"Ummm, h-hi Russia," I stuttered with a smile as I swallowed a scream. I let out a nervous laugh as he smiled back at me and wrapped his other arm around me.

"Da, hello," he paused before adding with a gleeful smile, "You can call me Ivan if you want to, da?" The look in his eyes told me he wasn't asking.

"Um, s-sure Ivan." I let out another nervous giggle as I tried to remove his arms from around me. It didn't work. He tilted his head and was about to say something when the doors opened.

"Oh mon dieu! How cute! Oh if I had known that you both were lover-"

"SHUT IT!" The last thing I needed was France reading too much into things. He stepped into the elevator and the doors slid shut. I was happy that I wasn't alone with him anymore but did it really have to be France? FRANCE!

He smirked and Russia let go of me, "ah, there's that fire, I just want to-" the doors dinged open, and I bolted out.

"It's been a pleasure but this is my stop, bye!" I ran as fast as I could down the hall and disappeared into our room. Phew. I spent a little longer than I had to getting my purse, and I took two flights of stairs before I deemed the elevator safe. Fortunately, no one was in it this time.

By the time I got back to the lobby, France had joined Arthur and Alfred.

"Oh, you should have seen them! Tellement en amour! Gazing into eachothers eyes, his arms around her as she pretended to be surprised!" He had his arms hugged around him as he blabbed on.

"Speak of the devil, here she is," England said drily as I ran up. The two of them were glaring, as France smiled like an idiot.

"Sorry I took longer than expected, I ran into-"

"Ivan, we know, France was telling us all about your knew little 'friend,'" Alfred sounded bitter as he threw in the air quotes. "Just keep in mind, I don't approve. Come on. We're late enough as it is." He abruptly turned and walked away. I scoffed and ran in front of him.

"What the hell do you mean! 'Don't approve?' One, since when do I need your approval? And 2, what the hell did he tell you! I was in the elevator, and Ivan came in-"

"You're on a first name basis with him now?" he asked wide-eyed.

"Well yes-no… it's not like that- it's just- HE HUGGED ME OK! He wouldn't let go so I tried to make conversation and he pretty much told me to call him Ivan, and he kinda scares me so I wasn't about to say no! Then he was gonna say something else and then France came in and started saying how cute we were and I wanted to punch him in the face-"

"MON DIEU!" France covered his face in fear.

"Bottom line, he made more of the situation then was there. So don't be mad at me for being ambushed ok! And for the record, I never thought I would ever be thankful to see France, but by god I was so happy to see him in that elevator. If that doesn't tell you I was scared, nothing will." I finished my long speech with a big breath, and my boss smiled.

"Ok then, I guess that was a bit dumb of me to think that France was a reliable source… but I'm starving, so instead of some long apology, how about we go eat and I'll buy you a drink?"

I nodded, "sounds good, today's been way too long for me." The three of them laughed, I was confused, "What is it?"

England smiled and said, "Tomorrow's going to be a great deal longer, love."

"Why? The actual meetings don't start for four days? Don't they?"

"Yeah, but we gotta take you dress shopping for the welcoming ball." America said mischievously.

France smiled and said, "Don't worry, I already have some great ideas for that figure of yours."

I glared at Alfred, "you're going to owe me A LOT more than a drink tomorrow."

He smiled. "It'll be worth it if I get to see you as France's model."

I glared, "I will kill you."