<Florida pov>
I stood in my bathroom and looked at myself. My hair was an utter mess, though. That's how it usually was except for the 4th of July as I brushed out my hair and wore a suit to be fancy. I had on an oversized blue shirt that said "Gators" in faded orange letters. Then baggy pajama pants. I changed clothes, putting on a plain white T-shirt and jeans but with a white hoodie that said "Florida" in green letters. What? I like myself.
I waltzed out of my room and to the kitchen. I saw pops making food in the kitchen, so I went to the dining room and plopped myself at the table.
"Hey Florida!" Alabama grinned
"Hiya Ala!" I responded.
"Do you know where Dix is? I've got twenty bucks that I owe him that i finally fixed up." Alabama questioned as Arkansas walked in.
"Nope!" I responded.
"I think he's in his room worn slap out." Arkansas added.
"Ok, I'll give it to em later!" Alabama decided as he slumped in his chair. Massachusetts and Illinois came in and sat down.
"Ugh, I'm so tired!" Massachusetts whined.
"Hush up!" Alabama shouted, then smiled.
"Why do you guys talk like that?" Illinois asked.
"What are ya yapping about?' Arkansas questioned.
"Like that!" Illinois answered.
"Stop it." Massachusetts whispered.
"What?" Illinois questioned.
"It could make them feel bad." Massachusetts answered. Illinois made an "Oh" sound.
"It's fine!" Alabama grinned." It's because we got tons of dem immigrants and rural English folk, and over time, it made our accent." Illinois nodded along. Then Texas walked in a sat next to me.
"Everything's so boring!" Massachusetts whined "Tex can we cause trouble?"
"I mean, why ya askin' me?" Texas replied.
"Because you're fun." Illinois grinned.
" I'm up for it!" I laughed.
"Well, of course you are. Ya do anythang." Texas pointed out.
"I can easily recognize a good time!" I defended "Plus i have nothing to do today."
"Let's make a milkshake out of repulsive ingredients?" Alabama pitched.
"Oh yes, let's do that!" Arkansas agreed.
"Ok, but let's wait til Pa is done fixin' up breakfast." Texas added.
Over time, everyone was at the table, and we git served breakfast.
"Here's your twenty bucks!" Alabama called as he tossed the bill at Confederate.
"Thank you kindly!" Dixie smiled.
"Why did you get him money, Alabama?" Louisiana questioned
"Oh, I owed him because of a bet a while back." Alabama answered
"For?" Louisiana pressed
"Well..." Alabama started."I said I could shoot a 9-inch buck in a day, and sadly, I was only to get a 7 inch."
"That's how you make good money!" Dixie laughed
"Oh bless yalls heart!" Georgia laughed.
"Are you guys talking about deer?" Australia questioned
"Yup!" Dixie grinned.
"It'd be cool to have deer." Australia voiced
"You don't got deer!?" Tennessee echoed
"Nope." Australia confirmed
"If I had no deer, I'd be so stoved up." Mississippi added
"Do yall have deer?" Texas asked Britain and France
"Oh, of course!" France answered
"Do yall hunt?" I asked
"Well, for me, it's not Legal everywhere, and for Britain, it has to be registered with his government." France answered
"That sounds kinda sucky if your under 16 in my state, you can go out and shoot a deer without a license." Alabama added.
<France pov>
We all finished up eating and went our own ways. I was currently with Britain outside.
"France, they all hate me!" Britain whined
"You sound like a child." I replied
"I'm very aware France, but those children are going to kill me." Britain responded
"You'll be fine." I said as I patted his back
"You sure about that France?" Britain questioned
"Nope, I'm trying to be optimistic." I smiled as Britain frowned.
"I feel bad." Britain stated
"For what happened during the revolution?" I asked
"Yes."
"Well, it was a long time ago-" I started but got ultimately cut off.
"But it definitely made a LARGE impact." Britain argued
"Well, of course it did it was the American Revolution, and they seem to be doing better." I said, trying to make the country feel better.
"Yeah, but..." Britain muttered
"No buts!" I shouted and pointed my pointer finger at him. He smiled and brushed my hand away. "Let's go talk to your kids?"
"Yeah..." Britain agreed. I smiled and led him inside. To my delight, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were all there on the couch.
"Hey, dad!" Australia started."Hey France!"
"Bonjour France!" Canada smiled
"Bonjour à toi aussi Canada!" I responded and went to sit next to him. Canada had used to be one of my mothers colonies that ended up in Britains hands. He speaks very good French, and I see him as a younger brother.
"Dad, you alright?" New Zealand questioned as UK sat beside her
"Yeah, I'm fine." Britain answered. I furrowed my brows and looked away.
"I'm having a lot of fun here. You know that Florida kid?" Australia started. I nodded "Well he taught me how to make a homemade bomb from like 5 things, or was it 4...."
"No bombs!" Britain shouted
"Well, not in the house, of course!" Australia defended
"How does he know this?" I asked
"I asked the same thing. All he said was,"I have Florida man, " whatever that means." Australia responded.
