claimed they were in a separate continent. Unknown to America, Canada and Mexico believe is because they just didn't want to be in the same class with America.

The girls in the class were loud and annoying which is why Canada and Mexico stayed outside.

"I wish Mr. Kagami could come before the bell rings, then maybe those girls won't be here all the time," said Canada.

"Yeah but even that won't stop them. From what I know a few of them already reached up to more than seven tardies so I wouldn't think a teacher would even get them out of the class" Mexico told him.

"Oh well" said Canada sounding disappointed.

"But there is a way to get rid of those girls..." Mexico looks at America and the girls. "But that won't happen anytime soon."

"And that is?"

"When America finally decides to get a girlfriend."

"Oh I see! Yeah! That would work! Then all those girls will have to leave him alone!"

"Exactly!" she says giving him a wink.

Both looked at America.

"So when will that happen?" Canada says while looking at America with doubts.

"I don't know," she tells him as she shrugs her shoulders up.

"Hey guys! Shouldn't you two be in class? The bell is going to ring," says Mr. Kagami walking towards the two.

"We would but America's fan girls are occupying our seats and they're all very loud," Canada tells him as he points to the classroom.

Mr. Kagami looks and goes inside with Canada and Mexico following.

"You girls! Back to your classrooms! Class is about to start!" Mr. Kagami told them.

The girls, feeling disappointed, obeyed and left to class.

"See! Told you it would work," whispered Canada to Mexico.

"Alright! Now that's settled we can start with the new lesson I prepared last night for you all!" said Mr. Kagami excitedly. He sat in the chair in his desk and took out his laptop.

They each opened their laptops to see a new lesson to download. They each clicked on it to start. First it was Economics and then Cultures. Next was Language Arts and Government.

It took two hours for Mexico to finish Economics, Cultures, and Language Arts. Canada finished the same work though ten minutes before her. While America was still in Cultures.

Canada and Mexico were allowed a 20 minute break while America only got 10 minutes. Within those minutes they were allowed to go the restroom and drink water.

Mexico went to the girls restroom. Inside the stall she was in, she noticed the door with America's name written on it with a heart drawn around it. She could only guess it was one of the girls from the South America class since she can recognize the handwriting. After washing her hands she went out walking back to class.

As she walked, she stopped when hearing America's and Canada's voice.

"Girlfriend?" America was saying. "Well if I wanted one it would have to be the girl I like!"

"Who's the girl you like?" Canada asked.

"Can't tell you! It's a secret!"

"At least give me a hint!"

"Okay, Here's a hint!"

Mexico gripped her hand over her blazer of her chest. Feeling as her heart was starting to beat fast.

"She's not any of the girls that come up to me in the morning!" America says.

"What kind of hint is that?!" Canada tells him.

"Well it subtracts seven of the girls who go to school here!"

Mexico felt disappointed but also relieved.

"Tell me something about her then!" Canada asked him.

"Sure she's-"

As soon as Mexico walked in, America stopped.

"Hey Mexico!" America said as he waved his hand at her. He then turned back to Canada "Sorry, bro. Now that she's here I can't tell you!"

"Is my presence a disturbance, America?" she faced right in front of him.

"No! That's not what I meant! It's cause I was talking to Canada about a girl I like and if I started talking about her well you might get jealous," America smirked.

"Jealous?!"

"Yeah whenever you push me away its actually that your playing hard to get. I've known you for years! You're usually like me and Canada."

"Like you and Canada?"

"Yeah like us as one of the guys! You know how you use to fight along with us and go out hunting too!"

"To you I am like one of the guys? Like Canada and you?!" Mexico felt the anger and sadness building up inside her.

"Yeah! Showing that tough side of you and also how you want to beat me up? All that, just like a guy!"

Mexico walked right up to him as he sat in his desk.

Mexico got close to America and gently put both her hands on the side of his face. She leaned close to him.

"Mexico," America said her name and stood up from his seat to get closer to her. She slowly slid his glasses off him an put it on his desk. America stared at her, captured by her eyes. Mexico raised her left hand and

slap!

across his face.

Mexico glared at him and began walking out of class.

"Mexico!" America yelled out as he quickly stood up as he was about to chase after her.

She stopped at the doorway and looked at him. "Your 10 minutes are up, America! So stay in your seat!"

Mr. Kagami, looked at the clock above the door. "She's right, America. Its back to work for you."

