Arthur and I blinked at him in surprise. Matthew offered Arthur and apologetic smile. Arthur, on the other hand, was pointing at me then back to Matthew, opening and closing his mouth. Making me giggle as he did a great fish impression. Finally when he seemed to recover his speech, Arthur said,
"I didn`t bloody give you permission to touch anything Matthew! Five minutes into recovering the position for Francis because I don`t trust your brother and I`m already regretting it!" Brother? He has a brother? Leaning close to him I whispered,
"Brother?" He smiled gently.
"Alfred, you met him remember?" Ah, so he was related to the snotty American. Yes I remember now, Alfred is not one you can forget easily. I nodded and stood up. "I apologize, I was a bit in shock at how quickly things happened and I must not have been as careful as I could have been, it won`t happen again alright?" He smiled sweetly, that's when I registered what the Brit had meant by "recovering the position" this was the school`s new vice president. I wonder how Francis was…but maybe now Matthew would get some recognition. Plus it was kind of nice that I would be able to see him more often, first off I liked him and didn`t want to get distant again and second, he was rather cute and sweet…The red faced empire rolled his eyes.
"That was fine china, let us hope not it was irreplaceable as it got it when I invaded china when he first came here. Seychelles! Tea!" I blinked at him not registering what he was saying, probably because I was lost in thought. The Canadian smiled turning around and pouring the liquid into a new cup and handing it to Arthur. Glaring at me Arthur spun on his heel and sat down with his work. For once not wanting his commentary or to be in the same room as him, I was relieved when the Brit said, "You two are dismissed." Just before he drank the tea. I took Matthew`s hand and bolted from the room pulling him behind.
Once we got to the court yard, I stopped.
"Thank you, but…why did you take the blame I`m used to him yelling at me." The blonde blushed.
"Honestly? I didn`t think I could stand him yelling at you in front of me…" He smiled at my blush. Had I hooked up with him previously? I don`t remember…although it was likely.
"Oh? Why is that?" I blurted. His blush became scarlet.
"I… I don`t like having people in trouble, especially if it`s because of me eh?" But I could see the lie in his eyes. What is it with me and eyes? Even as these thought passed through my head I found myself now getting lost in his purple tinted eyes. Smiling faintly I didn`t know what to say. But just as opened my mouth to speak an arm came around my shoulder.
"Bonjoure, Matthew!" said a French accent behind me. I blushed again.
"Bonjour Francis" He said softly.
"I hear you have taken up my position, I feel bad for you having to deal with that bastard everyday. As for you mademoiselle, did you tell him something to anger him at me?" I looked at my feet.
"No Monsieur, I didn`t." I lied afraid of how he would feel if he found out in fact I did.
"Alright. Say now that you don`t seem to be doing anything would you join me on a tour of the campus? You have been coming here quite a while and still haven`t seen it in full, no?" My mind raced knowing I had no way out. "You don`t mind if I steal her do you Matthew?"
It wasn`t an actual question as he led me away without waiting for an answer. Glancing over my shoulder I gave him an apologetic expression and wave. Suddenly I felt my knees fail, and was swept off my feet, quite literally.
"Please put me down, this is embarrassing." I told Francis.
"You used to beg me to carry you around everywhere." He reminded me. Rolling my eyes I replied,
"I was young then, now I would much rather walk." He chuckled. "Francis! Put me down!"
"Mademoiselle-" He began coaxingly.
"Don`t mademoiselle me! Please just let me down." I felt my face grow hot as people began to watch, whisper, and snicker at the things they said. Finally he let me down, only to get a view up my skirt as he did. Quickly getting up and smacking him hard across the face, I stormed across the yard. When I was a few feet away I apologized over my shoulder, not meaning it in the slightest.
Scanning the yard I gathered that Matthew was still waiting, and the Elizaveta and Lilli had joined him along with two of my other friends, Mei and Natalia, neither of whom I had seen at all in quite a while. Running over to them, I hugged Mei tightly around the neck, then did the same to Natalia. They laughed hugging me back. "Hello!" Elizaveta, shocker, was the first to speak.
"Having some difficulties with your dear Frenchman?" She teased. I glared and snapped back,
"Still having trouble finding your dear German? I would check all of the girls dorms who knows who he`s with at this hour?" She opened then closed her mouth, Lilli and Mei jumped in at that moment to prevent an argument between us best friends.
"Who has homework?" Mei asked. I smiled gratefully at her.
"I still have math from yesterday plus a little bit from today." I replied.
"Chelle, you can have my math…" Lilli offered. I smiled at my blonde second best friend happy she was my classmate.
"Alright then Arthur`s paperwork can wait! Why?" I proclaimed.
"I was planning on a gno, and perhaps a sleepover in someone`s dorm? We must speak about the dance." Mei said. Oh yes, it was Friday! The group of girls smiled at eachother nodding to show they were free. As I was looking around at the feminine faces I noticed Matthew was still stranding there uncomfortably.
"Alright! Meet at our favorite restaurant tonight at five? Classic." I added, classic being a code word. They all smiled at each other knowingly, nodded once, and left in separate directions.
"Classic" was an abbreviation of "Classic meeting" which signified our game. See if someone makes plans to meet somewhere and added the word classic to the end of their sentence, the inside rule to us was each girl had to bring a member of the opposite sex, doesn`t have to be a date but they have to come. Whoever doesn`t bring a boy, had to pay the tab. If no one comes "dateless" then we all split the tab, or if more than one person comes alone then they split it. Rather fun. Sometimes we added, "Classical difference" which meant you can`t bring the same boy as last time. But that was rare. My phone buzzed with a few texts as I walked off with Matthew.
Classical? Or Classical Difference?
They read. One from each one of my friends. What the hell while I`m at it why not screw things up a bit? Yes it would screw both Lilli and Natalia over because they only had one guy but still…
Classical Difference.
I replied. I already had my eyes on my guy anyway. I just hope he`ll come. Sliding my phone shut I looked up at the Canadian and smiled. "Sorry about that thing with Francis…" I trailed off. What is it about his shy manner, this quiet boy that changed me into such a quiet nervous heap? He smiled at me.
"It`s fine I know how he can be. You should be going if you`re going to be meeting with your friends eh?" His eyes were reluctant. One good thing about losing myself in people`s eyes, I could easily read the emotions left in them most of the time. I smiled back.
"Actually I was hoping you would accompany me." Skillfully I blinked up at him wide eyed, and ever so slightly batting my eyelashes. I could see him trying to figure out if it was a date and why I was asking. "You saw them teasing me because of Francis, they say I`m in love with him. When we have these meetings we usually bring a date, and when Francis finds out he ends up coming with me every time. I just want to go with someone different, and you seem like you don`t get out much…" I added eyeing his paled skin, which colored with blush.
"Al-al-alright." He managed smiling.
"Great! Stop by my dorm at 4:45 that should give us enough time to get there. Is that okay?" I smiled. Yes I could still manage to get a date that didn`t involve people I`m constantly fighting against. He nodded and I spun on my heel running lightly through the grass to my dorm, feeling his eyes on me, I spun around and blew him a kiss. Yes I know it`s wrong to flirt to get what you want. But it`s one of the few things a girl has over guys, so might as well use what your mama gave ya…I think I heard Alfred say something like that before…
Walking into my dorm I turned the light on and a scream escaped my throat.
/N: i wrote this 2day i just got distracted so i didn`t post it till now i told u im putting in more pairings! :D 3 tell me what u think!i was gonna say sumthin else but i 4got what it was...so i wont :D
