Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fanfic except for the idea of the story and the three girls. Hetalia belongs to Hidekaze Himaruya, not me! ;)
I'm really sorry for leaving you all hanging! You guys deserve better! I'm actually really busy with school, plus, I've managed to get myself grounded for 9 months, yeah…
Well, I doubt you want to hear any more excuses, let's get to it then! Here's a new chapter my little Birdies! I present to you…
Stuck in Hetalia
Chapter 26 (Still can't believe I made it this far!)
The next morning…
"You guys SUCK! Seriously?! What the frick!"
"Aw, it suits you! What up, Little Miss Bushy Brows?!"
"And did you just say 'frick'...?"
Addi laughed loudly at her exasperated friend. Sarah wasn't even trying to conceal her smirk. Frankly, it was extremely discouraging to Vicki. She frowned and continued to rub her forehead with frustration, groaning at the eyebrows that her two mischievous friends had drawn on her with Sharpie in her sleep. It was barely coming off. In fact, the only thing she was achieving from rubbing her skin raw was a red forehead that burned.
Sarah leaned against the doorway, "If you keep this up, one day when you're prehistoric and practically deaf, those frown lines will be etched even more permanently into your face than those Sharpie eyebrows."
"Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the eyebrows as much as I'd worry about the weird pig face you're making into the mirror."
"Shut up..." Vicki huffed.
"Dude, Penelope called. She wants her face back."
"Come on, Addi. That's just low." Sarah pointed out.
Vicki turned to her, smiling, "Thanks."
"For what? Even she can do better than 'Penelope'."
Vicki frowned again. "Screw you."
"Well, do you really want frown lines on your face when they lay you on your death bed?" Addi asked, still smiling.
"God might knock some points down for that in Heaven." Amazingly, Sarah had kept a serious expression through her halfhearted joke.
Vicki ignored their 'helpful advice'. She sighed and threw away the wipe, it was inevitable: the eyebrows were going to stay no matter what she did.
"You guys really, really, really suck, you know that?"
Sarah rolled her eyes, "Don't be melodramatic. You'll get it off at some point."
Addi added, "Then we can redraw them better. I really think we should've drawn ten instead of seven... And the fifth one on her right is crooked."
Vicki glowered at her so-called "best friends" as they began another session of laughter.
The brunette (they had at least been considerate enough to use brown Sharpie) stomped to her dresser and pulled out skinny jeans, a tank top, and a large red sweater.
Addi walked over to her, "So, what're we planning on doing today? Staying home is boring. Makes me feel emo."
Vicki shrugged as she sloppily changed into her clothes, discarding her pajamas on the floor and kicking them over to her bed.
Sarah had grabbed her own black clothing to change into and went into the bathroom to change, slamming the door and locking it from the inside. Addi sat on Vicki's bed and waited for Sarah to finish changing and come out so they could discuss their plans for the day.
When she came out, they did indeed talk, but came up with nothing. They spent half an hour debating rather than discussing. Everything someone brought up, another person shot down.
"Why don't we go to that antique store again?" Vicki suggested.
"No way! That woman's a freak." Sarah replied.
"That woman's name is Rose." Vicki corrected. Addi just watched.
The three girls sat in silence for a minute before Addi piped up, "Do you guys still have those rings?"
Vicki nodded and held up her thumb, showing off her scarlet ring with the bronze frame. The garnet gleamed on top. It's red was the same gorgeous, deep color as a rose. The gem glowed against her fingers like fire. Vicki couldn't help but feel proud.
"Do you wear it all the time?" asked Sarah.
"Pretty much."
"It's kind of perfect for you. Intense and full of passion, you know?" Addi commented.
Addi dug in her jeans pockets for her own golden framed ring. The sapphire shone brightly, glinting to the sunlight.
"It's so blue. How do you get that kind of color?"
"Dunno, but it's pretty cool how it does that every time it's exposed to sunlight."
It's blueness and brightness reminded Vicki of the sky and she told Addi so. Of course, Addi grinned. They both looked to Sarah.
