A/N: I'm really sorry for doing this you guys-This chapter is going to be a filler, truth be told I wanted to add more back story to some of the characters. Like when Feliciana lived with Francis, or How Eliza fell in love with Roderich, and why Lovino left his sister. I know this is sloppy writing and I should have incorporated this all through out the story. Please don't hate me. They're technically on a plane on their way to Germany. Also I'm bad at calculating so I don't think the next chapter will be the final chapter but it might.
There was an awkward silence in the plane.
Feliciana normally being so bubbly and happy was rather shy around Ignatius and so was Elizabeta.
The man had caused the most painful heartbreak they had ever felt. They had to fight hard to be polite. The trip was going to take hours though, and the silence was suffocating.
"I think we could all use a beer" said Gilbert getting up.
The group nodded in agreement, even Feliciana who normally preferred wine. This would be her first beer.
While Gilbert was gone Ignatius spoke. "I've never known him to be so quiet" he said towards Elizabeta.
"Yeah…" she mumbled quietly.
Ignatius furred his eyebrows, he knew what he had caused and he also knew there would be no forgiveness from Elizabeta, but maybe he could earn Feliciana's forgiveness? Chances were that both the young ladies before him were going to be his daughters in law.
"So Feliciana" Ignatius said "How are you feeling? I heard you were very ill"
Feliciana nodded "I'm better now"
Ignatius groaned a bit. He wasn't getting anywhere with these light conversations he needed to get more personal.
Ludwig stared at his father suspiciously, why was he so determined to strike a conversation with the two women?"
"How long did you live with the Edelstein's?" he asked.
"Oh!" said Feliciana not expecting the question. Ludwig looked at her with interest since he was curious about the answer. "I stayed with them until I was about thirteen or fourteen years old I think."
"You were thirteen honey." said Eliza sweetly.
Gilbert came back with five beers and handed them to each and every one of them.
"What did I miss?" he asked taking his seat across from Elizabeta, teasing her with the beer with a look that said. "Are you sure you can handle this?"
Eliza snatched the beer from his taunting hands.
"Wait" said Ludwig "But you couldn't have moved into the mansion by yourself while still being so young" he exclaimed.
"Yeah" said Feliciana happily "Francis' family looked after me until just this year I think"
Ludwig gasped "Wh-what!? You lived with that-that-"
Gilbert shoved the beer into Ludwig's mouth forcing him to drink.
"Don't jump to conclusions West, let her explain"
(sing song voice) Flashback!
"This is unacceptable! All these years the grand daughter of Romulus Vargas has been taken care of by children!"
Feliciana heard yelling downstairs. Tears streaked her face as she packed her one and only suitcase. She didn't have many things. Most of the things her suitcase contained where art supplies.
An equally upset Elizabeta was helping her pack.
"We'll miss you so much Feli…it wont be the same without you" she said hugging the small girl and sobbing into her shoulder.
Feliciana had stayed under Roderich's and Elizabeta's care for five years. Roderich's parents were never home and basically wound up being raised by Eliza and Roderich. Ever since Roderich had warmed up to Eliza and actually proposed to her, he had been kinder to Feliciana.
What was happening now was a punishment for the beginning. Because in the beginning only Elizabeta was kind to her, even though she was shown some kindness by the maid it did not justify the years of neglect she had received.
Roderich's parents were still not home. He was discovered by the Bonnefoy family, who were loyal to the Vargas family.
Francis' father was yelling at Roderich downstairs, but he stopped when he saw Feliciana heading downstairs.
"Oh my dear girl!" he said approaching her. "Are you ready to go now miss-now don't look so sad you'll be treated much better at our house."
He said hurrying her out the door.
Roderich's eyes widened-he was already taking her away without even letting her say goodbye.
"Hey wait!" said Roderich angrily "At least let us say goodbye to her!"
The man groaned and was about to say no, among with other words when Feliciana spoke.
"Please" she said in a voice so sweet the man nearly got a cavity "They're like my family. I want to say goodbye to them"
"Oh alright" said the man "but only because you asked me"
Feliciana approached the couple and gave them each a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"I love you guys, thank you so much for taking such good care of me"
"Oh Feli…" mumbled Roderich who was unaccustomed to sentimental things.
ELizabeta hugged the girl "I'm going to miss you so much. Remember those moves I taught you okay? Don't let Francis get the better of you"
Even though tears were running down her face Feliciana still smiled at Elizabeta.
"Come on let's get going" shouted the man.
Feliciana gulped and stole one last look at Roderich and Eliza.
When Feliciana made it to the Bonnefoy mansion she turned to Francis' father.
"Can my brother come to?" she asked.
The man shook his head "No, he is being taken care of just fine."
"So was I…" mumbled Feliciana the man ignored her.
