Vanessa took her time unpacking her bags. As excited as she was to see the renovations she wasn't too keen on meeting the whole team at once. Pepper had stopped by to let her know that everyone was moving in that day or the next.

She sighed as she slid her empty suitcase under the bed. She looked around the large room. To her back were the door and a large bookshelf. She had browsed the books when she first came in; Tony had put them there for her. She couldn't see anyone else reading Simon R. Green's Nightside Series. She had to chuckle at that. In front of her was the large queen sized bed and across from that was a mini lounge area. The mini part was a lie considering there were a full sized couch and a coffee table with a 52" TV hanging from the wall. She shook her head. Tony always did go all out. She had a wall of windows, which upon asking JARVIS to close the blinds the windows tinted a dark color. She could still see out, but, hopefully, no one could see in. And in the back corner of the suite was a small kitchenette, complete with stove, microwave, toaster, coffee pot, dishwasher and bar to eat at.

Go big or go home, huh. She thought as she looked through the shiny new equipment. As she made her way to the couch she noticed that there was no laundry in her room. She had everything else but that. She would have to ask Tony about that later. She was about to settle into watching some TV when there was a knock at her door. She frowned. If it had been Tony he would've just barged right in, regardless of if she was changing or not. She laid the remote down and cracked the door slightly. It was Pepper.

"Can I come in?" she asked with a smile on her face.

Vanessa nodded and swung the door open more. Pepper closed it behind her before she sat on the couch.

"Did you find everything okay?" asked Pepper politely.

Vanessa chuckled. "Yeah, but I did notice something," she said.

"What?" said Pepper.

"No laundry," said Vanessa.

Pepper chuckled. "Tony has convinced his laundress to do everyone's clothes. Dry clean or not. She is getting a considerable pay bump for it as well."

"I can do my own laundry. I only plan on staying for a few days," said Vanessa.

Pepper nodded like she knew something she wasn't telling. "If you don't wish to use it, there is a laundry room down the hall on the left for emergency washing."

"Emergency washing?" asked Vanessa.

"As in 'OMG! I have not underwear because my clothes still haven't come back and I can't go around commando!' emergency washing," smiled Pepper.

"Had a bad experience with that, did ya?" chuckled Vanessa.

Pepper nodded as she laughed. "Yes, it was my idea to have at least one unit in the building that we could all use. But I came up here to let you know that Tony is wanting a formal-ish dinner tonight. Dress casual but everyone should be there. See you at six-thirty."

Pepper stood up and walked out of the room with a smile on her face. Vanessa shook her head as she looked at the clock on the nightstand. It was five-thirty now. She had an hour to get changed and to dinner. She stood up and looked around the room. That was something she didn't look for, a bathroom.

"Uh, JARVIS, a little help," she said turning in circles.

"Next to your bed, Ms. Vanessa," replied the AI.

A small cracked appeared in the wall next to the bed. She walked over and pushed it open to reveal a full bathroom, complete with Jacuzzi tub. She walked over to the sink to notice some toiletries already placed to one side of the very large counter.

"You share this with Ms. Darcy Lewis," said JARVIS before she could ask. "She is Dr. Jane Foster's Lab Assistant."

Vanessa nodded as she retrieved her toiletries bag from her bed. She hoped Darcy's door was locked since there were no handles to check. She sighed as she jumped in the shower to hose off before she went to dinner. This was going to be an interesting experience.

"He probably ordered take out," chuckled Vanessa as she rinsed the soap from her body."

Dinner

"Where is she?" asked Tony pouring a tumbler of scotch.

"She's coming," said Pepper.

"JARVIS, where is Vanessa at now?" asked Tony.

"Ms. Jones is leaving her room as we speak, sir," said JARVIS.

"Told ya," said Pepper.

Tony rolled his eyes as they walked around the bar and over to the large dining table.

"Who is Vanessa?" asked Darcy sitting down next to Jane who had her nose buried in a manila folder.

"Tony's cousin," said Pepper taking her seat.

Just as Pepper sat down Vanessa walked around the corner and into the room. Pepper stood up again and walked over to her. Tony was digging white boxes out of two large brown paper bags. Vanessa couldn't help but chuckle at this.

"What's so funny," asked Tony opening one of the boxes.

"I just knew you were going to order take out," laughed Vanessa as Pepper showed her to her seat.

Vanessa was sitting to Pepper's right and Darcy's left. Pepper was sitting next to Tony, who was occupying the head of the table. To his left was an empty seat and next to that was Steve Rogers, Captain America. Next to him was Clint, then Natasha. On the other side of Darcy was Jane and at the very end across from Tony was Thor.

