(Warning: It gets kinda sad, but only like, 'people briefly talking about a sad thing' sort of sad. Dw, no angst is ever brought up if it doesn't have an eventual resolution)

Texas was just hanging out in his room, playing with his horsey toys, when suddenly he heard commotion-y noises downstairs. He went to check out what was happening, and saw a really tall person. Texas liked tall people, so went to say hi.

"Hello!" Texas exclaimed, before realizing that he knew this tall person, and also the girl holding his hand. "Oh! Hi Mr. N! Hi Holly! Why are you here?" Texas asked.

"We invited them over for diner, remember?" Mexico said.

"I thought you said you were inviting Mr. Neverland," Texas said in disappointment. The aldults all had a lil chuckle, and sat their kiddos down to eat dinner. It was at this time that Texas noticed that Neth was holding a baby.

"Oh! Hello baby!" Texas said happily. The baby was giggling happily, having a swell time.

"This is Holly's little brother Nathan. We wanted to introduce him to California," Neth said. Texas smiled, because he liked the idea of Cali having another small friend around. Neth sat Nathan down on a high chair that was right next to Californias, and he stared at her in curiosity.

"How's Nathan doing by the way? I hear he's turning one soon!" America exclaimed.

"Mhm, in about four weeks! And how old is Cali now?" Neth asked.

"Nearing four months... buuut she's mentally developing waaay faster than expected," Mexico said.

"Oh! Isn't that a sign of a gifted child? Why, she might be the next greatest prodigy!" Neth exclaimed.

"Maybe... but only if it's clear she wants to go that route. The last thing I'd want is for her to feel like she has to rush through being a little girl, simply because she's smarter than usual. I want her to have the happiest childhood we can provide," America said. Neth nodded.

"I understand... unfortunately with Nate, I'm having a bit of the opposite problem... he's very charming and loving, but doesn't seem to have much interest in discovering things... he didn't start trying to pick up things until he was closer to four months old," Neth said. Mexico shrugged.

"All babies develop differently. As long as they are staying happy and healthy, we just keep trying to help them grow at their pace," Mexico said. The parents nodded, and Holly and Texas were too busy nomming on their food to really care about the conversation. When the kids were all done eating, the adults told them to go hang out in Texas's rom while they continued adulting.

So Texas was in a room with two girls, one infantile baby, and a whole lotta fear. He knew girls were magic, and seeing how powerful his sister was, he could only imagine how quickly Holly could wipe him off the face of the earth if she wanted to.

Meanwhile, Holly was nervous, because she never had to talk to boys without Nekomi before, and Nekomi told her that boys were far descendants of demons. Sure, they might've grown out of their evil and merciless roots, but she heard they can be just as mischievous and chaotic as their ancestors.

"U-um... Do you like horses?" Texas asked, motioning to his horsey toys. Holly nodded.

"Yeah, horses are cool...," Holly said. Texas knew that she was a good person based off of this information. The two of them started playing with the horses, and Texas explained to Holly who each of the horses were.

"James and Dally are twin brothers, and they're farm horses. This is Maximus, who's the leader of the horses. And this is Lily, who is a show horse. You can be her because she has pretty flowers in her hair, like you. This is Lily's sister Billie, who is a race horse. This is Madrecita, who takes care of the little horses. These are the little horses Jean, Dean, Bean, and Sean. And this is Bob," Texas said.

"What does Bob do?" Holly asked.

"Bob does what Bob wants," Texas said.

"Ohhh cool," Holly said. The two started playing, having a good ole time.

~make believe time~

"Hello Lily!! Are you excited for the race today?" James asked Lily.

"Yeah! Billie is gonna win the big- uh...," Lily started.

"What should be the prize?" Holly asked Texas. Texas looked around, and then noticed a really shiny rock he thought was cool and placed on his desk. He grabbed it and placed it in front of Lily and James

"Yeah! The great stone of mystery! I wish her good luck!" James exclaimed.

