AN: I would like to say thanks to my two reviewers: Knight the Cat and MelodyofStarshine.
Music for this chapter: Jar of Hearts – Christina Perri
The West Coast trio walked down the curved marble staircase that led into the main hall. They heard the sounds of breakfast coming from the dining room. But that didn't concern them; they had to make sure that the house was clean, because Arthur and Matthew were coming over at 9:00 AM; and it was 8:30 AM. That only gave the 51 residents of the house half an hour.
Arthur walked up the driveway of a large white house with Matthew at his side. The house didn't look dirty. But that was only the outside, he didn't know about the inside.
He walked up to the door and knocked three times. The door was opened almost immediately by Alice. He noticed her quickly glance at the clock, which read nine o'clock exactly.
"Come on in," She said to the two nations and stood aside.
"Thanks, eh," Matthew said to the state, giving her a smile and a nod.
"Yeah, no problem," Alice said as she lead Arthur and Matthew upstairs.
"Do I hear piano and violin?" Arthur asked, one over-sized eyebrow raised.
"It's probably Madi, Lyn, and Alfred practicing," Alice said nonchalantly.
"Mind if I go take a peak?" Arthur asked, stopping.
"Nah, go ahead, Mattie and I'll go see Rayne and Winter," Alice replied, walked down a corridor with Mattie in tow.
Arthur walked to the room where he heard the music coming from. He had recognized the song as soon as he had heard it. He had taught it to Alfred and Madison before they messed everything up. He stood in the doorway, until about half way through the song; Alfred stopped playing on the piano he was on. Madison soon stopped, then Lyn.
"Arthur."
"Alfred. Madison. Lyn."
"Hello, Arthur. I'm to be on my way." Alice said brushing past him after putting her violin away, leaving Alfred, Madison, and Arthur in uncomfortable silence.
"I don't remember the last time the three of us were in the same room as each other," Arthur said, his tone still very formal.
"I do, it was the day the war started," Alfred said, they all new which war he was talking about.
This was too much for Arthur, he lost his composure, "Why did you have to go and fight for independence? Everything would have been so much easier if you two had just stayed a colony!"
"You think living with you was easy? You obviously don't know yourself well enough! It was torture! Fucking torture!" Madison yelled, angrily, tears swimming in her eyes, yet not leaving them.
"Maybe if you had told me instead of starting a war! We could have fixed it!" Arthur yelled back, his green eyes a mixture of hatred and longing.
"No you would have done nothing! You wouldn't have cared!" Alfred's angry voice cut in, silent tears streaming down his face.
"T-that's not true!" Arthur yelled back, but even he doubted his answer, not that he would ever admit it.
"You know it is," Alfred said, his tears subsiding, years of hiding his feelings coming in handy and masking his face. After he said this, Madison stormed out of the room, leaving Alfred and Arthur alone together.
Arthur slid down the wall, his face contorted in emotional pain, "Why did this have to happen?"
Alfred didn't answer, just walked away. Leaving Arthur alone, or so he thought, until a small voice came from down the hall, "Arthur?"
When Arthur looked up, he saw the small figure of Alice, running towards him. She sat by him when she entered the music room, and she hugged him, "Are you alright?"
He answered by shaking his head, afraid that if he spoke, he would start crying again.
They sat like that for half an hour, until Matthew found them and dragged Arthur home.
"So, Matthew, what did you do while you were there?" Arthur asked, once he had recovered.
"I'll tell you later, eh?" Mattie replied.
"Okay, and uh, who are you again?" Arthur asked confused.
AN: Sorry for the sad chapter, I promise the next one will be happier!
So, uh, I need to figure out when each week I'll post a new chapter, but I will, for sure, post a new chapter every week.
Ciao!
~Wy