Yay! I already updated! It happened all so fast! You know i thought it take forever even with me being on Spring break. But sadly this will be my last update in ages on this story. But by Monday or Tuesday i should have it updated or the other story. i'm not sure which one. But just a fair warning. THANKS for all the reviews and now please enjoy. BEFORE you begin please understand that This chapter isn't the best but it's pretty much how They felt while Tony was in his coma. But he does wake up...at one point so dont hate me. im not exact proud of this chapter but i thought this is what the story needed to get started... So READ!

It was at the hospital late at night and Rhodey still hadn't Told his mother. The doctors never told her yet. They were letting Rhodey choose the best time. But Rhodey's best time was different than his mom's best time. But he didn't care. He watched the the monitor that held Tony's heart beat on it. He knew it wasn't gonna fail or anything, but it calmed him to know that his friend was alive. He hit his head pretty hard and was lucky that he didn't hit it any harder. The doctors say if he did hit it harder, than he'd be dead right now.

It was about 7 o'clock at night and Pepper came rushing in. She would've come sooner, but her dad saw that she wasn't home and called her and demanded she went home. She needed the rest anyways so she went willingly. Only partly willingly she only wished that she didn't and that she went straight to the hospital. But no she decided to sleep it off hoping it was all a dream.

Pepper instantly after she saw Tony laying on the bed, in his coma, with bandages wrapped around his head that were leaking a bit of blood but not to much, ran to him and held his hand. They had already given him a blood transfusion. He didn't need a lot but still it made him more healthy.

Reporters wanted to share it on the news, but Rhodey and Pepper refused angrily. They would not let his condition be share to all of New York. Not a chance.

"I hope he'll be alright." Pepper mumbled to herself, but loud enough for Rhodey to hear.

"He'll be fine. Just how am I gonna tell my mom this? I have to tell her at one point. We have school soon. Soon as in tomorrow!" Rhodey said in slight panic.

"If you want I could tell her." Pepper suggested quietly.

"No I will. I just don't know what I'll say. I can't just say Tony's Iron Man and while saving some people he hit his head! She'd know who we are!"

"Fine just say that you two were rock climbing or riding bikes or even a car crash!" Pepper said.

"That's what we said last time. She hardly believed it then. I really don't think car crash would work. So I guess it seems probably to hit his head that hear while rock climbing..." he trailed off

With a deep breath and a sigh he dialed his mom's phone. It rang once. Twice. Three times and half of a fourth time before she answered. "Hello?"

"Mom Tony's hurt-" Rhodey began but was interrupted.

"What Happened!"

"We were uh... rock climbing and the line broke on Tony and he fell and hit his head!" He lied.

"What were you doing rock climbing? Where were you guys?"

He had to think a minute before he took another deep breath and began, "I saw it and challenged him to see who could get up there the quickest and his line must have been unstable or something! It snapped and he wasn't able to grab hold of anything before he hit the ground head first. He was up pretty high. I got him to the hospital as soon as I could."

"So your telling me you were rock climbing in the middle of the night or did this happen yesterday after you left?" Roberta asked suspiciously.

"It was about 4 o'clock yesterday." He said it a bit to quick and didn't realize they left at 5 not 4.

Crap! He was in trouble! He had no idea what to do. He looked over at Pepper for help but she only shrugged.

"But you were here at 4..." Roberta said.

"Yeah I meant 6. Sorry."

Across the line on Roberta's side of the call she shook her head. She could just never get the three to say the truth. First about when Tony had his so called 'Car crash' and a few other times. And now its 'rock climbing'. She wished she would find out what their big secret is that is getting Tony so hurt all the time. Or what it is that causes him to get no sleep. But she knew she wasn't getting it out of him now.

"Where are you?" She asked in defeat.

"Hospital. Same one. Stark international one." Rhodey said in a rush and hung up.

Instantly she got in her car, called herself off of work, and headed to the hospital. She had to get there to see her son and adoptive son. She knew Pepper would be there. So when she got out she went up to the front desk of the medial part of the place she asked where a Tony Stark may be.

(With Rhodey)

He was pacing once again. He must like it or something, but he was thinking hard. And that was no good because when he thought you never knew what he was thinking about.

He was just turning around when Roberta came in sounding out of breath. "The doctor said he was in a coma! Is he alright?"

"Yeah he should be..." Pepper said quietly.

Roberta walked up to her and rubbed her back. "I know how much you care for Tony. And I know it's hard but you got to know that he will be fine. Forget what I said there. I really think Tony will be fine. Its just the fact that he isn't awake is what is making you worry isn't it?"

Pepper nods not sure what else to do.

"Yep he'll be alright." Rhodey said.

The doctor's came in and said that they had to go now while they worked on his head more. It took a bit of persuasion, but they got out of the room fast enough. And Roberta drove the two to their own homes. When they got to their house Roberta practically dragged Rhodey into the house and sat him down on the couch.

"Truth now."

"Mom I told you we were rock climbing!" He lied again.

"How stupid do you think I am?"

