AN: originally I hadn't planned on writing this chapter for a few more days, but I got more reviews for the last chapter than I thought I would so it gave me some motivation!! There was begging and I can't resist begging!! I'm so easy....
Also, um sorry!! I don't know where this chapter exactly came from. I am on late shift now and its Friday night...I normally go out to the bar with friends on Fridays and I am extremely pissed about my night outs being taken away. Going through withdraws so I have turned to mass amounts of caffeine...thats how this chapter was born.
agapeNuria: Thanks so much for reviewing!! No, I don't know what in the world I am going to do with Trowa; I decided to make him more mischievous than most people make him *sigh* now he's a handful LOL!!
Hououza: Once again, thanks for reviewing!! I think when you have your first feelings for someone, no matter who you are, everyone has trouble telling the person. No one likes rejection. Not even Heero Yuy. In this story the only way I made Millardo the protective older brother was his wanting to her to be happy and thus meddling where he shouldn't in her life. I will save future stories for him being against Heero. And yes it was Heero who punched him, he may not be good with his emotions but the man does know to fight, so that's what he acted upon.
Relena-wannabe 2012: Thanks for the review! I am sad to say this, but it doesn't, not yet anyway. It just proves that men are clueless in a funny sort of way, because Trowa was being spontaneous when he did it, he ventured away from the original plan. The mistletoe was originally for Heero and Relena, that's why they went out and got a but load of it. But don't worry Hehe….it just might come in handy later.
Jazzflame: woot woot THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!! Woot woot, here it is!! LMAO
Velaris: Thanks for the reviews!!! I am so glad you like where this is going. Don't worry there will be PLENTY of trouble! When people decide to stick their noses into people lives, especially love lives…it almost always means nothing but trouble! Funny trouble but trouble none the less!! I am really glad you like this story and thanks so much for the promise of more reviews!!
Meagain: Thanks so much for the review! I hope this is A.S.A.P. enough for you!! Glad you love it!! Mwuahaha...jealousy it a funny thing!
Chapter Seven: Mr. UPS Man
Sanq Kingdom, seven hours earlier.
"You should be honored, they said" Ryan mumbled quietly to himself as he made his way up the long walkway, leaving his poop brown truck behind "you'll get to see Switzerland, they said! It's almost like a vacation, they said."
He knocked on the door the Peacecraft mansion and waited.
He heard someone stumble to the door and obviously smack into it. If he hadn't been so irritated he might have been concerned. But the only thing he could think about was a five hour plane ride to Switzerland in the Ups cargo plane sitting next to half a dozen gifts with no heat. Not to mention shorts and a truck with no freaking door.
He could hear someone slump next to the door as they clawed their way up "whooz iz it?" a male voice slurred.
"I'm hear to pick up A-"he looked at the electronic device he held in his hand "Miss Relena Peacecraft's packages, Sir" he wondered why the man at the other end had yet to open the door.
"I cantz zsee you?" the voice said from behind the door "are wu invizable?"
He heard a female voice giggle 'the peep hole doesn't work pigeon if you put your nose in it!"
Ryan was now utterly confused and looked down at the pad in his hand to make sure he had the right address, he did "would you mine opening the door so someone can sign?"
The door slowly opened and he now faced a elderly gentlemen wearing a Hawaiian style shit, pink and green to exact and very short, short, short, white shorts "iz yu herez for da firewords?" the gentleman reeked of alcohol, but seemed harmless enough.
"Fireworks?" he asked confused "no, why?"
The old man swayed a little "becuz, itz da fourf o juwy!"
The female voice he'd hear before now appeared, she was a middle aged blond, by the look of her uniform she was the maid "you'll have to forgive him" she held out her hand to sign the pad "he's the butler, and he's on vacation."
Ryan just nodded handing her the pad, he didn't want to ask, he didn't want to know.
The female handed it back to him "the servants will load the packages for you."
He smiled at her, very thankful that someone sober was around. He made his way back to the truck when he heard the old man yell out at him…
"Anz dontz eve thnkz about steelinz za plink wimo, hew majestyz gavs itz to mu."
He looked back at the old man and laughed, hey, its five o clock somewhere?
The old man called out to him again "tew Rewena I sayz happu mozers duy!"
"Will do" he sighed.
Winner estate, Switzerland, present day.
Ryan had been standing outside the grand double doors for almost twenty minutes now. His legs were freezing; he still couldn't understand why after a couple hundred years the company had not swayed from the all too familiar poop brown uniform. Why did they insist on keeping them in shorts? Maybe in the controlled climate of the colonies it was alright, but here he was in Switzerland, five degrees below zero, in poop brown shorts.
He looked down at his freckled red furry freezing legs and groaned. This estate must be packed with servants; it was the Winner residents after all. The guards at the front gate sure had given him quite the hassle, checking him for cameras and microphones. What was taking so long, it was cold. He'd traveled half way around the world to make sure he personally delivered these gifts; they were of the utmost importance as they belonged to the former queen of the world.
