Chapter 2:

First day and a meeting

Alfred had cradled baby Canada in his arms all the way back to his house, over there shared borders. The little guy had fallen asleep and looked like an angel in Alfred's eyes "Now...where to let you sleep?" He pondered softly, Mattie was too little for a grown-up bed, and Alfred most certainly didn't have a a child's bed for him to sleep on, "I'll have go shopping tomorrow then" He said simply and carried Canada to his room where he laid down on the bed and cuddled Canada in his arms as sleep took him, with a final yawn he whispered "Goodnight Mattie" he said kissing the babe on his forehead before drifting off to sleep, Kuma climbed up on the bed and curled up besides the American...

As the rays of the next morning shined through the window, America blinked away and stretched his arms, he blinked "Mattie!" He shot up out of bed faster then a rocket, Mattie wasn't there "Mattie?" He looked under the bed and saw the door was opened, he paled "Mattie!" He shouted and began running down the hall way shouting his brother's name throwing open ever door in his house looking for the little boy. His heart was pounding and he was starting to feel panicked, what if he left again? What if last night was a dream made of his own guilty conscious? What if someone came in the middle of the night and stole away his precious baby brother? He reached to his living room to call the police as fast as he could!

However, upon reaching the living room he skidded to a stop and blinked owlishly at the sight... France was in his house cooking, while Baby Mattie was sitting in a chair with a few stacks of books swing his legs happily back and forth without a care in the world while Kuma sat next to him and Tony who was reading the newspaper, it was like some strange family sitcom. Alfred let out a sigh of relief as he walked over to Mattie and gave him a gentle hug and kiss on the forehead "Francis what are doing here?" He asked the older nation blinking as he cocked his head to the side, before sitting in the only free chair at his table left, between Tony and Mattie as he waited for Francis to speak.

"Well, I was worried about you so after finishing the final paper work, I flew over! To my surprise the one to answer your door was none other then mon petit Mattieu! When I saw him I knew! My son we blessed by good have been given a second chance! I for one shall not waste it! I promise to spoil him rotten and ensure you do not destroy his taste buds! Papa will cook every meal!" He said overly jubilant, while Alfred simply looked at him with a blank face.

"You know...that kind of impossible, you have your country affairs to attend to...and your kind of..way across the ocean" Alfred said blinking at France with a look that clearly he thought the nation had gone mad, "I'll just start reading more cookbooks..hell I have a freaking food channel, I'll get that sexy Italian woman...um Gaida to tech me! Or Maybe Paula Dean would be better...Big Daddy is cool..oh dude! I so totally get Guy to teach me some of those big bites recipes!" He said getting all excited, turning to France for approval...

The Frenchmen sighed, "Oh how sadly true this is! That is why, I've hired a cook straight from my finest cooking school! I am putting all my trust in her to ensure mon petite chaton's taste bud remain in tact this time! Ohoho!" He laughed happily setting a plate of crepes before Canada and America.

America blinked "But I can't afford a chief! I'm still in recession man!" He sighed slumping in his chair as he ate the really flat pancake, "Besides my cooking ain't nearly as bad as that..." He glanced at Canada who was happily eating what France made "That incurably mean country called England" he said using child friendly instead of what he actually wanted to say.

France sighed "Mon cheri, this is my gift! I will pay her! Don't worry, besides I trust your cooking about as much as I trust England about now" He said in all seriousness "You will let her work here and I will pay her, and she will be teaching Canada how to cook when he gets older" He said sternly in a voice that left no room for argument, "If I cannot be here all the time, then I shall leave but a small mart of me!"

Canada hadn't a clue what the two older nations were talking about, he was far too engrossed in his delightful meal, these crapes were wonderful! Fresh fruit and a light butter sauce, and yet something was missing? He paused for a moment "Maple!" He said excitably "Please my I have maple syrup!" He said smiling as the two adults looked at him.

France felt his heart break "Even though Papa made such wonderful crepe he wishes for the syrup...Alfred...I blame you" He said slumping slightly where he stood as Alfred laughed his ass off "OK, ok little bro wants Maple, it's maple he gets!" Alfred said getting up and going to his pantry. He always kept a bottle of 'the good' stuff, he knew his brother hated his syrup, preferring his own from Canada...so America always had a bottle around.

Pulling the bottle of the coveted item America had set it down before the little Canadian as he smiled and opened the bottle "Okay little guy say when to stop" He began pouring the golden liquid over the crepes waiting for Canada to tell him to stop.

