The airport's door quickly opened and closed. A man in his mid twenties stepped through the door stopping to look around the busy airport. A quick smile formed on his lips as he exited the airport hailing a cab.

"To Stark Industries please," he said to the driver.


Sitting in her office at Stark Industries, Lily was going through every single report that her team of engineers gave her that morning. As their new boss she couldn't say she felt exactly welcomed. People were still giving her the "what the hell" look when she passed them or even when she asked them for something. Her father was as bad as always. He never once said a word to Lily, and she was fine with that. She wasn't exactly anxious to start a conversation with him.

She was going through the last stack of reports on her desk when she heard her secretary calling her.

"I'm sorry to bother you Ms. Navodlom, but Mr. Stark is here, saying that he is waiting for you to have lunch with him," her secretary's loud voice came through the phone.

Lily let out a big sigh. Since that night one week ago, she hadn't really had any time alone with Tony, and she wasn't sure she wanted to. Thinking back on that kiss she didn't know what came over her. It wasn't as if while in London she didn't meet and spend time with anyone. Over the years she became emotionally detached from relationships, and she knows how to get men to play by her rules.

But with Tony it was different. 'All those years away from him', she thought that at least she would have gotten over him, and she hoped that that kiss would prove her right. Wrong! If anything, it proved her very very wrong. She still had feeling for him, and she was afraid of where those feelings might lead her. It wasn't as if she didn't know his way with women. God knows how many women she had to kick out of his house and his bed.

"Well, tell Mr. Stark that I cannot come to lunch seeing I have so many papers to go over. Moreover, tell him it's his bloody fault that I have so many bloody reports to read," she said, almost shouting the last part of the sentence.

"Well, you're in a sour mood," someone said from the door.

Lily didn't even bother looking up knowing all too well who it was. "And whose fault is it that I am in a sour mood?"

"Certainly not mine. Come on leave your papers on the table and I will have Pepper take care of them," he said.

He didn't even give Lily the chance to protest as he walked across the room grabbing her hand and bag in the process.

"Tony, you can't honestly expect me to let Pepper do my work for me," she argued with him.

"Don't worry Lily", said Pepper who was now standing outside the door, "after all these years organizing Tony's stuff I will finish your reports in ten minutes!"

"See, problem solved," Tony pointed out to her, "now let's go eat!"

By the time they got to the lobby, Lily was still mad at Tony, and for once she wasn't going to let him get away with it. She stopped abruptly, which made Tony bump into her.

"You know what, you need to get through your head that you can't always have your way, and you can't always force people to do whatever the hell you want them to do", she snapped at him.

He just smiled at her. "You're right, I'm sorry, but we haven't spent a lot of time together, apparently the only time you have available is during work."

"Ok, fine just one time I will forgive you. But don't expect me to..."

"Lily! I cannot believe I found you so fast," a man with a British accent said from the entranced.

Before Lily had the chance to respond, and Tony to ask who he was, the man grabbed Lily by her waist and planted a passionate kiss on her lips. Tony was standing there dumbstruck. His initial reaction was curiosity, followed by shock, but now he was just livid.

He had absolutely no idea who the man was, yet he was standing in his lobby, kissing his...his...friend.

Lily suddenly pulled away, who appeared to be as surprise as Tony was.

"Andrew! Oh my god, what are you doing here? How did you get here? When did you get here?" asked Lily.

"What, am I not allowed not to visit my own girlfriend?" asked Lily giving Lily another quick hug.

"No, it's just that I never thought that you'd be here. Especially not that fast, especially after I left London so suddenly."

"We can talk about that later. Come, let's go for lunch. You can show me around town," he said to Lily.

"Sure. No. I mean…. I can't," Lily said, finally snapping up of her shocking state. "Andrew, this is Tony, Tony this is my friend Andrew."

"Hello, pleased to meet you," said Andrew extending his hand, waiting for Tony to shake it. Tony looked at his hand reluctantly before shaking it.

