Family notes:
Arthur Kirkland Jones-Braginski (Alternate Universe version): Arthur was born in central London, being the youngest of four boys in all. Little was known about his mother other than that she was a crack addict as well as an alcoholic. Arthur's father left the Kirkland family a few months before Arthur was born, and wasn't around much to begin with. The first few years of Arthur's life were difficult. Because his mother wasn't fit to take care of him, his older brothers mostly did, despite disliking their baby brother. The care was limited though. Though he was never abused physically, Arthur was neglected in a sense, for his brothers were not adults and did not know how to truly care for a baby. For instance, he was underfed and it took him more time to learn to speak, and to walk. The day after he turned five, their mother died from overdose. Arthur and the third youngest, Dylan, were put into foster care, while the older two brothers Seamus and Allister were put into a boys home. Arthur was separated from his brothers, constantly moved around to home after home for the next year. Eventually Alfred and Ivan, who had wanted to adopt a child, were lucky enough to meet Arthur. They fell in love with the young British boy and instantly adopted him, bringing Arthur to America. It didn't take long for Arthur to grow close to his new "father" and "daddy". Currently Arthur writes to his brothers. Allister is married and living in Scotland, Seamus owns a store in Ireland and has a fiancee, and Dylan is going to college in Wales. Recently Arthur found out that his blood father lives in Manchester, England. He is married and has an eleven year old son, otherwise known as Arthur's half brother, Peter. Arthur has only met Peter once, but didn't get along with the kid. He does not consider himself related to his genetic father anyhow, so it didn't bother him much. He is very content with the life he has now.
Juan (Matthew's Cuban friend): Juan grew up in Cuba most of his life. His father worked for the government, and his mother had passed away from cancer when he was two. Juan lived in wealth, but was raised by harsh nannies who tended to him since his father was rarely home. Once he turned 18, Juan decided to smuggle himself out of communist Cuba, and go to the US. Because he had a lot of money, he was able to sneak himself out. Then he made a new life for himself in Washington DC. There, he met a nice young man a year younger than him by the name of Matthew Williams. After eating ice cream together, Mattie and Juan became best friends. They both went to College together as well, and are now both roommates living in a pretty nice house with a pool, only ten minutes away from Alfred and Ivan's house. One other thing; Juan and Alfred do not get along, mostly because Alfred thinks Juan is a bad influence on Matthew since he caught the Cuban smoking weed once.
Gilbert Beilschmidt: Gilbert was born in Germany to two middle class parents. He has an older brother named Ludwig, who is nine years older then himself. When Gilbert was two, his mother and father divorced. His mother left, and her whereabouts are unknown. Gilbert's grandfather then moved in to help his father raise the two boys. Gilbert's father then unexpectedly left as well, leaving the two boys in their rather strict grandfather's care. A few years later, Ludwig joined the military, leaving the household to just be Gilbert and his grandfather. They didn't get along well, but a few years later his grandfather got a job offer in America, so he moved them there. Ludwig eventually came back from the military and followed them to America as well. Gilbert is a good kid at heart, but he also often has rebellious streaks, and had been brought to jail for stupid little stunts more than once. Gilbert is also good friends with Arthur, and stops by on occasion. Ivan and Alfred don;t fully approve of Gilbert, but they do try to be nice.
Arthur and Juan's notes were requested, and then I added Gilbert's in there myself. Please feel free to request more family notes guys, these are fun to type! :D
Chapter 11:
Finally the day Alfred and Arthur had been waiting for arrived. Katyusha and Natalia were going back to Russia! Both sisters were sad to go. Natalia hugged Ivan at least five times, mostly too close and tight for comfort. Katyusha, as emotional as ever, kept crying and saying how much she was going to miss them all. She promised Arthur that she would send him more presents in the mail, and made him swear to "be a good boy for his daddies".
They all drove to the airport together, to see off the two Braginski sisters. Katyusha kissed them all once more. Surprisingly Natalia hugged Arthur lightly, and shook Alfred's hand. You could tell that she didn't enjoy shaking his hand because of the grimace on her face, but at least she was trying. Alfred smiled at her, white teeth glittering as he took Ivan's hand, resting the other hand on Arthur's shoulder.
