They were in the bus sleeping.
Francis was driving; they were going to Paris.
It was going to take a long time to get there.
So everyone decided that it would be a good idea to sleep.
The first one out was Jose.
Toris had left to go back to his home country.
Alfred was sitting in the chair across Suyapa wondering what had happen between them.
Why did they forget about each other?
Why did they broke up?
Was it because she found out? He clearly remembered what had happen, but he liked to played with his memories, he wanted to forget about her, about the time spent together.
But he remembered it all. Walking with her in Tela, swimming in Roatan, going to Mass in Comayagua just because she thought it would be nice, he remembered walking in Tegucigalpa by her in side Christmas time, going over to Amapala or Zacate Grande to spend some time together without people bothering them.
He really liked those times.
It made him happy, as happy as when he was a young boy… before he dumped the tea in Boston.
How did they even meet?
Right, he was with John Lloyd Stephens, a writer. They went there to explore the land. That's how they met.
"Why do you have that face?" Arthur ask making fun of him
"I was just remembering how much fun I had dumping that tea in the harbor." Alfred laughed
"You git! You bloody git."
"Oh hon hon hon" Francis laughed from the front "Arthur please get the wine I asked for"
"Francis you can't drink wine while driving!" Ludwig say annoyed
"Let him!" Gilbert said "He know's what he's doing"
"Francis knows what he's doing. He's cool!" Antonio said laughing
"Except when it comes to wars" Jose said
"Shut up, you don't even have an army" Arthur said defending his enemy
Everyone looked at the British guy.
"I thought you hated the Frenchman" Itza said looking dryly at Arthur "Why are you defending him"
Arthur was left without words.
"Vo' maje cállate" Suyapa said waking up "Don't tell my little brother to shut up. Putos ingleses!"
Tomas laughed with Isidro.
"You are all so very loud!" Roderich said "This vacation is not even a vacation"
"Hey pretty boy, you wanna die?" Tomas said
"Oh dear" Elizabeta said "Please, let's calm down"
Bella laughed for a moment and then looked to her older brother
"Lux is going to be waiting for us in Paris"
"Good. We need to talk about money"
Belgium's face became a little tired
"Big Brother, can we just spend some quality time together?"
Abel looked at his sister and with a serious face said
"Everything revolves around money; but yes, we can do that also"
Lovino and Feliciano were sleeping. The chatting didn't bother them. They were enjoying the ride, dreaming.
The chatter kept going but then it stopped and they suddenly begin doing other things.
Suyapa went back to sleep; Isidro, Alfred, Tomas, Gilbert, Jose, Elizabeta, Antonio, Itza, and Abel played 'Card's Against Humanity'; Roderich and Ludwig had – once again – a little discussion about the German musicians; Francis and Arthur were driving and talking about their days of glory.
It took them about 8 ½ hours to get to Paris.
They were staying in 'Hotel du Louvre' close to the Louvre Museum.
Francis wanted everyone to spend a glorious time in Paris, the city of love, of lights, of everything amazing.
In the hotel Luxemburg was waiting for them.
The Central American countries were all together without saying anything but admiring the views.
The rest of the 'family' was happy; chatters were going around, smiles, laughs.
"Today, we are going to go to the Centre du Paris!" Francis say very happy "I'm going to show you what I can offer, and you're going to find out how wonderful I am. The best country in Western Europe."
Itza smile looking at Jose.
They had a plan. The five of them did.
"Well then! Let's go in!" Alfred said happily
"Are you going to stay?" Francis said "I thought that you were going with the ignorant over there."
"Listen dude" Alfred said getting very close to Francis "I love your food."
"Oh hon hon hon, please stay!"
They walked in the hotel. Luxemburg was waiting for them to show up.
Bella was the first one to see her little brother and went running to see him
"Oh Lux! You came!" Bella said very happily "I'm very glad you came! We're going to have a great time!"
Bella stopped talking and looked at Abel and then at Lux
"Listen, please do not talk about money. Let's have fun tonight!"
Lux smiled sweetly
"Yes, big sister."
The Benelux siblings kept talking about the weather.
The Hapsburg empire people had their own little huddle while the Central Americans were just standing there.
Their plan was going great. They would have an amazing night tonight.
The night came.
Itza had let her straight hair run free, she had a flowie skirt and a crop top; Isidro had shorts and a typical Salvadorian shirt; Suyapa a low cut maxi dress with sleves, her hair was in a braid around her head; Tomas had Nicaraguan's pants and shirt; Jose dressed like a Hispanic in the USA.
