-Tony's P.O.V-

Holy hell my head hurts. It feels like its being ripped in two and there's a bitter taste in my mouth. I don't bother to open my eyes just yet, that would make things worse. I realized two other things before opening my eyes. One, I actually slept, or passed out, in my bed for once. And two, I wasn't alone. I felt a warm body half draped over my chest and torso. This body smelled really good but she felt different than Pepper. Not good. I cracked one eye open and saw chocolate brown hair, unless Pepper dyed her hair this was definitely not good.

"Sir, Ms. Potts is approaching the room. Shall I unlock the door?" Jarvis spoke. Oh fuck, so not good.

"No, keep it locked. I'll be right out," I answered. I all but shoved her off of me and began throwing on clothes all the while cursing to myself.

"Oh my God. What did we do?" I heard Lauren say suddenly. I looked over to her and she was wrapping the sheet around her chest while looking for her own clothes. I stayed silent unsure how to answer her. We both froze when we heard the door handle turning then stop once it became known that it was locked.

"Sir, Ms. Potts is getting the key. May I suggest that you hurry up?" Jarvis said at the same time that I heard Lauren mumble,

"I'm going to hell."

"Atleast we'll go together," I finally said to her. She shot me a death glare then hissed,

"Shutup! This is your fault!"

"My fault? I don't see how this is all my fault. It takes two to tango, Baby," I shot back at her.

"Well, if you hadn't suggested that we have a shot of Jack after every memory shared, we wouldn't be in this mess!" she nearly shouted.

"Sir-" Jarvis said.

"Oh! Like I forced you to fucking drink!" I answered back ignoring Jarvis.

"I don't know what's worse, the fact that you actually did it, or that I was waiting for it to happen," Oh look, Pepper's in the room. "Neither of you need to explain anything to me. I've already heard enough," she said. With that she dropped a pile of mail on my bed and walked back out shutting the door. I sighed as I went over to the mail. Bills, bills, a package...

"Are you even going to go after her?" Lauren asked. I looked her dead in the eyes.

"Trust me, she does not want me going to her let alone talk to her right now," I said calmly then sat back down. I could hear her quietly grabbing her things then leave. Everybody always leaves me. I should be used be used to it by now but watching her leave really stung. She hasn't been back in my life for even two days and I already fucked things up.

-Lauren's P.O.V-

It had been nearly three hours since I left Tony's room. I've been hiding out in my room not wanting to talk to anyone. How did I not kill him? Did we even go that far? Being a 34 year old virgin, you didn't really know too much but I did feel a little sore. I wanted to ask him a hundred questions but at the same time I wasn't sure how I would act around him.

I heard a feather light knock on my door and began praying to every God, even Thor, that it was not Tony. I got up to answer but was actually surprised to see who was standing on the other side of the door.

"So, I hear that you're living here now. And apparently, you've known Tony for a lot longer than any of us. Tell me your secret: how do you shake him?" Clint asked while leaning against the door frame. I couldn't help but let out a small laugh.

"Would you like to come in?" I asked him.

"Nah. I actually wanted to see if you wanted to go a couple of rounds like old times. Maybe now you can finally teach me something," he teased.

"You sure that you're feeling up to me kicking your ass? Because I don't know. You seemed pretty far gone last night. How's the head?" I said without missing a beat.

He mocked a look of hurt. "Oh please! I've held drinking contests with Natasha!"

I laughed again but followed him to the gym nonetheless. We walked in silence for a moment or two before he started asking questions. Here we go.

"So how come you never mentioned that you used to be bestfriends with Stark?"

"I didn't think that that information was important while I was being trained," I answered.

"Hm, maybe not. But it is crazy. You two must of crossed paths countless times, but weren't even paying attention," he said thoughtfully. I hadn't even thought of that possibility. And considering where we work, that is a strong possibility. As we got closer to the gym, I saw Pepper by herself. I knew that I should talk to her, even if Tony won't.

"Hawkeye, mind if I meet you there in a few? I have something to take care of first," I asked as I already started heading towards her.

"Go ahead, I'll just warm up then," he answered as he continued walking.

"Excuse me, Pepper? I mean Ms. Potts. Would you mind if I had a word with you. I swear that I won't take up too much of your time," I said to her once I approached where she was sitting. She actually didn't look angry, just really tired.

"Lauren, you don't have to call me Ms. Potts, call me Pepper and sure go ahead," she said gently to me.

"Okay, thank you. Uhm, let me start off by saying how unbelievably sorry I am. I have absolutely no intentions of taking Tony from you. I just wanted us to get caught up with everything that we missed in each others lives. We were having a drinking game, which now sounds really bad, and it must of gotten out of control. I don't remember much after my...I think eight shot? I'm not normally a drinker, its just too dangerous for some, well, like me. And I don't know why I agreed to drink last night, its just-" I said to her but she cut me off.

