Laci stares at her laptop and lets out a big sigh. "You can do this, you just need confidence." She runs her hand through her autumn brownish-red hair. "Welp... Here goes nothing."
"Hi, I am Laci Greene. You are asking a little bit about my background and why I want to go on this trip. Well... to tell you the truth, I don't have an exciting background. My parents are happily married and have an older brother who is off at college. Currently, I am living on my own in an apartment and I am following my dream job to be a tour guide. I have been giving tours of Rome now for five years. I am originally from the United States. To follow my dreams of seeing the world; this would give me the boost I think would help me start putting the goal into a reality. So uhm that is me and I hope you have fun watching all these videos... so bye." She says and stops recording on her laptop and sends the video in.
This opportunity was brought to her attention by her father as he wants his little girl to follow her dreams. She is 25 years old and isn't getting any younger after all. She lets out a sigh as it nears time for work. She puts on some light jeans and then her blue tour guide shirt. She puts her hair up into a ponytail leaving her bangs down.
Grabbing her keys she heads out the door and gets in her car heading to work.
On her way to work her car breaks down and she lets out a sigh as she calls her favorite repair man. He says he will be there within an hour which would make her late for work. She mutters profanity under her breath.
A guy with dark blonde hair and bushy brows comes riding by. Both of their green eyes meet. "Hey, are you ok love?" The british man asks her.
"My car broke down and I have work in," she looks at her wristwatch, "15 minutes."
"Hop in, I'll give you a ride." He says with his same grumpy expression.
"No, it's ok you don't have to waste time driving me around." She says feeling guilty and unsure about getting into the car with a stranger.
"It's no trouble at all. Honestly, I will be heading back to my ship later in the day and I'm just going to be looking around Rome to see the sights." He says reassuringly.
"Oh, well if you want see the sights I'll give you a free tour for the troubles of driving me to work. I'm a tour guide. We start the tour in front of the inn by the pier." Laci says with a brighter smile.
"Splendid, hop in." The man says. And she does. She gets into the car with the man that's so nice to her. He talks to her about being a pirate and how they often get a bad name to them. She never asks his name but she could tell he was a real gentleman.
*time skip to the next month*
'KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!' goes the door in the early morning. Laci groans as she forces herself to get up so much sooner than wanted on her day off from work. She trudges out of her room after throwing some shorts on. Her hair is in a lose bun and she is wearing an over-sized guys shirt. She heads to the door and opens it rubbing her eyes.
Four men in suits stand outside the door. Her eyes widen and she shakily says, "Uhm, hello?"
The man with glasses and american accent speaks up, "Hi, are you Laci Greene?"
She sort of takes a step back ready to shut the door if it is something bad. "Maybe, it depends... why?"
The man next to him with medium blonde hair that stops at his shoulders speaks up this time, "You aren't in trouble mon belle. In fact, we would like to tell you the grand news. You won the contest to travel to America, Canada, England and France."
Laci covers her mouth and starts crying making a high pitched squealing noise as she jumps up and down in excitement. The men cover their ears as the squeal sounds then puts their hands back down."Oh my god. Where are my manners, come in come in. I'll go make hot chocolate." She runs to the back bedroom to change into black jeans and a grey v-neck long-sleeved t-shirt. Heading to the kitchen she notices the guys looking around her small living room.
Soon enough the hot chocolate is ready. She brings all five of the mugs out on a circular tray and sets it on her coffee table in front of the well dressed men.
The first man to reach for one was the one with the american accent. He had light brown hair with a wild cowlick to match his wild blue eyes. His suit was a light grey and he wore an american flag tie. 'How cliche for an american to be dressed as a Justice League politician guy.' Laci thought as she watched the next reach for one.
This second man hasn't spoke yet, he looks familiar. He has dark blonde hair that fell messily but at the same time seemed to be placed strategically everywhere it fell to look magnificent. He has larger eyebrows than most but it seems to fit him. He is sitting with one leg loosely crossed over the other one at his ankle. He wore a dark grey suit and looked unhappy to be here. He sips his hot chocolate and that's when our eyes met. Green to Green.
Laci abruptly looks away to watch the french man pick up his cup. He has shoulder length light blonde hair and lighter blue eyes. His suit is of the color red that would look poorly on most but with a white rose attached it it just seemed to fit him perfectly.
Lastly, a quiet man in a white suit and light blue bow tie takes his hot chocolate. He looks like he could be twins to the american but has slightly lighter brown hair and a longer cowlick. They both have boxy glassses she notices now.
She takes her cup and takes a long drink, "You all know my name so what are yours?"
The american speaks up, "I am Alfred Jones, bushy brows over there is my brother Arthur Kirkland, flower boy is Francis Bonnefoy my brother, and lastly is my brother Matthew Williams."
Laci smiles happily, "It is wonderful to meet you all."
Matthew looks at her and softly says "Where would you like to go first?"
Laci sits there quietly for a long time as the men stare at her awaiting her answer. Alfred believes she would choose america, Arthur believed she would choose France, Francis believed she would choose France, and Matthew believed she would chose America. "If it is alright, I would like to start out in England. It's a lovely country."
All the brother's eyes turn to look at Arthur. Francis, Matthew, and Alfred get up and take their leave as Arthur is supposed to instruct her on what to do to get ready for her trip. Arthur runs a hand through his hair as he starts up with his cool british accent, "Ok, since you picked England first I will be giving you a grand tour of my homeland. All expenses will be paid by me and I will by you any clothing you seem fitting to wear for three months. We leave by nine in the morning tomorrow. Get a bag packed and be ready to change your 'normal' life." He gets up and leaves the girl heading to his own hotel and starts planning her three months.
Laci runs a hand through her hair as she realizes how big of a change this will be for her. She packs a bag, calls her parents, and tries to get everything in order for tomorrow as she looks as the clock and already sees it's one in the morning. She sighs flopping onto her bed and falls into a deep slumber.