Some Texas/Louisiana for CreativityPhoenix

What many people don't know about Texas, is that he was briefly a French colony in the late sixteen hundreds.

Texas doesn't speak of it much, granted he equally doesn't speak of his former life as a colony of Spain or Mexico, but he speaks even less about the time he was owned by the French. Not many states knew why, the south just shrugs whenever it came up (on the rare occasion it did) and figured it had something to do with him still being bitter about not being his own country anymore.

His French side came out more when Louisiana was around.

The first time Loui heard Texas speak French was on their first date at this seedy bar somewhere in San Antonio. They had been waiting and waiting for their drinks and Texas wasn't known for his patience so Loui suggested people watching as a way to pass the time. They had run through nearly everyone in the bar before some exchange students came in in one large group, taking up the entire entranceway of the establishment and loudly requesting drinks. A couple of students kept glancing over at Loui and Texas, more specifically Loui, and made eyes at him like they were trying to beckon him over.

Texas was never one to hide his jealous side.

Very loudly, although not loud enough to cause a scene, Texas told them, in French, to back off and that Loui was his. Loui nearly spit out the peanuts he was eating as Texas settled back in his chair satisfied he scared those kids off. All the years dating his boyfriend and he didn't even know he spoke French!

Loui dismissed Florida's claim that Texas had picked up some French from him like Gov had picked up some Spanish from Florida. For one thing that was actual French from the country of France, not Quebec French or Cajun French, actual French. Which goes without saying that didn't mean his version of the Canadian provinces one wasn't proper, but it was the French more likely the French colonists would have spoken as opposed to the one evolving over time that Loui learned. Second he spoke it so naturally with no hint of his Texan accent, if you were to tell Loui he was a native speaker he would've believed it. He was excited over this new development in his and Texas's relationship, and was hoping to foster it more.

But Texas was weary.

Of course being a red state and home to various 'America first' politicians, Texas always felt deep shame in speaking anything other than good old fashioned English. So he called the time in the bar a fluke and continued on living like he spoke French like a true native speaker. Loui opted to drop the issue and let Texas grow into his own, make him accept the French part of himself like he begrudgingly accepted the Spanish and Mexican side. And for a while nothing happened and the incident was never brought up again, except for a few weeks later at the table when they were all delivering news. Loui had slipped into his old Cajun French again, scolding North Dakota for something he'd ultimately not remember. Florida told Loui he was 'doing the thing again' and Gov questioned what he had said.

Before Florida could launch into his classic 'Oh I don't know how to speak cursive' Texas, without thinking, gave a direct translation.

He left in horror a few seconds later, with Loui following.

Loui cornered Texas in his room and the two had a massive argument that led to them not speaking for days. Loui wanted Texas to embrace this side of him while Texas wanted Loui to drop it and let him live how he wanted. After two days of silence from the pair, in which not even the west could stand it anymore, Rhode Island locked the couple in a closet with orders not to let them out until they settled their differences.

Texas cracked in minute ten.

He admitted he was struggling with his identity most of his life due to being owned by three different countries but being forced to reject all three of those cultures because of his politicians. The French was something no one could take away from him but he had to keep it hidden or else they would take that away from him too. Loui let him blab out his story before gently wrapping his arms around his boyfriend and letting him cry into his shoulder. He understood, more than anyone he understood, having to give up culture and being forced to assimilate. But that didn't mean Texas had to abandon everything! What did those politicians know anyway? If they had the right mind, all fifty states could rise up and take over the individual lands, but most were too lazy to do so. Texas should be allowed to celebrate his old cultures while combining them with the new, that didn't make him a terrible person. And if it did? Loui still loved him anyway, he always would.

Florida opened the door ten minutes later to the two passionately making out, all the states eww'ing at the sight.

Texas still struggled from time to time to accept his roots, and slipped back into his politicians 'America first' mentally. But luckily Loui was there to pick up the pieces. The two could often be found together snuggling on the sofa or on bed, talking soft words of French to one another, or having full-blown conversions where none of the other states could understand them. Well unless that state was also a French colony, and the only time they came close was when Colorado stumbled into the kitchen to the two speaking French to each other as they cooked, and even then he could only really understand 'tomato'.

Loui and Texas had one another to build each other back up whenever one of them stumbled. Problems come and go but them, this relationship? It would last forever.

Plus now they had the added bonus of shit talking Gov during meetings, and the nervous fed man could do nothing to stop it.