Author's Note- Hey, it is time for another in depth state highlight, but before that I need to thank my wonderful reviewers. Thanks so much to Bumblekat, Guest, Daffodil Moon, AmeBel, and EverythingMath. I am glad you all have a sense of humor about Texas and Rhode Island.

Disclaimer-I do not own Hetalia…or Apple..or The Weather Channel App…

The Weather Channel App

Hawaii was always annoyed by his siblings' tendency to consider him to be the youngest of the American family. Yes, he was the newest state but one's history did not begin with statehood. No one really remembered when Hawaii actually born but it was an accepted fact that his nation predated the U.S.A. by about a thousand years. This technically made him everyone's elder brother which meant that they should take his needs into account every once in a while. Sadly the only state that seemed sympathetic to this argument was Alaska, and honestly she had about as much clout as he did.

Anyway, Hawaii was currently with one of his worst family pet peeves, the fact they expected him to attend emergency family meetings in person. Yes, the current crisis in the Ukraine was important and the family needed to make sure that they had a united front on the issue, but did the really need to all be in the same room to make an official decision? Also did they have to schedule there meetings for first thing in the morning in Washington D.C. They knew that it meant that Alaskan and he had to wake up in the middle of their night to participate.

Then to make things worse the East Coast had to be hit by another set of miserable winter storms. Just watching his weather app for the last few days had made him feel cool and he had been in the relative comforts of home for all of that time. Hawaii would officially turn into a popsicle the moment he walked off the plane. Clearly there was only one possible solution to the problem. The United States had all of the technology needed for a secure conference video conference call; Hawaii was going to insist that America let him use it.

"Hey, Alfred, I was wondering if it would be possible for me to use the video conferencing system for this emergency security meeting instead of going to Washington D.C. in person." Hawaii got directly to the point when the nation finally answered his Skype call.

"Why?" The nation looked back at him with a combination of exhaustion and annoyance.

"Because it seems a little ridiculous for me to have a 20 hour round trip in order to attend 3 hours of meetings. It would be rather costly in both time and money for me to book those flights, while it would be practically free for me to call in from my home office."

"Are you sure that the weather has nothing to do with it?" America said skeptically.

"Sure the cold weather has something to do with it. Everyone knows that I don't deal with snow well, but that is a minor issue," Hawaii lied, "the bigger issue is the travel distance. I am twice as far from Washington D.C. than California and almost a quarter more that Alaska. It is not easy for me to get to meetings on the drop of a hat. If I call into the meeting instead of traveling halfway across the world I will be better rested for the meeting, able to spend more time on my naval duties, plus you don't have to worry about my flight being delayed because of the weather the Mainland has been having."

"Alright, you have made a good point. We will have you video conference into this meeting, but I expect you to be in full business dress for the conference call and I have to insist that you will be here for our biannual family get together in May."

"Don't worry; I have already gotten my ticket for May." The state made a dismissing waving motion with his hand. "In fact, I have already sent the itinerary to Virginia so if you have any question about the details you can bug her. Knowing her she probably has the thing memorized."

"Good. Talk to you Friday." America said with a nod, tiredness seeping into his voice.

"Talk to you then." Hawaii said with a smile and switched off Skype connection.

The moment that the screen went dark he slouched back into his chair with relief. He would have to wake up at 2 am local time to participate in the 8 am eastern meeting, but that was unavoidable. He had not only managed to avoid being thrown into the East Coast's snowy weather, but he had also managed to avoid being stuffed into a metal cylinder for half a day. Truly that had been a successful phone call. Well, now that that was taken care of, it was time for Hawaii to turn his attention to more important matters, such as the surf report.

End Note- Honestly, if I was Hawaii I would I would probably stick on the beach too.