Chapter 2 - Incident Zero - The Explanation
Sunlight poured in the window, burning Tony's poor, defenceless retinas.A smirking red-head stood by the drawn curtains."Get your drunken backside out of bed!You came back completely drunk and I had to cancel your eight o'clock. I also had to put you to bed because you fainted!"
"Oh god, NO!"
"You're dang right!Finally you're starting to take res-"
"THAT REPUBLICAN SINGLE-CELL ORGANISM!"Tony screeched.
Of course he wasn't taking responsibility.
"What did he do?"Sighed Pepper; did she choose a billionaire - philanthropist - play - boy - man - child as a partner for a long-term relationship?
"I made a bet with mister George Bush junior...or senior…the Cap."
Pepper was could get Tony so worked up?This was the man who had done just about every immoral, embarrassing and obnoxious thing on the planet.
"Pepper…"He tried to regain his trademark confident composure."...I have to be…"he took a deep breath, choked and finally managed to pit out the word as if it were bitter gall."...n...n...ni..ce...I have to be nice... for a whole day."
Pepper stifled he had been drunk.
"It's either that...or give up schwarma for a month!"
Pepper stopped without schwarma was worse than a girl at 'that' time of the month being deprived of chocolate...Oh lord.