Statehouse stuff again :)

Lemon Boy

When you get a sudden burst of motivation-

Take this angsty kid thingy. It isn't canon for my daycare AU it is just a small side story ig. It is like a bunch of short ones but it will all make sense at the end. Trust me. I think...

Btw I don't think Lemon Boy is a real book. I made that up and just made it relate to the song a lot. 

This is a long one so enjoy ig. :D

There once was a bittersweet man and they called him, "Lemon Boy"
He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair like a weed

California sat comfortably in his tent alone, reading a small book. There was a lot of noise coming from outside the state's hiding spot, due to a few new students coming. He always loved gossip and learned quite a lot from... overhearing the teacher's discussions with these new kids. One he heard was energetic and a trouble maker, always ready for a fight. Another was normally doing taxes with his dad... for some odd reason. And he enjoyed learning about anything. The final of the three brothers was a quiet kid, threatening and sour. Like a lemon. 

This last kid he heard was kinda like him. He loved to read and watch movies. He kept to himself. So it wasn't too surprising that this one caught California's interest more than the others. The Golden State's eyes wandered to the entrance of his sanctuary. Someone was invading his tent...

A small boy in a red beanie stepped inside, quickly zipping close the tent. The stranger sighed in relief. He turned around and jumped back a little startled to see the other kid sitting there on the floor. Hesitantly, California waved at him and he waved back. "Who are you? Why are you in my tent?" Asked the western state.

"New York. And I didn't know this was yours... I ran in here because some maniac in a peach sweater tried to hug me with some other kid with a pig nose." Replied the boy. California giggled.

"You mean Georgia and Arkansas? Yeah, they always try to hug everyone. You can stay here. It's my safe space too." The Golden State smiled. New York faintly smiled back at him and took a seat across from him. He reached into his long black coat and grabbed a light blue book. It caught California's eye quickly and he read the title. "Lemon Boy?! I've always loved that book!" He squealed. 

The Northeastern state's eyes lit up. "Wha-? Do you know this book? The only other person I know that has read this is my dad! What's your name?" 

"California. I love books, who wouldn't know such a classic!" NY crawled over to him and the two started talking. They had almost everything in common! The boys loved books, hated too many people, didn't like FoxNews, loved pizza, danced and thought being in a daycare sucked. 

"Do you wanna be friends?" California asked, he never really had many before. Only Oregon and Washington, but they didn't seem to like him that much. New York nodded. 

He just made friends with a little lemon boy.

And like weeds do he only came and grew back again
So, I figured this time I might as well let him be
Lemon Boy and me started to get along together

Today was a special day for New York, California was coming to visit. It was a Saturday Everything had to be perfect. The small dutch boy rushed into his father's room and then leaped onto his back, earning a loud pained groan from him. "Dad! Dad! He's coming!" He yelled. Netherlands grabbed his son's shirt and placed him on the side of the bed.

"Aright. Alright, I'm up, apple." He sighed and stood up from his bed. New York grabbed his hand, dragging him out of his room in only a t-shirt and boxers so he could prepare snacks for their play date. NY excitedly jumped up and down as he watched his exhausted father take out a few Lunchables and sodas for them. The phone rang not too long afterward.