I do not own Hetalia! I only think it is awesome enough to write about.

I got a call from Antonio today asking me to meet him at the park. I wonder what he has planned. I haven't seen him since the day in the restaurant.

I feel a little disheartened thinking about how easily he accepted the fact that I couldn't go to Spain with the rest of them.

I thought...I might actually have had a chance with him...I smack myself hoping some sense will follow. Then I see him sitting on the bench in front of me.

"Hola." I say.

He turns around and smiles brilliantly. "Hola linda." There's that smile again.

I blush. "No soy linda o bonita." I don't think I'm pretty. I mean I have boring brown hair and eyes. I look like half the girls in the city.

"Sí eres." He insists. He grabs one of my hands and kisses it softly. He looks up and smiles again. "Can we talk?"

By now my face must be a deep red. "Yes..."

He doesn't let go of my hand to my happiness. "Let's walk." We walk silently for a few moments. I'm embarrassed to say I'm relishing the jealous stares I'm getting.

"What's on your mind?" I finally ask.

"Is it okay that I'm holding your hand?" He asks randomly.

I look at him and feel a little confused. "Yes. We're friends right?" Even though I would rather us not be friends...

He frowns, looking a little displeased with my answer. "Sí, amigos." We're silent for a few moments more.

"Are-are you upset that we're friends?" I ask him feeling a little nervous.

He doesn't answer right away. First he pulls me off the path and behind a tree. I look around and see the tall bushes around us and think it's really private. I wonder if he planned that. My mind is taken off our location when he grabs hold of both of my hands and looks down at the ground.

"I- I wanted to do this a little better..." he says. He seems a little nervous.

I just look at him like he's weird. Because he's certainly acting like he is. "Do what?" I tilt my head wondering what he's talking about.

He breathes in deeply and looks up at me. His green eyes pulling me into a sort of trance. "Confess to you." He tells me.

Did...did he just say what I think he did? "What?" Is the intelligent answer I come up with.

"I li-no have lo-" He stutters. He pauses and breathes in again before looking at me sincerely. He reaches for my face and his hand cups my cheek. "Te amo."

I freeze. Did I hear him correctly? I look back at his sincere green eyes and realize that I must have heard what I though I did.

For a moment he looks crestfallen, but after I launch myself at him I can't really see his expression. "Te amo, Antonio!" I wrap my arms around his neck and I feel his arms around my waist seconds later.

I pull back from my embrace to get a better look at him and see that he's smiling widely. There's the smile I fell in love with.

I feel my smile fall when I realize something. "But- I'm going to Germany..." I tell him expecting him to see his beautiful smile fade. I mean this is exactly why I didn't want to have a crush on someone. I have to leave him if I do win that scholarship.

But he's still smiling. "Well, I have a solution...if you're okay with it."

"What is it?" I ask quickly. Anything to keep me with him.

"I spoke to mi Madre en España. She said that if you would like you could stay with us."

For a moment I can't do anything. I'm too shocked to move. But then my joy kicks in and I launch myself at him again. "Now I really love you!"

He laughs and picks me up so that I'm over his face. "So you'll come and stay with me and my family? You're fine with living with me for a year?" Those eyes of his are so green. I think I can stare at him all day. I can't believe he likes me. Out of all the girls at our school, he picked me!

I nod. "Of course I am!" I take a chance and kiss him lightly on his lips. "And I'm going to stay until I graduate. I found out that if I do well in Spain then I can stay as long as my grades are high!"

"I hope you'll stay longer." He says softly. He lowers me so that I'm back on my feet.

"Why are you so amazing?" I wonder out loud while hugging him.

"Not so much as you are, mi amor." Is his answer.

My heart beats a little faster when he calls me his love. "You have easily made this the happiest days of my life." I inform him with a sigh. I pull back to look at him again. I hit the tree behind me, but I don't really care.

He smiles brightly. "You've made it mine as well." He lowers his head and I close my eyes.

Francis and Gilbert are waiting by Antonio's car. I really shouldn't be surprised.

Antonio told me that they wanted to come, but he told them to stay away. He said that they were afraid that he would get scared at the last second and decide not to tell me anything. And I think that he probably would have. Although I made it quite clear that he nothing to worry about. I blush remembering we spent a lot of time behind that tree.

No! Stop thinking about that right now! I order myself. I look back at our friends and wonder how they knew where we were. He didn't even tell them where he was meeting me, but I guess they figured it out. Maybe they drove around until they saw his car. i wouldn't be all that surprised if they did.

"So...?" Francis asks with a pensive look.

I frown. "So what?" I look back at Antonio with a shrug. "Why are they here?"

"No se." He says with a shrug of his own. We decided to act like nothing happened to throw them off. It's what they get for being nosy. I'm so glad that they weren't around to see him confess to me. That would have been so awkward...

Gilbert crosses his arms. "He didn't tell you?" He throws a glare at Antonio.

"Tell me what?" I ask hoping I look confused.

Gilbert and Francis look at each other and then back at me.

"We're going to tell her." Gilbert informs Antonio.

Antonio is actually a pretty good actor. He actually looks panicked. "No! Gilbert, don't sa-"

"Mon Dieu! He's in love with you!" Francis practically yells at me. A couple of people sitting around a bench look at us. But they quickly turn away after seeing Gilbert. He has a reputation for being...trouble.

I blink. Then I look at Antonio. This is the biggest lie I have ever said. "I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same..." I try to pretend I feel really awkward, but really I can't believe I told him that!

"I-" Gilbert and Francis are gaping in the background. I relish in their shock. I really shouldn't feel so happy about tricking them. But their faces are priceless.

Antonio's lips are tugging upward and he gives me a look. It's as if he's asking for permission to laugh.

I bite my lips and nod. I can barely hold back the laugh I want to let out. "You two are idiots." I say.

Then Antonio grabs my hand and pulls me to his side. He's already started laughing at Gilbert and Francis.

"Wha-" Gilbert starts to say. Then he shakes his head. "I'm confused." He looks at Francis who hasn't moved. "Are you confused?"

Francis finally opens his mouth, but there isn't any sound coming out. I join Antonio in his laughter.

"Are you two laughing at the Awesome Me?" Gilbert yells.

Antonio and I hold each other for support as Gilbert tries to understand what's happening and Francis stays as still as a statue. Well, as still as a statue with a gaping fish mouth.

I think it might take them a while to figure out what just happened.

"Want to leave?" Antonio asks me still laughing.

I nod and get into his car almost immediately after he unlocks it. "Let's leave them to figure it out."

Antonio shakes his head at Gilbert who is now demanding for an explanation. Francis has finally gotten over of his shock and has joined Gilbert in his demands.

Antonio ignores him and rolls up the window and backs out of the parking space. "So, what you like to do?" He inquires when we leave the park's parking lot.

"Let's go somewhere they can't interrupt us." I say with a mischevious grin. I might as well have some alone time with him, before my parents find out about our relationship. That's when hell will break loose...

He grins as well. "I think I know where to go." He leaves one hand on the steering wheel and puts his other arm on the headrest so that his fingers can brush against my neck. That's when I decide that the only thing I will be focusing on for this afternoon is the boy beside me.

I surpress a shiver as his fingers brush my skin again and wonder when my life got so good?

I got the next chapter up finally...hope that you all enjoy it!

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