"NOOOO"
He heard a muffled scream come from inside and reached for the door knob, screw this, maybe the owner was in trouble. He walked into the deserted foyer and heard a commotion coming from a doorway just a few feet from him.
Right by the door laid a very tall man with half his face covered in hair, and blood. A woman with braids had her hand latched onto his nose holding his head up "it's not broken" she seemed pretty thankful at this.
Right above them stood another tall man with unruly brown hair wearing jeans and a white button up shirt. Ryan noticed his hair looked like it had never seen a brush before in it's life, he also noticed the gun at his hip. This particular man was staring angrily at the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen.
The couple looked familiar. It hit him, she was Relena Peacecraft and this guy must be her boyfriend he'd read about in the tabloids.
He immediately recognized the blond man that walked over to the man with the bloody nose. He was Quatre Winner; his family owned the company he worked for and his way to friendly face was plastered all over the building he worked at.
He was shocked no one had noticed him "excuse me?"
The man he assumed was the princess's boyfriend turned to glare at him "You should have knocked."
"I did" he almost squealed, this man made him incredible nervous. Something inside told him to be incredibly careful or he'd end up like the guy on the floor.
His eyes moved to the princess. She was absolutely gorgeous "Relena?" he asked even though he knew it was her.
She nodded "Yes, you've delivered my packages…" she seemed withdrawn and very tense.
He nodded and held out the pad for her to sign "I need you to sign please."
The blond man turned his head to look at the other occupants in the room "Wufei, Duo, would you please go get Miss Relena's packages from the truck" he look at Ryan's half frozen legs "I think this nice young mans been out in the cold long enough."
The Chinese man and the cute girl with the long braid seemed all too eager to leave them room as they rushed past him.
"Thank you, that wasn't necessary." Ryan said a little embarrassed to Quatre, basically the man who signed his paycheck.
Quatre just gave him a genuine smile before his attentions went back to the man with the bloody nose "what were you thinking?"
The man on the ground went to speak but was cut off by the woman holding his nose "it will be to hard to clean you up if your talking Trowa, so just keep your mouth shut" she seemed a little agitated at the injured man.
He noticed that Relena and the man with the messy hair were staring at one another; she had a genuinely confused expression on her face and if he read this mans correctly he would say it was rather possessive. That didn't make sense, this was Relena's boyfriend.
Curiosity got the best of him "I don't mean to be rude, but what's going on?"
A woman with long blond hair and eyebrows the strangely resembled a cock roach came to stand next to Relena "Our friend decided to kiss Miss Relena under the mistletoe" she gave an amused smirk to the man glaring at Relena "Heero here didn't like that to much, as you can tell."
Heero? Oh yes that was right, he remembered now "why would you kiss your friends girlfriend?" he suddenly noticed the layer of mistletoe that covered their floor.
The woman with the two braids had just finished cleaning her friend up when Trowa spoke "because I'm tired of pretending."
"He's not my boyfriend" Relena whispered.
So this Heero guy was not Relena's boyfriend? Then why and who punched this man named Trowa? Heero turned his infamous glare at him, as if he was silently telling him that it was none of his business.
Trowa leapt and made a show of grabbing Relena's hand and holding it to his heart "Relena I can't hold it in any longer" he said dramatically, Relena just looked frightened "I've been in love with you for years…I've been silently protecting you for three years now…."
Relena raised an eyebrow "no you haven't" she stated obviously not amused by his performance.
Ryan noticed the Chinese man and the cute girl with the long braid walk in and were standing behind him, enjoying the show.
Trowa lightly put a finger to her lips "shh, don't speak"
Heero's fist clenched and his knuckles went white. Ryan wondered what this fool was doing.
"Remember the way I held you on Libra?" Trowa asked, making quite a show of looking dreamy eyed.
"That wasn't you…" growled Heero.
Trowa seemed to ignore this "I remember the way you held me in your arms in Mariemaia's fortress; I know you care for me too."
Relena looked pale and somewhat guilty "Trowa I don't know what you're talking about, but we are just friends."
Trowa dramatically shook his head "no Relena, don't hide your feelings for me! I know you care! You followed me everywhere I went during the war…that means something Relena…"
Heero's eyes narrowed "no, she followed me around" he said possessively.
Trowa put a confused expression on his black and blue face "you sleep with the teddy bear I gave you for your birthday every night…well at least until Heero came around" he sneered giving Heero a distasteful look.
"No, no I don't" Relena flushed a bright red and looked incredibly embarrassed.
Heero grabbed Trowa by the collar "no, she sleeps with the teddy bear that I gave to her."
Trowa smiled as he smacked himself on the forehead and gave a face of realization "Oh-my-God! I am so embarrassed" he laughed "your right that was you Heero, what was I thinking?"
Heero seemed to relax a bit, even when Trowa put a hand on his shoulder "my apologies, turns out I don't have feelings for Relena…." he turned to Relena "my sincerest apologies Madame, it appears I was mistake for a moment."
