Me: Well here we are at Chapter 2. I already got an idea what is going to happen. But unfortunately, you'll have to find out what is going to happen. Please rate and comment.
Claire
Chapter 2
Three years have passed, during that time, quite a bit has changed in the jones house. For example, there are now two new members to the family. Twin boys named Alex Winston Jones and Allen Jefferson Jones. This time, the boys looked more like Arthur then Alfred. Both had beautiful emerald eyes and creamy blonde hair. Claire was also happy to have some siblings, even though they were boys.
Claire has also started to change. She's now almost years old and attending first grade. Alfred has her active in sports such as little league and soccer while Arthur helped her in her academics. All in all, she was very balanced in school and after school activities. But as she gets older, she just becomes more and more like Alfred every day, which could be a blessing or absolute hell for Arthur. She could be very persistent in helping take care of the boys, or she could pester Arthur until he had to go into his private study. What made it worse was that Alfred would encourage her further with her pestering.
After school was done, she walked outside to wait for Alfred to pick her up. She smiled brightly and pulled her hair out of the pony tail. She shifted her weight from the heels of her feet to the very tips of her toes. She was slightly more excited today because something special was going to happen tomorrow. It would be her seventh birthday tomorrow.
"Hey, Claire!" A voice yelled out to her.
She turned around to see her best friends, Dante Cornando, the son of Antonio and Lovino Cornando. His hair was identical to Antonio's as well as his eyes and attitude. However his skin tone was a blend of his parent's tones. Generally he was a very sweet boy and loved to hang around Claire, though he was a year older than her. They would always play on the playground together and take turns going down the slide.
"Hey Dante." She smiled "You know what tomorrow is right?"
"Of course." He smiled "It's your CumpleaƱos."
"That's right!" She smiled. "Will you come to my party?"
"You bet." He smiled "Your parties are so much fun, and the cake tastes yummy to."
"Yeah, to bad not everyone eats it though, I mean daddy bakes it and puts pretty colors on it." She thought aloud. Then a familiar honking noise rang through the parking lot.
"Hey Pumpkin, we got to get going!" Alfred yelled out the window
"Well, my daddy's here." She smiled
"Mi Hijo, it's time to go home, your Madre has lunch ready!" Spain yelled out his window
"Yeah, mine is to." He walked away "See you tomorrow Claire!"
"Bye Dante!" She waved and then seated herself in Alfred's car.
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The next morning, Claire awoke the smell of pancake. She sat up and stretched in her bed and rubbed her eyes. She may be an easily excited child, but she was defiantly not a morning person. She is just lucky that it was the weekend and she didn't have to get up earlier.
After stretching, she got out of bed and put her pink robe on and slipped into her matching fuzzy slippers. She opened the room to her bedroom and walked downstairs. When she turned the corner into the kitchen, she found her Uncles Matthew and Francis and her Aunts Katyusha and Seychelles talking to her parents. A smile crept to her lips. Francis smirked and raised his wine glass.
"I do believe that the beautiful birthday girl is awake, no?" He smiled. Everyone turned around and smiled at her.
"Happy birthday!" They cheered, immediately snapping her out being tired.
"Thank you!" She laughed and walked over to them.
"It's not every day I get to see you Claire." Seychelles hugged her carefully so she wouldn't hurt their baby Charlene "You're growing up so fast."
"Isn't she? Just like a sunflower." Katyusha smiled
"Where's Maddie and Gwen?" Claire asked looking around
"They're sleeping right now; we had a long flight, eh." Matthew said "They'll be up later."
"Oh, alright." She sighed. She really wanted to play with them now.
Alfred helped her into her chair and kissed the top of her head. Then Francis made her a plate of pancakes then started chatting with her and testing to see if she had remembered her French he taught her. Arthur watched, not overly thrilled. He wasn't exactly overly thrilled when Francis was around Claire. Just knowing how he acted around him and others like Lovino and Feliciano when they were children. But Claire loved her uncle Francis, and he seemed to have behaved himself around Claire. Maybe Arthur just didn't want Claire around him because he still wasn't too fond of Francis himself.
Francis seemed to always one up him as a parent. Arthur tended to think spoiling a child was wrong and would turn them into snobs, Francis on the other hand thought the opposite, and even spoiled his newborn daughter with things she didn't even need. And now he even started to spoil Claire with jewelry, toys, and clothes. But Arthur kept her in line and wouldn't let her back talk or get huffy with him.
