YES~! Two (not one, but TWO) snow days in a row~! I'm super excited.

I don't know what to say about this chapter. All I want to say is that one of my reviewers, tamiki-kun, told me about her friend that died from a blood clot. Tamiki-kun, I am so, so sorry for your loss. While I have never lost a friend, I can relate through loosing a few family members. RIP Alyssa. This chapter is dedicated to you. :)

Anyway, enjoy~

Sealand bounded down the hallway trying to make his way back to the waiting room where the two elder nations were waiting for him. After using the restroom, he must have made a wrong turn and was now wandering aimlessly around the building. He would be upset that he had gotten himself lost, but he was bored like many kids would be in his situation and decided to use the opportunity to have an adventure. Well, as much of an adventure one could have in a hospital.

Rounding a corner he found himself in a children's ward. It was not like the waiting room in the emergency room, though. The walls were painted bright colors and the rug was a bright white. Children's games and toys filled the waiting area and a few kids were using the various items left for them. Sealand, still unsure of where he even was ventured further into the room.

"Hello," a voice greeted him. Sealand looked up to see an older woman with a kind face looking down at him. Her smile was kind, but it seemed almost fake in a way. As though she had been working around kids too long and the fake smile was forever ingrained on her face. "How are you?" she asked the smile never wavering.

"Uh... I'm fine," Sealand replied just a little uneasy.

The woman stared at him for a moment. Then her eyes widened and her smiled wavered for just a moment. "Ah," she said, "You're the new Sun Shine Child aren't you?"

"The what?" Sealand asked confused.

"Yes, you are," the woman continued not hearing or just choosing to ignore Sealand's question, "Your shift started ten minutes ago. But you're new so you must have forgotten, right? Now come on and let's get you changed. You're going to be watching the children today. That's what you're signed up for, right?"

"But wait! I'm not-" Sealand started but was not heard by the woman who had already taken his arm and was dragging him to the bathroom. The woman's bathroom.

The two entered the room. Sealand closed his eyes, trying to be respectful, and let the woman guide him. The restroom had two parts to it. There was a sitting part with a closet and then there was the actual bathroom with three stalls and two sinks. She stopped at the closet and pulled an outfit out. As she went to hand the uniform to him she noticed his eyes were closed. "Open your eyes, girl," she said, "You'll never be able to work with them closed."

Sealand went to open his eyes but paused as he realized something. She had called him 'girl.' He slowly opened his eyes the rest of the way and looked up at a pink dress with little red stripes on it. He almost gasped in horror. This woman thought he was a girl and there was no way he was going to be able to get out of having to wear this dress. America was never going to let him hear the end of this if he ever caught him.

"Now, go get changed," the woman urged, "Come on! We don't have all day." She shoved the uniform at him and pushed him into the empty handicap stall. Sealand stood there for a moment unsure of what to do. He could tell that the woman had not walked away, so there was no possible way to escape. Slowly removing his clothing he put the dress on, hoping it was the right way. He planned to run when the woman had her back turned-and try to get the dress off before America or Canada saw him.

"Now come on," the woman said grabbing Sealand's arm as he emerged from the stall with his discarded clothing in hand. He was wearing the pink with red striped dress along with white knee socks. The woman stopped and pulled a pink bow from her pocket. She removed Sealand's cap and placed the bow on his head and then continued on. Needless to say, poor Sealand was mortified.

The woman led Sealand into a large room that was similar to the waiting room. The only difference was that there were many children all dressed in white gowns playing with more toys than the waiting room had to offer. There were also video games on small computers, but most kids were playing a board game in the center of the room.

Sealand stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do. "Go on," the woman urged her smile not wavering, but her voice sounding irked. Sealand looked up at the woman and blinked beginning to grasp the idea that she wanted him to play with the children. Slowly and unsure he walked to where the kids were playing a board game.

"Uh... What's ya playing?" Sealand asked looking down on the eight kids.

