A/N: Omg I had just dreamed up this story last night, and I think it was good so yeah

OMG I went to see Sherlock Holmes Today (note today is Sunday)

It was the freaking bomb

And in my opinion better than the movie Avatar

Anyhow please read and review this Story

I beg of you; Do it for Holmes. Robert Downey Jr. kicked some serious ass in that movie, but also got PWNED about, well a few times.

But he goes matrix and describes what he ganna do and then does it in normal vision (IT WAS THE F****** BOMB)



I looked into my locker as if looking for an explanation for anything and everything.

The metallic colored locker had felt cold against my finger tips. My eyes were focused on the outside frame of it; rust spots could be at each corner. Behind me, I feel kids going back and forth to their classes, trying their best not to get in trouble with their teachers. I should be doing the same, but I can't; there is something significant about this locker in such a way, that it draws my attention every time I come near it. There are times when where I hear it talking or whispering; as if there is something behind waiting to come out, something big. But I put that nonsense to a side, because it's probably just an illusion; like time and reality itself.

While gathering my books for my next class, I feel anxiety from someone waiting to go off. This, however, is the type of nervousness that someone may give when depress or regretful; I turn my direction to where it's setting off. When I looked, I saw Tony with his hands around Whitney's waist who was chewing and popping bubble gum in such a rude manner. He played cooled, calmed, and invincible out of an act; but I could just feel it, he was apprehensive, nervous, and from what I could sense, threaten in such a way. I took once glance from him and then to Whitney who was shooting daggers me; out of everyone she actually remembered who I was, which to say I am not surprised; people like her never forget their adversary. I quickly looked away and back into my locker to collect my books; I trail right behind the two and into our next class, Physics.

When I entered the classroom it was half full and I sensed many emotions going off. Some people were happy, while some were sad; some were hyper and some were anxious; others were angry and others were calm. But out of everyone, one person had been feeing a great amount of grief and ruefulness. I scan the room, but didn't have enough time because the professor had spoken to me in annoyance.

"Ms. Potts, would you please take your seat class is about to start, and if you are looking for one, there are two seats available; one next to Mr. Hogan and one to Mr. Kahn." The answer was obvious because I cared about my education. As I was approaching him the grief and the rue had become stronger; when a couple of days went by I had finally come to comprehend why he had done what he done. It was the anger and desire that had made him do it. All his life he had felt like he was nothing; unworthy of the power he held, he was trying to regain his honor (A/N: Oy, I watch too much Avatar, I may be one of Zuko's fan girls. Lol I'm not, but I do think he's awesome). I am more reasonable than people would ever give me credit for.

When I approached down next to him, he began to get fretful; as if he thought I was going to arrest him or something of that nature. However, I wanted to prove him wrong, in a good way that is; I sat myself down next to him so that he can see that my guards were down. I looked straight ahead, not wanting to make eye contact with him; I sensed his eyes staring at me, doubled in size. At the corner of my eye, I saw him open his mouth, as if he were looking for a word to say to me; a reaction to my actions of sitting next to him, especially after everything that had happen.

"Don't worry; I'm not here to fight you, not to argue, not to anything okay," I gradually face him and lock eye contact with him, "You need to calm down; I understand why you did it. All I can say is… is that it's okay." The slightest smile had escaped my face, and I think he had noticed and had smiled back at me. I felt like it was an eternity when I had looked into his eyes; they're like dark brown almonds waiting to be discovered. They hold a long story of his childhood; a magnificent and harsh journey waiting to be explored and discovered.

However, I had felt another pair of eyes on me; they were confused and angry eyes. They were telling me to face any other direction, any direction besides the one I'm looking in; specifically his direction. I do what I'm told, well most of it; instead of looking back at Tony, I was rest my forehead on the back of hands which were intertwined. I could hear his sigh of relief, but his eyes were still on; like they were my body guard. I, however, am beginning to get annoyed with him.

