…So I know I should say don't try this, but really, just go ahead and try. It's bitchin' fun!
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Little Nunavut and Manitoba were in the last fast food joint. Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. were also on their last restaurant and the rest were almost finished making the snacks and drinks (all under Quebec's iron fist). Quickly placing the food into the backpack strapped to 'Vut's back, they carefully slipped out with the trays. Giggling as they pulled out of the parking lot they quickly made their way to the park the others were meeting them at.
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"Oi! Boss Man! Over here!" B.C. lazily waved his joint at Matthew and the his east coast brethren. Yukon and North West Territories were discretely building a fire pit at the bottom of the hill. Manitoba and Saskatchewan were attempting to gathering wood from the groove of poplars. Alberta and Nunavut were doing the actual gathering. Manitoba and Saskatchewan were, once again, loudly arguing. The only difference is that both women were now wielding large branches and brandishing them like weapons while shrieking at each other.
"Did you get them? Please tell me you got them!" The manifestation of Canada pleaded with his western most province. B.C. took a long drag and watched his boss. He was almost twitching with excitement, ready to start, wanting to go-go-go.
"Of course. Your lack of faith in us wounds my poor little heart," B.C. put his hand over his heart and dramatically swooned. All for effect of course. He had a reputation to uphold. Good looking, fun loving, all around good guy with an untameable sense of adventure…
"B.C. please stop mentally stoking your ego. It's very creepy." Canada deadpanned. "Let's just get started shall we?" The blonde man moved down the hill to the others, leaving B.C. to pout and follow. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were giggling at Newfoundland and Labrador's horrible impressions of him. Quebec merely muttered death threats under his breathe but they were in French and everyone west of Manitoba knows that they don't really count if they're not in English. P.E.I. laughed until she had to sit down in a rather deep snow bank. B.C. did the only mature thing he could do in this situation. Gave them the finger and an eye roll and moved away from them. Honestly.
"Okay everyone! Grab a tray and lets go!" Canada yelled at the gathering of provinces and territories. A loud cheer from all of them quickly followed as they all ran up the hill again, hinder slightly by the snow (as Nova Scotia quickly slid right back down the hill again). The rest of the day was filled with a variation of tray sledding, tray boarding, and at one point Alberta even tried down hill tray skiing. Saskatchewan and Manitoba had to dig him out of a bank, all three of them laughing so hard it took twice as long. Quebec finally herded everyone back to the picnic and the merrily burning fire at the bottom of the hill just as the sun was setting. Only two of the trays had broken due to the cold, luckily they had spares.
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Matthew smiled softly at his sleeping family as they were sprawled all over his living room. The fun of the day had wiped them all out. Nunavut had fallen asleep first, quickly followed by all the others. Matthew himself was slowly nodding off as well, the warmth sinking into his bones, and making his eyelids heavy. However he just wanted to watch his family for a bit longer. There were times that he was terrified that his family was a broken mess, one that couldn't be fixed (no matter how hard he tried).
And there was times like this (wonderful, bright, happy times) where they all came together, and really were a family. The love and laughter were genuine and abundant. His family might fight and mock and bitch and rail at each other, but they also loved each other and would, at the drop of a hat, be there no matter what. All of them, himself included, had grown into wonderful people. They had their problems (a country full of them), but he couldn't be more proud of them. He drifted off, the last thought in his mind was the distant acknowledgement that when they all woke up they were going to be very sore because they fell asleep on the various chairs, chesterfields and the floor.
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If you do try this, please note that the cheap trays will break if it's too cold and you will take a header. HARD.
Please remember that Canada is having too much fun to want to kill himself all the time.
And to all those who read this and are from B.C. don't take B.C.'s rant to heart, but you all do seem to yourselves a little too seriously. But that's why we love you! 3