"Vengan hermanos" Itza said looking at everyone "Tonight will be our night. A friend of mine is getting together with us in La Avenida de los Campos Eliseos."
"Oh good!" Isidro said excited "We're going to have a blast without those crazy Europeans!"
They exit the hotel and headed to the Champs-Elysees.
They talked and laughed.
When they arrived to the avenue they found a 16-year-old girl waiting for them.
"Lili!" Itza said happily "Such a long time!"
"Yes" Lili said smiling "I'm glad to see you!"
"Isn't this…" Isidro begun
"The Notterbohm Case?" Tomas ended
"Oh yes, but we know what was going on in that continent of yours! Is okay" Lili said "Do you want to go now?"
They left to have fun.
No one knows where Lili took them. But they did have a good time.
In the Hotel the other's were still waiting for something. They were tired and didn't know if they really wanted to go out
"I'm going out" Alfred said "Call me when you guys finally decided where you're going! I'm tired of waiting."
"Don't get lost!" Arthur said
"He's not Roderich" Francis said rolling his eyes
"Arthur I thought you knew about the aristocrat" Gilbert said laughing
"Please be quite" the Austrian said annoyed.
Alfred walked in Paris.
It was indeed a beautiful city.
He remembered the wars he fought, the faces he saw that were no longer there.
It was funny how slowly time went by.
It was funny that he had only fallen in love once, he had forgotten her… or at least that's what he thought, he knew that he denied it.
She was in his mind always
But, they were not suppose to fall in love… they were suppose to ignore that and give themselves willingly to their people.
He was close to the Eiffel Tower. The waters of the Seine were almost silent.
It was close to 9:30pm. He saw a figure there admiring the river, long wavy hair floating in the air
He got close to the figure and said – in his horrible-fake-French
"Est beau, n'est ce pas?"
"Ah?" the voice answered giggling "Sorry… I don't speak French"
"Suyapa?" Alfred asked "What are you doing here?"
Suyapa turned around and lifted her eyes to look at him, getting a piece of her out of her face.
"I was tired of being with my siblings" she answered trying to smile "I cannot believe the way Lili is! She looks so fragile but she knows how to party."
"No one knows her" Alfred said smiling
Suyapa looked at Alfred and smile, her shoes in hands
"Well then. Me voy, adios" Suyapa said "I'll leave so you can see the river by yourself without—"
"Wait." Alfred said with a serious look on his face, interrupting her "Let's talk"
While this two were close to the Siene admiring the river and hearing its calmness, the Hapsburgs, Francis and Arthur had gone out to look for the other kids.
Amaral was walking down the street while the others chatter.
"You know, just leave them!" she said annoy "They are grown ups, they should know what they're doing!"
"They didn't say anything!" Antonio said worried.
"You know, Alfred left to." Arthur said "Let's just go have fun tonight… as individuals or something like that."
Everyone look at each other.
"I guess he's right" Francis said
"Ha!" Arthur said laughing loudly
"Shut up you pirate!" Francis said "As I was saying, the other siblings went out on their own"
"They did?" Elizabeta asked
"Yes. Belgium has been dying to have a good time with her brothers" Antonio said "I guess you're right. Let's go our way."
"I'm going with fratello!" Feliciano said
Lovino only shrugged
"I'm –-" Roderich started to say but Elizabeta interrupted him
"We have to do some things with Roderich…" Elizabeta said smiling grabbing the aristocrats arm and dragging him away from everyone. "Bye! See you at the hotel"
"GET A ROOM!" Gilbert said
Antonio looked at Francis
"Well then! Vamonos! Ludwig you're coming with us!"
"I know a good place where we can get German beer and wine" Francis said smiling
They all went their separate ways.
The Central American were in a disco dancing with Liechtenstein; Benelux were having a great time in a local restaurant; Roderich and Elizabeta were talking in a Café remembering old times; Arthur and Amaral walked around the Champs-Elysee; Feliciano and Romano had found a place were they end up judging clothes and shoes; Francis, Gilbert, Antonio and Ludwig were drunk in the place Francis had mention before; Suyapa was laying in the ground admiring the Eiffel Tower, while Alfred was looking at her.
In the disco something was going on.
Vash was looking for his little sister.
He found her at the disco dancing with the other four, he join them.
He was going to have fun, because he was a fun guy. He needed to let go of the frustration and have fun with his little sister. He knew the Central Americans and they didn't bother him that much so he was going to let go and be the young man he his.
And a certain Austrian wasn't going to be there.
The night was young; the funess was just beginning, for the majority of them anyway.
Thank you for reading!