"That's concerning." I muttered. Then I heard a doir slam. We all looked up to see America storming down.
"You all good, Ame?" Australia questioned
"No, I'm not." America replied.
"Uh wanna elaborate?" I asked
"It got out, and someone told UN there's gonna be a big meeting, and more people may come." He ranted
"Wait, who told?" New Zealand questioned
"I don't know. I knew it was going to happen. I'm just still annoyed." He answered as he walked off to the kitchen. We all looked at each other.
"So uh, that's something?" Canada started
"It really is 'something'." Britain repeated.
"So uh wanna make bets on who will be here next?" Australia asked
"Sure!" New Zealand agreed
"Isn't that like not nice to America-" Canada started
"Canada, just place a bet on somebody. Don't be a party pooper!" I laughed.
"Ok, I bet sixty bucks on Germany." Britain started
"Really, Germany!?" I started "seventy on China!"
"Why him?" Aussie asked
"Russia probably told him he was here, and so I think he'll wanna visit and see what's up with America and what he can hold against him." I explained
"Well, I put seventy on...Japan!" Australia announced
"Sixity on Spain." New Zealand added "Canada?"
"Uh, I don't know fifty on Mexico." Canada added.
"Ok, but if you lose, you better pay up!" Britain grinned.
<Massachusetts pov>
We crept into the kitchen and saw dad making coffee. Florida and Illinois quietly grabbed the blender and set it up. America eyed us warily but quickly left seemingly annoyed. We shrugged it off and started to make our masterpiece
"First, let's do mayonnaise!" Alabama giggled
"Oh yes, then mustard!" Florida cackled. I ran over to the fridge and grabbed mayonnaise and mustard. I came back and squirted a good bit of each into the blender.
"Then pickles!" Arkansas added. This time, Florida ran and grabbed them from the fridge. He put three in with a fork.
"Also get the old mashed potatoes in the back of the fridge." I added.
Florida opened the fridge back up and asked, "How do you know it's back here?"
"I just do!" I responded. Florida used the same fork as before to scrape the contents of the plastic bin out into the blender.
"Get an egg." Illinois whispered
"Stop, you're gonna give them salmonella!" Arkansas exclaimed
"It'll be fine!" Illinois shouted, still laughing.
Florida got an egg and was just about to crack it before asking "shell or no shell?"
"Ew, no shell." Arkansas said with a disgusted face.
"This whole thing is awful, I say, shell." I answered
"Shell." Texas laughed
"Agreed!" Alabama whispered
"Alrighty!" Florida said as he tossed the egg in with the shell "ima get hot sauce!"
"That's a good one!" Arkansas Complimented
"Oh, get the pepperoni!" Alabama requested. Florida got both ingredients and put them in.
"Add the old brownies with mustard, then get tomatoes." Texas instructed
"Stop, that's horrid!" Arkansas exclaimed
"That's the pointer partner!" Texas laughed
"That's why we brought you Texas for that amazing energy!" I yelled with a smile. Florida added it in as instructed giggling while doing so.
"Ready?" Illinois asked
"Yep!" I smiled
"Ok!" Florida grinned before popping the top of the blinder on and blinding it up. "Grab cups with tops and straws!"
"Ok!" Alabama shouted as he skipped to the cabinet.
We poured it into the cups, then waltzed into the living room. We saw all the English country's -America +France.
"We made you guys a drink!" I exclaimed
"Oh, thank you!" New Zealand gasped as she took a cup from Alabama. They each got one, then Australia took a sip. His eyes got watery, he spit it out (and if you asked me a little came out of his nose)
"Ew, Aussie!" Canada exclaimed
"Is it bad?" Illinois asked, putting on a sad face.
"Yes! Very bad, " Australia shouted
"No, I bet it's not. Let me try it!" France defended. She took a sip and dropped the cup. She stilled up and struggled to swallow.
"Oh god..." New Zealand muttered
"France, are you alright?" UK whispered
"No..." She mumbled
<Rhode Island>
"Help me!" New Hampshire screeched from below me. I glanced down from the tree branch I was sitting on to see him about to fall off.
"New Hamp, what the!?" I exclaimed and reached down to grab his hand. "I thought you were good!"
"I was, but I slipped!" He whined. "And you're like so tiny. Can you pull me up?"
I frowned and yanked him up. "Shut up, weirdo." I said as I readjusted my own position on the branch I was on. He climbed up to be by me.
"When's the sun gonna set?" He asked
"Probably soon." I replied
"Wanna watch it together?" He questioned
"Sure!" I said as I smiled.
We sat there until the sun started to go down, and beautiful colors formed in the sky. The moon started to come up behind us, and the clouds made the sunlight shine out in tiny beams. The sky was in so many colors from Reds and oranges to purple, pink, and bright blood red.
I smiled even brighter and put my arm around New Hampshire he leaned into me, and we sat there til it was dark.
Then he faceplanted into the ground, and I would not deny that I loudly cackled.
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