Ryan finally noticed the other females in the room; they sat together at a table giggling hysterically. His eyes landed on another extremely attractive female with long platinum blond hair wearing a suit looking aggravated as she mumbled "you're a fucking idiot Barton."
Ryan cringed, her voice was rather deep and ladies were not supposed to use language like that. Looking at the cute girl with the braid he grew rather concerned, her load was heavy "here let me take that" he blushed grabbing the packages out of her arms.
The girl said nothing just smiled awkwardly and the Chinese man glared at him, maybe this was his girlfriend?
"Mr. Winner?" he said trying to get the ghostly pale mans attention.
Quatre pointed to the hideous display in the corner "you can put them under the tree."
Ryan stepped past the glaring couple in the doorway and into the living room. He looked around but couldn't find a Christmas tree anywhere. The room itself was big but it didn't have that many hiding places "Mr. Winner? I can't seem to find it" he felt really embarrassed.
The woman with the cockroach eyebrows spoke "its right there" she snarled and pointed.
No that wasn't right, that, thing, was not a tree. He turned to look at the braided girl and she just shrugged.
Relena put her hand on his shoulder and gave him a sad smile "I'm sorry, but that really is our tree" she seemed genuinely disappointed.
He followed the Chinese man as he put his load underneath the hideous looking display, wondering if it was just a culture thing. This group of people was so incredibly strange, not at all what he thought Mr. Winner would associate himself with, but to each their own.
He felt slightly disappointed when out of the corner of his eye a small skinny boy ran up to the cute girl with the braid an kissed her. The cute girl put her arm around the skinny boy and kissed him back. Ryan sighed inwardly; he'd been contemplating getting her number.
Quatre appeared at his side and he noticed for the first time the man was tightly gripping a pair of silver scissors "would you like to stay for tea?"
He looked at the scissors the blond man was clutching, looked at the tacky thing in the corner, the ground covered in mistletoe and the angry looking Heero guy who looked like he was on the verge of a killing spree "no I really have to be getting back, but thank you"
The actor with the black and blue face smiled at him "aw, you don't want to see the conclusion?"
Relena looked like she was about to be sick and he genuinely felt sorry for the girl being stuck in a house full of crazies. Then he remembered "Miss Relena I almost forgot! Pigeon wanted me to give a message."
He wasn't sure why she looked confused "Who is Pigeon?"
"Your butler, I think?" yes, he thought that was right, he was the one who answered the door.
"Oh you mean Pagan?" she asked.
"No" Ryan shook his head "I'm quite sure I heard the maid call him Pigeon."
"That's impossible" she said sourly "his name his Pagan."
"Pigeon"
"Pagan"
"Pigeon"
"No, Pagan!"
"NO PIGEON!"
Relena crossed her arms "I think I know the name of the family butler, anyway what was his message?"
Ryan gave her a cheesy grin "Pigeon…told me to tell you, happy mother's day!"
Relena stared at him dumbfounded but said nothing.
"Apparently" he started "you're also missing the fourth of July fire works!"
The entire room was silent.
"Can I ask you a strange question Miss Relena?" he asked, pushing his luck from her expression.
She nodded and Heero came to join her at her side both wearing similar annoyed yet confused expressions, as if he were the crazy one "why does he seem overly protective of a pink limo?"
He noticed Relena and Heero's expressions soften as they looked at each other. He decided it was better not to know.
"Well have a merry Christmas everyone, I will be on my way" he said with a little too much enthusiasm.
He let him self out and closed the door behind him. Instantly the frigid cold air hit his legs "damn it" he mumbled making his way down the stairs to his truck.
The front door opened and Quatre yelled out "I'll see about getting you some pants" he said genuinely as if the thought never occurred to him before.
Ryan smiled his thanks and waved a goodbye. When he got into his truck he heard the young man yell out again…
"Thanks Mr. UPS man!!"
~*~
The camera's angle rested on the face of Mary Anne, entertainment reporter and the UPS man crammed into his truck as he was seated at the wheel. His face was annoyed as she raised the microphone to his face "I should have told him to put doors on these damn things" he mumbled not too quietly.
"Now Ryan, give us the goods! Are they engaged? Have they set a date?" she asked him eagerly.
The red headed man stared into the camera seriously, thinking before he spoke. They might have been crazies, but they seemed nice "I would like to clear everything up…"
Mary Anne smiled brightly; finally get a real source on live television.
He was sure that something was going on concerning Relena when it came to that man Heero, however he just didn't see anything on her end of it, at least from what he surveyed for the brief period of time. This whole ordeal must be awful for her, people thinking she was involved with someone when she wasn't! How would she date other men? As inconvenient as the microphone was in his face, he really wanted to go home; he would help out the princess. He knew simply denying it wouldn't work with this gossip hungry whore, so he decided to go above and beyond for the woman who gave them all peace….
He smiled at the camera "Heero is gay" yup, that should clear everything up!