Hello people! It's been a long time (well not really). SilverPedals1402, this is for the Pepperony contest. I have nothing else to say.

DISCLAIMER: Have you gone nuts? I don't own IM:AA and I never will!


Finally New York was at peace from inter-galactic invasions, and so were our heroes. In the meantime a lot of things have changed. Happy played a prank on Tony, but that wasn't something so new.

The new thing was that Tony finally got the courage to ask Pepper out for a date. But that was in a really awkward situation:

Pepper was flying in her armor when Tony suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Boo!" he said as she lost her balance and Tony caught her. "Gotcha!" he said.

Pepper pouted and said "Really Tony? You have no knowledge of 'the right timing'. Somebody is robbing the Central bank. We need to get there right away!"

"But I still scared ya!" he said as he gave a cocky smile.

As they were flying he remembered what he was supposed to tell her, but the words didn't come out of his mouth. He finally choked the words out "H-Hey uh Pep, I was going to a-ask you this some other time, but…"

Suddenly a missile came out of nowhere and headed towards Tony.

"Oh not this time you…" he said as he shielded himself and Pepper against the missile.

"So you were saying?" Pepper brought up the topic again.

"Would you like to…" he started as another missile came out of nowhere.

He dodged it and continued "… hang out for dinner today?"

"You mean like a date?" Pepper crossed her arms and shot her repulsor at another oncoming missile.

"Uh,yeah, maybe." He said he shot a robot heading towards them.

"Fine, 8 pm today at the Pizza Parlor at the corner of the 4th street. Don't be late!" She replied as she blasted another robot.

By now Tony was doing a little 'I did it' dance in his head. (Over here, the 'I did it' song is from Dora the explorer. I used to love that show when I was young.)

They continued blasting the robots and headed towards the bank.


The whole day Pepper was thinking about the conversation they had. She just couldn't get it out of her mind. Tony was doing the same and he couldn't concentrate on reading his book. So he lied down on the bed letting those thoughts consume his mind. After a long wait for the two, it was finally 7:30 pm. Pepper was getting ready, and so was Tony.

(I don't like descriptions that much, so I don't know whether you'll like it or not.)

Pepper wore a red sleeveless shirt with white buttons with 'girls rule!' printed on it. It had a U shaped cut in the end. She wore dark blue jeans and shiny black slippers. Her hair was as usual and she wore no makeup. She took her usual pink bag. Come on Pepper! It's just Tony! A voice from her head said. But it's a date! The other voice from her head said.

"It'll be fine. Tony always likes what I wear anyway." Pepper said to herself. He doesn't care about how you look because he likes you anyway. She blushed faintly and shook off that thought.

She decided to go walking since she wanted to hang out and see what was new around.

On the other hand, Tony was getting dressed up too.

Gah! Who wears formals to dates nowadays? He thought to himself and took out his usual shirt. He looked at it with disgust. Pepper's right, I really need to change my wardrobe.

So he wore a blue T-shirt with an in yellow colon in the middle of the shirt. He wore a pair of black jeans with two pockets. He slid his phone in one of his pockets.

He decided to go walking as he wanted to catch some fresh air along the way.

There was a third person that was coming too. And that person was all ready, waiting for them to arrive.


Can you guess who the third person is? Lemme see if you have the skills to think and tell me. This was supposed to be a one-shot, but I changed my mind. So here you go.

Funfact: I sometimes feel like killing someone and drinking their blood when they irritate me a lot. But don't worry, those are just thoughts. I'm friendly in real life; if you want proof then you can ask the kindered spirit or . They're my best friends in real life.