Chapter 11

We drove into the town and Alfred looked out the window in amazement. He was just happy to be here. Anna was grinning widely while Matthew and I just smiled. Anna had been to Canada when she was younger, but never to Liverpool. It was a nice little town with a river running through it and near the ocean. We pulled up to the house we were going to be staying in and I grinned. It was an older house with a porch on the second floor and right next to a slope that led down to a rock beach. Across the street was a park with a light house that had cannons in front of it. Anna looked around smiling while Alfred didn't seem surprised. Then again he had probably already been here. We parked behind the house and walked up to a porch that sat above the garage. Matthew unlocked the back door and we walked into a small mudroom.

"This is amazing Matthew." I said smiling as I walked further into the house. I entered a kitchen area and could see the dining room through a swinging door. I walked into the hallway where I could see a staircase that had multiple landings. Past that was a sitting room and past that a living room with doors leading to the lawn. I walked up the stairs as Anna and the rest walked into the hallway. Matthew laughed and quickly followed after me. Anna and Alfred stayed down stairs as we looked around upstairs. There were two bathrooms, one with a both a toilet and a bathtub and one with just a toilet and sink. Another door was on the wall next to them that led to the main bedroom and another door on the wall across from it leading to the attic.

"I should probably show you where you're staying with Anna." Matthew said grabbing my hand to keep me from wandering away from him. I pouted, but allowed him to tug me away from the attic. We walked down a short hallway and into a nice room. It had twin beds with a bedside table between them and a bureau. A door led to the second floor porch and to a closet.

"This is awesome Matthew. Thanks so much. I haven't been to Canada for a year or so now." I said smiling and looking out the window between the two beds. He chuckled and nodded opening the door to the porch.

"The view is better from out here." He said holding the door open for me. I walked out and he shut the door behind him. I could out to the ocean from up here and down the street. Alfred and Anna were on the downstairs porch and Anna waved.

"Hey Canadian! You enjoying yourself there?" She asked. I nodded and spun around taking in all the sites. In front of me was the ocean, dark grey and beautiful, to the left of me was the park while to the right of me was a bog and beyond that a forest. Hedges separated the property from the bog and I could see one of the neighbor's houses. Matthew stood beside me and was watching me from the corner of his eye. I had a smile on my face and couldn't stop breathing deeply. I was so happy to be here where you could see so many stars at night and see the ocean without having to worry about people being on the beach because it was rock.

"This Anna is why I love to come here during the summer. It's not boiling hot, it's not that humid, though it can be, and it's not overly noisy." I said looking down at her. Alfred had his arms crossed and was muttering about how I wasn't this happy to see his house while Anna was putting away her cell phone. I gave her a weird look, but she just smiled. I shrugged and turned to Matthew who was smiling and petting Kumajiro. I smiled at him and he blushed, but smiled back none the less. I turned back to look at the ocean not seeing Matthew pull out his camera and snap a photo until the flash went off. I blinked and turned to face him.

"What was that?" I asked crossing my arms. He just shrugged and tucked the camera into his sweatshirt pocket. I raised an eyebrow, but he just smiled and pulled me back inside leaving the door open for Kumajiro. We joined Alfred and Anna downstairs in the kitchen to decide what to do for dinner.

"I say we go to McDonalds!" Alfred exclaimed. "I really need a burger yo." He continued rubbing his stomach. Anna wrinkled her nose while I rolled my eyes and Matthew let out a sigh.

"There's a McDonald's across the river across the street from the Tim Horton's [1]. If you want some you'll have to go get it yourself Al." Matthew said. Al shrugged and walked out the front door yelling he'd be back. The door shut and we just shook our heads.

"We could always make something." I suggested.

"But what Canadian? Canadian food?" Anna asked. Matthew and I sighed and looked at each other.

"Do you want to eat poutine for dinner?" I asked leaning against the counter.

"What's poutine?" Anna asked.

"It's basically French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds. And it is yummy." I told her grinning. Matthew nodded and looked around in the refrigerator.

"First things first, we need more food." He said. He turned to us. "Do you two want to come with me eh?" He asked. Anna nodded, but I shook my head.

"I'll stay here and wait for Alfred. You go with Matthew Anna." I said waving them out the door. Anna gave me a suspicious look as did Matthew.

"You sure Canadian?" Anna asked. I nodded and they looked at each before shrugging and walking out the back door. I heard the car start up and drive onto the road and away from the house. I grabbed my bag and Anna's bag from the mudroom and took them upstairs into our room. I took the bed on the same wall as the doors to the porch while Anna had the one on the opposite wall.

"Well, this should be an interesting 2 weeks. Hopefully Scotland won't appear randomly….. or France. That would be bad, very bad." I mumbled playing with my cell phone.

