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Chapter 14

"Baby, we're home!" America called out as he entered the house, only to hear no response. As England walked in after him, America yelled out again, "Baby? Jeez, it's almost your bed time. Where are you?"

"Maybe she's out with one of her friends," England commented, but America did not seem to believe the idea.

Instead, America began to call her cell phone; only to then look worried when she did not pick up. Following this worry, he began to call her friend's houses to see if she was with them. At last he reached a number where one of her friends told him that Julie left after school with a strange woman dressed in blue. America thanked the teen and hung up; a look of complete dread on his face. All he could think of at that moment was where his daughter could have gone.

Like Russia said, he came to get the dishes half an hour after leaving the room, only to find the meal untouched. The girl was lying down on the bed, causing Russia to assume that she was simply tired and fell asleep. He felt slightly bad that she was not happy to be with him, but chalked that up to a stressful day with school and coming here. Certainly with a little time to think she would learn to enjoy him being her father.

The room was a bit cold and the girl had fallen asleep without the blankets pulled over her, so while feeling a rush of compassion he walked up to the bed and began to pull them over her body. Julie however, was expecting this and planned for it.

As fast as the girl could, she snapped her eyes open, twisted her body, and punched Russia in the nose. Upon feeling the hit, Russia recoiled and fell onto the floor in surprise as Julie jumped out of bed and ran out of the room; taking Russia's favorite pipe in the process.

Russia grumbled as he got off of the floor and ran after her. To his luck, Julie was standing outside the house contemplating her next move when he spotted her. He quickly stalked up behind her and took the pipe from her; surprising both of them by how tightly the girl was gripping the pipe until she eventually let go and fell onto the ground.

"That was very bad of you. You are not supposed to hit your daddy," Russia scolded the girl.

"You're not my dad. You're just some guy who kidnapped me! Man, I'm starting to understand why Daddy told me to stay away from you," Julie replied angrily.

Russia frowned at this and glared at the girl, causing her to pale greatly, and pulled her up by the wrist. He then said, "I do not want to hurt you daughter, I simply want us to both be happy. Now, instead of making half-baked schemes to escape you will go upstairs and rest so that you are prepared for the fun we will have tomorrow."

"But I have school tomorrow," Julie weakly protested as Russia pulled her up the stairs and to her room.

"I will enroll you into a new school after to get a bit more used to living here, da. Germany mentioned something about you having issues with high school," Russia answered, happy that he already knew something about her which she did not know he knew.

"I'm not having any problems. It's just takes a little bit of adjusting to being in a new type of school," Julie countered, but this only seemed to make Russia happy that she was already used to adapting to new things.

Soon they reached the bedroom where Russia marched her to the bed and forcibly tucked her in and kissed her on the forehead before turning the lights off as he left the room. With this, he closed the door and made sure to lock it so that she could not get out. After listening to the adult leave the hall and go down the stairs, Julie gave out a sigh followed by a yawn.

She was worried about what the man had planned for her, hungry from refusing to eat dinner, upset that she was not able to think her plan through better, and tired from the hectic day. But most of all, she really wished that she would open her eyes the next morning to find America sitting by her and saying that this was just some sort of weird dream.

Julie awoke the next morning to the smell of food and the sound of the door unlocking. It was rare for America to make her breakfast in bed unless she was sick, causing her to remember that she was not at home but at Russia's. The man smiled as he walked into the room and placed a plate on her lap; watching her rub the sleep from her eyes. His smile dropped, however, when he saw the depressed frown on her face.

"Is something wrong?" Russia asked, watching her closely.

Julie dully looked at the food, thinking for several minutes about how it was different from the breakfast she usually had. At last she whispered, "I don't want to eat this."

"You should eat Julia. You missed Dinner last night and I doubt that American school lunch was so filling that you are not hungry," Russia commented, holding a spoon up for the girl.

"When can I go home?" Julie asked quietly.

"You just got here. You should at least give this place a try," Russia answered diplomatically.

"But Daddy is probably really worried about me. And I wanna see Daddy, I miss him," Julie replied.

"Come now, shouldn't a big, fourteen-year-old be able to spend a couple hours without her father before breaking down like this?" Russia asked in an almost chuckle, but Julie only looked down more depressed.

"Yesterday you made it sound like I'll never see him again. I don't want to never see Daddy again," Julie answered with a slight whimper.

Russia was slightly taken back by this. It was true that he told her to forget about America as her father, but he had forgotten how close the two of them were. He felt sort of bad for making the girl seem so sad, but on the other hand, she had shown the other night that she knows how to use her cuteness to her advantage. After some time to think, he said, "Well…maybe when you get used to living here you can learn to think of him as your mother."

"No. Daddy is daddy, not mommy. I only call him mommy now if I want to annoy him," Julie answered bluntly.

Russia was silent for another moment before giving out a sigh and saying, "Eat your breakfast and meet me downstairs. There are some clothes for you in the drawer; they should fit. I've planned to show you around the area a little bit. Let you see the house better and perhaps if you're good you can join me for some errands."

"And if I'm not good?" Julie asked cautiously.

"Then I will lock you once again in this room and ask my little sister to make sure you stay here," Russia answered. Julie thought about this for a moment before nodding and watching Russia happily leave. She had to admit that the idea of seeing more of the place was better than being stuck in one room.

With this in mind, she ate a little of the food and changed into a pink dress she found in the dresser before she headed to the living room. From there, Russia began showing the child around the house and even took her out to show her the neighborhood; giving her a coat which matched his for the outside parts. She found the tour interesting, Russia lived in an old house with a lot of hiding places; and eventually came up with a new plan to help get back home.

That evening after dinner, at which point Julie decided to complain about how it was not Asian like what she is used to for that night, Julie asked Russia if he would play hide and seek with her. Reluctantly, he agreed and soon the game was started; following Julie's plan. The plan she came up with was that while he was looking for her, she would find her cell phone and use it to call for help. Even if it did not get her out immediately, it would at least allow America to know where to look. She did not need to use her plan, however, because as soon as the first round began the home phone began to ring. Recognizing the number as Germany's, she quickly picked up and said, "Germany?"

Germany had been calling on business, not being told yet that Julie had gone missing yet, and was thoroughly confused as to why his daughter had answered Russia's phone. Due to this he asked, "Julia? Is that you? What are you doing there?"

Before Julie could respond, Russia reached the phone and roughly took it from her. He glared at the girl as he answered, "Hello, who is this?"

With this Germany and Russia began discussing, Russia explaining to the German that it was not Julie but a new, younger housekeeper which his boss had gotten him. After a few more questions Russia seemed to think that Germany bought this and went back to talking about business. Several minutes later, the two adults hung up and Russia returned his attention to the slightly scared girl.

"Why did you answer the phone?" Russia asked the girl sharply.

"Um…Daddy lets me at home…or…he does when I recognize the number," Julie answered shakily.

"Well while you are here you are not to, understand, da," Russia replied, glaring at the girl until she nodded. With the nod, he then continued, "Good, but I am no longer in the mood to play this game with you. Go sit still and read or play a solitary game while I relax."

Again, sadly, Julie nodded her head and walked to her room; deciding to stay there to think in private. Several hours later as Russia walked to his room, he passed by the girl's room to check on her and found her in a fitful sleep.

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