The next day, America felt a bit lazy, so he decided to just head down to the beach and enjoy the ocean for a little while. After changing into his swimming trunks and gathering all the stuff he needed for the beach, (towel, sunscreen, lunch, etc.), he drove down to a part of the beach that Brazil privately owned and was letting the other countries use. Because it was early in the morning, America hadn't expected any of the other nations to be there, so he was surprised to see Sweden, Finland, and Sealand collecting seashells. As he got closer to them, Sealand spotted him and ran over to him.

"Hey Mr. America!" Sealand said happily as he got up to him. "Look at all of the cool shells I collected."

"Oh, cool!" America said with a smile as he looked at the bucket Sealand was holding up. "I see you found a bunch of sand dollars."

"Yeah, mom helped me find them!" Sealand said cheerfully.

"Don't call me mom!" Finland said as he walked up with Sweden.

"Sorry mom!" Sealand said with a giggle as he ran back towards the ocean.

"That boy, I swear Sweden, you need to stop calling me your wife! You're giving that boy the idea that I'm a girl or something!" Finland said playfully as he nodded to America and went to keep an eye on Sealand.

"Hello America." Sweden said awkwardly. He didn't really know America that well, so he didn't know what to say.

"Hey, good to see you." America said as he started to lay out his beach towel. "I see you're having fun with Finland and Sealand."

"Yes, Sealand woke us up early so he could find seashells. He wanted to find the good ones before the other countries took them." Sweden said with a shrug.

"Aw, that's nice." America said. "Hey, do you want some beer or something? I brought a few."

"Um, sure." Sweden said.

"Cool. Let me get them." America said with a grin. After pulling out the beer, he pulled out some red solo cup. After a minute, he noticed Sweden was staring at the cups.

"Um, Sweden, why are you staring at the cups?" America asked uncomfortably.

"You actually use red cups to drink beer out of?" Sweden asked in awe. "I thought that was something that people did in the movies."

"Um, no." America said getting more confused by the second. "Red solo cups are basically always used to drink beer out of at parties."

"But, why don't you use a glass?" Sweden asked.

"Dude, I don't think giving a drunk person a glass to drink out of is the best idea." America said.

Pondering the new information, Sweden was quite for a moment, then turned around and shouted to Finland. "Finland, come look. American's do use red solo cups!"

"Really?" Finland yelled back in surprise. "I thought that was something they only did in the movies!"

"Why is this so weird?" America cried in exasperation. "They're just plastic cups!"

A/N: Ok, I just found out something weird when I was searching for topics. Apparently, there is a weird thing that other nations do called "American parties." During these parties, people bring marshmallows on sticks, bring like a trillion red cups, popcorn, cupcakes, and a bunch of American flags. They don't even toast the marshmallows over a fire! OR MAKE SMORES WITH THEM! DIDN'T THE CANON HETALIA SHOWS ALREADY POINT OUT THE FLAW OF NOT MAKING SMORES RIGHT? But I digress. But the main thing is how they think that it can't be an "American party" without red cups. Can anyone explain this one to me because I'm so confused to why red solo cups are weird.