Aki: Hey everyone! Did everyone have a lovely Turkey day & X-mas?
...Yeah, I know, I should've had this up ages ago, but real life got in the way...and the Russia/England was deathly hard to write! I tried to add as many states/kids as I could in this chapter, and I tried to use all the stereotypes you all gave me. So far, including the states I created in this chapter, I have 14 of the 50 states TTxTT I need to step my game up.
Umm...Also, I have the names for the babies, and I know what they're gonna look like and act like etc. etc. I hope you like this chapter, and sorry it's not longer, especially since I took solong to write it.
Chapter 14:
Arthur stepped out of the cab after paying the man and made his way towards Amelia's brownstone. She had long stopped answering her phone, and he didn't want her to know that he had arrived already, so he didn't bother calling again. He remembered to bring his spare skeleton key she had given him when it was first built with him, so he wouldn't have to bang on her door and give her the chance to escape.
Walking up to the door, he let himself in, and just stood in the doorway. His strained his ears, because Amelia was terrible at hiding whenever she did something he explicitly told her not to do. He looked around the front hall deciding which stupid place she was hiding in this time (He found her up in a tree last time, in the middle of a heat wave) When he heard a noise in the kitchen.
'Found you!' he thought and moving quickly so he could get to her before she had a chance to run again.
"Ah, welcome England." Russia said, standing behind the chair and looking as if had every right to be there. "Now that you're here, we can sit and chat."
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" England yelled jumping back at least a foot. He put a hand in his chest and took deep breaths before glaring up at Russia.
"Is it not obvious? You came to try and help my Amelia- thought the way you were going about it was all wrong- and-."
"What do you mean my Amelia?" England asked slowly as his face started to turn red.
"Can your small brain not comprehend what I've just said?" Russia asked in false concern. "You should have that checked out at the doctor's office, before it becomes any worse." He gave England a sinister smile and said "Trust me."
"You…!"
"Меня*? You wish to say something to me?" Russia asked, egging the shorter nation on.
"Where is she?" He asked, hands clenched at his sides, and trembling with rage.
"Hmm…I fear you will need to be more specific. There are many different 'she's I know of."
"Amelia. What did you do to Amelia?"
"I did nothing to her. Well…that is not entirely correct." There was a smug smirk on his face that Arthur was dying to wipe off, but he somehow reined in his anger enough to remember that the fucking bastard knew where America was and that it was important for him to get to her.
"Where is she, Russia?" He tried again after a deep breath.
"You don't need to know that. She is not your problem any longer."
"What the hell do you mean 'she's not my problem'?" He shouted, hands going to grip at his hair, in frustration. 'Calm down Arthur, lest you try to hit him and get completely annihilated when he retaliates.'
He took another deep breath and said, "Look, I like to think of myself as a mature adult, and I have handled many things like this before." He said slowly. He looked Russia in the eye and continued. "And of course she's my problem, she's my-"
"She is not your anything!" Russia said suddenly, knocking the chair he was standing beside into the wall. "She is not your younger sibling any longer, nor is she involved in any other kind of relationship with you." Russia gave him another smug smile before saying, "I'm afraid you blew that long ago."
"Amelia isn't yours either!" Arthur suddenly yelled, fed up with the Russian playing around. "What claim do you have over her, other than her being stupid enough to sleep with you without the proper protection?"
Arthur abruptly found himself with a think hand around his throat and pinned to the wall behind him.
"I'm terribly sorry, but I cannot permit you to talk that way about my wife." Russia said softly while applying enough pressure to make England start to choke.
England swung his fist wildly, not striking Russia, but causing him to loosen his hold on his throat and take a quick step back to avoid getting hit.
"Wife?" England croaked, rubbing his throat. He coughed to clear it before continuing. "That's a load of bullocks!"
"Het, it is the truth. But you may think what you will." Russia said gripping his pipe tighter.
"It's a bloody lie, and if it isn't you probably tricked her into something!"
"How I proposed and how she accepted are nothing for you to worry about." He said. "Now, I would highly appreciate it if you left before I had to do something drastic."
"I'd like to see you try!" England replied, eyes flashing.
"If you insist…"
"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. There they are a-stainin' in a row." A small girl of 10 said as she walked into the office. Amelia quickly hid whatever was in her hands in the desk drawer and looked back up. The girl was followed by several other children of various ages, ranging for 10 to about 16. And a few of them had boxes and bags in their hands.
Amelia looked at them and before she could greet them, a boy that was about 13 with a serious look on his face broke away from the group said, "Again mom? Are you at least getting hitched this time?" His indigo eyes said he really didn't mind, but said it to save face in front of his siblings.
"Hello Uri, I've been fine, how about you?" She said back, ignoring his statement. She didn't want anything to reminder her of her impending televised wedding the next night at the moment.
