Texas pov

Me and my brother Mexico have been fighting for independence from big brother Spain (even though he rather us call him boss) and Mexico had finally got his independence in September. We were now on our own just me and him. Well except I also have my friend Stephen F. Austin. People think he's my father even though we don't look alike. I've gotten used to it and even caught on myself and started calling him father. He deserves the title because he does indeed act like he's my dad. He won't let me have beer, gamble, or curse. I remember once I was walking and I stubbed my toe and started to curse up a storm and he made me hold a bar of soap in my mouth for 10 minutes. Sometimes when I curse and I'm by myself I get flashbacks of that moment and I swear I can taste the lye in my mouth. Austin has been trying to convince my brother Mexico to let him be an empresario , but Mex isn't so sure because Austin's father who just died this year was friends with Spain and an empresario for Spain who settled my land. I know Austin won't try to pull anything but Mexico said he doesn't trust my opinion because I want to be everyone's friend, but I've known Austin since his father settled my land, and so what if I want to be everyone's friend? Hell I was named after the word 'friend' it's self. If wanting to be friends with my people is a crime then I'm guilty as charged.

It's a couple of months later and a friend of Austin's convinced my brother that Austin was right the job. I've been following Austin around more because Mexico has been busy since he got independence and watching him work on new country problems isn't fun. Austin shows me what he does as an empresario and I love when he helps settle people because then I can make more friends, although Austin says I should calm down a bit because my personality can be "overwhelming" when people first meet me. Austin also says I'm "going through a rebellious stage" , but I've always been like this. If I don't like something I don't listen to it. Maybe one day Austin will give up on trying to convince himself that I'm going through a stage

~ slow start to the story I know. I'm going to try to release the chapters in order of when they occurred, but I'm writing what years my brain wants to work on first and that I know the most information on first and saving them to my files. School is also going on so I won't be able to write then fact check my writing, so don't expect another chapter release right away. I only have a couple more days of school though so I should be able to get back to writing.~