discliamer: APH does not belong to me

sorry for the late update, it has been raining where I live...and well it's just the perfect reading weather for me (Night though, was a heart breaking book)..but the rain's side effect for me is usually a WRITER'S BLOCK. ;A; so pardon if this chapter is crappy, I'm trying to recover... ;A; so please leave a comment/ review...pm me to clear up some parts of the story

It was a rainy day again in London. The November sky was dark and grey, hiding the azure sky or the midnight blue sky. Alice Kirkland did not keep track of time anymore. She smiled to herself as she looked around her room. It was dimly lit, a small light coming from her night stand. She let out another laugh as a fairy sat on her shoulder, whispering stories.

" I must be soo pathetic right now" she said loudly and she lifted her arm. She shifted to her side and flinched. That's when the mint bunny came. He lightly hugged Alice's bandaged covered arm. Alice forced a smile. "I'm fine" she muttered. Even though the fairies aren't educated in modern technologies, they knew that when the beeping sound that came from the flashing screen sounds irregular, they had to get Northern Ireland. They worried as Alice's dark eye circles got darker and she got paler. They refused to leave the girl alone, insisting that something may happen. They all sat around her, that is until Conner came into the room with a phone in his hands. Alice turned to her head to him and looked away "I don't want to talk to any-"

" It's Kiku" he interrupted. She quickly turned her head to him, but the sudden movement made her head spin. She covered her face with her left hand. She let out a scowl.

" I'm not talking to anyone with the bloody ECG beeping" she said. Conner shook his head. "We have to keep that on sis" he said urging the phone to her. She looked away.

"You can't keep him on hold Alice"

" Tell him to call later"

"I did"

" Tell him again"

" He's mad" at this Alice looked at her younger sibling.

"mad?" she mouthed. He nodded. She unwillingly held her arm out, Conner gave her the phone. He sat at the edge of the bed and listened to Alice's and Kiku's conversation.

" Hello?" she started.

" Thank heavens" Japan said. " Alice, I want to say good job on 'behaving' during America's party, but I do feel like.."

"Feel like what Kiku?" Alice asked. She tried to masked her raspy voice.

" you're drifting apart again" he said hurriedly. Alice raised a brow.

" What do you mean?"

" I can see it Alice, there's no need to hide it, what's bothering you?"

" nothing Kiku I'm-"

" You've been declining all of our calls" Alice quieted down and thought of the people Japan referred to. She let out a sigh.

" I've been busy-"

" and that has never stopped you from receiving business calls" he interrupted. Conner was right, Kiku was mad.

" What is this about?" she asked, bringing her free hand to the top of her head she then pulled some of her hair. She looked away from Conner.

" you and Prussia" Japan said. " All of the things we've been hearing about that concerns you have been coming from him… quite frankly I'm annoyed"

" Kiku it's nothing to be annoyed about, Prussia has his ways of finding things, he was a cunning nation" she said closing her eyes.

" is that an ECG I'm hearing?" Japan suddenly asked. England grew quite. "England-"

" It's a metronome" she tried to lie. "I've been composing you can say.."

" composing heart beats?" he asked through the phone. England sighed.

" What really happened?" he asked.

" What have you heard?" she asked.

" Like I said I've been hearing things from Prussia, he said that you had a fall, and some of your fine china cut you, I don't think what he told me needs an ecg in the end" Alice bit her bottom lip.

"I just fainted okay? And my brothers panicked and made me stay home, and they also managed to get a portable ecg, and hooked it to me…" she hoped this lie passed.

" are you going to this month's summit? Or are you going to-"

" I'm going this month, Conner just wanted me to stay home during the October summit…"

" Okay, then I guess I'll see you later." at this Alice hung up and turned to her brother and handed him the phone.

" You're going to this month's summit?" he asked her. " You've got to be kidding. Sis, you just got ran over by a speeding car, you stepped onto the road claiming you saw India running to the woods!" at this Alice turned her head.

"That's not the only thing! You claimed to have seen 'Mother' being taken by that man! In the middle of the street!"

"CONNER" Alice screamed out. At this Northern Ireland looked at her.

"What Japan said is right! You are being more distant! You're avoiding Skye, William, Irene….it's not only them it's other nations too, I mean we didn't even know you got ran over until a week before the October summit! What did Canada ever do? What did Aus-"

" CONNER" she yelled again, but this time her hand met her throat, slightly massaging it. " It's nothing…it just feels weird to be around them and-"

" What about me and Prussia huh? And Portugal? Why aren't you-"

" I don't talk to Prussia anymore" she said quietly. At this Conner looked at her.

" I don't get it, why are you doing this? It's so frustrating! You're always keeping your distance!" he paused when he saw her arm bleeding. "and your lovely wound opened again, honestly sis, I hope they see your injuries so they have an idea on what's really going on with you" he said walking out of her to grab some bandages. Alice looked to her side and let out a tear. "I can't tell you" she said.

America paced around the living room. France sat down on a chair and Mathew on a sofa. In front of them was Japan. He just hung up on Alice…in all actually they all hung up on Alice. She was on speaker.

" A metronome! She thought of a metronome!" Alfred asked.

" Well she did learn how to play the cello back in the 1660's…when she and Spain went out" France said. America glared at him. He shrugged. Japan stood up and looked out the window.

" What could she have done to make her brothers get a portable ecg?" France asked.

" Isn't fainting enough?" Mathew asked. France smiled. "non Canada, Angleterre's brothers wouldn't mind it if she fainted, they'll just watch over her and then prank her after….but for them to stick a machine that monitors one's heart is puzzling…"

" Maybe Scotland isn't involved in this.." Canada said. Japan looked at Canada.

" I do remember her talking about her brothers when we were really close.." Japan started. " she did admit that she hides things from her siblings.." he said.

" That's because you guys don't really know what happened when she was little" a voice said. France looked towards the hallway of his house.

"So you finally decided to wake up and join us Gilbert?"

" Shut up. Not my fault that I had to rush my ass out here to your house at one in the morning….West just wouldn't let me go! I swear he acts like Germania" at this Prussia sat next to Canada. Canada turned to him.

"What do you mean by that we don't know what happened?" Canada. Prussia raised a brow.

"Now I know you guys don't like talking about history, since it's our job to remember it anyway, but France, you haven't told them about Alice when she was I don't know innocent and not as complicated?"

" All he told me was that she was brat, a rebel, and plain rude" America said looking at France. Prussia raised a brow.

" That's all he seriously told you?, What about you uhm…Mathew"

" same, I was really scared of her at first, because pere told me she was mean and cruel" at this Prussia began to laugh. He look over to France.

" C'mon! that's probably the tip of the ice burg of what he ever told you!" he said laughing nearly falling down. Japan, America and Canada looked at Gilbert, and then at France. All France did was shrug. Gilbert wiped a tear off his eye.

" Seriously, that can't be all that you told them, did you ever tell them about the time you went out with her?" he said. At this France's eyes widened.

" C'mon Francis, these kids are far younger than her, and who knows her story better than you?… Well I guess there is Britannia…and Scotland…and Rome…but! Other than that no one knows her story better than you and Spain!" he said. " I mean the only reason why we're so calm and lax about this situation is because we knew her…and how she acted" Prussia said, smiling "And it's not like they have time to go grab a fat ass history book for her history. France wished he could punch him.