Author's Note: Hi, everybody! Sorry I took a little long in updating; I've been busy getting some extra Z's after waiting at school for about 3 ½ hours just to get someone at the financial aid office to talk to me about my tuition lol.
Oh, and I'd like to say thank you to fellow author The Second Side of Happiness for suggesting another band for me to use ^^ I listened to Megaherz, and liked it :)
WARNING: Francis being…well, Francis later in this chapter.
Anyway, enjoy reading, everyone ^_^
Chapter 6: Boundaries, Girls, and Music Issues
One day, Gilbert arrived home from school before anyone else.
'Lucky me,' the 14-year-old thought happily as he took out his key and unlocked the front door. "Okay, Anna," he called, "it's open. Come on in."
As Gilbert opened the door, he motioned for a girl with long, blond hair and blue eyes to go in, and then he stepped inside himself and closed the door behind him.
The girl in the Beilschmidt house was Anna Liebert. She went to the same school as Gilbert, and they had just started going out.
"Wow, Gilbo," Anna said in amazement as she looked around the living room, "your house is so cool! Much cooler than my house."
"Hey, let's go to my room," said Gilbert. "My squirt brother won't be home for awhile, and I don't think my cousin's coming over today."
"Okay," Anna said, excited to see her boyfriend's room for the first time.
Once the two teens reached Gilbert's room, they sat on Gilbert's bed and shut the door.
"So, Anna," Gilbert said. "Your brother…what's his name…Johan?"
"Yeah," said Anna.
"He's not gonna notice you going home with me, is he?" Gilbert asked nervously, as Johan Liebert, Anna's older twin brother, could be very scary and liked to play with people's minds a lot.
"Nah, he won't know I'm with you," Anna said with a chuckle. "Sometimes, Johan can be a dummy."
"That's good," Gilbert said with a sigh of relief. "Hey, guess what?" he continued.
"What?" asked Anna.
"I got Megaherz' CD!" Gilbert said excitedly, digging out a CD (still in its case) and showing it to Anna.
"Cool!" Anna said, taking the CD in her hands and looking at it.
"Yeah," Gilbert said happily. "My dad got it for me. Roddy hates it, though," he added, laughing a little.
As soon as Gilbert and Anna were about to kiss, they heard the front door slam shut and the sound of someone running up the stairs.
'Oh, West must be home,' Gilbert thought, a little annoyed. 'Oh well.' He and Anna were, again, about to kiss when, all of a sudden, Ludwig threw open the door and barged right into the room.
"Hi, Gilbo!" Ludwig said. Then he saw Anna and started snickering at his older brother. "Gilbo's got a girlfriend!" the 10-year-old sang, jabbing Gilbert on the forehead with his index finger.
"West, you little insect, get out!" yelled Gilbert as he threw a pillow at his little brother. This caused Ludwig to run out of the room, but not before he stuck his tongue out at Gilbert.
"Sorry about him. Now, where were we?" Gilbert said once he and Anna were left alone again. The teens then started to make out.
To Gilbert's surprise, he heard his cousin, Roderich, downstairs, talking to Ludwig.
"Isn't that your cousin?" Anna asked curiously.
"Yeah," said a surprised Gilbert. "I thought he wasn't coming over today. Oh well."
"Uh, Gilbo, I better get going," said Anna. "My mom's gonna throw a fit if I'm late."
"Gee, your mom sounds strict," said Gilbert as he and Anna stood up.
"Yeah, she is," Anna said.
Gilbert walked Anna to the front door.
"See you tomorrow, Gilbo," Anna said, and smiled at Gilbert.
"See ya, Anna," said Gilbert.
After Anna left, Gilbert went back to his room and plugged in his laptop. He then heard his little yellow bird, Tweety, chirp.
"Aw, Tweety, are you hungry?" said Gilbert, picking up the yellow ball of fluff and petting it. "Here you go," he said as he filled the bird's food dish and put the bird (and the dish) on the bed.
After feeding Tweety, Gilbert logged onto a page and went to his blog. Just as he was in the middle of updating, the door to Gilbert's room swung open, startling Tweety. Roderich stood in the doorway.