"So, who is coming to ze party?" Francis asked
"Most of the countries and their kids will be here." Alfred said "Were going to have a giant pink and purple cake with all the stuff she likes on it!"
"Like Unicorns!" Claire smiled causing a slight chuckle from everyone. "And then we have a bouncy house, a big pool, pony rides, a clown and magician!"
"Sounds perfect." Matthew replied
"It sounds awfully expensive to." Ukraine looked worried
"Nah, everyone offered to do it. After all, I am the United States of America." He smiled.
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At the party, all of the children were running around and having what seemed to be the time of their lives. The adults chatted amongst themselves, enjoying the party as well. Claire however, was waiting for one more person to arrive. Her best friend Dante hadn't arrived yet. She frowned and waited at the gate. She sighed and shifted her weight from one foot to the other.
"Oh, there you are Claire." Dante's voice chimed as he walked over to her. She flashed him a pouty face.
"Your late, where were you?" She asked. He rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry, my little brother Raphiel got sick so Madre and Padre had to find him a last minute baby sitter." He explained with a sheepish laugh. She looked at him a little bit annoyed for a few seconds then smiled and hugged him.
"Well as long as you're here, that's all that matters!" She laughed "Let's go ride some ponies."
"Well would you look at that." Arthur smiled as he looked at the two children. "I think we may have a future couple on our hands."
Alfred looked over and seen Dante holding Claire's hand as he led them over to the pony ride. A strange feeling had suddenly hit him. A protective feeling over Claire. He sighed and looked away. That was her best friend after all, and Dante was a good kid. There was no reason to be like that.
"Lovi, look at our hijo. He's so cute with her." Antonio smiled
"They're seven stupid, and they're just friends." Lovino sighed
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After everyone left the party, Claire went inside to open her presents. Every single time she received a box with bright colored paper her eyes gleamed with excitement, something that made all the stress of party planning and having dealing with the headaches all worth it. Then she received Dante's gift.
The gift was small and wrapped up in the colors red, white and blue. She smiled and opened it up to find a brown box with her name inscribed in beautiful calligraphy at the top. It appeared to be some sort of music box. So Claire opened it up and immediately, a figure of herself and Dante popped up holding hands and running in a circle. A melody also started to play in the music box. The song was Claire's favorite, "There she goes" by the Cranberries. She smiled brightly and held it in her hands and danced around with it. Alfred wasn't as excited about the gift.
"Maybe he is trying to steal my little girl away." He said to himself.
"Oh Claire, it's beautiful." Arthur smiled "Dante must've had Germany make it, because I know Lovino wouldn't and Antonio isn't smart enough to make this."
"This is one of the best gifts ever!" She twirled around
"Well, your mommy and daddy have one last gift for you." Alfred smirked "If you want it that is." She immediately stopped and ran and sat on her father's lap.
"What is it daddy?" she asked
"Close your eyes." Claire obeyed and kept her eyes shut. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace with the united kingdom flag and the American flag on pendants and her name in between the two flags. "Open." She opened her eyes and smiled.
"Daddy, it's so pretty!" She hugged him "Thank you so much!"
"Anything to make you happy pumpkin." He kissed her forehead "Now off to bed."
"Do we have to go to?" Alex whined
"Yeah, were not sleepy yet." Allen replied trying to cover up a yawn.
"Alright, that's enough from the lot of you." Arthur said picking the boys up and bringing them upstairs. "I'll give you a bath in the morning Claire."
"Okay Mummy." She replied and kissed Alfred's cheek and hugged him tight "Good night Daddy. I love you." He hugged her tight.
"I love you to. Now, get upstairs before your mom gets angry and starts talking to his imaginary friends."
"They're real daddy." She laughed and ran upstairs.
Alfred smiled watching her run up the stairs. Once she was all the way up, he frowned and sighed as he leaned back in his chairs. He knew she wouldn't be like that forever, she was growing up fast, and soon enough she would have to find out that life isn't all about recess and eating cupcakes. But how Alfred wished he could keep her like that for as long as he could. He knew it didn't happen overnight, but one day she'll be grown up and wanting her freedom, wanting to get out of the house and giving her heart to another boy.
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