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"Don't you remember me? We only dated all through college! It's me! Maya Hanson!" The woman squealed throwing her arms around Tony's neck.
Tony awkwardly got out of her embrace. "Oh yeah I remember you! Wow it's been what? Twenty some years? I haven't seen you since graduation."
Maya nodded. "I know! We have to catch up!"
"Um okay," Tony mumbled pushing Pepper toward the Stark building door. "See you around."
Pepper refused to budge an inch. "Tony aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?"
"Huh? Oh yeah okay. Um Pepper this is Maya Hanson and Maya this is Pepper Potts."
The two women shook hands. "It's nice to meet you Pepper. Do you and Tony work together?" Maya asked pleasantly.
"You could say that," Pepper said just as sweetly.
Tony rubbed his hands together nervously. "Okay listen. It was awesome to see you Maya but uh Pepper and I have some important work stuff to do so…."
"No we don't," Pepper shook her head and laughed. "Silly Tony! Don't you remember? Our schedule is completely blank!"
"Oh yeah," Tony murmured starting to regret his earlier actions.
Maya grinned. "Oh good! We should all go get coffee!"
"That's a great idea!" Pepper agreed.
"Can we go to a bar instead?" Tony asked but the two women ignored him.
"I know the cutest place on Thirty Fourth Street," Maya told them. "Follow me."
It was a short walk to the coffee shop Maya had selected. The shop was called Rosalinda's Tea Pot. "Darling isn't it?"
Pepper nodded. "Cute."
Tony crinkled his nose. "Girly."
The three of them moved to a table after they each ordered coffee. For a moment no one spoke until Pepper said. "So Maya what do you do?"
Maya took a swig of coffee before saying, "I work at the USDA—Underground Scientist Department of America. They sent me to Stark industry this morning to propose a project so I so glad I ran into you Tony Bear!"
Tony choked on his coffee as Pepper sputtered, "Tony Bear?"
"Oh yes that's the nick name I had for Tony in college!" Maya said pleasantly. "Is something wrong?"
Pepper tried to regain her composer. "No there's nothing wrong. I just don't like you calling my fiancé Tony Bear."
Maya went pink in the face. "Oh I'm so sorry! I had no idea you two were engaged! I thought you two were just business partners."
"It's sort of a resent thing," Tony muttered into his coffee. "Listen ladies, I have to use the bath room…so please don't talk about me until I get back."
"We won't." The girls agreed grinning.
"I mean it! Don't you dare talk about me!" Tony huffed.
Pepper laughed. "Tony, I think Maya and I have better things to talk about."
Maya nodded in agreement. "Oh yes we'll have loads to discuss!"
"Fine. I'll be right back." Then Tony raced off to the bath room.
"Well he was in a hurry to get away," Pepper laughed until she saw the strange look Maya was giving her. "What?"
"Are you and Stark really engaged?" Maya asked calculatingly.
"Yep." Pepper showed her the ring. "He asked me about an hour ago."
Maya pierced her lips. "Tony was really upset when I broke up with him all those years ago."
"He's certainly over it now," Pepper replied unsure of where this conversation was going.
"On our graduation night Tony asked me to marry him. I said no."
"Your loss," Pepper shrugged taking a sip of her coffee.
"But you see Miss Potts; it is not my loss. I'm going to get him back and if that means I have to rip you limb from limb to do it I will. Tony loved me and I'm sure once he sees that I'm available again he'll fall right back into my arms." Maya gave a satisfied smirk. "Scared Pepper? You should be."
Mean while in the men's room…
"Come on Rhodey! Answer the dang phone!" Tony was pacing back and forth.
"Hello?"
Tony gave a sigh of relief, "Oh Rhodey! Thank god! I need your help!"
"Like iron help?"
"No I'm not in a fight! It's much more serious than that." Someone in stall flushed a toilet.
"What was that? Are you in the bath room?" Rhodey asked tiredly. "I don't like were this is going."
Tony groaned and began pacing again. "Look man I'm in trouble. I ran into Maya Hanson while I was on a date with Pepper!"
"Maya? Who the heck is Maya?" Came Rhodey's confused voice.
"You remember that girl I dated and I asked her to marry me and she said no and I was really upset about it and I didn't come out to hang out with you for like two weeks?"
Rhodey started laughing. "That Maya! Oh man that girl was a psycho!"
"Stop it! She wasn't a psycho! Anyway she met pepper and they keep giggling and talking and it's really freaking me out!" Tony shouted into the phone causing two men using the urinals to look up.
"Calm down and let me get this straight. Your first love and your new love are giggling—how is that a problem exactly?"
Tony sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I don't know man."
"Where are the ladies now?" Rhodey asked.
"Sitting at a table together and probably giggling about me."
"They're alone together? Man you have to get back out there before the psycho tells Pepper about that time in junior year!"
Tony gasped, "Your right! Gotta go!" Then he hung up the phone and sprinted out the door back to a waiting Pepper and Maya.
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