AN: Hallo, guys. It's a bit later than I realized...but I had a great day. Everyone's doing what they're supposed to now for the play on Wednesday, and we're getting people to sign a banner and we're selling bracelets and we have a bunch of statistics up around the school. None of which were taken down this time, thank goodness. Plus there was a Deutschklub meeting today after school that I got to attend - our Oktoberfest celebration - we used apple juice and stuff. It was great fun.

By the way..I stole Aidrian's jacket...it's all warm and it smells like cinnamin and pumkins! We did a cosplay thing today..kinda, anyways. We were really just goofing off..but I was freezing, so...yeah. He had an extra jacket with him anyways.

To those who reviewed:

Spamano4ever: I will! And I'm glad you thought so!

Luvrainluv: Considering for the first month or two that I was working on this I was uploading anywhere from one to five chapters a day..yes, I believe that a iss of a day or two qualifies as a while. But thanks, I'm glad you think so! I grew up having leaf wars, actually, as did our Italy..who sadly graduated, along with her brother, who was our Romano, last year. We have another Romano, and I'm just trying my best to remember our Italy as much as possible. But it's hard with so much to think about. I'm trying. And I'm glad you thought so!

Enjoy.

The next week or so was calm, the group finding a simple routine once more.

Lovino had found his balance pretty well between all the group festivities, school, and work. He was perfectly fine now. Instead of stressed, like he had been for the longest now, he could finally allow himself to relax. It was quite the relief, in fact.

The Friday before Fall Break, Lovino woke up to Antonio drawing patterns in his hair softly. He yawned as he looked up at Antonio blearily.

"Good morning, Lovi."Antonio greeted quietly.

"How long have you been awake?"

Antonio gave a faint smile. "About an hour. Couldn't sleep."

Lovino grinned. "Idiota."he commented dryly, leaning up to steal a kiss before settling down once again into his boyfriend's arms.

It didn't take long for everyone to get up and ready for the day. The only thing about it was that most of the time they spent getting ready, they also spent joking.

Meaning, Lovino managed to forget his work clothes, and he was supposed to go in right after his lunch at school. He only noticed once they had gotten to the school.

Antonio half smiled as he watched Lovino have a freakout when he realized. He shook his head and pulled the Italian into his arms. "Calm down, love. It's no big deal. Your boss will understand, I'm sure."

Lovino gave him a look, but nodded in understanding.

That morning was pretty okay. Lovino wasn't happy by the time lunch came about, because a lot of people had fallen back into their old routine of tormenting him while he was on his own. As soon as he plopped down beside Antonio at the group's normal lunch table, Antonio gave him a worried looking smile and drew him into a tight hug, hoping to make him feel a bit better.

By the time Lovino had to leave, he was back in a decent mood, which was good, in Antonio's mind. He just hoped it stayed that way.

So..I'm freezing. I want some freaking hot chocolate...and I don't have any...