"Show us yours!"
"What, you think I just bring that piece of crap wherever I go? How do you know if I even have it on me?"
"Well, do you?"
Sarah glared at Addi. After a moment, she rolled her eyes, blew at her bangs, shrugged, and opened up her bag, drawing out her black ring. The diamond was crystal clear, not a speck of dust on it, dazzling like ice while hundreds of reflective lights bounced off the walls.
"Hard to believe it originally came out of the earth..." Vicki wondered.
Addi asked, "Do you polish that thing?"
"No, I actually wondered about that too, though. I hardly ever wear the f*cking thing."
"I think it really suits you!"
Addi agreed with Vicki on that, adding, "Duh! It reflects her black hole of a heart."
"Ha, I thought you said I didn't have a heart?" Sarah snickered.
"I said you had a cold heart. A below-zero one covered in frost and turns your blood purple. It's probably not even cold anymore. It's just frozen."
"Gee, thanks. I've been upgraded." Her retort was dripping in sarcasm.
"I don't think that's what she meant, Sarah." Vicki responded.
"Of course not. She meant it as an insult. I chose to take it as a compliment."
"What, that you have no heart?" Addi grinned.
"Technically, you can't have 'no heart'. You can not have a heart, but you can't have something that doesn't exist." Sarah muttered.
"I have no idea what you just said."
"I didn't expect you to, retard."
"Hitler."
"Munchkin."
"Bitch."
"Ass."
Vicki interrupted them, "Okay! Enough with the name-calling, sheesh! So what about the other rings? You know, the ones that belong to our 'love's?"
Sarah and Addi had one last glare-off before turning to her.
"I still have mine."
"So do I."
The three girls talked for another half an hour about some random subject and after Vicki applied layers and layers of make-up to her forehead, they ventured downstairs to find Romano, Italy, Germany, and the Bad Touch Trio at the table and already eating their breakfast.
Vicki smiled and ran over to France, hugging him from behind, "Francy-pants!"
Her two friends stared at the sight with confusion written all over their faces.
Sarah slowly murmured, "Francy-...?"
"...-pants?" Addi finished. France smiled and winked at the two girls, patting Vicki's head.
"Bonjour, chéries!"
Sarah scowled and hissed, "What's the French asshole doing here?"
Romano added, "I'm with Sarah on that! Why is the wine bastard in our home?!"
Vicki pouted, "Come on! He's family!"
France squealed and hugged her tightly, "Ma chaton, big brother France loves you tooo!"
Vicki struggled against France, "I... can't... breathe!"
Romano yelled, "Oi, let-a go of my sorellina before I-a kill you!"
France loosened his grip, "Aw, but ma chaton's also my petite sœur! I'm related to almost all of youuu!"
Sarah looked relieved, "Almost." She leaned against the couch, "Thank you, China."
Vicki gave Sarah and Addi a sheepish smile. Spain stopped tossing the salad and joined the action adding, "I know, right? Pequeño is familia!"
Prussia reclined back in his chair and propped his feet up against the dining table, saying, "Birdie's pretty awesome, but not as awesome as the awesome me!"
Vicki giggled and Romano smacked Prussia's boots, seething. "Get your-a disgusting feet off-a my damn table!"
Addi raised an eyebrow, "Seriously, Vicki?"
"What?" Vicki answered with a smile towards her soccer-crazed friend.
"Dude, why're you suddenly letting The Bad Touch Trio harass you?! Remember why they have that name?!"
Sarah closed her eyes and smirked, "Are you trying to get yourself sexually assaulted...?"
Vicki groaned,"Guys, they're basically family! I mean, seriously!"
The Bad Touch Trio was speechless before Spain spoke up, "Bad... Touch... Trio?"
France snickered, "I like the sound of that, what do you think Gilbert?"
Prussia grinned, "Kesese, it sounds pretty awesome! Ve're the Awesome Bad Touch Trio!"
"No, it's not the Awesome Bad Touch Trio. It's just the Bad Touch Trio."
"Vy can't ve be awesome, too?"
