The New Country In Town

Chapter 2 - The Morning After

I woke up to the smell of Sausage and eggs being cooked downstairs. I throw the blanket off and sit up quickly just to fall back down from the sudden rush I got in my head. note to self... don't move quickly when you first wake up... I then try getting up again, this time moving slowly. I then get up and throw on my clothes before going downstairs. When I get down there I see Hungary cooking sausages and eggs, Austria sitting at the table with a coffee and the newspaper, and Prussia... Where is Prussia?
"Guten Morgen Frau!" I spin around to see Prussia behind me with a MAJOR bedhead.
I stifle a giggle before saying "Goo... *Hehe* Good Morning Prussia..." I then burst out laughing and he just stands there looking confused
"What's so funny?!" he yells, but I just keep laughing to the point that Hungary starts laughing as well. 'WHAT IS IT?!" he yells again.
Austria then looks up from his newspaper and looks Prussia up and down. "Look in the mirror." Prussia then walks in the bathroom and we stop laughing as hard. After a few minutes he comes back with his hair fixed.
"Real funny guys. Real funny," he says I smirk before walking over to Hungary
"Hey Hungary, want some help?" I ask she looks at me and smiles
"Sure. Call me Elizabeta or Liz there's no need to call me Hungary. Could you get out the plates and put them on the table please?"
"Okay" I reply and grab the plates out of the cabinet
"So I thought after this we could go shopping for things for you. Oh, and Alfred is throwing a party to welcome you later so we'll go there later," she says while carrying over the sausages. I nod then grab the forks and walk back into the Dining room. After everything was placed on the table I sat down next to Hungary facing Prussia who was sitting next to Austria.
"Együnk!" We all yell before eating (a/n Együnk is Hungarian for let's eat. German is too long and I'm lazy lol) We sit there in silence for a while before Austria talks, breaking the silence.
"So Ashley... Do you play any instruments or sing?" he asks. I swallow then say
"Yes actually I do. I play a little bit of the guitar and piano as well as sing." I reply
"Really? I play the piano and a bunch of other instruments" I nod then go back to eating. The rest of the meal is quiet and awkward. After everyone was done, Liz and I brought all the plates over to the sink
"I'll wash them. You go get ready to go," I say. She nods and then leaves to her room. I get the dishes done and then head back upstairs. When I get there I look at my door or lack there of then head down to Prussia's room. I knock on the door and say "Hey Prussia could you help me out?" I hear a grunt noise and then shuffling come from his room before he opens the door.
"Sure Frau. What do you need?" he asks. I look him up and down then realize he didn't have a shirt on or pants either. "What's the matter frau?" He asks worriedly "You're all red."
I feel myself blush harder before saying "W-were you changing? I - I can wait for you to change...." the whole time I try my hardest to keep calm and eye contact.
He looks down before responding "oh, yeah, I was... ummm I'll be back out in a bit just give me a minute." he then closes the door and I hear his footsteps as he goes to get changed. A few minutes later he opens the door fully dressed. "ok, so what do you need help with?" he asks.
"oh I was wondering if you could help me put my door back up seeing as you're the one who knocked it down..." he nods then walks down the hallway and grabs my door.
"Here mine AWESOME self can help you! And sorry bout knocking it down..."
"Thanks and it's ok. Where are the tools?"
"down in the basement behind the stairs," he says while nodding his head toward the door near the bottom of the stairs. I nod in response before walking down the stairs and into the basement. Where's the light? I think to myself as I feel along the walls. As I wander along I feel a plasticy thing sticking out of the wall brush up against my finger. This must be it... I put my finger on it about to push it down when I realize there are two switches. I wonder which one is for the light... Fuck it... I push them both down at roughly the same time. The light turns on but I also hear something rock like move. I keep going down the stairs to find that the bottom of them has been replaced by a hole and stairs leading to who knows where, probably Germany's house. Speaking of which.... Doesn't he live there normally? I'll have to ask him about that later. I go back up the stairs to the switch and shut the door to the tunnel. I then walk back down the stairs and search for the toolbox. After a few minutes of searching, I find it in the corner of the room behind a few boxes labeled "Italy's chibi-clothes" Maybe I'll take a look later? Well I should go back upstairs to Prussia.