Tony started passing boxes around the table and people were grabbing some and passing other. Every box she got she passed on down the table. Tony chuckled and slid a plastic plate towards her and Pepper handed her a set of chopsticks.

"We didn't forget about you," said Pepper setting a box down in front of Vanessa

Vanessa popped the top on the plate and was staring at 12 California Sushi Rolls. She opened the white box with a smile to see it packed full of Chicken Lo Mein. Tony nodded to her before they dug into their respective boxes of take out.

"So, how are you related to Mr. Stark?" asked Steve.

Vanessa swallowed the mouthful of noodles before she answered. "He is my cousin on his mother's side."

"Where are you from?" asked Darcy around a mouth full of food.

"Tennessee," answered Vanessa.

"What do you do for a living?" asked Jane, who had finally set aside her folder.

Vanessa stayed quiet for a moment. "At the moment I'm unemployed," she said with a slight frown.

"Why? What happened?" asked Pepper.

"Well, the company I worked for was, kind of," she started.

"Kind of what?" asked Tony.

"Destroyed by a giant alien slug," she said finally looking poignantly at Tony. "It was based in New York and had freelancers in other states. They chose not to rehire the freelancers after the rebuild."

"Oh," said Tony. "Sorry 'bout that."

Vanessa nodded and ate another sushi roll.

"So, on to something else," said Pepper changing the subject. "Have you heard from Dr. Banner yet?"

"No. He's avoiding my calls," said Tony. "Don't know why?"

Vanessa chuckled as she took a drink of her water.

"What?" said Tony.

"Mr. I Don't Play Well With Others," said Vanessa.

"Hush," said Tony tossing a fortune cookie at her. "I'll have you know that everyone at this table likes me."

Vanessa looked up and saw a few smirks and chuckles from a couple of people.

"Everyone at this table, excluding Pepper, tolerates you," she said. "I have to because you are family."

"Harsh," chuckled Tony. "But seriously. He won't answer the phone so I don't know what's going on. I'm going to have JARVIS hack into his security system and see what's going on myself."

"Or, you could just, oh I don't know, go knock on his door like a normal person," said Vanessa. "But then again, doing it this way you won't have the door slammed in your face, because he obviously wants to be left alone."

"I think someone needs some sleep," said Tony.

Vanessa rolled her eyes and grabbed the last of her noodles before she left the table, and the room altogether.

"Tony," said Pepper.

"What? She was the one being snarky not me," said Tony.

"Family," said Pepper. "Remember what that means to her."

Tony sighed and stood up from the table and followed his cousin to her room.

Vanessa's Room

"Vanessa?" said Tony knocking on the door once before opening it.

"At least you knocked and attempted polite courtesy," said Vanessa flipping through the channels.

"I'm sorry about what I said," said Tony sitting down beside her. "We're going to have movie night tomorrow if you want to join."

Vanessa sat there a moment, "You're going to pay for all of us to go to the movies?"

"Psh, no," said Tony scoffing. "I have a theater here," he said rolling his eyes. "To include movie theater popcorn and butter and snacks galore," he said nudging her side.

Vanessa glared at him for a moment before she answered him, "Fine. But only if I get my own bucket. I don't share well."

Tony chuckled and agreed.

"Sir, I hate to interrupt, but Dr. Banner is on the phone," said JARVIS.

"Right," said Tony.

Tony reached across Vanessa and picked up a red and black piece of metal. He tapped it once with his thumb and it lit up to reveal a small cell phone. He hit another button before he started speaking.

"Yo, this is Stark," he said.

"You called me twelve times?" said Dr. Banner.

"Yeah, I was wondering if you got the invitation to move into the tower with the rest of the team and movie night tomorrow night.

She could hear a sigh on the other end of the phone. Before he could reject both ideas Tony started talking again.

"If you won't agree to move in, then at least come to movie night. It will be fun. We'll watch really funny movies and shit like that. We'll have movie theater popcorn," he said.

There was another sigh and an agreement from Dr. Banner. Tony smiled victoriously before dropping the phone on the table in front of them. Vanessa rolled her eyes as she shooed him out of the room so she could sleep.

Vanessa changed clothes for bed and turned off the TV. As she climbed in bed she went to set the alarm but couldn't find any buttons on the clock. She rolled her eyes. Only Tony.

"JARVIS, can you set an alarm for seven-thirty tomorrow morning for me?" she asked.

"Certainly Ms. Jones," said JARVIS.

She smiled and nodded as she burrowed into the sheets and blankets. The lights dimmed around her enough so it wasn't too bright but she would be able to see if she woke up in the middle of the night.

"Good night JARVIS," said Vanessa.

"Good night, Ms. Jones."