Heyyy! Arhhhgg, I have like, four stories to update! How will I ever manage? Curse my brain for getting so many good ideas! Grrrrr. Lol anwayssss.

Pepper fluttered her eyes open as the bright morning sunshine poured into the room. She sat up in her bed and looked around for a moment before getting up off the bed. Then she noticed that Tony wasn't in bed…again. She rolled her eyes, assuming that he was probably just working in his lab again, and went into the kitchen for breakfast. She looked inside the fridge to see what she could prepare for herself to eat. She needed something nice and healthy, and not too high in fats to eat. After all, she had to feed for two now. Even if it was only her first month, and the baby is only an embryo right now. She needed to get used to eating like this every day, for nine agonizing months, so she could have a cute, healthy little baby. Then it reminded her…

She needs maternity clothes. That means it's time for a shopping trip. Great…she complained to herself.

Then she heard Tony's footsteps finally coming up from his lab.

"Working all night, again?" Pepper asked.

"Yeah." Tony answered; not one sign of being exhausted, or even a little bit tired.

"Well, Mr. Workaholic, we have to get ready for work."

"Is it really that time already?" He asked, checking his watch. Pepper nodded.

"Well. I guess I'll go get ready then." Tony said. With a quick kiss on Pepper's forehead, he went to his room to get ready for the day. Pepper made herself a quick bowl of cereal, not too sugary or bad, of course, and went to get herself ready.

She walked into her room and picked out a work outfit from her closet. Tony was in the shower, so she decided to turn on the TV and watch a little news as she got ready. Tony stepped out of the bathroom wearing a red cotton dress shirt, sleeves rolled up, and plain denim jeans. He had his teeth brushed and hair combed already, so Pepper stepped into the bathroom for her turn. She took a bit of a longer shower, but not by much. She hadn't lost her tomboy ways; just as Tony hadn't lost his teenage personality. Good to know he could still get a laugh out of her. She stepped out of the shower and dressed herself in grey pinstripe dress pants and a white blouse. She brushed her teeth and fixed her messy, wet red hair into a messy bun. She applied the tiniest amount of make-up, then was ready to go.

She found Tony watching the news channel that she had flipped to. He was standing, hands on his hips, watching intently.

"Ready to go?" She asked. He turned his attention to her.

"Yeah." He answered. They walked out of the room and to the garage. They each stepped in Tony's black sports car, which of course, he made, and Tony turned the key to start the car. He looked behind him and backed out of the garage. After successfully backing out, he turned the car to his right and drove off to work.

Once arriving at Stark International, Tony parked his car in his reserved parking space and the two stepped out. Walking into the building, Tony was swarmed with a million other people's questions and attention. The two came to the elevator, and stepped in.

"Hey, don't worry. I'll get to all of you later, ok?" Tony assured his employees. They all nodded and backed off. Tony and Pepper rode the elevator to Tony's office in silence.

Tony stepped out of the elevator once it reached his floor, Pepper following, and walked into his office.

"So, what's on the old agenda today?" He asked, filing through all the papers on his desk.

"Well, first you have a meeting in about an hour, down in conference room 23. After that, you're needed at the testing grounds. They're going to test your new and improved targeting system that you installed into the earth movers. After that, it's business as usual." Pepper explained. Tony nodded.

"Sounds cool. I'll be working in the lab for the next hour, then." Tony said. He was referring to the labs down on the tenth floor, where all the scientists worked. They had requested he come in and help them with a little of the day's agenda, and since he had time now, he'd go. Tony scribbled something on one of the numerous papers scattered on his desk, then went down to the tenth floor. Pepper stayed at her desk and tended to her own work.

After Tony entered the tenth floor labs, he walked up to three other scientists who were wearing white lab coats and holding clip boards.

"Ok, what are we doing today?" Tony asked.

"At the moment, sir, we are in the process of testing the efficiency of a new power source." One of the scientists explained. Tony nodded. He joined in for the next hour.

At her desk, as she filled out different papers and did other work, she thought of what the baby would be like. A girl or a boy? Would it have her hair, or Tony's? What would it look like? She asked herself a million different questions, and wondered what she was going to do about the baby's room, and other things it would need.

As time passed, Pepper's belly grew larger and larger. By the time she was about six months pregnant, she decided it was time that she and Tony start shopping for the baby's room. They had both agreed to convert Tony's old bedroom into the nursery, and moved all the stuff previously inside the old room into the attic; since the basement was Tony's lab. They painted the walls a soft color of yellow, and decorated the walls with cute little stickers of teddy bears, stars and moons.

On a bright, sunny Saturday, Pepper and Tony went shopping for a crib, changing table, and other necessities for the baby.

"Oh, that one is cute." Pepper said, pointing to a crib in the corner of the store that had white rails, and little purple bedding inside it. After a few hours, they finally decided on a crib with white rails, and white frame, with baby blue bedding inside it. They got a matching changing table, and everything else they would need along with it.

After all the stuff was delivered, they placed it carefully into the nursery. The crib was against the wall in the corner on the front left of the room, the changing table across from it, on the other wall, a toy bin in the far corner, and a few other baby things they felt they needed.

Months more passed, and they had a girl. They named the girl Fae Isabelle Stark. She had Tony's brown hair, but Pepper's chocolate brown eyes and freckles. She seemed to be as curious and open-minded as Pepper, but had Tony's brains. At only nine months, Fae said her first word. At one, she already knew her alphabet; and how to count. She certainly was going to be a smart one, Pepper could tell already. She'd taken her first steps at age 1 and a half, and was running all over the house by the time she was two. By the time Fae was about two and a half, there was another child in the family. The second child, a boy, was also blessed with the Stark genius. He had Pepper's hair, Tony's ice blue eyes, and Pepper's fair skin. He too, was a curious and open minded child. He was very energetic, and he was named Michael Arthur Stark. By the time he was two, he knew his alphabet, how to count, and was chasing Fae all around the house. The two kids were the best of friends, and got along perfectly.

