Alright, I am sorry this is late, my Wi-fi shut off on Saturday cuz my at&t box stopped working.. Thank you for the reviews! I keep seeing that you want me to make the chapters longer, yes I do pay attention, The thing is, I have these chapters pre-written! I have them the way I want them to be, I am actually writing chapter 10 right now. I do periodically go back on the chapters I haven't posted yet and try to add the most detail possible to make the chapter longer, but sometimes I cannot. This chapter is longer than the last one, but it is not as long as the first one. Right now I am writing inbetween stuff that leads up to the bigger chapters I have planned. I can understand if you are frustrated, I have read stories with a couple short chapters, too. They will not all be short from now on though. I am starting school this week so I will try to keep up as much as possible. Again, thank you for the support and I hope you continue to enjoy my story! :)
*6 Months Later*
~Tony's POV~
Jade has been crawling everywhere since she's discovered how. I had to get baby gates and a play-pen for her; otherwise, she would be into everything. She has already broken the TV remote and managed to knock over all of my guitars. I'm surprised she hasn't hurt herself yet.
I have been down in the workshop, focused on creating a new design for my suit and coming up with new things to add to it. I was pulled out of my focus on the suit when I heard a loud crash. I looked up to see what had happened. Jade wasn't crying, which was good, but I still couldn't see what had fell. I stood to get a better view.
"Jadelyn Angel!" She looked up at me with a cord in her mouth. She had somehow pulled the Wii off of the entertainment stand. I walked over to her and took the cord out of her mouth. "That's a no no, Jade, a big no no!" She began to cry. I grabbed the pieces of the game console from the play-pen and threw them away.
"Okay, bad idea putting the play-pen by the TV…" I mentally noted, out loud. I kneeled down next to the play-pen and handed Jade her stuffed elephant. She began to calm down and she put the ear in her mouth. "Jade, honey, why do you keep putting things in your mouth?" I asked, removing it from her small mouth. I stood and went back to my desk, but before I could sit down, JARVIS spoke.
"Sir, Miss Potts has arrived."
"Thank you, JARVIS."
"My pleasure. And Sir?"
"Yeah, J?" I said, typing some numbers into the computer.
"Might I suggest that the play-pen be moved to the left of the couch, out of the way of any of your more expensive and dangerous items?"
"That's… not a bad idea…" I agreed. I heard a code being entered and glanced at the door. Pepper walked in and went straight to Jade.
"Hey, sweetie," She said, smiling. Jade reached out for her. "How are you?" She asked, picking Jade up and kissing her head.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking." I said with a smirk. Pepper glared at me, and then rolled her eyes. "What's up, Pep?"
"You have a meeting at Stark Industries that you need to be at in an hour." She bounced Jade in her arms. "Happy is waiting outside for you with the car." I frowned.
"But, Pepper, I don't want to go…" I pouted.
"Tony, you have to go. You have missed too many meetings this month, already." She stated, looking at me and shifting Jade to her other hip. "Now, I have your clothes laid out upstairs, please go up there and put them on."
"Fine…" I mumbled. "Wait, what about Jade?"
"I will watch her while you are gone." She smiled. I crossed my arms and nodded.
"You aren't coming with me?" I asked.
"Nope, you're old enough to go to meetings on your own." She smiled, again. I stuck my tongue out.
"Well, if you're going to watch her, you need to make sure you pay attention to what she is putting in her mouth. She has been chewing on whatever she can get her little hands on." I nodded my head at her and pointed to Jade, who had Pepper's ponytail in her mouth. She looked down.
"Jade, no no." She said, calmly. Using her free hand, Pepper took her hair out of Jade's mouth. Jade started crying, again. Pepper bent down and picked up a toy out of the play-pen, then handed it to Jade and looked back up at me. "Did you ever think that, oh, I don't know, maybe she's teething?" I glanced down at Jade who was gnawing on the toy Pepper had just given her.
"That never crossed my mind." I said, shaking my head.
"Well, now it has. You should probably start getting ready." Pepper suggested.
"Yeah." I walked from my desk to Pepper and kissed Jade's head. "I'll see you later, honey." I opened the door and started walking up the stairs. "Bye, Pep."
"Bye, Tony." She laughed.