*Anna's P.O.V.*

I sat in the passenger's seat of Canada's car thinking. Olivia seemed happy to be here and that was probably the most I've seen her smile in awhile. She's been talking a lot more too. I glanced out the window at the town we were passing through and could see why she liked it. It wasn't overly developed with skyscrapers, the tallest buildings were only 4 stories high, if that. You could see the ocean and there was a river running through the place. We drove across a bridge and came into a more developed part with a hotel, McDonald's, Tim Horton's, and other little places. I could see what looked like a grocery store and assumed that's where we were going.

"How long have you known Olivia Anna?" Canada suddenly asked. I looked over to him and shrugged.

"We went to the same middle school, but we didn't really become friends until 9th grade. We had the same art class and after she read Hetalia we got along even better. We've stuck together since then, going to different cons, hanging out with each other over the summer and she and another friend formed a paranormal group and I belong to that. We've both had ups and downs and she's lost friends on occasion, but we somehow managed to stay friends. Maybe because we both love to cosplay, love art, love to write and watch anime." I said. Canada blinked surprised before nodding and smiling.

"You two are close friends, it's hard not to see that. I, I'm glad she has someone like you to keep her going. From what I can tell she's not always smiling, laughing and talking." He paused and pulled into a spot in te grocery store parking. "I don't want you two to separate, but what if she wanted to stay here instead of continuing on with touring the world. That's a lot of planes and driving." He continued. I nodded and pondered that possibility. She could want to stay here, it was a high possibility since she loved Canada (the country, not the person.) and hated planes.

"I don't know what I would do. I'm more talkative around her too sometimes when we aren't being all awkward at times and we balance each other out too. She's louder than I am, but I'm more talkative than she is. We're both dark in our clothing and have different ways of looking at things." I said before shrugging. "Maybe have Scotland kidnap her in the middle of the night." I said jokingly. Matthew chuckled at that thought and we got out of the car. 'What would happen if she stayed here with Canada? I-I'm not sure I'd be happy leaving her here and continuing on to Europe without her.' I thought before running after Canada. He pointed out different things like how everything was in both English and French and the different snacks and such that he had. We picked out food and soon were checking out.

"I didn't mean to bring up anything that upset you Anna." Canada mumbled as we put the groceries in the car. I turned to him to laugh.

"Nah, it's fine. I guess I just needed something to think about. This place was awesome by the way." I said grinning. He nodded smiling back and we got back into the car to head back to the house. I just hoped Olivia wasn't doing anything she'd regret when we got home.

*Olivia's P.O.V.*

I lay on the second floor porch staring the cloudy sky. Alfred was leaning against the railing also staring at the sky. He had finished his multiple burgers surprisingly quickly when he got home. His fries were still downstairs, but his drink had been consumed.

"So Mattie and Anna ditched you for groceries? Dude, that's harsh." Alfred said looking at me. I rolled my eyes at him as he climbed onto the railing and began to walk around.

"They didn't ditch me, I just didn't want to go. And you shouldn't be talking, you ditched all of us for McDonalds." I said sitting up to watch him better. I'd never forgive myself if he fell and I didn't see it. That and Matthew would kill me for not watching him. Alfred shrugged and jumped off the railing.

"I needed McDonalds badly dude, so I ran off to get it. Did you stay here to spend some quality time with the hero?" Alfred questioned grinning at me. I chuckled and shrugged. He pouted and sat down next to me.

"Who do you think would win in a wrestling match? You or Matthew?" I suddenly asked. Alfred pursed his lips and grinned.

"Well the hero of course. Though it'd be bad if I hurt my brother." He responded. I rolled my eyes at him and chuckled again.

"Who'd win in a wrestling match between us?" I asked my eyes sparkling. He turned to me smirking.

"You do not want to come at me." He said smirking his eyes sparkling mischievously too. I smirked back and got right into his face.

"What if I do?" I questioned. He just smirked and shook his head.

"Well, we'd have to see who'd win then. Though I have some problems going against a girl." He was cut off by me tackling him. He was on his back looking up at me as I grinned down at him. I blew hair out of my face and snickered.

"What was that about going against a girl?" I said. He smirked and shoved me onto my back.

"That you would lose because I'm going easy on you and because you're a girl." He said. I frowned and tackled him to the side. We rolled around thankfully avoiding the furniture and we alternated between pinning the other. We failed to notice that a car had pulled into the driveway and Anna and Matthew were getting out. I was sitting on Alfred's back as he struggled to move. After another minute he rolled underneath of me and turned the situation around so he was pinning me to the ground.

"What are you two doing?" Someone questioned from the door way. We looked over to the door to see Anna and Matthew standing there staring at us. Alfred shrugged as I pushed against him.

