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Second first date - Pepper's POV
7 pm, the doorbell ringed, I was a bit startled: Tony Stark arrived in time?
"Coming!" Before I opened the door I checked out my outfit and make-up in the mirror next to the door again. He invited me to our second first date only a few hours after our reunion. I was on my way back home when he called me. I had to smile, because the radio started 'High way to hell' by AC/DC, one of Tony's favorite songs. He said he wanted to make it now and he wanted to take me out for dinner this evening.
So here we were now. I opened the door and there he was. His black hair was messy as always, sunglasses, he wore a casual dark gray Armani suit, black shirt, black-gray tie and, as always sneakers. He looked at me with a huge grin. "Wow, you look… amazing!" was all he managed to say.
"Thanks, you doesn't look bad either." He was so handsome and attractive, I couldn't help but smile.
"You should bring a jacket, I'm with the R8. Well now it's still warm so we'll drive open but later… I don't want you to get ill."
"Oh, ok." When I returned he still stood there and offered me his arm. I took it and he led me to the passenger seat of his Audi. I had no idea where we would drive, but when we got on the high way the direction got clear. We would go to the sea. Oh how I love the sea, and he knows this!
We arrived at the restaurant 10 minutes later.
"The Neptune?" I was not sure whether he was serious or not. I hate fish!
"Yeah, I ordered a special menu for us." He looked at me as he gave me his hand to help me out of the car.
"Ehem…" I was a bit worried. I really hate fish. The waiter welcomed us and led us to a so-called "special-private-place". It was in the restaurants backyard with orange trees, vines, and fairy lights. We drank campaign, got some bread and then my worst nightmare arrived: a lobster! A shellfish even worse than normal fish.
"Did you ever ate lobster, Pepper?" Tony asked.
"No." I smiled weakly.
His eyes went wide. "Crap! Sorry I forgot. You hate fish."
'Yeah he remembers, good job Pepper, you blew it because of your behavior.'
"Well Tony, actually it's shellfish." I smiled, hoping it would light up this embarrassing moment.
"Worse. Pepper I'm so sorry. I ruined our date."
Oh, he looked really upset. "No, don't worry I'd eat the fixings."
"Well I hope you'd like the desert at least."
I liked, no loved the desert! Tiramisu. We ate, we talked about the company, Iron man, JARVIS, the government which are still requiring for his suit. When we finished our desert we sat there, facing each other. He ordered two coffee.
"Do you remember how we first met?" He said, his eyes glowed.
"Sure! How could I forget? It was the day before I started working for you. It was in this bar downtown LA, wasn't it?"
He sighted. "Yeah this bar."
"Yeah you tried to seduce me the entire evening. Boy you were so annoying, well actually you're still annoying some times." I love teasing him!
"Ouch, thanks Miss Potts." He tried to sound serious, but he failed miserably.
I couldn't help but giggle. "Yeah you even followed me to the restrooms."
"And that was when you got your name. By the way thanks for spraying pepper-spray in my face. You do know that it hurts?" He smiled his charming smile, I couldn't resist to smile back.
"But you have learned, haven't you?"
'Oh my god that kind of smile…Help?'
"Yeah, never follow Pepper to a bathroom. Except she bags you to share a shower with her."
"Raw point Tony." No, it was not. But this boy had messed up by calling me a one-night-stand so he should work to recover.
"Sorry, Miss Potts. Didn't mean to harm you."
"No problem, Mr Stark. So let's go then." I smiled. 'But what comes next?', I asked myself.
"What do you think about walking to your apartment instead of driving? I'll get Happy to catch up my car for me and Rhodey will catch me at yours."
"Lovely." Walking? Tony Stark would walk for a woman, because he knows I'd like to?
An hour later we arrived at my door.
"So Pepper… ähm … Good Night." He looked confused and let go of my hand which he was holding all the way.
'Oh my god, will he kiss me know? Please kiss me!' I longed to kiss him again. This wouldn't be so awkward like the kiss after our real first date. He leaned in, one hand on my waist one on my neck. 'Yes, finally reunited again! But WHAT THE HELL?! Did he just hug me? No kiss?! A hug only? Like a brother? '
„Good night, Pepper." He said as he let go of me.
I was totally startled. This was more embarrassing than everything, than our first, first date kiss, throwing a girl out of his house or when I came into his bureau the first time, seeing that the man I had sprayed with pepper-spray the evening before, was my boss.
„Ähm… yeah… Good night, Tony."
He turned to leave, but turned again. „Pepper, I don't want to mess this up. You're to important for me to mess up, so see ya." He left.
'Yeah, see ya.', was all I thought. I opened my door, but I couldn't bring myself to enter so I sat down on my stairs in front of my door. I didn't know whether to feel angry or touched by his worries to mess it up again. Sure I wanted it slow this time, slower than the last, but not even a good-night-kiss?
After another 30 minutes I found my courage to stand up. No Tony Stark won't leave me without even a good-night-kiss. I knew he would be at Rhodeys and that's where I would go now.
Will Pepper get her kiss? Next chapter would be Tony's POV of their second first date.
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