After Pepper had said goodbye with the smallest hint of flirting in her tone, Tony leaned a tiny bit closer to Rhodey and asked,

"Umm, so why is Pepper being so clingy lately?"

Rhodey smacked his forehead and ran his hand down his face, then sighed. Sometimes, Tony...

"Oh my dear goodness, Tony Stark you are so oblivious sometimes." Rhodey complained.

"What? How am I oblivious? How is that oblivious?" Tony asked defensively. Rhodey shook his head and waved it off.

"Nevermind, you'd never believe it..." Rhodey said with a sigh.

"What? Just tell me!"

"Alright, if you say so..."

"What is it!"

"Dude, you're oblivious because you didn't notice that she's clinging to you a lot lately because she likes you." Rhodey explained. Tony looked confused.

"What? No. We're just friends..." Tony said, not entirely sure that was true now that he thought.

"See? I told you you wouldn't believe me. I'm not lying dude, she really does like you."

"Well, I am pretty irresistible." Tony smirked arrogantly. Then he became serious. Pepper, like me? It was not something he could easily wrap his mind around.

"I...w-well I think I like her too, but how are you supposed to be sure? I've never LIKED a girl before." Tony said. Rhodey was amazed at Tony's cluelessness.

"You know when you like a girl when all you think about is her, when you can't keep your eyes out of hers...you...you just know, Tony." Tony thought hard. He thought about Pepper, and all the times he was alone in his lab working and she would creep into his thoughts and flood them so all he thought of was her-and like magic, she would appear.

"Crap, I like her too...what do I do?"

"Umm, you tell her? Duh." Rhodey said with a smirk as he folded his arms.

"Uhuhh, are you kidding me? No way! What if she doesn't-oh..duh," Tony stopped himself from saying something stupid. "But what if she's too nervous to admit she likes me back? What if she doesn't believe me! That's a terrible idea, I won't do it!" Tony complained. Rhodey sighed.

"Oh, Tony," Rhodey placed a hand on his friend's shoulder, "I think it's just you who's too scared."

At that moment, Pepper walked back into the armory with a sheepish grin on her face.

"Forgot my bag," she explained, grabbing her small, over-the-shoulder bag and quickly walking back out. While she did so, of course, Tony tried to hide his grin from Rhodey, who had raised an eyebrow in interest over the situation. Tony secretly admired her silly grin and the sparkle in her eyes.

After she left, Rhodey said, "Mm?" In a tone that suggested he meant 'and?'

Tony rested his forehead on the wall and groaned in annoyance.

"Crap!"

Well, short one-shot number one! Number two: on the way! What did you think? I tried to make it as long as I could, but all the one-shots I'll be posting are just short moments that I'd thought up and written down on my phone. So they're not really meant to be long things. Review?