"Yeah, a pleasure," said Tony

"Tony, you don't mind if we skip lunch today, and I leave with Andrew? He's new and I need to show him around town and get him settled in", said Lily

"Yeah sure, absolutely, fantastic, no problem," said Tony in a fake cheerful voice. Andrew smiled at him not knowing him well enough to know when he was being sarcastic, but Lily just glared him.

Lily took Andrew by the hands and left while Tony was left standing alone in the lobby watching Lily and Andrew disappear.


"I mean, can you believe it? And then she just left with the guy and cancelled our lunch plans. Who does that guy think he is?" Tony said while stuffing his mouth with food, chewing as if he were a twelve year old.

"Tony man, is this why you ask me to lunch? So you can whine about Lily and her boyfriend? I should have known when you called something was wrong," said Rhodey while slowly chewing on his food.

"I asked you to lunch because I didn't want to eat alone, and I'm not whining I'm just pointing out the facts."

"Tony, you know what I think? I think that you just need to talk to Lily and tell her how you feel," said Rhodey.

The moment Tony heard those words he stopped eating and dropped his fork loudly on his plate. "What do you mean admit my feelings for Lily?"

"Don't try and lie to me, I know you like her, everyone knows. The night she came back it was written all over your face. My advice is that you should talk to her," said Rhodey while setting his own fork down.

"I do not like Lily!"

"Really? How many women have you slept with since she came back?" Asked Rhodey.

"That doesn't mean anything. I have been very busy lately," Tony said in his defence.

"You've always been the same amount of busy, which never stopped you before."

"Why are we even having this conversation," said Tony, "she has her boyfriend now, so it doesn't matter."

"Tony, you need to do something. If Lily feels the same way, and I believe she does, and then you have to do something about it before her boyfriend decides to", said Rhodey in a wise tone.

That night when Tony got home, he poured himself a glass of sherry, letting everything Rhodey told me sink in. Although Tony wouldn't admit it out loud he knew Rhodey was right. He liked Lily. She was among the few to really understand him. He was willing to change for her, and he wasn't willing to let her go. He just hoped he wouldn't be too late.


Tangled together in the silky white sheets, arms and bodies together, Lily slowly opened her eyes to meet the face that was kissing her hand. She was happy to wake up beside Andrew, but she secretly wished she would wake up next to someone else.

"Good morning love," he said to her.

"Good morning Andrew," she answered back not quite so joyful. She pulled her hand from his gasp, getting up from the bed pulling the sheets together with her.

"Andrew, it was great that you came to see me, especially only after a week, but I don't..."

"Lily please," he interrupted her, "I may not be the smartest person in the world, but I am not that dumb either. After tonight, my doubts have been confirmed."

"Your doubts?" she asked him.

"All you ever talked about while you were in London was Tony," said Andrew, "whether it was a crush as a small girl or something else when you became a woman. I could tell how much you loved him. The same way I could tell that tonight your heart wasn't with me. It never was. You left your heart with him years ago."

Lily tried to say something, tell him he was wrong, but she knew as well as he did that what he was saying was the truth. Andrew didn't deserve to be lied to, he deserved better.

"In a way I've always known the truth. After coming here, especially after tonight, I just confirmed my beliefs. You love him Lily, and if you have the slightest hope that you can be happy with him, don't hesitate a minute in going to him," he said.

"Andrew, I don't know what to say to you."

"Lily, no," he said, "I don't want you to feel sorry for me, it would just hurt me more. Besides, I'm not that bad looking, I think I can find a woman that will truly love me don't you think?"

Lily laughed sadly and moved slowly towards Andrew giving him a hug. "I will never forget what you did today, thank you!" She said in a hush tone.

Later that night Andrew packed his bags, leaving for a hotel from which he would leave tomorrow for London. Lily was left alone in her apartment sitting by the window overlooking the city and staring at the million of little light, meditating about what just happened with Andrew. Dark clouds were rolling in and she could tell that a storm was coming.

She knew that what he said was the complete truth, and yet somehow she didn't know what to do about it. She was afraid that if she told Tony about that he would laugh at her, maybe stay with her for a couple of weeks and then dumb her like he did to all his girlfriends. She thought about the kiss they shared a week ago, and how much she wanted to kiss him again.

