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*** Someone brought to my attention that the Stark Tower is NY not LA:) Sorry... I guess I don't have all my facts straight. Didn't look like New York in the movie to me. Anyways... here it's in LA3 Much shorter commute time.***
Chapter 4
"And this here is the grocery store, where I shop… and this is…"
"Virginia," said Mrs. Potts, cutting her off, "When are we going to get to see where you work?"
"It's shut down for the week, Mom, you're not going to be able to see it."
"How they can shut down a modeling agency for a week is beyond me. Honestly Virginia, are you sure this place is legit?"
"Though I treasured this conversation from the moment you said legit, Mom, please stop doubting me."
Mrs. Potts nodded and rolled her eyes, even though Pepper could tell she was enjoying herself. Her mother had requested the limo again (Pepper had pretended like it was way too much money for her, but for her mother's sake, she had gotten it anyway.) and they were gliding their way into Hollywood. She figured her mother had wanted to see it.
"And that up there's Stark Tower, it's the huge home for everything Stark Industries, however, if a plane were to run into that thing it wouldn't knock it down. It's engineered too well for that, Tony and… his friend, they planned out the whole thing. They're geniuses. Co-CEO's of the company you know."
As they slid past Stark Tower, she longed to run up to the 100th floor flat and just sit with Tony and work on her laptop. She wanted everything to be back to normal. She almost missed not being able to get any work done with him around.
Her father caught her staring up at it and she quickly looked away, but she could tell that he had his suspicions that he wasn't sharing with her mother. Confirming her thoughts he immediately turned to Mrs. Potts and started talking about Tony, much to Pepper's embarrassment.
"Speaking of Mr. Stark, he was much nicer than I thought he would be, wasn't he Elaine?"
"He was fine," she said, stopping and then starting again, "But all horrible men start out like that. They're manipulative. He doesn't have any heart and soul under that mask, I can tell you that."
Pepper restrained herself from screaming, "Mother, I don't think you know Mr. Stark well enough to judge him like that. He's actually a very nice man."
Mrs. Potts mouth set in a thin line, jumping immediately to the worst, "Have you been sleeping with him, Virginia? I noticed that no one else was in the apartment building this morning. Did you notice that too, Harold?"
Mr. Potts harrumphed with no distinct answer.
"I have not been sleeping with him, mother. If I ever slept with someone it would be because we were engaged or married and I am certainly not married to Mr. Stark."
Yes, but she was engaged.
"I certainly hope not. You know your name? Virginia. Yes, we thought it was beautiful but we also gave it to you so you would stay a virgin until your wedding day. It was for us, a hope for your future. So that you would not let a man stray you away from your dreams. Do not let your heart override your head, dear."
"I know that, mother."
They sat in silence for a moment and then Pepper finally came out with what had been on her mind lately. She might as well tell the truth about something.
"By the way, would you be offended if I asked you not to call me Virginia?"
Her mother looked her up and down, an expression of extreme venom on her already hawk-like features. Pepper swallowed.
"Well, at work I'm known as Virginia Potts, so… so… if someone hears the name they're bound to rush over and… try to get my autograph. I just don't want all the attention."
Her mother looked angrier than ever, "Then what do you want me to call you?"
Pepper looked down at her feet and scrunched her nose, "Well… well, all my close friends… they call me Pepper. It's sort of a nickname."
"Pepper Potts." Her mother restated. Her face was blank of all expression, "I heard him call you Pepper and then change it to Virginia at the last moment. I thought you said you didn't know Mr. Stark that well."
Oh shit. "Well, obviously Mr. Stark knows me. I've only run into him a couple of times."
She paused for a moment.
"You know what, if you're so interested in him, how about a tour of his building? Happy, Stark Industries, please."
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