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*Later at Night*
"Text or call me if you need me." Pepper said as she stepped out the door.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said with a grin. She gave me a dirty look and closed the door behind herself. I turned and made my way down the hall to the living room to get Jade. I had put her in her rocker not too long ago, but when I got there she was already in a deep sleep. I smiled at her, then carefully lifted her out of the rocker and brought her upstairs to her room.
When I got to her room, I kissed her head and set her in her crib. "Goodnight, Jade." I turned on a little night light that Angel had bought for her and walked to my room down the hall.
I lay in bed, tossing and turning for I don't know how many hours, trying to get comfortable. My mind kept racing to things like Angel, Jade's future, and what I'm going to do in the mean-time when taking care of her. I finally managed to start drifting to sleep, when I heard a loud cry, then JARVIS.
"Sir, Miss Jadelyn is crying." I grunted, and then sat up.
"I know. Thank you, JARVIS." I got out of bed and, tiredly, walked to Jades room. "What's going on, baby girl?" I asked, reaching in the crib and pulling a fussy Jade out. I rested her on my shoulder and bounced her a little. She continued to scream. "Come on, sweetie, it's too late for this…" I mumbled, closing my eyes. I picked up her binky and walked downstairs to the kitchen.
When I got into the kitchen, I opened the fridge and pulled out one of the premade bottles that Pepper made. I stuck it into the microwave to heat it up, then pulled it out and shook it a little. Jade continued to wail as I tried to put the bottle to her mouth, but she turned her head whenever it got near. I carried her back upstairs to her room and set her on the changing table and tried to change her, that didn't work either. I picked Jade up, again, carrying her to my room.
Sitting on the bed, I laid her on a pillow in front of me and rubbed my face. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her and it made me kind of mad. I can always figure things out, but with Jade it was difficult. Her crying was constant and her face was really red. "Honey, what's wrong?" I asked, expecting to not get an answer. My eyes filled with tears, I felt helpless. I'm supposed to protect her and keep her happy and I am already failing to be a good father.
I looked over at my cellphone on the nightstand. Am I really considering calling Pepper right now? Jade screamed, again. Yeah, I'm calling Pepper. I grabbed my phone and scrolled through the contacts till I found Peppers name, then pressed it. Holding the phone to my ear, I waited as it rang a couple times, then a tired Peppers voice.
"Hello?" She said, and then I heard, "Is everything okay? What's wrong?" I would guess she heard Jade crying bloody murder in the background.
"Hey, uh, Pep, could you come over here?" I think she could hear how upset I was in my voice, because before I could say anything else, I heard her say:
"I'm on my way."
*15 Minutes Later*
I sat on my bed, leaned up against some pillows with Jadelyn in my arms. I have been lazily rocking her, because no matter what I do, she isn't going to stop crying.
"Sir," I heard JARVIS say. "Miss Potts has just arrived."
"Thanks, J." I said; Pepper walked in the room.
"Alright, I'm here." She said loud enough to be heard over Jade's crying. I looked over at her.
"Nice pajamas, Potts." She narrowed her eyes, blushing slightly. I smirked, tiredly.
"Shut up," she mumbled. "Do you want my help or not?" I sighed and nodded. Pepper put her arms out and I handed Jade to her. She rocked her for a couple of minutes, and then looked at me, again. "Have you changed her?"
"Yep."
"Fed her?"
"What I could."
"Burped her?"
"Yeah."
"Rocked her?"
"For almost two hours."
"Given her her binky?"
"I-… eh… No, I haven't…" I looked around for it. "Where did it go?" Pepper spun around, scanning the room for it, also, and then shrugged when there was no sight of it. I stood up and moved the sheets. Nothing. Jadelyn continued to cry in the background as I stared into space, thinking about where I left the binky. I raised my eyebrows, remembering where I put it. "Oh."
"What?" Pepper asked. I sped out of the room and down the stairs without answering her. "What?!" After I didn't answer her question, again, she followed me downstairs.
"J?" I said, moving stuff around on the messy counters of the kitchen.
"Yes, Sir?" JARVIS responded.
"Tony, what are you doing?" Pepper questioned as she walked in the kitchen after me. I ignored her, again.
"Where did I set the damn binky?" I continued to shift through the bottles and bibs and what not.
"Near the refrigerator. And you might want to be cautious of what you communicate around young Jadelyn, Sir." I rolled my eyes and walked over to the fridge, moving some papers, and finally finding the binky.
"Got it!" I stated, turning and handing it to Pepper. She placed the binky in Jade's mouth and she stopped crying. I sighed in relief.
Jadelyn finally fell back asleep, after she had her binky. Pepper and I stood in her room, watching her sleep, peacefully in her crib. The only things you could hear were the sounds of Jade breathing and the hum of the Arc Reactor in my chest. I looked over at Pepper and sighed. "Thanks." I said in a hushed tone. She turned to me.
"No problem, I don't mind helping out with Jade, she's adorable." She smirked. I smiled at her in return. We stood there like that for a minute, and then Pepper said, "I should probably go now." She turned to leave, "See you tomorrow." She walked to the door of Jade's bedroom.
"Potts, wait." I said; she turned.
"Yes, Mr. Stark?" she asked. I stared at her, and then looked down.
"Could you stay here tonight?" She tilted her head a little and looked at me questioningly. "You know? In case Jade starts crying, again, and I can't figure out what to do…" A small smile formed on her lips.
"Of course."