"But can't I just have 10 minutes more minutes of break like them?"

"Sorry, America but you know my rules? Finishing first assignment will give you ten minutes of break. Finish all the way to second assignment will give you fifteen minutes of break. To the third assignment you'll get twenty minutes of break and to the fourth assignment you'll get thirty minutes of break."

"Yes I know," said America disappointingly. He walked, sitting back to his desk.

Mexico walked out into the hallway. She sat on a bench that overlooked outside the school through large windows.

"You okay?"

To Mexico's surprise it was Mr. Kagami.

"Yeah...I'm fine."

"You don't seem like it though," he sat right beside her.

"Aren't you worried that America might ditch the class?" she asked him.

"No. Especially since..." He took out his cellphone. "I have this!"

"Your cellphone?"

"Yeah! You remember when I got you guys to create that avatar for that app I made?"

"Yeah."

"Well that Avatar lets me know where you guys are at through your cellphones."

"Does that mean you knew the importance of our cellphones?"

"Yeah. All of you Nations keep important information in them along with important numbers and not just that, those phones of yours are the most expensive with many features but that can store a lot in them."

"Yup!"

"Reason why I made such an app. Just make sure not to tell America and Canada this, kay?"

"Sure but why tell me all this?"

"Cause I feel I can trust you."

A blush went across Mexico's face. "Yeah?"

"Yeah," He said as he smiled at her. "Though I am surprise you would like a guy such as America."

"Eh?!" she said surprised.

"So I guess right, huh?" Mr. Kagami looked proud of himself. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone. Though it seems he did crushed you there, so...what you going to do?"

"I don't know actually."

"Well one thing I do know from watching is that you would want America to like you like a girl, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then that's what you need to do! You need to get him to see you more like a girl!"

"Yeah but I don't think just being more like a girl is going to get him to like me."

"Then what will?"

"I guess...his...ideal girl?"

"There! You got it! His ideal girl! See! All you needed to do was to think about it you find the answer!"

"But wait!? How do I even become his ideal girl?!"

"Well, think about it. From what he said it seems you two knew each for a long time. Just try to see what he does like about you! Then find a way to add the rest to become his ideal girl!"

"Well that sounds kind of easy."

"Just try your best but if it doesn't work out, remember, you will sooner or later find someone else to steal your heart!" he said with a smile.

Mexico smiled back "Yeah."

"Now lets go back to class! You have two minutes left of break anyways!"

As they walked back to class, Mr. Kagami remembered something.

"So you going to forgive America?"

"No way! He's going to have to do something good if he wants me to forgive him!"

"Hmm! Okay then!" Giving her a wink.

Once they got back to class, Canada and Mexico went to start on Government. While America was just starting Language Arts.

Once Canada and Mexico finished, they were given two more assignments; Calculus and Physics. They finished in two hours. While America was still finishing Government.

There were only fifteen minutes till Lunch time, so Mr. Kagami let Mexico and Canada leave early since they already finished with all their assignments.

"Like always you'll be staying for the next two classes to finish the assignments or it becomes homework," said

as he smiled at America. America just gave him a mad look.

Canada waited near the Caribbean Sea class for Cuba while Mexico went strolling away to the direction of the school garden.

She checked every plant and took any weed that she saw and threw them away. While throwing the last weeds she got an email from her teacher Mr. Kagami.

Mr. Kagami: You might want this ^_^

She looked at the rest of the email seeing it was a download. She clicked on it and it began downloading into her phone. After it being completed she saw an app appear. She clicked on the app and saw it was a tracking device. It collected her cellphone number and on the map a green dot appeared near the school called garden club. Realizing it was tracking her.

Another email came through from her teacher again.

Mr. Kagami: All you have to do is add a cellphone number and it will track them. You might want to put in America's cell phone number first. (P.S. Keep this app a secret.)

She put in America's cellphone number and a small blue dot appeared. It appeared right in her class.

'America must be still be finishing his assignment' she thought.

ding! dong! ding! dong! ding! dong! ding!

The school bell rang signaling its time for lunch.

In a few seconds, the blue dot began moving towards near the Caribbean Sea class and stopped. She wondered why would he be there then remembered Canada. She added Canada's cellphone number and a red dot appeared right next to the blue dot.

Another message from Mr. Kagami came.

