I woke up to the sound of my brother yelling. I rolled over and looked at my clock; 9:45. It wasn't even noon and things were already going bad; today was not going to be a good day. The boss was probably already harassing him for no reason about paperwork or some nonsense. Why can't they all just leave us alone? I know they wont so whatever happens in the future, I will protect West no matter what. I swore the day that I found him and took him in that I would always protect him. There had to be something I could do.
"Oi Gilbert! Get your lazy ass out of bed!" I groaned "No groaning. We have work to do." Work? We? If he intended to get me to help with paper work he had another thing coming. Then again, he never asked for help with paper work. I slowly got dressed in some casual clothes and walked out into the living room. To my unpleasant surprise Roderich was sitting on our couch with a cup of tea in his hand. I glared at him and then looked to my brother. He didn't seem happy. In fact he looked more stressed than he had yesterday when he fell asleep. I doubt having "The Music Man" over here made it any better.
"You finally crawled out of bed?" he said glancing up from his tea. "Our boss has sent me to tell the both of you that he would like to discuss the very near future. I hope you are ready."
Fear shot through me like a lightning bolt. If the boss wanted both of us there was only one thing he wanted to talk about. I looked at Ludwig for some sort of explanation but all I got were downcast eyes and a face that held no hope. This couldn't be happening, not now. I wasn't ready. There were so many things that I still wanted to do. I wanted to become a proper nation again. I looked at Roderich as he got up with a smirk on his face.
"I'll be taking my leave now. Be prepared Gilbert, for you may never see this lovely home again." He laughed a little as he walked out the door. Fear was replaced by anger. If he thought I would go so easy then he was a fool. No one could get rid of me. Looking at West, his back to me, I could tell he wasn't taking this any easier then I was.
"Things will be ok, bruder. They can't take me." I walked over to him and wrapped my arm around his shoulder and gave him a smile. "I'm too awesome for them." He actually looked at me and laughed. Some how it made me feel relieved that he believed in me. I was starting to wonder when he grew up so fast. I pinched his cheek and he slapped my hand away.
"Hey, that hurt." he said rubbing his cheek. "What's up with you? You haven't done that since I was young?" I just shrugged, walked towards the kitchen and pulled two beers of the fridge. I tossed one to West, opened mine on the counter and took a huge swig. Ludwig just looked at me and sighed opening his own.
"What? Am I not allowed to enjoy a beer?" I smirked. " Let's relax for now and ignore what that fluff headed Roddy said. Who does he think he is to come to our house and tell us what to do? The boss can think what he wants too. I am not going anywhere." What I thought and what I said were two completely different things. I didn't know if I was going to be able to stay or go. Who knows what the boss wanted to talk about. We both knew the war was coming to a close sometime soon, but we didn't know what was going to happen after that. I was especially afraid of what would happen to me. On my face I had a smile, inside my head, I was scared. I was more scared than I ever was willing to admit to West. I wanted to forget about it all, but it was impossible because at that moment, the phone rang.