House Guests
"Good morning Miss. Stark." Jarvis's voice boomed, pulling her from her sleep. "It's currently 7.15am, the weather is neutral and you are due to begin your study in the next hour-"
"Mute." Rebecca groaned, rolling onto her back on the bed.
Jarvis had changed the windows to let all natural light into the room, and the rays were burning through her eyelids, forcing her to roll over and flick the switch to turn them back to night mode. As the light dimmed and the room became dark once again, she felt herself drifting off back to sleep.
"I'm sorry Miss. Stark, but you have informed me to ensure you awake before 7.30am, it's now 7.17am." Jarvis's voice came back, and soon enough the light was back in her eyes.
Rebecca threw the blankets off her face and rolled out of bed, landing on her hands and knees as she crawled to the bathroom below the rays of light penetrating ink the room.
"Stupid artificial intelligence, doesn't even know what it's like to sleep." she muttered to herself as she made it onto the bathroom tiles.
"May I suggest not programming me to wake you when you respond so-"
"Mute."
Rebecca walked out of her room en route to the kitchen, planning to make some breakfast before her studying was to start for her latest degree. As she walked past the staircase, she could hear her dad blasting music at maximum volume, and at this hour of the morning, that usually meant he was avoiding something. Most likely Pepper since he needed to do some serious paper work.
Rebecca pulled out a bowl and a box of cereal while juggling the milk in her hands, walking to the other side of the counter to sit and eat. Just as she finished filling the bowl with Cap'n Crunch, she heard a woman's voice from the hallway.
"Tony?" The feminine voice called out, looking around the corners of the house.
Rebecca's ears pricked at the unfamiliar voice and sat the milk down, turning on her stool. The woman continued to call out, becoming louder as she approached the kitchen. Rebecca was sure she did not know the voice, and she was determined to find out who was in her house at such as hour.
Her feet padded softly over the tiles in the kitchen as she made her way to the living room that connected to the hallway. To her horror, the woman was standing next to the couch in nothing but underwear and a crumpled dress shirt. Rebecca didn't say anything, she didn't want to be the first to speak, and so the other woman thankfully did.
"Hi..." she awkwardly pulled at her shirt, trying to transform it into a dress. "I'm a little lost."
Rebecca pulled a face, still not sure how to approach the situation. She hoped so badly that either Pepper would walk into the room and handle everything or her dad would emerge from the workshop and explain, but she continued to stand there alone.
"Okay..." Rebecca responded, looking around the room. "What exactly are you looking for?"
"You must be Tony's kid." The woman spoke, looking at Rebecca with wide eyes. "I knew he had a daughter. Gosh, you sure do look like him. Your eyes...perfect match. That's crazy.
Rebecca awkwardly forced a smile. "Well, considering he is my dad...it's not too crazy."
The woman shrugged happily. "I guess not. Anyway, um..."
Rebecca hated this entire situation, she just wanted it to be over. She only needed the fewest details, which were right in front of her to see, to realize what had happened and why this woman was wandering her house almost naked.
"So how old are you?" The woman asked, giving up on hiding her shirt down and now Rebecca could see her underwear in full.
"I'm..uh, I'm fourteen." Rebecca looked at the woman's face, ignoring the fact she was wearing very little clothing in her house. She had already thought of at least ten things she needed to clean in the living room that the woman had touched with the sides of her legs. "Okay...so I'm gonna leave now..."
"Wait," The woman called out softy before Rebecca had backed out of the room. "Could you at least tell me where I could shower?"
Rebeca narrowed her eyes. "In the bathroom...where the shower is."
She knew she was being rude to this unexpected guest, but she really wasn't okay with the fact this woman was barely dressed and felt she could just talk to the daughter of the man she had just spent the night with so easily.
"Uh huh, and where would I find the bathroom?" she asked with a giggle, trying to pretend that the fourteen year old was not just rude to her.
"There's a bathroom in my dad's bedroom," Rebecca put her hands on her hips. "I trust you know where that is." she held back a cringe as she spoke.
"My uh...clothes have been taken." The woman bit down on her lip, looking for an explanation that Rebecca didn't have. "I think the maid must've taken them, do you think I could get those back?"
Rebecca looked at the woman expressionless. She hated when people referred to Pepper as a 'maid', absolutely hated it, and especially from this woman standing before her. She felt so violated that this woman had come into her home, and then walked around close to naked when Rebecca was in the house and them refer to Pepper as a house maid.
"We don't have a maid." Rebecca spoke bluntly. "As for your clothes, I suggest if you don't want to lose them so easily, you shouldn't take them off."
With that said, Rebecca left the room and headed back to the kitchen. She definitely wasn't a fan of this woman in her house, and she waited for her to retreat back to Tony's room before she marched downstairs.
"Hey, the music, don't touch!" Tony whined as the volume died down.
Rebecca ignored him and walked over, taking the tool straight from his hands so he would pay attention.
"Why is there a half naked woman walking around upstairs?" she asked, and she watched as Tony's expression changed, looking away from her.
"I don't usually bring women back he-" Tony tried to defend himself before Rebecca held her hand up to silence him.
"No, never mind, I know why she's here, I'm not five." she rolled her eyes. "But I'm trying to eat my breakfast!"
"I didn't know you would be up, I forgot about your study times." Tony looked around, trying to find an escape to this conversation. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought her back here. I didn't think she'd stay the whole night, I didn't mean to...I didn't mean for you to...see that."
Rebecca knew her dad refrained from having relationships because of her, because he always put her first. She knew her dad was known for a playboy lifestyle as well, but to her that was all a private life that she wasn't involved in, and she was happy with that.
"Look, I'm fourteen, you might think I have no idea about...stuff...but on the contrary, I do." Rebecca shook her head at how she was the one giving this speech. "I don't care what you do or who it's with, but I like to wake up and eat my Cap'n Crunch in peace, okay? Not talking to...woman like that."
Tony nodded his head and agreed enthusiastically, hoping this conversation was ending as it was making him uncomfortable.
"No, I got that, dually noted." he nodded again.
"Okay...that's all I have to say. Let's not speak about this again."
"Let's not." Tony agreed. "And I'm sorry, I won't do it again."
"Yes you will." Rebecca rolled her eyes. "I just don't want any part of it."
Tony dropped his gaze back to the floor. "But I really am sorry."
"I know that."
"Is she gone?" he asked, looking back up to her.
"No, she asked me where she could find a shower." Rebecca put her hands on her hips as she remembered how dumb the woman seemed.
"Hmm." Tony pulled a face, turning back to his work. "Think I'll stay down here a while longer."
Tony listened closely for the door to click shut behind Rebecca for him to turn his music back on, and instead he was startled by the light throwing of his tool hitting his back.
"Ow!" he pouted. "What was that for?"
Tony turned around just in time to see Rebecca walking back out behind the glass door, pulling a disgusted face at him and rolling her eyes. She really hoped the woman was gone, but she just decided she'd take her Cap'n Crunch and go eat in her room in hopes she wouldn't see her again.
Okay, this one was my first requested one-shot, and I really hope I did okay, and really hope I didn't disappoint. If you'd like to see any particular scenes, moments or events just leave a review and I'll make sure I get to it. I know I haven't included Pepper yet, so hopefully she will be in the next update, sorry! Thanks for reading! x