"'Cuz there's already an Awes-" Vicki caught herself, "Never mind."
"Do ve at least have awesome super powers?!"
The three girls face-palmed, they forgot that most of the countries they knew had no idea they were in groups at all. There was The Magic Trio, The FACE Family, The Asian Family, and of course, The Awesome Trio. There were more... a lot more. No one knew about the groups, maybe it was about time they did?
Vicki laughed thinking about the girls explaining to them about all the groups. She was disrupted from her thoughts when Prussia slurped down his beer, quite noisily.
Vicki laughed even louder and turned back to her friends, "Believe me. It would be beyond awkward if I were harassed by these three. Talk about family issues."
Sarah narrowed her eyes at each of the guys before scoffing and grabbing a plate. She took a slice of bread from the platter and lots of Caesar Salad to go with it. Dumping herself a glass of milk and picking out the most perfectly-shaped poppy seed muffin, she sat down beside Germany. Addi sighed and shrugged, smiling as she grabbed a plate as well, "Looks delicious, Spain."
"Gracias! Try the bacon."
Addi took a few strips of bacon, a donut, a boiled egg, and a cup of orange juice before making herself a jelly sandwich. She sat in the chair nearest to Italy and began to eat.
Watching her friends make themselves at home, Vicki drew her special plate from the cabinet and got her own helping of food: garlic bread, an omelet, bacon, some salad, etc. "Bon appetite!" She flashed them a smile.
After the three girls finished their breakfasts, they decided to go to the local mall for their clearance sale. Once they got their phones, wallets, and some snacks, they were prepared to leave.
The guys all wanted to join, so after some negotiating, The Bad Touch Trio and the three girls left in Spain's Mustang Convertible.
Spain turned in the driver's seat and looked back at Addi and Vicki squished between Prussia and France, who were, not surprisingly, perfectly content with their situation. Sarah had called shotgun.
And so, they drove off towards the mall (which was twenty minutes away). Vicki reached into her pocket and upon realization of her forgotten ear buds, suggested to play some tunes on the radio.
Sarah nodded and turned it on. Everyone wrinkled their noses in disgust as Justin Bieber began to play before Sarah quickly switched to another station. Blank Space by Taylor Swift was playing. She was about to change the station again when Vicki said, "Wait, no. I actually like this song. Let it play." Sarah just sat back in her seat and stared out the window, probably trying her best to ignore the pop song.
Vicki nodded her head to the drums. Addi calmly listened, watching the people outside passing by. Slowly, Vicki began singing the melody, gradually getting louder as she got to the chorus, "So it's gonna be forever... or it's gonna go down in fla-ames. You can tell me when it's o-ver... if the high was worth the pa-ain... Got a long list of ex-lovers... they'll tell you I'm insa-a-ane! 'Cuz you know I love the players... And. You. Love. The. Game!"
Addi laughed as Vicki continued singing, "'Cuz we're young and we're reckless... we'll take this way too fa-ar! It'll leave you breathless... or with a nasty sca-ar... Got a long list of ex-lovers... they'll tell you I'm insa-a-ane. But I got a blank space baby... And I'll write your name!"
Vicki beamed at France and Prussia, "I love singing."
Spain chuckled, looking at her through the rear view mirror, "I know, pequeno. You sing in the shower!"
Prussia grinned back at her, "Keep singing, Birdie!"
Vicki smiled, "Really?"
Addi was concentrated on a pigeon that was having trouble picking up a crumb of bread, so she just said, "Mm-hmm. It was good."
France added, "Oui, of course Ma Chaton! Zis American song sounds way better when you are ze one singing it!"
Sarah, who was still staring out the window, answered with a perfectly emotionless expression, "They're right for once, you know. Your singing doesn't suck ass. It's relaxing. Used to be pretty annoying, though."
Vicki smiled, knowing Sarah had complimented her seriously, and continued singing until the second song ended. Once they found a parking space, everyone piled out of the car. Addi stretched and cheered, "Finally! God, it was so cramped in there, don't cha think, Weirdo?"