Mr. Kagami: I forgot to mention. If you have more than one number click twice on the certain person you want to follow for the rest of the dots to disappear. Clicking once per person will let you follow as many the ones you want to but if you want to follow everyone on your list just click the word 'All'. Try learning about this app and its functions in your spare time.

Mexico then clicked on America's number twice and Canada's and her dot disappeared. She looked at America's blue dot as it was going fast down to the stairs to the first floor.

'It's heading my direction!' she screamed it out in her mind. It was still going fast.

She hurried inside the shed, closing the door, hiding in the corner while putting a black trash bag over herself. She looked at her cellphone seeing that America just came out into the garden. The dot moved around the garden then going near the shed.

The door shook as America was trying to open it. Gave up after realizing it was locked. He then moved on and went back inside the school. He decided to go to the cafeteria instead.

As the blue dot moved farther from where she was, she got out of the shed and went back inside the school but before she went anywhere she clicked on her number adding the green dot. So now she knew faster if he was getting near her.

She quickly went up the stairs as she hurried she tried to think of a plan to get away from America. She thought of one and using the tracking device it would help. She look in her phone seeing that America was in the cafeteria. Up the stairs she noticed the Nordic 5; Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark, heading down the stairs from her.

"Hola, Finland!"

Finland noticed her, "Oh hey Mexico!"

"May I ask you and your friends where you're going?"

"We're going to the cafeteria, there's a variety of choices today!"

"Really? That's nice! Listen Finland can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of favor?"

"If you see America can you tell him that I'll be waiting for him in the library?"

"Oh sure no problem!" he said happily.

"Gracias Finland!" she said and quickly left up the stairs to the second floor. She looked in her phone seeing that America was still at the cafeteria.

'He must be eating.'

She walked through the hallways heading to the direction to the library. As she looked, she spotted Liechtenstein going into the library.

"Liechtenstein!"

She stopped and looked at Mexico. "Yes?"

"You going into the library, right?"

"Yes, I'm checking out a new book."

"If by any chance you see America while your in there can you tell him I want to meet him at the soccer field?"

"Okay!"

"Really? Thanks!"

Once Liechtenstein went inside, Mexico look into her phone seeing America was beginning to move. He was heading towards to the first floor of the library.

The school library is huge. It goes from the first floor to the second floor, so there is two ways of entering. Also with two check outs.

Mexico walked through the hallway and went down stairs. She stayed on the stairs, looks through her phone seeing that America was already in the library. She looks around and spots Cameroon coming down with a soccer in his hand.

"Hey Cameroon! Are you heading to the soccer field?"

"Yeah! You want to join?"

"No thanks, maybe next time. By any chance if you see America can you tell him that I want to meet him at the garden?"

"Sure!"

"Thank you!"

"Your welcome!"

Mexico looks into her cellphone and sees that America is slowly making his way to the second floor of the library. She quickly goes through the first floor hallway and into the restroom. She goes into one of the stalls and looks through her phone. America coming from the library and fast going to the first floor and towards the soccer field.

America walks out into the soccer field and looks around. When suddenly a soccer ball heads towards him. America successfully catches it with both of his hands.

"Nice shot, America!" said Cameroon as begins walking towards. "You're just in time."

"In time for what ?" America asks.

"To tell you that Mexico said that she'll be meeting you at the garden."

"You serious?!" saying it in disbelief.

"Yeah! She told me herself!"

"Alright! Thanks, dude!"

America begins walking around the school building to the garden. "What the heck, Mexico?! First Finland tells me your at the library and when I get there Liechtenstein tells me that you're at the soccer field and now you're at the garden?! You better be at the garden!"

On the first floor, Mexico looks around and spots the person she was looking for.

"Prussia!"

Prussia along with Spain and France beside him turn towards Mexico's direction. "Hey, Mexico what's up?"

"Not much! Listen! Can you do me a favor and go to the garden!"

"Why?! Is something wrong with it?!"

"Not sure but I think someone is there and stepped on one of the plants! So can you go check it out?"

"What the heck?! Sure! But why can't you?!"

"Because I really got to go the bathroom!" she says while grabbing onto her blazer.

"Oh! Sure! I'll go! You just go and pee while I'll stop whoever is ruining our garden!"

"Really! Thanks!"

"Yeah! Now go and hurry to the restroom before you pee on yourself!"

"Yeah okay!

Prussia then runs.

"Hey Prussia wait up?!" says Spain while following behind him along with France.

