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Chapter 4

Pepper had called me up two days after I showed my face in the kitchen. She was wanted to know why I was in my lab and not talking to anyone. She had said that Bruce had phoned her up, telling her that he was worried about me. I got an ear full about how I was risking my health with just drink Dummy's smoothies and not eating proper food. So I told her what happened and why I was in my lab all the time, and she soften up… only to me though, to the Avengers was a different story.

Pepper walked into the tower. She had come back from her two week trip to LA. She had been in meeting after meeting in LA and she wasn't in the mood to argue with. Her heals clicked on the floor and she walked into the lift. She walked out of the lift and into the living room. She found Clint and Natasha there. Steve and Thor were sat at the kitchen table and Bruce was making a coffee.

'Right all of you…' Pepper said loudly and got everyone's attention. They looked up at her. She smiled. 'Am very tired and I want to see my boyfriend and then go to bed to sleep. She if you would please just listen and then you can explain.' She said, getting a few raised eyebrows from Natasha and Clint. Pepper walked over and sat on the sofa turning her body so she was facing everyone.

'Bruce called me to say that he was worried about Tony and how he was staying in his lab and not coming out of it. At first I thought that this is just Tony being Tony that's fine. But when I phoned Tony up he told me why he was staying in his lab. And ok, he did nearly kill Mr Barton, but he would never up any of you in danger. But he also said it wasn't just because of the mission and what happen. It was because he heard you all on the helicarrier. Please by now you should know how Tony is. He's is a little self-centred and annoying and arrogant but he does break once in a while, but you don't see. It's only me that actually sees it because he hides it from everyone else… including all of you,' Pepper said, she nodded and got up.

'Anything to say?' She asked. No-one said anything. 'That's what I thought. Now if you excuse me, am going to see if my boyfriend is ok.' With that Pepper turned around and walked into the lift and went down to the lab. Steve just stared looking at the lift doors as they closed, his mouth opened slightly. Natasha just glared at Pepper while she walked out.

'Well… that, that was unexpected,' Clint said. Natasha looked at him.

'It was very unexpected. She doesn't know… she wasn't there, so she doesn't know that you nearly did die,' Natasha said getting up and walking out of the room. Clint let out a low whistle.

'Cat fight,' Clint whispered and smiled to himself.

Pepper entered the code and walked into the lab. Tony was working on the car in the far left corner. He looked up when he heard Pepper walk over to him. His face lit up when he saw her. He smiled.

'Well hello,' Tony said putting down his tools and wiping his hands. Pepper smiled back at him.

'Hello,' Pepper said. She walked over to him and kissed him. She looked into his eyes.

'Tony?'

'Yes?'

'Tony… you look terrible. You haven't been sleeping have you? Have you eat, please tell me you have been eating something.' Pepper said. Tony chuckled

'Yeah I have,' Tony said pulling her into a hug. She pulled away.

'Tony? I know you. I know that you haven't been sleeping that well have you. You're not having nightmares again?' Pepper said. She looked upset and concerned for Tony.

'No, am fine,' Tony said. Pepper looked him in the eyes again. He felt uncomfortable, he didn't want to have this conversation now.

'Tony please…' Pepper started but Tony interrupted her.

'Pepper I am fine. You and Bruce are like mother hens,' Tony said turning around and picking up his tools. He walked back over to the car, Hoping Pepper would just leave it. Pepper sighed from behind him.

'Well ok then… I'm going to get a shower, I'll order some Italian too and you're going to eat it and if you don't come upstairs to eat, I'll drag you up there,' she said. She turned around and walked to the door. She stopped and turned to look at Tony.

'Love you,' She said. Tony smile.

'Yep, love you too,' Tony said. Pepper walked away and out of site. Tony dropped his tools and sat on the floor his back pressed up against the wall and his knees pulled up to his chest. He placed his arms on his knees and berried his head in his hand. It was getting harder for him to breath, his breathes becoming sharp in his chest.

Anxiety attack, he thought.

Deep breaths, he told himself over and over again. He slammed his eyes shut, trying to shake the feel off. He hadn't had an attack in months and he wasn't going to have one now, he told himself. He thought about how he was doing so well and Pepper told him every morning that she was so proud of him. He said the same back to her. He wouldn't be anyway without her. She had saved his life at Stark Industries that time when Obadiah had gone crazy with his suit and tried to kill Tony. She was everything to him. Deep breathes, Tony told himself.

'Sir?' He heard Jarvis say from far away. Tony shook his head. He felt something bump into his left side. He jumped.

'Holy fu… oh Dummy,' Tony panted. Dummy was staring at him, he lifted his hand and patted Dummy. Dummy tilted his head.

His breathing went make to normal and so did his heartbeat. He slowly blinked. The light had blinded him went he had jumped and his eyes had short open to find Dummy stood next to him. He took a deep breath and looked around his lab. He looked at his suits over in the corner. He had some suits back at the mansion but he had picked his favourite suits to come to the Stark tower. He looked over at his table. It had sheets and sheets of work and drawings and ideas for new projects. He looked over to where Dummy had been stood. He saw the smoothies making where Dummy would try to make smoothies and end but spilling it, But he had to admit, whenever Dummy did finally make a smoothies and not actually spill it, the smoothies was really good. He smiled up at Dummy. Dummy lowered his head so it was level to Tony's. If the robot could smile, tony knew that it would be smiling at him right now. Tony sighed and got up. Stumbling a little on his shaky legs. He walked over to the table and sat down. Dummy moved over to the smoothies making and started to make one. It was as if Dummy had just read his mind. Tony put his head in his hands. He heard a smash and looked up and stared at Dummy. Tony broke out in huge laughter. Dummy had just chuffed his head in the smoothie machine and then lifted his head up and the smoothies had poured all over the poor robot.

'Here let me help,' Tony said getting up and lifting the smoothie machine off of Dummy.

'I don't know what I would do without you Dummy,' Tony said and put the smoothie machine back down on the side. Tony smiled at Dummy, he turned around and walked towards the sofa.

'Sir, am I suggest that you tell Miss Potts about you panic attack,' Jarvis said.

'Nah, it wasn't even really a panic attack Jarv. Ok. Don't get worried about it,' Tony said.

'It was as important as any other panic attack you have had, But if you don't want to tell her that's fine,' Jarvis replied.

'Jarvis, seriously,' Tony said.

'Ok… shutting down sir,' Jarvis said, and he shut down. Tony laid down on the sofa, staring up at the ceiling. Well it was only a small attack, no need to tell Pepper, Tony thought. He closed his eyes wishing that today would just end…

Yep, I do love Dummy. I should have up to dated him when I came to pick him up when I got back from fighting the Mandarin, but I didn't really wanted to, I like him the way he is, even though he isn't that smart or anything, but still he makes amazing smoothies so I can't complain. Ha. Oh and I know I should have been a little friendlier to Jarvis, he was only worried about me, and who wouldn't be. A genius like me, people should be worried about me, wait… that's a bit big-headed, right? Oh well. Yeah I know, I really should have told Pepper about the panic attack. If I had then maybe… just maybe… my story would have ended differently…