"Anyways, I'll show you to your new room."
"Yes" said Feliciana politely, rather frightened by the new atmosphere but she needed to remain polite. She knew that in a few years she'd be set free.
"I'll carry that for you" said a maid in a kind voice gesturing Feliciana's suitcase.
"O-oh no thank you" she said "It's not that heavy"
The man groaned disappointed but didn't say anything. He didn't approve of her politeness towards the help.
While in the hallway they ran into Francis.
"Oh my" he said eyeing Feliciana causing her to blush. "What a pretty flower you have here father. Is it for me?"
His father laughed "Oh son, you're such a kidder. I'm just showing her to her new room"
Francis gave Feliciana a sincere smile. "I left you a lovely rose in there. Also I'm helping the chef's make pasta for dinner in your honor."
Feliciana gasped "Oh! Thank you" she said kindly
"Son, don't spoil her too much now" said the man sternly.
Francis smiled and patted Feliciana's head. She was sure he was going to grab her curl but know, he was just being nice to her.
"Why?" he said still petting her "she is a princess after all" then he continued to walk down the hall.
"Don't worry" said Feliciana nervously to the man next to her "I'll behave well"
"I don't doubt it. Well here we are, dinner is at six."
Feliciana nodded nervously, and entered the room.
"Thank you-oh…" the man was gone.
Feliciana sighed and walked towards her new bed.
She looked beside her nightstand where a beautiful red rose was, with a card that simply said Welcome.
"He's being so nice" she said surprised.
After a nice dinner and a bath she went to bed.
"Hmm…Francis has been behaving himself so well. He's never this nice to me at school. I wonder why?"
She nuzzled herself in bed, trying to get into the habit of wearing clothes to sleep fro now on.
After a few hours she had one of her horrid nightmare.
She twisted and turned in a bed which was so unfamiliar to her, she didn't like it.
With one final scream she awoke with a shudder.
She gasped at the knock at her door.
The person knocking did not wait for her permission to enter her room.
It was Francis.
"Hey" he said turning on the light and approaching her bed "Are you okay?"
"Yeah…" she gasped nervously "Just a nightmare….another nightmare"
"Well I was going down stairs to the kitchen to get a snack. Care to join me?" he asked.
Feliciana was all about midnight snacking so she eagerly agreed and followed him downstairs.
Francis laughed "I'll make you some warm milk with cinnamon to help you sleep. How does that sound?"
Feliciana smiled and nodded "veee…." She said.
Francis chuckled and as the two sat on the table at munched on their snacks, Feliciana finally found the courage to ask. "Why are you being so nice to me?"
The question took Francis by surprise. Then he began to chuckle "I'm not a bad person Feliciana."
"But you always bully me at school!" she insisted.
Francis smiled "It's just some friendly teasing" he defended.
"Francis!" Feliciana pouted "Could you stop?"
"Ah but it's so fun…but I think you've suffered enough, and now you're here which is what I wanted to begin with." He smiled "I just want you to be happier here then you ever could have been over at Roderich's place."
"Oh?...well thank you…" she said
"Listen I'll back off at school. Okay although I can't guarantee there wont be any minor teasing, but I will treat you nicely for sure at home" he winked.
End of this flash back (I had to cut it short but this pretty much sums up)
"And Francis kept his promise, until I moved out" said Feliciana to the group.
"When was that?" asked Elizabeta as everyone looked at Feliciana with curiosity.
"Well just last year I believe" said Feliciana pensively. "My fratello and I were suppose to move into my grandfathers house together but…something happened"
"What happened?" asked Ludwig.
Flashback
It had been a few years since Feliciana had been living with the Bonnefoy family, but there were legal matters that needed to be taken care of which included her brother.
Feliciana was excited to see her brother again and so was he. They both supposed it had to do with their inheritance. Feliciana didn't care, she missed her brother.
"Fratello!" she said excitedly as she spotted him around the corner "Feli!" he said excitedly.
Greeting her with a hug, normally he wasn't so affectionate but he was finally old enough to take care of his sister (him being a year older than she).
As they stepped foot into the office, they were informed of their share of the inheritance, which made Lovino upset.
He was gifted a huge sum of money, and had equal right to the house along with Feliciana…but Feliciana was left the family business (along with some money for her as well as equal share of the mansion).
Outside of the office Lovino yelled at Feliciana
"Why do you get the business!? I don't even get a share!"
"Fratello…maybe grandfather wasn't thinking correctly" said Feliciana nervously
"No!" he screamed "I'm sick and tired of always having such a perfect sister! I'm sick of it and I'm sick of you!"
Lovino gasped when he saw the look of hurt on his sisters face, but that did not make his words a lie (sure he may have exaggerated a bit with the yelling but that's just how he was).
