Sorry it's taken such a long time to update, just haven't got round to writing any more of this. Anyway I was quite pleased with the way it turned out. So read, review and enjoy! :D

Tony was still staring at me waiting expectantly for an answer. I avoided his penetrating gaze and looked at the floor.

"Pepper"

"Not here" I whispered, glancing around the waiting room at the other patients. They were all silent and seemed to be listening to every word we said.

"Why?" Tony whined.

I couldn't believe that Tony couldn't see it. All these people were in awe of him. They were sitting in a hospital waiting room with the Tony Stark. I wondered how long it…

"Excuse me, but are you the Tony Stark?" asked a young blonde woman sitting across the room from us.

Tony shot me a look.

"That's why" I muttered.

"Uh…yeah I am" said Tony, turning away from me and smiling at the woman.

The other people in the room started whispering to each other. "Is that? Is it? Is that really Mr Stark?" Tony was completely oblivious so I nudge him with my knee and glare at him.

"What?" he says loudly. "Jealous, Miss Potts?"

I think about how much it would ruin my reputation if I slapped him; probably quite a lot. I pick up my phone and tap away as if I haven't heard.

"Can, can I have a picture with you Mr Stark?" asks the woman nervously.

"Tony, Please…"

"Ooooh! The woman giggles and blushes bright red. "Is Tony short for something?"

"Prince Charming, actually scratch that, Prince good-in-bed Charming!"

The woman giggles flirtatiously again and actually tosses her hair. I roll my eyes. This is ridiculous. She is like putty in his hands. Tony moves so she can take a picture of them together.

"Sorry cameras are prohibited in this area" pipes us the receptionist. I smirk but try to hide it as the woman slumps in her chair and begins to fiddle with her hair all the while stealing nervous glances at Tony who shrugs and sits back down next to me.

A few minutes later, the woman's name is called and she walks off but not without blowing Tony a kiss. He just grins and winks back playfully.

"Got to keep the fans happy" he smirks.

"Prince Charming good… seriously Tony?"

"In bed"

"…What?"

"Good in bed, Prince Charming good in…"

"Excuse me sir, could you just fill in these forms before we admit you please?" says a nurse who approaches us. I take the forms, glad to be interrupted from that conversation and also because Tony is injured.

"See she called me Sir" said Tony once she'd gone.

"They call everyone that Tony"

"Don't try and downplay my famousness"

"Famousness isn't a word; now let's just fill in the form"

"Then why did you also use it in a sentence Dear Pepper?"

I take a deep breath and begin filling in the form without a word. Tony peers over my shoulder and I can feel his breath on my neck. I shiver involuntary.

"Remember to put Sir Tony good in…"

"No Tony! I've just put Anthony Edward Stark okay?"

"Spoil sport" he mutters.

The rest of the people have left, I realise whilst we have been talking… well, arguing and we are now alone in the waiting room. I take a deep breath.

"God, I wish they would hurry up, we've been waiting ages"

"Tony, I think I know who told the paparazzi about the suit"

"Anthony Stark?"

Tony was still staring at me in shock after I told him who I thought had betrayed his trust.

"Yes, yes that's us I say, standing up.

"Okay right this way please"

"Wait, what? Pepper?" Tony gapes at me in confusion.

"Tony let's talk about this later" I say sternly.

"Right Mr Stark, if you'd like to just step in here so we can assess your wounds. Miss Potts, if you could just wait here please" says the nurse.

I nod and sit down and they go inside the examination room. It's only been a week but my job has been completely different each day. Each one more stressful and demanding than the next. I wasn't sure how I was coping. I've been to Burger King for lunch with my boss, made pancakes for his breakfast, been abandoned by him at a benefit, cleaned up his wounds and now the hospital among actually organising the company. No normal employee has ever done that in a lifetime whereas I have done all that in the space of a week. It has been mentally draining and only now I realise how tired I am.

Twenty minutes later, Tony strides out the examination room and comes to stand in front of me. I sit up straight and take my head out my hands.

"Having a breakdown without me Potts?"

I can't be bothered to retaliate.

"No, I'm just tired; what did the doctor say?"

"They said I'm fine and just bandaged a few wounds up. I'm free to go"

I try to stifle a yawn but it slips out.

"Oh… I'll drive you home in that hunk of junk then"

"It's not junk, it's a vintage 1960s Beetle and it's my baby!

"You need a proper car like a Porsche or a Ferrari, not that slow wheezing thing"

"I don't feel the need to drive so fast that I might kill myself in the process"

"Well I'm driving and I promise not to kill us"

"Gee thanks, I feel so much better now" I say sarcastically.

"…What?"

"I should drive, you are wounded"

"No I have worked you enough over the past few days Pepper and you were kind enough to drive me over and come with me, the least I can do is drive you home"

Stunned, I am left speechless by his act of kindness.

"You know what, you are right, here you go" I say handing him the keys.

"…And I didn't even get a thank you" Tony grins.

"Be careful with my car!"

"It will love my driving, come on!"

I trail after him, fearing for my life.

"You know" he says once we are in the car. "I still can't believe you think it was Obie who betrayed me. I mean, I value your opinion but you have only met the guy once, surely you can't tell already?"

"Call it basic women's intuition"

He snorts.

"I thought that was maternal instincts, you're not pregnant are you Miss Potts? Otherwise I might be forced to fire you and you were doing so well!"

"No of course I'm not pregnant! Wait, you'd be forced to fire me? I'm perfectly capable of doing my job whether I am bearing a child or not"

"Woah, I was joking, here come the hormones"

I shoot him a glance.

"I'm not actually pregnant Tony"

"I didn't say you were, hormones happen to everyone and…"

"Just leave it yeah? Before I strangle you with the seatbelt"

"You would never…"

"Wanna bet?"

"You wouldn't, not in your pregnant state"

I smack him on the arm a bit harder than intended.

"Ow that was on my wound and I really will get us killed if you distract me from driving"

All I'm saying Tony, is that I got a bad feeling about Obadiah when I met him"

"Just because you don't like him doesn't mean he is trying to sabotage the company"

"I'm not saying that, It's just everything I've read about him seems suspicious, he does everything in his own interest not yours"

"Look I'll keep an eye on him. I mean I know it wasn't you and it can't be Rhodey it just can't. Maybe I'll talk to him…"

"Just be careful" I warn.

He gives me a warm smile and pulls up outside my house.

"Thanks for the lift" I say as I get out the car but find to my surprise that he is right beside me on the pavement.

"What are you doing?"

"Coming inside your house like you said I could"

"When did I ever…"

" How about a movie?"

"No Tony, I'll see you tomorrow"

"Please Pepper, I'll let you choose!"

"Tony, I'm tired…"

"It's only half seven"

"Well only for a bit then I can't be late for work tomorrow, my boss will kill me"

"I'll ring him and ask him if he can prolong the killing until after you have made him breakfast"

I roll my eyes and push my keys into the door, wondering what the hell I have let myself in for…

I know she didn't officially tell Tony about Obadiah's betrayal but I hoped it would be obvious. If not sorry and if you got it ignore haha :) What will Tony think and what will happen in Pepper's house?