Elisaveta rode home with Gilbert after school, he was in a bad mood over something, he refused to tell her what. She leaned back in her chair and listened to the radio, Gilbert normally had one of his CDs playing which he would try to talk over or sing with. "Come on just tell me what happened, I normally don't pry and you know that but you're driving just like your grandfather and that's never a good sign." She pointed out. He grumbled at her, keeping his eyes on the road. They sat in silence until they reached his house.
He turned his car off and got out as quick as he could. Elisaveta got out and followed after him. He went inside and sat on the ground in front of the TV. "Matthew's mad at me. But its not my fault!" He said and she sat next to him after closing the front door. She placed her hand onto his shoulder and hid a smirk. "You know Tim has the hots for him right, well I was just telling him that I didn't want him going there, Tim is sure to pull something. I don't want Tim pulling the moves on Mattie."
"Wow Gil you sound jealous. Matt will do what ever Matt wants to do. Its not like you're his..."
"If you say boyfriend I swear I'll snap." He yelled and she flinched a little before shoving him. He stumbled back and went down to his side. She gave him a good smack to the top of his head. He sighed and sat back up, keeping his head down and his eyes focused on his hands. "So what if I'm a bit jealous? You wouldn't want me kissing and rubbing up on someone else would you?" He asked her and she let out a sigh.
She stood up and moved to the couch and looked down at him. "Gilbert I want you to be happy, we tried dating and it didn't work, we're better off friends. I have a boyfriend now so I honestly don't give a flying shit if you make-out, kiss, or do the do with someone else. I won't be jealous of you and someone else, I don't have those sort of feelings." She told him and stared him down, hoping that it would click inside his pretty little head. She wasn't so lucky and he just stared at her confused.
"I want him to be happy...just not with Tim. That's not bad is it." He said and she rolled her eyes at him. How could he be so clueless, there was no possible he could be so stupid. He crawled across the floor and grabbed one of the movies he bought and placed it in the DVD player. "I actually asked Matthew to come here and watch movies with me...I just wanted us to hang out together I tried to get him to skip out on Tim." He explained and she let out a loud sigh.
She tried to think of a way to explain things to him without having to spell it out. "Gilbert have you ever thought about asking Matthew out?" She asked and he looked at her nervously laughing, his face had gone all pink and she slowly began to smile at him. She giggled and crawled off the couch and shoved him. "You sly bastard why didn't you tell me sooner. This whole time I thought you were just being a idiot." She said and smacked his once she got him down.
"I didn't want to say anything about it. I don't think he feels the same way about me, he was really mad at me today, said I wasn't his boyfriend and stuff." He said and she just kept giggling, Gilbert may not be a total idiot but he was still a idiot. She backed off for just a second.
"I think he likes you but I think he doesn't really understand it yet. Gilbert I think you should ask him out, show him some of that Gilly-bear charm." She told him and kept smiling. Gilbert rubbed the back of his head laughing nervously.
"I was planning on asking him out today, but well that really didn't go to plan. I really hope nothing happens between him and Tim...like what am I suppose to do if they start dating." He asked her and she shrugged her shoulders at him. She didn't know, she didn't have all the answers. He got nervous the more he thought about it. "What if he still mad at me?"
"Just say you're sorry, hopefully he has calmed down by then." She told him and they took a small break to watch the movie. Elisaveta wanted to tell Gilbert about the bet, but she stayed quiet, she had money on those two are there were rules to follow, number one rule : do not tell them about the bet or you get removed from the bet with no refunds. It was clear to see that these two were bound to get together, it was only a matter of time. They watched the movie and then made up some thing to eat for dinner.
It began to grow dark outside and Gilbert had to take Elisaveta home. When they got in the car they started talking again. "I really hope things go well between that two of you. You deserve some happiness in your life." She said turning the radio on. He stuck one of his CDs in and.
"Yeah...that would be nice." He said.
She smiled and looked at him giving a small laugh. "When did you figure it out? You know...that you liked him." She asked, she had know, it was bugging her.
Gilbert smiled and turned the music down so she could hear. "Remember when I skipped school, well I took Matthew with me. I fell into a thorn bush and he helped me out and it was then...I realized that I was...in love." He said and blushed. She giggled and playfully punched him in the arm.
"That is so corny Gil, oh my god. I forget how much of a softy you are sometimes Mr. Tough guy." She teased and laughed a bit more. Gilbert blushed and smiled.
"I can be a softy if I want to be, I just don't like people to see it. I've actually tried showing it a bit to Matthew but I get nervous. Like he's a ready a perfect balance of shy, manly, cuteness." Gilbert said and she smirked at him. The two of them talked and tried to think of creative ways fro him to ask Matthew out, he didn't want to go to big just in case he got turned out, to avoid making things awkward between them, but he didn't want to go small either, he wanted Matthew to take him seriously.
