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Chapter 7: The Real Texas
It took about ten minutes until everyone arrived back to the meeting room. Germany and Italy were first and I was pretty sure the only reason Italy was there early was because of Germany himself. Then slowly the others.
Surprisingly the last people who came were Alfred and England since England didn't really seem like the type of person to arrive late to things. Though it was pretty safe to say that both males were happy since they had twin smiles on their faces upon entering the room. Which led me to smirk.
Ah, it's always nice to see a plan work.
I let them see my smirk when they got closer. "I see somebody had a good time."
Both male's cheeks flushed and my smirk widened. They were cute together!
"You never arrived." Alfred said, changing the topic.
I waved my hand as if I was swatting away a fly.
"Sorry, my boss took up more time than planned." I said, sneakily glancing in Russia's direction.
I was glad to see that he wasn't looking in my direction but instead talking to China with his child smile on. I wasn't sure how Alfred would take it if he knew that I spent the time with Russia. Not that it was any of his business, but I would like to avoid any kind of drama in front of the other countries.
England frowned in slight concern. "But doesn't that mean you didn't eat?"
I shook my head. "Nah, I ate with someone else who was polite enough to share with me."
Both males' eyebrows went up and it took a lot of will not to laugh.
"Texas?"
I turned around in my chair to see Italy standing with his hands clasped in front of him.
"Yes?" I asked, curious.
"Ve, Germany would like for you to start you story now Texas." he explained shyly.
I straightened in my chair. I forgotten about that. Well, Russia was a pretty good distraction and I was more focused on Alfred and England. "Oh yeah, sure. Um, I'll do it here if you don't mind."
Italy quickly shook his head to tell me he didn't and then proceeded to smiled big and sit down in the chair next to me, looking at me expectantly. I turned away from him and looked around the room to see everyone sitting and also waiting.
Including Russia who sent me a small smile when he saw me glance at him.
Sighing, I closed my eyes, I never liked public speaking. Once I got going I was fine, but those first few minutes were always the worst. I let a little of my Texas side confidence seep into me before opening my eyes again.
"Well now, since I've met everyone here I can finally introduce myself. Name's Madison J. Mally and as you already know I'm the personification of Texas."
Everyone was respectfully quiet while I talked which surprised me since Alfred told me other countries talk to each other while others are speaking.
"Now let's see, I guess I'll start with the basics of what I remembered. I had come from a military family." I began, deciding to do a little family background. "Both of my parent's family were either veterans or still in the military. My mom's side was always Navy from California while my dad's was Army with the exception of him when he decided to go Navy from Texas. That's how my parents met when they were both stationed in South Carolina. They got married while still in and left when my mom was pregnant with my brother. I grew up learning Navy ranks and rules because my parents wanted all three of us to join the Navy after college."
I paused for a moment taking a small break. I glanced at Alfred and saw that he wore a serious frown on his face then looked around the room and saw that the same expression was on most of the nations.
"I was born in Texas in 1995 in Austin and grew up there my whole life." I continued. "I had a one brother named Jose who was seven years older than me and a sister named Candy who was two years older. My parents got divorced when I was ten. Both of my siblings decided to live with my dad while I decided to live with my mom. We stayed in the city so I didn't have to change school's or move out into a completely different place but I rarely saw my siblings and dad after that. I remember visiting them once in a while for holidays and other times they would visit us. Only my brother and sister though, my parents preferred not speaking or even looking at each other except when necessary."
I paused again, rubbing the back of my head with a sigh. Here came the emotional part.
"As I grew up I didn't have a lot of good memories. Dad had cracked his brain open in the military so he was mentally slow, which would lead him to get angry a lot and he had the tendency to hit if he felt like we disrespected him in some way. My mom on the other hand was very caring and understanding but when she got back with her high school sweetheart again I didn't have all her attention like I had before. It made me feel a little lonely. My brother was…well I didn't really know him all that well since by the time I was entering middle school he had gone off to California to attend college though when we would talk he would messed up my hair and would be such a smartass. He was the smart quiet one of the three. Preferring to stay home and be on the computer all night gaming or reading science and history books. He joined the Navy after dropping out of college and stayed in to pay off his loans."
I, yet again, paused this time to let out a chuckled then continued.
"Now my sister was definitely the most outgoing one but also the most self-centered, selfish person you could meet. We weren't close at all and completely opposite in both looks and personality. She had a very light complexion while I had a dark one. She was into boys and shopping for new clothes while I was into anime and reading books. She too later joined the Navy after college. Growing up I had to take a lot of crap from her because she was older and I learned to do what I was told because I figured out that it led to not getting hit or call names. Both my dad and sister tended to be exceptionally cruel to me when given the chance and I can't recall how many times they made me cry silently once I got away from them. I would always tell my mom but then always make her promise not to say anything to them because it would only make things worse if she did."
I stopped for a moment because I heard the sound of someone crying. Startled, I turned to my right to see Italy with tears in his eyes.
"Why you crying?!" I asked, my eyes wide in surprise.
Italy wiped his eyes with his sleeve hurriedly.
"Ve, it's sad! Your family shouldn't have treated you like they did!" he explained sniffling.
I chuckled, taking him by surprise when I patted his head in comfort.
"Now now Italy you're a country so I'm pretty sure you've felt more sorrow and pain then I ever did in my life. Human or not. But if anything, I learned to be grateful for the way they treated me because if it weren't for them, all of them, I wouldn't have become the person who I grew up to be."
