Alfred got around for school, Matthew and him fought for the shower and bathroom space. Their parents took claim of the bathroom downstairs, Mr. Williams was shaving in front of the mirror and Mrs. Williams was doing her make up. They could hear their sons fighting over the shower, she rolled her eyes and placed her eye liner down to go yell at them. "You boys are going to shut your mouths right now, we're not the only house on this road so flip a coin and deal with it." She shouted at them and returned to doing her make up. She pushed her hair back with a head band and called it good.

Matthew lost the coin toss, he waited outside the door with a hair brush and some hair spray. He didn't have enough time to shower before school, Alfred always took forever. He grabbed something to eat before walking out the door to the buss stop. There was still some time before the buss came, a car pulled up next to him. He knew that the car belonged to Gilbert's. "Hey get in, we're skipping school today." He said after he rolled the window down. Matthew looked over his shoulder and saw Alfred running towards them. Without so much as a second thought he hopped into the passenger seat and closed the door.

Gilbert laughed and drove off, Matthew laughed with him and waved at his brother as they drove past him. "Are we really skipping school today." He asked and Gilbert nodded his head. He drove down the road away from the school, he didn't have anything planned for them to do, he just needed to get away from learning and books. "Where are we going?" Matthew asked and Gilbert shrugged his shoulders.

"How about the zoo, I wanted to stop by before they closed." Gilbert suggested and Matthew nodded. Gilbert smirked and did a U turn in the middle of the street. He drove them to the zoo and parked in the front, there were only a couple other cars parked there, the zoo wasn't open yet. Nevertheless there were trails for people to walk on all over the area. He got out and opened the door for Matthew. "Follow me, this one trail leads to a river, we could swim." He said and took off a head. Matthew ran after him.

The tail was littered with hills, it felt like it was longer then what it really was, parts were over grown with small plants. Gilbert began looking from side to side, his stride had slowed down. "Are you sure you know were you're going?" Matthew asked and ran up to his side. Gilbert stood up straighter and kept walking, he sped up his pace.

He laughed and moved quicker then before. "I know exactly where we're going." He ran ahead before he diapered with his feet flying out from under him. Matthew heard him give a yelp, worried that he had hurt himself he quickly ran to see if he as alright. Gilbert had slid all the way down the hill and into a small thorn bush. Matthew made his was down the hill as quick as he could to go help him. "Careful, its slippery. I wouldn't want you falling in here with me." Gilbert teased and tried to get out himself.

Matthew took him by the hands and helped to pull him to his feet. "Gill you're bleeding, are you alright? Come here, there's a thorn in your arm." Matthew plucked it out, he looked and saw several other scratches left from the thorns, he knew they had to hurt. Gilbert smiled and wiped his cheek which only smeared blood across it. "We should go back to the car." He said and he started to climb back up the hill only to slid back down with his hands covered in thick black mud. When he tried again he fell into the hill face first.

Gilbert grabbed him and pulled him back. "The dirt is to soft and wet, it'll cave before you can make your way anywhere. Oh my god Chickadee your face is all muddy." he chuckled and used the back of his sleeve to wipe some of the mud away. Matthew pulled back blushing like mad, he began to wipe the mud from his face on his own. Gilbert took him by the wrist and pulled him forward. "Matt come here." He lead him around the thorn bush and through some shrubs. The river was up to his chest and almost perfectly clear.

"You found it." Matthew smirked and washed the remaining dirt off of his face. Gilbert smirked and placed both hands onto Matthew's shoulders, pushing him into the water. He jumped in shortly afterwords. "Hey why did you do that? My clothes!" He yelled but laughed and splashed him. Gilbert splashed back then dove under the water, he grabbed Matthew around the legs and lifted him out of the water before dunking him under.

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Alfred went to school unlike his stepbrother, he went to classes and did the work. When lunch time came around he sat with Lovino to complain. Lovino was staring off into space twirling his food around his fork. He had a dreamy expression, like he was off in his own world. Alfred waved his hand in front of his face to see if he was even awake. "I take it dance lessons are going well." He said sitting next to him.

