A/N Merry late Christmas/Hanukkah! And Happy New Year! Surprise! I'm not dead you guys!:D

Lets all give a round of applause to the computer dude that restarted my windows; which deleted ALL of my documents, pictures, and my Microsoft Word. Gee, thanks. -_- Believe me when I say that I tried really hard to get you guys this chapter out. I was forced to write it in notepad, but I failed miserably… for some reason I felt challenged. XD But anyway, I got the next chapter right here. I hope you guys enjoy! :D

Elizabeta's cold came and went within a week and she couldn't thank Roderich (who surprisingly didn't catch her cold) enough for taking care of her.

The month was September. To Elizabeta, the month September was not only the month that welcomed the autumn season, but it was also Roderich's 2nd month for his time in Hungary.

Ever since Elizabeta got over her cold, she and Roderich fell into a pattern. Every morning they would have breakfast at the Shadow's Café. Then, they would go on a walk in Budapest in the afternoon. And finally they would go back to the Shadow's Café so Roderich could play and listen to Madeline's poetry. However on the weekends, they would spend the whole day in Budapest.

"Am I the only that hasn't seen Madeline's hair before?" Elizabeta asked Roderich one morning as she watched Madeline take people's orders.

Roderich shook his head. "No, I haven't seen it either. She's always wearing her snazzy berets, covering up all of her hair."

Elizabeta nodded as she grabbed the back of Madeline's shirt while she was walking past their table.

"Eh? Oh, Bonjour Roderich and Elizabeta. Is there something you need? " Madeline asked.

"Well I have a question. Do you mind taking off your snazzy beret for me?" Elizabeta asked.

Madeline wanted to ask why but just shrugged it off. She slipped off her beret and out flopped short, wavy, strawberry blonde hair. Roderich and Elizabeta's eyes widdened.

"What?" Madeline asked.

Elizabeta was the first to recover. "N-Nothing it's just that.. Is that your natural hair color?"

Madeline nodded.

Roderich and Elizabeta exchanged looks.

"Were you expecting a strawberry blond?" She asked.

"Not even a little. To be honest, I was expecting a brunette."

"Me too!"

"Does anyone mind filling me in on what's going on right now?" Madeline asked, hating the fact that she was overly confused.

"Oh well Elizabeta was going on and on about how she and I have never seen your hair before because you always have on your snazzy berets covering up all of your hair. So when you took off you snazzy beret, we were not expecting a wavy strawberry blond at all. In fact we were expecting a brunette. Now, were just a little shocked about that fact. No big deal." Roderich managed to say in one breath.

"What he said." Elizabeta said agreeing with Roderich.

"Don't worry, I understand. People think I'm a brunette all the time." Madeline said as she slipped back on her beret.

"Well...Thanks, I guess." Elizabeta said.

"I feel informed now." Roderich said after.

"Um, I'm glad you guys know my natural hair color now." Madeline said.

"Oh, yeah. That's it, thanks a lot." Elizabeta said.

"Well, alright." And with that, she walked away to assist more table.

"Are you ready to go?" Roderich asked.

"Yeah, but instead of going for a walk in Budapest like always, how about we go for a ride to the Hungarian countryside?"

"...You have a car?"

Elizabeta laughed. "It's because I walk everywhere isn't it? Well that's only because all the places I go are within walking distance. So how 'bout it?"

"Well I suppose that breaking our everyday routine wouldn't be that bad."

Elizabeta smiled and grabbed a ten dollar bill and placed it on the table. After that, the both of them got up and headed towards Elizabeta's home. She unlocked the door and headed down the hallway and into the first door on the right.

She clapped her hand twice and the lights flicked on. Elizabeta squealed. "I just love doing that."

Elizabeta drove her black compact car to the countryside which consisted of a dirt road, soft grass, and flower thought of the times when she and Gilbert was still together, and they would take walks in the fields almost every Sunday afternoon.

"We can go for a walk in one of the fields you you'd like." She said to get her mind off of Gilbert.

Roderich nodded and Elizabeta parked the car.

"How do you suppose we gr over the fence?" Roderich asked asked as he waited for Elizabeta to get out of the car.

"Simple. We just jump over it." She said. Elizabeta moved back away form the fence and then took off running towards the fence. When she was close enough, the dived over the fence and tucked and rolled to break her fall.

"Looks easy right?" Elizabeta said on the other side of the fence.

"I guess it does." Roderich said slowly.

"Good, now it's your turn."

"Ooh there's absolutely no way I could hop over this fence. I think I'll climb over it."

"Okay, that's fine by me...Just know that you risk getting your pants ripped on the fence and I left my sewing kit at home."

Roderich sighed. Elizabeta was right. He just got these pants last week! Why on earth would he want to rip them already?

He sighed again, "Well since I guess I have no choice but to jump over the fence. But, there's just one problem: I can't jump over fences."

"Oh. Well that's no problem! You could at least try right?" Elizabeta said with an encouraging smile.

"I-I don't think—"

Before Roderich could finish his sentence, Elizabeta grabbed his hands and laced them with hers.

"Please Roderich? I think you can do it. Besides, if you fall, I swear I'll catch you." She said softly.

Roderich was blushing.

Big surprise.

"O-ok. I guess there's no harm in trying." He said moving away from the fence.

