First of all I want to thank all of you who came here because they liked 'One night' And I'm sorry that this chapter is up so late, I know I promised to have it up sooner...
Well, now it's here, enjoy :D
Pepper looked at the ring one more time and threw it into the ocean. A new life in front of her. Now she stood at the crossroad which decides how her life would go from now on. Three ways in front of her, no way back. Sure she was hurt and sad, but somehow she felt little regret. And then she took it: She turned on her heel and and walked into her new life. Straight forward, never looking back. She could breath and she could fly. She was free. And today would be the day her life was about to begin.
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Prolog
Tony felt better when he woke up the next time and he decided to look after Nilia and Virginia and he stood up, groaning, but ignoring the pain... But when he reached Virginia's room, he froze. She was gone, her bed empty. He walked over to Nilias Room and Nilia sat on the bed, soflty humming. She was... weird.
''Nili? Hey honey... where's Virginia?''
He sat down next to the little girl on the bed an dragged her on his lap. Nilia looked up at him and sighed:
''She's gone...She is ill.''
"Ill?"
"My mommy always told me when you are sad and your heart hurts it's like you are ill. Mommy was often ill, and now Bep is ill. I saw it."
Tony was confused about the wisdom of the little girl, and he recognized something else.
''Bep..? Why... why do you call her 'Bep', honey?''
Nilia looked up at him and smiled, giggled softly.
''It's your name for her...''
Tony was startled and stared at Nilia and mumbled: ''What do you mean, 'It's my name for her...'?''
But Nilia just giggled and wrapped his little arms around Tony's neck. ''You're funny... ''
Tony hugged her back and then went to left again.
''I'll be back soon, honey... And I promise to get you out of here as soon as possible''
Tony went back to his room and sat down onto the bed, sighing, his head aching. Even though everything he wanted to do was sleep, he took out his phone and talked to Jarvis.
''Hey buddy... would you... just tell me...''
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Pepper's POV
It had been hard when I got my things from the mansion and moved back into my old apartement. I knew I had to move out, I'd sworn to myself to start a new life... completely without everything that remembered me of Tony... I spotted a picture of us on the cupboard, we had been together for nearly a month and Tony had his arms wrapped around my waist and our foreheads pressed against each other, both of us smiling. It had been the first picture the paparazzi have got.
I sighed, swallowed the sorrow and the pain and threw the picture in the trashcan.
A new life.
No pain.
No Tony.
No love...
I knew I couldn't stay here, alone in my apartement, I knew I would freak out... I went into the bathroom and took a shower. The hot water made me relax and I stayed in there for at least an hour, before I went back in front of my drawer and took out a simple, not too short, black dress. I was in front of the mirror and did my hair and makeup when I suddenly heard a voice and let the towel fall onto the floor in shock.
''Oh my god, Pepper...'', Happy had his hand over his eyes and stumbled his sorry while I hurried to wrap the towel around my body.
''I'm sorry, Pepper...'' he said again and I shook my head.
''It's okay... but... what are you even doing here?'' It was kind of good to see Happy, even though he reminded me of Tony it was good to see someone who actually remembered who I was...
''I... where the hell have you and Tony been? It has been 2 months since you were supposed to come back from Vienna... What... Pepper?''
I sighed and hugged him, before I mumbled: ''I'm sorry... I can't tell you that... You just have to know that I will leave Malibu, please... I'm not... I'm not Tony's fiancé anymore... He's not even Tony anymore...''
Happy stared at me and followed me out of the bathroom, mumbling incoherent words. ''What... Pepper, what happened?''
I just sighed and went back to the bathroom, changing in my black dress, watched myself in the mirror to decide I looked a lot better than I felt and went back to happy. I was a lot taller than him in my black Louboutins and just said:
''He's not remembering... I'll go now, and please just... don't say something, okay?''
Happy just nodded and followed me out of the door. I knew I had to leave Malibu and all the Memories behind. I had faced a lot in the last months and I was happy to start completely knew. Until I'd find a new apartement I would live at my sisters place with my her, her husband and her son, I hadn't seen them for a long time and I felt like this was the best decision. I waved Happy good bye and waited until the rolls royce disappeared, then I got to my own car and drove away. I would drive to my sister tomorrow, but this evening I'd go out, just relaxing, thinking about the good parts of life...