"Thank you!!" Billie exclaimed.

"Oh, hi Billie!" James exclaimed.

"I can't wait to race!" Billie exclaimed.

"HAHAHA!!! IMMA BEAT U!!" Dally boasted villainously.

"Oh no!!" Lily exclaimed.

"My evil twin!!!!" James exclaimed.

"THATS RIGHT!!! IT IS I!!!" Dally exclaimed.

"Hey!" Maximus yelled from the hilltops, his long mane majestically flowing in the wind.

"What?!?!" Dally exclaimed.

"At the race tonight, I want nothing but fairness! If I see any cheating, YOU WILL BE EXILED!!!" Maximus exclaimed.

"What does exiled mean?" Holly asked.

"Kicked out forever," Texas said.

"Ohhh! So Italy exiled Tito's brother," Holly exclaimed.

"What?" Texas asked.

"Oh yeah, you didn't know him. Me, Tito and some other European kids all were friends since we were super little, and Tito had a brother. But a few years ago we stopped seeing him so much, and Tito said it's cause he and his dad got really mad at each other," Holly said.

"Oh... why?" Texas asked.

"I dunno, but he was really scary," Holly said.

"Was he a criminal mastermind like Tito?" Texas asked. Holly shrugged.

"I don't know. Tito didn't seem to like him though. He'd always be getting him into trouble. One time he told us that the blocked off sidewalk was quicksand and dared Tito to go in. Tito didn't want to but he said Tito would look like a wuss if he didn't. He kept on being mean 'till Tito kinda was crying, and then went in the quicksand to prove him wrong. I felt really bad for Tito, he looked really scared, and he couldn't get out. His brother just thought it was funny," Holly said. Texas was silent. "Texas?" Holly said. Texas was silent still. "I'm sorry, I didn't wanna make you mad at me," Holly said nervously. Texas snapped out of his thoughts.

"Oh, I'm not mad at you at all! I just remembered something. So... Tito's brother is gone though, right?" Texas asked. Holly nodded.

"Yeah, but I think Mr. Italië is sad about it," Holly said.

"Why? Tito's brother sounds mean," Texas said.

"Yeah... but Nathan cries and screams a lot and my dad still puts up with him. Maybe people don't wanna exile their kids, even if they're mean," Holly said. Texas nodded quietly. Suddenly, Holly gave him a hug.

"Het spijt me zeer, please don't be sad, I didn't wanna make you sad! I'm really sorry, I don't really hang out with anyone on their own besides Nekomi and she usually talks most the time so I don't know how to not make people sad," Holly whispered apologetically. Texas returned the hug.

"I'm not mad at you Holly! I'm mad that Tito's brother was mean to him," Texas said.

"He's your nemesis, isn't he?" Holly asked.

"Mhm, but he didn't deserve that from his brother. Brothers are supposed to be nice and give hugs, not be mean and hurt your feelings," Texas said. Fun fact: my brother just made me a chocolate milk 😎

"You're right," Holly said. The two continued hugging because they didn't exactly want to be rude by being the first person to break the hug. However, suddenly they heard a bunch of happy giggles. They looked over at Cali and Nate to see them cuddled up, California leaning up against Nate and playing with a little toy bear, while Nate was curiously playing with Calis floofy baby hair.

"HEY!!! TOO CLOSE BUCKO!! THATS MY SISTER!!! NO TOUCHY!" Texas exclaimed, grabbing California and holding her out of reach. Nate. Nate started fussing.

"CAAAAA!" Nate exclaimed. Cali was still contently playing with the bear, but made note of Nate's outburst of whines. Holly picked her brother up.

"I'll go take him to dad... after, do you wanna watch a movie?" Holly asked.

"Uh-huh! I love movies!" Texas exclaimed.

"Me too!" Holly exclaimed. The two of them ran off to find their parents, the two of them of them now semi-confident in the fact that they weren't hated by the other.