Chapter 3: New Kid

The loud harsh beeping broke through any dreams the teenager might have been having. He groaned and slapped at the clock lazily until his pale hand finally came in contact with the much beloved snooze button. Nine minutes passed far too fast, and the obnoxious noise again blared through the room. Rolling out of bed arduously the boy turned the alarm off. He stumbled to the mirror, taking in his tired red eyes and bedraggled white hair. Why do I have to go to school? He thought to himself with resent. The first day back after break was always the worst, and Gilbert was convinced that this semester would be just like all the others, boring.

Gilbert grunted and stumbled to the bathroom. He tumbled into the shower and let the ridiculously hot water run over his skin in caressing waves of comfort. Feeling more awake, the youth dried and dressed himself. He slid on ripped blue jeans, they were once very dark, but time and use had faded the color and frayed the edges. The T-shirt he opted for was black with a white eagle bordered in crimson. It fit perfectly, hugging him in just the right places, accenting his lean muscle. Quickly Gilbert fastened his iron cross around his neck, and then moved on to the herculean task of his hair. He brushed and combed the frosty locks into an ordered mess atop his head; the whole ensemble was quite attractive.

The stairs creaked loudly as Gil tromped down them. The house was nice, but old. Built during the late Victorian era, it was mid-sized and elegant, yet simple and refine. The entire house was almost unnaturally clean, especially considering that two teenage boys lived there, but OCD ran in Gil's family. The messiest room in the house was Gil's bedroom, because it didn't sparkle and had dust in the corners, but everything was put away and his close were neatly folded.

When gilbert paraded into the kitchen, he noticed his brother already eating breakfast. Ludwig had short silky blond hair and dazzling blue eyes (not that Gil would ever say that) and was built like an ox. While it was true that some of that muscle came from working out, most of it was from the intense labor the youngest Beilschmidt put into the farm he had been hired to run just outside of town. Gil was quite proud and a little envious of his younger brother but no one would know that if he could help it.

The dry cereal plinked into the bowl, splashing about as milk was added. The brothers ate in silence until they heard their grandfather entered the kitchen.

"Gute Morgen, Opa" They chorused, before glancing at each other and smirking. Well Gil smirked; Ludwig's face was as stoic as ever. Honestly, very few people would guess they were brothers, they looked and acted nothing alike. Ludwig looked just like their grandfather, only with short hair and pure blue eyes, whereas Opa had long hair and his eyes had a greenish tint.

After they had finished eating the boys rinsed their dishes and put them in the dishwasher. They walked up the stairs and brushed their teeth. Despite being nothing alike in looks or personality, their morning routines were eerily similar. At exactly 7:30 they both left the house with a synonymous cry of "Auf Wiedersehen, Opa."

The walked into the school at 7:48, three minutes off schedule, to Ludwig's horror. They still had 12 minutes until class started so Gil didn't really care. Heading to his locker he saw his friend Daniel Héderváry.

"Hey Lizzy!" Gil called. When he was younger, Daniel was convinced he was a girl, he wore dresses and did ballet, a fact which Gil found endlessly amusing and mocked him for any time he could. He was rewarded with the finger and an incredibly rude response. Gil simply laughed his strange laugh that sounded more like 'Kesesesese' than a laugh. The two joined together and talked a bit about their breaks until Danny spotted his girlfriend and practically skipped over to her. Gil watched Sophia yell at her boyfriend for a moment before they kissed quickly, and walked to their first class.

Grabbing his things Gil headed off to his own first hour, social studies with Mr. Nelson. That was defiantly his favorite class, he was good at history and Mr. Nelson had a weird sense of humor and tried to keep the class as interesting as possible. Gil would have looked about for his best friend, but he knew that Antonio was in Spain staying with relatives and wouldn't be back for several months. Antonio was a cheerful, hyper, bubbly Spanish boy, who, Gil was pretty sure didn't know how to frown. He had an obsession with a little Italian boy named Lovino, whose brother was Ludwig's best friend, and, in Gil's opinion, a bit more.

