Chapter 4
After about an hour, Arthur had finally finished his report. Who would've thought it took so long to write the ending of a report on water based resources, especially with all of the rivers, lakes, and rainstorms he had in his home? Of course, Arthur was a little bit of a perfectionist so he might have reread it over a million times looking for mistakes. He glanced over at Alfred's paper. Surprisingly, it was full of notes and –he couldn't believe he was saying this– intelligent thoughts. It was nothing like Alfred's usual messy handwriting and crazy ideas he always had. Arthur was trying to decide whether or not this was good. Sure, Alfred not stuffing his face with burgers and making sense was great, but Arthur felt more comfortable with the goofing off Alfred. Sighing, Arthur figured they had been there long enough and was more than ready to drop Alfred off at his place before heading home.
"Come on, it's time to go," Arthur said while roughly shaking his younger companion.
"Give me a sec, I'm almost done," Alfred hissed back. At this response, Arthur yanked the textbook out of Alfred's hands.
"You can borrow it," Arthur pointed out.
"I left my library card at home," Alfred replied. Well, that was a lie. He actually didn't have one to begin with. Alfred silently prayed that Arthur didn't know about using the phone numbers…
"Well, you can just tell the nice lady your number, idiot," Arthur smugly resolved. "Now come on, some people want to be home before it's bloody dark out as well as freezing." Muttering under his breath about 'stupid British people', Alfred basically dragged himself over to the librarian. Personally, Alfred wouldn't have minded to stay a little longer, especially since it was warm and cozy in here.
"Card?" the dirty blonde librarian, Ella, her tag read, said offhandedly. She was so ready to pack it up and head home that she almost didn't register who she was talking to. Of course maybe she was so eager to get home, because she really wanted to finish her Artemis Fowl book in peace. "Oh, hello Alfred." she stated in a friendlier tone of voice.
"You two know each other?" Arthur inquired. Alfred gave a nervous laugh rubbed the back of his neck.
"Heh, yeah, long story. Let's just say that I come here more often than you think." Alfred shyly admitted to his former guardian.
"I still say that that only gives you more reason to get a library card," Ella commented. Arthur was surprised, to say the least. If Ella hadn't said anything, Arthur would've fully believed that Alfred had a library card. If he could lie so thoroughly about something that small, then maybe… no, Arthur was just getting ahead of himself.
"Let's go," Arthur said. Alfred replied with a 'What?' which annoyed the tired Brit. "I said, let's bloody go!" Arthur put down the book and steered his companion out the door. The companion gave Ella a wave goodbye over his shoulder and mouthed hold it. Luckily, Ella reads lips as well as books, and placed the textbook under the counter for when Alfred came back. By that time, though, Alfred and Arthur had already left the building.
"So where the bloody hell do you live, you bloody git?" The extremely ticked off England asked. America gave the elder nation his address. England him a confused look. "That's exactly where I'm staying," he said quietly.
Oh, America's screwed. England's staying at his place. Anyway, in case anyone is wondering, it's actually possible for America to not be loud and jumpy. I forgot when I started this fic, but when I was watching the Hetalia episodes again to remember England's accent a little better, I stumbled across episode 8 of Beautiful World. Surprisingly, when America is helping Estonia find the culprit America is actually pretty calm and quiet. It's also proven that he is at least smart when it comes to the field of technology. If you don't believe me, watch the subtitled version yourself (did they even dub Beautiful World yet?). I was even shocked at his behavior. I'd like to thank silverheartlugia2000 coming up with Iggy's report idea (gives hug). Before I go, I have to tell you guys something. My Immortal by Evanscence is totally Iggy's song, Exodus by Evanscence and Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson Amerca's songs, and Invisible by (I don't know) Canada's song. I swear I think of them whenever I listen to one of those songs. Happy Memorial Day!