He crying had stopped and when he looked back up at me he had a ghost of a smile on his lips.
"Ve, sorry Texas, please continue." he said.
I nodded and did what he asked.
"Now let's see…thanks to them I learned quite a lot at a young age that you really learn later in life. How to handle money and save, cook and clean well, and how to manage time for things needed to be done. School also helped with that, plus my friends help me through emotional stress with my family when needed and, of course, I the same to them."
I paused, placing my elbow on the armrest and putting my head in my hand and smiled.
"It was my best friend that introduced me to my passion of anime and theater. By the time I was age fifteen I decided to follow my dream as a voice actress for anime English dubbing. Once I graduated I went straight to college and major in theater and foreign languages. While in high school I discovered the second passion of the urge to learn all types of different languages and went to a college that had quite a few listed which I remember them perfectly now as well."
I raise my hand that wasn't holding my head to count off the ones I knew.
"Let's see I studied Japanese, French, Russian, and Spanish. Plus I had learned American Sign Language in high school so that's…six languages I learned to read, write and speak in fluently and one I used with my hands by the time I was out of college. And let me tell you it wasn't easy."
The silence had turned from respectfully quite to a stunned silence. I didn't let it bother me and continued, placing my hand on my lap.
"After college I decided to go into the army since that just happened to be around the time Texas declared war on America and I wanted to do my part." I turned to my left and looked Alfred, America, straight in the eye. "Though I was born an American I was first and foremost proud to be a Texan. I wanted to do everything in my power to help Texas win its freedom."
Alfred nodded in understanding as if knowing exactly how I felt and I turned away from him.
"Shorty after I enter the war started and I was a translator for our army to gain allies for our cause." then I let out a short burst of laughter.
"I was the reason why French troops entered the war as our ally. The person who came with me was very rude at the meeting. I had to take over negotiations. How ironic!"
"That was you!?"
Everyone turned to a stunned France.
I frowned.
"Yes, now that I think about it I remember meeting a charming man that looked quite like you." then I snickered. "You tried to flirt with me while my country was at war."
France shook his head in disbelief but let a grin come on his lips.
"Stupéfiant, I can't believe you are that lovely girl I met. You had quite the sly tongue." he said the last part with a wink.
I smirked. "Still do."
"Wait wait wait! France you met Texas while she was human!" Alfred asked shocked.
France nodded and gestured towards me.
"Oui I did and she was such an assez (pretty) face too. As she still does now of course." he said before turning to me. "It's nice to see you again fleur, (flower) but what happened to you after you left my joli (lovely) country?"
I laughed at the term he used on me then answered with a smile. "I died."
The room got eerie quiet and no one spoke. I sighed, relaxing against my chair.
"Oh come now, you know I died when I showed up here and told you I was human. There's no way to live two lives at the same time."
"H-how?" Italy was the one who asked.
"Well let's see." I said, feeling calm. "I arrived back in a Texas after I left France and stay there for a few months, the last few months of war, my battalion was sent on a mission to sneak into a U.S. base in Louisiana but everyone knew it was a suicide mission, including me."
"Do you mean Fort Mason?" Alfred asked shakily.
Fort name I made up if there really is one in Louisiana. WOW.
I nodded. "Yep the very same which led to the end of the war."
I cocked my side to the side thoughtfully.
"You know it hurts quite a lot getting shot in the stomach area." I heard some strained chuckles at that. "I died on the field, none of us even made it to the gates, by slowing bleeding to death."
"How old were you?" England asked it, his voice strained.
I frowned thoughtfully. "Well, I graduated college pretty early and joined when I was twenty-one so I was twenty-five years old."
Suddenly I felt a pair of arms surround me and looked up startled yet not surprised to see that it was Italy once again crying.
I patted his arm, trying to comfort him and sighed. "Come now Italy don't start crying on me again."
"But you died so young!" he whimpered.
I stood up and was able to get his arms off of me and took hold of his shoulders. "Now you listen to me Italy. People die every day for no good reason at all and we live through that. I, at least, died for a purpose and for that I am not sorry. You understand?"
He nodded sadly and I pulled him in for a hug which he gratefully accepted.
It was quiet in the room but not awkward at all.
The bell soon sounded off, startling a few countries in the process, and Germany ended the meeting with a solemn expression. The nations slowly got up to pack and then left. Italy stayed after to talk with me as a result, Germany stayed as well. Alfred, of course, stayed and England stayed as well.
Once Germany was able to convince Italy to leave I turned to Alfred who had a frown on his face. Not liking the look of it on his face, I went up to him and pinched his cheek.
Hard.
He yelped and covered his cheek with a hand with a shocked expression.
"Why'd you do that?!" he demanded.
I rolled my eyes. "You were being all weird, I snapped you out of it. It worked didn't it?"
He rubbed his cheek with a pout. "You didn't have to do that."
Again I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, let's go already. I want to leave already."
I caught England's attention and smiled brightly, startling him.
"It was very nice to meet you England and I hope we can become great friends!"
He smiled held just a hint of sadness from today's discussion. "Yes I would like that very much Texas."
"Call me Madison!" I said.
The smile turned less sad.
"Alright then, but only if you call me Arthur."
I beamed. "Yes, of course."
With that said he nodded and left.
"Ready to go home?" I heard Alfred say beside me.
I nodded and leaned on him, pouting.
"Yeah but tomorrow you better not make us late again." I complained earning a laugh from the man beside me.
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