A/N: wow! This story is easily going to become my most followed! We have almost twenty followers in four days! Kinda a shorter chapter today. Thanks so much for your support, don't forget to review!

-Kitty

Chapter 4:

I spent all my time working with Tony in the lab. Tony hadn't registered me for school yet, and I certainly wasn't going to remind him.

"What's today's date?" Tony asked toying with some part of his suit, improving the shin protection or something It looks like.

"Uh.. January 22" I said checking my StarkPad, which I never let out of my sight. Not only is it my only means of transportation, this journal is on there!

"Your birthday is Saturday." Tony groaned.

"Oh yeah..." I realized. "What's so bad about my birthday?"

"JARVIS can you call Pepper down here, I need a favor." Tony commanded.

"Yes sir." JARVIS responded.

I sat there awkwardly, dropping the project I had been working on, and just watching Tony.

Pepper opened the door and walked in.

"You called?" Pepper asked, with just a hint of sarcasm.

"Take Tessa upstairs. I need to work on this. You two, plan a party or something. That's good. A birthday party. Now go." Tony said, working intently on his suit.

Pepper and I sat at the dining room table with many party planning magazines strewn over the table top.

"So, who would you like to invite?" Pepper asked.

"My friends are all in Oregon, and even then I only had two. I hadn't barely left the house."

"We can still invite them?" Pepper suggested.

"Nah, I haven't exactly talked to them in a year or so."

"Okay.." Pepper said slowly. "We'll invite the avengers."

I sighed. "Believe it or not, intellectual depressed nerd girl doesn't even really want a birthday party."

"We'll invite all of Hollywood!" Pepper pleaded. "You have to have a birthday party!"

I thought for a moment. "Invite The cast of Doctor Who and you've got a deal."

"Thank you!" Pepper squealed. "Wait, who?"

"The cast of Doctor Who. That British television show that is the only reason besides hanging out with Tony in the lab that I actually get up in the morning."

"I see." Pepper blushed. "We'll invite them."

"You're the best Pepper!"

"What type of desserts will we be serving?" Pepper asked.

"I love chocolate. I'll eat anything chocolate, I'll eat tree bark if it's covered in chocolate."

"So, chocolate cake?" She asked, jotting down all my answers on her own Starkpad.

"And Ice Cream. And brownies, and cookies, and any other baked good with chocolate. And a chocolate fountain! A huge one!" I said, in all seriousness.

"We will get the largest chocolate fountain we can find." Pepper promised with a smile. "Formal or casual?"

"Casual. Definitely. I hate dressing up, I just want to wear my cut-offs." I answered. I had practically twenty pairs of cut-off jean shorts. They're basically the only thing I wear. Mom would always buy me jeans, but I hated the way the empty ends just hung there, so I always ended up cutting them into shorts.

"Okay," she said as she wrote that down as well. "Presents?"

"I'd rather not, I don't want a bunch of random presents from Hollywood celebrities who've never met me. But we should have a photo booth, like they do at award show after parties! That way I can get my picture with the Doctor Who cast, and I can get them to sign it!" I haven't been this excited about anything, basically ever, but especially not post-amputations.

"I'm sure Tony has something for you, and I know I do." Pepper said.

"We'll have a family party later. Just us three watching a movie on the couch or something." I suggested.

Pepper smiled. "I like that idea."