"I don't think your stupid! Plus the truth is best if it comes from Tony. It's not mine to share. Well it kinda is but mainly it's Tony's so when he wakes up you can ask him." He said in defeat.

She smiled at the confession. But frowned on the inside. She'd have to wait to get the truth for who knows how long. But the truth is a truth and it may have to wait, but yeah. She let him go to his room to probably do his homework that he still hadn't finished. And she just went to making lunch and thinking about what the truth may be. It would most likely explain the other lies.

Rhodey was doing his homework. It was almost impossible to concentrate on it when all you could think about was Tony being in a coma and not knowing that he'd have to blow his secret. Rhodey wished Tony would just say it and hoped that his mom took it well. It would be no fun if she took it hard. They couldn't afford it.

So he worked extra long and then left his room for lunch. He knew they skipped breakfast but they missed it visiting Tony. So after lunch he was told to clean his room. His mom tried to get him so he wasn't thinking of Tony so she kept him busy. VERY busy. Laundry, dishes, room, kitchen table. Even Tony's room. It wasn't that messy but still it wasn't his room. And it only made him worry more.

It was night time by the time he was done with all the chores his mom had set up for him. It was dinner and then they'd go check on Tony. So after they ate they got ready for going to the hospital. Once they were they headed off and Rhodey called Pepper.

"Hey Rhodey what are you doing now that you don't have Tony to bug." She said mostly trying to cheer herself up.

"Going to visit Tony." He answered with a small smile playing at his face.

"Oh I already visited him like 5 times I got pushed out. They said I couldn't go back til tomorrow. They also said it was to much stress on me if I kept worrying. So yeah... Heh he." On her end she blushed.

"Jeez. Well I gotta go we're already there." Rhodey said with a smile.

"Okay! BYE!" She said with a loud laugh and then she said, "Oops I think I disturbed my dads sleep so yeah bye!"

Rhodey shook his head with silent laughter and was glad for something to laugh about. Roberta and Rhodey both walked right into the medical center that Tony was in and straight to his room. He was still in his coma. But on the good side his head finally stopped bleeding and now was all stitched up. His heart beat was a bit faster.

The two smiled with glee and began to chit chat about small things such as school and a bit about the secret. She was told the lab was where it was located and worked on, she knew part of it but didn't know it, and that it saved lives. She was more than happy to get hints to what it was but upset that it made her more curious.

After they both wished Tony a goodnight and get well. They walked back to the car and set their journey home. It wasn't long before they got home and Rhodey called Pepper and shared the news of Tony getting a bit better and she sounded so relieved when he said that the bleeding stopped. It meant that there would be no more heart transfusions. Not that it was bad that someone was actually giving blood for him, but it meant he had enough blood to be healthy.

After they ate a nice treat that was made by Roberta, they both got prepared for bed. Rhodey before going to bed made sure Tony's bed was made. For some reason he felt it was rude to leave his bed all messy and unmade. So after that was done he snuggled up into his bed and fell into a dreamless sleep.

Pepper didn't sleep well she kept waking up. With school tomorrow she had to try as hard as she could to go to sleep, but all of her attempts were useless. She just woke up to soon. But she tried even harder though she knew it wouldn't work. She was just glad that Tony was alright but she couldn't help but think that it wasn't. But she got like this every time he got hurt. She panicked and her panic causes her to be restless.

But finally it came morning and her dad had already set off to work. So she took the chance of him not being there and grabbed a soda. Just to wake up a bit. She ate her breakfast and brushed her teeth after taking a quick shower. She didn't want to be smelly at school. With all the worrying about Tony she forgot her shower yesterday. Ew...

It was now time for school and she met up with Rhodey. He looked a lot better than she probably did. He must have gotten some sleep. Much more than her. She was jealous of his ability to sleep through lots of things. He wasn't as bad as Tony by a long shot, but still he could sleep if he wanted to.

"So you sleep well?" She blurted.

"Yep. Looking forward to today would do that to ya." Rhodey replied a bit to happily for Pepper.

"I didn't get much sleep. I was so worried about Tony that I couldn't bring myself to sleep. Ugh I just hate restless nights. They aggravate me. All they do is make you more and more tired and in my opinion they suck..." She crossed her arms in pout.

Rhodey sighed. "Pepper. Tony will be fine. He just hit his head. That's all. The doctor said he should be just fine." He said slowly as if she couldn't understand him.

"I know! It's not me! It's just my body's reaction to the stress. I really wish he is alright. I can't help but think something will go wrong..." she trailed off sadly.

Rhodey rubbed his temples as they entered the school. They went to Rhodey's locker first and then Pepper's. A few people asked where Tony was but most didn't care. Well he was gone an awful lot and what's the difference between today and then? They talked a bit and head to class as the warning bell rang.

"Tony Stark here?" The teacher asked as he got to the end of the attendance list.

"He's in a coma..." Pepper blurted sadly. She was so tired she didn't even bother hiding it. If she had gotten some sleep than maybe she would have just said he was gone. But no she just had to have no sleep.

The class stared at her in shock and worry. They may have thought he was a rich jerk, but they still cared if he was hurt or not. They hardly even knew him. But still they stared wide eyed at the sleepy red head.