Lovino let out a happy sigh and wrapped his arms around Alfred. "'Well' doesn't even cover how wonderful it went. We kissed and he got my grandfather's approval, so I guess that means we're dating." Lovino smiled and pressed his forehead into Alfred's arm. He couldn't but to feel a little jealous of his friend, he so desperately wanted to be with Arthur. He was flustered about how to ask him, he wanted it to be romantic and sweet. "How did things go with Arthur?" Lovino asked him.

"Mom told him off and he admitted he likes me but..." Alfred trailed off and looked across the room. He could see Arthur and Antonio standing together against the wall, talking with one another. He stared at him and sighed and stared at him. Lovino looked over at the two then over at Alfred. "But I forgot to ask him out, I was just so happy that he liked me that it slipped my mind. I want to impress him." Alfred confessed and pressed his face into the table.

Being the good friend that he is Lovino patted him on the back, he understood Alfred's embarrassment and did his best to help comfort him. "Why don't you ask him out when he tutors you tonight. Skip to the kiss, you are reading Romeo and Juliet right, well just skip to the damn wedding and kiss him so hard that he'll have to have your adopted babies." Lovino said giving him a good smack on the back. Alfred raised his head and grabbed Lovino by the shoulders.

"Lovi I could kiss you right now, you're fucking amazing. That is the best idea I've ever heard!" He said with the biggest smile Lovino had ever seen on his face. Lunch finished up and everyone cleared their place.

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Matthew and Gilbert sat on one side of the river in nothing but their underwear. Their clothes were laid out on a bolder in the sun to dry out. Matthew's hair started to frizz as it dried, he shivered and rubbed his arms to cause friction. Gilbert looked over at him, he realized that he never seen Matthew without a shirt on before, he paused when he realized just what he was thinking. Yet even with him pushing the thought from his mind, his eyes still wondered.

Matthew was well built from playing hockey, you had to be muscular to be in that sport. He looked away blushing and stared up at the sky. Matthew brought his knees to his chest and peeked over at Gilbert. "I wonder if our clothes are dry yet." He mumbled and stood up, he touched his shirt. It was still damp but it was good enough to ware. He pulled on his shirt and touched the pants, they were taking much longer to dry. Matthew tossed Gilbert's his shirt and returned to sitting next to him.

Small fish in the river tried swimming against the current only to slowly moved backwards. As they watched they saw a turtle swim by which only caused Gilbert to try and get it. Matthew watched him and smirked, he couldn't help but to chuckle at him. "Gil please don't get wet again we still have to walk the zoo. The pants are almost dry enough to wear." Matthew stood up and grabbed their clothes.

They got dressed and made a quick stop at Gilbert's car to get him some band-aids. The first aid kit was kept in the trunk, Gilbert's grandfather made sure there was one there as well as a basic survival kit. Matthew only placed band aid on the worse cuts, which were the ones on his back as well as a few on his arms. Gilbert smirked at him as he placed the last band aid onto his elbow. "Your hair is all frizzy, it looks so fluffy and soft." Gilbert teased and Matthew did his best to try and calm his wavy hair down.

Gilbert reach out and ran his fingers though it. He smirk and him and he began to walk to the front gate of the zoo. Matthew stared down at the ground before feeling the heat rise up into his ears. They entered the zoo, sneaking in with a large group of people, they laughed about it and grabbed a stroller. Gilbert sat inside of it and Matthew pushed him around in it, talking to him as if he were a child.

Lions were all asleep in the grass, while the monkey were climbing all over the place screaming and playing. The zebras just stood there and the loose peacocks chased them after they bought popcorn. They spent well over two hours in the zoo, looking at the animals, but after a while they grew hungry and they had no money left to spend. They walked back to Gilbert's car, planning out the rest of their skip Mrs. and Mr. Williams being away at work they went to Matthew's house where they found safely hidden away in the cupboard, a box of pancake mix. Being the pair of pancake lovers that they were they began cooking away.

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School was just about over, Alfred was sitting in his last class of the day. All th while he was staring at the clock, watching each and every second that ticked by, counting down. As soon as the bell ran he was on his feet running out the door, he flew like a bullet to his locker, opening it and grabbing his things. He quickly ran to the English class room to find Arthur.

He could over hear the teacher talking to him in a stern tone of voice. A strong part of him wanted to walk in the room and interrupt the scolding but he had a strong feeling that doing so would only get Arthur into more trouble and that was something he did not want. So Alfred waited for him outside the door.

