"Wow!" Lex gasped, taking in the grand entrance of Disney World's Wilderness Lodge. The lodge was a giant, stylish log cabin with a beautifully decorated interior. A fireplace with a towering chimney was nestled in the far left corner of the lodge, the concierge and check in was to the right of the doorway, and comfort lounge chairs and couches were clustered together in groups through the lobby. "This place looks amazing!" She marveled, walking towards the center of the room.
"Check out the carvings!" Rachelle pointed to a three story tall totem pole carved onto one of the Cabin's beams. "Do you think that's real wood?" She asked stepping forward.
"Don't wander off just yet you two!" Tony called out from the doorway. He, Sam, Steve & Rhodey were ambushed by a pair of cheery women in matching uniforms. An older blonde and a brunette both wearing floor length black skirts, red puffy sleeved shirts and a large buckled belt. All that was missing were cowboy hats and the two could have stared in a stylized Western movie.
"Afternoon, everyone!" The blonde said first. She was in her mid forties and spoke with a heavy southern twang. "My name's Shana Marie and this here's Annabelle." She pointed to the brunette who couldn't have been more than twenty five. "We just want to make sure y'all are enjoying your Disney vacation so far! Is everyone having a magical time?"
"Actually ladies, we've just arrived and are looking to check in." Steve explained politely.
"Well sure thing sugar! Miss Belle can take care of you right over at a front desk, can't ya?" Shana Marie smiled at her co-worker.
"Of course!" Annabelle smiled back. "Right this way." She led the six of them over to the check in counter. "What's the last name on the reservation?"
"Rhodes." Tony told her. "Should be under James Rhodes."
"You used my name?" Rhodey raised an eyebrow from the back of their small pack.
"It's low profile." Tony shrugged. "Didn't want to cause mass hysteria by putting it under my name."
"Better not have used my credit card too." Rhodey mumbled.
"What do I look like the NSA? I put a hotel reservation in your name. I didn't buy another yacht."
"Yes, here you are!" Annabelle tried to get back to business quickly because she had easily recognized the hotel's new guests upon seeing their faces. Surely the news would spread around the hotel quickly that Tony Stark and his friends were staying there. It was in everyone's best interest to process their check in as quickly as possible, lest the lobby become swarmed with adoring fans.
"Six nights and seven days in a two bedroom villa under the name James Rhodes. And staying with us this week we have James Rhodes, Tony Stark, Alexandria Stark, Rachelle Miller, Steve Rogers and I'm sorry there seems to be something wrong here. You folks have your six guests name entered as 'pet bird' that can't be right." Annabelle frowned.
"Pet bird?" Sam groaned. "Really?" He chuckled, shaking his head. "You just couldn't resist."
"Well you're so found of nick names I just thought..." Tony feigned innocence but shrugging his shoulders again.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, we can fix that right away. I'll just need the correct first and last..."
"Don't bother." Sam waver her off. "After being around this guy for a while you get used to it. I'm just going to be Sam 'Pet Bird' Wilson for the rest of my life."
"Okay. And it looks like you're going to pick up your magic bands here at the hotel so let me just get those for you." Annabelle disappeared from the counter momentary and returned with a small white box in hand.
"I ordered the Magic Bands." Lex assured everyone before lifting the cover off the box. Six bracelets sat inside the box. Each looked nearly Identical with a Mickey Mouse silhouette in the center, distinguished from each other only by their varying colors. "They have your name on the inside, so no fighting." She added before pulling the first band out of the box. "Red for Tony."
"It says Iron Dad. Touche." He smirked.
"Blue for Steve, because they don't come in flag print. Grey for Rhodey because that's the color of War Machine." Both men accepted their bracelets without complaint. "Green for Sam..."
"Because it's good luck?" He guessed. Sam flipped over his band and was relieved to see that it read 'Wings' and not 'Pet Bird'.
"And lastly, Pink for Rachelle and Purple for me." Lex handed Rachelle her band before securing her own purple bracelet around her wrist, just under her horseshoe bracelet from Sam.
"Excellent." Annabelle smiled. "Your bands can be used to enter our theme parks, make purchases, save photos from your vacation and they will also be used to access your resort villa. It will take just a moment for me to activate them. Mr. Stark or Mr. Rhodes would either of you like to put a credit card on file so that purchases can be made with the Magic Bands during your vacation?"
"Well of course. These guys only hang out with me so they can spend my money." Tony joked, reaching for his wallet. The rest of the check in proceeded smoothly from that point and within minutes the group was given directions to their temporary home away from home.
"looks a little small." Tony frowned as he stood in the door way.
"You're kidding me right?" Rhodey snorted. "This place is bigger than my apartment!"
"What exactly are the sleeping arrangements?" Steve asked awkwardly as he put his luggage down in the living room area.
"Let's see..." Lex poked her head into each of the bedrooms, taking an inventory of the furniture. "There's a king sized bed in there, and two Queen sized beds in that room, and the sofa is a sleeper bed. So we're short two beds."
"How about this Rachelle & Lex share the king, Rhodey on the sleeper, Wilson and I will take the queens and we'll fill one of the bathtubs up with ice for Rogers."
"Or, more logically," Lex shook her head at Tony. "You and Rhodey share the king, Rach and I will share the sleeper and Steve and Sam can each have their own bed."
"Well you're just being impossible!" Tony complained. "I won't have my own bed that way! Hang on, I know a fair way to settle this!" He fished his phone out of his pocket. "JARVIS, what's the most logical way to divide up the sleeping arrangements?"
"One moment Mr. Stark, I am scanning the rooms for sleepable furniture." Everyone stood around Tony, waiting for his Pocket JARVIS to churn out the results. "The most logical sleeping arrangement for this villa are as follows Mr. Stark. Based upon sleep data recorded by yourself and Ms. Potts, you are a violent sleeper. You toss and turn in your sleep. As such I cannot recommend that you share a bed with anyone, to prevent injuries. You should claim the King sized bed for yourself."
"Aw!"
"Come on, J!" This lead to a series of groans and grumbles from everyone.
"Next, Miss Miller and Mr. Wilson both prefer to sleep on the very edge on opposite sides of the bed. Neither moves very much while sleeping. This sleep pattern makes them both compatible sleep partners as it is highly unlikely they will stray far from their chosen sides of the bed." Rachelle and Sam exchanged a look before mirroring each other's shrug.
"I'm cool with that if you are Stripes." Sam smiled and held his hand up for a high five.
"I grew up in a group home, sharing is kind of the first lesson you learn there." She agreed before slapping his hand.
"Miss Stark and Captain Rogers would be the next logical choice. In part because of their attraction to each other, but largely because they each suffer from sever nightmares. These nightmares seem to be counteracted when Miss Stark and Cap..."
"Stop!" Tony interrupted. "I don't need to hear this! You can all figure it out for yourselves." He marched off towards the King sized bed with luggage in hand.
A/N:Last one will finally have them hitting the parks I promise guys! There were just some prime opportunities for jokes that were too good to pass up!
Ziggy55, I was actually debating between DAK lodge and the Wilderness Lodge, in the end decided to go with Wilderness because I'm more familiar with it! Never worry about rambling, I appreciate the enthusiasm!
Thank You to leafdragon117, atemis7448, nightmarehunter676, Ziggy55, Guest, & gotmoreissuesthanvogue for your reviews of Chapter 35! And an extra special thank you to Valerie E. Mackin for your dedication of reviewing every Chapter from 1-35! I enjoyed reading your journey through Lex, Tony & Steve's story! As always please continue reading, reviewing, favoriting, following and enjoying this story! New chapters will most likely be posted tomorrow!