"Is he still looking at me?" I had made it obvious as to whom I was talking about; he had looked up in the direction I was talking about. He had shaken his head and the tense in my body had slowly gone away; I looked up just to make sure Tony had looked away. I sighed in relief and had thanked him; he simply nodded his head. After a while, the silence between us had become uncomfortable; thinking of how is the mandarin an idea just stroke me; I just remembered something important that I been longing to tell him well ask him that is.

"Gene?" I said his name; asking for attention

"Yes" I knew he was paying attention

"Gene if you would've told me who you really back then, would have you told me that you needed an apprentice?" I knew I shouldn't have asked this; his body was giving an amount of tense that I can feel from a mile away. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat; his eyes were unsteady, but his heart was not. I heard him gulp, his anxiety was taking over his body; he had muttered something, like he was astonished that I had knew this information. Especially because he acted like he trying to keep it away from personally; I looked at him once again only to see that he was avoiding eye contact with me. After a while he had finally answered my question

"How did you know that anyway?" I could hear the slightest stammering in his voice; I mentally smirked, I was leader in the game now. But in all depths, all I wanted was to make up with him; I really felt bad for him, especially all he had encountered in his life, but knowing how some people are, he probably just thinks I'm doing it to make Tony jealous. At this point I don't feel anything towards him; not anger, not misery, not anything.

"Well when you left me in your studies because you had to go do something, and I kinda walked around, and then your grandmother came in; explaining to me about the history of you know what." I spat out the last few words; trying my best to be broad with this little secret. When I looked at him I saw his eyes soften of a bit; his anxiety had dropped and his heart had calmed down a bit.

"Pepper," he looked away, took a deep breath, and then looked back at me, "I know you have a craving for adventure and danger and you already knew who I was…I just can't risk losing someone I care about again…" I sensed his grief; I can only assume it has to deal with his mother. I let a few minutes slip before speaking to him again.

"But, but what if you trained me wouldn't," His face grew uneasy and he looked at me with a warning

"Pepper, I can't; I won't" I was really confused with him right now.

"Why not, why can't you just," I asked in a somewhat whining manner, I can tell he was getting annoyed with me. He was getting red which only brought to my eyes; I think he noticed it and took it a breath to calm down.

"How come all of a sudden you're on my side again" Some people were becoming just so predictable and ignorant these days; it's really getting me annoyed.

"Let's just I'm more reasonable or logical then people give me credit for." I had chosen my words smartly, helping me with my case. But what he said was true; I did have a craving for adventure and danger, but what can I say; it's in my blood. He sighed in defeat which got my hopes up high.

"We'll start at dawn in Henry Hudson Park, and please don't be late," I embrace him right away and tightly; to by surprise he mimicked my actions, "One last thing, I'm not going to make it easy for you." I felt him smirked but I didn't really as long as he knew I forgave him I didn't give one damn.

"And that's how- MY DEAR GOD; Ms. Potts and Mr. Kahn, just what do you think you're doing." Professor Kline had noticed our position and we let go immediately. I heard some kids snicker, gossip, and giggle; but I sensed only one person who was giving off anger. I didn't want to look, but instincts said otherwise; when I did, my heart had stop sending blood to my body.

He was shooting straight through my heart with his eyes. I feel my hands become nub and skin go pale; my breathing has become low or nothing. If I think about what he might do to me, I may drop dead right here on the floor. Sweat begins to roll down from the side of my face and my hands are twitching slightly. He has me on lock down and I can't get out; my breathing has finally stopped. My hands turn into twitching fists, both of them set on the table and out of sight; I was ready to collapse, I wanted to, but I couldn't; there was no need for public attention. His eyes were getting narrow, as if he had cached me getting nervous; it was like he was doing it on purpose, he knew he could control me with his eyes, especially if he was angry with me. This time, I sensed more than just pity old anger. I felt his irritation, disappointment and his feeling of betrayal.