Two looked up at him. One smiled, the other did not. "We're playing Monopoly," the girl who was smiling replied, "Wanna play?"

Sealand, unsure of how to answer looked back at where the woman was standing. She was gone and had left the room. Through the glass, Sealand could see her face the door and pull out a set of keys. There was a clicking sound and Sealand knew that she had locked the door. "S... Sure," he said thinking that was what the woman would have wanted him to do.

"You do know how to play, right?" the frowning boy asked. Sealand nodded. The small nation looked down at the board wondering what kind of Monopoly it was. To his surprise it was a world version of Monopoly! Glancing at the box, it read, 'The game of fast paced buying and selling: World Monopoly! Buy and sell your favorite countries!' Sealand smiled a wicked smile and grabbed a piece. He knew he was going to have fun with this.

"Mr. Kirkland is out of surgery. He's resting in his room," a nurse informed America and Canada, "You can go see him now, but as usual please be quiet. The surgery was a success, by the way."

"Thank you," Canada replied as he and America stood up to go to England's room. The two walked down the hall and shuffled into England's room where he was still asleep from the anesthetic. His arm was wrapped in a new cast and his breathing was regular.

"His temperature is 100.1," the nurse who had followed them in said, "He should be alright." With that, she turned and walked out of the room leaving the two men with the sleeping nation.

America sat down first followed by Canada. "I hope we can take him home soon," America whispered unsure of what else to say.

Canada nodded. "Shortly, I think," he replied, "But where are we going to take him? He can't go home yet. He's still got to recover from this."

"My house," America said as though the answer was obvious. Canada looked up at him with surprise. "My house is as good as any," America explained, "And, like you said, we can't let him go home yet. I was thinking that he could stay with me until Christmas. We could fly back to his house before Christmas Eve so we could spend the holiday at his house like he wanted."

Canada thought for a moment pondering the idea. "That's a pretty good idea," Canada said after thinking for a moment. "Peter and I will spend another week here. Then we will probably go home and meet you guys for Christmas."

America nodded and the two sat with the last comment hanging over their heads for a few moments. Then both their heads snapped up at the same time and they locked eyes. "Where is Peter?" they asked at the same time.

"And now I own England," Sealand said dramatically, "That jerk is all mine!"

"Will you trade England for France?" a girl asked, "I'll also add a thousand dollars."

"Heck no!" Sealand exclaimed, "I've been waiting all my life to finally have one over on that jerk! Now I own him! He's mine and there's no way I'm giving this up!"

"Uh... You do know this is just a game, right?"

"A game that I'm winning!"

Sealand had been playing the Monopoly game for about an hour now and was getting more and more competitive. He owned most of the available countries and already five people had been knocked out of the game. Only Sealand and the two children who had looked up at him were left. The others had run off to play other games.

"Forget it," the sour faced boy said throwing down his money, "I'm sick of you. You act like the countries are real people or something." With that he stood up and walked away towards the stuffed animals.

"He's right," the girl said gently placing her money on the board, "You're a little too competitive. I think I'm going to go play a different game."

"Wait," Sealand said as she began to stand up. The girl turned around to look at him. "I guess I have been a little too competitive," he admitted, "We can pack up. Sorry about that."

The girl smiled. "It's Ok," she said, "We get a lot of kids who get over competitive. You're just the most funny!" She bent down to help Sealand put the game back in the box.

"Thanks," Sealand said, "By the way, what do other... Er... Sunny whatever children people do?"

"Many tell us stories," the girl replied taking the box and placing it back on the shelf. She paused and turned to look at Sealand. "Do you have any good stories to tell us?"

Sealand paused taking the moment to examine the young girl. She looked no older than ten and even might have been a stretch. She had very short dark brown hair and green eyes. She looked at Sealand with much innocence. "Yeah, I have a few," Sealand smiled, "Oh and What's your name?"