"Don't listen to Utah, Mom. As soon as he see the lil' darlin's, he'll be smothering them with love." An older boy said as he ruffled Utah's sandy blond locks. Uri pushed him off with a muttered "Quit it, Tex." Before fixing his hair.
"Yes, I'm sure, just like he did with Hawaii, Arizona and New Mexico." She replied as she slowly stood up and shuffled over to the kids. "How are all of you?" she asked giving them all quick hugs.
"I gotta new turtle!" Hawaii said. She dug around in her inky curls and soon brought out a green and brown turtle that was the size of a baseball. "See?"
Amelia sighed and looked at the tan girl. "Hina'ea, what did I tell you-?"
"But mom, where else would I put him?" She asked with a pout. "He doesn't fit in my pocket, and he can't go in the box!"
America looked down at the box the small girl was holding under her arm along with a bag that rested on her shoulder. "What is that? And how did you all know I was here?"
"Willow." They all replied.
"And, and this is…! Um, I dunno, but it's from…" She looked at the return address and said "Italy!"
"Oh." She said going back to her seat.
"And! I brought you a cake*!" Hawaii said. She put the box down and maneuvered the bag on her shoulder around to her front. "You'll never guess what flavor it is." She said proudly as she put the bag on the desk and pulling out a cake holder.
"Does it have SPAM in it?"
"…Maybe…"
"You mean that fake canned meat stuff in the can you always carry around? You put that in a cake? Eww." Another tan girl said. She stood a head taller than Hawaii and appeared to be 16. She had sandy brown hair up in a complicated ponytail on top of her head as her sea green eyes were eyeing the container with distaste.
"Shut up Florida. You eat and sell it too."
"Yeah, but not in a cake." She started speaking Spanglish to herself quietly as she went to sit down on one of the extra chairs.
"Well, at least I'm not an orange freak."
"There's nothing wrong with oranges, ya big baby!"
"Fre, Hina, no fighting!" Amelia said quickly. They looked away from each other and pouted. If it came to them fist fighting again, she wouldn't be able to tear them apart. 'Christ, another headache?' she asked herself as she rubbed her forehead.
"Mother?" She looked over and saw Allison walking towards her. "Are you alright? Is anything sore?"
America looked up at the tall girl and shook her head with a smile that looked a tad bit forced. Although the snow haired girl was much, much younger that America, she had the tendency to act like an overly worried mother to said nation at times, since her caring streak was about the size of China. The tall girl had been around since right after Nebraska was born and stayed close by until she became a state and had to start working on her own.
"Are you sure? I know how much you liked it after Nebraska was born, so I made some akutaq* before I got here." She said pulling a Tupperware bowl out of a small cooler at her side. "It's mostly Salmonberries, but I added some blackberries too."
"Ah brought ya som'thin' too." Texas said. "I made Javelina* stew." He said with a smile. "Member how ya gobbled it up last time ya came ta visit?"
The others in the room also explained how they brought her local favorites that she always stuffed herself with when she visited them.
"Thanks guys." America said as she stood up. "Let's go down to the kitchen and eat all this up."
As she walked down the hall with a small portion of her overall brood, someone suddenly grabbed her hand and snatched her hand up, causing her to stop short.
"Is this a wedding ring?" Idaho asked getting the attention of all her brothers and sisters. "And a band too? Mom?"
"No way, really? Mami, who popped the question?"
"It wasn't England, was it?"
"Jeez, that thing's huge!"
"Mother, when did this happen?"
They all looked at her and she found herself sweating under their gazes. "Uh…Oh, ya know what Hina, that cake sounds simply delish! Let's go eat it."
"Mom!" they all yelled.
"I'll explain in the kitchen." She said before slowly turning away and walking as quickly as her new extra large size would allow to the kitchens.
Aki: That's all I got, and again, sorry for not making it longer. This chapter was SO hard to word. And I'm not good with action scenes when it's not an adventure story. I hope that fail of a scene doesn't make you all not like me! That would hurt, right here...If you can't tell, I'm making a circle around my heart...I'll stop now T.T
Меня- Me?
SPAM is really big in Hawaii. Like...If you go to most restaurants, they have something on the menu that has SPAM in it. The cake she was talking about is Pineapple SPAM Upside down cake. I saw it on Bizarre Foods.
Javelina Stew was also on Bizarre Foods. It's a Texan delicacy, and it's made out of a wild animal that's hunted and called a Skunk Pig. It's true, I saw them hunt it and cook it up.
Akutaq is also known as Eskimo Ice Cream. It's made of animal fat and berries, and it's been made for a long time in Alaska.
In case anyone got confused:
Hina'ea- Hawaii
Fre(ira)- Florida
Thomas- Texas
Alaska- Allison
Uri- Utah
I'll try and put more states in next time, and explain Alaska's situation better. Read and review please!
