Chapter 2: Alfred

Gilbert sat next to Matthew and munched on some chips as they waited for lunch period to be over. Their talk died down some what, but they continued to make comments or attempt to start another conversation.

"So," Matthew said, trying to break the silence. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Gilbert swallowed the food in his mouth and answered, "I have one brother, but no sisters. My brother actually comes to this school too. He's a year yonger than me, but has got to be the most by-the-rules guy I have ever seen."

Matthew chuckled at his new friend's exagerating tone. "What's his name?"

"Ludwig..." Gil paused for a moment then continued. "Even his name sounds so proper."

Before the blonde could reply to his friend, a voice called out, "Matthew~!"

Quickly, Matt whirled around on his seat, and saw a brunette running towards him with a blonde following close behind. "Hey, Feliciano."

"Ve~ look I have a new friend~!"

Matthew observed the boy he was clutching to as though he were a life line, and opened his mouth to speak, but again was interrupted.

"West?"

The long haired boy turned to face the albino again. "West?" Matthew questioned.

"Yeah, he my brother," Gilbert said pointing his thumb towards the blonde next to Feli.

At this, Ludwig blushed in embarrasment.

"Uh, hey brother." Ludwig said.

Gilbert snickered. "What's wrong, West? Why are you so embarrased?"

The blonde blushed even more. "Come on, Feli..."

"Ve?" Feliciano almost sounded heart broken. "Okay, Luddy~."

With that, Gil broke out into a full laugh. "Luddy?"

By now Ludwigs entire face looked like a tomato and he began walking away, pulling the small Italian with him. "Ah! Wait Lud- mfhg."

Ludwig had clamped his hand over Feli's mouth and continued walking. Gilbert and Matthew watch as they disappeared out of the cafeteria.

"Man, my brother is too cute," Gilbert chuckled. A more serious looked came over his face. "I'm just glad this happened to me and not him," he said motioning to his legs.

"What are you talking about? You said it was a freak accident."

"What? Oh yeah... it was, I just..." The bell rang startling both of them. The albino almost jumped up, but remembered he need the crutches. So, grabbing them, he stood and began to head to his next class with Matt trying to catch up.

"Wait!" Matthew jumped for the bench and grabbed both of their trays, quickly disposing of them, and ran to find Gilbert. He was too late. By the time he got out of the cafeteria, the German vanished in the crowd. Sighing, he resigned himself to finding his way to the next class. The next few hours of class nearly bored the teen to death, but he some how managed to pull through. He was completely over joyed when the last bell rang signalling their release from school.

Jumping up from his seat he bolted out the door and tried to look for Gilbert. He spent a good ten minutes looking for him and was about to give up when his name was called.

"Matthew-san!" The blonde saw his Japanese friend, Kiku, running towards him. He stopped in front of Matthew and tried to catch his breath. "Your... brother... he is..."

"Kiku!" Matthew grabbed his friend's shoulders. "Calm down and start again."

When the Asian could breathe again he spoke. "Alfred is attacking another person. I believe I saw you sitting with this person at lunch."

Matthew's eyes widened and gasped. "No."

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After his last class, Gilbert left to go find his brother and go home. The clacking of his crutches brought his presence to the students' attention and they moved out of his way. Some tried to give him sympathetic smiles and others tried to avoid his eyes. Once at the door, however, he face someone he didn't expect. He looked like Matthew, but with shorter hair.

"Uh... can I help you? Your kind of in my way."

"I am? Oh sorry," the teen chuckled, but made no effort to move.

"Fine, I don't have time for this, I'll find another way." Gilbert turned himself around, but the boy grabbed his left crutch, causing him to fall. "Hey, let go!"

"Umm... no." He accented the no by pulling the aid away from the albino.

There were many people around, but all of them ignored the two. They were afraid of what the blonde would do to them if they interfered. So they acted as if nothing was happening and let the teen do as he pleased.

"What's your problem?" Gilbert asked, trying to grab back the lost item.

"You are my problem. You just think you can just get close to my brother? You think you can hurt him?"

Gilbert stared in disbelief at the blonde before him. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you don't know." The boy was about to kick the German when a shout stopped him.

"Alfred! Stop!"

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I was typing this while watching Harry Potter 7 part 2... do you know how hard that is?... anyway, don't forget to review!