"What happened?" The teacher asked.

She sighed. It isn't worth the lie. "Hit his head. Pretty bad."

"Well I hope he gets well." The teacher said and said nothing more on the matter. He just continued to do attendance.

At least I didn't say that it was Iron man that hit his head. That would have given him away in some way. A tap was at her shoulder and she and when she turned around to see who it was, it was Rhodey and he passed he a note.

It read: Why'd you say that. I'm not mad, but why?

I replied: Just so tired. Just be happy I didn't give away his identity. I waited for the teacher to look away and passed it back.

I never saw the note again. He must not have had anything to say about it. So she put her full attention to the lesson and The day went by slowly. As did her night.

They visited Tony, but there was nothing to report. No change. At least it didn't get worse. Then that would really stress Pepper out. And it would have gotten to Rhodey too. Which couldn't be good if Rhodey was what was keeping Pepper sane. She would lose her marbles if he lost it to.

The next few days went by the same. To be exact it was 6 days later. It was all til the day the doctors called like they did every day, but this time was different. They had new news that lifted Pepper's downed spirits. Tony woke up.

This is how the phone call went. For the Rhodes.

"Hello?" Mrs. Rhodes asked.

"This is Dr. Yinsen. Is this Mrs. Rhodes speaking?" Yinsen said

"Yes it is. Is Tony awake?" She asked with hope in her voice. She always asked that everyday.

"I'd be glad to say that he is!" He said with a smile.

Her eyes widened and she pulled away from the phone yelling, "Rhodey!" She went back to the phone and said, "How is he?"

"Oh he's fine. Nothing seems wrong he says he has a really bad headache but nothing serious." There was something in his voice that sounded off. Not like in getting sick and your voice changes a bit. But like he was hiding something. Roberta instantly knew that tone. It was always in her two boys voice when they lied to her. Even in Pepper's. But she let that pass. The only thing that mattered was that he was awake. Not still stuck in that stubborn coma.

Rhodey came running into the room because he knew what his mom was calling him for. Tony woke up. She had said that she'd tell him as soon as possible. And That call was shortly after the phone rang. It just has to be about Tony waking up!

"Okay we'll be right there." Roberta said.

"He may be asleep when you get here so yeah. Thanks bye." Yinsen said.

Why was he saying thanks? She let it pass and rushed to get her purse and motioned for Rhodey to get his shoes on. It was fall, but it was still warm enough not to need a coat on. And it was midday on Sunday.

"Is it Tony? Is he awake." Rhodey asked.

"Yes he is. But I don't know how he is really. The doctor said he'd be fine but there was something in his voice that makes me cautious. But don't worry. I'm sure it's nothing serious."

This made Rhodey think. How can he be fine but not fine? Well he decided to listen to his mother's words. It's best not to argue with her. So he got his shoes on and grabbed a sweater just in case and as always called Pepper.

"Hello?" Pepper's voice sounded through the phone.

"Pepper this is the best day ever!" Rhodey cried out happily.

"Is this another one of your plans to cheer me up. Cause it wont work Rhodey. You should know that by now." She said grumpily.

"No. Tony is awake!" He left out the part where there might be something wrong. He did not what so ever want to worry her anymore than she already was.

"He is!" She screeched over the phone and it made Rhodey flinch on his end.

"Yes! Jeez Pepper quiet down. Your gonna wake up the people in China!"

"Yeah right. They are harder sleeper's than Tony."

Rhodey had to laugh at that. At least she was now happy and not her gloomy self. The entire 8 days that Tony was in his coma she had been nothing but a worry wort. Luckily The thing she needed was to find out that Tony was going to wake up. Or that he had woken up. So now Rhodey was happy.

"Okay we're going to meet him right now."

"Meet you there!" She said. "I bet you I'll beat you there!"

"Your on!"

With that they hung up and Rhodey ran into the car waiting for his mom to come. Thankfully for Rhodey his mom was quick. He didn't want to be rude to his mom and just run off so he just went with her. But he knew that he'd lose that race of theirs. Only because he was being nice. Otherwise he so would have beat her.

But when he got there she wasn't there yet. She came only a minute afterwords. They rushed their way to see their friend. They were in such a rush it took them a minute to realize that Tony was just walking back into his room. But they just assumed that he went to the bathroom and hadn't seen them. So they walked into the room to a waiting Yinsen and Tony who was looking into the flashlight that was being flashed in his eyes. It reminded me of the last time he was here.

"Tony stay calm. these are your friends." Yinsen said.

Tony slid himself off the bed and looked at them with confusion. The doctor continued. "James Rhodes. And Patricia Potts. Rhodey and Pepper."

Tony only blinked. "And I'm Tony... Stark. Right?"

Dun dun dun! Just kidding. Boring chapter better one coming up next week! Yes i gave Tony Amnesia but you already knew that. He remembers nothing before he woke up. I am not a doctor and all the reading i did on it confused me half to death so please dont hate me if somethings on his amnesia isn't really what amnesia is. I am no doctor what so ever. so please READ AND REVIEW!