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1 un-heard message
"Pepper, shit- are you okay? Where are you? It's been an hour! No shield agent texts a picture without a freaking description! Pepper? Crap, just phone me back as soon as possible!"
Oh, I'm dead. I got too carried away talking to Tony and Rhodey, which is new for me- I never normally talk. I quickly press the call button without thinking. "Dante? You there?" I speak in a rush waiting for an answer. "Yeah I'm freaking here! What about you? Where are you? Pepper! You freaked me out so much! Fury nearly sent people to go look for you!" He says shouting down the phone, I flinch in surprise, Dante has never yelled this much, I knew he was a hot-head, I just never have seen him at his maddest.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry Dante! Just calm down please! I followed Stark and Rhodey to where ever they were going, and I listened to a bit of their conversation till I blanked out. Then I woke up in the apartment." I say, shit- I'm lying to a shield agent- and not any agent, my boss. Crap- when did I stoop this low, and for a freaking boy to? Dante will never believe me. "What where they talking about?" He asks me, I try not to give out any signs of lying. "Technology, something about Iron Man and how updated his technology is. They're both science geeks." I say, I feel awful for lying to Dante.
"Oh, lost cause then. I wonder how you ended up at the apartment. Good job trying anyway, but don't think I don't know when you're lying Pepper. I'm not questioning you cause I know you know best. Good luck." Dante tells me, I shiver- I knew I hadn't lied good enough. At least Nick Fury won't be hearing us, hopefully. "Bye Dante, miss you loads." I say quietly through the phone, he says the same back but something's different, he hates it when I lie to him.
After School
"Pepper, are you going to come with us? Tony's testing the new armour. He calls it War Machine." Rhodey tells me, it's so obvious he's excited, I smile acting interested- I'm more interested in seeing Tony again, ha. "Sure, as long as it's not five feet tall." I reply, his face instantly turns into a frown, this time I laugh for real- Rhodey's facial expressions are priceless. "I was only kidding, we better hurry though." I finally say; in return Rhodey is suddenly happy again, it's weird how he reacts around other people besides Tony, but then again- the two are child hood friends.
We walk slowly We start walking down the same street we did the other way, when I got hit by Tony- man did that hurt when I woke up the next day. I'm still surprised there was no bruise. We turn left like yesterday, I follow Rhodey while nodding to random stuff he says, but I'm actually zoned out. "You knew Tony was Iron Man all along?" Rhodey asks me suddenly, crap- how long was I zoned out for? And what on earth did I just agree to?
"Yeah, he smirked a lot whenever I talked about Iron Man." I tell him smirking myself, at least I could tell him the truth- for now. There's no freaking way I was going to tell him I was really a shield agent, how many times have I mentioned that now? Anyone keeping count? "Well, that is true- Tony is a really bad liar!" Rhodey exclaims, I just hold onto the information like it's a matter of life and death, Tony Stark is a bad liar- and yet he's Iron Man?
"Hey Rhodey." Tony suddenly says, that's when I realize we already in his lab. Tony just nods awkwardly to me and I roll my eyes at him in return. "Where's this war machine then? Who's going to drive it?" I ask Tony, he snorts- literally. "Pepper, there's no freaking way I'm letting you in there. Rhodey will be in control." Tony replies laughing at my expression.
"I don't remember you having a wide range of swearwords, bitch." I reply, muttering the last word of course. "Stop acting like a old married couple!" Rhodey suddenly shouts in between us, I stare at Tony as his wonderful blue eyes glare back at me- shit. I really have fallen for him, even Rhodey notices that I'm not glaring at Tony, but I do- and he does a double take, crap- Rhodey's on to me.
"Introducing- War Machine!" Tony shouts playfully, I try not to squeal with excitement as I see a six foot suit of armour walk up to us, it has every weapon freaking imaginable- it's like something shield would have, I need to try that freaking machine. I look over to Rhodey and find that his mouth's dropped, I snigger as I notice Tony smirking again, doesn't he know any other facial expression?
"Tony... you've got to let me try that!" I whisper, but he doesn't hear me and I am sort of glad, I hadn't meant to say that allowed in the first place. Far out, we really are the perfect couple- my need to have something upgraded and Tony's imagination. Even so, I need to trust Dante, I can't let my feelings get in the way of my mission- especially if it's to befriend Stark.
Will Pepper ever decide to let her feelings/true personality show? Has Rhodey actually figured it out? Why does Dante always know everything? Find out in next, next week's chapter! :-)
No flames please, River Potter... :-)