When the teacher was done Arthur came flying out, slamming the door behind him. "What a fucking a wanker." He snarled and almost didn't notice Alfred there. When he saw him there he stopped and cleared his throat. "Alfred you do realize you have missed the buss, right." He told him and Alfred nodded his head.

"I was hoping that you could give me a ride home...I mean you're suppose to come over any ways to help me with Romeo and Juliet. I was really hoping we could do the wedding part, I didn't quite understand it." Alfred told him and Arthur gave a nod. It didn't even register that the teen might have ulterior motives for wanting to study, he thought that he had finally taken and interest to the story.

"Alright, seeing that I have to head that way anyways. Well do get moving, we don't have all day." He said and walked in front of him. Alfred followed close to his side, measuring how much shorter he was compared to Arthur. Alfred wondered if he would grow any, it wasn't like he knew how tall his father was, the only height he had to base his off of was his mother and she was a tiny thing. He wanted to be taller then this, just be taller then Arthur, that way he wouldn't look so young in comparison.

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the kitchen filled with the scent of pancakes and maple syrup and they weren't even done cooking yet. School was out so Alfred would be home at any moment and Matthew knew that he wouldn't be alone. They sat the extra pancakes on the side and took their own plates into the living room to eat.

Alfred arrived home around the time the two of them started in on their third plate of pancakes. Arthur was just behind him and he stopped to take his shoes off at the door. Matthew was the first to offer them some of the golden fluffy delights, Alfred shot him down saying that he wasn't hungry. Everyone knew something was up when those words popped out his mouth, Alfred never turned down food, he loved to eat. Food was life, his whole reason for getting up each day, without food his life would have no meaning.

Alfred took Arthur by the hand and pulled him upstairs. "We can eat after we get some school work done. Come on lets get to the wedding." Alfred said and took Arthur to his room where they could hear the door close. Matthew and Gilbert gave each other the look, simple knowing glances at one another before shrugging it off and going back to eating their endless flood of pancakes.

They sat on the floor eating in peace, when Matthew stood up and walked over to one of the air vents and leaned down next to it. Gilbert raised his eyebrows but instead of questioning it he walked over to where Matthew was and leaned down with him. They could hear every line being spoken, quieter sounds were impossible to make out. Then there was silence. Matthew looked up at Gilbert. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking." He asked.

Gilbert smiled and nodded his head. "Cock block them with pancakes." he suggested, pointing towards the plates they made up for those two. Matthew smirked and nodded his head, it sounded like a plan. Gilbert took one plate and Matthew took the other. Quietly they walked upstairs, trying their best not to laugh. Matthew grabbed the door handle and whispered a count down.

Alfred had finally worked up the nerve to actually kiss Arthur. It was a innocent enough kiss, a test to see if it would be allowed. When it was returned to him he began to infuse it with his passion. Matthew flung the door open and he and Gilbert raised the plates into the air. "Are you sure you don't want pancakes!" They both screamed. Alfred and Arthur flew apart so quickly it was like they hadn't even been near each other in the first plate. Arthur turned away from them to hide his blush and Alfred looked ready to jump on top of Matthew and teach him a lesson.

Alfred simply just got to his feet and whispered something to Matthew so Gilbert wouldn't hear. "When you go to kiss Gil, I want you to remember this moment, because when I cock block you...I'm going to cock block you hard. When you go to sleep with him...remember this moment...I'll be there to forever cock block you." He hissed and then slammed the door in their faces. Matthew stood there with his mouth just hanging open. He just stared at the door slightly horrified by what he just heard.

"Holy shit man, what the hell did he say?" Gilbert asked but Matthew refused to tell him.

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Wow you guys must really be frustrated with these guys because I know I am. I want them together already but there are a couple things I want to happen first, like that moment when it finally dawns on them 'Hey I'm in love with this person' I want it to hit them like a ton of bricks. Also I wanted Alfred to throw a party while their parents are out of town. I'll also be doing a time skip.

this fic is suppose to cover all of high school, some of college, and some of them with real jobs. So yeah its going to be really long. I might just not do college part in order to keep this from being freakishly long.

Well I would love to read some reviews from you guys to hear your thoughts. I am also looking for a beta who would be willing to fix the earlier chapters for me. Just message me if you are interested.