Chapter 6

Waking up from the silent night, I rubbed my eyes and walked down stairs in my pajamas. Vanya (my teddy bear) was wrapped in my right arm while my left guided me down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen to be greeted by someone I don't remember inviting. "Lithuania?" I asked holding Vanya behind my back, "What are you doing here?"

"Ah, Natalia! I didn't know you got up this early," he smiled hiding something behind his back as well. I looked at him curiously.

"What are you hiding?" I asked, he jumped at the question.

"Well I tried making something to surprise you," he moved revealing a small lump thing, "but it didn't go too well." I walked towards it thinking it might jump up and eat me.

"What is it?" I poked it and some of it stuck to me, "Ewwww!" I shook my hand desperately trying to get it off. It flew off me and landed on Lithuania's face, he laughed.

"Oh come on, it's not that bad," he said still laughing, he wiped it off with his hand and continued, "it's supposed to be a cake. It is your birthday, you always forget."

"Hmmm..." I swiped my finger across it's surface and licked the frosting, "The frosting is good." looking back I noticed the second layer was dark. Chocolate. "Oh my god," I smiled grabbing a knife and quickly cutting a large piece, "I love CHOCOLATE!!!!" I took a large bite smiling happily as I ate.

"Careful, don't hurt yourself." Lithuania smiled as he watched me eat. "I'm glad you like it so much." I reached for another piece ignoring the frosting on my face, "Whoa! Slow down, you haven't even had breakfast yet."

"This is breakfast!" I smiled shoving another slice on my mouth, I swallowed happily. I couldn't resist pulling Vanya out from behind my back, I squeezed him with both arms tightly, "Mmmmm...that was really good." I blushed as he noticed the bear.

"Hey, why don't we go somewhere," Toris asked, instead of waiting for an answer, he dragged me upstairs into my room and ordered me to get dressed. I closed the door as he headed outside. Easily I slipped into the navy blue maid dress I usually wore and slipped on my gloves. Toris was waiting outside and smiled, "Alright! Let's go." First we went to the candy store were we both got like ten pounds of chocolate and hard candies, then we went to a toy store and got about 25 constructible airplanes. I didn't know why we got all these childish things, but who knows they might be fun. We got some fun hats and two slingshots also, "Well, that is almost everything," he said pulling out a list. I didn't get to read much, but I did notice my name. "Where is your favorite place to be?" he asked.

"Well my room of course, other than that..." I stopped.

"Well what? You can tell me." he stepped closer.

"I know it's silly, but I like to climb to the tops of trees," I said quietly, he smiled causing me to blush lightly.

"Do you have a favorite tree?" Lithuania asked again, why does he have to be so specific?

"Um... Well actually I do," I answered.

"Can you show me?" I blushed deeper.

"Sure," as we walked to my secret spot it became late in the afternoon. When we reached the tall tree he smiled and climbed the first branch.

"How high do you go?" he asked looking into the leaves.

"Pretty high," I said.

"Then we should start climbing. It will get late soon," slinging the large backpack he brought over his shoulder we climbed up, higher and higher. Finally we reached a spot over looking the large city of Minsk, the leaves had been cleared in this spot so we could see the brilliant lights. We had brought lunch with us so we began to eat, "This is a gorgeous spot Natalia." I could feel his smile through the tree as he hung the backpack on a short branch above us. He and I sat on opposite sides of the tree, but we could still see each other.

"So...can I see that list you were looking at earlier?" I asked reaching into the backpack and pulling out a candy.

"No. It will ruin the surprise." he began to construct one of the airplanes, he gently threw it as we watched it glide for a long time. I pulled one out and did the same, it glided a few miles and landed on the sidewalks below. A little boy ran by and began to play with the plane, I smiled. The sun began to set, I had switched branches and sat with Toris. We both ran down and collected a ton of rocks, which we placed in our pockets. Once we filled our pockets we returned to the beautiful spot and shot the rocks at people walking by. We took aim and shot them in the head, this was so much fun. In the distance I spotted a couple making out, smiling I took aim and released watching the large rock bounce off the boy's head.

"Oh you are so evil," Lithuania laughed and nudged me with his elbow, I mimicked him.

"I know," I smiled, I was having a great time. We laughed for a while until he broke a traffic light, "Oh well," I launched a rock at a hobo, "We'll just pretend that didn't happen, da?" I smiled.

"Oh no," Lithuania took away my slingshot, "I can't let you go and hit poor hobos." I reached for it, but he simply pulled it farther out of reach.

"Please?" I gave him my little girl face, "Just a little more? Please?" It was late because the moon shown high, making my face that more irresistible.

"Ugh...you win. Just don't shoot hobos," he smiled returning my slingshot, I gave him a hug and he blushed deeply.

"That wasn't so bad was it?" I shot another person in the head. "I have to admit, I am having a great time."

"Good. That is the point," he replied, I dropped my slingshot (On purpose of course). It tumbled all the way down to the ground, "Oh don't worry I'll get it."

"Thank you," when he started to climb down the tree I pulled out the checklist he had. I stole it when I hugged him, oh clever me! Opening it I skipped all the things we had done already and then I came across something, I blushed deeply and smiled. He came back up the tree and handed me my slingshot, "Thank you," I leaned against him, he blushed again and put his arm around me.

"Check," he whispered.

It got really late so we climbed down the tree and walked home together, we walked really slow until we reached my house. "Hey Toris, I had a great day so…thanks," I gave him a large hug, "Oh and by the way," I began, "you can check this off your list too." I grabbed his shirt and pulled him into a kiss, I could feel his face heat up rapidly. I pulled away after a few short seconds and smiled when I saw how red his face was.

"Y-you read my list?" he asked still fazed. "You are evil," he smiled kissing me again. When we pulled away I was the one who blushed deep red, he was the one laughing. "Now we're even," we waved good-bye and he walked off into the darkness, yep this was indeed the best day ever.