"Its okay. You're okay. I trust Tony even if he had a slip up last night. He and I had a very long conversation earlier. Now things may be a little awkward between you and him for a bit, but trust me, Tony will fight away all awkwardness and pretend that it never happened. Now as long as this is the one and ONLY slip up Tony ever has with you, you and I are okay. It's better if we just drop it and move on," Pepper said to me.

"You know he's right, you really are amazing. Thank you for forgiving me. And I promise you, that nothing like this will ever happen again," I said to her as I smiled. She smiled back and I let her go back to her work. My childhood crush should stay just as it is. I am not a home-wrecker, and I know that my conscious would never allow me to ever become one. I felt much better after talking with Pepper, especially knowing that Tony talked with her as well. Now I just have to get through getting back to normal with Tony. Normal meaning how we used to be before I disappeared.

As I walked into the gym, after having been directed to by Steve, I noticed two things. One, this gym was incredibly huge. Bigger than the one at S.H.E.I.L.D. And two, Hawkeye was not in here. Actually nobody was. I started to head back out and search for him when I felt something hit the back of my head. I whipped around and saw a nerf gun bullet lying on the ground. But of course. How could I forget that I don't have to see Hawkeye to know that he's here?

"I thought that we were going to go a few rounds?" I asked outloud because I still couldn't see him. I side stepped another bullet but followed where it came from. There he was, perched at the ceiling smiling at me like an asshole.

"I thought that you could use more training on your aim instead," he answered.

My mind lifted both bullets into the air and sent them flying, one to his forehead and the other to his chin before he could block them.

"You were saying?" I asked with my hands folded behind my back. I heard him laugh as he jumped down onto the mats. I missed training with him.

"Okay, so you're good with aim. Point taken. How about wrestling?" he asks me.

I let my mind pick him up clear off the ground then drop to the mat. He began really laughing and said to me,

"I forgot that you almost never fight fair."

"She never did, even as a kid before her insane powers," Tony's voice came from behind me. "Pepper said that you both were here and I was already getting bitched at by Capsicle to practice more on my actual fighting skills without the suit," he added.

"Oh good! Somebody who might actually fight fair!" Clint said from his position on the mat.

"Oh please! You offered me to come, quit crying," I said to him.

He sat up and half glared at me. Next thing I knew, Tony was hopping around him trying to her him to go some rounds.

"You boys go ahead. I'm pretty sure that I don't need practice as much as you two," I said while smirking. "But I think that I'll stay and watch the show," I added insult to injury.

I recieved two sets of glares before they started with hand to hand combat. It turned out to be a very interesting show at first, both holding their own well. Tony got tired after a while, but Clint was still bursting with energy. After about ten minutes of Clint beating Tony, I got bored. I used my own skills to make Hawkeye dangle upside down, which made Tony crack up.

"Alright, alright! I get it, you're bored. So why don't you just fill in for him while he takes a break?" Clint asked while looking at me upside down.

"Break? Fuck that! I'm going back to the lab. Just let Rogers know that yes, I did actually practice on my fighting skills, will ya?" Tony said as he headed out the door. Pepper was right. He did pretend that nothing had happened.

"Hey Lauren? I mean I usually don't mind hanging upside down like a bat but I'm kind of getting light-headed," I heard Clint say. Oops.

"Sorry. Kind of forgot that I left you hanging, duh dum tss!" I smirked but let him down gently.

"I've really missed training with you," he said with a warm smile, "believe it or not."

"Funny. I had the same exact thought earlier," I replied. "Although, you and I didn't train much today. I kind of just picked on you."

"No, in a way I did help you train. You shot two nerf bullets at me with no gun. You picked me up, then dropped me. And you held me upside down for like, five minutes. Remember back when you had trouble just lifting me two inches off the ground? Now look at you," he said with a proud look.

"You know, you're right?" I answered back.

"I thought that we established a long time ago that I'm always right?" he started to say but was cut off short when he found himself upside down yet again, only this time he was about ten feet above the ground.

"What was that, Hawkeye?" I asked while laughing at him. He just sighed.

"I can see perfectly down your shirt. Nice cleavage. You usually never show it off," he said to me. I was so shocked that I dropped him, but luckily caught his crash a mere five inches from the ground. Then I dropped him. I felt myself blushing but he just laughed.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist," he said while grabbing his water bottle.

"Is it nice? I didn't even realize that I was showing them off," I answered while he choked on his water. His turn to blush. Interesting.