I had promised him I wouldn't forgive the boy next to me, but I had promised myself to forgive Gene; he had meant a lot to me. I close my eyes but they won't stay shut; I need a distraction to get me out of this. A miracle had fallen, because my world begins to go dark; I finally get to close my eyes but he's still there, watching me like a hawk. I slowly begin to lean over to the side, when I hear the click of the door; I sat myself up to see Happy at the door with the bathroom pass. I spring myself out of my chair and run towards him and snatch the pass out of his hands; I escape the torture of that room.

I enter the bathroom and run the cold water; my skin is pale like a ghost. I splash my face with more cold water; I've never been so scared in my life before, especially being of afraid of him. It was the things he could do that got me so worried and frighten; he had power, power that could eradicate me. My stomach was unsettled and it felt like acid in there; I head for one of the stalls and through up all everything I had from yesterday to this morning; I flush the toilet when I'm done and clean my face.

I sit myself in a corner and I bring my knees to my chest and rock myself back and forth; trying to breathe. I know I shouldn't be scared, I'm not scared of him, but just the power and the anger mixed together…I just don't what to think anymore. I'm talking crazy talk, Tony's my friend and I know he'll never do that; it's just sometimes, he makes it seem like he's going to hurt me whenever I accidentally make him mad. All of a sudden, I hear the door to the bathroom open with a click.

"Why is this bathroom creepier then I remember" I knew that accent, it was Amelia; we were friends but we don't hang out anymore because of"our boys". She was from London, she had moved here a few years ago. I met her in the second grade and we've been friends ever since. Amelia was kind of a crazy child, which is pretty ironic considering how well manner her family is. I pray to god that she doesn't know I'm here; but then again my luck as been off and on lately.

She is kicking every stall door open, checking if I'm in one of them; when she reaches the last one, I feel her disappointment when she didn't see me. Amelia slowly turns and screams at the sight of seeing me; I couldn't blame her, she wasn't really expecting herself to me here on the floor.

"How is it that every time I get so quiet and people see me they shout or jump in surprise?" I asked her, but mostly myself though. When her heart had calmed down, she started to laugh; I don't know why, but I could care less.

"My god Pepper, you gave me a good fright." She walked towards me and sat down next to me. Her eyes were wondering up and down my body, as if she was looking for something.

"What are you doing here in the first place?" I asked her

"Guess I'm not the only who you gave a fright towards. Professor Kline was really freaked out, so he asked one of us to come and find you" She said with a smile; I looked away even though she was going to ask me what was wrong. So I decided to do it for her.

"Aren't you going to ask me what's wrong?" I asked her, I felt her eyes grow in size and then return to normal size; it's like I said before, people are becoming predictable now.

"Well yeah I was going to; but since you said it why do you just continue along?" This is the consequence I get for having such a big mouth; I just had to ask him. I hug my knees to my chest even tighter and exhale again. I tell her the story of how it all started and how I came to where I am now; it's like I'm telling it backwards, frontwards, up, down, and side to side, because I've told this story a million times to myself when I cried myself to sleep. I also use hands gestures to help prove my point and ever thing. When I finished my story she just simply nodded up and down.

"Oh I see what's going on, you're stuck in a lover's triangle, whether you know it or not." I roll my eyes and ignore what she said; the bell rings for the end of the day and Amelia stands up to help me up.

"Well there is no point of staying here all day and night; let's get out of here." I nodded and followed her out. Who knows maybe what Amelia said was true, maybe I am in a love triangle. Her locker was closer to the front of the building; mine was nearly at the back.

"I'll catch up to you later okay." I told her, but what I really meant to say was When ever fate brings us together again; then again not everyone understands what I'm saying at times. She goes her way and I go mine; I knew leaving the bathroom was a mistake but I couldn't stay in the school all night, that would be just plain wrong.

