I have an unhealthy obsession with writing. Seriously, I do. Once I get focused on a particular story I just can't stop writing until a new story demands my attention. So, here it is. Another chapter arrives so quickly after the last. Lol you should never have to complain to me about updating quicker. If you ever do something has gone wrong with the Space Time Continuum and I need saving. Lol anyways enjoy.

The drive back to Stark's house was long and awkward. Gypsy didn't speak the whole time and none of the others really wanted to say anything just in case she was mad. They couldn't feel any emotion coming off of her now but that was because Gypsy had thrown her emotions into the Cage. The Cage was the little part of her brain that Gypsy stored all her troublesome emotions when she didn't want people to know what she was really feeling. Her resolve to not let any of them know how mixed she felt right then made the Cage strong so none of her emotions were gonna leak out. She was going to act now, put on the mask she had perfected over the years, and pretend like everything in her world was perfect.

Stark didn't even wait for her to get out of the van before going inside his house, Pepper right on his heels. Gypsy rolled her eyes, pretending it didn't hurt. He knew she was his kid now so why wasn't he trying to be a dad? Why wasn't he trying to get to know her? Gypsy didn't know what she expected him to do when he found out the truth but she never expected him to just ignore her. It stung, more than she would ever admit. Hmph, whatever. Gypsy threw on a carefree look and sauntered into the house, her hands in her pockets.

Tony looked over at Gypsy as she walked in and let out a low groan just quiet enough for only Pepper and probably Jarvis to hear. She even walked like him, crap! Pepper noticed it too and her eyes narrowed as she realized that this girl was practically a female version of her Tony. It was kind of freaky.

"Is that it then? Did you come here just to drop this bombshell on me and then leave?" Tony asked the girl. He didn't know if he hoped that was the case or not, he just wanted to know what was going to happen next. He didn't know how to react to any of this, didn't know how to react to her.

"What? You want me gone so you can go back to pretending you're not a dad?" Gypsy asked him. She sounded so laidback about it, like none of it mattered. It made her sound more terrifying than if she had roared the words.

Tony puffed out his cheeks then let the air out in a puff. "Yes. No. I don't know." He said quickly, running a hand restlessly through his hair. He was on the verge of another panic attack, something he hadn't had in months.

Gypsy felt her heart hurt for a second, she was seriously freaking him out. That hadn't been what she wanted. She had come here to make him mad, to make him regret his choices, and to start a new life. "Sorry to say but you're stuck with me. I'm movin' in." Gypsy said as nonchalantly as she could, hardening her heart as she did.

Stark had another mini heart attack.

Pepper decided right then it was time to get Gypsy out of there. She grabbed the girl roughly by the arm as the girl seemingly watched in horror as Tony freaked out. Before the girl could react Pepper started pulling her towards the door. "I'm very sorry but you can not stay here. We appreciate you telling the truth after eighteen years but you really can't stay." She told the girl, pulling her towards the door.

Pepper nearly had Gypsy out the door when Gypsy seemed to regain her senses. She dug her feet into the ground and grabbed the doorframe, refusing to budge no matter how hard Pepper pulled on her arm. "I don't have anywhere else to go!" Gypsy shouted over her shoulder at Tony. "I don't have any money, I used all I had to get here. I can't go back to where I used to live cause my mom's gone and my step father—!" Gypsy stopped herself before she revealed too much about herself. They didn't need to know how much she feared that guy. "I don't have any friends and you're my last living relative! Don't throw me out on the streets!" Gypsy shouted back at Stark. He wasn't looking at her though and she had a feeling he was trying to just let her leave, trying to let her just disappear out of his life. Gypsy felt panic rise up in her and she said something that literally made her choke. "Please."

That simple word sounded strangled and desperate as it was spoken. Tony couldn't help it, he looked back at Gypsy. A lump formed in his throat when he saw that her expression had completely changed from uncaring to basically terrified. Was she that afraid of being on her own? Or was she just afraid of being alone? Tony knew what that felt like, not wanting to be by himself. He had started feeling it a month back when he realized just how happy he was to have Pepper and the Avengers living in his house. Tony found he couldn't just throw the girl out, he couldn't leave her to suffer alone like that. He swallowed down his panic attack and put on his own mask, one he hadn't used in a while. The uncaring way-too-cold mask.

"If you stay you live by my rules. You sleep where I tell you, eat where I tell you, and go where I tell you. You have to ask for anything and everything." Tony told her. Why was he making her into basically a prisoner? He wasn't entirely sure. Maybe it was because he wanted to have some control over the situation.

Gypsy couldn't stop herself from breathing a sigh of relief. Pepper had let go of her arm by now and Gypsy practically stumbled back into the house, feeling about as giddy as a drunk person. She wasn't getting thrown out anymore, she wasn't going to live on the streets or be alone. Gypsy stopped in front of Stark and held out her hand with a smile. "Deal." She said cheerfully.

Tony cautiously took her hand and shook it. "Deal." He said back. A lump formed in his throat when he saw the twinkle in her eyes as her smile became unquestionably mischievous.