"It's been a great visit! Come back any time, kay?" The American said. Arthur wasn't sure if he really meant it, but oh well.
"Oh we will! If I get that promotion I've been working for, then we'll probably save enough to come back next year for Christmas!" Katyusha said happily.
"Wonderful!" Ivan remarked. "We will be looking forward to it, my lovely sisters!"
"Well, I suppose we should get boarded on the plane. Bye bye, we'll miss you!" Katyusha said, waving and sniffling.
"Yes, goodbye brother, and farewell Arthur and Alfred." Natalia said, taking her sisters hand and leading her away. The family of three stood in their spots for a moment, waiting until the two woman were out of sight. Ivan then sighed, looking at his husband.
"Well, ready to go home?" He asked.
"Hmmm, I dunno" Alfred responded. "Hanging out in stuffy over crowded airports has it's ups and downs. What do you say Artie? Ready to go home?"
"I've been ready for over twenty minutes" Arthur said. "Come on, let's get out of here."
Once at home, the first thing Arthur did was wash his sheets and pillow cases. He didn't want Katyusha's feminine perfume-like scent to get on him. After all, school was tomorrow, and he couldn't go smelling like some girl. While his stuff was being washed, Arthur sat down and the living room, watching Dr. Who on Tv while working on some homework. Jazzy was curled up above his head on the sofa, purring contently. Alfred sat next to him with a laptop, working on company business. Ivan was in the kitchen working on dinner. Tonight was homemade pizza.
"God, I am SO happy that it's just us three now. Now Ivan and I can indulge on our nightly activities" Alfred said with a grin. Arthur rolled his eyes, setting his pencil aside as he read over the next question in his workbook.
"I honestly don't want to hear about you and father's so called activities. Honestly, don't you ever think of anything besides sex?"
"Of course I do!" Alfred claimed, the glowing of the computer screen reflecting from his glasses as he glanced up. "I think about you, I think about our pet kitty, I think about my website, I think about Mcdonalds...plenty of things!"
"Mhm...sure" Arthur agreed sarcastically, more so focusing on his homework once again. Only three more history questions to go!
"Awww, come on Art! I seriously don't think about 'fun time' every second of my life. I just can't but help enjoy nighttime because of it."
"Well some people don't enjoy hearing it. I think you should soundproof your walls. Actually, just soundproof the whole house."
"I'll take it into consideration" Alfred said with a wink.
"Please do" Arthur murmured, eyebrows drawn together in thought as he scribbled down an answer.
"Dinner is ready" Ivan called from the other room. "Whoever makes it to the kitchen first gets the last cup of chocolate milk!"
Seeing Alfred's devilish grin, Arthur immediately pet his books and papers aside, trying to make it to the kitchen before Alfred. Unfortunately Alfred cheated by grabbing the back of Arthur's shirt, sending the teen flying back onto the couch once again.
"I want the chocolate milk Ivan!" Alfred shouted, quickly pacing to the kitchen.
"No, give it to me! I deserve it more than he does!" Arthur yelled, right behind Alfred. He gave forth an extra burst of speed, making it so they both emerged in the kitchen at the same time.
"Hmmm, so it was a tie. Well, I suppose that means Arthur gets it then." Ivan said, passing it to his son.
"What?" Alfred asked disbelievingly. "But Ivaaaan! I'm your lover, your husband, and your motivator!"
"But I'm your guy's child right? So therefore I automatically get it." Arthur told him, sipping his drink with a satisfied smirk.
"Haha yeah, guess I can't argue there." Alfred agreed. "Well, let's eat dinner, shall we?"
...^J^...
Once dinner was eaten, Arthur went back out to finish his homework. Alfred joined him on the couch once again, and this time Ivan came out as well, deciding to get caught up on some of his company paperwork. It was nice that Ivan and Alfred both made so much money. Even though Alfred worked at McDonald's for fun, it really wasn't because they had money issues. Alfred only had the job to get out of the house more, since he worked with his website from home.
Before Arthur was about to go to bed, he was stopped by Alfred.
"Come with me Artie. Today was the last day of your grounding, so you can have your computer back now. It's up in me and Ivan's room."