"Gilbert, did I hear right when Ludwig told me you threw a pillow at him?" Roderich asked his younger cousin.
"Roderich!" Gilbert exclaimed. "Don't just come barging into my room without knocking, you aristocrat bastard! And you scared Tweety. Boundaries, man." Gilbert took a deep breath, rolled his eyes, and nuzzled Tweety in an effort to calm the bird down.
"Did you throw a pillow at your brother or not, GilGil?" Roderich asked in a stern voice. "And don't call me an aristocrat, because I'm not one."
"Yes, I did," said Gilbert.
"Well, say you're sorry," said Roderich as he dragged Gilbert downstairs, Tweety on the teen's head.
"'M sorry," Gilbert mumbled, crossing his arms and pouting.
"Say it right!" Roderich said and grabbed Gilbert by the ear.
"Ow ow ow! Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Gilbert exclaimed. Roderich then let go of his ear.
"Okay," said Ludwig.
About an hour later, the phone rang, and Roderich got up and answered it.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hi, Roddy, it's Aunt Elise," said Gilbert and Ludwig's mother.
"Hi, Auntie," said Roderich.
"Listen, your uncle and I are going to be late," Elise explained. "Can you watch the boys until we get home? I don't want them to try and kill each other."
"Sure," said Roderich.
"Thank you so much," Elise said with relief. "See you guys later."
"Okay, Auntie," said Roderich. "Bye." After that, Roderich hung up the phone and went back to his cousins, who were watching something violent on TV.
"Don't watch that!" Roderich exclaimed as he snatched the remote from Gilbert and changed it to something else.
"Hey, we were watching that," Gilbert whined as his little bird chirped happily on his head.
"It's too violent for you," said Roderich. "And why isn't that bird in its cage?" he asked, indicating the little yellow ball of fluff perched on Gilbert's head.
"Tweety would've been lonely in there by himself," Gilbert said. "And you worry too much, Roddykins."
"Don't call me that!" Roderich said. "Only Elizabeta can call me that. Got it?"
After half an hour of doing nothing, Gilbert and Ludwig had their friends come over. Ludwig, Kiku, and Feliciano went to play Kiku's video game, Naruto: Clash of Ninja. Gilbert, Antonio, and Francis decided to annoy Roderich while the 23-year-old was reading a book.
"Roderich, mon ami," Francis said in a seductive voice, "I want to $%$^%$ you, and (**^*%& you, and (*^&$%$^(^**(^^ you."
"Francis, cut it out," Roderich said to the oldest of the Bad Friends Trio. "You, too, Antonio," he said to the Spaniard, who was standing over him and waving a red cloth in front of his face.
"Buzzkill," Antonio muttered under his breath.
"You know, Roddy," said Gilbert, "my taste in music's better than yours."
"No, it isn't," Roderich said, trying to remain calm. "Megaherz and the other stuff you listen to are vulgar."
"No they're not!" Gilbert said. "Megaherz is awesome, and you better not diss them!"
"They're vulgar, dummkopf!" Roderich said in an irritated tone.
Gilbert then decided to sing some of Megaherz' song, 5. März.
"Siehst du mich,
Hörst du mich?
Was hab ich dir getan warum zerstörst du mich?
Fühlst du mich,
Spürst du mich?
Wenn du mich nicht mehr liebst warum berührst du mich?"
Gilbert was interrupted by Roderich swatting him on the head, which startled Tweety once again.
"Cut it out, moron!" Roderich said.
"You can't hit me!" Gilbert said. "I'm awesome! And you scared Tweety again."
"Sure you are," Roderich said sarcastically, rolling his eyes as he got back to his book. "And I'm sorry, Tweety," he said to the little bird who made a nest in Gilbert's hair.
It would be 3 hours before Claus, Elise, and Germania would finally come home.
Author's Note: About Gilbert's girlfriend, Anna Liebert…she's from the anime "Monster". And when Anna says Johan's a bit of a dummy sometimes, she's just making fun of him (I know he isn't one at all lol) ^_^
And as for Gilbert's bird: I decided to call the bird Tweety because I thought it would sound cute.
Dummkopf- Idiot, stupid, moron (German)
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