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Mexico stopped telling the story for a second to glance at America, who was watching him avidly. America pouted "Why did you stop? It was getting exciting". Mexico smirked back "It's going to get much more exciting, that's the most innocent part of my life". Mexico noticed that at some point he has finished his tequila and put the glass down. He suspected that after that he had started using large elaborate gestures to accompany his story, which also explained why America was sitting further away.It dawned on him how long it had taken to tell only a little bit of his life's story. He glanced at the clock, which read 11:30; he had started t...

Mexico took his brother's advice and put the medallion in a drawer in his room. Its effect wore off slowly, but eventually it did fade away. But, he did not forget what he had experienced. He would never look at Spain the same way again, the man was manipulative. He wouldn't let Spain change him again, he was sure of it. Every morning he reminded himself by opening the drawer and looking at the medallion again. Some mornings he even held it for a couple seconds.The lure of the magic of Aztec gold was strong; he longed to wear the medallion. But, for the time he needed to act like nothing had changed. This would not be hard considering none...

He spotted Peru first in the swirl of people and made his way over to him. Peru looked at him with mild interest "I heard that Colombia was sent to the Americas. It must have been hard for you, as you two were very…close" he said it with a slight tone of sarcasm. New Spain turned on him "You told didn't you? You told Spain about that night when Enrique kissed me". Peru looked genuinely shocked "No, what would I gain from that?" New Spain scanned his face for any sign of a lie, and found none "Then who did? Someone who was there that night told Spain, I know it".Peru gave him a skeptical look "How do you know that? Why was I the first one y...

Argentina's room was markedly smaller than Mexico's, although it was in much better order, save a small bundle of blankets in the corner. Mexico walked into the room ahead of his host and sat on the end of a rather small bed. Argentina walked over to the pile of blankets in the corner, which Mexico noticed was making a strange noise. Argentina brushed back a blanket to reveal the small, brown spotted face of a calf.Mexico watched this with restrained intrigue. He couldn't stop himself from asking dubiously "Juan, why do you have a cow in your room?" The tall boy swept the calf into his arms and then walked over to the middle on the room an...

Mexico took up residence in the master bedroom, which was much bigger than the room he had shared with Cuba at Spain's house. He quickly got used to the room and the house. It stopped feeling strange to wake up on his own after a week. After the second week, he was used to the house plan and no longer got lost when he walked around.The morning light flooded through the large windows into the room and woke Mexico. He turned over and pulled the sheet over his head. The sheet utterly failed to block out the light. He grabbed a pillow and put it over his eyes. After a few seconds of lying in an uncomfortable position before he gave up on the i...