This all felt way more complicated then it should have, they were best friends it shouldn't be to hard to take their relationship further then that. Then he remembered Feliciano and Ludwig, they had been best friend, awkward and already very lovey-dovey with one another, but it still took them all of middle school to finally become a couple. Their first year together was odd, they didn't know how to go about being a couple, but now that they finally had it some what down, they were almost the perfect couple.
He wondered if he and Matthew would become a damn near perfect couple, he smiled to himself, he knew they would. Elisaveta looked over at him, she smirked and it took Gilbert awhile to notice the funny look she was giving him. "Its nice isn't, the fluttering feeling you get in your chest when you're in love. Just wait, it'll get really difficult when you see him again, now you know, now you can't ignore the pitter patter of your heart. Touching him will be the hardest for you, simple touching his arm or taking his hand will get you all worked up." She said and looked out the window.
Gilbert turn toward her, a little terrified by what she said. There was no way he would get that lame, next time he saw Matthew he was going to confess his feelings like a man and hope that his feelings would be returned. He was the most awesome person around, there was no way he would be rejected. He just had to keep telling himself that. Matthew would have to fall in his arms.
He took Elisaveta home, he dropped her off at the end of her driveway. Her father peeked out the window at them. She waved goodbye and walked to the door. Gilbert waved at her father and drove off, that man was a bit intimidating.
The next day Gilbert waited beside Matthew's locker like he normally would do. Matthew walked down the hall with his head down, looking at the ground. He appeared to be in a better mood then yesterday. Matthew looked up at him and he felt his heart jump against his ribs. His mouth was suddenly dry and his mind went blank. He had no clue what to say now, the only sound that was coming out of his mouth was a confused 'ahh'.
Matthew stared at him before opening his locker. He slammed it close and turned towards Gilbert. "Gil...I'm sorry about yesterday...I didn't mean it. You were right, of course, Tim kissed me after we saw pictures of what gentital warts looked like. It was really awkward so feel free to tell me 'you told me so'." Matthew said and let out a loud sigh.
Gilbert was still making the confused 'ahh' sound. He couldn't get himself to relax enough to say anything, so he was just standing there looking like a fool. Matthew eyes were burning into him, he just couldn't do it. "I need to go." He said and walked off, leaving Matthew standing there. Elisaveta had been watching it all, she thought it would go better then that. She walked up to Matthew and he looked at her.
"Liz...is Gil mad at me? Well I don't blame him, I didn't listen to him and he was right yet again...I thought if I apologize it would fix things. Do you think you could talk to him, you know him better then I do." Matthew asked and she just sighed, she didn't want to get herself more involved then she already was. But Matthew was giving her this kicked puppy look and her mother hen instinct kicked in without any warning.
She tried to avoid looking at him but damn it she was already trapped. "I'm no Dr. Phil but I'll see what I can do." She said and gave him a pat on the back before she rushed after Gilbert. She found him face down on the class room floor. She stood above him with her arms crossed, shaking her head. "Well Gilbert you did fucking wonderfully, he thinks that you're mad at him. What happened to telling him how you feel, god damn it Gil I can't hold your hand for this, you are a big boy, take the fucking training wheel off and ride!" She hissed, her lecture had gotten away from her but she felt like her point still came across.
Gilbert looked up her. "Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground!" He sang at her before pressing his face into the ground. She stepped one of her boots into the center of his back.
"Did you get the floor just to make that joke?" She yelled and Gilbert looked up at her frowning.
"I had to cheer myself up some how...you were there Liz. I blew it, I don't know what happened I froze up!" He said and she removed her boot from his back and pulled him to his feet. They took their seats and the teacher walked in late. "I have to try again..."
"You better, you do know that Tim has more then just the hots for him right. Like everyone knows that he likes him a whole lot, better watch yourself." She said and he growled under his breath.
"I can do this, its just asking someone out, it can't be that hard. I mean I had the fucking balls to ask you out...I don't understand why its so hard this time around." He told her and she just sighed and took his hand.
"Because by the time you asked me out you were in love with me anymore, you remembered being in love with me and just confused memory with how you currently felt. You and Matthew have been crushing on each other from day one, you were just to focused on past emotions to notice the ones you were currently feeling. Now I want you to go and woo that little bastard and stop bitching to me about it!" She snapped and yanked out her note book to start her work.
He just stared at her, the truth hurt. He wanted to say something to her, a part of him was questioning why she would even agree to go out with him if she already knew about his feelings for Matthew. He realized that he probably didn't want to, that or he was afraid of what she would say, maybe it was both. He looked down at his own note book and let loud a loud sigh, he really could be a idiot.
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Guess who got fired
Guess who was crying on and off all day, guess who ate a shit ton of cookies and candy, guess who never does anything right
Guess who is having a emotional break down. Guess who further disappointed her parents ( they say they are proud of me no matter what but I don't see how they can be proud of me when I'm not proud of myself)
Just guess.
All I have now to keep me going is this fanfiction and the fact that I am going to order a Prussia cosplay online.
