Author's Note- Okay soap box moment. I am a person who really likes the Olympics and the Paralympics. They represent the very best that our world strives for. I have always been an avid follower of the games and even saved for months so that I could afford to attend my favorite event at the winter Olympics when I was a kid. (If you are curious it was ski jumping.) So, when I found out that yet again I would not be able to watch my favorite Olympic events on the TV or online in the United States for the fourth Olympics in a row I was highly annoyed. I have been even more annoyed by the fact that the coverage I have gotten has been so skewed towards America athletes that you rarely get to see other nations compete. Which really stinks because the Norwegians are awesome, the Canadians are amazing, the South Koreans are incredibly graceful, and who doesn't want to watch the Jamaican bobsled team? In a day and age when the world is the most interconnected it has ever been it is frustrating to live in the one country where it is nearly impossible for me to watch and cheer the top athletes in the world.

Okay, off my soap box now. Let's head to the story, but first a quick shout out to Laveycee, tessa,flynn,o13, Daffodil Moon, and IndianaFerbDragon for being awesome reviewers.

Disclaimer-I do not own Hetalia…or Apple…or NBC…or the Olympics…

NBC Sports Live Extra

"Alfred, we need to talk." It was a series of words that tended to fill America's mind with dread every time Virginia spoke them and the fact that that the state was several thousand miles away didn't change things. "The coverage of the Winter Olympics has been absolutely horrendous. In a lot of people's eyes they have not only botched their commentary but have also unfairly restricted access to the events."

"It can't be that bad…" America started.

"It is really that bad." Virginia sighed with exasperation. "Listen the coverage as been so terrible that both Alaska and Minnesota have been comminuting to Canada each night so they can watch the games, Maine has already informed me that they he will be heading north to watch the entire curling finals with Novi Scotia, and I kind of suspect that Washington would be in British Columbia right now if BC wasn't currently in Sochi."

"So what you are telling me is that three states have decided to take some vacation time and visit Canada so that they could watch the Olympics. By my count that isn't that bad."

"What you don't understand is those are the states that are desperate to participate with the Olympics. Many of the rest of the states are simply starting to lose interest."

"And I should be concerned why?"

"Because we spend a lot of taxpayer money every year to make the Olympics happen and it makes people angry when one corporation blocks there access to an event that they have partially paid for. Especially because that company isn't paying the taxpayers back for that right. In the current fiscal environment it is only a matter of time before people start pay attention to where there money is going."

"Point taken." America replied sharply. "I will work on the problem when I get back."

"Sure you will." The state scoffed. "If I remember correctly this is the fourth Olympics we have had this problem."

"And I will do my very best to make sure that it is also the last." The phone connection clicked off and America sighed.

"What's up Alfred? You look kind of frustrated." Canada spoke up quietly from behind him and America almost jumped out of his skin. Once he had a chance to catch his breath again he admitted his problem.

"Some of the states are upset because they can't access all of the Olympic Games."

"Ah, well that would be why we broadcast the Olympics my national network." Canada said with a shrug. "That way I can translate it into all the languages that my people speak, plus everyone can access the events live on the web."

America stuck out his tongue in reply and promptly threw a snowball at his twin.

End Note-Snowball fight!