Pepper had just finished her first period class, she headed to her next class. "Hey Pepper" Tony said when he met her by the door. "Hey" she said. "Wanna sit together?" he asked. "Sure" Pepper said smiling. They chose a seat in the middle of the classroom, Tony was sitting in the middle of Pepper and Rhodey. The bell rang. "Class take out your textbooks and turn to chapter 6" the drama teacher said. Everyone did what they were told. "Pick a partner and I want you to review the short scene" she said. A girl immediately looked at Rhodey with the question look on her face. Rhodey nodded. "I see Rhodey picked his partner…..wanna do the scene together then?" Tony asked looking at Pepper.

"Alright then" she said. They pulled their seats together and started reading the short scene. "So I play Hector who is supposed to be a nobody" he said. "I play a pretty girl who's supposed to be the only one who notices Hector and falls for him" she said. Tony crossed his fingers while holding the book. "Please let it be a romantic scene, please let it be a romantic scene" he thought to himself. "Alright Mr. Stark and Miss. Potts please come up with your books" the teacher said. They did so. "Begin please" the teacher said. "Hector have you ever been in love or someone who has been in love with you?" Pepper asked as she glanced at the book. "I've loved but no one has ever returned that love" Tony said doing the same.

"Well what if I told you I loved you" she said. "With someone like you I'd be the happiest man on earth Rebecca" he said. "Well for now I can start by doing this…" she said. Pepper looked at the book. "Um it says I'm supposed to kiss his cheek? Do I go along with it?" she asked the teacher. The teacher nodded her head as she was sucked into the play. Pepper slowly got closer to Tony and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Oh bravo the emotion was beautiful even when you looked down at the book!" the teacher said clapping. Tony's cheeks turned red but at the same time he was thinking 'BOO-YA!' "Next pair, oh that was simply beautiful I'm going to give a class work grade for this" she said.

The others came up and finished their plays. Tony was sitting at his desk with his chin rested on his arms on top of the desk with a dazed happy look on his face. After class Rhodey walked up to Tony. "You only known her for a day and you get lip?! How do you do it" Rhodey said. Tony smiled and shrugged. "Must be my charm" Tony said. Rhodey playfully pushed him. "Yeah right" he said laughing. Pepper came out of the room talking to a brunette haired girl for a few minutes then walked over to Tony and Rhodey. "Hey guys" she said. "Hey, I see you are acquainted with Sarah?" Tony asked. "Yeah she's really nice" she said.

"Let's talk about this in the lunch room I'm starving!" Rhodey said. Tony and Pepper giggled then headed to the cafeteria. "Oh yesss we have pizza today" Rhodey said throwing his fists into the air. After they got their food they chose a table that was next to a window. "Pizza Wednesdays are rare" Rhodey said. Rhodey took his bite then instantly he looked like he just fell in love. "Wow he really likes that pizza" Pepper said giggling. "Pizza's his favorite" Tony said. "But look out that could become his new girlfriend" Tony said. They both laughed. Rhodey looked up at them. "We've been dating for two months thank you very much" he said taking another bite. "Woops spoke too soon!" Tony said. They laughed again. Whitney walked up to them with a friend. "Hey guys mind if we sit with you?" she asked. Rhodey looked at Tony.

"Sure" Tony said unsure of himself. "Great!" Whitney said sitting down next to him. Her friend sat next to Rhodey. "So Tony I was wondering if you wanted to um on Friday go to this concert I have tickets for" she asked wrapping her arm around his. "I'll think about it" he said. "Well let me know tomorrow" She said giving him a flirty gesture. Clearly Tony felt uncomfortable but Whitney just kept pushing him. Whitney looked over at Pepper who tried to keep to herself because she was afraid to stirrup anything. "So Pepper…what made you transfer here" Whitney asked. "Well I um…just felt like I had to change" Pepper said. "Oh I see" Whitney said. "I wonder if they would accept you back" Whitney said. She giggled with her friend. "Whitney I think it would be better if you left right now" Tony said.

"Why?" she asked. "Pepper feels uncomfortable" he said. "N-No I don't!" Pepper said. "You know what its fine I'll go" Whitney said getting up. "But that just means you WILL go to the concert with me" she said. She blew him a kiss then left with her friend. Tony groaned and rested his forehead on the table. "She's such a jerk to new people I'm sorry Pepper" Tony said removing his forehead and looking at her. "She's not a jerk its fine" she said. "You don't have to cover up for her you know that" he said. "I'm not and I mean it" she said. "It'll only get worse from here whenever she bothers you, you tell me" he said. "She doesn't bother me" she said. "Just in case…" he said. " Besides I'd rather not say anything because I really don't want to make anyone mad at me" she said. "They won't trust me" he said. "If you say so…" she said.

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Pepper walked home from the store at seven. She was holding a bag that had a few ingredients in it. "It's pretty dark for it to be seven" she said. She heard a van coming her way but she just thought it was a car passing by in the streets until she heard it stop. She glanced behind her and saw two men wearing black and a white face mask with a black hat walking towards her. She looked at them suspiciously. "Is your last name Potts" one of them asked. "Yeah why?" she asked. "Get her!" the other said. Pepper quickly ran away after she heard him say that. "What's going on?" she said. They got on their van and chased her down. Pepper ran into a dead end alley. The van stopped and a few more men came out of it and ran towards her. She shielded herself from them until suddenly she felt herself being picked up and the next thing she knew she was flying. She saw what seemed like a red and yellow colored armor carrying her until she realized. "Iron Man?" she said. The man looked at her. "Pepper? Why was she being chased?" he thought as he realized it was Pepper he saved.

"Uh yes it is I Iron Man" he said. "Oh wow this is the first time I've ever seen you in person" she said. She looked down. "Oh we're flying…." She said making her arm grip around his neck tighter. "I hope you're not afraid of heights" he said. "A little but no worries I can handle it" she said. He ignored and lowered his altitude a bit. He cleared his throat. "Would you like me to drop you off at your home? Don't worry I got plenty of time" he said. "Alright…" she said. He dropped her off at her door step. "Thank you very much for saving me" she said. "Anytime and remember to stay out of trouble" he said. "Unfortunately trouble looks for me" she said. "What do you mean by that?" he asked. "Oh it's just bad luck I guess" she said. He paused for a bit. "Well good night ma'am" he said then took off.

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He landed in his armory and took off his armor. "How did it go Tony?" Rhodey asked. "I just saved Pepper…" Tony said. "Really?" Rhodey said. "She told me trouble looks for her" he said. "But why?" Rhodey asked. "I don't know…..I think I'm going to keep a close eye on that" Tony said.

(Uh oh Pepper's in trouble…review please!)