Complicated
Author: devilishheat101
Rating: T
A/N: Thanks for the reviews, you guys are awesome. Make me want to continue this piece of junk.
Chapter 7: Out of touch
Tony Stark stood nervously against the counter in his kitchen. The reason…he was punched literally in his gut by someone who he trusted in. Not to mention he was scared shitless by that woman.
"I was just kidding." He snorted through the phone.
"Yeah, everybody knows you were kidding."Rhodey yawned before putting the phone on speaker and tossed it onto his bed.
"Pass it through, platypus."
"Never, ever gonna get it." Rhodey said from the other line.
"You talkin' bullshit, Rhodey and you know exactly what I meant. And by the way, she's not dating that moron anymore."
Rhodey could feel Tony grinning like an idiot after he said those words.
"And you told her to get a fuckbuddy, Tony." He paused for a dramatic effect. "Do you realize what your stupid mouth just managed to spat out?"
Tony pulled the scotch bottle to himself but the motion caused the bottle to slip from the counter and spill onto the floor with a bang.
"Fuck!"
He hung up not wanting to hear anything from his friend. He grabbed a towel from one of the stools and wiped the liquid. The smell of alcohol filled his lungs as he stood up to go take a shower.
"Never, ever gonna get it." He thought while tapping his arc reactor absently.
"We'll see that, won't we?"
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After a while, Pepper decided to call Jay. It wasn't fair because she knew what she had just done with Tony was way beyond all her sanity but also she couldn't call it square and quit. It was her job anyway. To be honest, if she hadn't a boss as Tony, she wouldn't have accepted that post years ago. She dialed Jay's number as the thoughts of what happened last night still hunted her mind.
"H'lo?"
"Jay?"
"Yes…Pepper?"
Pepper sighed and looked in the mirror while putting her make-up.
"Can you just come here?" She sounded a little worn out but she wouldn't admit that she felt exactly like that.
She heard the sheets moving and a sigh.
"What happened, Pepper?"
"I'll wait."
Fifteen minutes later, Jay knocked at her door and waited for two seconds before Pepper appeared in the front of him wearing nothing but an oversized t-shirt which made him whistle before entering her apartment.
"Hey." She said, leaning in and kissing the corner of his lips.
The taste, the smell and even the look of this man was completely different by the man she was used to. He tasted like chocolate or something else but combined with cigarettes and some energizing drink. He smelled like fresh citrus and he looked like a model.
"Thought we were…you know…" He started but Pepper didn't waste any time and pulled him against her.
With a shaky breath she closed the door behind them and kissed him lightly on his lips.
"I hate myself." She stated nervously.
He raised an eyebrow and looked at her confused.
"Where did he know we had sex, Jay?" She asked in a usual tone.
He narrowed both his brows and looked at her ever more confused than before.
"Who?"
"Tony. Stark." She accentuated his name.
"You mean…aha. Your boss, isn't it?"
"Yes." She slipped her hand between them and unzipped his zipper, making him laugh.
"You're in a good mood, Potts." He told her playfully.
She pinched him and pushed him towards her fridge. He didn't seem to notice her intentions because he was far too busy to touch her bottom. She frowned at him but managed to giggle a little.
"Close your eyes." She said in a very girlish tone.
"Mhmmmm…"
Pepper took some ice and jammed into his boxers.
She laughed a bit when he opened his eyes instinctively when the ice touched his most intimate part.
"Whoa. Pepper whatareyoudoing?"
"Cooling you off." She replied as a manner-of-fact watching him struggling to get the ice from his pants.
"Thank you for that beautiful night." She rasped out while simply opening the door for him.
She didn't seem to notice that Tony was standing in the front of her door with his right hand raised up to knock at her door. She watched Jay taking the last parts of the ice from his pants and him, running like a deer from her hungry look.
When he noticed Tony looking oddly at him his jaw dropped suddenly.
"You!" He pointed at Tony who raised an eyebrow.
When he pointed at Tony, Pepper's eyes flew immediately in the direction of his hand, their eyes locking for a moment before Tony turned his gaze to Jay who was red of anger.
"I knew it was him, Pepper. I noticed the tension between you two since his recovering. Damn." He swore.
She looked once again at Tony who was fidgeting with his fingers.
When he looked in her eyes, Pepper knew the truth.
God damn him!
"What do you mean, Jay?"
"You two…are tensionated. You act like two lovers." He smirked.
They both looked at Jay who opened his mouth but when nothing came out Tony sighed.
"You do not have any rights to question my assistant about what she's been doing or not with me. If you do not step out from her apartment in less than three seconds, I'm going to call security and see how's that going to affect your judgment, Mr. Benz."
When he didn't move Tony walked towards him with an unspeakable anger.
"If you dare from now on to send me videos or photos with your all so-called one night stands, I'll assure you we we'll be seeing each other… and it will not be a pleasant meeting." He quipped.
Jay stared at him for a moment or two and then met Pepper's gaze.
"Have a good evening." He said between his teeth.
Tony let his eyes down, looking at his shoes and then turned around and left Pepper alone on the hallway.
"Tony?" She called after a moment of fog in her mind.
"I'll be out of town for a couple of days, Potts. I just passed by and I thought you should know."
She sighed and put her fingers over her heart.
"Look…" He said not turning. "I'm sorry. Take your time and you're free to leave me whenever you want." She couldn't pick what matters the most in his words. The pain or the way his words sounded? He was hurt and in pain and only God knows whatever else, but she closed her eyes.
"Tony…"
When she opened her eyes he was gone.
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