As soon as they're out of sight. Mexico looks in her cellphone seeing that America was already there.

In the garden.

"What the heck, Mexico?! You're not here either!" America says angrily. Being angry and stomping on the ground America accidentally steps on one of the flowers. "Oops!"

"Hey You! Stop stepping on our plants!" yelled out Prussia as he ran towards there. Prussia stops right in front America. "You know this garden is only run by two members! Me, the Awesome Prussia and Mexico!"

"Yeah I know! I'm sorry!" America apologized.

"You better! Is a good thing I came just in time before you wreck anymore of our plants!" Prussia said while Spain and France just arrived.

"Yeah? And that's the whole reason why you were running?!"

"Of course! Well that is if Mexico hadn't told me to come I guess I wouldn't be running towards here."

"Mexico was going to come here?!"

"Yeah! But she send me instead."

"Where is she now?!"

"At the the girls restroom."

"Which one?!"

"The one in the first floor. If you want to see just wait here and she'll come."

"No she won't!" America said as he dashed inside the building.

"What's up with him?" France asked.

"Who knows?! But doesn't matter! What matters is the plants!" Prussia says as he examines the flower America stepped on.

While America ran through the first floor, Mexico strolls through the second floor. She then decides to look at her phone to see where America is now. Shockingly, America is already going up the stairs to the second floor. The stairs which are a hallway down from her. She looks to her right to see America just coming up. America looks to his right then left and spots Mexico.

"Mexico!" America yells.

Quick on her feet. Mexico runs in the hall towards the next stairs.

America hurries and dashes after her.

Running quickly up the stairs Mexico goes up to the third floor. Looking at the same time at her cellphone seeing America coming right behind her.

At the third floor, Mexico hurries running through the hallway. In the navigator, blue dot was getting closer behind green dot. Mexico looks ahead of her and spots an open door. She runs inside and closes the door behind her.

"Mexico!" America yells out.

Mexico quickly adds the lock.

The door knob begins shaking "Mexico can't we just talk?" He said from the other side of the door.

"No way!" she says back as she begins walking back from the door. She begins breathing harshly from running so much

"Mexico, are you okay?"

She turns and sees Italy. "Yeah...I'm...o-kay!"

"You don't look okay! Your face is even red!" He says as he puts his hand over her forehead.

"And what the heck is his problem?!" says Lovino walking towards them and pointing at the door.

She looks and sees that she's actually in the Europe classroom.

"*Gasp* *cough* *cough*"

"Mexico!? You okay?" Italy asks her.

"You need to breath in more carefully!" England says as he walks towards her. "Breath in and Breath out slowly."

She does as he tells her. She does it three times and finally breaths much easier.

England hands her a water bottle. "Don't drink it fast. Drink it slow and carefully, alright?"

Mexico nods her head and takes the water bottle. She drinks it the same way he told her.

"Now can you tell me whats going on?" England says as he looks directly to the door.

America begins banging on the door while shouting "C'mon Mexico! Open the door!"

Italy shrieks and looks at Germany. "Germany do something!"

Germany sighs and looks at Mexico. "Can you please tell us whats going on, Mexico?"

"Well...we kind of had a fight," she tells them.

"Well then, why don't you two talk it over?" England asks.

"No way! After what he told me I don't want to talk to that idiot!"

"What did he tell you?"

Mexico looks down as she begins to look sad "He said I am like a guy."

"What the hell you bastard! Why would you call a girl a guy! That's insulting you know?!" yelled out Lovino towards the door angrily.

"That is insulting," England said as he folded he arms across his chest.

"What?!" America yelled out. Then a loud snap outside the door is heard. Everyone turns to look at the door while the door nob on their side falls off. "Oops...sorry."

"That is breaking school property. Two months of detention for you America!"

"What?!"

"Report to my office right now! I'll meet you there!"

"But I need to talk to Mexico!"

"No! You go to my office right now!"

America surrendered and marched to his office which was right on the same floor.

England then turned to Mexico, "Can you meet me at my office in five minutes?"

Mexico nodded her head "Yeah!"

"I'll see you there!" he said as began walking out of the classroom. He left the door open after he went out.

In the Student Council President Office.

"For insulting a girl and breaking school property I'm giving you two months of detention after school," Arthur said to America.

"But I didn't mean to insult her!"

"Either way, she felt insulted! Also as part of detention today you'll fix the door under my supervision.

"Can't you just let me talk to her?"

