Here's Chapter 10! Enjoy! I'm trying to update A.S.A.P! So stay tuned! Thanks again! Disclaimer:Don't own Iron Man! Nicki's Pov!
Nicki's P.O.V.
"Alright! Here we go! Off to school!" Tony grinned next to me in the driver's seat of the Audi. I was in the passenger's seat…groaning.
"Ugh! Is it vacation yet?"
"Nope! Only fall!" Tony grinned, starting the car and pulling out of the driveway, into the road. "Sorry, Little Starky! You chose to stay in this grade, remember?"
"Yeah. I know." I rolled my eyes. "Tony, why do you keep calling me 'Little Starky'?" I laughed.
"Fitting nickname." Tony smirked, putting his sunglasses on. "I'm not getting rid of it, so get used to it."
"Duly noted, Tony, duly noted."
Tony smiled at me. Then he looked like he had an epiphany. "Oh hey." He recalled what he was going to say. "Later on, Hogan's going to pick you up in the Rolls after field hockey practice and bring you to Stark Industries. I have a meeting. Sucks, doesn't it?" He grimaced at the thought of a meeting. I laughed at his expression.
"Ugh. Yeah it does." I replied. "What for?"
"Eh. Some guy wanting to merge companies or something." He shrugged. Tony was dressed in a nice navy blue suit with a compromising red tie, which I'm guessing Pepper picked out for him. His hair was slicked back. He looked very businesslike, I should say.
"Oh." I sighed. "That would be a no, right?"
"Correct."
"Show them no mercy." I laughed
"Hell, you got it!" Tony exclaimed dramatically. "Yeah. No. I'm not merging with these clowns." He shook his head. I looked out the side window to see that we were pulling into the school.
"Good plan." I began gathering my stuff. "Also, good luck, Tony. See you later then?" Tony parked the car in the front of the school. All life outside the windows froze, all the students, my peers, realized who was in the car, mostly due to the 'Stark' license plate.
"Yep. Have a great day, kid. I'll be thinking of you in the meeting."
I laughed at this. "Yeah. I'll be thinking about you during Engineering. Bye" I got out of the car and walked around the back of it to get to the side walk. I began to walk past the gaping people, who usually, didn't acknowledge my existence.
"Hey Nicki!" I heard a voice from behind me. I turned around to see Tony's face sticking out of the driver's window, which was closest to the sidewalk.
"Yes, Tony?" I heard the soft muttering of my peers behind me, like the low humming of a pesky bee.
"Kiss?" He put on a phony frown and a pout, stating this in a pleading voice. He also took off his sunglasses to reveal puppy dog eyes. Well, who could deny that?
I rolled my eyes, cracking up hysterically, at my crazy brother. "Fine. Have it your way." I replied, pretending to be disgusted and annoyed. I walked back over to the car. I bent down and kissed his cheek as he kissed mine in return.
"Love ya, kid. Have a great day." He whispered softly in my ear. He obviously was implying something to the effect of 'things have changed…I'm protecting you now. Enjoy your new life. You'll see the difference.'
The background noise had again ceased. Save for a few sporadic breathy gasps. The new attention I was attracting at the moment was somewhat annoying but at the same time very well deserved.
"Love you too, Tony!" I smiled back, feeling somewhat emotional. I was actually telling someone I loved them. Only in dreams had that happened to me before. Tony had become my everything, he was a part of who I was in just one day. He was like my first breath of oxygen, with him I have become alive. I was the happiest I've ever been. "Smoke 'em down in that meeting!"
He nodded in agreement, rolled up the window and drove away.
I sighed and turned around, ready to face high school from a different point of view. I jumped as I found Sammi standing two inches from my face. Her expression was an emotion that I'd never seen before.
"Umm…a few questions from your best friend, Ms. Stark." She giggled as she emphasized my last name. Whenever thinking about my last name, my ego increased tenfold. "Why did you not tell me you were the sister of your love interest? Is that…by that I mean your outfit along with the Coach purse…new? When and how did you find out? How are you still sane from living with him? Did you attack him yet? Did you see the Iron Man suit? Can you introduce me? Can I come over to your house every day of my life? And most importantly…How the hell?" She was hyperventilating. When I just grinned at her instead of answering she grabbed hold of my new plaid blouse from Hollister and started shaking me. "Hello? Earth to Stark! Earth to Stark! Your best friend wants a little more detail!"
