Note: Because I love you all I went online and made sure my version of a paternity test was not far off from a real paternity test. So yes, they really do use your blood. I didn't know what the people who did it are called so I just said doctors.

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Disclaimer: I don't own any rights to Iron Man. (If I did Tony and Pepper would have kissed in the movie. But they didn't. So I don't. Never mind.)

Tony looked around the facility. White walls, white furniture, white everything. He was tempeted to have a paint fight in it. Next to him Pepper hacked away at the endless emails and calls his Announcement (it deserved a capital letter) had caused. Both of them waited for Maria to arrive with Social Services. Both looked at the door when they heard yelling and sounds of running. Sure enough Maria and another girl her age appeared in the doorway.

"Hey Mr. Stark and Miss. Potts! This is Jenn, my best friend," she said gesturing to the girl next to her.

"Hello," Tony said, flashing his usual "meeting someone (who wasn't a woman)" smile.

But the girl, Jenn, walked right by him and instead went to Pepper. Tony threw Maria a questioning look, but she just smirked at him.

"I know this sounds kind of weird, but actually you're my role model," Jenn told Pepper excitedly. "I want to be a personal assistant because I love organizing things. It's strange, but I don't care.

"She thinks you could be the president if you wanted to," Maria told Pepper, her eyes dancing.

For a second, Pepper seemed flustered but working with Stark have given her excellent recovery skills. "Thank you," she told Jenn. "I'm quite flattered."

By that time Ms. Black and Mr. Moore had arrived in the room, along with a doctor.

"If you follow me I'll take you to the testing room," the doctor said.

They were led to a room with all sorts of scientific equipment.

"If one of you will sit in the chair please," the doctor told Tony and Maria, "I will go get the needle."

Maria's faced turned white. "Needle?," she gulped.

"Why yes, we have to take a blood sample."

Maria glanced at Jenn. "Maria, it'll be quick. You'll be fine," she reassured.

Maria gulped. "Okay, okay! I'll guess I'll go first to get it over with. Just, someone distract me." She sat down in the chair and griped the armrests so hard he knuckles turned white.

"Sure," Tony told her. "I've got some questions for you anyway."

"Okay shoot," she said as she eyed the needle the doctor was attaching to the barrel.

"Um, any special reason for Maria?" he asked.

"Yeah, your mother."

"My mother?!"

"Yeah, Mom decided you deserved some credit and she wasn't going to call me Howard-ella. Maria's way prettier." Maria was semi-distracted so she could ignore the needle coming closer to her arm.

"Okay. Here's another one. Why did your mom ask for-?"

"Why didn't Mom appear on your doorstep with me and a huge lawsuit in tow?" Maria said with a smile.

"Erm, yeah, that." Tony said.

"Well if she told you that I existed and sued you for child support or whatever, then the press would never leave me or her alone. She wanted me to have a normal life without the paparazzi. Also, she would be able to afford as good of lawyers as you could."

"All done," the doctor told Maria, who blinked in surprise.

"I didn't even notice when it went in," she said happily.

"Good for you!" Jenn told her.

Tony's turn went without any problems. When the doctor told them the results would be ready in a couple of hours, the group split up for lunch.

All through lunch Tony played with his food. Pepper realizing he was nervous smiled.

"It'll be fine," she told him. "Worst, comes to worst, I'll take care of her."

Tony smiled. "Oh no, I wouldn't let you turn her against me."

Pepper raised an eyebrow. "What makes you think you can stop me."

Dun, dun, dun! (Just kidding)

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