"You can clearly take care of yourself Feliciana, but nobody thinks that I can take care of myself. This is goodbye for now" he told her. Leaving her life once again.
Feliciana was heart broken she had never felt more alone. Now she was truly alone.
She didn't really have friends at school, and she knew that Francis' slight teasing would turn into bullying once more.
"N-no" she said "I can't crumble now. Grandpa put a lot of faith in me and I can't disappoint him"
End of Flashback (I'm trying to post this before I have to go to school. One last Flashback and it's AusHun)
After Feliciana finished her story, everyone began to doze off, the alcohol taking it's affect and causing everyone to become drowsy.
Gilbert and Elizabeta were still awake but had already consumed quite a bit of alcohol.
"I've never seen you drink so much" he told her.
Eliza was still holding the same can of beer but half of it was gone.
Eliza giggled and nodded.
Gilbert looked around at the sleeping passengers.
"Hey since its story time, why don't you tell me how Roderich managed to get you to fall in love with him so quickly?"
Eliza would have normally avoided the topic but for some reason she didn't care and decided to tell him.
Flashback (oooh the AusHun….)
"Absolutely not!" yelled Roderich slamming his fist on the table.
"That is not very proper" said his mother, dabbing the edges of her mouth.
"Why on EARTH would you hire Elizabeta Hedervary to be a made in this house!?" he demanded
"Son, you should be happy." Said his father
"And why would I be happy that-that bully of a girl is going to work here?"
"Because she is going to work for you" said his mother sternly
"You can now treat her as badly as you want to and she can't do a thing about it" the woman basically sang.
Roderich remained pensive for a while and then grinned.
"That's right. If you get sick of her we can always fire her. Just write us a letter."
Roderich nodded and excused himself from the table, having a happier step as he walked.
Roderich hadn't seen Elizabeta since they were children; he wondered what she looked like now.
"Hideous most likely" he said
Roderich's parents had already left and Elizabeta was due to come in the afternoon. He eventually just created a mess for her to clean. He heard a knock at the door already aware of whom it was.
When he opened the door his jaw dropped.
Before him was a lovely young girl with long gorgeous brown hair, she smiled so sweetly at him, and her eyes were so green and beautiful. If it weren't for the eyes Roderich would have never recognized Eliza.
"Are you okay?" she asked
Her voice was so captivating, Roderich felt his skin redden and his heart rate increase.
"You are Elizabeta right?" he asked
The girl giggled "Yes, it's me sir" she said
Sir?
Roderich snapped back into reality. Oh right this is the girl who made his childhood miserable. Forgiveness wasn't going to come easy just because the girl was pretty.
"Right. Clean up this mess. I will be upstairs playing the piano" he told her.
Elizabeta nodded with a determined look "Right away." She told him.
Roderich sighed and made his way down stairs. He was curious about Elizabeta.
All through out the weeks she worked there he watched her, she was kinder and seemed to no longer be so pugnacious.
One day he was particularly frustrated, he could not get a melody to work our correctly.
Elizabeta just so happened to be by the room and let herself in.
"Hello sir" she said politely
Roderich didn't respond he was too upset. He didn't notice her approaching his piano and sitting beside him.
"That was a beautiful melody" she told him "It went like this right?" and played the melody he was trying to compose.
Roderich stared at her in disbelief, she could play the piano?
"Don't you think it'd sound better if you added these keys instead?" she suggested while playing her melody.
"Elizabeta?" he said
"Oh!" she said stopping "I'm sorry Sir I was out of line!" she said getting up and dashing out of the room.
"I came to see if you wanted some tea!"
Roderich smiled at the flustered girl.
"It's okay" he told her "show me how you did that again please?" he asked.
Eliza was happy he wasn't mad at her.
"Since when can you play the piano?" he asked her.
"Oh…well I'm better with the violin but I first started learning when I was a child. You were always so much better at it than me though" she sighed and looked at him "I'm sorry I tormented you so much as children. Even now you're being kind to me"
Roderich gulped. He wanted to kiss her.
"E-eliza" he squeaked "I changed my mind. Could you bring me some tea?"
She nodded "Yes right away sir"
When she left the room, Roderich groaned "Oh no…I'm starting to fall for her…"
After Elizabeta had received the news about Gilbert she wasn't herself. It was as if a part of her had died along with him.
Roderich noticed this and had little idea of what to do, she was incredibly distant and her normally bubbly self was long gone, but Roderich was determined to make her happy again.
There were only three people living in the household, Eliza had become a live in maid, Roderich was the second and the third was Feliciana.
Like every other morning Eliza walked around as if she were a zombie, her eyes were swollen because of all the crying.
Roderich ran into her one morning, and she looked particularly pathetic that day. Not even Feliciana who was equally miserable could cheer her up. It was all up to Roderich to cheer both of them up, but he needed to cheer Eliza up first (since Feli was always slightly afraid of Roderich).
