The next afternoon Pepper and Tony had each other for English class. "Hey Pepper we heard someone was chasing after you last night!" a girl said to Pepper. "Yeah but it's alright I was saved" Pepper said smiling. "By who?" the girl asked. "Well Iron man" she said. "Lucky I've never even seen him in person" the girl said. "Me either until yesterday" Pepper said. "So your first ever experience of seeing Iron man is being saved by him?! Man your luck is great!" the girl said. Pepper giggled. "Not really though" she said. "How come?" the girl asked. Pepper shrugged. "I don't really know people just find me as an easy target I guess" she said. Tony was tuned into their conversation. "Interesting" he said. The bell rang.

"Today you have your exam class" the teacher said handing out the papers. "You may begin as soon as you get it" she said. Everyone started once they got their papers. In the middle of the test they started to hear strange noises. "Do you hear that?" murmured some guy to another. "Class focus I shall see what it is" the teacher said. She opened the door and looked outside both ways. "Must be upstairs" she said. Suddenly they heard a loud boom which made everyone jump and start talking loudly. "Settle down class!" the teacher said. The fire alarm was pulled. "Everyone get into a single file l-line!" the teacher said as she was trampled by the students rushing to get out.

Everyone managed to get out except for some students which included Pepper and Tony. Pepper blanked out, she had forgotten how to get out so she picked a direction and ran in it. "Pepper!" Tony yelled running to her. Another loud boom sounded and a part of the upstairs collapsed right in front of Pepper. She fell down and crossed her arms in front of her face to shield herself. Tony couldn't reach her. He ran to the nearest evacuated class room and transformed into Iron man. He shot the chunks of the second floor to make his way to her. "Grab my hand!" he said. Pepper extended an arm and he grabbed her hand and pulled her up with her body off the ground. He held her levitating, he quickly looked for a route. He couldn't bust out of the school because Pepper could get hurt. "Dammit why is this school so complicated!" he said.

Something set on fire because Pepper was coughing from the smoke that filled the air. Tony looked at her. "Are you gonna be alright?" he asked. Pepper nodded and pointed to a classroom door. He flew to it and opened the door. The classroom was in shambles also but they didn't have time to find a classroom that was in an okay condition. Tony aimed his palm at the window and shot it, he quickly flew out of the school. He landed with her still coughing. "Should I take you to the hospital?" he asked. "I'm fine thank you" she said. Pepper had black smudges all over her body from the floor collapsing so close to her. Pepper looked back at the school and realized Tony could still be in there. "Hey I think my friend is still in there, he called out to me before you came" she said. "What's his name?" Iron man asked. "Ah Tony" she said. Tony tried to think up something. "Uhh the Stark boy?" he asked. "Yeah him" she said. "Oh I saw him run out of the school…trying to get help to go look for you" He said.

"He's so nice" Pepper said smiling. Tony cleared his throat. "Well Miss you should get back to your class" he said. "You know something…you seem familiar" she said. "O-Oh really?" Tony said in panic mode. "Yeah you remind me of someone but I can't figure out who" she said. "Oh well that's nice but um I really got to go…other people need my help right now" he said pointing to the city. "Oh I'm sorry and thank you again for saving me….twice" she said. "No problem it's what I do" he said. Pepper walked to the large group of students. Tony quickly went to a corner of the school to retract his armor and ran to the group. Pepper looked for Tony. "Pepper!" he yelled. She walked to the direction of the voice. "Tony?" she said. "Ah hey I'm glad you're alright" he said panting. "Are you hurt?" she asked. "No I ran outside to go get some help" he said. "Wait did you get hurt you have black stuff all over your face" he said. Pepper swiped her finger across her cheek and looked at the black on her finger. She quickly rubbed the rest off her face. "Well that's embarrassing ehehe" she said. "I wonder who did this" she said curiously. "Me too…." Tony said watching the burning school. Fire fighters arrived and immediately got to work. Some people were sent to the hospital and everyone was sent home and stayed until further notice. Pepper walked with Tony to her house.

Pepper was smiling. "What are you so happy about?" Tony asked smiling at her while walking with his hands in his pockets. "I was saved by Iron man two times!" she said. "And you're happy about it?" he asked. "Yes he's so cool!" she said. "Hmm…..what else do you think of him?" Tony asked smirking. "Well he sounds very manly and even though he has that armor on he seems like he could be muscular" she said. Tony glanced at her arm. Pepper stopped walking and Tony turned around. "So that's who he reminds me of…" she said. "Who?" he asked. "He reminds me of you!" she said. Tonys eyes widened. "Uhh" he said then cleared his throat. "I don't sound manly…" he said. "You two always clear your throat when you're nervous….." she said. "N-No we don't" he said. "You guys stutter too!" she said. "No we don't…." he said. "I gotta know who he is…" Pepper said walking again. "Hey listen forgot I had to meet Rhodey for something are you cool walking the rest of the way?" he asked. "Sure no problem" she said. "Later Pepper!" Tony said while running.

"RHOOOODDDEEEYY!" Tony yelled running into the armory. "What!" Rhodey said panicking as if something happened. "Pepper is really close to figuring out I'm Iron man!" he said. "Dude break the chain with her man it's too dangerous" Rhodey said. "But she's so nice…and pretty" Tony said smiling. "Pretty or not you can't let her find out! What if she tells someone!" Rhodey said. "You're right" Tony said disappointed. "You must avoid her as much as you can" he said. "I'll try" Tony said. Rhodey put his hands on Tonys shoulders. "You will avoid her" he said. Tony looked at Rhodeys hand. "Could you at least buy me some lunch?" he asked. Rhodey realized what he was doing. "Not funny…." Rhodey said taking his hands off his shoulders as Tony chuckled.

Few weeks passed and they were almost done repairing the school. Pepper was at a local café sitting at a table doing stuff in her phone while drinking coffee. Tony happened to go there clearly at the wrong time. He ordered two coffees for him and Rhodey when he noticed Pepper sitting there by the window. 'Remember to avoid her!' Tony remembered from Rhodey saying that. Tony got as far away from her as he could in the shop. "Two coffees for Tony" said an employee. Tony mouthed a curse word and slowly walked over to the man. Pepper looked up and saw him. "Oh hey" she said. "Hey there…Pepper" he said. "Haven't seen you in awhile" she said. "Has it been that long?" Tony said getting nervous. "Guess so, they said the school should be finished in a few days" she said. "That's great well I gotta go Rhodey gets really grumpy when he doesn't get his coffee" he said. Pepper giggled. "Alright see ya" she said.

Tony walked out of the shop looking glum. "This is lame…" he said. He walked through the doors of the armory and gave Rhodey his coffee. "Dude cant I just hang out with her a little I mean I feel really bad just trying to get away from her" he said. "Tony do you realize what you're saying? You will get caught if you hang out with her she's a smart girl, she came from that strict private school!" he said. "Lame…" Tony said. "It's just that I feel like I'm treating her like a disease" he said. "Just avoid her Tony it's for your own good" Rhodey said. "Fine…." Tony said disappointed.

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