Author's Note: Hiya, everyone! Sorry I took so long in updating; my teachers had me bogged down with homework, and then I have International Club and Anime Club on Fridays, both of which are really fun ^_^

*ahem* Anywho, enjoy.

Chapter 15: Roderich's Accident

Roderich was sitting in the den of his and Elizabeta's house, playing the piano. Just as he was going to play another piece, Hannah wandered up to him.

"Daddy!" Hannah said happily. "Up, up!" The 2-year-old held her arms out and stood on tiptoe.

"Okay, Hannah," said Roderich as he picked Hannah up and placed her on his lap. 'Where are Gilbo and Lui?' he thought. 'They're supposed to watch Hannah today.'

Hannah then started banging on the piano keys.

"Hannah, sweetie, that's not how you do it," said Roderich, and he started to show his daughter how to play.

Meanwhile, Gilbert and Ludwig were sitting in traffic, waiting for the huge line of cars to start moving.

"Come on!" Gilbert shouted. "The light's green, you morons!" The annoyed 19-year-old in the driver seat beeped the horn rather loudly at the other drivers while poor Ludwig covered his ears.

"Gilbo, stop that," the 15-year-old pleaded with his big brother. "Do you want me to go deaf or something?"

"Oh…sorry, West," Gilbert said, embarrassed.

"Come on, you assholes, move it already!" Ludwig shouted. He then shouted curse words in German at the people in front of them.

"Yeah, we have to get to our cousin's house, you numbnuts!" shouted Gilbert.

"Ugh," said Ludwig. "When's this line gonna move already?"

Two hours later, back at the Edelstein house, Roderich was still showing Hannah how to play the piano—'Never too early to learn,' he always thought—when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Elizabeta called from another room. She went to the door, and saw Gilbert and Ludwig standing on the porch.

"Hey, guys," she said. "Come in."

"Thanks, Lizzie," said Ludwig. He took off his shoes, while Gilbert didn't even bother to.

"Gilbo, take your shoes off…and don't put your feet on the table either," Ludwig scolded his older brother.

"No way," said Gilbert.

"You're hopeless," said Ludwig, rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, well, you're un-awesome," Gilbert retorted and stuck his tongue out.

Roderich came out of the den, Hannah in his arms. He then put the toddler down, and she happily ran to Gilbert and Ludwig. "You're late," he said to the teens.

"Giwbo, Woo wee," said Hannah; being only 2, she couldn't pronounce her "R"'s and "L"'s yet.

"Hey, Hannah," said Gilbert. "The awesome me is here to save you from that boring aristocrat over there." He indicated Roderich, who was right near him.

"I'm right here, you know," said Roderich.

"Gilbert, don't call our cousin an aristocrat," said Ludwig.

"Uh, anyway, boys," said Elizabeta, "Roddy and I are going to be busy this afternoon, so we need you to watch Hannah for a couple hours.

"Sure," said Gilbert. "We'll watch little Hannah…and I'll teach her how to be awesome, just like the awesome me!"

"Gilbo, just shut up," Ludwig said to himself.

Later, Elizabeta decided to go shopping. Hannah ran into the den, where Roderich was, and smiled when she saw her father at the piano.

"Daddy, Daddy!" she exclaimed happily. "Pway, pway!" The little girl jumped up and down in an excited manner.

"No, Hannah, don't bother me," said Roderich in an irritated tone. "Why don't you go bother my cousins or something."

Hannah, her feelings now hurt at what Roderich just said, cried and ran off. "Giwbo, Woo wee!" she yelled, running back to Gilbert and Ludwig.

"Oh, geez," Roderich said to himself. "Hannah, I'm sorry, honey," he called to his daughter. He got up and went out of the den to try and find Hannah.

Meanwhile, Gilbert and Ludwig were watching "Inglorious Basterds", when they saw the part where Donnie Donowitz (a.k.a. "The Bear Jew") beat a German soldier with his baseball bat.

"Awesome!" Gilbert exclaimed triumphantly, clapping his hands while Ludwig just sat there with a smile on his face.

Just then, Hannah came running in, tears leaking out of her eyes. "Giwbo, Woo wee," she said.

"Aw, Hannah, what's wrong?" said Ludwig.

"Was Daddy mean to you?" said Gilbert.

Hannah nodded.

"I've got it," said Gilbert. "Let's take her to McDonald's."

"Okay," said Ludwig. He then got his shoes back on, turned the TV off, left a note for Roderich and Elizabeta, and followed Gilbert and Hannah out the door.

Right after Gilbert and Ludwig left with Hannah, Roderich ran into the living room, which was empty.

"Hannah?" Roderich called out. "Where are you, honey? Daddy's sorry. Hannah?"

After a minute, Roderich decided to check the backyard, thinking that maybe his cousins took Hannah outside.

Once outside, Roderich called for his cousins and daughter again. "Gilbo? Lui? Hannah? Where are you guys? Come out, plea—"

Roderich was interrupted when he tripped over the hose.

"Hannah, Daddy's sorry-GAH!" Roderich said as he tripped over everything from blades of grass, to fallen leaves, to pine needles on the ground, to the occasional grasshopper, and even ants!

Roderich then fell down on the ground after tripping over his own feet. Then he saw a snake peacefully slithering in the grass, got scared, jumped up, and ran in the house, screaming at the top of his lungs.

Once poor Roderich was inside, he stopped to catch his breath and shakily went to the kitchen to get a drink, where he saw a note on the fridge.

The note read:

"Roddy,

Gilbo and I took Hannah to McDonald's. Be back soon.

Lui"

Roderich breathed a sigh of relief after reading the note, glad that he didn't have to report three missing kids (in his mind, Gilbert was still a kid).

Later, Gilbert, Ludwig and Hannah came home from McDonald's, and Hannah had a very big smile on her face again.

"Daddy, Daddy!" Hannah said excitedly; she was hyper from eating some cake, along with her fries and nuggets.

"Hannah, Daddy's really sorry," said Roderich. "I'll never be mean to you again." He then turned to Gilbert and Ludwig. "Why is she hyper?" he asked.

"Oh, we also got her a big piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting," said Gilbert. "It was my awesome idea."

Later, Elizabeta came home from getting dinner, and little Hannah kept Roderich up all night due to being very, very hyper.

'Gilbert, Ludwig, I curse you both,' Roderich thought as he tried to get Hannah to stop jumping up and down on her bed.

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