Vicki nodded in agreement with her friend. Sarah checked her watch. "It's still early. We'll have plenty of time to look around before the sale." Sarah said tranquilly.
"Then, let's get to it! C'mon guys!" Vicki exclaimed, clearly just as excited as Addi.
The brunette grabbed Addi and Prussia's hands and pulled them towards the mall entrance with Spain, France, and Sarah following closely behind.
They walked around the mall for a while, once in a while going into various shops to look around.
Vicki had spent all of her time in a single anime/manga store, deeming it as her "personal paradise". Addi was naturally drawn to the sports' shops where she could play mini-golf for free and Sarah visited numerous candy shops deciding between lollipops and licorice. Spain, France, and Prussia had split up, agreeing that each of them had to keep an eye on the three girls. Prussia joined Vicki in the anime/manga store and helped calm her down enough to buy herself a plushie. Spain had agreed to watch over Addi, as he was interested in discussing soccer with her. To say Addi was mega-happy-ultra-hyper-super-ecstatic would've been the understatement of the millennium. Sarah was absolutely horrified and demanded she be left alone when she realized that France was with her, also buying what he called "gourmet sweets". Quite unsurprisingly, she established a rule for him, in which if he got any closer than ten feet to her, she was permitted to "beat the living shit out of his sorry ass".
In the next hour, the separate groups met up at the center of the mall. While they were strolling about, a young child ran right into Addi. Luckily, she caught the child and didn't lose her balance.
Looking down at him, she tilted her head in confusion, "Sealand? Whatcha you doing here, dude?"
Sealand looked up and smiled, "Oh, wow, you know my name! But, who are you again?"
"I'm Addi, duh! Of course I know your name, you're related to me! I'm your... well, whatever."
After releasing him, Addi repeated her question, "So, why're you here?"
Sealand then pouted, "I'm trying to get away from that jerk, Britain!"
"Why? Don't you think he's going to be looking for you?" Vicki questioned.
"Exactly, that's why I'm trying to avoid him!"
"He's probably worried. Are you sure it's a good idea to just hide from him?"
The little boy rolled his eyes and said, "Obviously! After all, Britain's just a bully and a jerk!"
"No objections there, but isn't he still your big brother?" Addi inquired.
Sealand looked away and crossed his arms, "Doesn't really act one..."
Vicki frowned, "Well, why don't you give him a chance to? You're not being a good little brother by running away and causing him to stress."
Sealand pouted again, "So what?! Why're you all on his side?!"
"We're no-"
"Holy crap! If you just cooperate with him, he won't have to be a freakin' douche all the time! Ever think of that?!" Sarah replied, clearly irritated and impatient.
Everyone stared at her, then Addi nodded and turned back to Sealand, who sighed knowing he was defeated. Vicki ruffled his hair when England, America, Russia, and China all ran towards them.
Addi smiled and waved at them as they arrived. All except Russia were out of breath from running.
England bent over and gasped, "I apologize if Sealand bothered you, he just ran off and we've been looking for him ever since."
Addi grinned and said, "No problem. It's all cool. He's so cute I wouldn't mind anyway!"
She giggled and hugged Sealand causing the boy to blush lightly. England chuckled softly then looked down at Sealand with a sigh.
He bent down to Sealand's eye level, "We've been looking all over for you. Please don't do that again, am I clear?"
England had a stern but relieved look on his face as he spoke with Sealand. The boy launched himself at England.
England, surprised, was knocked backwards and managed to hold onto Sealand.
"I guess... you're not... that big of a jerk..." Sealand grumbled softly.
England raised one bushy eyebrow, wondering what could've happened that caused him to hug England all of a sudden. Both Addi and Vicki smiled, not saying a word.
Spain interrupted, "So, anyways, what're you all doing here, mi amigos? I mean, besides looking for Britain's hermano?"
China spoke up, "Well, Russia dragged me along to go shopping with those stupid Capitalists, aru!"
Russia smiled and added, "I vanted to come along. After all, they do have a strange habit of bumping into you guys!" As he said that, Russia sent a small wink to Sarah who scowled and turned away.