Arthur was happy that he was finally free once again. Well, free in a sense. He still had to do most of whatever Ivan and Alfred asked of him, but at least no crazy chores for awhile!
"Thank you!" Arthur said once his computer was handed back to him. "Well, I'm off to bed. Finally, I don;t have to sleep on the couch! Well, good night!" With that, he then scurried off to his bedroom. He felt vaguely annoyed at hearing Alfred chuckle as he left.
Once he was alone in is room, Arthur laid back on his bed. Yes, it was so nice to sleep on a mattress again! While laying on his bed. Arthur opened his laptop and proceeded to search on ways to get back. Now that his Aunts were gone he could focus on what his main task had been in the first place; to go back to his real world. Arthur may have been starting to get comfortable here, but that didn't mean he had completely forgotten his life as a nation. Ivan and Alfred were pretty much convinced that he was almost normal again, and the doctor had agreed when he was at his appointment yesterday.
"Well, perhaps I can look online for some spells...there has to be something about switching universes." Arthur murmured to himself, becoming engrossed with his work. He came upon a black magic site that looked pretty reliable, but sadly it said that you had to spend 5$ to view each spell. Honestly, what bullshit! He then clicked on another site that was titled, 'Feel the magic' but then quickly exited out of it because it brought him to some weird porno site. Eventually he gave up for the night once again, sighing in defeat as he went to bed.
...^J^...
The next day at school, Arthur was pleased to know that Gilbert wasn't upset with him. Quite the contrary in fact. Apparently after Arthur and Kiku had left, Gilbert, Antonio, and Francis were all caught by the police. Each teen was in quite a serious amount of trouble since they had also been discovered for getting into the alcohol. Gilbert was now grounded for quite sometime, and Arthur assumed that the other two were as well.
"We should have listened to you...now my grandfather took away my x-box...stupid old man. I searched all over for it yesterday, but I can't find it! He must be hiding it somewhere knew." Gilbert mused as he explained what had happened to Arthur.
"Wow, that really sucks. My grounding ended last night, luckily. I have my laptop and stuff back, and now I don't have to go to bed at seven every night!" Arthur told him smugly.
"Dammit your lucky! Grandfather has Ludwig watching me like a hawk at school! I mean seriously, look!" Gilbert said, jerking his thumb towards their teacher's desk. Sure enough, Ludwig sat there squinting in their direction, watching Gilbert's every move.
"Jeez, that's sort of creepy" Arthur mumbled, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. That was the way that the rest of Algebra went as.
"Oh yeah, I'm even not allowed to eat lunch in the cafeteria! I'm supposed to eat here with mein stupid bruder!" Gilbert snarled quietly. "It's going to suck, big time!"
"Ouch. Having lunch with Ludwig..how terrible" Arthur said sympathetically.
"You know, Luddie did say that I could have a friend eat with us." Gilbert said, glancing at Arthur with an expectant look. It took a moment for Arthur to realize what Gilbert was suggesting before shaking his head wildly.
"Er...no thank you. I'd really rather eat in the cafeteria." He said quickly.
"Aw, c'mon! It's going to suck being all alone! Your supposed to be my pal, aren't you? I would eat with you if our roles were switched!" Gilbert begged. It took a few minutes of persisting before Arthur finally gave in.
"Fine, dammit! But I wont be happy about it!" Arthur spat.
"Ksesese! Thanks Arthur, your the best!" Gilbert said, clapping the Brit on the back.
"You just owe me big time" Arthur told him.
...^J^...
Arthur was really wishing that he hadn't given into Gilbert's begging by the time lunch came around. Mr. Beilschmidt had pulled four desks together in the middle of the classroom. Apparently Mr. Vargas was eating with them too. Arthur didn't know a lot about the Alternate version of Northern Italy, but form what he had heard, Feliciano was the guardian of his little brother Romano, who was in the same grade as Arthur. He also remembered Antonio saying that he had a crush on "Lovi", as he called South Italy, but that was besides the point.
Feliciano looked the same way he normally did, only he was wearing a black dress shirt and a neon blue tie. From what Arthur heard around the school, Mr. Vargas as one of the favorite teachers. Well, maybe he would be able to break some of the tension with Mr. Beilschmidt.