"When Fere!" Canada said as the crepes were drenched in a lake of the stuff, America stopped pouring as he chuckled happily, "Someone is going to need a bath after breakfast.." He commented as he watched Mattie dig in happily getting syrup all over his tiny face, he couldn't help but laugh as he picked Mattie up and carried him off "Hey Since your here Francis you can help me shop for some clothes for him" he said happily closing the bathroom door unaware of the semi-evil looking look on Francis face "Oh don't worry Alfred, I've already made sure Mon petite will have more then he'll ever need" He laughed looking at the screen on his Iphone, more precisely his face book page and the statues that was liked by 45 people...

Alfred undressed Mattie and carefully set him down in the half filled tube, "There we go, nice warm bath to get my cute little brother all nice and clean!" He said happily grabbing the soap and lathering it up, now most children the moment the are placed in a tub don't sit still...Mattie was no exception to this rule, while Alfred attempted to wash his brother, said brother was far too interested in splashing around in the water and laughed happily as he got his big brother soaking wet. Alfred laughed as Mattie splashed about, but is was hard to wash the little guy, he was worried about getting the soap in Mattie's delicate eyes "OK, just hold still for a moment so big brother can wash you" He said between laughs and chuckles. America made a mental note to buy some bath toys for Mattie to play with in the tub, he suddenly had the image of Mattie holding a little rubber ducky and squeaking it happily and giggled in a manly short of way.

By the time he was finally finished washing Mattie, the older nation had to remove his shirt since it had been soaked through "Man your a better splasher then a wave machine Mattie" He joked wrapping a fluffy white towel around his young charge and carried him out.

"SURPRISE!" Alfred jumped in surprise clutching Mattie in his arms as his heart nearly jumped from his chest. He glanced around "How...what? Um...Hi?" to say he was at a loss of words would be an understatement, to say he was confused would be accurate. To what he was confused about was the fact nearly all the nations he knew were standing in his house holding presents wrapped in baby themed paper and smiling at him...and yet here he was holding a wet baby without a shirt, not the best scene in his mind "Hold on a moment" Blushing he hurried to his room to get them both dressed while a good handful of nation behind him laughed or took pictures...

America emerged from his room, now properly dressed and hold a dry Canada wearing a baggy hockey jersey over his little body, "Okay what is going on here? How did you..." before he could finish his sentence Hong Kong strolled over and promptly took Canada into his arm "I'm Hong Kong, I'm your favorite big brother and I shall teach you the art of using firecrackers to use against your enemies" He said in serious tone, America took Canada back into his arm "You will not! Those things are dangerous!" he snapped cradling Canada, sadly before he even had a moment to scold Hong Kong further.

Canada had been abducted from his arms once more, this time by Belgium and Netherlands "Uwa! He's such a cutie pie!" Belgium said giving the giggling Canadian an eskimo kiss, "I'm your Aunt Belle! I'm going to spoil you rotten and stuff you full of chocolate!" she cooed happily as Lars added "And when your older I'll share my stash with you" he said ruffling Canada's hair as the boy only looked up in confusion...

America blinked "Like hell you will Netherlands! My brother ain't doing no dope!" He said snatching Canada away from the druggy nation, "Will someone please tell me what going on?" He demanded as yet again Canada was stolen from him.

"Kawaii aru!" China said snuggling Canada to his chest, "He's so cute aru! I'm China little one and I've brought you presents from my house aru!" He said holding up a small box for Canada to open. Many nations protested and claimed that Canada should open their gifts first; however, this only served to further irate the poor American while the poor Canadian kept getting passed around the room being smothered in hugs and kisses from nearly half the world...thankfully someone finally spoke up!

"Unawesome!" Prussia shouted taking Mattie into his arms "Stop crowding the kid! Everyone back off and let him breath!" He shouted much to Germany's surprise as the ex-nation walked over to America and handed him back Canada "You better take good care of him, or I'll take him away and never give him back!" He threatened in a serious tone, before turning to the party "Okay! Everyone who wants to give Canada there present just settle down and put the gifts on the table! And let birdie pick which gift he wants!" with that said, Prussia went over to the table and laid down two gifts before making his way back to his little brother.

Germany had pretty much been dragged along, it seemed his older brother had wanted him to permanently remember the new Canada, even going as far to threaten his DVD collection. What made it more annoying was the fact that Prussia made him buy a gift for the toddler, which was promptly put on the table with the others as the pile gradually grew into a mountain...