She thought about it, and the more she thought about it the clearer her solution became. She always did her best in everything that she did, and there was no reason for her not to do her best in this situation either. She would tell Tony the truth, he deserved it, and after that depending on his reaction she would decided what to do.

She would do her best to have no regrets or lasting feelings.


Tony was on his second glass of sherry, laying back on his while listening to some AC/DC. The storm outside was getting stronger. He could see the rain hitting hard on his windows even though he couldn't hear it. He was too lost in thought to hear the pounding on his door until Jarvis told him.

"Sir, Ms. Navodlom appears to be outside the door. I would suggest that your open the door quickly, the storm is getting stronger outside," said Jarvis in his normal tone.

When hearing this Tony quickly set his glass down and ran for the door. When he opened the door he saw Lily standing there hugging herself soaking wet.

"What are you doing here," he asked her while putting his arms around her and rushing her into the house.

"I needed to see you, and it couldn't wait," she told him. He quickly went to get her a towel and wrapped it around her sitting her on the couch. However, Lily couldn't stay in one place, so she quickly got up and went to the window, with Tony following in her footsteps.

"What about your boyfriend? Where is he?" Tony asked her.

"Andrew left this morning for London, and won't be coming back," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

"Tony, I know that what I am going to say might sound stupid and I am sure it will also sound strange coming from me because we have known each other for so many years," she took a deep breath before continuing, "I am not that little girl you knew when she left six years ago, there is not a trace left in me of her. Maybe because I am not the same girl is why I have the courage to tell you what I am going to say." She paused for a second while looking at him. She could see the confused yet curious look in his eyes.

"I like you, I always did," she said, while looking at him directly in the eyes. "I know who you are, and how you are with girls, but even if I told you this, I do not want to be one of them. I couldn't bear it. Even so, I needed to tell you this because I don't want to have any regrets," she said as took off the towel and walked towards the door to leave.

Before she could make it half way through the door, she felt two arms holding her in place, while turning her around. Tony pulled her into a hug burying his face in her neck.

"Don't leave," he told her, "don't ever leave me again. If you leave me how do I know that you'll come back to me?"

Lily was too surprised to say anything so she just put her arm around him.

"All I want you to give me is change. I can prove that I can be different, that I want to be different for you. You are not like the others, you are so much more precious," as he said those last words he hugged her even tighter.

He slowly broke the embrace, although not quite letting go of her completely. He looked at her while she was looking back at him, a small smile forming on her face. When he looked at her beautiful face all the feelings he had kept inside just exploded.

He took her roughly yet gently by the waist and brought her closer to him while his mouth came down on hers. As soon as Lily felt his mouth on hers she couldn't help but close her eyes. She tilted her head and put her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. Both his hands came around her waist, encircling his arms around her, lifting her feet from the floor.

He took her in his arms, carefully carrying her up the stairs to his bedroom, all the while not breaking the kiss. When they got into the room he set her down, still kissing her. They finally broke the kiss, gasping for air. They looked at each other for a second before Lily took the initiative and pulled him towards her for another kiss. The kiss they shared in the living room was passion, however this kissed pushed beyond the normal boundaries of passion. Their skin began to burn which just made them hug each other tighter.

He slipped his hand under her skirt, feeling her smooth skin under his palms. Her skin was cold and wet from the storm outside, and he could feel goose bumps forming in the places where he would touch her. With one swift movement he pulled her shirt over her head, slowly moving his lips from mouth to her neck from her neck to her shoulders, slowly pulling the straps from her bra with his fingers.

She broke away and looked at him, seeing the confused and unhappy look in his eyes. She smiled seductively at him, taking him by the hand slowly walking backwards towards the bed. She lay down on the silky sheets pulling him down with her. She spread her arms above her head, feeling the smooth silk under her skin before she pulled him on her with another passionate kiss.

"I love you," she whispered for the first time. At that time, at that very moment, in that dark room she told him she loved him for the very first time, giving herself completely, body and soul, to him.


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