~Prologue~

Alfred looked out the window, craning his neck from his spot on the couch that he was laying on. It was snowing hard. He sighed and went back to watching the TV, he hated snow. Alfred's brother Matthew was sitting on an armchair, typing on his laptop and blushing. Alfred noted that he was probably chatting with Francis. He couldn't fathom what someone as innocent as Matthew could see in someone as…perverted as Francis (Alfred tried to find a better word to describe Francis but he simply couldn't). Alfred was just about to say something about Francis but thought better of it. Suddenly Alfred heard a noise at the front door; their mom was home from work. "I got great news!" she said with a smile on her face.

"What is it?" Alfred asked their mom. Matthew would have asked to but he was busy finishing up his conversation with Francis and then closing his laptop. Their mother explained that one of her friends at work was going to spend her wedding anniversary (and Christmas) in Hawaii and that her and her husband wanted the Jones family to spend the 9 days with their son at their cottage.

"That would be a nice thing to do; we couldn't just leave the kid alone on Christmas." Matthew said. Alfred expected him to say something like that; Matthew inherited his mothers' kindness.

Alfred on the other hand wasn't to sure. He loved the idea of spending Christmas in some summer cottage away from the snow, but he didn't want to spend it with some weird person he didn't know. Alfred looked at Matthew who was already asking where they would be staying. Once their mom told him where the cottage was Matthew's eyes lighted up and he got onto his laptop, something that Alfred found odd but their mom didn't seem to notice. Alfred took of his glasses and fiddled with them, something he did when he was thinking, he wasn't sure if he wanted to go or not.

Their mom saw the look on Alfred's face and could tell that he wasn't sure about it. "Their sons name is Arthur Kirkland, he goes to your school, if that helps with your decision at all." she said.

"Oh." Alfred said, It did help, Arthur was British and had blond hair and the most beautiful green eyes that Alfred has ever seen (not that he would say that out loud); Alfred has noticed Arthur at school, mainly in the school library. He was always reading during lunch break, he always looked secluded. Alfred only saw him if he was returning or taking a book, he was always tempted to go over to talk to him but he never did. Alfred looked over towards his brother after putting his glasses back on and moving a strand of sandy blond hair out of his eyes, wondering if he knew Arthur, but Matthew was shaking his head at their moms' question.

Seeing the look of uncertainty gone from her sons face their mom smiled "well it's settled then, I already said yes and we're leaving tomorrow!" she said grinning. Alfred didn't know how he felt about spending 9 days with Arthur, Alfred felt his face get warm, he was suddenly nervous about spending Christmas with Arthur. Their mom left the living room, a satisfied look on her face ('she was obviously happy to do a favor for her friend.' Alfred thought to himself), to go and start making dinner.

"So, do you know this Arthur person?" Matthew asked, looking up from his laptop and glancing at his brother.

"Not as well as you know Francis." Alfred said with a smirk, making Matthew blush, he loved teasing his Brother.

"w-we're just friends." Matthew mumbled, hiding his still blushing face behind his laptop. "So y-you do know him?" Matthew asked after a while.

"Well…I've seen him around; he's a bit of a loner." Alfred replied, trying to sound uninterested. His eyes were still on the television, watching some sitcom or another. "It's too bad that he doesn't know me or how great I am!" Alfred said, smirking. Matthew had to roll his eyes at this comment.

"I feel so sorry for him." Matthew said sarcastically, glancing at his brother from over his laptop.

"You should!" Alfred exclaimed, getting up from his spot on the couch to get a glass of pop. He came back with a smile on his face "mom's making hamburgers for dinner." He exclaimed happily.

"Well then you're probably happy to get this chance to show him how "hero-like" and great you are." Matthew said, making fun of his brothers' hero complex and ignoring what his brother just said about hamburgers. This time it was Alfred's turn to blush, although he couldn't figure out why in the world he was blushing.

"Well, I don't know, I guess…" Alfred's voice trailed off. Matthew went back to his online conversation with Francis.

After a while Alfred went to his bedroom to pack his suit case. He looked through his closet and tried to pick out the most summer-y clothes he had, he just knew that they were going somewhere awesome even if he didn't get the address when his mom told Matthew. He was looking forward to getting away from the snow. He found himself wondering what the cottage would be like; he wondered how many rooms there were. A thought suddenly came to his mind as he was placing a pair of yellow swim trunks in his suitcase: 'what if I have to share a room with Arthur.' Alfred felt his chest tighten. He quickly packed his suitcase, trying to drive the thought out of his mind. Suddenly he heard a knock on his door. "Come in." he said, zipping up his suitcase. Matthew opened the door and walked gingerly into Alfred's room.

"I just wanted to let you know that dinner's ready." Matthew said, he started to turn to leave to room but Alfred beat him to it. Alfred practically ran out of the room at the thought of hamburgers. He was at the dinner table in about four seconds, Matthew following behind him.

"So, are you exited about spending the winter holidays at a cottage?" their mom asked, making conversation when they arrived at the table. Alfred's mouth was already stuffed with hamburger so he just nodded.

"Yeah, it should be fun" Matthew said, blushing. Alfred wondered why his brother was blushing. 'Maybe he's going to ask mom if he can bring Francis with us' Alfred thought. The conversation stopped there. After dinner Alfred went to his room to rest. He couldn't think of anything to do so he went on his computer to brag to his friends about going to a cottage and getting away from the cold. He noticed that his brother was online. Alfred decided to talk to him. He knew it was lame to talk to his brother online when they were in the same house but it was convenient. Their conversation went like this.

The_Hero: So did u ask mom if Francis can come?

MapleMonster: What? Why would I do that?

The_Hero: Well you were blushing and I knew that it obviously has sumthing to do with him.

MapleMonster: well you were wrong. And I wasn't blushing!

The_hero: yea sure.

MapleMonster has logged off.

Alfred looked at the clock on his nightstand, it was nine-thirty. He decided that he needed some sleep before tomorrow so he logged off. He went to turn the light switch off, put his favorite pajamas on and then slipped into bed. "Maybe this vacation will be fun" he said stifling a yawn. He was surprised at how sleepy he was. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep almost instantly. He had no idea at the time what new feelings and experiences this vacation would bring...

Well first of all thanks for reading my first fanfic (I would love to get some good reviews and friendly advice *hint hint*)

This is only the prologue so it's not as fluffy as I would like it to be...but I promise more fluff in the future ^.^

I plan on making each vacation day into 1 chapter so it'll be like chapter 1 day 1 and so on...I don't know what else to say so, bye for now :)