"Glad to see that you both made it on time." Mr. Beilschmidt said once Arthur and Gilbert arrived there.
"Veee, I'm glad that we all get to have lunch together!" Mr. Vargas added.
"Yeah, yeah, let's just get this over with." Gilbert grumbled, plopping into the seat across from Mr. Vargas. Unfortunately that meant Arthur was to sit across from Mr. Beilschmidt.
Things got awkward very fast. Mr. Beilschmidt slowly opened his paper bag lunch, which consisted of raw potatoes and wurst. Feliciano had a plate of pasta, all nice and warm since he'd used the teacher's lounge microwave. Gilbert and Arthur had both gotten school lunch, so they each had a slice of pizza. Arthur had a carton of chocolate milk though, while Gilbert had coffee milk.
A few minutes passed silently.
"...Er...so..." Ludwig said, clearing his throat awkwardly. "Does anyone want some wurst? I packed a bit extra..."
"Yeah, I'll have some! Vee" Mr. Vargas sang. "Because you made it Luddie, so that makes it special!"
Mr. Beilschmidt turned a dark shade of red as Mr. Vargas ate off his plate. Gilbert snickered, and Arthur couldn't help but chuckle as well.
After that the lunch wasn't too awkward. Then after that the rest of the day went by smoothly. Arthur was walking home today, mostly since it was so nice out. The air was fresh and crisp, and the sun was beaming down brightly. Once Arthur got home, he was a little confused that Ivan's car was in the driveway. Wasn't he supposed to be working? When Arthur got inside, his stomach felt a tad bit uneasy when he saw both of his parents sitting on the couch, arms folded.
"Arthur, sit down right now young man! We need to have a talk." Ivan told him.
Good god, what had he done now? Arthur did a quick mental checklist. He hadn't remembered doing anything wrong. Unless...they found out about the alcohol? Oh dear lord, he certainly hoped not.
"What did I do?" He asked instantly, taking a seat on the recliner chair.
"Well, I wouldn't say wrong exactly, we're just a little freaked out." Alfred finally spoke. Arthur felt a bit better at that statement. It wasn't about the alcohol then.
"What then?" He asked, eager to get this over with.
"We're concerned about what you've been doing on the internet. See, I was on your laptop earlier, and I just happened to click on your history, and then I came across these weird black magic sites, and this creepy black magic porn site. That gives us two questions...one, why the hell were you looking up black magic? I thought you were growing out of your Harry Potter obsessed phase. Second, why were you watching black magic porn? I didn't even know that type of porn existed! I know that your a teenage boy and all, but you shouldn't look up that kind of stuff!" Alfred said all in one breath.
Arthur felt several emotions at once. First was anger at the fact that Alfred had looked at his history, and had used his laptop. Then he felt embarrassed. He hadn't actually went on the website, it was just a weird link thingy! And then he felt annoyance for Ivan and Alfred acting so freaked out. After all, they were the ones who never shut up about their sex life!
"Ugh, I was looking up spells!" He explained. "I didn't know that one of the sites would bring me to that disgusting stuff. I can assure you that I didn't watch it."
"Are you sure?" Ivan asked.
"Yes" Arthur said in exasperation.
"Thank goodness. Alright then, that settles things." Alfred said, instantly smiling once again.
"Yes, I feel much better." Ivan added.
"I have a question. Why the hell were you on my laptop in the first place? You have your own! And why check my history?" Arthur snapped at Alfred.
"Well my own laptop froze, and I needed to get something submitted to my site!' Alfred defended himself. "And then I was opening a new tab and I thought it would be funny to see what you had last been doing on it...sorry, I admit that I shouldn't have done it, but still!"
"Well, everything ended fine so no need to worry." Ivan said.
The tense atmosphere had then been broken, but Arthur still felt a bit embarrassed. Gosh, Alfred and Ivan could be such protective guardians!
a/n: I was having a lazy day today, and then after reading my reviews I was inspired to type! Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed. I love all of you guys! I know that Monday nights/Tuesday mornings can be boring, so now you'll have a chapter to read!
By the way, any other characters you want me to add into the story? Feel free to say so!