"Mhm…walk with me. Talk with me." I grinned at Sammi, patting her on the back and leading her to the Girl's locker room where I knew it'd be safe to talk. Along the way, people were staring and grinning at me, even saying things like, "Good morning, Ms. Stark.", and "Say 'Hey' to Tony for me!"
As soon as we were safely in the locker room in front of my locker, I sat down and told Sammi the whole entire story before the bell rang to go to class.
"Cool huh?" I shook my head when I finished the story.
"Nicki, that's incredible." Sammi paced the locker room floor excitedly. "That explains a lot, also."
I was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well…Nicki it's not exactly a secret that you're a genius. You obviously got the smarts from somewhere." Sammi then grew quiet and stopped pacing. "I never wanted to mention this…but now I know it's true. Nicki, I've known you for forever, ever since you started obsessing over Tony. I remember the first time you showed me a picture of him…I thought you looked a lot like him. I'm being serious. I was scared to tell you this; I didn't know what your reaction would be. The thing that got me the most was that you both had the exact…and I mean exact…same eyes. I believe it was fate for you to have been obsessed with Tony. It foreshadowed that you still had hope out there." Sammi smiled, sitting back down next to me. "Oh. And plus you have the biggest ego and sarcasm is your language of choice."
"Wow…thanks Sammi." I smiled at her, ignoring that last comment. Her expression was still expectant, she wanted to hear more, I could tell. I sighed. "What else do you want to know?"
The bell rang suddenly. Luckily, we both had Honors Bio first. "Well…do you still like him like him?" She asked as we walked out of the locker room and towards our first class.
"Wow. You just sounded like such a little kid there." I smirked. "Not really…I mean…I'm trying to get over it…" Sammi raised her eyebrow at me, clearly not convinced.
"Oh come on!" I decided to remain truthful, unfortunately. "He's Tony Stark! It's so hard to get over it! But, I'm definitely getting there. We're already really close, actually."
"Really?" Sammi shrieked as we were about to enter the classroom. "How close? Like, I saw you kiss him on the cheek this morning, but seriously. Tell me."
I sat down in my seat and Sammi followed to get her response. "Well…for one he calls me 'Little Starky'." I laughed as I recalled the conversation from earlier that morning. I could tell from her expression that this wasn't enough. "You want to hear exactly everything he said down to the 't', don't you?" She nodded.
"Right…" I rolled my eyes. "Well…"
"Alright class!" Mrs. Fins came into the room. "Sammi, to your seat so I can do roll call." Sammi gave me a look of disappointment. I shrugged.
"Alright. Here we go." Mrs. Fins smiled, picking up her clipboard.
She went through the names more quickly than usual. Perhaps because no one was absent and she had to do it because it was procedure? I wasn't sure. But, as soon as she got to the last names that started with an "S" and slowed down, I knew why. I coughed. She went through Sallen, Smith, Spout, and then instead of saying Stanley… "Stark" She grinned and looked at me out of the corner of her eyes.
"Right here!" I raised my hand proudly, perhaps even with a little too much added ego. I looked around the room and noticed that everyone was staring at me, grinning.
Sammi then raised her hand. Mrs. Fins allowed her to talk. "Okay. Mrs. Fins? Can we just listen to Nicki's epic life changing experience and forget about biology for a day?" She was serious.
"You know what, Sammi." Mrs. Fins leaned on her desk. "I was thinking the exact same thing. Do you mind answering a few questions for us, Ms. Stark?"
I clapped my hands together. "Not at all Mrs. Fins."
I basically retold (for a second time that day) the whole story of how I became initiated as Tony Stark's younger sister. There were so many questions from people whom I didn't even think knew my original full name.
Then Mrs. Fins wanted to ask a question. "Nicki, if it's not too much to ask, can you see if your brother would have any time to come into our class next week to help start out our Micro engineering unit?"
