Rebekah Stark knew the moment that Pepper called her that something was up.
"Hey Bekah! How's it going?" Pepper asked, sounding slightly excited.
Rebekah walked into the small kitchen. Opening the door to the refrigerator she switched the phone to her other hand.
"Things are going ok I guess. Keeping busy as usual. How are you?"
"I'm tired. But that's normal," Pepper replied. "And what exactly do you mean by things are going ok? I can tell by your voice that you're stressed. What's up?"
Bekah sighed, "I didn't get the job."
"Oh, Bekah. I'm sorry!"
"It'll be alright. I'll figure something out," Bekah replied, pulling the milk from the fridge. "I'll just have to make do."
Pepper paused a moment before speaking again, "How's Grace doing?"
Bekah closed the fridge and went to pour some milk into a sippy cup. She glanced over at her 4 year old daughter who was sitting at the table looking at a picture book.
"She's doing pretty well. Misses you and Tony something fierce. She's been asking when we can visit you guys again."
"Aww," Pepper said, "We miss you guys too."
"Oh and tell Tony she loved the books he sent her. She looks at them every day." Bekah said putting the milk back in the fridge.
"I'll tell him," Pepper replied, "You know what... I might just have a way to remedy your job problem."
"Really?" Bekah said sounding skeptical.
"Yes really," Pepper replied. "I'm looking to hire an assistant of sorts to work here at the tower. I can't keep up with it all anymore. Plus it's a perfect solution to your problem. You and Gracie can come live here. So not only would you have a place to stay, you'd also be getting paid. What could be better?"
Bekah screwed the lid onto the sippy cup then gave it to Grace. "That sounds almost too good to be true, Pepper. Are you sure Tony would agree to this?"
"Of course I'm sure. He'd love having you around. Plus that saves me the trouble of having to interview people. So what do you say?"
"I don't know, Pepper" Bekah said.
"You'd not only be working with Tony you'd get to work with all the other Avengers too! It will be great!" Pepper said enthusiastically. "You've already met Dr. Banner, Agent Barton, and Agent Romanoff. And you'll love it here! Please say yes."
"I don't know, Pep." Bekah said slowly.
"Pretty please!" Pepper said. "It's a perfect fit for you."
"Well, I suppose I can give it a try," Bekah said.
"Yes!" Pepper said, "Do you need me to call some people to help you pack?"
"No, we'll be fine. We don't really have much stuff."
"I'll send Happy over on Saturday, alright? And you just let me know if you need anything," Pepper said.
Bekah smiled, "Okay, sounds good, Pepper. And thanks!"
"No, thank you Bekah!" Pepper said. "I cannot wait to see you guys. Tony will be thrilled when he hears the news. I'd better let you go. See you soon!"
Bekah hung up the phone and slipped it into her pocket.
'Well... this should be interesting,' she thought to herself.