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The day broke in its glorious beauty. Some people woke up to "just another day", while some woke into a world of sorrow without their loved ones. But for Tony Stark, the day hadn't even started yet. He lay in a hospital chair sleeping peacefully. It was the first good rest he'd had that entire night. After knowing Pepper was gong to be ok, he was admitted into her room where she was still resting. Tony had watched her peaceful breathing until it rocked him to sleep. He felt a soft touch on his shoulder. The hand was slender and smooth. He opened his weary eyes to find that Pepper had woken him up.
"I'm sorry to wake you up," she said, "but I really think you should go home and rest. You look beat."
"Well I am, actually," he responded groggily, "but the doctor's bandaged me up. I'm not supposed to move around any more than I have to so that's why I'm here."
"But you'll rest better at home. It'll be more comfortable than staying here."
"No it won't. You won't be there. Jarvis doesn't know how to keep good company. He's lousy at making conversation."
She laughed a little, but then took on a more serious tone. "I heard what you said to me last night."
"You mean all that stuff about how I loved you and couldn't live without you?" he asked.
"Yeah. 'All that stuff'," she replied.
"You do know I really meant 'all that stuff', right?"
"Yeah, at least I hoped you did and that it was you just babbling the first things that came to your mind."
"I would never do that."
"Yes you would."
"I would?"
"Yes. You've done it before."
"Oh, well I didn't this time. I truly meant what I said to you. All I really want to know is, do you feel the same?"
Everything depended upon her answer to his question. Time seemed to stop as he waited impatiently for her answer.
Pepper thought hard on how to reply to this. Of course she loved him. She always had. But she'd never admitted to herself that she had. And now she had to tell herself and Tony. And the only way she could find to answer him was with one simple word. "Yes."
There was such a flow of emotions at that moment, nothing could contain the feelings. They just looked into each other's eyes as a warm feeling radiated from their hearts.
Tony was the first to break the silence. "So after they let us out of here, you want to get something like, coffee, or maybe dinner, or maybe get on a plane and head for a tropical island or something like that?"
She giggled a little. "Maybe just dinner for now. You sure don't waste time trying to charm a girl do you?"
"Not when that girl's you," he said.
The End
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