After his long,long cold shower, Tony decided to hop in the bed and try his luck with sleeping. Maybe, he'll wake up and find that all of these are just figments of his very wild, sometimes over the top, imagination. He tossed and turned. He tried to find the right position for a good night slumber. But, just like any nights when he's haunted with thoughts of her, sleep has eluded him. Pepper. Pepper. Why did I let you go? Why did I let this happen to us? He can't seem to get past the whys, what-ifs and what could have beens of their relationship. He could very well remember that fateful night. The night when his world started to crumble.
It was Rhodey's birthday party. A kind of party thrown by generous billionaire friends. Rhodey was having the time of his life. He seemed to be in the mood for this kind of over the top spending. Last year, he reprimanded Tony for giving him a yacht party and argued that he could have donated the money instead of wasting them to vodkas and martinis. But ofcourse, he still ended up enjoying the night.
Loud cheering can be heard as guests gathered near the pool. Rhodey and Tony were so wasted, they were both in the diving board. Some were already swimming and waiting for them to jump into the water.
"Jump!Jump!Jump!" The throng of people roared as two drunken men jumped into the pool.
Happy Hogan just got in time to see his boss, laughing hysterically in the pool with a much wasted Rhodes.
"Great. Let's see what Pepper will say to this." He walked in the less crowded part of the pool and tried to call for his heavily intoxicated friends.
"Hey, Boss! Rhodey!" He sighed. They are still crazily splattering water with bikini clad women.
"Pepper's not gonna be happy with that, Tony" Happy muttered to himself, rolled his eyes and was turning away from the pool, when suddenly a great amount of water hit his backside. "Hey Hogan! Come on, join the fun!" Tony said while bouncing up and down the pool creating ripples and eyeing some blonde bimbo near him.
"Tony, come on. Let's go get you changed!" Happy yelled, completely ignoring Tony's attempt to lure him into this trouble.
"Oh Come on, Mom! It's not yet past bedtime!" He mockingly said and everyone laughed with him.
"Fine! Pepper is gonna be here in a couple of minutes!" Tony suddenly looked sober and swam to his direction.
"Yeah, magic word" Happy tried to grab him off the pool, and escorted him to one of the nearest guest rooms.
"Hey, Im gonna go get you some dry clothes" Hogan deadpanned. His boss still looked drunk and ready to pass out.
"Yeah. Imjustgonnagetsomesleep ." He said while jumping straight to the bed still wearing his very wet clothes. After Happy got out of the room, some bimbo sneaked inside and found a dead to the world Tony. "Hey Tony" She said seductively. Now, she will have the infamous Tony Stark for herself. "Let's see what you got in those pants" She crawled in the bed, and sat on his crotch area, completely trapping him between her knees. She unzipped his pants and kissed his neck.
"Pepper.. Hmmm. That's so good babe" Tony said groggily and tried to open his eyes to see his gorgeous girlfriend. But much to his dismay, a blonde bimbo in bikini welcomed his sight.
"Wait! Who the hell?!" He tried to push her away in all his drunk might. But the whore fought back and he was pushed back in the bed.
"Ohmygod!" Tony was struggling to get up when he suddenly heard Pepper's voice. She was out before he could see her. He pushed harder this time, with much strength, causing the bitch to fall off the floor. He ran as fast as he could, zipping his fly in the process.
"PEPPER! WAIT! PEPPER!" He felt suddenly sober, like some ice cold water was poured on his face. He can't breathe, this can't be happening, this is not right. She was already gone before he could get to the garage.
"Pep" He said hopelessly while sliding down on his back against the glass door. The adrenaline rush was over. He felt as if someone stabbed him in his heart.