Author's Note: Hi, everybody. I'm writing this chapter in honor of Mother's day, which is next week.

Chapter 14: Mother's Day

May 9, 1943

"Lui, let me cook!" Klara said to her big brother; Ludwig and Klara were in the kitchen, making breakfast. Gilbert, of course, was joining them in the process, as were Blackie and Berlitz.

"Nein, I'll get it," Ludwig said, pushing his baby sister away. "I'm the oldest, and the most mature."

"No you're not," said Klara. She saw Gilbert playing with a bag of flour, and Blackie and Berlitz tugging on it. "No, Gilbo, Blackie, Berlitz, don't." Too late. The bag of flour broke, covering Gilbert and the dogs in flour, and getting flour on the floor. Gilbert laughed and clapped his hands, sending clouds of flour everywhere.

"I'm a snowman!" Gilbert exclaimed with a big smile.

"Oh no," Ludwig and Klara groaned.

"I'll give him a bath, sis," Ludwig said.

"No, I'll do it," said Klara.

"How come you won't let me do anything?" Ludwig whined.

"'Cause you won't let ME do anything," said Klara.

"I just don't want you to hurt yourself in here," Ludwig replied.

"I don't," said Klara. "Now, I'll give Gilbo a bath, and you cook breakfast."

"Okay," said Ludwig. "What about the dogs?"

"I'll take care of 'em," said Klara.

Claus came in from taking care of the laundry earlier that morning; he was giving Elise, who usually did the laundry, a break from that for the day. "What happened here?"

"Gilbo and the dogs broke the flour bag," said Klara.

"Yeah, and Klara's gonna wash 'em," Ludwig added.

Claus sighed and face palmed at the sight of his youngest child and dogs covered in flour. "I'll take care of breakfast. You two clean this mess up and clean the dogs and your brother."

"Okay," Ludwig and Klara said.

Germania came in. "What the…? Claus, you can't take care of the kitchen by yourself?"

"It wasn't me, Dad. Gilbo and the dogs broke the flour bag while Lui and Klara were trying to make Ellie's breakfast," said Claus. "Kids, get some stuff together and clean up this mess."

"I'll do it," said Germania. "You two, get Gilbo and the dogs clean."

Ludwig and Klara took Gilbert and the dogs, and left to clean them up.

It took a couple hours, but Gilbert, Blackie and Berlitz were clean again, and just in time for a very special breakfast, and the kitchen was sparkling clean as well!

"Lui, Klara, Gilbo, I want you three to wake your mother," Claus told his children. "Tell her breakfast is ready. Oh, do you have her present ready?"

"Yup," said Klara. She got out a collage that she, Ludwig, Claus, Germania and Gilbert all made. The collage even had a two paw prints on it, one from Blackie, and one from Berlitz.

"Good," said Claus. "Now, go get your mother."

"Mom," Ludwig said quietly.

"Mommy, time to get up," said Klara. She then put Gilbert on the bed, knowing Gilbert would be able to wake her up.

Gilbert hopped over to Elise and gently shook her and patted her head. "Mommy. Mommy, wake up. Bweakfast is weady, Mommy. Wake up."

Elise stirred a little and opened her eyes. She saw her three children staring at her, big smiles on their faces. "Hey, you guys. What's going on?"

"Time to get up, Mom," said Ludwig. "Breakfast is ready, and it's really good." He picked Gilbert up and put him on the floor.

"Okay," said Elise. She proceeded to get out of bed. "I'll be there."

Ludwig, Klara and Gilbert took their seats at the table and waited for their mother to come out.

Elise came out a few minutes later, dressed and awake. She smiled when she saw the breakfast displayed on the table and sat down. "Wow! This looks really delicious, you guys!"

"Happy Mother's Day!" Ludwig and Klara said as they handed Elise her gift.

Elise looked at the collage and smiled warmly. "This is really great. Thank you so much." She hugged her husband, father-in-law and children.

"Happy Mothew's Day, Mommy," Gilbert said when Elise gave him a hug.

"Aw, thank you, Gilbo," said Elise.

The Beilschmidt family enjoyed their Mother's Day breakfast, and had a very happy day.

Meanwhile, at the Gekkostate HQ, Talho was enjoying spending Mother's Day with Holland and Vivi.

"Happy Mother's Day, Talho," said Holland. "Vivi and I made this for ya." He handed Talho a model of the Gekkostate's ship, made of popsicle sticks, newspaper, silly string and various other things.

"Mama, Happy Mothew's Day!" Vivi exclaimed as she crawled into Talho's lap and hugged her.

"I love it," said Talho. "Thank you, guys." She kissed Holland and returned Vivi's hugs.

"Oh, on another note," said Holland. "Vivi's been showing some interest in capturing that Gilbert brat."

"Really?" Talho asked. She smiled at Vivi, who smiled back. "That's wonderful! Well, when she's older, we'll start teaching her the stuff she should do, since she and Gilbert are the same age."

"What do you mean?" asked Holland.

"When Vivi's older, we'll send her to Venice for the summer holidays," said Talho. "She'll befriend Gilbert, earning his trust, so we can get him."

"When will that be?" Holland asked. "And I don't like the idea of sending Vivi to Italy by herself."

"We'll send my father with her," said Talho.

"Oh, okay," Holland replied, liking the idea more and more. "So, when should we do this?"

"Whenever the time feels right," said Talho. "It doesn't yet."

Author's Note: Yeah, Holland and Talho are already making plans for their future strike against the Beilschmidts. Uh-oh!