I just want to give a few special shout outs!

Marie Nomad - Thanks for reminding me about Pepper's clothes! I completely forgot. Anyway, for all of you out there wondering what she was wearing as well, she was wearing some Silver Jean Capris, Reebok Zigtechs in pink, and a hot pink I 3 Malibu shirt. She also had her hair up in a ponytail! Tony was wearing some plaid red shorts, a red polo, and some tan Sanuks! That can help your imagination hopefully. They will also be wearing those clothes in this chapter and possibly the next, just depends!

Skeeziks - Thanks for giving me a challenge of coming up with a way for Tony to pay for everything, because of his disguise! I hope you'll like my idea J

DISCLAIMER: If I owned them, I'd be having a tea party with them in my basement, not writing some fiction about them. I do not own them. I also do not own The Green Hornet, as I mentioned it in the last chapter.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter! I sure had fun writing this one. I'd like to thank the music stylings of Buckcherry and Nickelback for getting me through this chapter!

As they were traveling down the PCH, Tony suddenly remembered something vitally important to the privacy of their trip.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" he exclaimed and proceeded to dig vigorously in the console of the SUV. "Our fake ID's! I made us complete new Identification cards and background stories, hence the need for me to dye my hair. No one knows you as well as me, so you're okay. "

"Gee, thanks. That makes my social confidence level just climb right up the ladder, Tony." she said sarcastically. "What do you mean by 'fake ID's', as in plural? I don't need one, as you've mentioned before. I'm not as well known as a certain Attention Hog residing in the seat next to me." Pepper said, crossing her arms to glare over the top of them at her boss.

"Well, I figured the more in disguise we are, the better. I'm pretty sure these would past more tests than actual Identification cards would, thanks to JARVIS. My new name is Brad Miller, and my lovely red-headed wife, that's you by the way, is June Miller. I even ordered us used rings off eBay, that way we look authentic! I had them cleaned of course. I didn't want to think of where the rings themselves had been." he said as if it was the most normal thing to do. Of course, his companion thought otherwise.

"What!" Pepper said in an indignant shriek. "I am not pretending to be your wife, Tony. That is ridiculous!" she continued on in her rant for about five minutes before she realized he wasn't paying attention.

"Tony! Seriously, I am not doing this."

"Of course you are. Here, I've already gotten all of your stuff in a purse for you." He handed her the bag in question, a beautiful Prada handbag, and she yanked the zipper back to peer inside at the contents.

Sure enough, laying in the bottom of the purse was a new wallet, containing a credit card with her new identity on it and Driver's License. Also within the wallet, was four hundred dollars in cash, courtesy of Tony. Nestled in the fabric of the bag itself was a small engagement box. Pepper opened it to find a beautiful, yet conservative diamond ring with two smaller diamonds on each side of the main one. The band was platinum and shining in the sun.

"This is gorgeous." Pepper said in awe, then seemed to remember why she was opposing this. " I mean, Tony how-?"

He began to reassure her after putting on his own platinum wedding band. "Pepper, don't worry about how I did it. I just did. I even got us passports in case we decided to fly somewhere or go into another country. You never know." he shrugged and started to fiddle with the touch screen stereo, looking through his choices of music.

With a second of thought, Pepper carefully slid the ring out of it's box and onto her ring finger, and began to transfer some of the contents of her current purse into her new one, compliments of her fake husband.

She could have swore she saw a tiny smile appear on Tony's face as she put the wedding ring on.

"Anyway." Tony said, breaking the sudden tension in the vehicle. "This is our background. We live in San Francisco, I am a cardiologist -he grinned at this out of sheer irony-and you are an art museum curator, considering how much you like it when I let you purchase pieces for me. Remember? The Jackson Pollock?"

Pepper had to laugh at the cardiologist bit, and smiled as she remembered that day. "Yes, I remember it. I also remember that day, because it was the last time I saw you for three months. That day was all I could think about. That was the worst birthday ever, Tony."

By the end of her little speech, her smile had disappeared, and her face had taken on a solemn look. She focused her eyes on her lap instead of looking at him.

"Hey, hey. No talking about anything sad. This is supposed to be a fun trip. I'm here and I'm fine. I'm better than fine, actually. I have a successful career! I'm a freaking cardiologist!" he exclaimed at her.

Pepper laughed at this, and let the memories fade from the forefront of her mind. "So, Mr. Miller. Where to now?" she said with a small smile.

With a grin aimed in her direction, Tony slid on his mirrored aviators.

"The Land Of Enchantment, honey."

There you go! There's the final chapter in setting up the story. From now on, the chapters will be about the ride across the US and their stays at motels and other famous sites. If you have any recommendations about where you think they should visit, please leave a review! I have never been all the way across the US before, so help is appreciated. Thanks again!

XOXO, StarkObsessed