"Sorry, no! From the way she was trying to stay away from you shows that she doesn't want to talk about it at all!"

America just looked down.

"I'll see you after school by the Europe classroom. You can leave now."

As America opened the door, he found Mexico outside.

"Mexico..." Right when America was about to talk to her England came in behind him.

"Mexico, you came just right in time!" England led her inside while moving America out and closing the door.

While England sat in his desk, Mexico looked around the room. It looked amazing and nice. England's desk was right in the middle of the room and behind his desk, five large windows with blue curtains tied to the sides of the windows. By the window, a small white circle table with two chairs in the direction for viewing out the window.

'A tea table.' Mexico thought.

On the right side of the wall, a blue couch with a coffee table in front of it. On the left side of the corner of the room was three large book case and front of it a one person blue couch.

In the far left side, a narrow circular stair case going up to another floor. Her eyes followed it seeing more book cases.

"Those book cases hold all of your file folders about your being in the school," England told her as he saw her looking up stairs.

"Now can you tell me what was going on between with you and America?" England asked her.

She told him everything from how it started with America calling her a guy, her slapping America across the face and running away from him. Though she didn't told England about her tracking device in her phone since Mr. Kagami told her to keep it a secret.

"I see. I would've gave you three days of detention for hitting a classmate but since it was because he insulted you, no detention for you. Also meaning America will only have one month and a week of detention."

"Okay."

Before England could tell her she can leave, he noticed her hair was kind of mess. 'Must be from all the running'

"Mexico please sit in one of those chairs," he said directing to the two chairs in front of England's desk. As she did, he took out a mirror and a brush from his desk. He walked up, placing the mirror on the table in front of her and walking right behind Mexico. He began brushing her hair.

"Really, Mexico, you should really take care of your hair. Its really nice and long."

All Mexico did is look sad in front of the mirror. England noticed her.

"What's wrong Mexico?"

She said nothing.

"Is it what America told you?"

Mexico nodded her head as saying yes. "I don't want to apologize nor forgive him. What do I do? Because for sure he's going to make me want to talk about it later!"

"Well you could...tell him to forget about it! Yeah, just tell him to forget everything that happened between the two of you. Better yet right it on a piece of paper," he says as he puts down the brush and takes a paper and envelope out of his desk. "Here! All you have to write is:

Dear America,

I don't want to talk about what happened between us earlier instead I want for both of us to forget that it ever happened and go back to the way things were.

From Mexico

There we go! How about it?" He said while handing her the paper and envelope.

"Yeah its fine. Thanks England."

"Your welcome!" he said with smile. He went back brushing Mexico's hair.

While Mexico looked at the mirror, she got an idea while looking at England in the mirror.

"England!"

"Yes?"

"Can you help me with something?"

"With what?"

"Helping me by showing me how to get closer with a guy I like!"

"A guy you like? Who's the guy?"

"Well...it's..." she began saying nervously.

"It's?"

"America! Please don't tell anyone and especially him!"

"America? Even after what he told you? Well...that would explain why you look so sad."

"Yeah! So can you help me?"

"I'm sorry Mexico but I don't think I can help you especially since I'm busy with student council duties."

"Then I'll help you! I'll be your assistant! Just tell me what to do and how to do it and I'll do it!"

"But..."

"Please England! America thinks of me as a guy so I want to be more of a girl for him. All you need to help me in is how to become his ideal girl and if there is anything else I need help about approaching a guy like him then show me! Plus you've known America longer than I have so you would know more in how to become his ideal girl. Please!" she said as she faced him.

"Well, were you serious about being my assistant and doing what I tell you?"

"Yes!"

"Fine! We start later today after school! Wait! What about the garden club?!"

"I already finished with all my assignments so the teacher lets me leave to the school garden."

"Okay then. Like I said. Meet me after school here."

"Yes sir!" she said as she took out her hand.

England took her hand and shook it.

"Alright then. Now sit back down so I can brush your hair!"

"Yes sir!" she said as she sat back down. She stood back as she remembered something and turn back to England. "England! Can you also keep what we're doing a secret? I don't want anyone to know about it nor my crush on America."

"Alright! But from now on you will have to address me as Mr. England."

"Fine!"

"Fine what?"

"Fine, Mr. England!"

"That's better!"

To be continued...

Thanks for reading! I'll do my best to update the next chapter!

I'm excited writing this story.