My locker is at the corner; where I can see everyone going and coming. I hear two voices that I know like the back of my hand; one was reasoning the other was enraged. My heart begins to race again. I look down the hallway to see the people I thought I knew was coming; I accidentally lock eye contact with Tony, and I see his speed and anger rise up to a tenfold. I quickly stumble for my book bag and close my locker and walk away fast from him.

"Pepper!" he said loudly which only makes me walk faster. He was going to hurt me and I just know it; there is not anyone nearby that can stop him or help me. I try to run away, but he just keeps getting faster and faster, and my walking turns into fast running; try my all to escape him.

I couldn't blame him; I had promised him that I wouldn't go back. Promise…the word swishes around my head just like I turn each at corner that brings me closer to the school exit. When you promise someone something, you end up breaking it, they get mad at you, and after 3 weeks everything is normal. However, when you promise something to someone with weapons and a bad anger, it's more likely a threat to you than anything else; when you make a promise with someone with weapons and you break it, you pay the heavy consequences.

I finally reach outside but I trip on the stairs; I may have gotten a bruise or two but I don't care.

"Potts are you okay?" It's like I said before my luck was on and off these days; right now it was on.

"Gene, please, you have to help me," He helps me stand up but looks at me with confused eyes, "I think Tony is going to hurt me, and I just need you to do something so I can get away or anything. Just please keep him away from me." I begged him with tears in my eyes and he nods. By all things good, I may have to start skipping school to go to church.

"Go behind next to staircase, he can't see you if you kneel." I nod my head and go where he told me to go. I can hear in my left ear Tony yelling my name a million times; this time I'm positive he wants so hurt me. I looked over just a bit to see what's going on, making sure no one saw me. He came out the door, looking from left to right, and I hear the anger rise in his voice; I quickly duck my head again.

"Tony calm down, she is long gone." Gene said while stopping him; I heard I smack of hands or a strong push, I couldn't tell which was which at the moment.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down and don't touch me either. Or are you forgetting what happened?" Tony was yelling, bringing unnecessary attention towards this section.

"No, no I remember perfectly what happen," Gene however, was talking in a calm voice, "It's that I am curious as to why you're looking for her." I was amazed as to how cool headed Gene was being right now; normally I would've expect him to play cold shoulder with Tony-who was getting redder than a tomato- and be cruel to him.

"What do you care anyway, you're forgetting the fact that you broke her heart" But the thing is, is that I'm over that already; I learn to wait long enough before I trust another guy or another person.

"You said 'you're forgetting' twice already," I couldn't help but giggle silently, that was childish, but in a good way, "But that's the point. The point is your answer to my question, what do want with Pepper." He asked again; I knew the answer to his question, but if I answered I may have seen white light.

"I just want to talk to her." I could tell he was trying to stay calm, but he failed.

"Talk Stark or yell, because she looked pretty damn scared if you ask me." I was scared. I was scared…

"Why would she be afraid of me?" His previous anger had exploded, and a new one grew.

"You know for a genius, Stark, you're insensible. You don't give people a death glare and then chase them down the school hallways, like they're your prey." It felt more than him hunting me down; it felt like him stomping on me, but I got away in the neck of time.

"You're insane; Pepper knows I won't hurt her." But do I really know that; the last time something like this happened, I was this close in exposing his little secret to the world. Especially to Obadiah, Mr. Fix, the Maggia and eventually Gene before he found out on his own, but mainly Obadiah.

"Then why was she running away from you, huh? Why did she ask me to keep you away from her?" All had gone silent and the crowd's eyes were in double in sized.

And I, I just sat there doing nothing, saying nothing, and breathing nothing…


A/N: OMG it's a cliff hanger. Was it epic, was it good, and was it out there. WILL YOU REVIEW?!?!?!?!?!? (Insert extra question mark and exclamation point here) Let me know by reviewing-hit green button below- and tell me all of your thoughts. Until next time; Ciao!