America beamed and announced, "I'm here to follow Iggy around and annoy him! Oh, I told Russia we were going and that you guys were probably at the mall for the X-TREME sale today so he came along!"
England sneered and stood, frowning at America, "You know, you could've told me as well!"
"Would it matter? You woulda came to this mall anyway 'cuz of your massive crush!"
"How many times do I have to tell you, I do not have a crush on Victoria?!"
Addi laughed, "No one said anything about Vicki, dude! Seriously, this is the second time!"
England blushed and crossed his arms while America continued laughing and said, "Ha! For all you know, I coulda been talking about Sarah or Addi!"
Sarah grimaced, "Don't pair me up with some British asshole. I'd rather die than be his crush."
"Yeah, sorry. Bushy-browed boys aren't my type!" Addi added.
Vicki replied, "That's mean, you guys!"
France chimed in, "Ohonhon, why does it matter Vicki? It is true, non? Mr. Black Sheep of Europe is a 'orrible, vain country!"
England clenched his fists as almost everyone laughed at him. Vicki looked on sympathetically. America, Addi, France, and Prussia chortled with laughter. Spain was trying to be considerate and covered his laughter with his hand. Sarah snickered. Even Russia was smiling widely.
America yelled, "It's no wonder he's a forever-alone old man!"
Vicki couldn't take it anymore; she stomped over and punched the American man right in his shoulder. It probably didn't even hurt, for a guy built like him, but America was so astounded, he tripped and his glasses fell off his face. Everyone had stopped laughing. They watched on in silence.
A small circle of onlookers began to form. Vicki was red in the face from both embarrassment and anger and tears were trickling down her cheeks.
"You're- you're an asshole... you know that?" Her eyes flitted to their surroundings. "Y-you're humiliating him in public, that's... that's just so mean and cruel!"
America stood up and placed his glasses back on the bridge of his nose before he softly said, "You don't have to be a bitch about it. What's it to you?"
"What's it to me?! How would you feel if someone snatched your dignity away in front of people you didn't even know?! Your supposed allies laughing at your imperfections? It's painful and downright humiliating...! I know the feeling! That's what it is to me. I hate how people like you can do these things so nonchalantly!"
Vicki had now attracted plenty of attention and was full-on crying, rivers pouring out of her tear ducts.
America countered, "It's what we do. Me and England. He's done it to tons of other people, too, you know. We make fun of each other all the time. What we do is none of you're business, so just butt out, would ya?"
Vicki rubbed her eyes furiously and took deep breaths, "H-he... h–"
She began to hiccup, unable to finish her sentence. Addi stepped forward and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Look, we're sorry for doing that in public, but America has a point. You shouldn't have hit him in the first place because it has nothing to do with you. You shouldn't intervene. It wouldn't be fair to America because they do it to each other."
Vicki breathed heavily, "That doesn't–" -hic- "–make it okay!"
Sarah ran a hand through her hair and stepped in, "America's still not right, though. He shouldn't have called her a bitch for standing up for someone. Even though the punch was uncalled for, Vicki."
Addi agreed, "Yeah, no kidding." She turned to him, "Not cool, man. You should never, ever call a girl a bitch for something like that. Got it?"
"Yeah, yeah. Got it." America answered, frustrated.
Spain hesitantly spoke, "Lo siento. That was muy mean of us... lo siento."
Prussia and France said, "We're sorry, too."
"Sorry, man." America grumbled.
Russia smiled, "I'm sorry."
They all looked over to England, who wasn't the least bit angry anymore, "Just so you know, Victoria, it's all right. It's natural for us. America isn't lying, we really do humiliate each other frequently. It even gets physical sometimes...! But, I'm sorry, though, if you got hurt because of this."
Vicki nodded silently.
"Haha, this is like some cheesy, dramatic scene from a movie!" Addi smiled, laughing.
Vicki wiped away the last of her tears and laughed along with her. Sarah shook her head and smacked Vicki's arm, causing her to yelp.