"That's the spirit!" Elizabeta cheered, "Now all you have to do is dive over and tuck and roll after that. But don't roll too much, there's a hill not far from where I'm standing."

Roderich nodded and did exactly what Elizabeta did when she jumped over the fence. However, instead over tucking and rolling like she said, he fell into Elizabeta who lunged backwards and down the hill.

When they finally came to a stop, it was then Roderich and Elizabeta noticed that they had rolled down into a field of flowers.

"Roderich?" Elizabeta said who was pinned on her belly under Roderich.

"Yes?" He asked who seemed unharmed sitting on top of Elizabeta.

"You forgot to tuck and roll..Didn't you?"

"...Yes."

"Well," She started as she rolled over making Roderich fall backwards. "as you can see, that step is a very important step. Remember it next time would you?"

Roderich sat up and gave a weak smile. "I'll remember to tuck and roll next time Elizabeta, I promise."

Elizabeta gave a smile of her own. 'He promised.' She thought.

They found a shady tree to sit under and they did what the always did: Talk. Talking to Roderich seemed like the funniest thing to do to Elizabeta. He really seemed to fill a huge void that's been in her life for the past 3 years. Because of her independence, she's never really had and guy friends since she wrote it...Did she even like being independent?

'Well of course I do.' She said to herself. 'These past 3 years has been amazing journey in my life, I can't just give up on it now.'

"Can I tell you something?" She asked.

"Sure." Roderich said.

"Your like the best guy friend I've ever had." She said with a smile.

Roderich chucked. "That really means a lot Elizabeta. It really does. If I'm not mistaken, I believe that you and Madeline are the only female companions I've ever had."

"I could never believe that Roderich."

"Believe me when I say that I have a better chance at finding Waldo than another female companion."

Elizabeta wanted to laugh, so hard. But, she had manners and that would be rude if she were to laugh.

"Have you ever tried finding the source of your reasoning?" She said as evenly as she could.

"I did. Just recently actually. I believe that the reason is because ever since I was a child, I always distanced myself from the other children. I never went outside to play with the other children, I always stayed inside to learn the piano and eat all of the chocolate cake that I wanted."

Elizabeta laughed softly. "It seems that we were complete opposites when we were children. When I was a kid, I stayed outside. I would come home with leaves in my hair from my 'exploring' and 'adventuring', and scratches on my arms and legs from fighting boys."

Now it was Roderich's time to laugh. "Well slowly grew out of that stage and actually grew up. Although, I sill love to eat cake and play piano of course. But I go outside more, so that's better. Then I met Madeline, who made me her new best friend as soon as we met, which I didn't mind. However, about 4 days later, I met Elizabeta Héderváry."

"Oh I remember that day. That was the day that my favorite blouse was ruined." Elizabeta mumbled under her breath.

"But right before you walked off, I grabbed your hand because—" Roderich stopped his sentence.

'Because I thought that a beautiful woman like you should be in my life which is why I asked If I could repay you with lunch? Is that what I was honestly going to say?' Roderich thought.

He had already faced the facts during the time that he was taking care of Elizabeta when she was ill. He liked her more than just a friend. But he could never tell her that, he valued his life more that that. But he wished that he could tell her so badly.

"—Because you wanted to tell me that you thought that my blouse must have looked so nice on me before you ruined it that you thought that lunch could solve all problems. Roderich? Aren't you 26 like me? You can't start forgetting things like that. You'll make me feel old. I don't want to feel old at 26...Maybe 27." She said with a laugh. Roderich laughed with her.

"So, when's your last day in Hungary?" Elizabeta asked after a while.

"September 28th."

"That long huh?"

Roderich nodded. "At least I'll still be here for Madeline's birthday."

"Really? When's her birthday?"

"September 16th."

Elizabeta smiled. "I think I want to throw her a birthday party."

Roderich smiled too. "That's not a bad idea."

"So I'm guessing I have your support on this right?"

"One hundred percent."

Elizabeta couldn't help herself, she hugged him tightly. "Thanks." She said after releasing him.

"You're welcome." He said with a small chuckle.

"So let's get started on planing this shall we?"

Roderich and Elizabeta continued to talk and plan for the rest of the day. Literally.

"Where did the sun go?" Elizabeta asked as she looked up at the milky twilight.

"I think it went down." Roderich said looking at the sky also.

"Gee, that thought never occurred to me Roderich. Thanks." She said dryly. "But seriously, did we actually spend all day out here talking?"

Roderich nodded. "Quite amazing isn't it?"

Now it was Elizabeta's turn to nod. "Well anyway, we should go now because once I feel sleepy, I might fall asleep while driving." She said getting up.

"Maybe I should drive." Roderich said as he got up after her.

While walking to the car, Elizabeta felt for her keys in her pocket. When she couldn't feel them, she turned around to walk back to the tree to see if the fell out there. The only thing that she forgot was Roderich was walking behind her and the root growing out of the ground that she hit her shoe on earlier. Therefore she tripped and fell on top of Roderich.

And there lips met in the sweetest surprise kiss you could imagine.

A/N How many of you guys were expecting this? xD Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out soon! :) And Please, If you guys want this story to keep going, I need some reviews! D: Can we fix that please? :D