Alaska's Burning Love

Chapter Twenty One

A Whale of a Tale

Sky POV

I stared over the railing after Alfred pulled me up. "You friend's with … a whale?" I asked in a flat tone, I was just so unsure what to say in this situation. Alfred looked at me with hurt in his eyes so I forced a smile on my face and, with a gulp, reached over and patted the creature gently. "Well he is rather cute." I said with a nervous laugh. I had seen whales back at my home but I they had been huge creatures and honestly I was always afraid to even go near one. Now here I was petting one when I was in a boat that could easily be over turned by the flip of his tail.

"Yeah he is ain't he? Hes big too but underneath all that blubber he is just a big old softie." Alfred said with a smile as he scratched underneath the whales chin. "Yeah who's my big boy who's a sweet boy? You are that's right." He cooed at the creature as if it was nothing more then an over grown puppy. The whale let out another high pitched screech and it took all my will power not to scream. Alfred must have sensed my unease though because he gave me a kind smile and said softly "Hey come on Whale is a friend, hes not going to hurt you."

I gulped and nodded but refused to stick my hand back down. "Come on Sky I will show you he is harmless." he said happily and before I could ask what he meant Alfred jumped overboard. I let out a small shriek only to see his blonde head bob above the railing. "See Whale here wont let anything bad happen to me." he said and I leaned over gingerly to see Alfred standing on Whale's back. "Hey Sky … do you trust me?" he asked and I saw a small layer of pink dust his cheeks.

Alfred then held his hand out to me with a giant goof ball grin and I gulped, eying Whale with uncertainty. With one look into those big blue eyes of his though I let out a small sigh and took his hand. "Of course I do Al ..." I said softly and before I knew what was happening, Alfred pulled me off the boat and into his arms. "A-Alfred what are you doing." I whispered in a high pitched voice and held onto him for dear life as my feet landed on Whales back.

"Just trust me this will be fun. Whale here knows exactly what he is doing, don't ya buddy?" Alfred said pulling me into a sitting position as he patted the large animal. Whale let out a happy sounding note and before I could say another word we were guiding through the water, the boat a small speck behind us. "Oh I sure hope you know what your doing ..." I muttered with a small gulp as I attached myself onto Alfred's arm.

Alfred POV

Okay so in hindsight putting a terrified Sky on the animal she was scared of was not the best idea I have ever had but on the other hand she was now so close to me I could feel her very heart beating. Now if I could just get her to calm down so I could enjoy this moment a little bit more. "Sky come on just think of it on being on a squishy boat that can steer itself." I said cheerfully as I rubbed soothing circles into her back.

She nodded her head once but still kept her arms tight around me and her eyes firmly closed. It was rather cute but I wanted this to be a good memory for her, not a horrible one. "Hey Sky … when have I ever let you get hurt?" I asked gently laying my head on top of hers and whispering into her hair. "I promise that as long as you trust me everything will turn out just fine." I said rocking her slowly.

I heard her gulp but slowly she unwound herself from me and opened her eyes, looking out at the vast sea around us. "I guess this isn't so bad." she sniffed as she looked down into the deep blue waters. "Actually it is kind of nice." she mused before leaning onto me gently and actually starting to enjoy the ride. I couldn't help but smile, this was all to picture perfect! I decided to just let the moment take its own course of action, instead of my original idea of trying to get a Disney type scene going, and found that as long as she was happy I really didn't need singing aquatic animals to sing a song telling her to kiss me.

After about half an hour of us gently gliding in the water Sky crawled across Whale's back and leaned over his head to meet him eye to eye "I am sorry for doubting you Whale, you are actually a very lovely creature." she said before placing a light kiss between his eyes, causing my whale friend to blush slightly. Huh I didn't know that whales could blush, but then again who wouldn't blush from a kiss by such a beautiful girl?

"Dude I think he likes you, that's awesome~ The only other person he really liked was Lithuania but then Toni got jealous and it was this whole big mess." I laughed as Sky came to sit next to me again, this time wrapping her arms around mine and laying her head down with a sigh. I felt myself blushing as she looked up at me with adoring eyes that were half shut. "A-are you tired because we could always go back i-if you want." I stuttered out stupidly, turning my head away from her nervously.

She let out a small laugh before nuzzling her head against my neck and said "No Al I'm not tired I'm just happy. This is so peaceful and with everything that has been going on lately well I think we both needed something like this don't you think?" I felt a lump form in my throat and no matter how hard I tried to push it down it stayed there so I nodded my head in reply. "Oh look the sun is starting to set! I always love the colors the sky turns at this time of day." she said with a sigh as we watched the sun slowly but surely begin to set beneath the water.

Content with just sitting and watching the sun fade away we both jumped when we heard splashing. I turned my head slightly to see none other then freaking dolphins start to jump out of the water around my whale friend. "Dude could this be any more perfect?" I asked myself when I saw the look of wonder in Sky's eyes as she watched the dolphins jump gracefully out of the water and into the air.

"Oh Alfred this is so … so … this is just so beautiful!" she exclaimed and I totally agreed with her. With the setting sun casting a pink orange glow over the water, a sea breeze gently blowing back out hair, riding on a Whale, and watching the dolphins put on a private show there was no other way to describe this scene then absolutely breath taking. The only thing that could make it better would be if … "Hey Alfred ..." Sky said softly her face growing steadily closer to mine.

My head was screaming right now from the feel of her warm breath on my face, telling me there was no better time for me to kiss her then now. But before I could even say a word she whispered "This is going to be the best first kiss ever." and then it happened. With an explosions of fireworks and doves in the background, at least in my mind, she kissed me. Her lips were warm and soft and I could still taste lingering maple syrup on them and at that moment I could die and not have a single regret. It was all over to soon though because before I could even react she pulled away and returned to laying her head on my shoulder.

"Yeah totally the best first kiss ever ..." I said with a small chuckle before telling Whale to turn us around and lead us back to my boat.

Ivan POV

Today was a normal day, actually a better day then I had been having due to the fact I had formed a list of ideas that the voices had helped with. I was trying to think of which plan would be the most easiest to accomplish with out wasting to much time, I was rather favoring stealing back Sky when the Allies had poker night along with the whole start WWII to get her back, when something happened. An agonizing pain ripped through my very body and soul causing me to fall to my knees. I trembled from the pain and the voices went crazy all trying to make themselves heard. I had to ignore them though because I knew, I just knew, that at this moment somewhere in the world Sky was starting to fall in love with America.

A/N: Okay very short chapter, especially Russia, but I thought it was cute! A few things to clear up though. One is the whole time line of the past couple of chapters, I knew I had it that they just ate breakfast but after staying up so late it was probably in reality closer to a late lunch so that is why it is sunset and they have not yet had dinner. Two when America and Alaska were saying stuff about the first kiss I did not mean a literal first kiss just a first kiss between the two of them, think of it like when Lucy in 50 First Dates says "best first kiss" its not her first kiss but you know what she meant … I hope. Third is with Russia's plans. I forgot that earlier I had mentioned a plan about the Allies poker night so I am just going to use both of the plans just at different times :D Whew this is a long note but anyway hope you liked it and as always I love your reviews and hope to see you next time my pretty little readers~