"Hey" said Roderich entering the kitchen looking for the girl.
He saw her struggling to reach for some plates on the top of the cabinet, she wasn't being careful the dishes were going to fall and shatter. They were going to fall on her.
"Eliza!" yelled Roderich rushing to her as quickly as he could. He jumped on her, taking her to the ground. He was protecting her with his back as the dishes rained down from the cabinet. Shattering one by one.
When the last dish had been broken he lifted himself up to look at her.
"I'm so sorry Sir!" she sobbed "Are you okay!"
Roderich, on impulse just let his lips fall on top of hers, ceasing her crying.
Elizabeta entered a new shock.
"I've told you already call me Roderich" he said parting himself from her.
"Are you okay?" he asked her sitting up
"Uh-huh" she nodded sitting up as well. Still wondering if he had really kissed her or if it was just her imagination.
Roderich groaned in pain, his white shirt beginning to stain red.
"Sir you're bleeding!" she exclaimed helping him stand up and leading him to the washroom.
"I said call me Roderich" he told her once more.
She sat him down in the corner of the bathtub.
"Umm could you take off your shirt please Sir, I need to bandage you up" she told him shyly.
Roderich smirked and unbuttoned his shirt.
Elizabeta blushed at the site of him and fumbled with the first aid kit.
"Alright Sir let me clean you up" she said frightened as she noticed how much blood was dripping from his back.
"Not until you call me Roderich" he insisted holding her hands back.
"Please" she begged as he was losing blood at such a fast rate.
"It's so simple" he chuckled beginning to feel cold.
"Roderich please…." She begged her eyes flooding with tears and her arms circling around his neck.
"I don't want to lose you too"
Roderich sighed "You won't Eliza…" and petted her head "You're not alone."
Eliza sniffled composing herself and beginning to clean his wounds.
"I'm sorry this happened because I was so careless"
"Its okay" he breathed "You've been hurting a lot lately"
Eliza finished wrapping the bandages around Roderich's torso.
"It's getting late will you help me to bed?" he asked her.
"Of course!" she said helping him stand up "Don't worry! I will have everything cleaned up soon!"
Roderich chuckled and thought. "So that's what's on her mind?"
Since he was injured Elizabeta helped him put on a night shirt and laid him on the bed.
"I'm sorry again" she said twiddling her thumbs nervously
"Is something on your mind?" he asked her knowing all to well what it was.
"It's just that…in the kitchen…did you…I mean did I…I mean" she said nervously.
Roderich sighed and said "Can I see your hand?" he asked
Elizabeta looked confused but did as she was told. Quick as lightning he grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto the bed, laying her above him their lips reconnecting once more.
"Yes I kissed you" he told her.
Eliza blushed; her face was so red Roderich swore it was glowing in the dark.
Elizabeta didn't know how to deal with it. Should she have slapped Roderich?
She didn't know what to do so she began to cry, holding her hand to her lips, trying to get out off the bed.
"Stay." Roderich ordered.
"Eh…?" she uttered.
"I don't want you crying by yourself Eliza" he told her. "Come here and lay next to me"
"I…I have to clean…" she said
"No. You have to follow my orders" he told her.
She looked at him surprised, he was serious.
"I'm ordering you to not clean and to keep me company"
Eliza was going to stand up and leave again when her wrist was restrained once more.
"I'm offering you a shoulder to cry on. You don't have to be alone anymore"
Eliza inhaled and then threw his arms around him and cried, Roderich groaned since he was still in pain.
"I didn't want to forget Gilberts kiss…" she said eventually.
"Oh…" said Roderich realizing what he had done. "I'm sorry Eliza…it's just that…" he trailed off
"What it is?" she asked.
"It's just that I lo-"
"Love me?" she finished for him.
Roderich blushed and nodded.
Eliza sighed sitting up and about to leave.
"I love you too Roderich but not the same way."
Clutching her wrist and pulling her to lay beside him Roderich said "He'd want you to be happy"
He snuggled up next to her "Stay…" he whispered "Just close your eyes and fall asleep next to me"
After a few minutes Roderich glanced at her, she was already fast asleep.
It was the most peaceful sleep Elizabeta had gotten since she heard about Gilbert.
"I'm sorry Gilbert"
A/N: I'm really sorry for doing this you guys-This chapter is going to be a filler, truth be told I wanted to add more back story to some of the characters. Like when Feliciana lived with Francis, or How Eliza fell in love with Roderich, and why Lovino left his sister. I know this is sloppy writing and I should have incorporated this all through out the story. Please don't hate me. They're technically on a plane on their way to Germany. Also I'm bad at calculating so I don't think the next chapter will be the final chapter but it might.