"We're wrestling and the hero is of course winning." Alfred said grinning. I glared at him and shoved him off. He landed on his back just after Anna took a picture.

"Dude, not cool." Alfred complained sitting up on his elbows. I snickered and sat up crossing my legs beneath me. I looked over to Anna and Matthew to see Matthew looking over her shoulder watching her type something on her cell phone. She grinned at me and I looked at her blankly just knowing who she was likely texting.

"You're sending that picture to Scotland, aren't you?" I asked glaring at her phone. She just grinned and looked at Alfred as if waiting for something. He sat up and looked back at her.

"What are ya starin' at Anna?" He asked before pulling out his cell phone as it vibrated. Anna began to chuckle as Matthew and I just stared at her. "Hey Scotty dude, what's up?" Alfred said into the phone. We couldn't hear what Scotland said back, but I assumed he either insulted Alfred or threatened him from the fact that Alfred began to laugh nervously.

"Dude, we were just wrestling, chill out. It's not like I was hurting her or something." Alfred said finally standing up. Matthew held out a hand to me and I grabbed it so he could help me up. I turned to Alfred and held out my hand.

"Let me talk to him." I said. He shrugged and handed the phone to me. I held it to my ear to hear Scotland muttering darkly under his breath. "What are you muttering about Scotland?" I questioned sitting down on one of the chairs. Anna plopped down next to me and leaned close to listen in on my conversation.

"Eh, lass, how did ya get the phone?" Scotland asked sounding annoyed.

"Got it from Alfred of course. What are you yelling at him about?" I responded sending an agitated glance at Anna who just shrugged. Alfred leaned over my shoulder also listening in as Matthew sat on my other side.

"What yer ye doin' with Al earlier lass? Wrestling?" Scotland asked. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"Yes, we were wrestling when Anna took that picture so don't you start with me. He said he'd go easy on my because I was a girl so I wanted to prove him wrong." I said with hand motions, but of course only Anna, Matthew and Alfred could see them which made them laugh. I stuck my tongue out at them as Scotland laughed.

"So, if I were t' insult you like that would ye wrestle with me too?" Scotland said. I could just hear him smirking and I blushed at the implied situation.

"Shut up you stupid git." I growled. He just laughed even harder and I could hear someone talking in the background. He stopped laughing even to yell something back at the person.

"Scotland, who are you talking to? You're supposed to be working you idiot." The British accent was distinct and I began to chuckle.

"Iggy! He's talking to me." I said grinning. Anna's face lit up and she leaned closer to listen better.

"Ah, Olivia, of course, but then why does the caller I.D. say Alfred?" England asked. Scotland was muttering again as he put his phone on speaker.

"Because I'm using Alfred's phone. I'm going to put you on speaker phone now." I said before looking at the phone. "Um, Alfred, how do you use speaker phone?" I questioned looking up at Alfred. He grinned and pressed a button and we all could hear England and Scotland talking.

"Hi Arthur!" Anna said grinning. I held in chuckles as England chuckled.

"Hello Anna, how is C-Canada? Yes, how is everything going in Canada?" England asked politely, but we could hear a smile in his voice. Scotland sniggered at him and we heard a smacking noise.

"Oi, don't hit me!" Scotland yelled. We burst out laughing and Scotland growled at us.

"Don't be so ignorant and I wouldn't have to hit you." England responded. Anna smiled and took the phone from walking away. Alfred went after her to make sure that she didn't kill his beloved phone leaving Matthew and I on the porch.

"Well, we should start dinner, now should we eh? Anna will be hungry once she's done talking to them." Matthew said. I nodded and we walked to the kitchen avoiding Anna who was dodging Alfred's grabbing hands for his cell phone.

"Let's just hope she doesn't make England come over, we just ditched them." I said chuckling. Matthew nodded and fed Kumajiro before we got started on dinner. The next 2 weeks would be very fun.

Author's Notes:

[1] Tim Horton's – It's like Starbucks, but it's only in Canada and up north in Maine. It is very good with food and coffee. It's something I go to whenever I go up north.

Wow, this was fun to write. It was sort of a description chapter though for the house and town where they'll be staying while in Canada. I decided to put Scotland and England in the chapter even just briefly because it's fun. This is a very real town as I mentioned last chapter and I spend my summers here when I can. It's a lovely place where fog rolls in every night and you can walk around and not really worry because the town is small and everyone knows each other. So they'll be doing a lot of different things and such.

I want to thank everyone who added this story to their favorites and subscription lists. It means so much to me and makes me smile whenever I see them in my email. Plus it makes me want to publish faster. Eleven chapters and we're not even in Europe yet! Phew, this is going to be a very long story… maybe. *winks* I got to school not next week, but the week after that, so things may slow down a bit depending on homework load and stuff.