The Caged Bird Sings at Midnight
Pepper's cell phone rang as she answered it there was the usual message about someone calling her from the local discipline center, so she accepted the charge.
"Pepper, thank god you answered, please, come bail me out. I'm sharing a cell with a biker, please Pepper," Tony pleaded on the other end.
"Tony, tell me what happened and I might come bail you out," Pepper said, aggrivated at her boss's antics.
"You wouldn't believe me Pepper," Tony said.
"Try me, I've heard everything," Pepper replied.
"I was drunk and a Racoon stole my Rolex, I then got in a fight with the hobo living on Main Street, passed out in a dumpster, and the next thing I knew I woke up here," Tony explained.
"You know what, I take that back, now I've heard everything," Pepper responded.
Pepper sighed as she hung up the phone and pulled on her robe and a pair of tennis shoes. She hated going out in public without being properly dressed, but at this point, she really didn't care that much, besides it was midnight. She walked out to her car and began to drive to the jail house.
In Tony's cell...
"Hey, drunk guy, yeah, you, give me the light in your chest," the biker said.
"I-I can't, it's keeping me alive," Tony responded.
"Then start singing," the biker said.
"I-I can't sing at all," Tony said, pretty scared at this point.
It was 12:30 when Pepper arrived at the jail house and completed necessary paper work. About 5 minutes later, she stood in front of the cell where Tony and the biker were being held.
"Congratulations Stark, you made bail," the officer said.
Tony ran out of the cell and wrapped his arms around Pepper as if he were a child. Pepper smiled to herslef.
"Pepper, thank you so much, I love you," Tony said.
Pepper rolled her eyes, just knowing that Tony was drunk. She grabbed his hand and led him to the car.
"I love you Pepper,"Tony said.
"I know Tony," Pepper responded.
"No, I mean it, I really love you," Tony said, putting an arm around her.
Pepper smiled and kissed him on the cheek. In all reality, he had gotten too drunk to stay at his home alone, so once again, Pepper had to stay there with him. She opened the door and JARVIS blasted Fine by Me by Andy Grammer. Pepper laughed as Tony pulled her over to the middle of the room and began dancing. It wasn't long before Pepper gave in and started dancing with him. It was 3AM when Tony went to bed.
Pepper, she fell asleep on the couch and at 6AM was woken up by Tony.
"Honey, the baby's crying," Tony said.
"We don't have a baby, we're not even married," Pepper responded.
"Pepper, I'm sorry about waking you up at midnight last night," Tony said.
"Don't worry about it Tony, it's not like I'm not used to it by now," Pepper said as calmly as possible.
"Pepper, my head hurts," Tony complained.
Pepper smiled and grabbed Tony's hand, leading him back upstairs to his bedroom.
"Tony, you have a hangover, take some advil, and get some sleep," Pepper said.
Tony took the advil and laid down on the bed. Pepper then pulled the blanket up to his chin. Using her hand, Pepper brushed the hair from his forehead and kissed him gently. Tony drifted off to sleep. He really wasn't feeling well.