Chapter 2

Sadly I don't own Hetalia or any of the characters mentioned. :)

After returning Jodie's phone I headed downstairs to breakfast, to find that unfortunately for me he twin brother Francis was already seated at the table. I inwardly sighed as I sat in the seat furthest away from him, avoiding eye contact with him at all costs. Now there are a plethora of reasons why I try to avoid Francis, as over the years I have come to know him as being a very flirty (and not it seems just with girls), slightly arrogant and a bit of a womanizer. Whilst I understand the word 'hate' is very strong word to use when describing someone, I feel that this word can only sum up a majority of the feelings I feel towards Francis and his flirtatious antics.

"Would you like some French toast Alice? Francis, get Alice some toast." Mrs. Bonnefey ordered, sitting down to breakfast herself. Francis swiftly rose from the table brushing a stray hand over my shoulder as he passed me. I glared hard at the table. If his mother had not been there or if I had the confidence to do so, I would have happily punched his lights out. Unfortunately as it stands, I had to pent up my rage and instead smiled politely as he placed the plate of toast in front of me having retrieved it from the grill.

"Would you like me to feed it to you, Alice?" he purred, his lips brushing my ear. I shuffled uncomfortably in my seat blushing scarlet, wishing that he would just go away. "Francis, leave Alice alone and let her eat her toast." his mother warned, giving him a stern look. I sent her a thankful smile before tucking into my breakfast. It was at that moment that Francois emerged through the kitchen door, her brown hair now neatly styled. She smiled at me before glaring at her brother, who had, much to my discomfort moved into the seat next to me.

"Eh, Goldie locks move it your making her uncomfortable." she sneered tugging on a strand of his strangely blonde hair, shifting him from his seat. Francis rolled his eyes and shuffled a seat down the table. Thank god for that I thought as I finished up my toast.

"So what did you girls do last night?" Mrs. Bonnefey asked as she collected the now empty plates from the table. Francis looked up expectantly, clearly eager to know what we had being doing the night before. Francois, suddenly awake imedently responded to her mothers question, sitting bolt upright in her chair.

"Well we played a pretty cool game of truth or dare. Alice told me that she liked-" luckily the doorbell rang before she could finish her sentence. Whilst her mother got up to answer the door I shot Francois a glare as she craned her neck to see who was at the door. Luckily for me, it was my older brother Alistair who had come to pick me up from the sleepover. Relived, I allowed myself to relax a little as it meant that I could finally go home and hopefully prevent Francois from discussing the events of last night, at least when I was around.

"Oh hello, you must be here for Alice. She was just telling me what they got up to last night." Mrs. Bonnefey chirruped, beaming at both me and Francois.

"Yes she was, and you'll never guess who she-" I could not believe what I was hearing. Was she actually going to tell everyone my secret even though she had promised that she would never tell anyone. Panicking, I grabbed my stuff and pulled her into a tight hug, cutting off her sentence successfully once more. "Bye Francois, I had a great time. I'll see you again at school soon, ring me tonight, yeah?" Leaving Francois speechless for the second time that morning, I gave a nod to Mrs. Bonnefey before pulling Alistair out through the front door. I hadn't acknowledged Francis, I already despised him so considered him not be worth my time and a waste of breath. Although, I'm pretty sure I saw him wink at me out of the corner of my eye. Bastard, when I finally get the hand of black magic, I will most certainly be paying him a visit. As I trudged up the driveway I noticed that Alistair was somewhat lagging behind. I turned to see him eyeing me suspiciously arms folded as he sauntered up to me.

"So, what was all that about? Are you hiding something from me, Alice?" he pressured not once breaking eye contact as his lit another cigarette.

"Just unlock the car." I answered sourly, not really wanting to discuss the matter any further. Whilst I may hold my tongue around others, my brother is a different story. He most definitely is not your typical loving brother and finds it difficult to express any form of emotion asides from anger (he is famous for him temper). He once broke a boys nose for calling him a ginger pr*ck, as unlike me he really does have ginger hair. Having grown up with him however, I knew exactly how to deal with his unpredictable nature so showed no fear when challenging him. I also knew he would never hurt me, as I had said far worse in the past. As soon as I heard the car lock click, I flung open the front passenger door and leapt in, tossing my bags over my shoulder onto the back seat.

A few moments later Alistair was sat beside me in the driver's seat, still wearing the same perplexed expression on his roughly shaven face. He sat and stared at me for a few moments before finally giving in with a sigh and started the engine. We hardly spoke for the entire journey home, mostly because I was sat with my head stuck out of the window, trying desperately not to breath in the huge smoke clouds Alistair insisted on making whilst he smoked. Seriously, if he doesn't stop smoking soon, I swear he'll be dead by the time he is thirty. And if the smoking doesn't kill him, the drinking surely will, but that's another story. However it was when we had stopped at the traffic lights and I was desperately fanning a huge smoke cloud that Alistair had deliberately blew in my face that I saw him. He appeared like an angel through a fiery fog. My heart began to pound rapidly against my rib cage as slapped Alistair's face away with my right hand. He was with his sister and my childhood friend Amelia. His blonde hair caught the light spectacularly as his blue orbs shone brightly from behind his glasses, his smile whiter than fresh pearls. I sighed, Alfred, my first ever sweetheart. Unbeknownst to me Alistair already had made an uncanny connection to my sudden dream like state and the appearance of Alfred and peeped his horn loudly, waving like a maniac.

"HELLO AMELIA! HELLO ALFRED!" he bellowed grinning ear to ear like a lunatic. I flushed scarlet. Thanks Alistair.

"Oh hey Alistair. Hey Alice!" Amelia smiled sympathetically. "You remember my brother Alfred right? He's visiting from America." He flashed me that dazzling smile and I felt my stomach flip once more.

"Hey dudette! How's it goin'?" he chirruped, giving me a wink. "Alfred's the name, being the hero's the game!" he laughed as Amelia rolled her eyes, playfully tapping him round the back of the head.

"Indeed. Hello Alfred, it's nice to see yooo-aaaaaah!" I screamed as Alistair sped at lightning speed through the now green traffic light. He nearly chocked he was laughing so hard. I narrowed my eyes at him. "Alistair you wanker! Could you have been anymore embarrassing!" I yelled, my blood boiling. There was no way he was getting away with this.

"Me embarassing? What about you? 'Its nice to see yoooooo-aaaaaaah!'. Hahaha! You should have seen your face! Priceless it was!" he bellowed, his face red with laughter. "And what about your lover boy eh? 'Being the heros the game!' Perft, talk about nerdy!" I punched him dead in the arm. "Ouch, hey driving! Do you want to be in a car accident? Just because I bad mouthed your boyfriend!"

"He is NOT my boyfriend. Jeez, you sound just like Francois!" I seethed crossing my arms and leaning back into the seat, wishing that I could just disappear. "So thats what you were talking about last night then eh? Hohohohoho!" he chortled, slamming his hands onto the steering wheel.

"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" I screamed, my face beetroot red. He continued to laugh all the way home whilst I remained silent, staring out into the distance as the world flew by.

Well there's chapter two! Sorry its a bit short and thanks for all the reviews :)