Tony was walking. He didn't usually walk, and he especially didn't walk through the streets of New York. The sidewalks were quite busy with people, but Tony dodged them very well and to his surprise no one really recognized him with his sunglasses on. A man bumped into him very forcefully. Too forcefully. Tony was clever. More clever than this guy so he whipped around and grabbed the guy's wrist firmly. The man looked at his hand and up at Tony who was peering over his stylin RayBans.
"Oh God." The man gaped.
Tony didn't say a word but reached his hand out to receive the contents the man stole. He emptied his pockets, placing Tony's Rolex watch and wallet in his hand. Tony quickly clicked his watch back on and gave the guy an I'm-watching-you gesture then continued on his way.
It was lovely in New York no matter how busy it was. Really that is what makes New York special. Something about the city just gave Tony relaxation, which really is quite ironic. It was beginning to get dark and Tony was making his way to Central Park to meet Pepper and go off to find dinner. He had something planned of course. There she was waiting with her beautiful red hair and fair freckled skin. He really loved everything about her. All the little details about her are what makes her special. All the imperfections really make the one perfection he liked to call Miss Potts. Maybe he wouldn't have to call her by that name forever, but all he cared about was right now. Enjoy the present while you have it, for soon it will be the past and the future will be the present. The problem he usually has is worrying about the future and what will happen next and while doing so doesn't have time to enjoy what he has now and won't have forever. He wanted to have Pepper and make sure she wants him too before its too late. She saw him and smiled while she made her way over towards him to shorten the awkward moment when approaching someone in heels.
"Hey, Pepper." No one made him smile like she did.
"Tony," she tried to sound professional,"Where to?"
"I've got an idea and a car waiting for us." He smiled.
Looking down to his hands he realized he was still holding his wallet. He opened it and noticed something was amiss. He searched the contents of his wallet and looked up at Pepper with a panic stricken face.
"Oh this is bad," He began pacing back and forth with his hands on his head,"This is really bad."
"What's wrong, Tony?" Pepper asked quite concerned.
He looked up at her and loved how she was so concerned.
"Oh no no no no." He said breathily and squinting his eyes.
"Tony. What's the matter?" She was a little more serious this time.
"Pepper, I'm so sorry, but I have to cancel our plans. This is kind of an emergency."
"Tony, tell me."
"Don't worry about it. Go to the car and I'll meet you at my place." He gestured over to where the car was and ran in the other direction already dialing a number on his cell phone.
She was offended and hurt. She watched him walk away and soon realized her mouth was open in displeasure. This was really disappointing. Not that she wasn't getting to go on a date with Tony, but because she thought he would have trusted her enough to tell her what the problem was. Her throat burned as she held back the tears and she didn't know why she felt like this. This was most certainly not the first time he had cancelled on her and it was definitely not the last. When Tony was out of sight she walked over to the car. She stopped next to the door with her hand on the handle and looked around incase Tony decided to come back. Why was she acting like this? She was acting like a child. She swallowed hard and got into the backseat of the car.
"Take me to the Stark Tower."
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Briskly walking, being on your cellphone, and trying to pay attention to your surroundings is much harder than one might assume. It was very distracting and he kept running into busy people walking on the sidewalk. He stepped out to cross the street in a hurry and wasn't paying attention. He broke the one very important childhood rule about crossing the street. Look both ways before you cross. He made it halfway across the street when something made him look up for a brief moment. There wasn't any time to look longer before the bumper of the car collided with Tony's side. It all happened so quickly. With the impact of the car, Tony rolled up the front of the car and back down, smack on the concrete of the street. Everything went black. A frightened, and shaky driver jumped out of their car and raced over to the man they had just hit with their car. She knelt down in front of him and shook his shoulders to try and wake him up.
"Sir? Sir, are you okay? Wake up!" She was in tears at this point.
Other men and women gathered around to see what just occurred. One person said,"Hey. Is that Tony Stark? " The woman looked at the unconscious Tony and back at the man who made the observation.
"Oh God I just killed Tony Stark!" She was bawling now.