"Will someone, anyone? Please tell me how the heck did you all find out so fast?" Alfred shouted firmly holding Canada in his arms and sending out predatory glares at everyone who tried to take him again. Frankly he was not only annoyed, but confused by all this sudden attention. This all seemed for all intents and purposes seemed like a huge birthday party! Francis finally spoke "Well you see America, I was so worried about you that as soon as I finished my paper work at my house, I flew here...by the time I got here it was 1:00 in the morning. Mon Petite Mattie must have woken up sometime in the middle of the night because he answered zhe door for me...well long story short...I posted it on my Facebook page with zhe cutest picture of Mon chanton hugging Kumajirou!" He squealed happily, "And of course, we need to properly welcome him to his new life! So I said, come everyone as soon as you can and bring a present for baby Matthew other wise that stupid American will buy all the wrong stuff"

Alfred twitched "Hey! I wasn't going to buy the wrong stuff! I know what my brother likes" He exclaimed irritated...

The impromptu party had gotten underway, Mattie was allowed to roam the floor as he politely greeted everyone there, "Please to meet you ma'am!" He said to the Hungarian who had come, "Oh my your so cute!" Hungary said scooping him up in her arms and looking at him, "When you grow up, please date Prussia" She said happily hugging Canada and ignoring America's protest, "He ain't dating no one! I mean no one especially Prussia! My Brother ain't dating no ex-nation!"

Hungary handed Canada off to Austria "Vell little one I don't suppose you like music" the aristocrat stared at the child who cocked his head to the side "I don't know..." Canada said in all honestly "I like the sound..the wind makes...does that count as music?"

Austria chuckled slightly, "Vell maybe I'll show you the piano" He said setting the young lad down and patting him on the head.

Canada giggled and rushed off to meet more people, he was having a ball meeting all these nations! He was making so many new friends, his heart was full to bursting with joy! The next person he met seemed to be a boy slightly older looking them him.

"Hello I'm Sealand!" The boy greeted patting Canada on the head "I'm going to be the world's greatest Nation and the first step to that is you recognizing me as a nation!" the older boy Sealand said smiling at Canada, "If you recognize me I'll give you candy!" Sealand said pulling out a bright red lollipop.

Canada at first wasn't sure what to make of this strange, nation?, at first but then he took out that red shiny thing...candy? That sounded appealing, very appealing "Um..How do I do that?" He asked cocking his head to the side ignoring the almost evil smile on Sealand's face...

"Well that's easy!" Sealand said chuckling; however, before another word could be spoken from his mouth, Sweden came over and plucked the candy from his son's hand and handed it to Canada who took it happily thinking he did something right as poor Sealand was dragged off to be punished for trying to manipulate a naive nation into recognizing him.

Canada further wandered around the room, he wondered who he would meet next! The older nations were talking among themselves a bit but they all looked in his direction and cooed at him. Canada couldn't help but flush at all the attention, he giggled when a pretty girl kissed his cheek, to be polite he returned the kiss to her cheek...

"Ah big bruder he's so cute! America is lucky to have such a cute little bruder" Litchensutein said after Canada returned her kiss, she couldn't help but hug the little boy who laughed in her arms so happily. Switzerland sighed as he watched, he enjoyed seeing his little sister happy "Maybe...possible I'll let you..babysit Canada if its alright with America, but you have to remember if you babysit him it'll be your responsibility to make sure he doesn't get hurt" Vash lectured as she placed Canada back on the ground "I'll remember big bruder! I hope America will let me babysit" she said happily

Canada cocked his head to the side as he wondered off again, his nose caught a weird smell. He scrunched up his nose and looked around for the unpleasant smell "Oh! Little buddy!" Holland said scooping him up "I can't wait for you to be all grown up! This time, I'll do everything right! We'll do weed every weekend! I'll send Tulips every July 1st and I'll make sure to get my ass to the Tulip festival to hang with you!" Holland said hugging the little Canada.

Holland had a plan, he'd seduce Canada when he was young...this way when he was older...there would be no way little Canada would ever want to die again, not when he would have a lover as hot as him!

