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"Let em' in." he says as he puts his photo album away. He heard the door open and close quietly but didn't turn his head away from his bookshelf.
He looked over to Matt when he felt his hand on his shoulder. The both gave each other sad smiles. Not much needing to be said between them. He reached up and squeezed his brothers hand gently.
"Are you alright?" Nat asks as she brings him in for a hug. Alfred lazily wrapped his arms around her, hugging back.
"Yes... No." he says as he buries his head in her hair. She lays her head on his chest.
"How are they?" she asks quietly. Al sighs when she asks.
"Better then I expected. I know that TX is really upset with me though.", Nat scoffed.
"What else is new." she says. Alfred and Mathew laughed.
"Alfred. We need to talk to you." Bels says. Al looked over at Matt who gave him a solemn look then went back and sat down.
"About?" he asked while fixing his glasses.
"When you left the UN meeting, everyone started talking. The topic, you." Matt started as he sat down.
"Al, they want to come meet them. All of them."
They expected some sort of out burst. For him to brake down and scream in anger. But all he did was sit there. Like he knew what they were going to say before they said it. And that's because he did.
The American folded his hands nicely on the desk and let out a sigh.
"This doesn't surprise me." he starts.
"I knew once they found out about the my states they would want to see them. I don't blame them either. They each for the most part helped with the creation of one state or another. I don't like to admit to it but a lot of my children are biologically related to former enemies and to some of my friends.", he looked towards a picture of Delaware hanging on his wall.
"They have as much as a right to know what and who they made as I do.", he stood up, walked to the front of the desk, and sat down on it's surface.
"Some of the girls are throwing a party for the original 13. I'm renting out Plaza Hotel's ball room's for it.", he crosses his arms.
"That's when they'll come." he says.
"Now..." he felt a smile tug on the corners of his mouth.
"Can one of you please go tell my children to stop eavesdropping." he says. Mathew gets up and walks over to the door.
"Whats's going on Wash?" Idaho whispers, nearly on-top of him. About 40 states were crowded around the door to their father's office listening for what their brother was hearing.
Washington pressed his ear closer against the door.
"Okay. Uncle Matt said that the countries want to see us." he says.
"And what is dad saying? Is he freaking out." Penny asks trying to push through. She gets an assortment of "shh's" aimed at her.
"He's... gonna let them!" he says in shock.
"What?!" Maine exclaimed.
"SHHHH!"
She blushed and sunk a bit in.
"Uncle Matt's coming!" he said in a whisper yell. They all back up and start to scatter, but then Mathew opened the door an saw them all.
He smiled and crossed his arms.
"What are you kids doing?"
"Uhhh..."
Bel went over and closed the door.
"Alfred-"
"Natalia." he cut her off. She turned to him.
"Do you really think this is the best thing for them. I mean they'll only get a week to prepare to meet everyone. And you out of anyone should know how some of them are. And I-"
Alfred leaned in and kissed her. She slowly paced her hands on his shoulders, letting herself fall into the embrace.
"You worry too much." he says once he pulls away. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on-top of her's.
She blushed and looked away from him, but didn't pull away from his embrace.
"I just... care about them..." she mumbles. Al let out a throaty laugh.
"Why haven't I married you yet..." he sighs. She smiles and pushed him away.
"Because our political leaders don't find it beneficial." she says as she walks over to the picture wall and looks at the picture of her and Alaska together when he was still smaller then her.
"But what about you. Would you find it beneficial?"
Bel turned around.
"Would Natalia find it beneficial?"
"Are... you asking me to marry you?..." she asked him.
"Yeah... I think I am."
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