Tony began to wake up. He was very disoriented but knew one thing and that was pain. He opened his eyes but was welcomed by a bright blur and the sound of muffled voices. Was this how he was going to die? The great super hero, Iron Man, dead by something so dull. He could already see the headlines in the news paper. How embarrassing. He then realized something. He wasn't dying. He blinked a few times to focus his vision and all of the sudden the voices were no longer muffled but quite loud. He surveyed his surroundings and noticed people arguing above him and a girl crying hysterically, standing at his feet. Clearly everyone was too busy to pay attention to him so he sat up.
"Agh," he let out a cry of pain.
Wow this hurt a lot more than he was hoping. Immediately everyone's attention was caught. There was silence and even the hysterically crying girl stopped. Even at a moment like this all of them were star-struck.
"Well if no one is going to help me I think I'll be helping myself." He said with a tone of annoyance.
He stood up and found this was more than a little painful. He winced and looked at all the people gaping at him.
"Um... Perhaps you should go to a hospital." Some one said.
"Perhaps..." he rubbed his head and squinted his eyes,"What just happened?"
"I-I.. Uh... Sort of hit you with my car." The nervous girl answered.
"Well I kind of gathered that. I just feel like I'm forgetting something important."
The people just looked at him once again and Tony sighed. There was no point in just sitting there while people starred at him and it wasn't like he was hurt or anything. Oh wait he was. But not severely or anything.
"I think I'll be on my way now. It's really been fun these last few minutes, but I need to go now." He said sarcastically.
Moving was quite painful as well. His hip hurt from the impact of the car along with his left side and of course his head. The side of his face was raw from the pavement and stung worse than skinned palms. Kind of limping he made his way over to the side walk and reached for his phone, which wasn't there. Patting all of his pockets he realized he didn't have his phone. He looked up at the street and near the scene of his accident he saw something shining. He limped up to it and saw his iPhone shattered all over the ground so he decided to leave it and catch a cab back home.
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Pepper came out of one of the rooms to find Tony sitting on the couch staring into space.
"Tony?" Pepper said as she walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder. He jumped and looked at her.
"Tony, oh my god! What happened to you?"
"I uh... I think I got hit by a car. Don't worry. It wasn't as much fun as you think." He said sarcastically and smiled a little.
"You think?! Are you okay?" Pepper was extremely concerned.
"Well kind of. I'm okay enough. Don't worry about it, Pepper." He looked up at her sadly because he knew how much she would stress over it.
"Did you hit your head? Where are you hurt? Do I need to take you to the hospital? Let me-"
"Pepper! Calm down. I'm really fine. I promise."
"Okay," she bit her lip wishing she could help but he was so stubborn,"Did you resolve the problem with your wallet?"
"Problem with my... What?" He asked as if she was crazy. Pepper stared at him waiting for him to crack a smile because he couldn't handle lying to her any longer. Nothing.
"Tony Stark, you are not tricking me are you? I am not an idiot you know. There was most definitely an issue and if there wasn't then I cannot believe you would cancel our plans for no reason." She said with crossed arms and a stern face.
He looked up at her with the most frightened and innocent look she had ever seen from him.
She put her hands over her mouth. "Oh my god, Tony. I am taking you to the hospital right now." She said as she pulled his arm to get him up.
Tony let out a cry of pain and she quickly let go.
"I'm so sorry! Oh, Tony, don't lie to me about something like this! I know you're hurt now let's go!" She looked at him for a moment as he breathed heavily from the pain,"Can you walk?"
"Yes, Pepper. Quit worrying so much." He begged.
"Tony! You might have a concussion or something!"
He gave her one last annoyed look and gingerly stood up. It hurt but he didn't make a noise because he knew that Pepper would sweat it more than him. Slowly he walked an got his car keys, but Pepper quickly grabbed them first,"Ah- I'm driving, Tony." She said and gave him a look that showed he wasn't going to win if he argued. He sighed and they both got into the elevator and headed to the hospital.
okay I tried to make this pretty long! Please review and tell me if I should continue and I always appreciate any and all critique!