Hey guys! I thought of this idea and I was all 'dudeeee that would be soooo cute for v-dayy storyyy.'
"Come on, Tony, tomorrow is Valentine's Day, you have to have at least a date!" Pepper exclaimed as Tony worked away on the large computer.
"No, I'll pass. I've never been much of a 'dating' type of guy." Tony lied; no one else had to know that there was actually someone in his world that changed that.
"How can you not be a dating guy? That's like, impossible." Pepper asked.
"Well, I'm just not." Tony said without looking up.
"Or maybe it's because someone told me that he's never found a girl who actually understood who he is on the inside until he met a special someone." Rhodey teased.
"Shut up!" Tony said, cheeks growing red with embarrassment. Pepper smiled and crossed her arms.
"Tony, that's adorable! You're actually kind of deep!" Pepper cooed, "who's the special someone?" she asked out of curiosity.
"No one…" Tony mumbled as he hid his blushing in his work.
"Well you're a party pooper," Pepper complained, "are you even going to the V-Day dance at school?" she asked.
"No." Tony answered. Pepper sighed.
"Well if you're not going then who will I go with?" Pepper mumbled to herself.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Tony asked.
"She said she wants you to ask her to the dance." Rhodey smirked. Tony's blush became evident again. Pepper's face read an expression of anger and embarrassment.
"I do not!" She defended. Rhodey laughed. Tony, now even more embarrassed, started to work harder. Pepper grabbed her backpack and began to walk out.
"I've got to go," Pepper explained with a heavy blush on her face as well. Rhodey laughed with satisfaction. It's not that he's being a bad person, because he wasn't trying to be, he was just making his contribution to hooking his friend up with the girl who seemed to fit him well; since obviously it wasn't happening between them, and it should.
"Dude, what the heck?" Tony asked, after observing that Pepper was gone, slightly angered.
"What? I'm just hooking you up for you." Rhodey explained, sounding as innocent as possible.
"Well don't. It's driving her away." Tony said seriously. Rhodey smiled.
"Oh, suddenly that matters to you?" Rhodey asked.
"What? No, if she wants to leave then she can leave." Rhodey sat back in his seat.
"Doesn't seem that way to me."
~…~
"Ughh, dad it was SO embarrassing! Tony wouldn't even look at me!" Pepper complained to her half-listening father.
"Oh, honey, he was probably just teasing." Virgil suggested.
"Well it was embarrassing." Pepper sighed, going upstairs to her room.
Once in her room, she decided to surf the internet and see who was online. Might as well find a date for the V-Day dance, since Tony is being stubborn….Pepper sighed once more. She searched online for anyone available.
Hey :D Pepper noticed a message from a guy in her gym class.
Hi, what's up? she responded.
~…~
"Guys, guess what!" Pepper said excitedly, bursting into the lab.
"What?" The two boys asked, ill of excitement.
"I got a date to the V-Day dance!" Pepper exclaimed. Rhodey smiled, knowing what came next was going to be good. Tony tried not to drop his wrench, as he was working on the armor.
"What?" Tony asked, shocked.
"I got a date! I got someone to go to the dance with me!" Pepper explained, smile brightening her face.
"No! You can't—I, I mean…cool." Tony buried his face in his work to hide his blush and embarrassment. Rhodey smiled. Pepper crossed her arms, growing slightly irritated with her male friend.
"What, Tony? I can't what? What where you going to say?" Pepper asked in an annoyed tone.
"N-nothing, it's not important. Forget it." Pepper rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. Anyways, it's so exciting! Keith Walters, from school, totally asked me to the dance not too long ago. It's so exciting." Pepper squealed.
"Keith Walters? He asked you to the dance?" Tony asked, annoyed.
"Yeah, why do you care?" Pepper asked.
"No reason." Tony said quickly. Pepper shrugged and continued squealing about it, all the while Tony trying to contain his annoyance and complaints.
"Well, I have to raid my closet for something to wear tomorrow, see you later guys!" Pepper left.
"What the heck was that all about?" Rhodey asked.
"What's what about?" Tony asked as he worked.
"You totally freaked out when Pepper said she had a date." Rhodey said, knowing Tony knew what he was talking about but just to embarrassed to bring it up again.
"No I didn't." Tony said quickly.
"Yes you did. You almost sounded jealous." Rhodey commented.
"So what if I did get a little excited? It's no big deal." Tony lied.
"Tony, you sounded jealous. What, do you like her? Why don't you ask her to the dance?" Rhodey asked.
"What? I do not like Pepper, we're just friends. I'm not going to ask her to the dance, she already has someone to go with." Tony said, disgusted.
"Tony, you told me yourself that 'she's the first girl that understood you on the inside instead of the outside'. You can't tell me that doesn't imply that you like her." Rhodey smirked.
"I do not like her, and that's that." Tony finalized.
"Whatever you say, dude." Rhodey put his feet up and rested his hands on his head.
Shoooooooorrrrrrrrtttttt alllllllleeerrrrrrttt! Sorry. There will be future chapters, but probably not many. I just didn't want to squeeze everything onto one document. but I'm going to get working on chapter two right away! review!