At 8:07 Mr. Nelson called everyone to attention, "Look," he said, "We'll be getting a new student tomorrow, so I want you all to be nice. Even you Allistor." The boy mentioned made a noise of mock outrage, "I'm always nice." He insisted; bringing a laugh from the whole class. Allistor Kirkland was a known trouble maker, not even bothering to try to hide that he smoked during lunch. Like Gil and Ludwig, Allistor and his sister Alice looked and acted nothing alike, he was held back twice in high school alone, she was the student president and would most likely be Valedictorian in her year.

The class was talking loudly, Wilmot was a small town, the last time someone had moved to the town was several years ago, everyone was curious about the new student. Mr. Nelson didn't even bother trying to get them focused again, and just let them talk for the rest of the hour.

"Do you think it will be a boy or a girl?" The girl next to Gil asked her friend.

"If it's a boy I hope he's cute!" The other squealed. Gil decided to tune everyone out and plugged in his headphones setting his iPod to shuffle. The first song to come up was 'Heaven Knows' by the Pretty Reckless, he didn't even know he had this on his iPod, but with 5,000 songs, was he really expected to know all of them?

The conversations of the day all revolved around the new student, rumors were everywhere, one said that they were from NYC, another that they had been in a street gang and was being sent to Wilmot to get their act together, the gossip spread about like the plague, and Gil had to wonder where people had gotten their information, some of the stuff was pretty ridiculous. True or not, the information spread and by the end of the day the excitement and tension was almost thick enough to be cut with a knife.

The teachers didn't bother assigning homework, they knew that the first day back was super hard and the news just made everyone even less focused, plus they themselves were curious about the new student, though they wouldn't show it.

When Gil got home that afternoon he dumped his nearly empty backpack at the foot of his desk and flipped open his laptop. After hearing so much, probably false, information, he wanted to do some research. The albino decided to start with a simple Google search. Gilbert was an amazing eavesdropper, and listen to just about everything that was said. Not that anyone knew this of course, he would go to great lengths to make his classmates think he never paid attention, and only Opa would know that he was excelling in all of his classes. He took online math, more advanced than the high school offered, but made sure his peers believed they were remedial courses.

Because he was practically a ninja at information gathering, he knew the new student's name was Matthew J. Williams. Unfortunately, Matthew Williams appeared to be a common name, and Lady Gaga's boyfriend, who Gilbert was quite certain was not coming to their school. He sighed, trying to search Facebook with similar results, and got up to begin making dinner, or rather, making Ludwig make dinner.

AN: Enter, Gilbert Beilschmidt! Yay! I finally added him to the story! In my belief, Gil still holds the Prussian Virtues but doesn't want anyone to think he's a nerd or a 'goodie two shoes'. I tried Googling Matthew Williams and it is a very common name, but otherwise i would have made it so that Matthew didn't have an online profile because he just changed his last name and stuff.

I'm sorry it's so short and I promise I'm still writing so I'll try to have the next one up soon. I'm really sorry it took so long for this chapter, I had it finished a while ago and didn't realize I didn't post it. The next one is about halfway done, thank you so much to the people who followed or reviewed this.

In no particular order, the characters in this chapter:
Gilbert/Gil: Prussia
Ludwig: Germany
Antonio: Spain
Allistor: Scotland
Alice: fem!England
Daniel/Lizzy: male!Hungary
Sophia: fem!Austria
Opa: Germainia (also grandpa in German)
Lovino: S. Italy
Lovino's brother: N. Italy

And of course, Mr. Nelson was my 8th grade social studies teacher. His full name is William Charles Nelson III, but we all just called him Chuck, it's a lot more fitting.

Wilmot is actually the closest town to New Prussia, Canada, and is really really tiny. In this story, however, I think that the high school has maybe 50 students per grade, but all the classes are mixed grade so you deal with all the other students.

Thank you so much, please R+R.