World War III? 3

Chapter 3- Alfred F. Jones, Old… Friends?

I tapped the phone numbers wondering who to dial, Matthew wouldn't talk to me, Russia was... well Russia, same with France, China would be a good choice but i didnt know the number, "I'll call England!" i chirped and dialled waiting, one ring, two rings, three rings "pick up old man" I whined but finally the phone was picked up "Hello?" England said on the other end but he sounded stressed and there were voices in the background, arguing "Hi Iggy! Did you wanna know something cool" I said down the phone but Arthur interrupted me "Don't call me Iggy and im busy at the moment so im going to hang up" he said and almost instantly the phone went dead, i frowned "rude... but he can't ignore me if im there" i smiled evilly and grabbed my coat "TONY! Im going to Iggy's house, stay put!" I yelled through the house unsure where the little grey alien dude was but he was somewhere. I hailed a taxi and headed straight over to the airport, on the way i booked a plane ticket on my phone, which luckily wasn't too long. After a boring plane journey and some really bad plane food, seriously its worse than Iggy's cooking, why didn't they just serve burgers that would make it SO much better. As usual it was raining but not too much so it was ok, the airport was relatively small so i found the exit quickly, outside was a line of taxis so i hopped in one, gave the address and sat back waiting and wondering who else was in Iggy's house when i had called him "we're here" the drivers voice jolted me awake, not realizing i had fallen asleep i climbed out and paid the driver heading up the gravel path towards England house, it was a huge old Victorian house that i remembered from before the independence, with a breath i knocked loudly on the door, after a few long seconds there was footsteps and the door opened "what do you want America? i told you i was busy" England said glaring at me, he looked shattered "whoa dude, you look like you've been run over by a truck" i said catching the door as he tried to close it on my "aww i came all the way here you could at least invite me it" i whined wanting to find out what was wrong with him, he waved me in and sighed heading towards the kitchen, i followed wanting until i could corner him and find out what was bothering him both now and at the meeting "you certainly have a lot of guests huh little bro" a voice made ne nearly jump out of my skin "SHI-" he started but managed to stop before i swore "jumpy much?" the voice said again and turned to see a tall red haired man sitting at the table his hands wrapped around a mug "long time no see, aye?" he said, i just stared, who the hell was this guy, did i know him, as if on cue he started laughing "you dont remember me, though not" he smirked and held his hand out "im Scotland" he said, i took his hand and shook it quickly "awesome, Im the hero!" i boasted beaming, Scotland raised an eyebrow, normal sized that is, at England is he always like this, Iggy nodded "Hey Iggy" i whined, he frowned "will you stop calling me Iggy, it's annoying", ok the next best thing "ok, eyebrows, why is your brother here anyway, i thought you didn't like him" i said making Iggy face palm and grunt something i didn't hear "ENGLAND!!!! WALES IS BEING MEAN TO ME AGAIN!!!" a cry came from the corridor and a small boy with brown hair ran past me hiding behind England as a small red clad man appeared in the doorway, he was short but looked older them Scotland, he had blonde hair and was holding a rugby ball "i just wanted to play~" he smirked, "WOAH FOOTBALL AWESOME, Can i play!" i suddenly perked up wanting to play "if ya want hicky" he said and turned waving his hand "come outside when you're ready" he said disappearing down the hallway followed by the slam of a door "who was that anyway?" I asked looking at Iggy first but he was trying to calm down the little kid hiding behind him so I looked at Scotland who stood up leaving the empty cup on the table "Wales, anyway I want to see this" he said taking a blue coat off the back of his chair, it matched his trousers perfectly and, obviously, came as a suit, he slid his arms into the coat and smirked "hurry up Amaireaga" he said and disappeared out the door followed by the little boy yelling after him, I looked back at Iggy as he handed me a cup of tea "what?" he asked, Iggy shook his head "Gaelic.." he said but I interrupted him by spitting my mouthful over his shirt "GAY WHAT!!!!" I blurted out mishearing the English man and burst out laughing "GAELIC!!! THE LANGUAGE!!" Iggy yelled trying to brush the boiling hot liquid off his shirt, "oops sorry Iggy, did you want me to get you another one?" I asked feeling slightly bad but still laughing gently "don't worry, just go and get your legs broken by my brothers, it's not like a care anyway" he grumbled heading out into the hallway and up the stairs. I shrugged and headed towards the backdoor, Iggy had a huge back garden but I was never allowed to explore as a child because I would have got lost, and I did a few times. I opened the door to see Scotland laid on the floor smoking and Wales bearing over him but the most noticeable were the two little boys staring at me, either there was a mirror or they were perfect twins "finally!" Wales said crossing his arms "I was starting to think you had wimped out" he sneered and pulled off his jacket throwing it on the ground "let's make this quick, I have a REAL match to get to" he said and checked his watch throwing the ball to me "all you have to do is get to my coat, simple" he said standing between me and the coat "go" he said waiting for me to move, "you can't stop me im the hero!" I said standing straight and laughed running at Wales, I could have easily got past him if the two twins didn't suddenly jump out, one pushing me and one pushing Wales to the side where there was a steep hill, both of us were sent rolling down the hill into a very well places net was the bottom that looped around the trees so, in short, we were stuck. "IM GOING TO KILL YOU TWO!!" Wales yelled out at them. Scotland burst out laughing at Wales struggling "so this is what you two have been planning" he said turning to the twins, they nodded in unison "I think it was a good idea, don't you brother?" they said in time with each other, Wales pulled out a little flip knife and cut the net "aww, spoil sport, where did you get that?" the twins asked, yet again as one voice. I landed on my hands and knees with a grunt but stood up brushing off my trousers and sighed, I didn't like Iggy's brother, at all, "Shouldn't you be going" an extremely cold voice came from the directs of the house and Iggy stood there his arms crossed over his chest, obviously pissed off about the whole tea incident but his glares weren't aimed at him but mainly at the two kids "I'll stay thanks little bro, and these lot don't have transport so they're gonna stay too" Scotland said still puffing smoke on the grass "DAMMIT JUST GO!" Iggy snapped shocking all of us, he groaned and turned back walking into the house "come on" Wales sighed walking over to Scotland and pulling him towards the drive way followed by the two little boys. I headed up towards the house to try and find Iggy, soon finding him sitting by the dining table his head against the hard wood "Iggy?" I asked heading over and sat opposite him on the table but there was no response "Arthur?" I asked seeing if I would get a response, and after a few seconds I did "im sorry, for acting the way I did" he muttered, although he didn't lift his head I could tell from how his voice broke that he was either crying or on the brink, he huffed and looked up at me finally, his eyes were all puffy and red "what's wrong?" I asked never having seen him like this before, "and what happened at the meeting?" I added wanting to know what was happening, he shook his head "America" he paused then corrected himself "Alfred, i.." he stopped and dropped his eyes before reaching across the thin table and hooked the back of my neck pulling my head towards him and pressed his lips against mine, I could honestly say that I was shocked but also relieved because I had loved Iggy for ages and just didn't know how to tell him, this saved me the trouble, he broke away for a second his eyes closed and rested his forehead against mine "im sorry" he said "you should go" he said standing up "but promise me one thing, stay safe" he said, I blinked a few times "of.. of course, im the hero after all" I said lightheartedly.