Disclaimer and A/n: neither Hetalia or Pride and Prejudice is mine no matter how hard I wish it were. Hi again, I'm really sorry for not posting last week so to apologize properly I'm going to post two chapters in one day! And if anybody was wondering why I did not post it as a cross over to pride and prejudice, well its not really cause yes the characters would interact but the Bingley and the Darcy's are not part of the main story nor would they do anything to advance my plot.

The Beilschmidt family entered the drawing room; their presence was a remarkable sight. lord Gilbert Beilschmidt was a frequent visitor in their London apartments, as well as the Vargas mansion in the country, but no matter how many times she would see him she could not feel a little intimidated with his pale skin and ruby red eyes. He and Francis were best friends since they were only in school, their antics caused many headaches upon their families, many believed that he would never settle down which made his late father quite upset and caused many fights between them, but when Madeline Williams had her season the wild and rambunctious lord was nowhere to be found and in his stead was a young love struck man, who would die for her. Lady Madeline on the other hand was a timid little thing, her mother died in childbirth and her father caught a chill that killed him when she was only eight, the Jones family immediately took her in to their family and raised her as if she was their own. Her cousin Alfred adores her; and would give her the moon if she asked him to.

While the pair was already a remarkable sight, the man behind them was even more impressive, Earl Ludwig Beilschmidt was a tall intimidating man, in fact the only man taller than him was her grandfather, his clear blue eyes were the same colour as her scarf. His handsome face held premature lines that could only be made by frowning a lot but I just added an air about him that she could not name, and his light blonde hair was as always-slicked back in a way only he could pull off. Even if his clothes were the same fashionable style as the men of the ton, he dominated his clothing instead of the other way around unlike many of the men she knows.

"Gilbert, mon ami, I haven't seen you since a fortnight. I trust you and beautiful wife are well." Francis said hugging his friend and giving Madeline a charming smile. "It's awesome to finally see you again, what have you and Antonio been up to when I was away." Giving his friend a good hard slap in the back.

Francis, Gilbert and Rome wasted no time in going to the brandy and inviting the count and earl to shoot with them at the Vargas mansion when they leave London for the preparations for the country wedding. Feliciana immediately struck up a conversation to the shy Madeline, which in turn left Ludwig and Lovina to their own devices.

"My beautiful bride you are looking exceptional this evening." Ludwig said crossing to her side and regarding her with his usual stoic mannerisms, which made her in turn scowl harder.

"good evening potato, I'm so happy you approve." Lovina said her tone dripping with sarcasm, but in her head, she wanted to say 'can you at least say that with some bit of emotion, you bastard.'

Feliciana and their grandfather noticed the tension, but their grandfather was the one who tried to ease it with practiced charm he initiated his future grandson-in-law in a innocuous conversation, leaving Lovina to cross the room and converse with her sister and the young lady. Until Eduard came into the room and announced dinner was ready.

Dinner was not an easy meal. Then again, whenever Lovina is having an episode dinner really goes well, Feliciana thought to herself and stifled her sigh. Looking at her sister beside Ludwig her sister looked as if she was going kill somebody and soon, true her sister was on of the best in hiding her emotions but Feli always knows her sorellas' emotions. She also could not help but look at the married Beilschmidt, Gilbert looked happy in love and Madeline no matter how shy she is, looked to be happy in love as well. 'well at least some one in our dining room is in love.' Feliciana thought to herself and looked at her plate in concentration.

"you appear to be in deep thought Lovina." Ludwig said to his fiancé when he noticed her distracted state.

"not really I was just thinking about the Vargas mansion and how much I miss it. When are we going back nonno?" Lovina said while stabbing a tomato with her fork, which caused her sister, her grandfather and her cousin to flinch.

"I believe you, Feliciana and Francis will be leaving in a fortnight. I will be staying in town but I know you need a respite before the wedding, and Feli told me quite a while ago that she misses the country air as well." lord Rome said looking at his elder granddaughter, he could not help but feel a pang of guilt, he was the one who pushed Lovina to this marriage, he and his dear late friend and the grandfather of Ludwig always wanted to combine their lands but both of them had daughters, fulfilling that dream seemed impossible until now, and that Ludwig was saving them from ruin was the only thing from his mind when Lovina and him had a shouting match in his office days before she accepted Ludwig's proposal.

At last, the dinner concluded the women silently reentered the drawing room and the men left for the study, Feliciana and Madeline were talking quietly to themselves while Lovina was looking out the window when the men returned. Francis hinted that they should be leaving for the ball, which everyone agreed almost immediately. And set out to the front of the house where they donned their coats and gloves for the night.

Translations:

Mon ami: my friend (French)

Sorella/Fratello: Sister/Brother (Italian)

Nonno: Grandfather (Italian)