Two years. It'd been two years since I seen I'd left. It had been exceedingly difficult to deal with at first. But I'd finally gotten a sense of normality and security back. There were still nights when I woke up crying, hoping Prussia or Spain would be there to take me into their arms… but that was never the case of course. I sometimes wondered what the different countries were doing, if they ever thought about me anymore. But then I'd shake it off and busy myself with something.
My friends and family had definitely noticed the change in me. Some said I seemed a bit more restless, never able to sit for more than a few minutes if I didn't have something to do. This was of course to keep my mind off of the world of Hetalia. But they didn't know that. Nobody knew what I'd been through during my year long disappearance.
I claimed to not remember anything. There were those who didn't seem to quite buy my story of the last thing I remembered being waking up in the ally by the phone I'd used to call my parents. But there wasn't really anything they could do to disprove my claims. Besides, they would've believed me even less if I had told them the truth.
I'd since finished up my high school career and was applying to some colleges to go to. I'd moved up, having gotten a job and saved up for a house, granted the mortgage was pretty hefty. It was nothing special as far as houses went. Two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, a living room, office, two car garage, and a kitchen that was on the small side. There was practically no back yard, but I really had no problem with that. The living space was small, only nine hundred square feet, but it was easily manageable with only one person living in it. And it was mine so I liked it.
Today was the two year anniversary of when I had left the world of Hetalia so it was sufficient to say that I was feeling slightly under the weather. But I'd made plans for the day so I had to ignore whatever depression I was feeling.
A couple of my friends had claimed to have met someone that I had to meet, a guy that would apparently be perfect for me. I hadn't even liked another guy since I'd gotten back. I probably should've moved on from Prussia by now but… I couldn't get the feeling of longing for him out of my head. Every guy seemed to pale in comparison to what I'd had with him. Maybe I was being too picky… but it was my choice to be picky about it. The only way my friends had gotten me to agree to this was by promising that they would tag along and make it into just a group outing.
I sighed, hearing a car horn honk from outside. Sounded like they were here. I still didn't know how to drive, nor did I have the desire to learn. I lived close enough to work that I could walk and any transportation I needed could easily be gotten through public transportation or a friend picking me up if they were passing by. No reason I had to deal with my fear of driving if I didn't have to.
I grabbed my purse and dashed out the door. My two friends who had gotten me to agree to this and their boyfriends we all sitting in the red convertible. How Liz, one of my friends, had managed to get it was beyond me. We worked at the same place and the pay was barely enough for me to keep up on mortgage and feed myself. Then again, she'd been working longer than me since she had graduated a year and a half before me (having finished the first half of my junior year before ending up in the other side meant I only needed one and a half years of school before graduating) so maybe she made more than me.
I got into the car, doing my best to smile. I really didn't want to be doing this, but I'd promised so I'd try to make the best of it and not complain. The whole group today would consist of Liz, her boyfriend Stephen, Tara, her boyfriend Conner, the mystery guy Liz and Tara had found for me, and I.
Most people tended to be surprised that Tara, Liz, and I all got along so well. Tara and Liz were… well they were really girly. If I really thought about it I'd say that they were like nicer versions of Canary and Mayotte… exceedingly nicer. But they had a love for anime like no other and we would all gush about our favorite animes.
Liz and I had met through my getting a job where she worked. And I met Tara through her. They had a habit of trying to set me up on blind dates but I'd always refuse. This time they wouldn't take no for an answer. They'd worded this one as just a group of friends hanging out to get me to finally say yes. But the fact they'd brought Stephen and Conner along was setting off some red flags that they were going to try to make it some sort of triple date. I wouldn't put it past them.
Stephen and Conner were cool enough. They were nice and total gamers so I had different things I could talk to them about. Conner and I had actually been friends in school. We'd hung out and gammed a lot with each other. A lot of people had thought we'd end up dating but it just wasn't that way between us. He'd met Tara through me and they'd hit it off and started dating after a couple of months.
Stephen and Liz had already been dating when I'd met him. He was a bit too into sports for my taste but he was still really nice and into video games. He was also really big into comics and superhero movies. He honestly reminded me of a less obnoxious version of America. So we got along just fine aside from when we were arguing whether Marvel or DC was better. Marvel all the way for me, but I'd give him the satisfaction of hearing me admit that Batman was pretty awesome.
"Yo! Iron Girl!" Stephen greeted as I sat next to Conner(the seating being Liz and Stephen in the front while Conner was in between Tara and I in the back), using the nickname he'd given me when he'd found out my love for Iron Man.
"Superboy," I greeted, causing him to say how he was Superman, not Superboy. I laughed and shook my head. "So how are all of you doing on this lovely day?"
It was admittedly a gorges day. The sky was blue with barely any clouds. The sun was shining and there was a light breeze to keep it from getting too warm. Maybe the nice weather would help keep my spirits up for the day.
"I'm thinking… fantastic! You have no idea how excited I am for you to meet him!" Liz said brightly. "You're going to love him! He's got a ton in common with you and is super cute!"
"Can't be cuter than me," Stephen teased.
"What would we do without your amazing sense of modesty?" I asked, rolling my eyes.
"Oh, society would collapse and the world would go into chaos," Stephen said, looking back with a grin.
"Hmmm, it's certainly a good thing you're gracious enough to keep the world from completely ending then," I said. "Liz, you must be so proud.
"You have no idea," Liz laughed. "Now~ Back to the cutie that you're totally going to fall in love with!"
"I think he likes that one anime you're always re-watching…" Tara said. "What's it called again?"
"Ital… Heta…" Liz said, trying to think of them name of the show.
"Hetalia?" Conner offered.
"Oh? That's cool, I suppose," I said, thinking about how they'd said I was always re-watching it.
It was true. I watched it a lot. It seemed to dull the pain of not being able to see or talk to them anymore, yet different parts would send me into tears. I found the arches that had to do with Prussia the hardest to get through. But whenever I watched it with other people around, which was a rarity, I would force myself to laugh along instead of showing the sadness I felt.
"So what's this guy's name anyway?" I asked, realizing it'd probably be a good idea for me to at least know the name of the guy my friends were trying to hook me up with.
"Tommy," Tara said. "And to top it off his last name is Thomas."
"So his name is Tommy Thomas?" Conner asked. "What kind of parents would name their kid that?"
I frowned. That name sounded familiar for some reason. I knew that I'd heard it somewhere before. Hadn't Thomas's last name been Thomas? And he had said something about having a younger brother hadn't he? He had even said his name was Tommy I think. It couldn't be his brother, could it?
I shook my head. There was no way that Liz and Tara had set me up with Thomas's younger brother. That would be far too coincidental.
Woo! First chapter of the sequel! Just sort of a way to get things rolling~ And since there's been a two year time skip Marissa is now 20 ^.^ And yes, I couldn't think of a good way to explain a one year disappearance so I pulled the, "I don't remember card." xP Sorry if this is displeasing to anyone who was curious to how she'd explain it but... it was really all I could think of doing xP Oh, by the way... Cabin in the Woods is awesome O.O Yay for independent second-run theaters! Oh and I saw Brave... twas pretty cool x) Amazing music and great message in my mind. Plus... the little short before it was adorable ^.^
Also... happy Canada Day!
Canada: I feel noticed TTuTT (the u is supposed to be a little smile if you can't tell xP)