Prussia seemed to sense an ulterior motive grabbed Matthew from Holland and stormed off with him "Hey Mattie! I'm your best friend in the whole world! The awesome Prussia!" He introduced himself smiling as he cradled the small child in his arms "And because I hang out with you, your awesome as well!" He said placing him by the gifts. He stared at the two he brought...one gift was suppose to be the gift he wanted to give Mattie before his death, the 2nd one was a gift for his new life...Prussia realized he didn't have many friends and when he lost Mattie the first time. He realized what loss truly felt like...sure he felt the loss of his nation, but now he was west Germany! Still he didn't have as much power as he used to, but he could cope with that...what he couldn't cope with was how lonely he had become, of course he'd never admit out loud! But once he lost his only true friend, he admitted at least to himself how unawesome being alone was...he was going to at least be a better friend to the one person in the world that had been nice to him...Mattie was his only friend...He hugged the boy trying to hold back his tears "Hey how about you open some gifts!" He said letting the boy go so he may pick whatever presents he wanted to open...

Canada looked at the brightly colored packages, unaware how everyone hushed and watched him as picked up one gift and blinked at the brightly colored paper, red! He liked that color it was on his flag! He tore opened the paper and smiled when he saw it was new toy to play with! Unaware of the betting pool going on behind him or how Hong Kong won the first round as it was his gift that Canada opened.

By the late afternoon, Canada now had clothes, toys, and maple syrup to make him happy for quite a while. Alfred was jealous how Canada was smiling at everyone and thank them, he didn't really have time per-say to buy his little brother a gift; after all he had just met him yesterday evening! He sighed "I'll take him shopping anyway, I want to get him something...I have to" He muttered as he escorted his guest out, glaring at Prussia who had gotten Mattie a cute little hoodie with a maple leaf on it...that had been Mattie's favorite gift of them all beside the bottle of Maple syrup the ex-nation also gave him...when all was finally quite save for Francis playing with Canada on his lap, never had he ever imagined France singing 'wheels on the bus' ever to a baby! He didn't know if he should be scared or taking a video records of it...

"Francis, I'm going grocery shopping can I take Mattie with me?" He asked walking over to them. Francis stood up "I will go grocery shopping to make sure you get actual food not garbage! And you will take mon chanton shopping!" The older nation smiled and handed Canada to America "I know you want to buy him a present too so go bond with your little brother and spoil'em rotten!" He said placing a kissing on both Canada and America's foreheads. They weren't England's boys anymore, they were his! In France's mind these two beautiful nations should have been his children, and in a way they were now...

Alfred blushed at the fatherly gesture not used to such affection even from England who raised him, he hugged Mattie gently "Alright toy and clothes shopping it is! Wal-mart here we come!" He said laughing "Hmm...I'm going to need a car seat" He muttered walking away.

The drive to wal-mart took more time then Alfred ever remember! Then again until he had a car seat he drove extra carefully to make sure nothing happened to his little brother. He had to do everything right this time! No mess up! Getting out of the car and picking Mattie up he walked into the store and grabbed a cart "When your a little bigger I'll let you ride in the car cart" Alfred said pointing to the cart with car as base and smiled at Mattie's eyes lit up "Okay frère" He said clapping his hands as Alfred set him in the seat of the cart and walked off through the store...

Hours passed before arriving home as he slammed the door behind him, leaning on said object with a shocked and scared look on his face "D..dude!" He was all he managed to say while holding his little brother tightly as well as several bag slung around his arms "That was scarier then a horror movie!" He shivered putting Mattie on the floor and letting him play with one of the toys he had gotten from the other nations. "Who knew chicks were into single parents" He sighed setting his bags down, the trip was a nightmare upon mentioning that he had no wife...people assumed Mattie was his son! Well they did look alike...and so he kept getting these annoying women trying to help me shop for his bro, but in reality they were trying to flirt and doing a bad job of it! "At least its over...for now" Alfred said sighing softly, at least until "Big brother...my pants are wet" Canada said whimpering, Alfred groaned okay he'd clean up both the floor and his brother, "Looks like a bath is needed" with that said he carried the toddler to the bath feeling very tired from the whole day in general...but at the same time, he wouldn't wish for anything else but this moment where he and Mattie were alone and could have time just to themselves...despite the craziness of the day everything turned out great!

To be Continues...

Thanks for reading chapters one and two! I'd like to say this...normally in every fanfic I've read it like England always gets redeemed and France gets the boot or something...I wanted England to be unredeemable and France to have his spot-light as Papa because let's face it...he would be an awesome Papa...anyway thanks for reading and I hope to update faster..chapters may get smaller