Alfred slammed the bathroom for behind him on purpose. Mattie might come after him... However, Mattie didn't come after him so Alfred kept walking down the hallway with a purposeful stride, but no real destination. Mattie was mad at him for some reason. All he had done was save his little bro from a whole lot of pain. How was that bad? He was good guy, and he was getting punished. It's so not fair.

Alfred had always been his little brothers protector. He would always be there for him. They went to the playground when they were little and he was the one to help him if he got hurt or the one to scare off the mean kids. He was the one who would remind their parents to buy flour when they were running low, just so Mattie wouldn't freak out because he couldn't make pancakes. He was the one who just punched Mattie's attacker! He was his hero, and why was Mattie pushing him away like that now? He still had another semester left here, and he could help him until he leaves at least. He had said that it wasn't Gilbert's job either, but Gilbert is his boyfriend, it's part of the job description. Well, maybe it wasn't for them, because Gilbert hadn't beaten up those bullies either… Yet how did his little brother think that he could?

There was another hour or so left to school, but Alfred had already skipped, and being late was somehow more frowned upon than skipping the entire class. He will probably have a detention because of it, or at least a stern warning, but he didn't care. He still had detention with Artie after school. He wished school could just end and he could see his boyfriend. Iggy would surely know what to do in this kind of situation. He should make a bumper sticker "What would Iggy do?" However he wouldn't want to be called "Iggy" or even "Artie", but Arthur is just to common of a name... Alfred decided to think about that later, now he had to think of where to hide out for the next hour. He didn't want a teacher seeing him walking around, and ask him were he was going. He wouldn't mind if it was Arthur though.

Alfred, having nothing else to do, decided to do just that; walk back and forth in front of Arthurs room for a while. Who knows what that man will do? Alfred chuckled at he the thought. Walking down tot he English hall, he began to wonder if he'll get more detentions because of this. He didn't really care though, as long as he can spend more time with his Artie. When he reached the english hall, his eyes immediately honed in on Arthurs door. Alfred walked past it once and realized that it was empty.

No one was in the room but Arthur. The American couldn't have been happier. He opened the door and strolled in. Arthur glanced up quickly, then back down. It took a second for his brain to process Alfred's presence, but when he did his head snapped up.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have class?"

"Well, stuff happened last block, so I'm skipping." He said as he pulled up a chair and sat next to his teacher.

"You can't skip! Go back to class right now." He said sternly.

Alfred chuckled, "Nope." He grinned at Arthurs reaction.

"Of course you will." Then his voice got quiet, "What if someone see's you in here?"

"But you don't have a class this block, right?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean no one will drop by with a question or something."

"Like I dropped by? They won't know I don't have an off block now."

Arthur was quieted by that, and Alfred felt slightly smug about it, "So I'll just stay here."

There was silence for a moment before Arthur asked, "What 'stuff' would cause you to skip class?"

"It's a long story." Alfred said, but seeing the look on Artie's face he decided they had time, "Well I have a brother, Matthew. He's in your A block."

"My A block? Really? How did I not notice before…" he wondered aloud.

"Yeah well he's kinda shy so you might not notice him, but I guess this guy Gilbert noticed him."

"Gilbert? I know he's in my A block. He gets nothing done-"

"Well anyway," Alfred said trying to get along with his story, "After you dropped me off at my house, they were there and they told me they were dating. I was surprised, but when I told him I was dating you, he seemed way more sup-"

"You told him!" Arthur looked at him with terrified, wide eyes.

"No, not you specifically! I just said that I had a chance to talk to the guy I liked, and I found out he like me- anyway back to the story." Arthur visibly calmed down after that, "So I guess Ludwig is also dating Feliciano now too, or they were before, but it was a secret then. Gilbert's like Ludwig's brother and he told me and Mattie before we left about them. Then today was Pizza day, and I like getting a lot of slices so I was late back from lunch. I get to the class room, and no one's there! It was empty! I'd seen Ludwig in the hall, and decided to follow him, and when I get to the class room, it's like a rave!"

"What? In school!?" Arthur asked in disbelief.

"Yeah! It was weird, but I got like sucked into it. Then a few minutes later, Ludwig comes by and drags me and Gilbert out of the dancing, and guess what I see? Carlos and his friends beating up my brother and Feliciano! So I just punched Carlos-"

"You punched him!?"

"Well he was beating up my brother! What else could I do?"

"Get a teacher!" of course a teacher would say that, Alfred thought.

"Well then we'd all be caught for the party, and my brother would probably get beat up again later. This way, I made it so it's like over-over." Well he hoped he did, "Then when it's all cleaned up, I go to help Mattie wash the blood off his face, and Gilbert goes along too. Then I find out that this has happened before! Last Friday Mattie was beaten up in the bathroom, and he didn't tell me about it- That's what he was sad all weekend- Gilbert knew about it though! Then Matt goes on this rant about how he can take care of himself, and he doesn't need me anymore. What am I supposed to do? Not save my little bro? Just let him get beaten to a pulp?" He put his head in his hands. Arthur didn't seem to know what to say but Alfred was fine with silence right then.