hush.

the first chapter

the first chapter

december 3, 1956

mountain view, california

I was lying at home, reading an old Captain America comic, when I heard a knock at my door. I groaned, and opened the door to see my two best friends, Gilbert and Mathias, grinning at me. "Yo!" said Mathias "Ve vere heading to da diner to grab a bite, and were wondering if you vanted to come." I grinned widely. "Burgers? Why wouldn't I go!" I grabbed my shoes and headed out the door.

We arrived at the diner 5 minutes later, and slid into a booth. "So, you guys done anything interesting lately?"

"Welp, my girlfriend broke up vith zhe," began Gilbert "But I don't care! I am too awesome to date a dummkopf like my ex!"

I chuckled. Gilbert never could keep a girl for long. "Ooh, vait till ya hear vhat happened to me!" exclaimed Matthias. I grinned "Oh no, what now?" "De other day, I got arrested for skateboardink down a slide in a kids' park vhile there vere children present! Almost ran over one of de little brats! Vheir mother gave me an earful and called de police!" This caused Gilbert and I to erupt with laughter. "So, boys, what can I get you to drink?" I looked up to see a blonde woman standing over us, her hair in a messy bun at the top of her head. "Uh..I'll have a cork-I mean coke" I stammered, astounded by her beauty. "I'll vake a Moxie, m'lady" said Gilbert, grinning as he spoke. "Hm, you like that?" said the waitress, whose name tag read Bessie. "Well, I'm a true man, so nozhing phases zee, especially not a little soda!" said Gilbert, wiggling his eyebrows. Matthias and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes. Gilbert hated Moxie and was probably just putting up a front to impress this girl. "I'll just have a Mountain Dew." said Matthias. Suddenly, his eyes glimmered, like an idea was forming. "Make dat two." After Bessie took our orders and walked off, Matthias told us his idea. "Ya see vhat scrawny kid over there?" he said, gesturing to a glasses wearing, black haired, red tracksuit bearing boy studying in the corner. "Yeah?" said Gilbert. "Vhen our sodas come, ver'e gonna dump one of de Mountain Dews on vhe shrimp's head and run out zhe door. Bam. Free drinks." Gilbert, however, had an objection. "Free drinks are awesome, vut I vant to get zee hottie's number!" "C'mon, Gilbert! This is gonna be fuuun!" I said, elbowing the albino "Besides, there will be plenty more hot girls!" Gilbert snickered. "Ok, you've convinced me, let's do this." As Gilbert finished his sentence, Bessie appeared with our sodas. "Enjoy, boys!" she said, flashing us a smile before heading to the kitchen. Gil snapped out of the trance she had put him in and grabbed his soda. "This better be worth it." Matthias then slid out of the booth, followed by Gilbert and I. We slowly approached Red Tracksuit Nerd as Matthias took the cap off the bottle. The boy suddenly noticed us. "Can I help-" Red Tracksuit Nerd began, only to be silenced by a faceful of Mountain Dew. My buddies and I then sprinted out the door as the kid started screaming at us in a weird Asian-sounding language. We didn't care, though, and ran until the diner was out of sight, only then slowing down to catch out breath. "Zat,huff,was,puff, AWESOME!" exclaimed Gil. "Told you guys it would be." said Matthias, snickering. "Yeah." I grinned, taking a swig of my illegally acquired Cola. After we finished panting, we began to walk towards our neighborhood. "By zhe vay, Alfred, Uncle Fritz said an internship opened up, zhou interested?" My heart skipped a beat. Uncle Fritz worked with the CIA, which I've been dreaming of working at forever. I grinned at Gilbert "You bet!" "I knew zhou vould" said Gil "I'll let him know so he can get zhou an application." "This is gonna be so awesome!" I exclaimed as my friends and I walked into the sunset.

~A/N~

Chapter 1 is here! First off, I would like to clarify that the narrator of the prologue and this chapter's narrator (Alfred) are NOT THE SAME PERSON. The prologue's narrator is still an important character, but you guys will meet him a little later on. Second of all, the upload schedule. You guys should hear from me at least once a month, if not sooner. Finally, I'd like to give a shoutout to @lazylionloaf. You motivated me to make more chapters, so a great big thanks to you! :)

Index:

Alfred-America

Gilbert-Prussia

Matthias- Denmark

Bessie- an oc

Red Tracksuit Kid- whoever you (le reader) want him to be

Translations

Dummkopf: idiot