Pepper sat all the way in the back of the room in a corner desk in math. She had her cheek rested on her hand as she looked out the window. Rhodey thought she needed some space so he sat in the middle of the classroom. Tony on the other hand just plopped right next to her. "Pep please talk to me I can help you know" he said. She shook her head. Whitney who was two seats ahead of her heard the conversation and was interested to find out what Peppers problem was. Last week Pepper made a fool of her so she's out for revenge.

Flash back..

"Pepper you'll never be as me just give it up!" Whitney yelled. Pepper was wearing a different out that day because she forgot to do her laundry. She wore burgundy jeans with white converse and a white silky sleeveless top that had ridges coming down from top to bottom and the collar was black with a black breast pocket to go with it. "I'm not trying to be pretty Whitney" Pepper said annoyed as she leaned against her desk.

"Listen you! I know you think your better than me and well your not!" Whitney yelled. "Well technically behavior wise um yeah I beat you at that" Pepper said. "Ugh!" Whitney said. Some guy walked up to Whitney giving her a box. "This is from Justin" the guy said.

"Aw he so sweet!" Whitney said taking a necklace out of the box. "Oh I know where he got this! I love that store" she said. "Every kiss begins with K" she said musically. "That jingle is so cute!" Whitney said. "Yeah too bad ugly begins with U" Pepper said crossing her arms. Everyone laughed. Pepper started giggling a little but she held back. "I swear ill get you for this!" Whitney yelled.

End of flash back

"Alright class lets begin" said the teacher. He started writing a problem on the board as a warm up. He then looked around the room deciding on who should he pick. "Miss Potts today's your lucky day I want you to answer this question" he said tapping his marker on the board. Pepper nervously got up and walked to the board taking one of the markers. She started writing formulas to solve the problem.

She finally finished then stepped back. The teacher nodded as he looked at each step. "This is one of the hard questions on the test well done and do you have a tutor?" He asked. Pepper shook her head. "Hm...very good please take a seat" he said. When Pepper was half way to her seat the teacher stopped her. "Oh one more thing did you get that paper signed?" He asked. She shook her head. "Where is it?" He asked. Pepper put her hand above her mouth, she spoke loud enough for him to hear her but at the same time no one could see under.

"Alright then and hey what's wrong?" He asked. "Nothing I just um have a cold" she said clearing her throat. The teacher nodded and Pepper walked back to her desk. "Liar" Tony said.

Pepper kicked his leg. "Ow..." He said. She managed to make it through the class and lucky it was free period next. Pepper didn't go to the roof instead she hung out outside in front of the school sitting on a bench and looking through her phone. She noticed a shadow over her then she looked up and saw Whitney. "I'm gonna find out that secret honey don't you worry" she said. Her entourage laughed. Pepper looked at her terrified she couldn't let her find out.

Whitney walked away and Pepper quickly got up and went to go find a different place to sit. When school was over she walked straight home. "Almost there" she thought. Suddenly she was lifted into the air by someone. He turned her around and carried her on his shoulder. "Hey!" She yelled. She quickly covered her mouth. She noticed the red shirt and knew it was Tony. She started struggling to get out of his grip but with the help of his extremis it didn't work too well.

He walked into the armory and seat her down. He punched in the code numbers on his computer and the whole armory went on lock down mode. "Tell me what the problem is" he said. She shook her head. "It's something in your mouth isn't it" he said. Pepper looked away. Tony started running after her around the armory. She quickly ran to the computer and tried punching in the code to dismiss the lock down sequence but he caught her.

Tony picked her up and tied her down to his examine table. "Lets see here" he said. He took an x ray of her mouth and saw metal like things. "You got braces?" He asked. He untied her and let her sit up. She put her elbows on her knees and covered her face with her hands because she didn't want Tony to see her cry. "Yes" she said.

"Aw Pep it's not so bad" he said pulling her body into a hug. "Let me see I bet you look cute" he said. Pepper slowly opened her mouth to let him see the light pink braces on the top row of her mouth. "You look adorable Pep!" He said hugging her. His statement made Pepper smile a bit. "Too bad everyone else is gonna laugh at me" she said. "That's not happening" he said.

"Your right it won't because I'm not talking" she said. "Pepper you look fine no ones gonna laugh at you" he said. "High school kids can be mean" she said. "Even if they did laugh you know I'm here to back you up" he said. "I know..." She said smiling.

"Don't be sad about it anymore you look cute alright?" He said. Pepper nodded happily. They stayed in the armory for about two hours then he walked her home. "Night Pep" he said. "Night" she said. Tony smiled at her then left. Pepper closed the door and went to her room. She looked at herself through the mirror. "How did I get tangled up with such a cute and nice guy like Tony" she said looking at the picture they took together that was taped on the corner of her mirror.

Her face turned gloomy again. "Still...everyone's gonna laugh at me..." She said looking at her braces. 'Click' "Get ready for tomorrow Pepper..." Whitney said standing outside her window as she just took a picture of Peppers braces.

(evil Whitney! Sorry this chapter is kinda short ill make sure the next one is longer. Review!)