American Daddy 10

"Man, our date was awesome! The others probably had these really lame dates planned. Too bad for them. I'll try not laugh when they get voted off." Gilbert grinned, crossing his arms as he nodded to himself. He was quickly shoved aside by Vash, who pointed to himself.

"He definitely had the most fun with me. He was laughing the whole time!...Except when I took that cheap shot at paint ball…" Yao stood off to the side with his arms crossed over his chest, shaking his head.

"It is obvious that he will choose me, aru. Aside from a great date, I'm going to completely write off that debt his people are so mad about."

Matthew sighed as they bragged about their dates to him. It figured that they would notice him now, when he least wanted it. He didn't even want to be there right now. He drummed his fingers on the table as he waited for Alfred to show up. He had tried calling him, but his phone was busy all night, and it wasn't on now. He looked around the room at the others, who were waiting.

Ivan and Ludwig were sitting quietly in their seats, waiting. It was impossible for him to determine what they were thinking. Ludwig's arms were crossed as he sat with a mildly irritated expression on his face. Ivan turned to look at Matthew, giving him that chillingly calm smile of his.

Matthew turned to look at Arthur, who wasn't nearly as quiet about his irritation.

"That git told us to be here an hour ago! I don't care if this is some kind of 'who can treat him the most like a princess' contest, it's poor manners to have us waiting like this! I have half a mind to-" He was cut off by a heavy hand landing on his shoulder.

"Half a mind to what?"

Matthew rolled his eyes as Alfred patted Arthur's shoulder and yawned as he moved to the front of the room. "Hey, Al-" Alfred cut Matthew off by holding up a hand.

"You're going to tell me who you picked, right? Then wait until I announce my decision." He cleared his throat as everyone else moved to their seats. "Well, guys. It's been an amazing week, and I have to applaud you. I was up all night trying to decide."

Matthew let his forehead hit the table. He was acting like one of the hosts on those terrible TV shows of his. Alfred took a breath and shook his head.

"Yeah, actually, I'm not going to tell you what I liked and didn't like. I'd be here all day and I want to go to bed. Prussia, I had a fun time, but you're out. I need a father for my children, and you come as more of the fun uncle type, you know? Yao, again, I had a great time. Please don't take this wrong, because my boss was lobbying very heavily for you, but I don't want to feel like a prostitute." He waved then motioned to the door, turning his head to the side to yawn.

Yao scowled as he got up, and stormed from the room.

Prussia blinked and scowled. "You don't know what you're missing!" He turned, heading out of the room. Alfred watched them go then looked at the others as he pushed a new set of schedules to them to distribute.

"You guys won my heart, and now it's the hard part. You have to win over my family. Starting with Vash, you'll be coming to have dinner at my house and meet some of my states. One of you will not make it through this round, and this time, I'm not the one you're trying to impress." He looked at Matthew, whose forehead was still on the table. "Alright Mattie! Who'd you pick?"

Matthew sighed as he sat up and pulled out a list.

"You'll be having dinner with New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, Indiana, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Louisiana. Also, some of them have decided that they'll be the ones cooking the dinner. New Jersey offered her house since it was closer than your home." He closed the list in his hand and looked at Alfred, who nodded.

He turned to the others. "There you have it! You have a tough crowd to impress. You have your schedules." He looked at Vash. "And I'll see you at 6. Mattie will give you directions." He yawned again and turned, heading out of the room.

Matthew looked at the others and frowned as he got up and wrote an address on the board."You can just Google it."

Author Note: Voting totals: Germany - 9

Russia – 7

Switzerland – 5

England – 5

Prussia – 3

China – 2

After the next round of dinner dates is posted, you will get to vote for one character to stay.