Title: Curse This Sexist World!

Sum.: While Francis already knew, Arthur was the one most impacted by the news. Alfred F. Jonesis female.

Sum.2: AU In an exclusive, international all-boys college, Avery is in disguise of a male. Since this school has the best chance of helping her become a pilot for the U.S. Air Force, why not spend four years as a guy? Of course, she didn't even think that maybe, just maybe, one of her room mates would be smitten with her, she would find her long-lost twin brother, her ex-boyfriend would be there—oh, and that she'd fall in love?

A/N: HAHAHA I love this chapter :3

R&R! Enjoy!

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Chapter 8: Since When Are My Ex-boyfriends Studious?

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I rubbed my head. "Ouch. Are you alright, bro?" I turned to Matthew. He rolled his eyes.

"Yes, I am alright. Although I would be more worried about who you ran into." He nodded in the direction where a very quiet pained groan ensued.

I dusted myself off and then squinted at the ground, looking for my glasses.

"A-Avery?" whoever it was that I had run into squeaked. As my fingers brushed my glasses, I faintly felt like I knew that voice from somewhere—

Oh God. Oh hamburgers. Oh everything sacred and smothered in ketchup. I pulled my glasses on and gasped. "Toris?"

I stared at the man in front of me. He stared back. "Why are you here?" he asked quietly.

I shrugged. "I could ask you the same."

He blushed. "I got a scholarship here, so I thought, since it looks good on résumés, I might as well come here for four years if it's going to be free anyway." He studied me closely. "Now, would you kindly return the favor and answer the question?"

I sheepishly rubbed the back of my head. "Um, well, you know I always wanted to be a fighter pilot and since graduates from here are almost always accepted into the best of the best when it comes to flight schools, I thought I could, y'know, pretend to be a guy for four years until I got my degree."

He sighed. "You and you're foolish plans." He then turned to Matthew. "Now who's this? I don't remember you having a brother."

Matthew snorted. "It'd be nice to know who you are, too." Woah. Since when was Matthew a bitch? (I chalked it all up to over-protective brotherly-ness. Or maybe he's just on his man-period.)

I blushed. "Um, well, uh. Toris and me kind of…dated…during high school."

Matthew looked at me skeptically. I didn't usually introduce people like that. "What are you hiding?"

I grinned. "Okay, so he lived with me for the last year of high school." Matthew facepalmed and Toris blushed.

"How did you accomplish that with your mother, eh?" Matthew asked.

I shrugged. "Well, Mom emancipated me because she was moving in with her fiancé and you and Dad were in Canada, so…"

"So he is your brother. Are you two twins?" Toris asked, shock already washed away. Ah, that was why I liked Toris so much. He could remain calm in all of my hair-tearing catastrophes.

"Yep! Mattie knew he had a twin sister, but I didn't even know I had a sibling." I flashed a thumbs-up sign. "It was quite a scandal when he first saw me, although he didn't tell any of my roommates as soon as he found out."

Toris wrinkled his nose. "You have roommates?"

I pouted. "Oh, come on, you of all people should understand that I can safely live with boys my age without being mentally traumatized."

"I was more worried for your roommates…" I punched him lightly on the arm.

"Hahahaha, you're so funny, Toris, always telling jokes," I grinned at him. Best way to hide the hurt? Pretend you didn't realize they were serious!

Toris rolled his eyes. He already knew that I did that when hurt. "Sorry, Avery, but it is the truth."

I rolled my eyes. "It is pretty hard, since they don't pick up my messes like you did." I decided to not mention that I was currently exiled from my room, of course.

He frowned. "I wasn't just a maid, Avery…!"

I grinned at him and slung my arm around his shoulder. "Of course not! It's too bad we broke it off, y'know? You were really good at keeping me in line. Now I'm stuck with a stupid Brit who confiscates my cell phone and tells me to do my homework."

"That's exactly the same thing I did, Ave."

I shrugged. "You bribed me, though. You took care of me in a way where I always wanted to refuse to do jack just so I could be bribed with—"

"Avery!" both boys shouted at me.

I grinned. "T-M-I?"

Matthew nodded, and Toris face-palmed.

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Heehee. I loved this chapter. In fact, it was the second to third chapter I ever wrote. And I rarely write chapters ahead of the story. (Because things change, and then you have to edit it so it fits. For instance, this chapter had no mention of the fact that Avery was kicked out of her dorm.)

Toris shows up a lot more in the story, now that Avery knows he exists. Ha.

Next chapter is kind of filler (just Toris and Avery catching up), since I want Arthur to wait a reasonable amount of time before letting (read: begging) Avery to come back. So! Next chapter is full of memories from Avery's high school years. Heeeheee. Anyone else notice my fondness for AmeRuss? There's a reason Russia hasn't showed up~ You'll see why~ :)

Review! Hope y'all dun enjoyed~ (Okie slang fer the win!)