"Sam!" She exclaimed, "I'll go tell the others it's story time!" At that, she trotted over to where the other children were. Although the girl looked young, she was probably the oldest of all the other children there. This was further proved when they all actually did listen to her and gathered around Sealand for a story. Sealand smiled at the girl and sat down on the floor to tell his story.

"Have you seen a little boy? About ye high with dirty blonde hair, thick eyebrows, and blue eyes?" America asked the nurse. He had taken off to try to find the small nation who was apparently lost to the two older nations.

The woman went to shake her head but paused. "Well, I saw a little girl with that description." She commented pondering the situation.

America's eyes widened. "Was he... She... Wearing a blue cap and a blue and white sailor's outfit?"

"The kid was wearing a blue cap and a pink Sun Shine Child dress," the woman told him, "He or she went to play with the children in the play room down that hallway." America nodded a thank you and took off down the corridor.

He reached the next nurses station after following the not-so-straight hallway. One of the nurses looked up at him. She pasted a fake smile on her face as he walked over. "Have you seen my bro-" he began. But he had looked up and was staring through the glass window and into the play room. There was Sealand sitting on the floor with a small boy on his lap. The best part? He was in a dress.

"What?" the woman asked her voice sounded annoyed but her smile did not go away.

"That's my little brother," America answered pointing to Sealand trying to keep from laughing. The woman turned around and looked at where America was pointing.

"No, that's the new Sun Shine Child," she answered.

"No... That's my little brother," America corrected. He smiled even more. "Let me guess. You thought he was a girl and slapped him into a dress because you were more or less desperate for some kid to play with the other little kids?" America paused and looked into the woman's stricken face. "It's Ok," he said, "I just need to get the story straight."

"Come with me," the woman said shortly standing up and walking over to where the playroom was. She unlocked the door and walked in.

"... And that is why Sealand is the most amazing nation on Earth and will take over the world one day. And that is also why England is a jerk." Sealand smiled at the children before looking up at whoever had come through the door. His eyes widened in horror. "Oh... Uh.. Hi, Al... Um... I can explain?" Sealand stammered putting the small boy down on the floor and standing up.

America wanted to laugh, but also did not want to add to Sealand's embarrassment. "Come on 'Pat'," he said trying to play along with the Sealand-is-a-girl joke. He grabbed Sealand's arm and rushed him out the door as he muttered a "Goodbye" to all the other children.

When the two had escaped both the kids and the weird woman down the hall America stopped to catch his breath. He looked down at Sealand and burst out laughing.

"Stop it!" Sealand cried, "It's not what it looks like! I was tricked. Or better, I was kidnapped. They kidnap people in New York, Al! They kidnap little boys and put them in dresses! New York is scary, Al!"

America chuckled a little at the small nation. "Let's just get you changed. I grabbed your clothes for you," he said, "Arthur's out of surgery and is doing well." He brought Sealand out to where the front desk of the Children's Hospital was. America turned to the woman at the desk who was staring at them. "Where can we put this dress when he's changed?" America asked her.

"Just give it to me," the woman said looking at Sealand, "Edna made a mistake again, didn't she? Please excuse her; her eyesight is very bad but she refuses to wear glasses!"

"It's Ok," America chuckled as Sealand walked towards the bathrooms. "He didn't mind. Honestly, I think he enjoyed himself. His brother is in the hospital at the moment so I think he got a little bored. At least his first trip to New York was memorable!"

The woman laughed with America as he glanced up to make sure Sealand was hurrying along. "Sealand," he said flatly when he saw where Sealand was walking, "That's the girl's room."

"It is? Oh..."

And there is my present to you. Some Sealand crack.

And I SUCK at writing straight up romance. So the next chapter will suck pretty bad Dx

No, Sam is not a love interest. She's about 9-ish and is an OC I came up with in, like 2 seconds.
Anyway, Edna is my Grandma's name xP She's not blind like this Enda, but I needed an old person name xP

And so, review if you can~