Fae was four by now, and was starting her first year of kindergarten. She didn't seem all too fond of going to school, but was excited anyways. Michael, age two, went to pre-k. He was a bit young, but Tony and Pepper felt he was ready. Michael seemed to be good at making friends, and liked to talk a lot. They knew where he got that from. Fae became quite the social butterfly as well.

By the time Fae was four, and Michael was only two, there was the third, and final, child Stark. A girl named Autumn Claire Stark. She, unlike the other two, wasn't born with Tony's smarts. She resembled Pepper in many ways; personality the most. She had Tony's hair, but a little of Pepper's mixed in it. She had Tony's ice blue eyes, his skin, and his humor. She always had a huge smile on her face, and was always giggling. She was open-minded and free-spirited, like her mother. She learned things at a normal rate. She said her first word at age one and a half; how to walk at thirteen months. She learned her alphabet in pre-k and kindergarten, along with everyone else her age. She was a fast learner, however.

By the time Autumn was about the age of three, Michael was five, and Fae was seven, (A/N: First, yes I did change the ages on this part; second, I'm not too confident on that math. Correct me if I'm wrong.) they were all in school. Autumn was in preschool, Michael was in third grade and Fae was in fifth. Tony and Pepper were working from 8am to 5pm every day, Fae and Michael came home at three thirty every day, and Autumn's preschool was down the street from the elementary school, so Fae and Michael dropped by to pick her up after they got out of school; then walked home together. Pepper and Tony trusted Fae to be responsible enough, and smart enough, to walk to and from school with her siblings.

"Michael, will you hurry up already? We have to go get Autumn, now." Fae said, impatiently to her brother as she waited for him to finish at his locker at school.

"Hey, where's your math stuff? Dad says we have to bring home our homework every night." She asked.

"But I don't need it! I memorized it!" He whined.

"Michael, you'll get in trouble with dad if you don't." She scolded. He sighed and put his homework into his backpack.

"Finally, you're done." Fae complained as Michael closed his locker. They walked out of the school and started down the street.

"Hey, Fae! Wait up!" Fae heard a female voice call from behind. She turned to see her best friend, Katy.

"Hey Katy, what's up?" Fae greeted as Katy approached her. They continued walking together.

"Ugh, you would NOT believe how hard that science test was today if you were a normal-brained person." Katy complained. Fae laughed, and pushed open the doors to the preschool. She walked up to the crowd of other three year olds waiting for their parents to pick them up.

"Autumn, come on. Let's go!" Fae beckoned to the crowd, hoping Autumn would pop out of the crowd of her little friends; which she did.

"Fae-Fae! Hi Fae! Look at my pretty picture!" Autumn greeted, shoving a piece of paper into Fae's hands. Fae smiled. It was a picture of five stick figures all inside a cute little house. The five stick figures inside the house were her, Michael, (who she had drawn a frowny face on, because Michael always teases her,) Fae, their mom and their dad. Fae smiled at the picture and picked up Autumn.

"Got everything, Autumn? Time to go home!" Fae asked her sister. Autumn nodded, plucked her coat to show she had it, and held up her backpack and lunchbox. After making sure she had everything, the three walked home; in company of Katy. After a few blocks, though, Katy turned down the street to her own home. The Stark household wasn't too much farther away, either. After a few more minutes of walking, they got home and walked in the front door.

"Fae-Fae, I hungwy!" Autumn complained, rubbing her tummy.

"Ok, I'll go make you a snack while you and Michael go look out for Natalie." Fae said.

"Michael, no teasing either." Fae scolded. Michael whined, but agreed.

"Hey, Autumn, want your dollie?" Michael asked his sister. She smiled widely.

"Yeah! I want the one with the blonde hair! Get Abbygail!" Autumn said. Michael nodded and went to fetch Autumn's favorite doll, which she named Abbygail. Michael came back into the room and handed the doll to Autumn, just as Fae walked back in the room with a PBJ sandwich.

"Here Autumn, here's your snack." Fae beckoned to her sister. Autumn placed her doll carefully on a nearby chair and started eating her sandwich.

Then they heard the front door swing open, and Natalie walked in.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Natalie greeted. She came every day at the same time, to watch over the Stark children while their parents worked. Sometimes, when Natalie wasn't available, the three went to their parents' work and just entertained themselves. Tomorrow was going to be one of those days, because Natalie will be out of town tomorrow.

"Natalie, I want ice cream!" Autumn whined.

"What? No, Autumn, you just had a sandwich! No ice cream before dinner." Fae answered for Natalie. Natalie smiled and put her stuff down on the ground near the door. For the next two hours, the four sat around the house, even went outside for a little bit, and played plenty together. When Tony and Pepper got home, Natalie was dismissed.

"Daddy! Mommy!" Autumn yelled once she heard the door open. Fae and Michael exchanged an excited glance and walked over to their parents.

"Hey guys!" Pepper greeted. Tony smiled and put his car keys out of reach of Autumn; since she was naturally curious, and Tony's advanced keys were to be kept away from small children.

Tony put the rest of his stuff down and went to his room to change into old, can-be-stained clothes that he could work in while down in his lab.

"I'll be downstairs." Tony explained as he walked to the basement door. Pepper shook her head, then returned to her ever so talkative three year old daughter.

Well, end-o-chapter seven! Long chapter. It's like, 5 pages long here! Wowzzzz….lol anyways, review!