So I can like, control technology with this thingamabob? That's kinda cool! I could turn off the lights and be like 'oh my god, who turned off the lights? That's totally creepy! Oh, wait, that was me. Haha, gotcha! You should have seen how scared you look! Ooh, or maybe I can call him with my brain and then I can tell him how much I love him just by thinking it! Cool! Mm, he's so hot and muscular when he walks away...and isn't the back of his head soooo cute? Huuh. Sigh. But sadly it seems that with Whitney here I don't stand a chance...Oh I hope he can't read my thoughts with these things! That would be so embarrassing…

Suddenly Tony's phone rang and he stopped walking. Pepper's eyes went wide.

"Ooh, did I just do that with my brain?" With this comment Rhodey directed a smirk at Pepper indicating he would be saying 'doesn't that mean you're thinking about him?' Pepper stuck out her tongue as if to say 'shut up!' as Tony was saying "No, it's her." Pepper chuckled silently at the irritation in his voice. Hopefully Tony would stay annoyed with Whitney so she didn't stand a chance with Tony? But that was too much to ask for, Pepper knew.

~…~

Pepper saw the indecisive look in his eyes and knew he was really between a rock and a hard place now, which he could have easily avoided by just telling the man who handed him the suitcase no. He just had to call Tony special, didn't he? She really did feel bad for the young inventor, courtesy of her soft spot for him. He was just a lost soul looking for his father, only to never find him again.

"The only reason you said you'd think about it is because when you were talking to him it felt like you got to talk to your dad one last time, isn't it? It was because you felt like that was your chance to say goodbye." Pepper said, sympathy drowning her tone. Tony looked down to his feet as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. She could see that her words had stuck to his brain and now he would think about it plenty, whether he liked it or not; not that he'd listen to his subconscious, of course. He never did.

"Think about it." She patted his shoulder and walked off. Tony sat in his chair and sunk into it as a million and one thoughts buzzed through his head; not all about why he took the tech from the weird and mysterious A.I.M. guy.

Explanation? I tried to lengthen this as much as I could. This is just as much as I can do before I start to ramble…but anyways, these were just two random moments I thought of that take place in the episode 'Ready, A.I.M., Fire'. They don't really have any relation to each other, if you were trying to make a connection. They're completely separate, random moments that take place in the same episode and in placing them in the same document I was trying to lengthen the story. So review?