"Ow, dude, that hurt! What was that for?!"
"One, you cried and made me kind of worry. Two, because of the drama you caused, we've created a commotion and disturbed other people. Three, now the lot of us look like a bunch of assholes just standing around doing nothing. And four, since you just had to stir up trouble, we're officially late for the clearance sale."
Their eyes widened. "We totally forgot!" Spain remarked.
They all sped up the escalators and raced across the mall and were, thankfully, just in time to buy what they wanted.
For the leftover time they had, the entire group walked around and conversed among themselves. America and Addi talked about soccer and World Cup. France was together with China and Spain, going over different recipes and dishes. Prussia was showing off Gilbird to a fascinated Sealand, boasting about his awesomeness. Russia and Sarah were chatting about something or other (probably strategies for war or assassination plans) by themselves. England had pulled Vicki aside and they discussed their interests. After a couple minutes, England left to talk to America and so Addi walked over to Vicki.
The two girls felt relieved as they watched England smile softly and hit America's collarbone lightly, then America slung an arm around England's shoulder and gave him a noogie before pulling away and laughing loudly.
Vicki looked over at her friend saying, "Hey, why'd you defend me from America? I thought you, you know, liked him?"
"Shhh! And I do, but it's just not right. For him to call you a bitch, I mean. Dude, you may be dramatic and bratty, but you're not a bitch. That would be Sarah."
"Funny, I could say the same for you." Sarah smirked, joining the two. Vicki peered around her and noticed that Russia was just walking by himself, not joining the others.
"Shouldn't you be with Russia? He's all alone."
"He'll be fine. If he needs me to help him make friends, he's got the wrong person. Besides, if he feels like talking, he will. Not my problem."
"Hmm..." Vicki then turned her question onto Sarah, "Anyway, Sarah, why did you stand up for me?"
Sarah huffed, "What, I'm a nice person. Of course I'd do that."
"No... Really... Why?"
They laughed softly before Sarah said, "Well, you were talking about how you knew the feeling of being humiliated in public, so I was reminded of how you were the 'strange girl' at school. Someone should've stood up for you then, like you did for England. I guess I felt sorry."
Vicki smiled, "I didn't know you cared that much."
Sarah replied, "Not really."
Addi spoke up, "So Vicki, now that you know, what're you gonna do when England does the same thing to America? Are you going to stand up for him like you did for England? Would you actually punch England, too?"
"Well, I-I guess I-" She mumbled, unable to find the correct words.
"Haha. Of course not. Anyway, the only people allowed to call you a bitch should be Sarah and me, and we only call you that when you really are acting like one."
Sarah crossed her arms, "Cut him some slack, though. That arrogant fatass is just too dense to realize when to stop, so we can't completely blame him. Blame his stupidity, if we must."
Addi pouted, "I get that we're mad at him, but I won't accept you criticizing him!"
Sarah just sneered, "Ooh, Addi-Paddy is finally using big words! Our little girl is growing up." To emphasize her sarcasm, she pinched Addi's cheek harshly.
Addi made a face at her and rubbed her cheek. Lowly, she mumbled, "Ass..."
Sarah snarled, "Bitch."
"Dick."
"S-"
Vicki giggled, "Guys, guys! Please don't fight now!"
Sarah and Addi decided to let it go, if not for Vicki's sake, then for the fact that the world could only handle so much arguing in one day.
Out of the blue, they heard a gasp and a shout, "HEY, LET'S GO LAZER-TAGGING!"
Finally! New chapter completed! Wow, I really didn't plan for there to be an argument in the middle of the mall... sorry; it's probably too dramatic for you guys (it's supposed to be a comedy XP). Anyway, please tell me what you think! Also, my new Deviant art is QueenOfAwesomenesss. So if any of you still care about that stupid contest, just submit it to me there, okay? Oh, and here's a small challenge for you, can you come up with a name for the girls' trio? I'm super curious as to what you guys can come up with. Alright, I'll try to put up the next chapter ASAP! Please review and favorite this story if you still want it to continue. ;)