Here's the second chapter. Sorry for the waiting, I really had no inspiration. Thanks to some friends, I managed to finish it today. So there you go. Enjoy~

I don't own anything in this story except Maria, my OC.

France finally left England's house, and the British could relax without an idiot to disturb him.

"Damn…that frog talks too much…he gave me a serious headache…" He then remembered Maria's wound. "Maria?"

The maid came out from the kitchen. "Yes?"

"Lemme see your hand."

"But sir…"

He took her hand suddenly and dragged her to the common bathroom. "Alright…" He took off the bandage and saw the deep cut on her hand that was still bleeding. "What the…Why didn't you told me that it was that bad?! Seriously…"

"I'm sorry…I…"

The British started taking care of his maid's hand. It was quiet for a few minutes, and then Arthur took the opportunity. "By the way, tell me what happened before."

"…Well…like I said …I dropped a glass and…"

"Not that. I mean by your previous life."

Maria didn't know how to react. Talking about her past wasn't that simple…and thinking about everything she had to go through with her previous master…She remained quiet, unsure if she should reveal what she lived to her master. England saw her incertitude and sighed.

"Maria…you don't need to be scared. Nobody will hurt you…"

"I know…I know…It is just…very hard to explain…"

The young man finished treating the wound and putted a new bandage on it. "Alright then…take your time. However…you should know that one day or another…I need to know what happened."

"…I understand, Sir Kirkland."

He stood up and stretches himself. "You should go to bed now. It's starting to be late."

"Yes…thank you again for the treating and the new bandage…" She left the common bathroom before going to her bedroom. As she closed her door, she sighed and looked at her hand. She starts to be thoughtful. "Should I…really trust him by telling him?" She could hear him humming "Pub and Go!" a popular song of her master among the young girls. She went to bed, but wasn't able to sleep at all, thinking about her past.

After a few hours, she got up from her bed, still not able to sleep. She went out of her room quietly before going downstairs to make herself some tea. At her surprise, the light of the kitchen was open. She quietly took a peek before seeing England sipping a tea, obviously tired of his day. She tried to go back in her room quietly when she suddenly heard him talking.

"Maria, I know that you're there."

The young woman didn't know what to say back to her master. After a minute of silence, she heard a chair moving and footsteps coming toward her. She tried to go back upstairs quickly when a hand suddenly grabbed her shoulder. She jumped before seeing Arthur looking at her with his deep-green eyes.

"There you are. Why didn't you answer me? And why were you running away?"

"Ummm…sorry…I just didn't want to disturb you…"

The British sighed before pulling her back to the kitchen and made her sit down on a chair. As he served her tea, he asked her something. "Did you think about what I told you earlier?"

"A little."

"But?"

"I don't know…"

Arthur sighed again before sitting down on his chair and looked at her while drinking his tea.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Nothing."

"Then why not telling me what happened?"

"It is not that easy as you may think, Sir Kirkland."

"I am aware of this, but the longer you make me wait, the more I get worried."

"I know."

"Then?"

The young woman started to think about it for at least five long minutes. As he started to be impatient, she decided to tell him a bit of her story.

"…My previous master…he was abusing me."

"What kind of abuse?"

"Verbal…physical…"

"Did he…?" That question made Maria blush like red wine.

"N-no! No! He didn't!"

"You sure?"

"Yes…"

"And? What else happened?"

As she was about to say something, something suddenly crashed through the wall that separates the room from the outside. As they started coughing from the dust that was covering them, they heard a creepy voice.

"Ennnnnglaaaaaaand…"

That was enough to scare Maria. She then saw an oversized shadow through the dust. As the shadow was getting closer, she was able to see that it was a heavily wounded zombie. It looked like…America?

"S-sir Jones…is he…"

She then saw England who seemed really annoyed. Alfred, seeing that his "big brother" wasn't scared at all, started to laugh. "Ha ha ha ha! What's wrong, Iggy? Too scared to scream? You can scream, "AHHHHH!" or "EEEEEEEK!" whenever you're ready!" (1)

The maid was relieved that it wasn't a real zombie, but at the same time was afraid of her master's reaction.

However, Arthur was amused. "Hmph, TAKE THIS!" He then transforms to an even creepier zombie.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" That wasn't Maria's scream, but America's. The young woman was kind of used to England's horror, but not America's. She saw the younger nation freaking out and crying like a little kid. "YOU'RE TOO SCARY DUDE!"

Arthur became more than annoyed. "You destroyed the damn bloody wall of my house to scare me and you insult me?! Geez…you're really weird, you know that?"

Maria helped America to calm down and made him sit down on the couch in the living room. As she left in the kitchen to make him some coffee, she could hear England "lecturing" Alfred. She then heard them fighting again over scary things.

"I'm sure that I'm going to scare you one day! I'm the hero after all!"

"In your dreams, "Hero"! I'm a Gentleman, and I will never be scared of the games of yours!"

"Oh really?"

"Yes, really!"

"Alright, then let's watch a slasher movie!"

"You're going to cry at the beginning of the movie again if you choose that!"

"No I won't!"

"Yes you will!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

"NO I WON'T! I WILL PROVE YOU!"

"FINE! BUT YOU BETTER NOT CRY ON ME AGAIN THIS TIME, KID!"

"I'M NOT A KID!"

"SHUT UP AND PUT THE MOVIE, YOU BLOODY GIT!"

The maid sweat dropped and sighed. "They'll never grow up, aren't they?"

(Nope, they won't.)

(1): This part was in the drama CD Hetalia X Goodnight with Sheep - Volume 8: America and England. I suggest you to listen to it if you didn't. It's really funny.

End of the second chapter. Remember to say in the reviews if you like the story or not. Thank you for reading my story :)