"I'll see what I can do." I responded. A bunch of girls in the back of the class squealed in delight. "Tony's a pretty busy guy. I'm sure he'd love to come in though." Wow. It was incredible to be talking this way. I knew Tony Stark. Hell…Tony Stark was my brother! Doesn't get any better than that!
The rest of the day was incredible! People noticed me! I was the talk of the school! Me! Sorry…Stark ego…can't control it. All my classes were basically a Q and A session about my new life. If you think this is annoying…that's where you're wrong. The best thing all day though was the realization that I would be going home to a family. Someone would be there…waiting for me…missing me.
After school, Sammi and I went to the locker room to get ready for practice. We still had thirty minutes before we needed to go outside. As we were getting ready, Sammi asked, "Nicki, will he be at our game on Friday?" Obviously knowing who she meant by 'he'.
"I haven't asked him yet." I said honestly. "I'll have to ask him. I'll see if Pepper can come too. Hey. Would you want to come over after the game Friday?"
"Would I?" Sammi looked as if she just won the lottery. "Hell yes! Do you want to call him right now before practice to ask him?"
"I'd have to call Pepper, but they're both in a meeting right now." I shrugged looking at the cell phone that Tony had bought for me yesterday. It already contained emergency contacts for Tony's cell, Pepper's cell, Hogan's cell, Jarvis, home phone, Pepper's home phone, Stark Industries, and Sammi's cell of course. As I was looking at it, it rang. I looked at the caller I.D. "Tony's cell?"
Sammi gasped. "Answer it! Answer it and ask him!"
I flipped the phone open and put it to my ear. "Hello? Tony?"
"Hey Nicki! I thought you were at practice?" Tony's voice asked from the other end.
"It doesn't start for another thirty minutes. I thought you were in a meeting?" I laughed. Sammi was squealing in the background.
"We're on a break. Break from a meeting, imagine that? But hey. We're ordering food here to eat later. I know you're going to be here. What do you want to have?" He asked.
"Ehh…whatever you have is fine with me!" I replied. "I wanted to ask you something too. What are your plans Friday?"
I heard some rustling in the background of the phone followed by a muffled "Hey. Pepper. What are Friday's plans?" Then the rustling went away followed by, "Yep. I'm pretty much free that day. Probably mostly Iron Man stuff. I can fly to wherever you need me."
"Oh. Okay. You don't have to, but if you want to, we have a home game this Friday right after school if you want to come." Sammi then elbowed me. "I was also wondering if my friend could come over after the game."
"Yeah! Of course! Sounds like a plan! But hey, I have to go! The crazy dude who wants to merge companies is ready to talk!"
"Good luck! Knock 'em dead and thanks again!"
"Alrighty! Love ya, Little Starky! See you later!"
"Love you too Big Stark! See ya!"
"Oooh. I like the nickname! Keep with it! Bye!"
"Thanks! See ya, Tony!" I then hung up the phone. Sammi was staring at me anxiously.
"So…? What's the verdict?" Sammi's face was intense.
"Looks like you're going to have to spend the night with me and my crazy brother on Friday!" I sighed, pretending that this was a bad thing.
"Nicki, you are the greatest." She attacked me with a very enthusiastic hug. We then began walking out onto the field. "By the way, the team has a surprise for you." Sammi grinned.
"What did you guys do now?" I shook my head.
As we approached the field, the rest of the team was already there standing in a group facing both Sammi and I as we approached. All of them, even coach were smiling. Oh boy. I thought.
"Well…when we all figured out about your new name, we had this made for you." My coach warmly smiled, which was never really her cup of tea by all means.
The team parted like the Red Sea, revealing the missing three of my teammates. All of them held up new goalie equipment, each bearing the name…no. The logo of Stark Industries.
"Oh my God…you guys." I shook my head, tearing up. It was wonderful. "You didn't have to do that!"
"Nope." Sammi grinned from next to me. "We didn't have to do this either." She pulled out a brand new jersey from behind her back. She turned it around to reveal once again, the Stark Industries logo. I was speechless.
"I'm pretty sure practice is cancelled today." Coach sighed. "I know you have probably got this a lot today but, can you please tell us everything?"